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Security researchers are tracking a sophisticated attack targeting business travelers. Hackers are hijacking hotel Wi-Fi at the DNS level, silently redirecting guests to fake Microsoft three sixty-five login pages. It's a reminder that convenience and security rarely travel together, and that public networks remain a serious liability.
Shifting to the high seas, South Korea has cleared a significant milestone in maritime engineering. The US Bureau of Safety has granted preliminary approval for a conceptual fifteen thousand TEU container ship powered by twin molten salt small modular reactors. The design strips out conventional fuel tanks entirely, replacing them with cargo space and a nuclear propulsion system its engineers describe as ultra-safe. It's ambitious, early-stage, and genuinely worth watching.
And closer to home, Pixar has laid off more than one hundred Bay Area employees, with termination letters arriving on Mrs. Incredible letterhead. The detail is almost too on the nose for a studio built on storytelling, and it underscores a broader pattern of restructuring rippling through entertainment and tech alike, even at studios synonymous with creative prestige.
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