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Netflix unveils Bass X Machina and Fool Night at Anime NYC
Netflix used Anime NYC to unveil a broad slate of upcoming anime and animation titles, headlined by two new reveals: Bass X Machina, a Steampunk Western voiced by Brian Tyree Henry, and Fool Night, a dark manga adaptation about people transforming into oxygen-producing plants amid a global shortage. The showcase, which included trailers, images and…
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Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report
A jury has awarded $550,000 (£275,000 each) to two teenage girls after they were left dangling upside down for nearly 30 minutes when a ride malfunctioned at Oaks Park, an amusement park in Portland, Oregon. The verdict, reached by a 10-2 majority this week, found the park and the ride’s manufacturer, Zamperla, liable over the…
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Genki’s new customizable controller has a big screen and adjustable buttons
Genki has launched the Manta, its first fully in-house designed game controller, via a Kickstarter campaign that emphasises deep customisation over conventional design. The pad places its thumbsticks and buttons above a large 2.9-inch LCD screen, giving it a chunkier profile than rival controllers, and lets players adjust settings, remap buttons and create macros directly…
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DoorDash driver, 61, says rock hurled through car window could have killed her after intervening in teen street fight
A 61-year-old DoorDash driver from Perth, Western Australia, has described a terrifying attack in which a rock was hurled through her car window, an incident she believes could have killed her. She says the attack happened after she intervened in a street fight involving teenagers in the suburb of Merriwa. The woman, described as a…
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Migrant rape claim, courts weigh Anthony verdict and Lil Durk trial, Musk’s satellite waste plan
A series of legal developments drew attention on 21 August. In the UK, an Upper Tribunal ruling allowed Hendrix Ekwen, an Italian national convicted of rape in 2020, to remain despite a deportation order; the tribunal’s assessment turned on the legal test of whether he represented a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat. In Texas,…
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Furious mum shares photo of her five-year-old daughter with Isaac Heeney taken as police drama unfolded at team hotel
A photo has emerged showing Sydney Swans star Isaac Heeney posing with a five-year-old fan in a hotel foyer while, metres away, his coach Dean Cox was reportedly being confronted by women over an alleged sexual assault. The girl’s mother, a lifelong Swans supporter, has since written a scathing letter to the club describing the…
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Murder convict accused of running ‘full-service drug operation’ selling to minors near Texas schools
A man previously convicted of murder has been accused of running what authorities describe as a “full-service drug operation” in Texas City, Texas, allegedly selling narcotics, including fentanyl disguised as ecstasy, to minors in the vicinity of local schools. The case has drawn attention because of the suspect’s prior murder conviction and the alleged targeting…
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Meghan denies she wanted to be US Senator amid claim she met with top Democrat to lobby for her appointment
The Duchess of Sussex has denied wanting to become a US Senator, after The New York Post reported she had allegedly sought a meeting with California Governor Gavin Newsom to lobby for appointment to the Senate seat vacated by Kamala Harris in 2020. The claims surface as Meghan and Prince Harry are reportedly preparing to…
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Rain to stop in time for weekend as sun returns
High pressure will bring drier, sunnier weather across the UK this weekend after several days of heavy, sometimes thundery downpours. Friday will still see further heavy showers, particularly across England and Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland stay largely dry, but conditions improve significantly by Saturday and Sunday with sunny spells returning and daytime temperatures…
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Micro1, a four-year-old AI data-labelling startup, has seen its gross annual run rate surge from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, reflecting soaring demand from AI labs and corporations for high-quality training data. The company, which contracts domain experts such as doctors, lawyers and scientists, retains roughly 60-70% of that revenue,…