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Louvre Jewel Heist
I assume I don’t have to explain last week’s Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details. An electric ladder to a second-floor window, an angle grinder to get into the room and the display cases, security guards there more to protect patrons than valuables—seven minutes, in and out.
There were security lapses:
The Louvre, it turns out—at least certain nooks of the ancient former palace—is something like an anopticon: a place where no one is observed. The world now knows what the four thieves (two burglars and two accomplices) realized as recently as last week: The museum’s Apollo Gallery, which housed the stolen items, was monitored by a single outdoor camera angled away from its only exterior point of entry, a balcony. In other words, a free-roaming Roomba could have provided the world’s most famous museum with more information about the interior of this space. There is no surveillance footage of the break-in…
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The AI buildout, surpassing railroads and the internet, moves Big Tech from its successful asset-light model, and prior booms have resulted in overinvestment (Kai Wu/Sparkline Capital)
Kai Wu / Sparkline Capital:
The AI buildout, surpassing railroads and the internet, moves Big Tech from its successful asset-light model, and prior booms have resulted in overinvestment — Executive Summary — The AI…
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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as communities in Jamaica warned of ‘potentially unimaginable impact’ – live – The Guardian
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