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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
A British think tank reports that Christian nationalism is primarily driven by people who rarely attend church and focus on defending the country’s Christian heritage rather than practicing faith.
‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?
Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes invites filmmakers into her home weeks before prison, claiming radical transparency in a documentary that questions whether she presents her authentic self or a manufactured persona.
South Africa’s Oscar Entry ‘Variations on a Theme’ Was Written With Microsoft Excel
South Africa’s Oscar submission ‘Variations on a Theme’ won the Tiger Award at Rotterdam and screened at the BFI London Film Festival. Directors used Microsoft Excel to map out the film’s repetitive structure.
Roger Deakins on Instinct, Experience and Not Knowing What Is a Cinematographer: ‘I Still Can’t Answer That’
Cinematographer Roger Deakins reflects on his approach to visual storytelling, emphasizing instinct, personal experience and collaboration over formulaic techniques in defining his craft.
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President Donald Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction
A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s third attempt to move his hush money conviction to federal court on immunity grounds, saying his reasons were neither new nor legally sufficient.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A PBS affiliate filed suit against a data center provider after its cloud storage company went defunct, putting 50TB of irreplaceable archival content at risk.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A critical macOS screen-sharing vulnerability allowing unauthenticated remote access is under active exploitation, with attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on affected systems.
Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
Waymo has more than doubled its federal lobbying spending to over $1 million quarterly, intensifying competition with Uber over the future of autonomous taxi services and regulatory approval.
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
AliExpress was caught using an outdated audio fingerprinting technique to track browser visitors, which inadvertently disrupted a researcher’s Bluetooth headphones connection.
AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Meta created a plan to reduce workforce by up to 60 percent using AI agents, but canceled it after systems caused major technical incidents and failed to boost productivity as expected.
Nvidia’s quarterly revenue doubles to nearly $100bn as CEO declares ‘golden age’
Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion, doubling year-over-year, with CEO Jensen Huang declaring that artificial intelligence has reached a ‘golden age’ and become commercially productive.
Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks
Researchers discovered over 220 installation commands in AI-readable files across corporate websites pointing to non-existent code packages, with major companies unknowingly executing potentially harmful code through AI agents.
Matt Lucas and Hugh Bonneville call for law on AI voice clones
Matt Lucas, Hugh Bonneville, and over 80 performers have written to the UK government requesting legislation to protect their voices from unauthorized AI cloning and replication.
Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP
Australian authorities arrested two men accused of participation in TeamPCP, a hacking group responsible for supply-chain attacks affecting over 1,000 organizations worldwide.
Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
The EPA plans to eliminate federal public participation requirements for certain industrial air permits, potentially allowing data centers to obtain approvals without notifying nearby communities.
A media M&A chill: The Paramount-WBD antitrust challenge may hold up more deals than one
The delayed Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger faces an antitrust trial, prompting media executives to warn of a broader M&A slowdown across the industry.