Richard Lawler

If you use Amazon’s Fire TV, it should have access to a “The Mysterious Case of the Stolen Fire TV Cube” promo, helpfully branded by both companies.

You could navigate your way through the interactive experience to find out who took the box and why (with optional clues provided at your request by Alexa), or you could just read Andrew Webster’s review and make your streaming plans for this weekend.

SBF had reportedly been ready to contest his extradition; even today, it was reported that he wanted to read the indictment before agreeing to extradition.

In the US, he is set to face a long list of criminal and civil charges covering fraud, money laundering, and more.

However, the latest rumor from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims plans for some sort of extreme “double-M2 Ultra” chip have been scrapped (for those counting at home, that’s four M2 Max CPUs working as one) to stick with an upgraded Ultra chip combined with a modular design.

If that’s all there is to it, what does that mean for the future of the already impressive — but not modular and easily upgradeable — Mac Studio?

He’s said part of the filming process included recreating the first nuclear weapon detonation test in New Mexico without computer graphics.

And if you still need more Nolan:

I tried to recap Sam Bankman-Fried’s transition from media tour to handcuffs, and then we talked more about the golden age of streaming and why David Zaslav’s biggest problem might be in his presentation.

Hive is now back online, with an updated app available for iOS, and an update coming for its beta app on Android.

Still, it’s not a great sign that the best place to find updates on Hive’s service status is its Twitter account.

Anyway, in recent non-Elon news:

The pop-up statuses are hidden away (for now) in the Instagram messages window, but for the Elder Millennial / Young Gen X generation, it’s a return to the days of flirting via vague but also specifically targeted song lyrics.