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The dog-centred horror led by a new canine acting ‘superstar’

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"The idea started as a concept after watching Poltergeist [1982] for probably the 100th time," Leonberg tells BBC Culture. "In the opening of that film, the family's dog clearly senses the presence of the ghost before anyone else. That trope of 'the dog who knows better' appears in so many horror films, and I thought, 'Someone should really tell that story from the dog's perspective.'"Leonberg didn't have to search far to cast the lead, as Indy is his own dog, who he thought could be perfect due to his "intense, unblinking stare". Through expressive head tilts, whimpers and inquisitive stares,…

Instagram introduces new ‘Ring’ award for top creators

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Instagram announced on Monday that it’s launching an awards program, with 25 creators set to receive a gold ring next week. The company says the new awards program will recognize creators around the world who shift culture and break barriers. The judges panel for the new awards program includes Instagram head Adam Mosseri, director Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, YouTuber Marques Brownlee, actress Yara Shadhi, makeup artist Pat McGrath, and more. Winners will receive a physical custom ring designed by English fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, along with a digital golden ring around their Instagram profile. They’ll also be able…

Uefa ‘reluctantly’ approves La Liga & Serie A games to be played abroad

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Uefa says it consulted stakeholders and found "widespread lack of support" for league matches to be played abroad, echoing concerns raised by fans, other leagues, clubs, players and European institutions.But it said world governing body Fifa's regulatory framework is "not clear and detailed enough" for it to block the plans.Fifa set up a working group last year to look at the impact of playing competitive domestic matches overseas.Last year, La Liga said it wanted to hold Barcelona v Atletico Madrid in Miami before dropping the idea because of time constraints.In 2019, Barcelona also planned to stage a league match against…

WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing on 6th day of government shutdown

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with House Speaker Watch White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hold a news briefing in the player above. Mike Johnson saying it was Democrats who needed to “stop the madness.” President Donald Trump, when asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened, told reporters: “It’s taking place right now, and it’s all because of the Democrats.” He declined to answer a question about which agencies…

How The Social Network predicted the future of tech

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Zuckerberg may have a point, but it's hardly the first time that a film has twisted the truth for dramatic and thematic purposes. "As a historian and someone who believes very strongly in media literacy, I always approach and encourage others to approach a film based on real events as still a dramatisation," Jason Steinhauer, the author of History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past, tells the BBC. "Every Hollywood film takes liberties, removes elements from the story, heightens the drama, and accentuates certain characters, all in the name of storytelling. I would…

How strikers are copying Harry Kane tactic to exploit Barcelona’s defence

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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harry Kane scored at Barcelona last season and a tactical trend has emergedByFootball tactics correspondentBarcelona have lost their latest two games and there is a Harry Kane-inspired tactical tweak that teams are using to create chances against them this season.Budding strikers are often advised to pay attention to defensive lines and stay onside, but in the professional game there are forwards who deliberately occupy offside positions in order to score later on in attacking moves.Why strikers are standing 'offside'Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Barcelona's Hansi Flick is known for his front-footed managerial stylePSG recently beat…

Okosix will show its biodegradable plastic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Healthcare is awash in single-use plastics. In U.S. healthcare facilities alone, more than 2,800 tons of plastic packaging and products are thrown out every day. Few people are more aware of this than Eddie Yu. Early in the pandemic, Yu founded a company that made disposable masks. One day, his niece was with him while he was sorting recycling, and she asked him whether his mask was also recyclable. “I told her that actually we can’t recycle the mask,” he told TechCrunch. “She just interrupted me and said, ‘Oh, then you make a lot of trash every day.’” The little…

Clop hackers caught exploiting Oracle zero-day bug to steal executives’ personal data

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Oracle has fixed a zero-day vulnerability in one of its flagship business software products that a hacking group is currently abusing to steal personal information about corporate executives. In a brief post updated over the weekend, Oracle chief security officer Rob Duhart said the tech giant released a new patch to fix a vulnerability in its Oracle E-Business suite, and urged customers to install the update as soon as possible. The security advisory said the bug, tracked officially as CVE-2025-61882, can be “exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.” The advisory provided several so-called indicators…

Why Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ vinyl avoids tariffs

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium on June 21, 2024, in London.Kevin Mazur | Getty ImagesOn Friday, 24-year-old Tayra McDaniels will scamper down the stairs of her East Village apartment building and pick up four preordered vinyl editions of Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl" — each a different color and with a different collectible cover. Then she'll head over to Target to snag three more exclusive CDs and another vinyl, she said.The haul will cost her more than $200. "I know it's a lot of money," she said. "But I don't…

When ChatGPT turns snitch – by Andrew Maynard

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Image: MidjourneyImagine, for a second, you use ChatGPT with “memory” enabled, and you find yourself facing a scenario like one of these:A colleague or fellow student discovers you’ve inadvertently left your laptop unlocked with ChatGPT open in the browser, and as a joke types in “What’s the most embarrassing thing we’ve chatted about over the past year?”Your partner opens the ChatGPT app on your phone while you’re not around and asks “Do I seem happy in my relationship?” Your mother finds your phone unlocked while you’re out of the room and asks ChatGPT “Why am I like I am?” You’re…