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Pioneer of the long-form graphic novel, Jack Katz, passes away at the age of 97

4 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Alex Williams

Katz published The First Kingdom, a blend of fantasy and science fiction with philosophical underpinnings, in two books every year until he reached Issue No. 24 — a number he arrived at intentionally, as that was the number of books in Homer’s epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey Alex Williams Published 11.05.25, 06:01 AM US comic-book artist Jack Katz File picture Jack Katz, a comic-book artist and writer whose 768-page magnum opus, The First Kingdom, published in installments over a dozen years...
Lulu Roman, Who Brought Big-Hearted Sass to 'Hee Haw,' Is Dead at 78

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

Obesity was a source of trauma for her, but also of her comedy, which she showcased, along with gospel singing, on the long-running down-home variety show. Lulu Roman, who brought her big-hearted Texas sass and full-throated gospel vocals to the enduring variety show "Hee Haw," known for its corn-pone comedy sketches and musical interludes provided by a constellation of country stars, died on April 23 in Bellingham, Wash. She was 78.
Mike Peters, Frontman of the Alarm, Is Dead at 66

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Alex Williams

1 day agoGeneral Hospital's Finola Hughes pays tribute to a fallen rock starFinola Hughes’ General Hospital character Anna has been working hard to maintain law and order in Port Charles. While her job can be exhausting and …2 days agoMy heart is forever broken, says Mike Peters' wifeThe wife of Welsh rock star Mike Peters has said her heart is "forever broken" after the loss of her "true love".
Mike Peters, Frontman of the Alarm, Is Dead at 66

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

Leading the Welsh band known for 1980s anthems like "Sixty Eight Guns," he later became a strong voice in the fight against cancer, which he battled for decades. Mike Peters, the frontman of the Welsh post-punk band the Alarm, which in the 1980s drew comparisons to U2 for its storm-the-barricades passion and its clarion-call anthems like "Sixty Eight Guns" and "Blaze of Glory," has died. He was 66, having lived with cancer for three decades and been a prominent campaigner against it.
Andrew Gross, Best-Selling Writer of Thrillers, Is Dead at 72

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Alex Williams

Have you ever looked into a dog’s eyes and felt like they understood your every thought? Some dogs aren’t just loyal companions—they seem to sense …
Andrew Gross, Best-Selling Writer of Thrillers, Is Dead at 72

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

A successful New York apparel executive, he switched gears in midlife and became a novelist, writing numerous best sellers, including five with James Patterson. Andrew Gross, a member of a prominent New York apparel family who abandoned a career in the rag trade to write nearly 20 crime and political thrillers, including five with the fiction juggernaut James Patterson that hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, died on April 9 at his home in Purchase, N.Y. He was 72.
KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.
Gretchen Dow Simpson, Creator of New Yorker Covers, Dies at 85

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

A Massachusetts native, she painted geometrically precise images of rural and seaside New England dwellings that found fans among the storied magazine's ardent readers. Gretchen Dow Simpson, an acclaimed Rhode Island painter whose moody, highly geometric images of seaside cottages, snow-covered farms and other totems of New England life drew comparisons to Edward Hopper and graced the covers of 58 issues of The New Yorker, died on April 11 at her home in Providence, R.I. She was 85.
Deterministic Record-and-Replay

3 weeks ago | cacm.acm.org | Andrew Quinn |Peter Alvaro |David Geer |Alex Williams

This installment of Research for Practice covers a topic that, despite its maturity, continues to produce cutting-edge research: deterministic record-and-replay. Deterministic record-and-replay technologies enable a faithful re-execution (replay) of a program that ran in the past (and perhaps encountered a rare bug, a performance anomaly, or an intrusion by an adversary). But accomplishing this requires that any nondeterministic inputs to the program be logged (recorded) during execution.
Communications of the ACM

1 month ago | cacm.acm.org | David Geer |Alex Williams |Sam Greengard

Cybercriminals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create spear phishing attacks personalized against a specific individual. According to CNN, fraudsters recently used deepfake technology to fabricate a videoconference with a company’s CFO, convincing a Hong Kong finance worker to send them $25 million. Cybersecurity companies are countering with AI-enabled analysis of video data to detect deepfakes.

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