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Government cybersecurity action plan includes £16 million in funding
The UK government is putting more cash into the cybersecurity sector as part of a new Cyber Growth Action Plan. The aim is to boost the UK’s £13.2 billion cyber sector with up to £16 million in new funding for startups, scale-ups, and university spinouts. The project will be led by the University of Bristol and Imperial College London’s Centre…
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This new on Netflix action thriller soars to No. 1 spot — and it lives up to its 94% Rotten Tomatoes audience score
Netflix’s top 10 list is constantly changing as new movies are added to the streaming service each week. Now, Gerard Butler has another smash hit thriller that’s jettisoned to the No. 1 spot just a few short days after landing on the platform on June 12. “Plane” follows a commercial airline pilot (Butler) who’s stuck in a desperate situation when…
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Prime Video just shared an explosive trailer for a new action comedy movie with Eddie Murphy — and it looks like a wild ride
Prime Video looks to be bolstering its summer movie line-up with another crime comedy, and, based on the trailer, it looks like a chaotic watch. In addition to the explosive John Cena/Idris Elba buddy comedy, “Heads of State” (streaming July 2), the Amazon streaming service is due to add “The Pickup” just a few weeks later. Tim Story’s new crime…
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Prime Video just added this wild sci-fi action movie with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig — and it’s still ridiculously fun
Most people have guilty pleasure movies even if they’d never admit half of them. For me, one of the ultimate ones is the sci-fi action flick “Cowboys & Aliens,” and I have zero shame about it. When I saw this movie with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig pop up on Prime Video’s lineup this month, I immediately got flashbacks to…
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Microsoft faces UK class action lawsuit over licensing – Computerworld
Microsoft faces more legal action in the UK, this time from a barrister named Alexander Wolfson who issued an opt-out class action claim this week alleging that public or private organizations in the UK that purchased certain software licenses (including for Microsoft Office and Windows) since October 1, 2015, were overcharged due to Microsoft’s market practices. Wolfson, who retained the…
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Here’s the New Pebble Watch in Action
Summary The creator of Pebble, Eric Migicovsky, has publicly demoed the Core 2 Duo model, still in development. The Core Devices team is working on software issues like displaying time, and is finalizing hardware drivers for the Core 2 Duo smartwatch. Core 2 Duo’s physical design appears ready, inspired by Pebble 2, with plans for model release in July 2025.…
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Saoirse Ronan is essentially a superhero in this underrated action thriller — and it’s now streaming on Netflix
When director Joe Wright and star Saoirse Ronan reteamed for 2011’s “Hanna” after the success of Oscar-winning period drama “Atonement,” most people probably weren’t expecting them to come up with a propulsive, fast-paced action movie. As someone who was dazzled by Wright’s stylized approach to highbrow literary material in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” I would have been happy to…
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Havoc Review: Tom Hardy and Gareth Evans Deliver a Relentless Cinematic Action Spectacle
Tune into Netflix these days, and every second movie or TV show will be an action-fueled revenge drama. However, when I first chanced upon Havoc and saw it was directed by Gareth Evans, I knew it was going to be one hell of a ride. This new action movie on Netflix follows a troubled cop named Patrick Walker. Feeling aimless…
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Google faces ‘first of its kind’ class action for search ads overcharging in UK
Google faces a “first of its kind” £5 billion lawsuit in the UK over accusations it has a monopoly in digital advertising that allows it to overcharge customers. The suit was brought via law firm Geradin Partners but led by Or Brook, an associate professor of competition law at the University of Leeds, and filed at the UK Competition Appeal…
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This viral ChatGPT trend lets you turn yourself into an action figure — here’s how to do it
There’s never been a better time to transform yourself into an action figure because ChatGPT makes it so easy. Thanks to the image generator within the GPT-4o model, you can turn yourself and your friends into tiny virtual figurines tailored to match your individual personalities. I even transformed Tom’s Guide’s editor-in-chief, Mark Spoonauer, into the superhero he truly embodies. Ready…
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