Matt and Ross Duffer have revealed the secret to the success of Stranger Things.

At the Los Angeles premiere of Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season on Nov. 6, the twin brothers reflected on how the show has hit home with people.

“I think a lot of the success of the show is, people can relate to these characters, and they can relate to these actors. They’re good people,” Ross told People. “And I think it comes through in their performances.”

The fans “see themselves in [the characters] and they see the challenges they go through, and watching them overcome it gives them hope,” he added. “So, I think that’s a big part of the success.”

Matt thinks the secret ingredient is the cast, who “has become a big family.”

“For the younger cast, the kids who are no longer kids, it’s been 10 years, it’s half their lives,” he says, referring to Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo.

“They’re all very, very close. And I think the real-life bond that they have translates into the show,” he added.

Ross went on to tease that the final season of Stranger Things is “intense from beginning to end.” The season will hit Netflix on Nov. 26 with the first four episodes, followed by three episodes arriving on Christmas and the finale on New Year’s Eve.

Toronto residents woke up on Monday, November 11, to a winter-like landscape that was unseasonal following a major snowstorm that had shattered two weather records that had been long held about early November.

The city was hit with 9.8 centimeters of snow on Sunday, November 9 and more snow followed overnight.

As reported by Environment Canada, this was the heaviest November 9 in 54 years, breaking the record of 1.5 centimeters in 1971.

Moreover, the total amount of snow in the two days of the storm is the most significant amount of snow that Toronto had experienced at the beginning of the season since October 1981.

“A very rare event for this much snow to fall this early in the Toronto area,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

He explained that it is not unheard of that there was light snow earlier on in November but the quantity of snow on this particular date was the first to be experienced in Pearson International Airport, the city weather station.

The disruptive storm was experienced throughout the area with Hamilton getting 17 cm and Ottawa getting 12 cm.

Ontario Provincial Police is reported to have attended to more than 200 crashes all over the Greater Toronto Area due to the slick conditions.

The City of Toronto responded by sending out salt brine and salting activities on priority routes.

Although early in the week or early in the season the temperatures will not be able to rise beyond the seasonal average of 8°C, the early sign of winter will actually be relieved by the middle of the week, and temperatures will revert to a more moderate range on Wednesday, November 12.

Intel Corporation has filed a $250,000 lawsuit against a former software engineer who allegedly downloaded around 18,000 confidential files labeled “Intel Top Secret,” and disappeared subsequently.

The case is a prime example of the data security risks linked with corporate layoffs.

The lawsuit reported that Jinfeng Luo, an employee since 2014 was terminated in July 2025.

In the days leading to his departure, Luo allegedly made various attempts to transfer vast amounts of data.

Initially, he failed to copy files to an external drive that was blocked by company security, he successfully transferred data to a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device three days before his final day.

He then spent his remaining time at Intel downloading a treasure trove of confidential company assets.

Within no time, the company detected the data breach shortly after he transferred data. The lawsuit stated that the company made several attempts in the past three months to contact Luo via calls, emails, and letters.

But there is no response from his side. This prompts legal action to recover the company’s stolen property.

“Luo has refused to even engage with Intel,” the lawsuit states, “let alone return the files.”

The incident occurred amidst a massive, ongoing reduction-in-force at Intel, which has observed 35,000 jobs cut in recent years.

The company has a history of pursuing legal action against ex-employees for data theft; another former engineer was recently sentenced to probation and a fine for stealing data to allegedly secure a job at Microsoft.

Intel is now seeking $250,000 in damages and the return of all stolen information from Luo, whose current whereabouts remain unknown.