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‘Slap-and-solve adventure’ game Slap Out Of It! announced for consoles, PC

Floor Plan developer Turbo Button has announced Slap Out Of It!, a “slap-and-solve adventure” game set in a “slapstick comedy sandbox packed with silly puzzles.” It will launch for unspecified ...
MIT Technology Review

The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos

Some AI cybersecurity threats are incredibly simple. They’re still dangerous. On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts.
The New York Times

I Just Realized Why I Liked ‘Hacks’ So Much

How did you meet your closest friends? I just spent a weekend in Orange Beach, Ala., with the same group of friends that I met in August 1987, on my first day of college. And what bound us together?
Salon

“Hacks” finale is a moving tribute to comedy’s power to keep going

Comedy loves a good callback. The fifth and final season of “Hacks” contains some outstanding nods to triumphs that Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) savored together in ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Hacks’ Goes Out on Its Own Terms

In its audacious series finale, the comedy series chose silence, grief, and a one-liner over a tidy sendoff — and mostly stuck the landing. By Kevin Dolak [This story contains spoilers from the series ...
IndieWire

Three Sequences in the ‘Hacks’ Finale Define Its Great Cinematography

Cinematographer Adam Bricker tells IndieWire about the joys of getting to always have Paris, and also five seasons of an HBO series. Getting to sculpt the show for five seasons with a core group of ...
IndieWire

‘Hacks’ Co-Creator Explains Why the Finale’s Surprise Storyline Was Its Logical Conclusion

The way “Hacks” would ultimately end hasn’t changed since the series was pitched seven years ago, Lucia Aniello told IndieWire, but the decision to make Season 5 the last was debated late in the ...
TheWrap

‘Hacks’ Creators Explain Series Finale’s Big Fakeout: ‘We Always Knew This Was the Ending’

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Hacks” Season 5, Episode 10. Deborah Vance was never going to die. That may be a shock to “Hacks” fans who have seen the series finale to HBO Max’s Emmys ...
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‘Hacks’ ends after 5 seasons with surprising twist to Deborah Vance’s fate

Standing ovation for the “Hacks” series finale. HBO’s Emmy Award-winning comedy series ended after five seasons Thursday night and pulled a major switcheroo with Deborah Vance’s (Jean Smart) fate.
Gold Derby

‘Hacks’ ending explained: Show creators break down Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder’s callbacks and full-circle moments

The Emmy-winning HBO Max series aired its final episode May 28. The episode opens with an intentional full-circle moment. It begins with a one-shot of Ava walking through the set of the show she is ...
Vanity Fair

In the Hacks Series Finale, Deborah Gave Ava “the Ultimate Declaration of Love”

Hacks ended the way it began: with a trio of comedy writers brainstorming on a quaint street in the City of Lights. “We wrote the pilot while staying in an apartment in Paris,” says Lucia Aniello, who ...
collider

'Hacks' Was Always Going To End This Way for Ava and Deborah

Co-creators Jen Statsky and Lucia Aniello break down the intensely emotional ending of one of HBO's best comedies. Emily Bernard has worn many hats over 5 years with Collider, including Features ...