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via Sony For the most part, historical movies tend to root themselves firmly in the facts so as not to draw the ire of experts and purists. However, when you’re Roland Emmerich, you decide to rewrite the rules and deliver an incendiary thriller that leans heavily into conspiracy theories, only for Anonymous to flop as a result. As you’d expect from a revisionist thriller that bases its entire narrative around the suspicions the Earl of Oxford was really the mastermind behind the plays of William Shakespeare,…

We can hear fans of the video game preparing for battle already, but before you take to the internet to slam HBO’s upcoming zombified adventure: Yes, the creators of the show are making a few changes to the source material — which is a risk. And The Last of Us has been not-so-subtly hailed as the greatest video game of its generation, and redefined the entire industry’s concept of what a narrative-based game looked like. It stands to reason then that fans of the games would be incredibly protective over something that in…

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has floated a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC. The latter is looking to appoint a consultant for ‘digital data monetisation'. The tender, which seeks to utilise the data from passenger, freight, and parcel trains, was spotted by digital liberties organisation Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Friday. It is worth noting that India currently does not have a data protection law to regulate the use of citizens' personal…

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadian Politics Canada 'We don't think that the criminal law is the way to approach it,' a Canadian Civil Liberties Association official said. 'We are talking about putting people in prison for things that they said' People at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. Photo by Julie Oliver/Postmedia/File Article content OTTAWA – Civil liberties groups say a proposed law that would make Holocaust denial a criminal offence is likely unconstitutional and unlikely…