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The rise in lawsuits may mean companies and organizations that are hacked are no longer just on the hook for reimbursing people who had their data stolen. They could now be liable for all kinds of damages that go well beyond a heightened risk of identity theft or credit card fraud

...consumers are now asking not “What should we watch?”, to which Netflix has become the stock response, but “What should we do?”

The answer, for many, is play video games

It feels as if we’re in the middle of reimagining both what a “video game” is and what online idle time can be — more engaging and social, perhaps, and a little less passive doomscrolling. (Or I might be reading too much into this. Yeah, it might just be about money.)

There’s a set of norms that people are grappling with in regard to this statement from the director of the Bourdain documentary. They’re asking questions around consent, right? Who consents to someone taking your voice and using it? In this case, the voiceover of a private email. And what if that was something that, if the person was alive, they might not have wanted.

A collection of mostly short compositions from the 1950's and 1960's by Igor Stravinsky. The composer conducting a variety of performers...Transfer from the original Columbia stereo LP MS 7054 by Bob Varney.

...2. Have your Heroes Care About Something Besides the Broken System...

As Marin Alsop leaves the Baltimore Symphony after 14 years, the field is taking a step backward: 25 major American orchestras, no female music directors

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