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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is launching an online toolkit this week to help criminal defence lawyers determine whether police secretly used surveillance technology to build cases against their clients. Described as the first resource of its kind, it provides ready-made legal motions that, if approved by a judge, compel prosecutors to disclose…
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Ryanair says its planes are safe after passenger nearly sucked out window
Ryanair has publicly defended the safety of its fleet after a passenger was nearly sucked out of an aircraft window during a mid-flight engine failure, while confirming it remains in contact with the man’s family. Group chief financial officer Neil Sorahan praised the crew’s handling of the emergency and said it was too early to…
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Call of Duty voice chat lobbies turned into ASMR app that takes veterans back to the cacophonies of the MW2 and BO1 days
A developer named Mike Wing has created a small web app called Call of Duty Ambience, which loops recordings of chaotic voice chats from classic Call of Duty lobbies as a nostalgic, ASMR-style listening experience. Wing, known for other quirky apps such as Steam Sale Simulator and Xbox 360 Messenger, uploaded the tool to AppDrop,…
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Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros delayed to 2027, as PlaySide take more time before playing their turn to ensure the RTS hits a “high level of quality”
Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros, the real-time strategy game from developer PlaySide set in George R.R. Martin’s Seven Kingdoms, has been pushed back to early 2027. The studio said the game is “progressing well” but needs additional development time to ensure it meets the expectations of both RTS fans and Game of Thrones devotees,…
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Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Jeff Bezos and the UK government’s sovereign AI fund have invested in CuspAI, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence startup that aims to become a “search engine for rare materials” to speed up scientific and industrial breakthroughs. The company wants to use AI to discover new materials that reduce reliance on rare metals such as iridium and…
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Comment in code read ‘Dear future me, sorry I wrote this’
A former Visual Basic developer, writing under the pseudonym “Johnny” for The Register’s “Who, Me?” column, recounted secretly building a project in C# instead of VB and later hitting a baffling intermittent bug. The tale illustrates a common developer anxiety: shortcuts and undocumented workarounds can resurface years later to haunt their author, particularly when institutional…
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Palworld closes in on a million Steam concurrents as 1.0 update reignites the game
Palworld has surged back into the spotlight following its 1.0 update, with concurrent Steam player numbers approaching a million for the first time in over two years. The creature-collecting survival game, developed by Pocketpair, had settled into a steady early access existence after its explosive 2024 debut, but the full release has reignited widespread interest…
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Widow, 79, refuses to sell part of her garden to developers behind new £45million road as she fights to save 500-year-old oak tree in David and Goliath battle
A 79-year-old widow is resisting pressure to sell part of her garden to developers behind a new £45 million road scheme, in a bid to protect a 500-year-old oak tree on her property. The dispute has been framed as a “David and Goliath” battle, pitting an elderly homeowner against a well-funded infrastructure project, and highlights…
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Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
The Australian government is preparing tough new rules to govern how federal departments and agencies use artificial intelligence in automated decision-making, as part of a broader national AI plan covering consumer protections, workplace safety and privacy. The move comes amid rapid growth in AI use and datacentre construction, with ministers seeking to build in fairness,…