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Sheffield man caught with 2,000 indecent images of children avoids prison
“I can fairly confidently predict that if you breach your terms, you will go to prison”
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DOOM’s Developer id Software Has Supposedly Lost Around 50% Of Its Team
Following a major restructuring of Microsoft’s gaming division under new Xbox boss Asha Sharma, DOOM developer id Software has reportedly lost around half of its staff. The cuts form part of Microsoft’s confirmed plan to eliminate over 3,000 gaming roles within the next 12 months, of which roughly 1,600 have already gone. The scale of…
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Wes Anderson Was Trapped in Academy Museum Elevator After ‘Bottle Rocket’ Anniversary Event
Director Wes Anderson was trapped in a lift at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday, shortly after taking part in an event marking the 30th anniversary of his debut feature, Bottle Rocket. He and producer James L. Brooks were stuck for around 30 minutes before the Los Angeles Fire Department freed them, in…
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Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks
A union says workers are “in the crosshairs” of automation as AI is being tested across ports.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Icon Confirms Major Change For Season 4
Apple TV’s flagship comedy Ted Lasso is returning for a fourth season, and star Hannah Waddingham has confirmed a significant shift in the show’s premise: Ted Sudeikis’s character will come back to AFC Richmond to coach the club’s women’s team rather than the men’s side. The change matters because Ted Lasso was pivotal in establishing…
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Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running
Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the open-world action-adventure Crimson Desert, is developing a Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, with CEO Heo Jin-Young confirming in a recent corporate briefing that it has reached a stage where “basic gameplay is possible”. The update matters because it moves the prospect of a Switch 2…
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Author David Thomson on How Screen Antiheroes Led to Trump, Why His ‘Dictionary’ Won’t Be Updated and His Next Book Subject: Mickey Mouse
British film critic, historian and author David Thomson has published a new book, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, released by Simon & Schuster and an instant Amazon bestseller. In it, the 85-year-old argues provocatively that a century of screen antiheroes — from Citizen Kane’s Charles Foster Kane to the Corleones,…
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Meta to disable smart glasses camera when privacy light is tampered with
Meta has announced an update to its smart glasses that will automatically disable the built-in camera if the device detects that its privacy LED light has been tampered with or destroyed. The move responds to a wave of public backlash and to modders who have circumvented the indicator, in some cases by physically drilling into…
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The Most Highly Anticipated Fantasy Sequel Finally Gets an Update After 13 Years of Silence
Bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has confirmed that he still intends to write The Aztlanian, the long-awaited sequel to his 2013 novel The Rithmatist. The sequel was announced shortly after the first book’s release but has never materialised, leaving fans waiting for well over a decade. The update matters because The Rithmatist remains one of…
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Two Legends Collide as Cyberpunk Comes to Apex Legends
Apex Legends is set to receive a time-limited crossover event with CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk universe, tying into the broader surge of interest around Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2. The collaboration brings a range of themed cosmetics, a reworked map and new gameplay mechanics inspired by Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners, following a similar tie-in already introduced…