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Jurassic Punk
Steve “Spaz” Williams is not a name that’s in the front of most movie lovers’ minds, but he’s a famous name to veterans of the special effects industry: a pioneer in motion-capture and realistic computer rendering who helped make the current era of cinema possible, for better and worse. The documentary “Jurassic Punk” explains why his name…
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Yellowstone Prequel 1923 Gets Off to a Slow Trot
It’s astonishing to see the grip Taylor Sheridan has on a specific subset of the American public, and I can’t say I blame them. His hit series, “Yellowstone,” is the backbone of Paramount’s TV network, rivaled only by the ever-expanding galaxy of “Star Trek” spinoffs that come out every other month. But where “Trek” appeals…
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Nanny
Hollywood’s output of American immigrant plotlines is endless. Yet while many of them are no doubt empathetic films, they also contain a sense of distance. Whether it’s in a film’s decades-ago period or a focus on the external forces that other its characters, rather than their interiorities and inner thoughts, this particular subject of film…
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New Zealand government-managed service provider got hacked
An information technology-managed service provider that provides services to support a range of organizations, including several government agencies, has experienced a cyber incident that has compromised access to its data and systems. The provider has engaged external cyber security response support and reported the incident to agencies including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), New…
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The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, got hacked
The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria (FRV), Australia, has shut down its network after a cyber attack launched by “an external third party.” FRV operates 85 fire and rescue stations across the state. The cyberattack is affecting most of FRV systems, including network, emails and dispatch.
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Washington D.C.’s official convention and sports authority got hacked
Events D.C. serves as the landlord for Nationals Park and also oversees the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the RFK Stadium-Armory Campus, among other city attractions and activities. In a news release in October, Events D.C. revealed that “limited parts of its network” had been compromised by a cyberattack, and that it had moved…
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Colombian energy company Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) got hacked with Ransomware
EPM is one of Colombia’s largest public energy, water, and gas providers, providing services to 123 municipalities. The company generated over $25 billion in revenue in 2022 and is owned by the Colombian Municipality of Medellin. The company told approximately 4,000 employees to work from home, with IT infrastructure down and the company’s websites no…
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Student Loan Authority (OSLA) in Oklahoma got hacked, and 2.5 million records stolen
EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) are notifying over 2.5 million loanees that their personal data was exposed in a data breach. The target of the breach was Nelnet Servicing, the Lincoln, Neb.-based servicing system and web portal provider for OSLA and EdFinancial.
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After backlash, Elon Musk is staking his leadership on a Twitter poll
The company owned by Elon Musk said Sunday that it “will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter.”
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Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.
The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.