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Andrew Lakeman, a former Old School RuneScape developer at Jagex, was sentenced after a years-long investigation found he abused his internal access to steal players' virtual gold and items starting around 2018. He converted roughly £300,000 of stolen in-game currency, along with other funds, into about £364,829 in cryptocurrency before Cambridgeshire police caught him following an internal trap set by Jagex.
AlfredCamera lets users repurpose an unused phone as a live security camera by pairing it with their main device through the same account login or a QR code scan. The free version offers live video, a siren alarm, night mode, two-way talk and remote camera controls, while paid tiers add more cameras, HD streaming, longer cloud storage and object detection.
Andrew Lakeman, a former Jagex employee known as Mod Jed who worked on Old School RuneScape since 2015, received a three-year suspended prison sentence after being convicted of stealing over $400,000 worth of in-game gold and selling it on black market sites. Jagex uncovered the scheme after noticing suspicious account recovery patterns starting in 2018, then secretly altered its firewall setup to trace the thefts back to him.
A blog post titled 'Icons as a Service' opens with a detailed retelling of the biblical Ark of the Covenant, tracing its construction, sacred role, and appearances in battles like Jericho and Gibeah as recorded in the Old Testament. The piece uses this ancient artifact as a springboard, framing it as a historical example of a powerful, centrally controlled 'icon' whose custody and symbolism shifted across generations.
A language essay from The Dead Language Society examines how the everyday word 'weird' descends from Old English 'wyrd,' a term meaning fate or destiny that appears in poems like Beowulf and The Wanderer. The piece traces the shift from wyrd's grim, inexorable sense of 'that which happens' to its modern casual usage describing odd smells or strange coworkers.
Gap Inc. has appointed retail veteran Michael Francis to lead Old Navy, its largest brand by revenue. Francis previously helped shape Target's low-cost, design-forward strategy in the 2000s, and Gap is betting his experience can revive Old Navy at a moment when shoppers are especially price-sensitive.
Gap Inc. announced that customer chief Michael Francis will replace Haio Barbeito as Old Navy's CEO starting in November, part of an ongoing effort to revive the struggling brand. The announcement came alongside Gap's mixed second-quarter results, which beat earnings estimates but missed on revenue, sending shares up more than 16% in after-hours trading.