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Oni Press and The Nacelle Company Join Forces for The Art of The Toys That Made Us
Oni Press and The Nacelle Company have launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Art of The Toys That Made Us, a companion book series to Netflix’s nostalgia documentary The Toys That Made Us. The collection lets fans explore the artwork, advertising and concept designs behind classic toy lines featured in the show, such as Masters…
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Spotify Premium users can now ‘talk to’ the app to choose music and learn about what they’re playing
Spotify has begun rolling out a beta feature that lets Premium subscribers hold a back-and-forth conversation with the app, either by typing or speaking, to choose music and ask questions about what they’re listening to. Available on iOS and Android in the app’s Home and Now Playing views, the tool allows users to request tracks,…
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European gas prices hit four-month high amid fears US-Iran war will cause supply shortages
European gas prices have surged to a four-month high as an escalating conflict between the US and Iran fuels fears of energy supply shortages this winter. The Dutch gas benchmark briefly topped €60 per megawatt hour on Monday after the US widened its aerial campaign and Iran struck back at Bahrain and Kuwait, with analysts…
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Meta Glasses review: A bit less polish, a lot more baggage
Meta has rebranded its smart glasses lineup under its own name, “Meta Glasses,” dropping the Ray-Ban and Oakley designer branding it previously relied on for its wearable devices. According to an Engadget review, this shift allows Meta to sell the glasses more cheaply while retaining nearly all the functionality of its Ray-Ban and Oakley equivalents,…
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Indonesia’s copyright rewrite would ban AI from imitating creators – and Google’s not a fan.
Indonesia is drafting a rewrite of its copyright law that would make it the first Southeast Asian country to explicitly address artificial intelligence in statute. The bill would ban AI from imitating a creator’s “distinctive style”, require disclosure of AI-generated content, and subject the use of copyrighted works for AI training to fair-use limits or…
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Watching the world burn as all the money flows into a multitrillion-dollar Magic 8 Ball
The Register’s podcast “The Kettle” devoted its latest episode to the environmental toll of the AI datacentre boom, prompted by host Brandon Vigliarolo experiencing hazardous wildfire smoke over the Great Lakes region, with air quality readings nearing double the top of the standard index. The episode connects worsening wildfires, which experts link to climate change,…
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Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action
Hugging Face, the AI model and dataset hosting platform, has confirmed that a hack last week compromised its internal datasets and service credentials, and is still investigating whether customer or partner data was also stolen. The breach matters because it shows how attackers can exploit trusted platform features, in this case a malicious dataset upload,…
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This David Bowie Song About Space Was Banned by the BBC Before It Went to No. 1 Years Later
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” was banned from BBC airplay when it was first released in 1969, days before the Apollo 11 moon landing, over concerns about broadcasting a song depicting a doomed space mission at such a sensitive moment. The ban was lifted once the astronauts returned safely, but the episode did not hinder the…
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Gears of War Designer Cliff Bleszinski Reveals Struggle With Alcoholism, Discusses the Failure of LawBreakers and Potential Return to Video Game Development
Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has spoken publicly about his struggle with alcoholism, revealing that drinking undermined his career and contributed to the collapse of his studio, Boss Key Productions. In a wide-ranging interview with 80 Level, the 51-year-old developer said he was a “functioning alcoholic” during his time at Epic Games and later…
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Henry Cavill’s Netflix Spy Movie Sets Major Production Update
Henry Cavill is set to reunite with the spy genre once again, this time teaming up with Kevin Hart for a Netflix Original action comedy titled “Spy Duo”. The film pairs Cavill, a veteran of espionage roles in franchises such as Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Argylle, with Hart, who is best known…