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via Netflix For a streaming service happy to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a star-studded Hollywood blockbuster, it’s ironic that many of Netflix’s best and most successful original actioners tend to be international productions made for a fraction of the cost, with France’s AKA merely the latest. Following on in the footsteps of genre bedfellows like Vietnam’s bone-rattling prequel Furies and rip-roaring Indonesian action comedy The Big 4, director Morgan S. Dalibert’s fairly routine-sounding story…

The FBI quietly gained access to its control panel in July and was able to obtain software keys to decrypt the network of some 1,300 victims globally. The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily dismantled the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year, saving victims including hospitals and school districts a potential USD 130 million in ransom payments, Attorney General Merrick Garland and other US officials announced on Thursday. “Simply put, using lawful means we hacked…

The food in your kitchen cabinets may not be what it seems."I guarantee you any time a product can be passed off as something more expensive, it will be. It's that simple," Larry Olmsted, author of "Real Food/Fake Food," told CNBC.Fraudsters motivated by economic gain secretly infiltrate the global food market through a variety of means, including counterfeits, dilutions, substitution and mislabeling.This not only harms consumers' wallets, but it also puts public health and safety at risk.Some estimates say food fraud…

via Prime Video The majority of titles to reach the dizzying heights of the streaming charts often tend to be A-list star vehicles bolstered by the presence of recognizable Hollywood faces, but Overdose doesn’t need any glitz or glamor to make a splash. In fact, the hard-hitting crime thriller is currently the number one feature on a major platform, something it’s managed to accomplish without anybody really noticing. As per FlixPatrol, co-writer and director Olivier Marchal’s latest is the top dog on the Prime…

via Netflix The production line of Netflix originals is never going to stop dropping fresh content into the library, but it would be nice if the quality were to match the quality. We could go blue in the face rattling off the myriad of blockbusters and thrillers that ended up being greeted with a sneer by critics, but at long last, The Stranger has arrived to address the slide. In the very recent past we’ve seen an almost worrying number of splashy, star-powered exclusives make their way to the platform to be…