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A US police officer has been “discharged” for swapping barcodes on Pokémon cards boxes in an attempt purchase them for a lower price. As reported by The Kansas City Star, William C. Knight was charged with one count of an unlawful act involving a theft detection shielding device, according to court records. The officer, who worked for Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas since March 2019 to May 2022, was in uniform when he was shopping for the Pokémon cards. He was purchasing several Pokémon card sets at the…

Firefly’s Alpha rocket delivering payloads to orbit on October 3, 2022. Image: FireflyThe prospect of losing critically important satellites during war has led to “Victus Nox”—a rapid response experiment in which private Space Force partners will need to launch a satellite within 24 hours of receiving the “go” order. 02:51Sony Imageworks 20 Years of Spider-Man VFX Reel16 minutes agoThe concept is known as “tactically responsive space” (TacRS), and it’s a capability that Congress wants the Space Force to have. The capacity…

Square Enix has raised the alarm about an attempted hack of Final Fantasy 14’s account management system, and is encouraging players to change their passwords. READ MORE: Gathering and crafting: why taking a break in ‘Final Fantasy 14’ is a delight In a post on the Lodestone blog, the publisher revealed that it was experiencing an attack that is attempting to gain access to the Square Enix Account Management System, by using email address and password combinations that seem to have been obtained from other companies’…

Smooky MarGielaa is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting reported to have taken place in New York in July.In recent days, multiple reports have stated MarGielaa was arrested earlier this month and is expected to make a court appearance this week. The shooting in question, per a prior report from regional Queens-focused outlet QNS, began with a group of men getting into an argument near the intersection of Astoria Boulevard across from the Grand Central Parkway.Police said at the time that one…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 02:Bilall Fallah attends Disney+ and Marvel's new Television Series "Ms. Marvel" premiere at El Capitan Theatre on June 02, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) / Image: HBO Max Bilall Fallah the co-director of the ill-fated Batgirl movie has spoken out of his attempts to try and save the footage from the film following the HBO Max original getting slashed by Warner Bros. The beginning of Aug. 2022 saw a slew of cancelations from HBO Max which…

Constance Wu has said that she attempted suicide after backlash to a series of “careless” tweets in 2019.In a statement marking her first return to Twitter in nearly three years, the Hustlers actor announced her upcoming book, Making a Scene, and explained that she was “afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it: 3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe.”At the time, Wu reacted in frustration to…

Constance Wu has returned to Twitter for the first time in three years to address her break from acting and announce the release of her new book Making A Scene. In a lengthy post, the star of Hollywood films – including Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers – shared that she attempted suicide following backlash she received over a 2019 tweet, in which she expressed frustration that her ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat had been renewed for another season. Wu shared a post to social media on Thursday (13 July), which reads: “I was…

22Gz, who just last month released the official videos for his tracks “Spin” and “Keep a Blixky,” was arrested this week and charged with attempted murder.According to booking info made public by the NYC Department of Correction, the Brooklyn Drill artist’s date of arrest was June 12. The bail and/or bond amount is listed at $500,000 with a court date scheduled for July 19. Information indicates 22Gz was charged with attempted second-degree murder.Per the conservative-aligned tabloid New York Post, which first reported on…

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. With a never-before-seen 12-minute video of the deadly violence and startling testimony from Trump’s most inner circle, the 1/6 committee provided gripping detail in contending that Trump’s repeated lies about election fraud and his…

Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government last year attempted a "despicable" cyber attack against Boston Children's Hospital that threatened to disrupt services to patients, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday.Wray, in a speech delivered at a conference hosted by Boston College, detailed the incident as he warned about the rising threat cyber attacks sponsored by nation states like Iran, Russia and China pose to companies and US infrastructure."We got a report from one of our intelligence partners indicating…