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Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’
Flock, a US surveillance technology company, is introducing tighter safeguards after reports that police officers misused its licence-plate tracking data to stalk and harass former partners. Its chief executive, Garrett Langley, acknowledged that the company had been wrong to leave such controls optional, marking a shift towards taking greater responsibility for how law enforcement uses…
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Kylie Jenner’s New ALO Campaign Celebrates “Moments of Stillness”
Kylie Jenner is starring in a new campaign for fashion and lifestyle brand ALO, focused on the theme of private wellbeing and “moments of stillness”. The campaign positions Jenner beyond her highly visible public persona, reflecting ALO’s effort to link its activewear with self-care and everyday personal routines. Photographed in Los Angeles by Mert Alas…
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Phantom Blade Zero: How Donnie Yen is Pushing Action Games to New Heights
S-Game has enlisted Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen as co-producer of Phantom Blade Zero, a wuxia-inspired action role-playing game due in October 2026. The collaboration is intended to make the game’s combat feel more authentic and intense, using Yen’s martial-arts expertise and approach to action choreography. IGN visited S-Game’s Shanghai studio in 2025 to…
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Live updates: DNC meets to finalize 2028 calendar
The Democratic National Committee is expected to vote on the 2028 presidential primary calendar at its summer meeting this week in Austin, Texas. The party is expected to approve a schedule with South Carolina’s primary first on Jan. 22, followed by Nevada on Feb. 1. The meeting comes as some Democrats say they have lost…
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Packers starters to open against Steelers backups as preseason football betting edges emerge
The article examines potential betting advantages in NFL pre-season games, where announced playing-time plans can create clearer match-up information than usual. It highlights Green Bay’s intention to use starters against Pittsburgh reserves, a situation that could affect early-game betting markets. It contrasts two views of pre-season betting: one sees it as unreliable because line-ups contain…
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On This Day in 1988, Keith Whitley Was at No. 1 for the First Time With a Song Inspired by a 70s Rom-Com
On 13 August 1988, Keith Whitley reached the top of the US country chart for the first time with “Don’t Close Your Eyes”. Although it spent only one week at No. 1, Billboard later named it the year’s leading country song, confirming the success of Whitley’s change of producer for his second album. Whitley had…
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Veteran U.K. Metal Journalist DOM LAWSON Suffers Heart Attack At BLOODSTOCK Festival; GoFundMe Launched
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for veteran U.K. metal journalist Dom Lawson, who suffered a heart attack at the Bloodstock Open Air festival this past weekend. Lawson, who writes for BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Metal Hammer, Prog, The Guardian and other media outlets, was taken to hospital where he is…
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The three men accused of raping and dumping LSU cheerleader Madison Brooks launch last-ditch bids ahead of next week’s trial… after trying to ban family from wearing PINK in court
Three men accused of raping LSU cheerleader Madison Brooks and abandoning her have made final legal applications before their trial next week. The case concerns serious allegations of sexual violence and the treatment of an alleged victim, making the proceedings closely watched by Brooks’s family and the wider community. The defendants had also sought to…
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15 Darkest Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked
Collider ranks science-fiction films that use technology, future settings or altered realities to explore bleak, emotionally intense and sometimes nihilistic ideas. The article argues that these films are memorable precisely because they reject escapism, whether warning about possible futures or reflecting contemporary anxieties. – 15. *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004): Its memory-erasure premise…
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‘Far From the Trees’ Review: A Richly Contemplative Journey of Physical and Mental Meanderings, Beautifully Combining 4K Digital with Super 16
Meritxell Colell Aparicio’s “Far From the Trees” is reviewed as a deeply personal, contemplative drama about Adela, a Mexican sound artist travelling through the Peruvian Amazon to record nature and endangered indigenous languages. The film links her present-day journey with memories of childhood, family relationships and inherited trauma, using sound and landscape to explore how…