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A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/recording-lets-you-hear-delta-blues-legend-robert-johnson-in-stunning-clarity.html

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, and Bob Dylan have never hesitated to acknowledge his influence.

Open Culture

Brian Costa 1d ago

Really #Disney? #InfinityVision?

Sounds like the return of #THXCertified. Which also meant nothing. I know this because an old projectionist friend of mine told me once that our “THX Certified” local Regal back in the day was just a piece of paper that said “yep, it sounds good.” There was no special hardware or anything.

I think they’re just upset that #DunePartThree took all the #IMAX screens because they booked their date first 🍿🤪

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/infinity-vision-movie-theaters/

The Walt Disney Studios and Global Theatrical Exhibition Partners Launch 'Infinity Vision' — The Ultimate Premium Moviegoing Experience | The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Studios announced the launch of Infinity Vision, a new certification for premium large format (PLF) theaters.

The Walt Disney Company

Brian Costa 3d ago

According to reports, #GodzillaMinusZero is shot on #IMAX.

🙂

https://gizmodo.com/godzilla-minus-zero-cinemacon-footage-description-2000746309

We Just Saw Behind the Scenes on 'Godzilla Minus Zero,' and It's Bigger and Darker Than Ever

Writer-director Takashi Yamazaki teased his upcoming Godzilla film at CinemaCon 2026.

Gizmodo

Brian Costa 5d ago

This showed up in my Feed the other day and it hit hard. Learn from history.

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo

Brian Costa Apr 10

Electronic Frontier Foundation Apr 9

Quantum computers are coming sooner than expected. Now's a good time to check if your encrypted messenger has moved to post-quantum cryptography. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/yikes-encryptions-y2k-moment-coming-years-early

Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early

Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than previous deadlines, and they proposed the new post-quantum migration deadline because of two new papers that comprise a big jump in the state of the technology. It’s ahead of schedule, but not altogether unexpected. Cryptographers and engineers have been working on this for years, and as the deadline gets closer, it’s not surprising to see more precise timeline estimates come up.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Brian Costa Apr 9