Sergey Brin told Google staff that working 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot'
https://fortune.com/article/sergey-brin-60-hour-work-week-ai-rto/
https://fortune.com/article/sergey-brin-60-hour-work-week-ai-rto/
Fortune
Sergey Brin told Google’s AI staff that working 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’ | Fortune
“I think we have all the ingredients to win this race, but we are going to have to turbocharge our efforts.”
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'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/backrooms-box-office-record-opening-weekend-obsession-jumps-star-wars-crumbles-1236763355/
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/backrooms-box-office-record-opening-weekend-obsession-jumps-star-wars-crumbles-1236763355/
Variety
Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Stuns With $81 Million Debut, ‘Obsession’ Has Another Unprecedented Jump, ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Suffers…
It was a great weekend for moviegoing as "Backrooms" and "Obsession" fueled record turnouts.
ChatGPT for Google Sheets Exfiltrates Workbooks
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/gpt-for-google-sheets-data-exfiltration
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/gpt-for-google-sheets-data-exfiltration
Promptarmor
ChatGPT for Google Sheets Exfiltrates Workbooks
ChatGPT for Google Sheets is vulnerable to data exfiltration and phishing overlay attacks that affect workbooks across the victim’s account after an indirect prompt injection in a single sheet.
New solar desalination breakthrough makes fresh water without toxic brine
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260530053418.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260530053418.htm
ScienceDaily
New solar desalination breakthrough makes fresh water without toxic brine
Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine. Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to evaporate water while automatically moving salt deposits away…
The need for a socialist planned economy (2021)
https://www.marxist.ca/article/the-need-for-a-socialist-planned-economy
https://www.marxist.ca/article/the-need-for-a-socialist-planned-economy
www.marxist.ca
The need for a socialist planned economy | Communist Revolution
This article is a transcript of the presentation given by Vincent R. Beaudoin at Fightback’s Marxist Winter School 2021. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Francis Fukuyama told us that this was evidence of the failure of the planned economy and the…
Marcus Aurelius Had Anxiety Too – Stoicism for People Who Overthink
https://stvrrll1ght.substack.com/p/marcus-aurelius-had-anxiety-too-stoicism
https://stvrrll1ght.substack.com/p/marcus-aurelius-had-anxiety-too-stoicism
Substack
Marcus Aurelius Had Anxiety Too — Stoicism for People Who Overthink
The Examined Life · Issue #4
Dune's Butlerian Jihad and the Future of AI
https://technology.inquirer.net/147084/dunes-butlerian-jihad-and-the-future-of-ai
https://technology.inquirer.net/147084/dunes-butlerian-jihad-and-the-future-of-ai
INQUIRER.NET
Dune’s Butlerian Jihad and the future of AI
MANILA, Philippines – Warner Bros. recently published a two-and-a-half-minute teaser for the final part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune film trilogy. As a science fiction fan who has read Frank Herbert’s original Dune novel and thoroughly enjoyed the first two…
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival
the Guardian
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
Why are large language models so terrible at video games?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-video-games-llms-togelius
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-video-games-llms-togelius
IEEE Spectrum
Why Are Large Language Models So Terrible at Video Games?
LLMs can code your retro shooter but still fail at playing Halo; see what this gap reveals about AI’s real limits in 2026
LLMs Are Closer to Religion Than They Appear
https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/06/01/llms-are-closer-to-religion-than-they-appear-watch-out-for-those-who-like-it-that-way/5248189
https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/06/01/llms-are-closer-to-religion-than-they-appear-watch-out-for-those-who-like-it-that-way/5248189
theregister
LLMs are closer to religion than they appear. Watch out for those who like it that way
Papal's 40k-word encyclical drops and lawyers already asking if Catholics can refuse workplace AI on religious grounds
MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop Ultra
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/01/microsoft-builds-its-ultimate-macbook-pro-rival-with-the-nvidia-powered-surface-laptop-ultra/
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/01/microsoft-builds-its-ultimate-macbook-pro-rival-with-the-nvidia-powered-surface-laptop-ultra/
Windows Latest
Microsoft builds its ultimate MacBook Pro rival with the NVIDIA powered Surface Laptop Ultra
Microsoft launches the Surface Laptop Ultra with an NVIDIA RTX Spark chip and 128GB unified memory to challenge Apple MacBook Pro dominance.