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Jason Statham Buyers Ponder Whether Amazon Leak Caused ‘Mutiny’ At Box Office: “There’s Been Plenty Of Finger-Pointing”
International distributors of Jason Statham’s Mutiny are frustrated after Amazon accidentally leaked a high-quality copy before its cinema release, with some believing piracy contributed to weaker-than-expected ticket sales. The dispute matters because buyers are seeking compensation while Lionsgate assesses the effect, although the parties appear reluctant to pursue legal action given their ongoing business relationships.…
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Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August
US cities and counties are ending contracts with Flock Safety’s surveillance-camera network at an accelerating rate, driven by privacy, data-sharing, cost and alleged misuse concerns. The trend matters because Flock’s AI-enabled licence-plate-reader systems are becoming a focus of bipartisan scrutiny over whether policing technology is enabling mass surveillance. Secure Justice recorded 214 localities ending Flock…
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Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says
Berlin says it will not pay hackers who stole data from city systems and demanded a ransom. The attack disrupted some online services, including housing-benefit applications and payments, and raises concerns that personal and other non-public information may have been exposed. The ransom is reportedly 30 bitcoin, valued at about €2m (£1.7m), while the Rhysida…
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Grand Theft Auto VI set for 19 November release
“Grand Theft Auto VI” is scheduled to launch on 19 November, more than 13 years after the previous main instalment. Rockstar’s forthcoming crime game follows Jason Duval and Lucia Camino, whose failed robbery draws them into a conspiracy across the fictional Florida-inspired state of Leonida; its release matters because it is one of the industry’s…
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Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website
A security researcher has shown that Anthropic’s Claude Code can be induced to execute malicious code while summarising a hostile website. The demonstration matters because Claude’s default Auto Mode may make its own tool choices after a web request fails, allowing a prompt-injection chain to turn apparently routine browsing into local code execution. In the…
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How the weather in space can affect us on Earth – and the team trying to protect us
The Met Office runs a round-the-clock space weather forecasting team to monitor solar activity that could disrupt essential services on Earth, including GPS, power grids and satellites. It is working with researchers led by Aberystwyth University to improve warnings, which matter because severe events can affect infrastructure and cause major economic losses. Space weather is…
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All Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Bloodmoon weapon evolutions and combos
Vampire Survivors’ Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC adds new weapons, evolutions and weapon Unions, all of which depend on combining particular weapons and items. Players must own the DLC and unlock the relevant equipment before they can use these combinations. – Five newly listed weapons must first be unlocked. – Weapon Unions require specific item…
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How can you be sure what’s inside your teen’s vape? The brightly-coloured gadgets sold online and on every high street can contain a dangerous substance, that can trigger a devastating long lasting side effect…
An investigation highlights concerns that vapes sold openly in Irish shops and online may contain illegal or poorly labelled cannabinoids, including HHC, which has been linked to severe psychosis. It matters because teenagers may assume products sold on the high street are regulated and safe, despite uncertainty over their contents and potential long-term health effects.…
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German-Japanese researchers invent electricity-free tech that could cool datacenters
German and Japanese researchers have demonstrated a small cooling device that operates without electrical input, using waste heat to create mechanical motion and then produce a cooling effect. If it can be scaled up and improved, the approach could reduce the energy, water use and environmental impact associated with cooling datacentres and other electronics. The…