๐ก Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K just hit half price
Announced just weeks ago, it's already down to $29.99 โ a 50% drop at both Amazon and Best Buy, and an all-time low price before most people even knew it existed.
The headline upgrade isn't the discount though: the new Stick finally draws power straight from your TV's USB port, no wall adapter needed. It does 4K/60fps, HDR10 Plus, Wi-Fi 6,
One catch: sideloading apps, a feature some older models had, is gone. Progress giveth, progress taketh away.
Via The Verge.
Announced just weeks ago, it's already down to $29.99 โ a 50% drop at both Amazon and Best Buy, and an all-time low price before most people even knew it existed.
The headline upgrade isn't the discount though: the new Stick finally draws power straight from your TV's USB port, no wall adapter needed. It does 4K/60fps, HDR10 Plus, Wi-Fi 6,
Bluetooth 5.3, and comes with a redesigned remote โ asymmetrical grip, more tactile buttons.One catch: sideloading apps, a feature some older models had, is gone. Progress giveth, progress taketh away.
Via The Verge.
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๐ฌ Tom Skerritt. 93. End of watch.
Commander Viper in *Top Gun*, Captain Dallas in *Alien*, Emmy-winning Sheriff Brock in *Picket Fences* โ the actor you always recognized before you remembered his name. Skerritt died Wednesday of natural causes.
He first turned down *Alien* โ then changed his mind. Good call. Six decades on screen, five kids, US Air Force veteran. He clearly knew how to see a story through.
IGN
Commander Viper in *Top Gun*, Captain Dallas in *Alien*, Emmy-winning Sheriff Brock in *Picket Fences* โ the actor you always recognized before you remembered his name. Skerritt died Wednesday of natural causes.
"The world knew him through his acting. We knew him for his humor, wisdom and love," his family told The Hollywood Reporter.
He first turned down *Alien* โ then changed his mind. Good call. Six decades on screen, five kids, US Air Force veteran. He clearly knew how to see a story through.
IGN
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๐ฌ Frodo, Legolas, and Begbie walk into a Guy Ritchie series
The Gentlemen has quietly become one of the more impressive TV reinventions in recent memory โ Ritchie adapted his own 2019 film into a Netflix series and landed it squarely. Season 2 isn't even out yet, and Season 3 is already rolling, with filming underway in the UK and Morocco.
Netflix confirmed the new cast wave: Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, and Robert Carlyle join returning leads Theo James and Kaya Scodelario. Also incoming โ Dexter Fletcher, Bruna Marquezine, Ed Speleers, Saffron Burrows, and Bugzy Malone.
Ritchie, characteristically, kept it grand:
A hobbit, an elf, and the man who played Begbie in a British crime romp. Either that's genius casting or someone had a very productive Friday.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IeKpHvgvM
The Gentlemen has quietly become one of the more impressive TV reinventions in recent memory โ Ritchie adapted his own 2019 film into a Netflix series and landed it squarely. Season 2 isn't even out yet, and Season 3 is already rolling, with filming underway in the UK and Morocco.
Netflix confirmed the new cast wave: Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, and Robert Carlyle join returning leads Theo James and Kaya Scodelario. Also incoming โ Dexter Fletcher, Bruna Marquezine, Ed Speleers, Saffron Burrows, and Bugzy Malone.
Ritchie, characteristically, kept it grand:
"The ambition of The Gentlemen has accelerated, the world has expanded and the consequences carry weight"
A hobbit, an elf, and the man who played Begbie in a British crime romp. Either that's genius casting or someone had a very productive Friday.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IeKpHvgvM
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The Gentlemen: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix
Ambition canโt be tamed...
