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Take-Two subpoenas Microsoft and Discord over GTA 6 leaks
Take-Two, the publisher behind Rockstar Games, issued legal subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord as part of an effort to unmask whoever has been leaking gameplay footage from the unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 under the alias “Cyberleek”. The move underlined how seriously the company took the breach, coming just days before Rockstar was due to…
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Producer Lauren Neustadter Is Redefining What a Hello Sunshine Show Can Be
Lauren Neustadter, president of film and TV at Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine, has spoken about a hectic summer in which the firm launched the Legally Blonde prequel Elle on Prime Video, premiered Lucky on Apple TV+, and wrapped filming on the fifth and final series of The Morning Show. Speaking to The Hollywood…
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Can you use a satellite dish as a free TV antenna? It depends where you live
An old satellite dish left over from services like DirecTV or Dish cannot simply be repurposed as a free over-the-air TV antenna, because the two technologies work in fundamentally different ways. Satellite dishes are designed to receive high-frequency signals from space via a curved reflector and a downconverter, while terrestrial antennas pick up the much…
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Dark Souls fans got this one right: new Soulslike where you play as a Sif-coded dog with a sword is now and forever “Bark Souls”
A newly revealed Soulslike game has won over fans by casting players as a sword-wielding dog reminiscent of Sif, the beloved wolf boss from Dark Souls, prompting the community to immediately and affectionately dub it “Bark Souls”. The nickname has stuck because it captures both the game’s genre and its main selling point: a canine…
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Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here
Meta is on trial in federal court in Oakland, California, facing a case brought by 29 state attorneys general who allege the company violated COPPA, the federal law protecting children’s online privacy, by collecting personal data from under-13s without parental consent. The AGs, led by California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, also accuse Meta of…
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Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has good news for anyone worried about PvP in The Duskbloods: he sucks at it too, and you don’t “have to be great at PvP in order to win”
Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has sought to reassure players nervous about the player-versus-player elements of FromSoftware’s upcoming multiplayer game, The Duskbloods, admitting that he himself is not particularly skilled at PvP. His comments aim to counter concerns from fans of the studio’s traditionally single-player-focused, story-driven titles, who worry that a shift…
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After over 1,000 hours in Cyberpunk 2077, I’m convinced the Nomads are the best group and lifepath in the RPG
A GamesRadar+ writer argues, after clocking up more than 1,000 hours playing Cyberpunk 2077, that the Nomads are the strongest faction and starting lifepath in CD Projekt Red’s role-playing game. The piece is a personal, opinion-led reflection rather than a news report, aimed at players deciding which background to choose for protagonist V or debating…
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Magenta Light Studios Nabs U.S. and Canadian Distribution Rights to Brazilian Crime Drama ‘The King of the Internet’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Magenta Light Studios has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to “The King of the Internet” (“O Rei da Internet”), a Brazilian crime drama directed by Fabrício Bittar. The film dramatises the true story of Daniel Nascimento, a teenage hacker who became one of Brazil’s most notorious cybercriminals, and is being positioned as the country’s…
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Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers’ credentials
Hackers compromised several popular Rust software packages (“crates”) this week in a supply chain attack designed to steal developers’ credentials, turning routine software builds into a delivery mechanism for infostealer malware. The Rust Security Response Team disclosed the incident after being tipped off about a malicious package called proc-macro1, and found that attackers had also…