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Locarno Film Festival 2025 Wrap-up
Though it’s only been a year since the 77th Locarno Film Festival, it felt like an eternity waiting for this one. This was my second year making the pilgrimage to the scenic seaside Swiss town that always promises a strong retrospective slate, an eclectic blend of world cinema, and the kind of ardent cinephile atmosphere…
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You Don’t Know What Your Time Is Like Until Later: Alex Russell on “Lurker”
Love, obsession, power, and attention collide to thrilling and frightening effect in Alex Russell’s feature-length directorial debut, “Lurker.” Set in 2018, with all its accoutrements (TikTok is blissfully absent, characters’ iPhones are using iOS 12, etc.), the film opens with Matthew (a chilling Théodore Pellerin), who takes notice when an up-and-coming pop star, Oliver (Archie…
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Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 4
This issue of the Counter Threat Unit’s high-level bimonthly report discusses noteworthy updates in the threat landscape during May and June
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Taegis MDR/XDR now work with Sophos Firewall’s Active Threat Response
Response times go from hours or days to seconds.
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Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova
The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged.
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These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs
Rare footage of spectral bats, known also as great false vampire bats, revealed animals with a cuddly, social side.
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Newly Discovered Moon Around Uranus Was Hiding Outside Its Rings
The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide.
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Husband tried to forbid my nightly run with a neighbor. Hax readers give advice.
Letter writer has run at night since age 15, but now that a male neighbor joins in, husband is alleging it’s an affair.
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Bruce Slovin, Who Unified Jewish Archives in New York, Dies at 89
A corporate executive who specialized in mergers, he brought together five Jewish institutions and their collections at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.
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Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91
In 1962, she started a software company at her dining room table with a revolutionary idea: to create a place where women could find a work-life balance.