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Tribeca 2023: Blood for Dust, Catching Dust
It might seem obvious to bundle two Tribeca premieres with the word “Dust” into one dispatch, but these films have more in common than just a title. They’re both about desperate people trying to outrun their past and avoid a violent future. One is more effective than the other, but I could see both finding…
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#460 June 13, 2023
Matt writes: As one last addition to our in-depth coverage of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the entirety of which can be found in this table of contents, RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert presents her tenth and final video dispatch embedded below. It contains her interviews with acclaimed actor Jeffrey Wright (at Cannes with Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City”);…
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Patch Tuesday fixes 4 critical RCE bugs, and a bunch of Office holes
No zero-days this month, if you ignore the Edge RCE hole patched last week
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Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years
Gozi threesome from way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s now all charged, convicted and sentenced. The DOJ got there in the end…
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Binance Spars With U.S. Regulators Over Asset Freeze
A judge urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to reach a compromise with Binance that would allow the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange to continue operating in the United States.
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Diablo IV Breaks Blizzard Records, Surpassing ‘$666 Million’ in Sales
The latest entry in the franchise has seen strong early demand and a smooth launch, according to the company, which isn’t always the case for Blizzard’s popular titles.
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Reddit Communities Go Dark to Protest New App Policy
Volunteer moderators closed off access to numerous subreddits and denounced the platform’s pricing plan for developers of popular outside apps used to navigate the site.
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U.S. Food Prices Rose 0.2% in May
Prices at grocery stores and restaurants ticked up 0.2 percent last month from April, an increase after prices remained flat the two months before.
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UK Braces for Higher Interest Rates as Risk of Inflation Grows
Wage growth has increased faster than expected, and investors are betting the Bank of England will have to keep interest rates higher for longer.
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U.S. Inflation Cools as Fed Plots Next Interest Rate Move
Consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years, an encouraging sign for policymakers as they plot their next interest rate move.