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4chan rejects $26,000 fine under UK’s Online Safety Act A lawyer representing 4chan says the online message board will not pay a proposed fine issued by UK regulator Ofcom as part of its enforcement of the Online Safety Act. Preston Byrne, managing partner of Byrne & Storm,told the BBCthat Ofcom had provisionally imposed a £20,000 penalty, with daily fines to follow until 4chan complied. He argued the regulator’s notices “create no legal obligations in the United States” and described the investigation as part of an “illegal campaign of harassment” against US tech firms....

WhenTim Cook said to expecta new member of the family, he really meant it. February 19 saw the reveal of an entirely new breed of iPhone — the “e” variant. The newest iPhone on the block is theApple iPhone 16e, slotting neatly into financial place beneath theiPhone 15, and replacing the now-defunctiPhone SE 3as the least expensive iPhone you may buy. It may not be an iPhone SE, but it continues the spirit of that model, sporting a top-of-the-line flagship processor, paired with the looks of an older iPhone....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows support surges after “legendary” Elon Musk ratio Assassin’s Creed Shadowshas received an outpouring of support after the official X account delivered a “legendary” ratio to Elon Musk. From the backlash surrounding Shadow’s inclusion ofYasuketoJapanese government concernsover shrine vandalism, Ubisoft has been dealing with a lot of criticism. While the discourse surrounding the action RPG has done little to stop it frombreaking sales recordsand achieving two million players, the devs have remained silent in their approach to the negative discourse....

Best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods on PC We’ve sifted through the best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods to make your journey through the world of Vermund and Battahl as smooth as possible. Getting the bestDragon’s Dogma 2mods is fairly simple, thanks to the game running on RE Engine, which many modders will be familiar with since it launched in 2017 with Resident Evil 7. This means that many tools will be compatible with Dragon’s Dogma 2....

The best thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them while you’re doing other things: Washing dishes, going for a run, coloring, and especially, driving. But there areso many podcaststhese days that it’s simply impossible to keep up. There are new ones debuting all the time, and it’s hard to know whether they deserve a spot in your feed. Every week, we highlight new and returning podcasts we couldn’t turn off....

Best Schedule 1 mods & how to install Schedule 1is an immersive and addicting game, but like any good game, it can always be improved with mods. Whether you want to streamline your gameplay, unlock hidden features, or just have some fun, these mods offer game-changing enhancements. Here’s a list of the best mods available, along with what makes each one essential. From eliminating supplier delays to customizing day length, these mods give you full control over your empire....

Summary A Best Stunt category at theOscarshas finally gained momentum after years of industry campaigning. The Academy Awards, which are widely considered the most prestigious, air every March to honor the best in film from the past year. Since their inception in 1929, awards honoringBest Picture, director, actor, actress, writing, and cinematography have been staples of the ceremony, with the newest category, Best Animated Feature Film, added in 2001. In recent years, there have been increasing calls for a Best Stunt category....

Summary WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for Batman #149! DC can officially claim they have killed off Bruce Wayne with the latest release of Zdarsky’sBatmanrun. However, Bruce’s death comes with a major twist that no fan saw coming and was surprisingly peaceful rather than him going out in a blaze of glory. Moreover, the end of Bruce Wayne has also addressed a major criticism of Zdarsky’s run. Chip Zdarsky, Steve Lieber, Michele Bandini, and Nick Filardi’sBatman#149 served as an epic epilogue toZdarsky’s lengthy Zur-En-Arrh/Failsafe storyline, where Batman’s alternate personality inhabited the body of Failsafe in order to try to take over as the ‘new’ Batman....

Apple is no stranger to controversy, but the missteps on the latest MacBook Pro design go beyond the standard fare. WWDC is just around the corner, and whilewe don’t expect Apple to refresh the MacBook Probeyond a CPU bump, it’d be a great chance to level with its fan base about the failures of its laptops. At the very least, I don’t want to hear a word about how innovative these two features were without some admission of guilt....

Digital painting is getting even closer to the real thing. On Tuesday,Corel announced Painter 2018, an update to the popular graphics program that introduces more ways to re-create the look of traditional mediums digitally. The update includes “Thick Paint” as well as several new features designed to re-create a specific texture. The new thick paint tool allows users to pile paint onto the digital canvas much like painting with thicker physical materials — Corel says users can pile up, push around, carve into, scrape and blend their digital paint....

Summary Starship Troopers: Exterminationrecently announced the 1.0 release of the co-op FPS will be coming this fall, as well as confirmed console releases. The game isn’t the first foray into the genre for developer Offworld, which previously released tactical shooterSquadin 2015. Casper Van Dien, who starred in the original 1997 film, will return as Johnny Rico in the new project, and Screen Rant spoke with Casper during Summer Game Fest to learn more....

Summary The characters withinCobra Kaihave had many different allegiances throughout the series run, but season 6 puts nearly all of them under one roof. After many ups and downs over the past five seasons, Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do have finally defeated Cobra Kai; in theCobra Kaiseason 5 finale, they uncovered Terry Silvers’ cheating ways, culminating in several fighters defecting from the dishonored dojo. This set the stage for a new era for Johnny and Daniel’s dojo....

It’s not uncommon for police officers to find a driver asleep in their car, but finding a driver asleep in one that’s motoring along at 70 mph … well, that’s something else. The alleged incident took place on Highway 101 in Palo Alto, California at just after 3 a.m. on Friday, November 30. At first, the episode sounds just plain weird, but the car was aTesla Model S, which can be driven on Autopilot, a mode that offers a certain degree of self-driving functionality....