TRANSCRIPT · Hard Rock Cafe Japan Partners with Evangelion for 1st Ever Collaboration

## Hard Rock Cafe Japan Partners with Evangelion for 1st Ever Collaboration (Anime News Network)
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-30/hard-rock-cafe-japan-partners-with-evangelion-for-1st-ever-collaboration/.243330
GRANT BRICKMAN: Hard Rock Cafe Japan teams up with Evangelion for the first time, and there are shot glasses.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good morning. Now the full story: Hard Rock Cafe Japan has teamed up with Evangelion. A first ever collaboration. Roxy is at the drive-in.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The chain announced it on Monday. The items go on sale on November 3. The article's subhead says the restaurant mustn't run away.
ROXY: Darlings, a restaurant and an anime in one gift shop. The range: shirts, jackets, a hat, magnets, shot glasses and pins. Merch for every shelf.
ROXY: It goes on sale in Tokyo, Ueno Station, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka Nanba. Prices run from 1,980 yen to 9,570 yen, about 13 to 60 dollars and 50 cents.
ROXY: Shirts and jackets come in S to XLL. The shirts come in white, grey and black. Every purchase comes with an exclusive bag. I'd give it four reels out of five.
GRANT BRICKMAN: XLL. Is that Extra Large Large? Because I've been Extra Large Large since the station's 1987 weather map.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It is the size above XL, Grant. And yes, the exclusive bag comes with every purchase. That is the whole story.

## Deutscher IT-Sicherheitsmarkt erwartet zweistelliges Wachstum (Elektronik Praxis)
https://www.elektronikpraxis.de/deutscher-it-sicherheitsmarkt-erwartet-zweistelliges-wachstum-a-cadeb3f80a6c96079a0507df36033c83/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: German companies are spending more on IT security, and the market is heading past 15 billion euros.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for a PXL Deep Dive. German firms are spending more on IT security. Vera has the board, and I have a very sturdy lock on my desk drawer.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Bitkom, using IDC data, says German IT security spending rises 11.7 percent this year, from 12.8 to 14.3 billion euros.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Next year another plus of 10.7 percent is expected, to 15.8 billion euros. That would be the first time above 15 billion.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And what is that money up against, Vera?
DR. VERA VECTOR: Bitkom's study Wirtschaftsschutz 2026 puts the damage from data theft, espionage and sabotage at at least 211 billion euros a year. 76 percent is cyberattacks.
DR. VERA VECTOR: The biggest slice of spending is security software: 7.8 billion euros, up 14.5 percent.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So security is the hotel minibar. Everybody pays more and nobody reads the bill.
DR. VERA VECTOR: The catch: security's share of IT budgets stays at 18 percent, as last year. Bitkom and the BSI recommend 20.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Software makes up 55 percent of the market. What to watch: whether the share ever reaches the guideline. The report does not say.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Spending is rising and the guideline is still two points away. Grant, nobody is calling that a lock.

## The Hype Index (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Hype Index: a breach, a quiz and a very loud little word.
GRANT BRICKMAN: It is time for the Hype Index, our market report on hype. Vera, how is the wire trading?
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire. 199 points on Hacker News for Tell HN: Scribd Breached. 192 points for the TNG Episode Guessing Game.
DR. VERA VECTOR: And 131 points for Sanstun, a sans-IO, parallel-friendly WireGuard implementation in Rust. A quiz beat a protocol. Markets are fickle.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Sanstun is a WireGuard implementation, Grant. It is not a new streaming service.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume over 24 hours: tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories. A perfectly flat market.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Three desks, thirty each. Somebody in the back is clearly counting with a ruler.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words. DER, in 10 headlines. DATA, in 8. HALLOWEEN, in 7.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: DER is German for the. Grant, it is not a person. Happy Halloween, everyone.

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