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Resident Evil movie director says he “took liberties” with the game, which is why there is snow and an iPhone
The director of the forthcoming Resident Evil film has said he deliberately “took liberties” with the video-game source material, including adding snow and iPhones. The comments underline that the adaptation will not aim for strict visual or period accuracy, but will reshape elements of the series for the film. Snow is not a defining feature…
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Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time
Kagi is expanding beyond its paid, privacy-focused search engine with a “Small Web” project designed to surface websites created and curated by people. The initiative responds to concerns that search and online publishing are increasingly shaped by advertising, algorithms and AI-generated material, and aims to recreate some of the discovery associated with the early web.…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 lineup adds three choices
Samsung has introduced three new Galaxy Z foldable phones, each aimed at a different type of user. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is positioned for productivity, photography and larger-screen work, while the standard Fold8 focuses on reading, gaming and video; the Flip8 expands access to apps and AI tools on its outer display. The phones…
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Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads
Microsoft says LG has agreed to immediately disable McAfee trial pop-up notifications shown to some Windows 11 users after connecting LG monitors. The intervention matters because the complaints concerned software and advertising being introduced through a driver-update process without users clearly choosing to install LG’s app first. Reports dating back to 2024 said connecting an…
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Britain in Iran’s crosshairs: How regime ‘space rocket’ puts London in range – as mullahs renew threat against UK after RAF Fairford was used for Trump’s bombing raids
The article reports that Iran has renewed threats towards Britain after the US reportedly used RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for bombing operations against Iran. It argues that Iran’s space-launch technology could potentially be adapted for longer-range missile use, placing London theoretically within reach and increasing concern about Britain’s role in the conflict. The warning follows…
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Chad Hugo Returns With New Single ‘Jumpupw!nya’
Chad Hugo has released ‘Jumpupw!nya’, a new single featuring Tierra Whack and Leikeli47, alongside a kaleidoscopic video directed by Kid. Studio. The track is his first major solo release for several years and is presented as the start of a new creative phase for the producer known for his work with The Neptunes and N.E.R.D.…
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Google breaks Alibaba’s record for Europe’s largest DMA fine
The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act, making it the largest fine issued under the law and surpassing Alibaba’s record set four days earlier. The penalties concern Google favouring its own services in search results and failing to adequately tell Play Store users about alternative app stores…
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Support newbie figured out how to avoid all-nighters, and his colleagues hated him for it
A new analyst at an IBM mainframe support team in the 1990s eliminated recurring overnight call-outs by automating a routine data-formatting fix. Although this improved the batch-processing workflow and let him sleep uninterrupted, a colleague objected because the reduced incidents meant less paid overtime. The analyst, referred to as “Lionel”, was supporting overnight COBOL batch…
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Google is expanding access to its Gemini Spark agentic AI assistant
Google is widening access to Gemini Spark, its agentic AI assistant that works across Workspace applications, following its introduction at this year’s I/O developer conference. The expansion makes the tool available to more paying subscribers, signalling Google’s push to embed automated AI assistance into everyday email, calendar and document work. In the US, Spark is…
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Sheffield Traders Backed as Google Faces Billion-Dollar EU Fine
Council aid follows Moor Market closure; US House tensions grow despite Johnson wins, while Ossoff leads Georgia Senate polling. Ozric Tentacles and The Avalanches unveil new music.