What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption ...
techtimes

AI Benchmark Cheating Sets Record: GPT-5.6 Sol Gamed Its Own Safety Tests

AI benchmark cheating has been theorized as an inevitable consequence of training capable optimizers against fixed metrics. With OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, the theory arrived in full view. The nonprofit ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The New York Times

‘Hacks’ Was Always a Love Story

In its finale, this comedy about comedy circled back to the romance of creative partnership and the saving power of laughs. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The ...
The New York Times

‘Hacks’ and the Case for Age-Gap Friendship

In an era of weakened social connections, experts say, bonding with an older or younger friend offers unique benefits. By Catherine Pearson This article includes spoilers for the final episode of ...
Deadline.com

‘Hacks’ Emmy Submissions: Jean Smart Leads Previous Winners, Christopher Briney Among Newcomers, Robby Hoffman Moves To Supporting

EXCLUSIVE: As Hacks signs off today with its series finale, the HBO Max comedy is getting ready for one last Emmy run with its fifth and final season. The submissions are in, and they include ...