Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.
Albanian bus driver sobbed ‘I’ve killed her’ after mowing down property executive outside London Victoria Station, court hears
Mirsime Berisha, 49, was driving a double-decker outside the station when it hit Kathleen Finnegan, 56, on January 29, 2024. She started screaming and claimed the handbrake had failed to work.
EA is now a private company
Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, EA announced that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, EA said the deal successfully…
Stock market ROARS and oil prices plunge after Trump team signals Iran deal could be finalized ‘today or tomorrow’
Stock prices have rallied to record highs after the Trump administration signaled that a deal with Iran could come 'today or tomorrow.'
Riftbound Ascends to Leading TCG Status Despite Remarkably Small Development Team
Riftbound, Riot Games' League of Legends trading card game, has rapidly become one of the most popular TCGs on the market since its English launch last year. The game's momentum was highlighted at Gen Con, where it occup
Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
A new report from AI safety nonprofit SaferAI finds that GLM-5.2, an open-weight model from China's Z.ai, is now only a few months behind frontier systems like OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 in cyber and biological capabilities. This matters because, unlike closed models, open-weight systems can…
3 Songs From 1974 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car
American Songwriter has published a nostalgic list highlighting three songs from 1974 that were especially popular with teenagers, often heard blasting from car radios of the era. The piece is part of an ongoing series celebrating decade-specific hits and the memories associated with them, rather than reporting any…
Trinidadian Soca Icon Denise Belfon Reveals How Drake Helped Her Receive Royalties From ‘Work’ for the First Time in 30 Years
Trinidadian soca star Denise Belfon has revealed that Drake's involvement helped her finally secure royalties for songs sampling "Work," her 1998 hit, after 28 years of being denied payment. Speaking to Billboard, Belfon said the producer of "Work," Pupa Nas-T, had long refused to authorise her royalties, but…
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Why Paul Simon fell out of love with Elvis Presley in 1957: “An incredible waste of a great talent”
How the mighty fall… The post Why Paul Simon fell out of love with Elvis Presley in 1957: “An incredible waste of a great talent” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
Ariana Grande Decision To Withdraw From ‘Sunday in the Park’ Came as Surprise to Key Production Members
People involved with the London musical were given just hours to prepare their own statement following Grande's announcement, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Bill Hader, James Wan, Devon Pritchard, Nick Kroll and Keith Le Goy Join Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit Programming
Variety has announced Emmy-winning producer and actor Bill Hader; producer-director James Wan; producer-actor Nick Kroll; Nintendo of America president and COO Devon Pritchard, and Sony Pictures Television chairman Keith Le Goy as headlining speakers for its annual Entertainment and Technology Summit, presented by EY, held in Los Angeles…
After Nearly Five-Decade Career, Lucero Reinvents Herself Within Mexican Music: ‘I Wanted to Innovate and Dare to Do Something Different’
Mexican-American singer and actress Lucero is releasing new music that marks a fresh musical direction after nearly 50 years in the industry, venturing for the first time into the sierreño and tumbado sub-genres of regional Mexican music. The move comes as part of a forthcoming album, Fuertes Declaraciones,…
The biggest Baldur’s Gate 3 save scummers slammed quicksave over 1,400 times in one go, Larian says: “You doing okay there?”
Larian Studios has revealed that the most dedicated "save scummer" among Baldur's Gate 3 players hit the quicksave button more than 1,400 times in a single sitting, according to internal player data shared by the developer. Save scumming, the practice of repeatedly saving before risky decisions or dice…
Parts of London get (a tiny bit of) rain for the first time in SIX weeks… but summer is far from over
Parts of London received light rainfall on 4 August 2026, marking the first rain in the capital in six weeks after a prolonged dry, hot spell. While the showers offered brief respite from the heat, meteorologists have cautioned that this does not signal an end to the summer…
TriCoast Worldwide & Vitagraph Set Fall Release For Malcolm McDowell & James Paxton Western ‘Last Train To Fortune’
TriCoast Worldwide and Vitagraph Films have set a theatrical release for the Adam Rifkin-directed western comedy "Last Train to Fortune," starring Malcolm McDowell and James Paxton. The film's release matters as much for its lengthy backstory as its cast: the script was written 37 years ago by Rifkin's…
Three boys are rushed to hospital after stolen moped and police car crash
Three boys were taken to hospital after a stolen moped they were riding collided with a police car, according to a Daily Mail report. The full details of the incident, including where and when it occurred, were not included in the available article text. The article's headline confirms…
JERRY CANTRELL, KIM THAYIL And DAVE KRUSEN Set For ‘Sounds Of Seattle: Vol. 2’ Rock Camp In December 2026
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has announced "Sounds Of Seattle: Vol. 2", a four-day rock camp taking place in Seattle in December 2026, featuring Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen. The event lets musicians of all abilities…
Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has reportedly agreed a $10 billion, six-year cloud computing deal with AI infrastructure startup Volta, the latest in a string of major compute partnerships as it races to expand capacity amid fierce competition with rival AI labs. The agreement, first reported by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources, underscores…
Police issue 30 offence reports at 500-car meet in Sheffield – BBC
Police issue 30 offence reports at 500-car meet in Sheffield BBC
Xbox’s free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars
Xbox is marking its 25th anniversary this autumn with a set of free digital gifts for players, ahead of the milestone's actual date of 15 November. The giveaways are largely cosmetic but aim to give the community a way to celebrate, even as the promised free translucent green…