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Ukraine’s information war against Russiaduring its current counter offensive now includes dramatized video of dive bombing drones.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarOn Thursday, the YouTube channel for the Security Service of Ukraine—AKA the SBU, the country’s intelligence and security agency—released a video showcasing special operations in which drone pilots slam their unmanned aerial devices into Russian vehicles, soldiers, as well as other drones. (Content warning: the videos are not necessarily graphic in nature but…

Grand Slam Romance Writer: Olivia HicksArtist: Emma OosterhousPublisher: Abrams ComicArts Surely There’s a difference between sex in comics and horniness in comics. Illustrating sex doesn’t necessarily mean it’s indulging or fostering horniness. Sometimes it could just be a means to an end, to celebrate or shock or challenge an idea. Creating a space for horniness, to tell a story that makes readers bite their lips while reading a comic, well, that’s something else entirely. I can’t really think of a comic that pulls…

Grand Slam Romance: Book 1 by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous is the bawdy sapphic softball magical girl melodrama of your dreams! The new graphic novel is available beginning today from Abrams imprint Surely Books, and you’ll want to be sure and catch this one. The Beat stole home for a chance to chat with Hicks and Oosterhous over email about Grand Slam Romance. We asked all about developing the hilarious character names, the process of designing the charismatic cast of characters, and  AVERY KAPLAN: What was the…

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images/Disney/ Remix via Apeksha Bagchi Disney’s The Little Mermaid had the perfect opportunity to wrangle in a broader demographic with prime advertising during the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics playoff game, but a technical error from YouTube TV left both fandoms wanting nothing to do with the mermaid princess or desiring to be part of her world in any way.  What should have been the final minutes of the Eastern Conference Finals wound up becoming a Groundhogs Day moment for fans…

Diablo 4 fans are counting down to the big Server Slam event taking place this weekend. Billed as the final chance to play Diablo 4 ahead of launch, this weekend's Server Slam has a May 12 release date on PS5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC. Barring any last minute delays, the Server Slam will kick off at 8pm BST UK time. Essentially an open beta available with or without a pre-order, the Server Slam ends at 8pm BST on May 14.If you want to jump into the action as soon as the servers go live, then the…

Kourtney Kardashian's 44th birthday celebration was the talk of the town, but not necessarily for the reasons she expected. The reality star received criticism from some of her followers for the extravagant display of flowers at her birthday party. Despite the backlash, Kourtney took to Instagram to express her gratitude for the overwhelming love and well wishes she received. Her posts included snapshots of a bed adorned with fresh rose petals and a stunning floral arrangement positioned under an arch of metallic pink…

Blizzard has already held two beta periods for Diablo IV as we approach the game's June 6 launch, but today it announced yet another, and this one sounds intense. Dubbed Server Slam, the test will run from May 12-14 on all platforms and aims to help the development team better prepare for the massive horde of players sure to be waiting to play on launch day. Progress from this test won't transfer to the full game, but it is another opportunity to try the game ahead of its launch, as the Server Slam will…

The second “server slam beta” starts on May 12 Folks were hoping for an announcement from the Diablo IV April 2023 developer update live stream: and they got it. There’s going to be another beta for D4, and it starts on May 12, 2023. The official Diablo Twitter account confirmed the news with a simple tweet: “We’ve heard your feedback, it’s time to visit Sanctuary once more before June. Join the Server Slam, May 12-14” When is the second Diablo IV beta and what can you do in it? That “once more” bit tells us a few…

Two US Senators have slammed Elon Musk-run Tesla for user privacy violation after reports surfaced that its employees shared video footage captured by its customers' vehicles of car crashes, road rage incidents and other potentially embarrassing clips.Democrats Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) accused the electric car-maker of showing "willful disregard" for its customers' privacy, after a Reuters report raised "serious questions about Tesla's management practices.""According to an alarming new press report,…

In a letter sent last week to the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, the companies said the commission “severely underestimates” the work required to comply. While the companies said they support the overall aim of the new rules, they said their implementation “will result in an extremely complex administrative ordeal.” The new foreign-subsidy rules, which are set to take effect later this year, will give regulators new tools to bar companies from making certain acquisitions or winning large public contracts…