With Bobby standing in the way of expanding the criminal empire, Eddie and Susie must decide whether to fall in line or make their own moves. From director Guy Ritchie, The Gentlemen returns for Season 2 on September 3rd, only onโฆ
With Bobby standing in the way of expanding the criminal empire, Eddie and Susie must decide whether to fall in line or make their own moves. From director Guy Ritchie, The Gentlemen returns for Season 2 on September 3rd, only onโฆ
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๐ฌ Zendaya is going for lead โ and going big
In the first two *Dune* films, Zendaya's Chani was a supporting actress campaign. For Villeneuve's finale, per Variety, the bid moves to best actress โ because Chani is now at the center of the story, not its edges.
Set two decades after Paul Atreides seized the Imperium, *Part Three* puts Chani inside a sprawling conspiracy rather than watching from the margins. The role grew; the category followed.
The curious part: she's running three films this season simultaneously โ *The Drama* (lead), Nolan's *The Odyssey* (supporting), and *Dune*. Two Emmys, a Golden Globe โ and zero Oscar nominations yet. Interesting arithmetic.
In theaters and IMAX December 18.
In the first two *Dune* films, Zendaya's Chani was a supporting actress campaign. For Villeneuve's finale, per Variety, the bid moves to best actress โ because Chani is now at the center of the story, not its edges.
Set two decades after Paul Atreides seized the Imperium, *Part Three* puts Chani inside a sprawling conspiracy rather than watching from the margins. The role grew; the category followed.
The curious part: she's running three films this season simultaneously โ *The Drama* (lead), Nolan's *The Odyssey* (supporting), and *Dune*. Two Emmys, a Golden Globe โ and zero Oscar nominations yet. Interesting arithmetic.
In theaters and IMAX December 18.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Oct 26
๐บ Fire TV Stick 4K hits all-time low at $29.99
๐ฌ Tom Skerritt, 93 โ the face you always knew
๐ฉ The Gentlemen already greenlit for Season 3
๐ Zendaya goes for best actress in Dune finale
Someone you know definitely had a screen-free day โ send this their way
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐บ Fire TV Stick 4K hits all-time low at $29.99
๐ฌ Tom Skerritt, 93 โ the face you always knew
๐ฉ The Gentlemen already greenlit for Season 3
๐ Zendaya goes for best actress in Dune finale
Someone you know definitely had a screen-free day โ send this their way
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ $1.37 billion verdict โ and the defendants are gone
NovaTech posed as a licensed hedge fund and promised 2โ4% a week. It was a pyramid: payouts came from new deposits. It collapsed in 2023, locking out tens of thousands of investors.
New York AG Letitia James is chasing $1.37 billion from founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion โ who fled the U.S. before an August 2025 default judgment and never responded to the suit.
Recruitment ran through Haitian immigrant prayer groups and WhatsApp chats in Creole. Over 11,000 New Yorkers were among the victims worldwide, per Decrypt.
The pitch was faith. The exit was a one-way flight.
NovaTech posed as a licensed hedge fund and promised 2โ4% a week. It was a pyramid: payouts came from new deposits. It collapsed in 2023, locking out tens of thousands of investors.
New York AG Letitia James is chasing $1.37 billion from founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion โ who fled the U.S. before an August 2025 default judgment and never responded to the suit.
Recruitment ran through Haitian immigrant prayer groups and WhatsApp chats in Creole. Over 11,000 New Yorkers were among the victims worldwide, per Decrypt.
The pitch was faith. The exit was a one-way flight.
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๐ One color to rule the robocar
The industry spent years arguing over how a driverless car should signal there's no one at the wheel. NHTSA just picked an answer: cyan.
The agency is proposing cyan marker lamps as the universal "ADS is driving" signal. Red, amber, white, and flashing blue are already claimed by brakes, turn signals, and emergency vehicles โ cyan is the one gap left. The lights would be optional, but any manufacturer adding them must follow identical rules on color, brightness, and placement.
As The Verge notes, this lands while NHTSA is simultaneously auditing the Tesla Cybercab for missing mirrors, pedals, and a steering wheel โ all still required today. The rules are catching up. Just not at the same speed.
The industry spent years arguing over how a driverless car should signal there's no one at the wheel. NHTSA just picked an answer: cyan.
