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Apple Intelligence finally gets regulatory approval in China
Apple will reportedly partner with Chinese firms Baidu and Alibaba to roll out its AI service in the country.
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US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims
The 2024 indictment, now unsealed, accuses three Russians and two web hosts of aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime.
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I Spent 15 Years Making Movies the Old Way. Now I’m, Reluctantly, An AI Guy
A Millennium Media executive explains a pivot from film sets to building an AI startup lab for creatives.
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Zombies, gore and creepy kids – why we can’t stop playing horror games
As global anxieties multiply, video games from Resident Evil to Mouthwashing are providing rich source material to help decode society’s problems • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Horror is so hot right now. There’s Obsession, Evil Dead Burn and Hokum in the cinema, Widow’s Bay, From and Something Very…
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BandLab acquires Aiode, an AI music studio built on ‘fully-licensed’ audio
BandLab Technologies has acquired Aiode, an AI-powered music studio, adding it to its existing BandLab and Cakewalk platforms. The deal matters because it strengthens BandLab’s position in AI-assisted music creation while also highlighting an approach built around licensed training material, a contentious issue in the music industry. Aiode’s pitch is that its models are trained…
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iOS 27 preview: Long-awaited Siri AI is practical but plain
With the iOS 27 public beta available to download, is it worth testing the waters?
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“You’ll never get another World of Warcraft or Morrowind in the current climate,” id Software producer says as constant layoffs batter the industry
“The people who manage it today have no idea how it actually works”
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What the leaf icon on Google Maps really means (and why it confuses so many users)
Eco-friendly routes on Google Maps are worth checking out, but there are a few things to know before you do.
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Eden Samara Links With Tim Reaper, Comfort Zone For ‘Oracle’
Eden Samara has shared her new single ‘Oracle’. Out now, the single leads in to the Canadian electronic maven’s new album, which is slated to land on September 4th. ‘Oracle’ doubles as a reflection on the divine feminine and a breaks-fuelled piece of rave-pop, one that allows Eden Samara space… The post Eden Samara Links…
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“Iggy was in a mental hospital when I first met him.” In 1975, David Bowie introduced a 10-year-old Slash to Iggy Pop in a LA psych ward. He and Dennis Hopper later returned wearing space suits to share a bag of drugs with their friend
Iggy Pop’s attempts to kick his drug addictions in the 1970s weren’t always helped by his famous friends