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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Announce New Album ‘Estuary’
US black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room have announced their new album “Estuary”, due for release on 23 October via Relapse Records in North America. Described by the group as their most ferocious and genre-bending record to date, the album continues the band’s commitment to analogue production and physical craft, and marks a…
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A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
A new Pew Research study has found that over a third of English-language webpages published since ChatGPT’s November 2022 launch show signs of having been written or substantially edited by AI. Released on Thursday, the findings echo other research pointing to the rapid rise of AI-generated content online and follow a recent Cloudflare report showing…
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‘Hot Spot’ Review: Eighties Cyberpunk Kitsch Is the Future in Agnieszka Smoczynka’s Peculiar Post-Apocalyptic Vision
Variety critic Guy Lodge reviews “Hot Spot,” a new science-fiction film from Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska, whose eclectic filmography includes “The Lure,” “Fugue” and “The Silent Twins.” The film, released through Focus Features after premiering at Fantasia and Poland’s New Horizons festival, is described as a strange blend of grim post-apocalyptic vision and eighties cyberpunk…
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Grown-Up Gear 2026: The Best Laptop Backpacks for Back-to-School and Office Commutes to Shop Online
Variety’s shopping desk has rounded up its recommended laptop backpacks for 2026, aimed at students returning to school and office workers commuting daily, highlighting bags that combine laptop protection with practical organisation. The guide notes that laptop backpacks have moved beyond purely functional designs, now offering styles smart enough for a classroom, boardroom or office…
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Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops
Framework has confirmed it is addressing a faulty BIOS update that left some older Laptop 13 models unable to boot. The update, version 3.20 for laptops using AMD’s Ryzen 7040-series chips, was released in July and remained available on Framework’s website even as reports of bricked devices emerged, prompting concern from owners running both Windows…
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Invited media, military members held at gunpoint by Space Force security
Five journalists and the two military members escorting them to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., this week were briefly detained at gunpoint by security police who believed they were gate crashers, according to the local media affected. The Monday incident happened ahead of an invitation-only groundbreaking for a new training facility for…
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Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has found that Roblox is still failing to prevent adults from contacting and grooming children on its platform, despite safety changes introduced last autumn. Following its own testing, the regulator concluded the gaming platform, used by 1.7 million Australian children, breaches obligations under the Online Safety Act to block unwanted adult-child contact…
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Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner
Adit Singh, an early investor in AI chip startup Cerebras, has joined venture capital firm Mayfield as an infrastructure partner. Singh made his name at Foundation Capital, where he helped source and co-lead Cerebras’s first funding round, a bet that paid off handsomely when the chipmaker went public in May 2026 at a valuation of…
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Sherrill escalates Trump fight over voter fiasco day after Mullin praises NJ cooperation
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill sharply criticised the Trump administration on Wednesday as she released findings from her state’s investigation into thousands of ineligible voters who had been improperly registered. The criticism came a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had publicly thanked New Jersey for its cooperation on the matter, exposing…