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Mike Flanagan has adapted Stephen King's novel Carrie into an eight-episode miniseries for Prime Video, timed to the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma's 1976 film. A reviewer calls the series largely successful at capturing both the story's tenderness and its violence, though it has one significant flaw.
Director Mike Flanagan has outlined his approach to the upcoming Dark Tower television adaptation, indicating he intends to closely follow Stephen King's source material rather than take major creative liberties. The comments come as fans have worried after past adaptations of the series diverged significantly from the books.
Burger King Japan disclosed that unauthorized third parties accessed a server managing its official app's member data between October 2 and 7, 2026, exposing 11.18 million records including names, birth dates, gender, emails, phone numbers and order history. The company said it blocked the intrusion upon discovery, completed a follow-up investigation on October 13, and reported the incident to Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission.
At New York Comic Con, sound designer Natsuko Inoue and colleague Hisafumi Takeuchi described how they created Godzilla and King Ghidorah's screams for the film Godzilla Minus Zero by blasting speakers from atop an outdoor dam, startling nearby picnickers, walkers and at least one barking dog. The team also used analog foley techniques, such as flapping a rubber fisherman's suit, to generate Ghidorah's wing sounds.
This year's dig at the Hittite city of Samuha (modern Sivas) recovered 131 cuneiform tablets and fragments, more than tripling last year's haul of 53 and making it the largest Hittite-language archive found this century. The texts, written in Hittite and Hurrian and dated to King Tudhaliya II's reign, describe a fatal fever epidemic in an infant princess, rituals monitoring royal and official children's health, and a general's urgent plea to the king for military reinforcements.
In a letter to the National Cyber Security Centre on its tenth anniversary, King Charles III warned that malicious actors are increasingly using automated technologies to spread disinformation and conduct hostile online activity. He praised the agency's decade of work defending the UK against cyber attacks, protecting democratic institutions and critical infrastructure, saying much of its work goes unpraised publicly.
Mike Flanagan's new Stephen King series has debuted on Prime Video, and alongside it he has teased an upcoming trailer for his next project, 'Exorcist: Martyrs.' Details on the trailer's content and release timing were not specified.
Samuel King, a bioengineering PhD candidate at Stanford, employed a generative AI model in 2025 to create genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. His work suggests that AI could potentially be used to design new biological entities in the future. The interview with senior AI reporter James O'Donnell will explore the implications of this research for biology and AI development.
Tim Cook, speaking to The Independent during a visit to Apple's Battersea campus in London, discussed his first month as Apple's executive chairman after handing the CEO role to John Ternus. Cook said the leadership transition had been planned for years and that he now focuses on worldwide policy and government relations rather than day-to-day operations. He said he and Ternus maintain a relationship built on trust and frequent communication, and he told Ternus not to imitate his own leadership style.
Apple and The King’s Trust introduced the 'Apple x King’s Trust Creative Labs' program, offering workshops to help young people aged 18 to 30 develop digital and creative skills. The initiative started with music industry sessions coinciding with the opening of Apple Music Hall, with plans for additional cohorts over the next year. The program aims to connect participants with Apple experts and resources to foster career growth.
In 1951 and 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling captured diffraction images of DNA at King’s College London, identifying two distinct structural forms known as A and B. Franklin’s notes and reports from that period show her focus on understanding what causes these forms and how to best image them, leading to Photograph 51, which contributed to DNA structure discovery. Her research predates and clarifies the sequence of findings attributed to Watson and Crick.
Ed Bogan and his brother, new owners of Pizza King since 2020, oversee 66 restaurants primarily in Indiana, with one in Illinois. They emphasize the importance of delivering a uniform customer experience across all locations despite the geographic spread. The chain, founded in 1956, has a long-standing reputation that depends on each restaurant meeting customer expectations for food and service.