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Suspected deadly hantavirus outbreak hits luxury cruise ship
A luxury cruise ship is under investigation after three passengers died from suspected hantavirus infection, highlighting rodent exposure, cramped air‑conditioned interiors and climate‑driven shifts in host ecology.
2026-05-05
‘Notepad++ for Mac’ clone sparks author pushback
An unofficial macOS editor marketed as “Notepad++ for Mac” has drawn objections from Notepad++’s creator, who reiterates the project is Windows-only and has never shipped a native Mac build.
2026-05-05
OpenAI sales chief exits for Thrive Capital
OpenAI’s head of sales, Jason Dyett, departs for Thrive Capital, highlighting the pull of venture capital and raising questions over how the AI company will manage its next phase of commercial growth.
2026-05-05
Travel
Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
CISA flags active CopyFail attacks on Linux
CISA warns that the CopyFail vulnerability in major Linux versions is under active exploitation, exposing servers and datacenters to remote compromise and large-scale data theft.
2026-05-05
Valve’s Mysterious 50-Ton Console Shipment
Valve has imported about 50 tons of game consoles within two days, and trade records hint at a coordinated hardware ramp that could signal a new Steam Deck variant or wider console strategy.
2026-05-05
Google pushes Gemini deeper into smart homes
Google is widening access to Gemini for Home on Google Home devices across Europe and Asia-Pacific, adding multimodal AI features while keeping Nest hardware central.
2026-05-04
Car
Delicacy
ACGN
Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03
