‘Murderous’ Review: Neil LaBute’s New Film Is Undone by Its Overly Familiar Premise and Obvious Plot Machinations

Best-selling novels like Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot and stage thrillers like Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, among many other works, have demonstrated that stealing another writer’s work can have fateful if not deadly consequences. Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty) delivers another variation on the familiar theme with his latest effort, receiving its…

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India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos

India has extended its anti-spam regime to require caller-ID and call-management apps to share users’ spam reports with telecom operators, prompting spam-blocking app maker Truecaller to call the ruling anti-competitive. On Friday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the country’s telecom regulator, amended rules governing commercial communications, making it mandatory for caller-ID and call-management…

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Magical Girl Raising Project Restart Spotlights Multiple Magical Girls in New Visual

A new key visual has been unveiled for the upcoming Magical Girl Raising Project Restart TV anime series, spotlighting multiple magical girl characters. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan on October 5, 2026.  ⓒ遠藤浅蜊・マルイノ・宝島社/プロジェクトrestart Hiroyuki Hashimoto (reprising) is directing the Magical Girl Raising Project Restart anime, with Takao Yoshioka (reprising) as series composer and…

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Factorial is rallying a team of suppliers to get solid-state batteries into cars

Factorial Energy has signed a joint development agreement with Japan’s Mitsui Kinzoku for solid electrolytes, the latest in a run of partnerships its chief executive says are necessary because no single company can bring all-solid-state batteries to market. ProLogium, which is building Europe’s solid-state gigafactory at Dunkirk, is already mass-producing all-solid-state cells in Taiwan. Factorial…

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Crypto stocks rebound after CLARITY Act selloff

Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks rallied Friday as the CFTC and SEC moved ahead with crypto-related actions under existing authority. Crypto-linked stocks rebounded sharply on Friday, reversing losses that followed the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act earlier this week, as Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000. Strategy led the gains, rising more than…

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