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Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
UK children are increasingly reporting sexually explicit deepfake images made using their likenesses, highlighting how accessible AI and ‘nudification’ tools can facilitate image-based abuse. The rise has prompted calls for technology companies to build stronger safeguards into AI products and reflects growing concerns that victims have limited control once ordinary images are manipulated. Report Remove…
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Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet
Nitecore has launched the NB10000 Gen 4, a 10,000mAh power bank aimed at backpackers, cyclists and endurance athletes who prioritise low weight and small size. The Verge found it to be the lightest and most compact power bank in its capacity class, though its £84-equivalent price and some unnecessary design choices limit its appeal. The…
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Man City agree deal to sign Marseille keeper Rulli
Manchester City have agreed to sign Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille for £1.7m on a two-year contract. The 34-year-old will return to the Etihad Stadium as cover for first-choice keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, replacing James Trafford after his departure to Leeds. Rulli was previously at City in 2016-17 but did not make a first-team appearance.…
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‘Asphalt Guerrilla’ Blends Fact, Fiction, AI and a Story About Filmmaking to Hold Up a Mirror to Our Time
Edgar Pêra’s new film Asphalt Guerrilla blends historical events, fictional storytelling and AI-assisted techniques to revisit Portugal’s FP-25 militant group and reflect on radicalism, artistic independence and filmmaking itself. Premiering out of competition at the Locarno Film Festival on 10 August, the film matters because it uses a contentious chapter of Portuguese democracy to question…
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Filmmaker Elham Ehsas Wants You to Know Afghanistan Sent a Man to Space in 1988
Afghan filmmaker Elham Ehsas’s new short film, *Forgotten Spaceman*, revisits the largely overlooked story of Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan’s first and only cosmonaut, who travelled to space in 1988. Ehsas argues that Momand’s achievement and the optimism it inspired were overshadowed by the civil war and displacement that followed, reflecting how conflict has marginalised Afghan…
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I’m 35, my mates in investment banking are at risk of losing their jobs … but I’m in an AI-proof industry that will always be needed
Construction business owner Brenden Morrissey has encouraged young Australians to consider apprenticeships rather than university, arguing that skilled trades offer more secure long-term work as artificial intelligence changes white-collar employment. He said construction would remain necessary and was less likely to be automated, contrasting it with roles such as investment banking that he believes could…
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Harris attacks Moore redistricting plan as Google reshuffles AI leadership
Maryland’s sole Republican congressman alleges a bid to erase his district, while Google moves senior AI figures. Sunrisers Leeds thrash Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, ending three teams’ knockout hopes.
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Zipping away on honeymoon? Newlyweds Zendaya and Tom Holland take a spin in a vintage Jaguar after their lavish star-studded $670,000 English wedding
The article reports that Zendaya and Tom Holland were seen travelling in a vintage Jaguar after what it describes as an expensive, celebrity-filled wedding in England. It presents the outing as possibly connected to a honeymoon, although the supplied text offers no independent confirmation of the marriage or journey. According to the headline, the wedding…
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15 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to Johnny Cash’s Right-Hand Man and Dear Friend Who Helped Shape His Signature Sound
Marshall Grant, bassist and road manager for Johnny Cash, died on 7 August 2011 aged 83. As a founding member of the Tennessee Two alongside Luther Perkins, he helped create Cash’s distinctive ‘boom-chicka-boom’ sound and remained a major figure in the singer’s career and personal life despite periods of conflict. Grant met Cash in Memphis…
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OpenAI pledges to add Astra security as Anthropic loosens Fable’s leash
OpenAI says its forthcoming Astra model may have cyber capabilities severe enough to create new forms of harm, despite not being involved in the recent Hugging Face incident. The company has pledged tighter safeguards during development and testing, highlighting wider concerns over whether frontier AI systems are being adequately secured before release. The proposed measures…