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"Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt..."

"Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances..."

"When taken from the right perspective, every story is a horror story: for henchmen just trying to earn a paycheck, James Bond is a horror slasher with a body count (and, let’s be honest, style points) to rival Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. Let’s not forget that Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, while yes, a nuanced family drama for the ages, also features a cameo from Lucifer himself, discussing the call—and the point—of the pit with Ivan Fyodorovich in the depths of a feverish nightmare. Even Elden Ring (all of Miyazaki’s Soulsbourne games, really) is really just cosmic horror masquerading as vaguely-post-apocalyptic high fantasy.

I’ve written before about horror’s profound genre inclusivity, and let me tell you: once you start looking at your favorite stories through that lens, you can’t really unsee it ever again. But that’s only because horror has always been there, lurking in the shadows of every story, hiding in the attics and the sewers, just waiting to be uncovered..."

"Andrea Mutti’s art fills every scene with menace. Every panel has a hint of shadow and darkness, as if in this world daytime doesn’t exist, this Earth is continually locked in sunset.

If you’re a fan of H. P. Lovecraft or a good mystery story with horror overtones, pick this up – it’s the beginning of what promises to be a very haunting story..."

"The codes look like they are part of the council's payment system, but instead lead to a phony website.

Motorists who think they have paid for their parking via a fake QR code also risk parking fines, the council added..."

"WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies..."

"Social media is now undeniably a significant part of many of our lives, in the UK and around the world. We use it to connect with others and share information in public and private ways. Governments and companies have, of course, taken note and built fortunes or extended their power by exploiting the digital information we generate. But should the power to use the information we share online be unlimited, especially for governments who increasingly use that information to make material decisions about our lives?

At Privacy International (PI), we think the answer to that question is a resounding no. That is why we have been examining the use of social media monitoring by governments and companies. The practice is an increasingly prevalent one, and as this article explores, largely unregulated. That needs to change..."

"There has been disorder and rioting at a number of other towns and cities across the UK – with building and vehicles set on fire on a night of rioting in Sunderland last night, while there have also been disturbances in Manchester, Hartlepool, London and Aldershot with anti-Islam and anti-immigrations chants shouted, along with support for far right activist Steven Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the name Tommy Robinson.

The Doncaster “vigil” was planned for 2pm. But the protest failed to materialise, with one demonstrator filming an empty square, with a couple of police vans flanking the square..."

"Civil liberties campaigners have said that a proposal made by Keir Starmer on Thursday to expand the use of live facial recognition technology would amount to the effective introduction of a national ID card system based on people’s faces.

Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said it was ironic the new prime minister was suggesting a greater use of facial matching on the same day that an EU-wide law largely banning real-time surveillance technology came into force..."

"A worried householder reported a ‘large feline creature’ to the government body responsible for looking into big cat sightings, official records show.

The resident spoke of a ‘large hissing animal’ and of being ‘a little on edge’ during the nighttime encounter in Rawcliffe, North Yorkshire..."

"The Shadow on the Glass is a fun Victorian Lovecraftian adventure.

The Shadow on the Glass is an exciting adventure set in the perfect time period for its story. The late Victorian period is well known for its near obsession with the afterlife. Seances were all the rage and mediums were celebrated celebrities. This atmosphere is the perfect place to have interdimensional creatures trying to invade Earth..."

"Vast and isolated settings of the woods are often used in the horror genre, easily being able to elicit a gnawing discomfort and uneasiness. Lovely, Dark, and Deep may start by capitalizing on the spookiness of the woods, but gradually it spirals into an unfathomable fever dream that invokes just as much terror as hopelessness. Teresa Sutherland's debut feature doesn't bother dipping its toes into cosmic horror, and instead dives headfirst into unknowable terrors that lurk deep within the shadows of the forest and the corners of Lennon's (Georgine Campbell) mind. Purposefully dredging up old traumas by returning to the site of it, Lennon slowly devolves from the plucky protagonist who easily traipses her way around the national park to the harrowed shell of a person who cannot differentiate reality from the more sinister imagery. We tumble down this rabbit hole beside her, braced for the haunting visuals and chilling ending..."