why is everyone in SF having halloween parties the weekend before halloween? does no one go out on the actual 31st
BREAKING: The Batman Part 2 will be finished by director Steven Soderbergh following Matt Reeves' departure. bit.ly/4jYbyU2
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Matt Reeves has not departed the project. According to Warner Bros. and Reeves, Steven Soderbergh is only stepping in to help complete the final weeks of principal photography while Reeves attends to a family matter. deadline.com/2026/10/steven… hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…
we're recreating the old studio system from first principles
Hollywood talent agencies CAA, UTA and WME have teamed up to create the American Entertainment Alliance.
The organization wants U.S. legislation to force streamers like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Disney+ to spend at least 50% of their budgets on independent productions.
variety.com/2026/tv/news/caa…
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They call @Techweek_ the Coachella of Tech.
So, @probablyhala spent the week getting microchipped, visiting military blimps, and ranking the most unhinged events, all while asking Silicon Valley one question:
Should we slow down AI development?
00:00 The Coachella of tech
00:34 Hot sauce competition
01:37 Padel with @deel
02:43 Coffee rave
03:00 Microchip manicure
04:52 Tech hot takes
06:14 Inside a blimp warehouse
06:34 AI and peacetech
07:58 @datologyai dumplings
08:33 The @agi_inc future of shopping
09:25 @AndalaLabs AI karaoke
10:21 What did we learn?
I went to SF tech week and all i got was this lousy microchip embedded in my nail (it was an nfc tag)
i think its agi when nathan drake gets to punch Ratchet (or Clank) on Madden
Why is everyone suddenly putting Mario inside GTA and Elden Ring? 👇
It comes down to two things: decompilation and recompilation.
Decompilation is reverse-engineering a game’s compiled binary back into source code humans can actually understand and modify. Historically, that took an absurd amount of manual work. AI can now speed up huge parts of that process.
But for recompliation, the game’s original machine instructions get translated into code that can run on modern hardware. AI can then help make sense of those instructions, debug the translation, and fill in the gaps.
Newer models are also getting surprisingly good at reasoning through binaries and low-level code. Mods, ports, decomp projects, and recomp projects are getting much easier and faster to make.
If this continues, a lot of old game software could become inspectable and modifiable, even if the original source code was never even released.
We look forward to playing Diddy Kong NBA 2K Dr. Mario
