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How Erin Patterson’s appeal could backfire spectacularly: WAYNE FLOWER on mushroom chef’s final roll of the dice… and why, in his view, it’s doomed to fail
Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson has launched an appeal against her conviction and sentence, in what columnist Wayne Flower argues is a doomed final attempt to overturn her life sentence for the fatal 2023 “mushroom lunch” poisonings. The appeal hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria was attended by Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of…
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EBiDAN’s ‘Yes! Tokyo’ Tops Japan Hot 100 as Florence Road Makes Chart Debut Following First Japan Visit at Summer Sonic
EBiDAN’s commemorative single “Yes! Tokyo” has claimed the top spot on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, released on 19 August, after the track was put out on 11 August to mark the group’s 15th anniversary. The song’s dominance was driven overwhelmingly by physical sales, and its success was amplified by four “experience enrollment” versions performed…
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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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‘Meghan is fully behind this move’: Friends of the Sussexes say the Duchess wants to rekindle Harry’s English side, that the American Dream ‘might not be all that it was crack up to be’ – and that this really could be a ‘forever return’ for the family
Friends of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say the couple are preparing to permanently relocate from the US to Britain, in what is being described as a reversal of their 2020 decision to step back from royal duties. The move, expected within a fortnight and ahead of the new school term, follows a reportedly successful…
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SimCity SNES Soundtrack Makes A Surprise Return In This Week’s Nintendo Music Update
Nintendo has added the SimCity SNES soundtrack to its Nintendo Music app for Switch Online members, a welcome surprise given that the 1991 Super Nintendo city-building game itself remains unavailable on the service’s SNES library. The update revives interest in the classic Will Wright title, which Nintendo published and helped Maxis develop, and reintroduces its…
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Surrogate says baby ‘ripped away’ 60 seconds after birth as custody fight erupts after abortion refusal
A surrogate mother in Texas, McKenna West, is locked in a custody dispute after refusing the intended parents’ request that she abort the baby following a prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a serious congenital heart condition. West says the newborn was taken from her roughly 60 seconds after birth, and the case…
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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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Trouble In Paradise: John Ross Bowie & Brian Posehn On Who Ruined Utopia In ‘Stuart Fails’ E5
In the fifth episode of HBO Max’s “Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Stuart Fails To Save the Universe,” stars John Ross Bowie and Brian Posehn discuss how their characters, Barry Kripke and Bert, inadvertently destroy a peaceful tribal utopia the show’s four inter-dimensional travellers stumble upon. The episode sees Kripke introduce concepts of ownership and free…
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Two Qantas planes’ near-miss on Sydney Airport runway sparks fourth safety investigation
Two Qantas aircraft came close to colliding on a taxiway at Sydney Airport this week, prompting the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to launch its fourth investigation into near-miss incidents at the airport in under a month. The episode has raised fresh questions about ground safety procedures at Australia’s busiest airport, even though both aircraft…
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Udio and GRAI Adopt UMG and Liquidax-Backed AI Music Patents
Music IP Holdings (MIH), a company formed by Universal Music Group and Liquidax Capital, has announced that AI music start-ups Udio and GRAI are the first to license patents from its portfolio for use in their AI products. The move matters because it establishes a framework through which UMG and its partners can be compensated…