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Grounded airline planes turned into pop-up restaurants sell out in 30 minutes

The Verge

I admit I normally quite like airplane food, but that’s probably because it’s something to focus my attention on beyond an endless series of films I was never interested enough in to see in the cinema. Around half the planes’ seats will be available for dining to allow for social distancing.

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God Help Us, the Winklevoss Twins Are Co-Producing a Movie About Their Bitcoin Journey

Gizmodo

If that doesn’t seem masturbatory enough, rejoice: said film is about how they amassed a net wealth of more than $1 billion by getting really into Bitcoin. The Winklevoss twins—the brothers Mark Zuckerberg allegedly stole the idea for Facebook from—are making a movie about themselves, Deadline reported this week. Read more.

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AMC wants to reopen cinemas in July but it?s not clear audiences are ready

The Verge

billion net loss in the first quarter of the year. AMC has high hopes for July when it plans to reopen cinemas, thanks to the release of highly anticipated films like Chistopher Nolan’s Tenet , and Disney’s live-action Mulan remake. ACM relies entirely on public gatherings to make its money , posting a $2.2

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Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios

The Verge

Put another way, Netflix wants to be more like social apps than other streaming services. million paid memberships in the second quarter of 2021 over its 1 million guidance forecast, even while it lost some 400,000 paid net adds. Moreover, Netflix isn’t shopping for studios in the same way its rivals have been.

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Hating work is having a moment

Vox

Importantly, the pandemic — as well as government social safety nets like extended unemployment benefits — gave people the time, distance, and perspective to reevaluate the place of work in their lives. This is one of the many worker trends bulwarked by social media, which is rampant with support for unions.

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Will technology harm or help young people’s brains? A highly nuanced debate

Trends in the Living Networks

They do not retain information; they spend most of their energy sharing short social messages, being entertained, and being distracted away from deep engagement with people and knowledge. They lack deep-thinking capabilities; they lack face-to-face social skills; they depend in unhealthy ways on the internet and mobile devices to function.

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Interview: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visits Amazon and Microsoft; talks AI, China, economy

GeekWire

When you consider the potential negative implications of AI for jobs, but also the potential positive impact on productivity and efficiency, do you see it as a net positive or a negative for the economy in the UK and globally ? I see it as off-the-scale positive. I really do. So I think from that point of view, I’m very optimistic.