The agency is proposing cyan marker lamps as the universal "ADS is driving" signal. Red, amber, white, and flashing blue are already claimed by brakes, turn signals, and emergency vehicles โ cyan is the one gap left. The lights would be optional, but any manufacturer adding them must follow identical rules on color, brightness, and placement.
As The Verge notes, this lands while NHTSA is simultaneously auditing the Tesla Cybercab for missing mirrors, pedals, and a steering wheel โ all still required today. The rules are catching up. Just not at the same speed.
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๐ Mass Effect fans are holding the line โ 200,000 signatures in a weekend
EA shut down BioWare and cancelled Mass Effect 5 โ the studio behind Shepard and a trilogy people are still replaying today. The #SaveMassEffect petition crossed 200,000 verified signatures in its first weekend.
Both Shepard actors showed up. Jennifer Hale sketched a vision of a fan Kickstarter and investor collective bringing the series back. Mark Meer kept it short: "Hold the line. Go sign that petition."
The Destiny community joined in โ fitting, since those players organised earlier this year when Sony froze Destiny 2 content, and Bungie reversed course. Developer Owlcat Games pinned the petition too, noting that *The Expanse* TV show was once saved by fans the same way, per IGN.
Whether lightning strikes twice, nobody knows. But 200,000 people in a weekend is more than nostalgia.
EA shut down BioWare and cancelled Mass Effect 5 โ the studio behind Shepard and a trilogy people are still replaying today. The #SaveMassEffect petition crossed 200,000 verified signatures in its first weekend.
Both Shepard actors showed up. Jennifer Hale sketched a vision of a fan Kickstarter and investor collective bringing the series back. Mark Meer kept it short: "Hold the line. Go sign that petition."
The Destiny community joined in โ fitting, since those players organised earlier this year when Sony froze Destiny 2 content, and Bungie reversed course. Developer Owlcat Games pinned the petition too, noting that *The Expanse* TV show was once saved by fans the same way, per IGN.
Whether lightning strikes twice, nobody knows. But 200,000 people in a weekend is more than nostalgia.
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๐ธ $1.37 billion, raised through prayer groups and WhatsApp
NovaTech sold itself as a crypto and forex trading platform โ and collected $1.16 billion from investors between 2019 and 2023. About $26 million ever reached an actual trading desk. The rest disappeared.
New York AG Letitia James is asking a court to order founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion to repay $1.37 billion in funds and interest. They were found liable by default in August 2025 after simply not showing up. Four recruiters separately settled for nearly $6 million.
The scheme ran through Haitian and other immigrant communities via prayer circles and WhatsApp, promising high returns. Over 11,000 New Yorkers lost tens of millions, per Cointelegraph.
Prayer raised a billion. The courts will try to return it.
NovaTech sold itself as a crypto and forex trading platform โ and collected $1.16 billion from investors between 2019 and 2023. About $26 million ever reached an actual trading desk. The rest disappeared.
New York AG Letitia James is asking a court to order founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion to repay $1.37 billion in funds and interest. They were found liable by default in August 2025 after simply not showing up. Four recruiters separately settled for nearly $6 million.
The scheme ran through Haitian and other immigrant communities via prayer circles and WhatsApp, promising high returns. Over 11,000 New Yorkers lost tens of millions, per Cointelegraph.
Prayer raised a billion. The courts will try to return it.
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๐ต Apple hid a working iPod inside a 404 page
The iPod turns 25 today โ the device that made "1,000 songs in your pocket" feel like a magic trick and rewired the music industry in the process.
Apple's quiet tribute: a fully interactive virtual iPod living on the Apple Music 404 page. Click wheel, menus, 1,029 playable tracks โ no subscription needed. The library is peak early-2000s: Baha Men, blink-182, Eminem. Hold the center button on the About screen and Brick appears โ the hidden Breakout clone from the original hardware.
Best on mobile, where the touchscreen actually feels right. Why Apple engineered something most users will never find โ who knows. Legends don't really need a reason.
