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Jake Paul’s Betting App Slams HBO After Cease and Desist Letter Sent Over ‘Entourage’ Reunion Ad: HBO ‘Does Not Own Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Betr has rejected HBO’s cease-and-desist demand over a three-minute betting advert featuring former “Entourage” stars Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier. HBO claims the advert imitates the programme’s setting, character dynamics, dialogue and style, while Betr argues that the actors are appearing as themselves and that recognition of their past association is not the same as…
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Seinfeld-inspired AI agents gain trust as virtual workplace colleagues
Backslash Security has named its AI agents after Seinfeld characters and treats them as members of a virtual workplace team. Newman, the research agent, received the company’s first Agent of the Month award after producing 146 findings in 60 days, highlighting how anthropomorphising AI may encourage staff to collaborate with systems they might otherwise view…
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Furries, magical girls and slick hack ‘n’ slash combat blend promisingly together in the late 2000s inspired Break The Night
Break The Night is an early-stage hack-and-slash game combining magical-girl transformations, furry-adjacent character designs, roguelike elements and late-2000s aesthetics. Its demo, showcased at SAGExpo, centres on three roommates trapped between realities after boarding a mysterious train, offering promising combat foundations despite limited story and variety. The combat includes one-button combos, launching and slamming attacks, and…
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This David Bowie Hit From the 80s Featured Three Legendary Contributors
David Bowie’s 1983 hit “China Girl” was a major collaborative achievement, bringing together Bowie, Iggy Pop, Nile Rodgers and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Bowie adapted the song, originally written with Pop for The Idiot, for his album Let’s Dance, while Rodgers reshaped its sound for the pop market and Vaughan added a memorable blues-rock guitar solo.…
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Saudi Arabia’s new Exobot EVs make the Cybertruck look normal
Saudi Arabian startup Ceer has unveiled two highly angular electric vehicles, the Exobot sedan and SUV, marking an ambitious attempt to establish the country as an electric-car producer. The vehicles are intended to attract attention with dramatic, science-fiction-inspired designs, and are expected to go on sale in Saudi Arabia from 2027. Ceer plans to introduce…
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Swinney backs Holyrood’s authority to decide Scotland’s referendum timing
Scottish First Minister John Swinney led a Holyrood debate asserting Scotland’s status as a nation and arguing that the Scottish Parliament, rather than Westminster, should decide when another independence referendum is held. The motion exposed divisions over constitutional authority and priorities, with critics arguing that the SNP was revisiting independence instead of addressing domestic problems.…
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Qualcomm is making not one but two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip
Qualcomm has unveiled two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 processor—the standard Gen 6 and the higher-tier Extreme Gen 6—to serve different tiers of premium smartphones launching next year. This dual offering lets device manufacturers choose performance levels that suit their target markets, following Qualcomm’s history of dominating Android performance. The standard…
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Motorola’s new Signature 27 is among the first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor
Motorola has unveiled the Signature 27, a flagship smartphone and refresh of its existing Signature handset. Its main significance is the inclusion of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor, making it one of the first phones to use the company’s latest high-end chipset. The phone includes Bang & Olufsen speakers, improved cooling and…
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Apple limits new texture and grain editing to latest iPhones
Apple has clarified that its new texture and grain controls for photo editing will be significantly more restricted than initially suggested by confusingly worded press releases. The feature, announced with the iPhone 18 and 18 Pro, sparked confusion when Apple’s statements implied it would be available on older models like the iPhone 16 and iPhone…
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Microsoft disrupts AI-powered cybercrime platform linked to 12,000 compromised accounts
Microsoft has disrupted an AI-powered cybercriminal platform named EvilTokens that compromised 12,000 accounts across 10,000 organisations worldwide. The subscription-based service, which charged $1,500 initially and $500 monthly, provided criminals with an end-to-end platform to orchestrate mass email account compromises and fraud at scale. This disruption matters because it demonstrates how sophisticated criminal tools have become,…