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Software engineer David Auerbach: ‘Big tech is in denial about not being in control’
David Auerbach is a writer and software engineer who has worked for Google and Microsoft. He also teaches the history of computation at the New Centre for Research & Practice in Seattle, US. His new book is Meganets: How Digital Forms Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities. He argues that widespread concern about artificial intelligence is legitimate, but the problem is already all around us, with huge tech networks that no one – neither governments nor their owners – is able to control.
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Prince Harry: "I was probably bigoted before the relationship with Meghan"
In an interview airing this Sunday on 60 Minutes, Prince Harry says he was "incredibly naïve" about how the British press would treat his relationship with his now-wife Meghan Markle. Harry also noted the relationship has given him a new awareness.
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Brendan Fraser: role taught me severely obese people are ‘incredibly strong’
The actor Brendan Fraser has said playing the role of a severely obese man has taught him that those with similar bodies are “incredibly” strong people, both mentally and physically. The Whale, which premieres in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, has already generated buzz with speculation that it could be on the road to Oscar success.
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Jack Thompson still has a grudge
When the video game industry is valued at $300 billion, a Halo TV series trailer is occupying prime real estate during the AFC Championship, and a GTA facsimile like Free Guy is one of the top-grossing films of the year, it is clear that Jack Thompson lost the fight. For those who don’t remember, Thompson was the attorney who led the charge against violent video games and helped morph a fringe topic into a dominant wedge issue of the mid-2000s. He has since vanished from the public eye as the outrage ran dry, and everyone moved on.
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Brendan Fraser fought back tears after learning that everyone online is 'rooting' for him to succeed
The "George of the Jungle" star tipped his hat and said "Shucks, ma'am" after growing visibly emotional during his interview with a TikToker.
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William Shatner Says 'Getting Older Is Terrifying' as the World Celebrates His 90th Birthday
As the world celebrated William Shatner’s 90th birthday on March 22, the actor confessed his fear of getting older and...
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Shinji Mikami, Director of the First ‘Resident Evil’ Game, Reflects on 30 Years in the Industry
For Shinji Mikami, 2020 marks more than one milestone. For one, it sees him celebrate 30 years in the gaming industry, as he joined Capcom in 1990. And Mikami’s footprint across those 30 years is a big one; he earned his title as “the godfather of horror games” when he directed the first “Resident Evil,” helping to launch what would become a billion-dollar franchise across gaming and film.
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John Malkovich interview: 'I get asked wild questions about “my legacy”. What are you talking about? I’m an actor. My legacy is I’m a jerk-off'
Oddballs, schemers and psychopaths: in the course of his long career, John Malkovich has convincingly played them all. But whether this makes him an unusual – or unusually perfect – choice for the role of supreme pontiff in HBO’s The New Pope is something he would rather not consider.
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Buzz Aldrin at 90: an interview with the Apollo 11 astronaut
As Buzz Aldrin approaches his 90th birthday, Rod Pyle chats to the Apollo 11 astronaut about his life, legacy, and humanity's future in space.
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Navy Pilot Who Filmed a UFO Speaks: ‘It Wasn’t Behaving by the Laws of Physics’
In the 15 years since Chad Underwood recorded a bizarre and erratic UFO — now called “the Tic Tac,” a name Underwood himself came up with — from the infrared camera on the left wing of his F/A-18 Super Hornet, he’s become a flight instructor, a civilian employee in the aerospace industry, and a father. But he has not yet spoken publicly about what he saw that day, even now, two years after his video made the front page of the New York Times.
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Why Did Joaquin Phoenix Go Vegan
Actor Joaquin Phoenix has been vegan most of his life. Long before the incredible rise in popularity of veganism Joaquin and at least some of his siblings decided they did not want to participate in the cruelty involved in meat. In a recent interview he explained that at the young age of 3 years old he witnessed some fish being brutally killed and decided then that he wanted no part in it. It could be said that most 3 years olds witnessing such an event would feel the same way so a lot of credit can go to Joaquin’s parents for supporting a 3-year olds choice.
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'Mozart would have made video game music': composer Eímear Noone on a winning art form
Eímear Noone got into composing and conducting video game music by accident. One day, while studying music at Trinity College Dublin, a fourth-year student came to the bar she was drinking in with members of the college chapel choir and offered them a few quid to help with the orchestration on a project of his.
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David Chase on why he wrote The Sopranos: 'I needed help. I needed therapy'
The first image David Chase had in mind for the show that became The Sopranos was a closeup of Tony Soprano opening his eyes, “waking up for the day”. That scene ended up falling later in the pilot. The opening scene, as any of the show’s superfans will happily inform you, watches Tony eyeing up a sculpture in a therapist’s waiting room with baffled rage.
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Canalboat owners on life afloat: 'It forces you to be green'
This is a 70ft tug-style boat and I’ve lived on it for the past six years. The furniture is antique, campaign style mainly. Everything is solid oak and I hand-finished the floor. I like my desk area; I can sit there with the side door open and read and write songs.
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In a Heartfelt Interview, Robert Downey, Jr. Discusses His Post-Marvel Future
Imagine doing a huge, life-consuming job for a decade, and then it just… ends. And you’re done. Free to do whatever you want, because in this hypothetical you’re Robert Downey, Jr. and you have that kind of freedom. What comes next?
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How the baby boomers wrecked the economy for millennials
Did the baby boomer generation destroy the economy for millennials? Joseph Sternberg, a columnist at the Wall Street Journal and himself a millennial, argues that they did in his new book, The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future. According to Sternberg, millennials have found themselves saddled with a broken economy and a combustible job market thanks to the careless choices of baby boomer politicians.
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Days Gone Is Basically AAA Video Games: The Video Game
I got my hands on the upcoming PS4 game Days Gone a few weeks ago, and if you want to hear more about it, you can listen to this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen. Or you can read this post.
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Dido: ‘ I’m actually loving getting older’
I can’t remember a time before I played music. My first instrument was a recorder I found in lost property at school. If I’d told my parents I needed one, they’d have asked “What for?” So I took it home and played it for hours. I had to keep it a secret, though. There wasn’t a TV at home growing up, so I’d cycle to my mate’s house on a Wednesday night to watch Dallas. It’s just one way in which my childhood was unconventional. There was a lot of boredom which mutated into creativity, but it meant I often felt out of the loop at school. I left home at 15 and binge-watched TV for a year nonstop.
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The Outer Worlds: Interview with Senior Narrative Designer Kathryn Megan Starks
Obsidian Entertainment has garnered a reputation over the last decade and a half for a unique penchant for writing engaging and reactive narratives, usually with a heavy emphasis on weighing a high degree of consequence against the player's choices. The Outer Worlds seems to be poised to continue that trend. We already saw a glimpse of the game's unique brand of humor in our preview of the title, but being able to see the long-term narrative permutations in a limited amount of time is a bit more difficult.
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Richard Branson believes the key to success is a three-day workweek
Billionaire Richard Branson is pushing business leaders to embrace the idea of flexible work arrangements, claiming that with today's cutting-edge technology, there is no reason people can't work less hours and be equally — if not more — effective. Hard work is key, but enjoying what you do and having fun is just as crucial, said the adventurous, fun-loving founder of Virgin. In his international best seller "The Virgin Way: If It's Not Fun, It's Not Worth Doing," he wrote that "fun is one of the most important — and underrated — ingredients in any successful venture."
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