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Julia Jacklin Signs To 4AD, Announces Extensive Tour

Julia Jacklin last released an album in 2022 with Pre Pleasure , and man was it good. It seems the good people at 4AD Records have noticed. They've added Jacklin to their roster, a revelation that comes today along with lots of tour dates on both sides of the Atlantic. It seems

Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts

Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta's chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else's profile and then

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Star Wars Influences: Dam Busters

The original Star Wars movie was a mashup. George Lucas and his collaborators pulled from everywhere: westerns, samurai movies, Flash Gordon, and a 1955 war film called The Dam Busters. This video shows just how closely the attack on the Death Star mirrors a scene from The Dam

Casey Neistat’s guide to posting every day

Some news: The Vergecast is now a daily podcast! Starting today, we'll be posting every weekday, with even more gadgets and rankings and conversations and feelings and podcasts-within-podcasts. We're excited for all the ways this new schedule lets us tell new kinds of stories,

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CBP announces Pete Vasquez to be new Border Patrol chief

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Monday that Rosario “Pete” Vasquez will serve as Border Patrol chief. Vasquez, who has more than 26 years of experience with the Border Patrol, according to CBP, will succeed Mike Banks in the role. Banks stepped down last

The Best Books and Documentaries About Marilyn Monroe

Documenting the life of Marilyn Monroe has been a cottage industry for more than 60 years. Admirers vehemently debate the most insightful — and most problematic — biographies and documentaries about the Blonde Bombshell’s eventful life on Reddit subs, Facebook groups and in

Kash Patel girlfriend alleges MS Now defamed her

Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI director Kash Patel filed a lawsuit this week against MS Now, arguing the outlet defamed her with a report it published last year alleging Patel directed a security detail to escort one of her friends home after a night of drinking. The

Moderna gets $50M investment for Ebola vaccine candidate

Global health foundation Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will invest $50 million to support development and initial clinical testing of Moderna's investigational vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the deadly virus ripping through parts of the