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If hackers cripple America’s water, the consequences could be catastrophic
A Fox News opinion piece warns that America’s water and wastewater systems have become prime targets for nation-state hackers and cybercriminals, arguing the threat is no longer hypothetical after a series of real intrusions. The author, a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, contends these systems are as critical to national security…
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Venice Horizons Winner Anuparna Roy Returns to Lido With Mumbai Story of Migrants, Desire and Belonging ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’
Indian director Anuparna Roy returns to the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons competition with “Lovers in the Blue Night,” a year after becoming the first Indian filmmaker to win the section’s best director prize for her debut, “Songs of Forgotten Trees.” The new film, sold internationally by Parallax, follows four migrants navigating desire and belonging in…
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Lumiere Declaration Sets 15 Principles for Global Film Governance, Calling Audience Attention ‘a Trust to Be Honored, Not a Resource to Be Captured’
Representatives from countries, international organisations, and leaders across film, television and gaming industries have adopted the Lumière Declaration on the Future of Cinema and the Moving Image, signed on Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Jointly presented by France and South Korea and co-chaired by their presidents, the declaration sets out 15 principles intended…
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Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Overwhelms ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ as Admissions Top 10 Million
“The Odyssey” continued its dominance of the South Korean box office over the weekend of 4–6 September, taking 60.92% of the market and pushing its total admissions past ten million in its fifth consecutive weekend at number one. The Christopher Nolan film’s continued strength contrasts with a broader post-summer slowdown, as the overall weekend market…
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China Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ Crosses $300 Million
“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,” a war comedy-drama from Dirty Monkeys, has topped mainland China’s box office for a fourth straight weekend and passed $300 million in cumulative earnings. The film, directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng, follows a debt-ridden Chinese chef in the Middle East whose restaurant becomes a…
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Europe’s fighter jet plans are in disarray. What happens next?
Europe’s push to jointly develop next-generation fighter jets has stalled after France and Germany scrapped their Future Combat Air System collaboration in June, undermining hopes—championed by Mario Draghi—that European nations could pool resources on defence rather than duplicating costly programmes. The collapse leaves France pressing ahead alone via Dassault Aviation, while Germany faces uncertainty over…
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North Korea and Russia open first road bridge linking both countries
The first road bridge linking Russia and North Korea has formally opened, spanning the Tumen river between the border cities of Rason and Khasan and giving the two countries a proper road link for the first time. Senior officials from both sides hailed the crossing as a milestone: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called it…
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First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
Arm, the British chip designer, has unveiled a new mobile graphics processor, the Mali G2-Ultra NX, which debuts today inside the Xiaomi 18 Fold in China. The chip brings AI-driven graphical techniques similar to Nvidia’s DLSS to smartphones for the first time, promising sharper, smoother games without a corresponding increase in power consumption. Arm executives…