Via Notebook Check.
Engadget
The iPod turns 25 today โ the device that made "1,000 songs in your pocket" feel like a magic trick and rewired the music industry in the process.
Apple's quiet tribute: a fully interactive virtual iPod living on the Apple Music 404 page. Click wheel, menus, 1,029 playable tracks โ no subscription needed. The library is peak early-2000s: Baha Men, blink-182, Eminem. Hold the center button on the About screen and Brick appears โ the hidden Breakout clone from the original hardware.
Best on mobile, where the touchscreen actually feels right. Why Apple engineered something most users will never find โ who knows. Legends don't really need a reason.
Via Notebook Check.
Engadget
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Oct 27
๐ธ NovaTech's $1.37B pyramid finally gets its verdict
๐ Cyan is now the official color of driverless cars
๐ 200,000 fans demand EA bring Mass Effect back
๐ธ NovaTech raised billions via prayer groups and WhatsApp
๐ต Apple hid a playable iPod inside a 404 page
Someone you know definitely had a screen-free day โ pass this along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ธ NovaTech's $1.37B pyramid finally gets its verdict
๐ Cyan is now the official color of driverless cars
๐ 200,000 fans demand EA bring Mass Effect back
๐ธ NovaTech raised billions via prayer groups and WhatsApp
๐ต Apple hid a playable iPod inside a 404 page
Someone you know definitely had a screen-free day โ pass this along
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ธ Microsoft's next console could be the most expensive one it's ever made
Xbox has trailed PlayStation in sales for years. Project Helix looks less like a counterpunch and more like a category change.
Microsoft confirmed Project Helix is built to run both Xbox and PC games โ not just a Series X successor, but something closer to a hybrid gaming PC. Fortune's reporting puts internal price estimates at $1,200โ$1,800, though Microsoft could subsidize the hardware. Target launch: holiday 2028.
The current Xbox ceiling is the Series X at
The price gap between consoles and PCs was always the whole pitch. Microsoft seems fine with closing it.
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Xbox has trailed PlayStation in sales for years. Project Helix looks less like a counterpunch and more like a category change.
Microsoft confirmed Project Helix is built to run both Xbox and PC games โ not just a Series X successor, but something closer to a hybrid gaming PC. Fortune's reporting puts internal price estimates at $1,200โ$1,800, though Microsoft could subsidize the hardware. Target launch: holiday 2028.
The current Xbox ceiling is the Series X at
$499. Helix, unsubsidized, would cost three times that.The price gap between consoles and PCs was always the whole pitch. Microsoft seems fine with closing it.
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๐ธ Anthropic files for IPO โ $16B in revenue, $80B in losses
Claude's maker dropped its S-1 Monday morning. The headline numbers are worth a double-take: $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss. Share count and price range stay undisclosed; the FT says investors expect a $1.5โ1.75 trillion valuation, with pricing eyed for Nov. 19โ20.
Chip stocks jumped in premarket โ
Losses nearly five times larger than revenue, valued at a trillion and a half. Welcome to the AI era.
CoinDesk
Claude's maker dropped its S-1 Monday morning. The headline numbers are worth a double-take: $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss. Share count and price range stay undisclosed; the FT says investors expect a $1.5โ1.75 trillion valuation, with pricing eyed for Nov. 19โ20.
Chip stocks jumped in premarket โ
NVDA +1.4%, MU +2.3%. On Hyperliquid, the ANTH contract spiked to ~$1,980 at filing time, then shed 6% within minutes. Five minutes of excitement, then gravity.Losses nearly five times larger than revenue, valued at a trillion and a half. Welcome to the AI era.
CoinDesk
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๐ธ Brazil burned overnight
Polymarket and Kalshi had senator Flรกvio Bolsonaro at 80% odds heading into Sunday's runoff. Lula won 51.79% to 48.21% โ and markets paid for the miscall with other people's money.
