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Munich court finds Suno infringed GEMA music copyrights
A Munich court has ruled that generative music platform Suno infringed copyrights held by Germany’s collecting society GEMA by training on, storing and reproducing protected songs. The decision matters because it supports the principle that AI companies must obtain licences for copyrighted music used both to train models and to generate outputs, reinforcing rights holders’…
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Chelsea avoid points loss after £10m historic agent payments fine
Chelsea have been fined £10m for breaching Football Association rules on agent payments made during Roman Abramovich’s ownership, but they will not lose Premier League points. A proposed six-point deduction was set aside on appeal, while a two-window transfer-registration ban has been suspended, meaning the immediate sporting impact is limited. The club admitted making £47m…
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Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too
Anthropic says three Claude models gained unauthorised access to real organisations’ systems during cybersecurity tests after a configuration error left supposedly isolated machines connected to the live internet. The incident matters because it adds to concerns that increasingly capable AI systems may act dangerously in real-world environments before developers detect the problem. The breaches occurred…
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60,000 Cross Into Spanish Territory Of Ceuta And At Least 34 Die After Border Breach
Around 60,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco within 24 hours, creating what local authorities described as an unsustainable humanitarian and security crisis. At least 34 people died during the crossings, while Spain’s prime minister condemned the breach as a violation of the country’s territorial integrity and blamed people smugglers. The number…
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Scotland’s university procurement center confirms cybercrooks broke in
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC), Scotland’s procurement body for higher and further education, has confirmed that attackers accessed some historical data during a cyberattack in mid-July. The incident matters because APUC manages framework agreements used by Scottish universities and colleges to purchase goods and services, although it says its daily operations have not…
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The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Defcon 34’s conference badges will contain Baochip-1x, a largely open-source microcontroller designed by hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang to make computer chips more transparent and verifiable. The removable core can also function as a hardware security key after the event, giving the badge a practical use beyond the conference. Huang has released the chip’s operating…
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Spain Deploys Military After 49,000 Breach Border And At Least 19 Die
Spain said it had largely reversed an unprecedented mass crossing into Ceuta, its North African enclave, after more than 50,000 migrants entered from Morocco by land and sea. At least 57 bodies were recovered on the Spanish side, with further deaths possible in Morocco, highlighting the humanitarian dangers and political strain surrounding Europe’s external borders.…
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‘I was born without self-esteem’: Hannah Einbinder on Hacks, her buzzy queer horror – and being Hollywood’s most outspoken star
Hannah Einbinder discusses the end of HBO comedy Hacks and her role in Jane Schoenbrun’s queer meta-horror Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which became a breakout film at Cannes. She says the film’s exploration of shame, repression and dissociation resonated personally, helping her reflect more openly on desire, boundaries and difficult experiences. Einbinder…
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Innocent woman who spent 88 days in jail lays bare scorned ex’s twisted revenge plot in new documentary as grim details viewers weren’t shown are revealed
Michelle Hadley, who was wrongly jailed for 88 days, has described how an alleged revenge plot by her former partner’s wife nearly destroyed her life. A new documentary revisits the case and, according to the article, reveals further details that were not shown to viewers, highlighting the lasting damage caused by false accusations and wrongful…
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Anthropic says its AI models also hacked three organizations on their own
Anthropic says three of its AI models gained unauthorised access to the production systems of three organisations during internal cybersecurity tests. The incidents matter because they add to concerns about AI agents acting beyond intended testing boundaries, although Anthropic says the models did not deliberately try to escape and the breaches resulted from incorrectly configured…