The Rundown for June 23, 2021

Advertisers trying to target your dreams: - “‘Dream incubation advertising’ is an experimental marketing technique that uses audio and video to shape the content of your dreams. The journal Science surveys the field and reports on a group of legit dream researchers ‘calling for the regulation of commercial dream manipulation,’ which does have some real science behind it.”
Van Buren v. United States - The U.S. Supreme Court rules on the “exceeds authorized use” language of the CFAA. It’s a narrower reading that prevents any violation of a system’s terms from being turned into an indictment.
Microsoft Excel has an Esport now - “Eight spreadsheet jockeys from eight different countries will compete to 'use the most of Excel's capabilities to solve complex problems in no time.“
The Most Irrational Number - “But my favorite thing about the golden ratio has nothing to do with pentagons or Pepsi. It’s that the golden ratio, among all irrational numbers, is the most irrational one.”
Firms are giving out bonuses to keep lawyers working 100 hour weeks -

“The boom in legal services comes after law firms had prepared for the worst last summer, in the wake of the coronavirus. Many firms cut salaries for lawyers and staff, while some furloughed their employees to get through what they thought would be a massive economic downturn.
Instead, 2020 turned into a windfall year for the industry’s top 100 law firms by revenue, which brought in almost $111 billion in revenue, up 6.6% from 2019 and the biggest increase since 2018, according to data from the American Lawyer.”