as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the bank had to overhaul its online banking system after a cyberpunk broke into the accounts of thousands of customers
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Some of them looked incredibly futuristic, some of them looked cyberpunk.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2024
For The Matrix, the Wachowskis coaxed a genuinely transcendent performance from Reeves, while also successfully synthesizing a host of inspirations (from cyberpunk literature to anime classics to various strains of philosophy detailing our notions of consciousness).
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
An action movie that featured multiple philosophical threads and a combination of religious imagery from both the East and West, all set in a dystopian future and dotted with cyberpunk jargon did not make for the most executive-pleasing project.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
The project began after the two watched David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi film Videodrome and were inspired by the film’s cyberpunk aesthetics; the album demos were just synths and drum machines.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2024
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2024
For The Matrix, the Wachowskis coaxed a genuinely transcendent performance from Reeves, while also successfully synthesizing a host of inspirations (from cyberpunk literature to anime classics to various strains of philosophy detailing our notions of consciousness).
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
An action movie that featured multiple philosophical threads and a combination of religious imagery from both the East and West, all set in a dystopian future and dotted with cyberpunk jargon did not make for the most executive-pleasing project.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
The project began after the two watched David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi film Videodrome and were inspired by the film’s cyberpunk aesthetics; the album demos were just synths and drum machines.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Cyberpunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyberpunk. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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