a techie who always has to have the latest gadget that the brainiacs in Silicon Valley have cooked up

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Meanwhile there’s a new bad guy to reckon with: Merrick (Harry Melling), a bratty brainiac who likes to refer to himself as the youngest billionaire in pharma. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, "Charlize Theron is a tough and moody superhero in Netflix action drama 'The Old Guard'," 8 July 2020

Among the many impressive and articulate brainiacs featured here, Orlowski's one-time contemporary at Stanford, Tristan Harris, grabs the lion's share of the screen time. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Social Dilemma': Film Review | Sundance 2020," 27 Jan. 2020

But the Stallman affair touches on something else: a simmering resentment of the treatment of women by the scruffy brainiacs who built our digital world, as well as the Brahmins of academia and business who benefited from the hackers’ effort. Wired, "Richard Stallman and the Fall of the Clueless Nerd," 18 Sep. 2019

And now one of those receivers will be Stills, a brainiac who can align anywhere and read defenses while running routes. Andy Benoit, SI.com, "An Early Glimpse Into the Rodgers-LaFleur Marriage in Green Bay," 4 Sep. 2019

Just the title was about the highest brainiac accolade that could be conferred. al.com, "The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakdowns and breakneck," 27 June 2019

Just the title was about the highest brainiac accolade that could be conferred. al.com, "The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakdowns and breakneck," 27 June 2019

Just the title was about the highest brainiac accolade that could be conferred. al.com, "The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakdowns and breakneck," 27 June 2019

Just the title was about the highest brainiac accolade that could be conferred. al.com, "The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakdowns and breakneck," 27 June 2019

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