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College software Canvas goes down after hack, Best motherly wisdom, Food Friday, and more
A system that thousands of schools and universities including UCLA use was offline Thursday during a cyberattack.
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- College staple software Canvas is down after a hack
- Mama bear’s eternal words of wisdom
- World Cup pub crawl: Fox and Hounds
- FilmWeek: ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ ‘Mad Bills to Pay,’ ‘Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,’ and more!
- Feature: New rules, new venue, new broadcast. Oh My! The Oscars are a-changing
Today on AirTalk: Cybersecurity breach affects thousands of schools; what is the best advice from your mom? Food Friday; FilmWeek; and all the changes coming to the Oscars.
College staple software Canvas is down after a hack
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A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday during a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology.
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Guest: Chris Mattmann, president and founder of mattmann.ai and former inaugural Chief Data and AI Officer at UCLA
What happened: The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emisoft. Instructure, the company behind Canvas, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment or questions about whether the system was taken down as a precaution or because the hackers knocked it offline.
Why it matters: Canvas is used to manage grades, course notes, assignments, lecture videos and more. The hacking group posted online that nearly 9,000 schools worldwide were affected, with billions of private messages and other records accessed, Connolly said. The cybersecurity breach also comes as students prepare for finals.
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Mama bear’s eternal words of wisdom
What is the best piece of advice your mother has given you that sticks with you to this day?
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Since the beginning of human existence, mothers have been dishing out advice, nourishment, and wisdom to their offspring. A mother’s touch, literal and figurative, passes through generations, and more often than not, that means a little piece of them sticks with all of us forever.
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World Cup pub crawl: Fox and Hounds
The Fox and Hounds, a British pub in Studio City
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Austin Cross sits down with the managing partner of The Fox and Hounds, a British pub in Studio City.
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Guest: Tony Romano, managing partner
Restaurant details: The Fox and Hounds opened in 1996. It’s known for its British pub specialities, including pies and fish and chips. They also host the Los Angeles support group for Arsenal F.C.
What we tasted: Shepherds pie, bangers and mash, and chicken curry pie
Location and hours: 11100 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604. Monday-Sunday: 12 p.m.-2 a.m.
FilmWeek: ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ ‘Mad Bills to Pay,’ ‘Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,’ and more!
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Guest host Austin Cross and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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Guests: LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer
Films:
- The Sheep Detectives, Wide Release
- Mad Bills to Pay: (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), Laemmle NoHo, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica], and Vidiots [Eagle Rock]
- Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, Wide Release
- W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause, Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica]|Airs on PBS May 19 at 9 p.m. ET
- Couples Weekend, Available on Digital & VOD
- Group: The Schopenhauer Effect Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] & Laemmle Royal [West LA]
- Mistura, Laemmle Town Center [Encino], Laemmle Monica Film Center [Santa Monica] & Regal Edwards in South Gate
- Broad Trip, Streaming on Roku
Feature: New rules, new venue, new broadcast. Oh My! The Oscars are a-changing
The Academy Awards is changing...
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Last week, the Academy Awards released new rules for the Oscars. Some of the changes include awarding the director rather than the country for Best International Feature and allowing actors to be nominated for multiple films in the same category, such as Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress.
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Guests: LAist film critics Wade Major, Claudia Puig, and Peter Rainer
Other changes: Two of the new rule changes included explicit language about acting performances and screenplays being “demonstratively human” and “human-authored” respectively. These new rules come as the Oscars are planning for a change in venue and a new broadcast partner in YouTube starting in 2029.
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