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Greek mythology has inspired entertainment through poetry, novels, songs, and plays since time immemorial, and this influence endures in the age of film. While some movies, such as Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, attempt to retell ancient tales faithfully, others borrow their characters, themes, and structures, transplanting them into wildly different settings. So wild, in fact, that they are sometimes difficult to spot. 7 Shakespeare adaptations you didn’t know were Shakespeare adaptations From sci-fi to horror to romantic comedy, the works of William Shakespeare have been made over in many different ways. The Lighthouse A nightmare inspired by Prometheus and Proteus…

Oppo unveiled the Reno16 series in China in May and later launched it in global markets. The lineup also made its way to India in July. The Reno16 series introduced the AI Snap Key, and a new rumour now claims that the Reno17 series could offer a flagship feature. According to a tipster, Oppo is testing a teleconverter accessory for the Reno17 series. Oppo Reno16 Pro The Oppo Reno16 and Reno16 Pro feature a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom. If the rumour is accurate, the Reno17 series could offer greater optical zoom capabilities with the help of…

The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has confirmed suffering a cybersecurity incident after the Qilin ransomware group claimed to have targeted the agency. In a statement on its website, ATF said the incident affected a standalone system, which was disconnected after the intrusion was discovered.  “The impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF eForms system, or any other ATF system,” ATF said, adding, “The incident has not impacted ATF’s ability to perform its missions.” An investigation is being…

There’s growing excitement in the AI industry about the idea that today’s leading models could build the next generation of the technology. But a new study recently found top AI agents struggle on the kind of genuinely open-ended research problems required to push the field forward.Large language models have made rapid progress in many of the day-to-day jobs involved in machine learning research, such as writing code, generating and curating data, and running experiments. Last year, startup Sakana AI’s AI Scientist-v2 even managed to write a paper that cleared peer review for the prestigious International Conference on Learning Representations.These advances…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. It’s almost midnight, and I’m still playing Bit Reactor’s turn-based tactics (TBT) strategy game, Star Wars Zero Company. I’m nearing the end of a tense battle that’s lasted longer than I’ve realized, but I’m so close to success. Only a few enemies remain, and Hawks is out of med packs; Tricks, Tel, and Luco are all low on health, and I don’t want to risk any more injuries that…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is now available for Pixel testers to install. The new builds arrive two weeks after Google released QPR2 Beta 3. Like past QPR2 releases, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are no longer supported. With August nearly behind us, Google’s September Feature Drop could be nearly ready to arrive any day now. That’s the software the company’s been testing as Android 17 QPR1, which hit its Beta 9 release earlier this month. But that’s not all that Google’s been cooking up, and we’ve also been following work on what’s…

SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment. Here are this week’s highlights:  Developers say Log4j vulnerability alert overblown An Apache Log4j 2 vulnerability raised concerns in the cybersecurity community this week. Reports started circulating about a critical remote code execution vulnerability. However, Log4j developers calmed fears, describing the…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech At this point, Flock automatic license plate readers are basically a 90-10 issue in the US. In fact, so many Americans hate these surveillance towers that hacking one down has become the quickest way to achieve national folk-hero status. In one incident reported by the Verge, a sheriff in Lumpkin County, Georgia announced a $1,000 reward for information resulting in the arrest of the vandal responsible for destroying a Flock camera installed in a community park. “I hope you’re happy with this. It…

Blacknut cloud gaming is coming to TiVo OS, granting users access to more than 1,000 games directly through compatible smart TVs without needing a dedicated console or downloads. The cloud gaming service has partnered with TiVo to bring its catalogue to Powered by TiVo devices, expanding its reach to brands that includes Sharp, Metz and Thomson. The service is designed to sit alongside the movies, TV shows, sports and streaming apps already available through TiVo OS. Blacknut says its library covers blockbuster adventures and action titles to family-friendly games and indie releases. Because the games are streamed from the cloud,…

Setting up an SSD isn’t hard, or at least it shouldn’t be. Depending on whether you have a SATA drive, your SSD’s storage controller would be in AHCI mode; for M.2 drives, it would be NVMe. However, there’s another storage controller mode beyond these two options, called RAID mode. The average PC user doesn’t need to worry about RAID since it is useful for networking and servers. Yet, most laptops and OEM builds still come with RAID by default, even though it adds unnecessary overhead and makes your SSD slower than it should be. Related This one BIOS setting can…