After October's first round, where Bolsonaro led, markets called it done and pushed
Bolsonaro refused to concede. Odd footnote: his own campaign had also requested extended voting hours in three states.
Via Decrypt.
Polymarket and Kalshi had senator Flรกvio Bolsonaro at 80% odds heading into Sunday's runoff. Lula won 51.79% to 48.21% โ and markets paid for the miscall with other people's money.
EWZ, the New York-traded ETF tracking Brazil's biggest companies, cratered 26% to $31.40. B3 triggered its first circuit breaker since the pandemic โ 30 minutes frozen. About as effective as a band-aid on a burst pipe: the index kept falling once trading resumed. Dollar up 12% against the real; total hit for a dollar-based investor โ that same brutal 26%.After October's first round, where Bolsonaro led, markets called it done and pushed
EWZ up 10%-plus. Monday erased all of it, then took another 11%.Bolsonaro refused to concede. Odd footnote: his own campaign had also requested extended voting hours in three states.
Via Decrypt.
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๐ The longest LEGO ever built โ and of course it's Vader's ship
LEGO's Executor Super Star Destroyer just knocked the LEGO Titanic off the top spot: 53.5 inches versus 53.1. The margin is 0.4 inches โ roughly one stud tile.
Two boxes, 54 bags, four booklets. The finished model takes over an entire desk, and IGN's reviewer notes it looks more like a convention display than something you can actually buy at retail.
The fan service runs deep: a micro-scale Devastator from A New Hope's opening shot, a minifigure-scale bridge โ and for the first time ever, all six bounty hunters in one set: Fett, Bossk, IG-88, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, Dengar.
By canon, the Executor was larger than Manhattan. One grey tile represents several city blocks. At some point this stops being a toy.
LEGO's Executor Super Star Destroyer just knocked the LEGO Titanic off the top spot: 53.5 inches versus 53.1. The margin is 0.4 inches โ roughly one stud tile.
Two boxes, 54 bags, four booklets. The finished model takes over an entire desk, and IGN's reviewer notes it looks more like a convention display than something you can actually buy at retail.
The fan service runs deep: a micro-scale Devastator from A New Hope's opening shot, a minifigure-scale bridge โ and for the first time ever, all six bounty hunters in one set: Fett, Bossk, IG-88, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, Dengar.
By canon, the Executor was larger than Manhattan. One grey tile represents several city blocks. At some point this stops being a toy.
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๐ Daily Recap ยท Oct 28
๐ฎ Xbox's Project Helix might be its priciest console ever
๐ค Anthropic files for IPO with $80B in losses
๐ง๐ท Polymarket called Brazil wrong and wallets felt it
๐งฑ LEGO Vader ship dethrones Titanic by one stud
Someone in your life had a long Monday and missed all of this โ fix that
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
๐ฎ Xbox's Project Helix might be its priciest console ever
๐ค Anthropic files for IPO with $80B in losses
๐ง๐ท Polymarket called Brazil wrong and wallets felt it
๐งฑ LEGO Vader ship dethrones Titanic by one stud
Someone in your life had a long Monday and missed all of this โ fix that
CHEATKOTT - Your Daily News
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๐ Ford Fathom: the truck with a power grid inside
The F-150 Lightning needed a separate
Ford is also cutting the cost of the required home hardware: the backup bundle targets ~
Permitting and an electrician still fall on the owner. But the pitch is clear: a truck that moonlights as home infrastructure โ not a boutique perk, as The Verge notes.
The F-150 Lightning needed a separate
$10,000 inverter box to back up your home. Ford's upcoming Fathom โ a $28K pickup due later this year โ buries the inverter inside the vehicle and pushes out over 10 kW of AC power natively.Ford is also cutting the cost of the required home hardware: the backup bundle targets ~
$3,123 vs. a typical $5,205, and five major US and Canadian utilities are onboard to reduce the paperwork.Permitting and an electrician still fall on the owner. But the pitch is clear: a truck that moonlights as home infrastructure โ not a boutique perk, as The Verge notes.
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