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Scammers impersonate FBI on social media, prey on crime victims
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has renewed a warning that scammers are impersonating the bureau and its complaint centre on social media to target and “revictimise” people who have already fallen prey to cybercrime. IC3 stressed that it has no social media presence whatsoever and never investigates crimes, contacts victims, or offers to…
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Thousands of websites taken down for illegal World Cup streams
Almost 3,000 websites have been blocked or seized for illegally streaming World Cup matches, in a joint crackdown by US and South American authorities. The US Department of Justice said the action, carried out under investigations dubbed “Operation Offsides” and “Operation Red Card”, demonstrates a commitment to protecting intellectual property rights amid what analysts describe…
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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Rock Jams From 1970
American Songwriter has put together a nostalgic list of four classic rock songs from 1970 that it says baby boomers still fondly remember. The piece marks 50-plus years since the tracks were released, highlighting how songs from that pivotal year in music remain culturally memorable today. The featured songs are Creedence Clearwater Revival’s folk-rock hit…
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Have Artists Reached Their Breaking Point With AI?
Musicians and producers are increasingly speaking out against the unchecked spread of AI tools in the music industry, arguing that generative models are being trained on artists’ work without consent and threaten to undermine genuine craftsmanship. Producer-songwriter Mike Sabath, who has worked with Raye, Jade, Niall Horan and Sabrina Carpenter among others, told Rolling Stone…
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X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X, owned by Elon Musk, has released a completely rebuilt version of its Android app after nearly a year of development, aiming to close the gap with the more polished iOS version. The app was reconstructed from scratch on a Kotlin and Jetpack Compose foundation and is being described internally as one of the largest…
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Everything We Know About ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Season 3 So Far
Disney’s television adaptation of Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has been renewed for a third season, which will adapt the third book in the series, “The Titan’s Curse.” The renewal came early, in March 2025, and production on the new season has already wrapped, with Riordan confirming it will air later this year.…
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AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California
A US federal judge has denied AT&T’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have let it stop offering basic wireline phone service to new customers in California, dealing a setback to the company’s efforts to exit the state’s “Carrier of Last Resort” obligations. The ruling means AT&T must, for now, keep providing telephone service…
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Hailey Ostrom is back defending summer at the lake armed with her golf club and bikini
This is a light-hearted lifestyle feature from Fox Sports’ OutKick site, revisiting model Hailey Rae Ostrom’s seasonal “defending summer” bit alongside snowboarder Louie Vito, in which the author jokes about resisting the premature arrival of autumn imagery. The piece is framed around a running gripe from the writer about shops displaying Halloween decorations while summer…
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Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
Natural, a fintech startup building payment infrastructure designed for AI agents rather than humans, has raised $30 million in Series A funding as it prepares to compete with established players such as Stripe. The company argues that today’s financial rails, including credit cards and ACH transfers, rely on human authorisation and are too slow for…
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In the wake of Stadium’s death, Overwatch’s Quick Play Hacked weekend makes me hope 6v6 returns permanently
An Overwatch writer argues that a limited-time “Quick Play Hacked: 1-3-2” test weekend, which temporarily restored 6v6 team play with a flexible third slot for either a second tank or extra damage hero, produced some of the best matches they’ve experienced, prompting hope that Blizzard makes the format permanent. The piece comes as Blizzard’s Stadium…