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Suno scraped YouTube, Deezer to train AI, hacked code reveals – potentially strengthening UMG and Sony’s legal case
Hacked source code from AI music generator Suno reveals the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius and other platforms to train its models, according to a report by 404 Media. The leak, obtained by a hacker who breached Suno’s systems, corroborates allegations made by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in their ongoing copyright…
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See Ghostface Killah, De La Soul, Fat Joe Perform at Knicks-Centric ESPYs
The ESPYs on 15 July 2026 continued New York’s celebration of the Knicks’ NBA Championship, with a lineup of hip-hop artists from the city performing during the ceremony at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. The show followed weeks of Knicks-related festivities, including a Wu-Tang Clan halftime performance that reportedly energised the team during a…
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TIFF Announces Five Films for Special Presentations Including Cate Blanchett Comedy and Mahershala Ali Thriller
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its Special Presentations slate, featuring five world premieres from acclaimed independent filmmakers. The selection includes David and Nathan Zellner’s sci-fi comedy
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Denshattack! review – time to get on board with kickflipping trains
Denshattack! is a new video game from Barcelona-based developer Undercoders that reimagines extreme sports action on trains, blending the trick-based mechanics of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with the counter-cultural spirit of Jet Set Radio. Set in a dystopian, post-climate-disaster Japan where wealthy citizens shelter in corporate domed cities, the game follows aspiring “Denshattacker” Emi as…
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Jimmy Fallon swipes at Biden’s upcoming memoir, jokes Kamala Harris wrote the end of it
Jimmy Fallon used his Tonight Show monologue to poke fun at former President Joe Biden’s forthcoming memoir, joking that Kamala Harris had written its ending. The jibe fits a broader pattern of late-night hosts mining material from Biden’s post-presidency and his exit from the 2024 race, keeping the former president a recurring target of topical…
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TIFF 2026 Announces Special Presentations Program Additions Featuring Margaret Qualley, Cate Blanchett and Mahershala Ali
The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed five new titles joining its Special Presentations line-up for its 51st edition, running from 10-20 September 2026. The announcement brings further star power to a festival long known as a springboard for awards-season contenders, particularly through its People’s Choice Award, previous winners of which include “Chariots of Fire”,…
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TIFF Sets Special Presentations Including Riley Keough & Cate Blanchett Comedy ‘Alpha Gang’, Mahershala Ali’s ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ & More
This year’s Toronto Film Festival continues to ramp up with its Special Presentations section including five titles: David and Nathan Zellner’s alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang, Rachel Morrison’s Love of Your Life; Bassam Tariq’s action drama thriller from Amazon MGM Studios/Orion, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother; Ben Shirinian’s The Housewife starring Naomi Watts and…
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GHOST Announces ‘2 Big To Rig’ Feature Film Capturing ‘Skeletour’ World Tour
Rock band GHOST have announced “2 Big To Rig”, a second feature-length concert film with distributor Trafalgar Releasing, documenting their “Skeletour” world tour. It follows the success of 2024’s “Rite Here Rite Now”, which topped US hard rock cinema box office charts, and comes as the band takes a break after concluding the tour earlier…
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Xbox Support Pledges To Help Customer Reclaim His Hacked Account
Microsoft’s Xbox Support has said it will help streamer Joshua Khane recover a hacked Microsoft account after his complaints gained widespread attention online. The case matters because it highlights concerns over how effectively the company handles account compromises involving digital game purchases and personal cloud-stored files. Khane said Microsoft had acknowledged that his account was…
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Echo & the Bunnymen announce Apples For Isaac, first album in 12 years
Echo & The Bunnymen have announced Apples For Isaac, their first album of new material since 2014’s Meteorites, ending years of speculation about the Liverpool band’s follow-up. The record has been in the works for roughly half a decade, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and frontman Ian McCulloch’s determination to get the lyrics right, and…