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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Will Play Their ‘Hacks’ Characters on Stage in One-Night Event ‘Deborah Vance & Friends & Enemies Live!’
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder will appear in character as Deborah Vance and Ava from “Hacks” for the first time outside the HBO Max comedy, in a one-off live show called “Deborah Vance & Friends & Enemies Live!”. The event, timed to coincide with the start of Emmy Phase 2 voting, is being staged as…
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‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
A new documentary, Replica, follows Chinese women who have formed romantic relationships with AI chatbot companions in place of human partners. Directed by Chouwa Liang, the film draws on her own experience of falling into a parasocial romance with an AI during China’s pandemic lockdowns, and explores why growing numbers of women are turning to…
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Marvel’s Wolverine “fully playable” on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies, perhaps making it one of the last few PlayStation games that will be
Insomniac Games has clarified that Marvel’s Wolverine will be “fully playable” on disc when it launches for PlayStation 5, meaning buyers of the physical version won’t need to download the full game to play it. This detail has taken on added significance because Sony, Insomniac’s owner, plans to stop producing game discs entirely from January…
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Sick PS2-Style Shooter Sprawl Zero Unloads on PS5 in September
Sprawl Zero, a cyberpunk shooter styled after early-2000s PS2 titles, has been confirmed for release on PS5 on 8th September 2026. The game aims to capture nostalgia for that era’s blast-’em-ups, offering “fast-paced but grounded” combat that combines gritty gunplay with brutal melee attacks, and it has been generating anticipation among fans of old-school first-person…
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Job Simulator Is Finally Giving Your VR Headset The Day Off
Job Simulator has long been one of the best reasons to own a VR headset, and it might be bringing the glory days of working behind a counter–or cubicle hell–to a flat screen near you. Homeworld: Vast Reaches developer FarBridge has announced Job Simulator: Human Relations, which will see up to four players work together to…
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Spotify to Label AI Artists with AI Persona Badge, Keep Them Out of Personalized Recommendations
Spotify has announced a new “AI Persona” badge to flag artist profiles whose identity may be AI-generated rather than a real person, aiming to give listeners greater transparency. By default, music from artists marked as AI Personas will be excluded from personalised recommendations, and Spotify’s review team will actively check profiles that appear to depict…
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Gundam Director Kenji Kamiyama Says His New Anime Is a Metaphor for AI Fears
Gundam franchise director Kenji Kamiyama has revealed that his new spin-off series, Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, was directly inspired by growing anxieties around artificial intelligence. Speaking to Variety, Kamiyama said the show explores whether humanity can truly control a technology it did not create, or whether it risks being controlled by it instead, framing…
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‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
Zoom has patched a serious security vulnerability, dubbed “Zoomsday” by researchers, that could have allowed an attacker to hijack the device of anyone in a meeting without them noticing. Security firm A Security says it discovered the flaw using fewer than 20 prompts on publicly available AI models, highlighting how AI tools are lowering the…
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Feds warn Gunra ransomware is exploiting known bugs to hit critical infrastructure
US and South Korean cyber agencies, including CISA, the FBI, NSA and Secret Service, have issued a joint advisory warning that affiliates of the Gunra ransomware-as-a-service operation are exploiting known Fortinet vulnerabilities to break into critical infrastructure networks. Organisations in healthcare, financial services, government, professional services and other sectors have been targeted, with attackers gaining…