taking some screenshots from obsession to use as desktop wallpapers and discovered my new october pfp (spooky name could use some work tho imo)
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Early in the film, Fielder asks Holmes if she has chosen him to tell the story because he isn’t a science journalist, and it’ll be easier to get one over on him. She says she sees it as a human story. She feels she has been misunderstood. She isn’t the fraudster people — like me, I suppose — made her out to be. She wasn’t lying to anyone. She really believed in her invention. As she says this, she is wide-eyed, making eye contact with Fielder. Her face is placid, even peaceful. She appears to be fully convinced. [At one point, she insists she’s never told a lie at all, not once in her life.]
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![cropped photo of a page from Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue
The Tech Bubble
In 1989, working on a NeXT computer, British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented something he called the World Wide Web: a potentially infinite array of linked documents on the internet. He was working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and designed the web for global CERN scientists to access one another's research.
It was such a good idea that on April 30, 1993, CERN released the web to the general global public. [A gold rush resulted. Investors poured money into anything with "com" in their names-whether or not they had profit or even a business plan.] Between 1995 and 2000, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index rose from 1,000 to over 5,000. Everyone was going to be rich.
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Posted OCT 16. 2026 AT 10:59 AM GMT+13
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Skydrop.As reported by Variety, the newly listed Skydance (SKYD) currently has a market cap of around $40 billion, which is less than half of the sum of the $77.7 billion and $11 billion market caps that Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance had before their merger.
Skydance’s Market Value Is Currently Less Than Half What Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Combined Were Worth [Variety]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pqusgg62f2lkh3lvg6ntpryr/bafkreifessg2yhiezm7qpqj2yxq36j4xakp572re5xplgnqtcglnpjqboy)
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Posted Oct 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM GMT+13
Elizabeth Lopatto
Neocloud CoreWeave’s bonds are distressed, and so am I. The company’s unsecured debt due in 2032 is now trading below 80 cents on the dollar, Bloomberg reports. “Yikes” is right, Elon — if CoreWeave crumbles, other debt-laden neoclouds might be in trouble, too. CoreWeave is in many ways the poster child of the current AI buildout, which may have disastrous consequences if things don’t go as planned.
CoreWeave’s Bonds Turn Distressed, Drawing ‘Yikes’ From Musk [Bloomberg]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pqusgg62f2lkh3lvg6ntpryr/bafkreib3d25tafcppaioino2z22je3ph5fqossbkftp7bxevwfjguymqpy)
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CMF’s first wireless speakers look like musical milk cartons
The CMF Speaker Series are launching in two sizes with panels and knobs that can be customized with 3D printing.
by Andrew Liszewski
Oct 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM GMT+13
[the photo shows the two boxy, angular wireless speakers sitting next to each other against a white background. there’s a small one that’s orange in colour, and a big one roughly twice the size in teal. the big one has two round speaker grills while the smaller one has one. both have a weird protrusion at the top with a tapered top side that makes them look like weird metal milk cartons.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pqusgg62f2lkh3lvg6ntpryr/bafkreiay57j4kptd6ox55gwu56lelyhftufg6ueapfnwdxt5awcqup3y6q)
![woman: Ugh, I hate November. It's 26:15 and the sun is setting again! 3-day Days are the worst.
man: I like it. I know it's dark, but it's nice to have the extra time on deadlines.
[In our new calendar system, the date changes after ever 12 hours of daylight, regardless of how long that takes.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pqusgg62f2lkh3lvg6ntpryr/bafkreihngn7udcffrlwyy7rjp3vzvtxicbaa36x75esj6bv4iiivl6uigq)
![photo of my tv showing a man with a hat on saying something and the subtitles read: [speaking foreign language]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pqusgg62f2lkh3lvg6ntpryr/bafkreievum4huicmky6dtvi6wo733zgkirqgpo4mnhp2rspku3de5nl6cq)
![photo of a page from Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue
The Case
In Jobs's mind, the everyperson's computer should be small and friendly. Cases took a long time to get tooled and fabricated. Getting the Mac's housing done was critical-and urgent.
Jobs asked Jerry Manock, designer of the Apple II and III cases, to design the Mac. Jobs kept saying [he wanted something enduring and sleek, like a Volkswagen Beetle or a Ferrari.]
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