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A new report is raising uncomfortable questions about corporate cybersecurity culture. Dozens of America's largest companies have no clear, public channel for researchers to report security vulnerabilities. That means well-meaning hackers who discover flaws have nowhere obvious to turn, leaving potential weaknesses sitting unaddressed while companies remain in the dark.
Shifting to the crypto markets, SpaceX's dramatic debut as a public company sent shockwaves well beyond Silicon Valley. The newly listed firm shed close to half of bitcoin's entire market capitalization in just three trading sessions, after announcing its first bond sale. What's striking is that bitcoin itself barely flinched, falling less than one percent, suggesting the sell-off was more about SpaceX sentiment than any fundamental crypto reckoning.
And on the question of artificial intelligence and creativity, one writer is pushing back against the hype with a grounded analogy worth sitting with. Current AI systems, the argument goes, resemble a film studio suddenly tasked with producing television. The tools are impressive, but the underlying logic of what makes something worth making hasn't quite translated yet.
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