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A cyber forensics expert has been branded a danger to children after he was caught with a 'horrific' stash of child pornography on his computer.

Jesse Martin is joining the Motion Picture Association as senior vice president and associate general counsel, content protection and legal affairs, focused on outreach to third party intermediaries in anti-piracy efforts.

James Martin's relationship with his new girlfriend, personal trainer Kim Johnson, is still going strong.Their romance comes after the Saturday Kitchen host, 51, ended his 12-year relationship with Louise Davies earlier this year, with the pair thought to have remained friends. It is not known when James and Kim first got together, but they were spotted browsing watches in a shop in Mayfair on March 16, 2024. Kim was previously married to was businessman Arun Nayar, the entrepreneur behind technology company Direction Software Solutions.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft‘s Xbox will shut down four studios run by its Bethesda Softworks publisher, including Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Studios, Tango Gameworks and Roundhouse Games. Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty announced the restructuring in a memo to staff Tuesday, writing that the closures were “grounded in prioritizing high-impact titles and further investing in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster games and beloved worlds which you have nurtured over many decades.” “We are making these tough decisions to create capacity to increase investment in other parts of our portfolio and focus on our priority games,” Booty wrote.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nintendo will make a formal announcement about its next gaming console, the follow-up to the 8-year-old Nintendo Switch, by the end of March 2025. The company revealed this plan in a post on X Tuesday, just as it unveiled its latest earnings results and a weak outlook for its new fiscal year 2025.

Nintendo Switch, as Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed “we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year”.In typical Nintendo fashion, this huge news was shared in a tweet with no fanfare. Earlier this morning (April 7), Furukawa tweeted “It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015”, and made the above statement that the successor to the console would be announced by the end of April 2024.It has been over seven years since the Switch came out, and people have been hotly anticipating its successor ever since the OLED released back in 2021.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When Jensen Huang’s software company Nvidia invented the graphic processing unit, it fundamentally changed the world. Huang is set to receive the Gold House A1 honor in business and technology. The GPU was one step ahead of the CPU (computer processing unit) and being one step ahead is how Huang, Nvidia’s president and CEO, has been.

Running a business can feel like juggling with too many balls in the air, no matter if you’re flying solo or leading a small team. It’s especially tricky without those nifty management tools that could take some of the weight off your shoulders.

A billionaire couple’s teenage child has been found alive after going missing for a week — and the circumstances are extremely disturbing.

The husband of a Post Office branch manager left with a criminal record has said it would "mean the world to" his late wife if her name is cleared after her tragic death.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Spotter, which provides capital, services and software aimed at helping creators and brands grow their online businesses, hired former Adobe Systems and Microsoft exec Ivo Manolov as chief technology officer. In the CTO role, Manolov will be responsible for leading all technology with a focus on launching Spotter’s suite of AI-powered software tailored to YouTubers.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music On Saturday Grimes lived what is probably the nightmare of every Coachella performer: debilitating equipment malfunctions in front of thousands of fans and possibly millions watching online. While things seemed fine for the first half of her set, things began breaking down during the second.

Grimes is apologizing for her set at 2024 Coachella Music Festival over the weekend.

Firefighters have warned lives could be at risk after tendering for a new 999 mobilisation system failed to attract any bidders.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Workday is getting ready to go back on tour. The human-resources software company is ready to launch another leg of the ad campaign it launched in 2023’s Super Bowl LVII, in which popular musicians set the record straight on whether high-performing corporate types ought to be called “rock stars.” In this go-round, two new ads will be seen during The Masters between April 8 and April 14 and in five key overseas markets: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Christine Quinn’s husband is officially ending their marriage!

Christine Quinn‘s husband Christian Dumontet is speaking out! As Perezcious readers know, last week the S

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The standoff between Universal Music Groupand TikTok over royalty payments and AI policies has resulted in a near-complete blackout of all music owned, distributed and published by the company on the platform — the videos are still there, but the music is muted. Yet new songs by UMG artists, including Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and Niall Horan could be found on TikTok at the time of this article’s publication. How and why is that happening? While reps for UMG and TikTok declined comment, and an explanation of the platform’s logistics and process quickly devolves into a mind-melting blizzard of jargon and abbreviations, here’s a vast oversimplification of a couple of possibilities.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer A new independent gaming studio led by vets of “Doom” developer id Software has launched with initial seed funding from Sisu Game Ventures. Named emptyvessel, the gaming studio will focus on developing AAA video games.

I’ll admit, I haven’t fully been on board with the whole AI revolution. I was reluctant to start using tools like ChatGPT, which, I was told, would make my life as a journalist much easier – but using artificial intelligence to write felt wrong to me.

Gus Kenworthy is giving fans another rare peek inside his relationship with boyfriend Tyler Green!

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor UPDATE, 3/8, 1:15 p.m. ET: In an about-face, Apple restored Epic Games‘ developer account for Sweden, two days after terminating it over what the tech giant said was Epic’s “egregious breach of its contractual obligations to Apple.” Epic said Apple’s reversal will allow it proceed with plans to launch battle-royale game “Fortnite” and the Epic Games Store in European countries.

Cops are still using a ‘sub-optimal’ IT system that the Chief Constable said would be abandoned two years ago.

A new study has found that the way you talk could show if you're more likely to get dementia.

Carolyn Giardina Some influential developments in theatrical exhibition—including Dolby Atmos sound and a trio of digital laser projectors from Barco, Christie and IMAX–are among the 16 achievements that were honored this year with the Academy of Motion Picture Awards and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards for contributions to motion pictures. The ceremony, hosted by Natasha Lyonne, was held Friday at the David Geffen Theater of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, followed by a party at Fanny’s restaurant in the museum.

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Under-fire tech company Fujitsu is set to have received billions in contracts running with Treasury-linked organisations since 2019 - despite its role in the Post Office scandal.

The Post Office chairman has been pushed out of his role following the Horizon IT scandal, reports say.

We’ve already been seeing the upsetting and harmful consequences that can come from the use of artificial intelligence — but this grandfather’s claims make it all the more scary. Earlier this week, Harvey Eugene Murphy

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In a change that reflects AI’s growing influence — and potentially disruptive power — in Hollywood, Netflix added generative AI to the list of potential risk factors on its annual report filed with the SEC. In Netflix’s 10-K report filed Friday, it added this new section to the long section of risk factors (which are required under SEC rules) in the section about video competition: “[N]ew technological developments, including the development and use of generative artificial intelligence, are rapidly evolving.

Andy Burnham has shed more light on the agreement he signed with scandal-hit software firm Fujitsu. Japanese company Fujitsu has been at the centre of the Post Office scandal, with its faulty Horizon accounting software being used to convict more than 900 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses for years.

The prosecutor who took a wrongly-convicted Scottish postmaster to court made the decision based entirely on a report by Post Office investigators, an inquiry has heard.

Hundreds of residents in Worsley have made objections against a plan to build new homes on green belt land.

A software engineer for Google has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife after he was found “spattered” in what police believe was her blood.

A Chicago-area CEO has sadly died in a freak accident that took place in front of his entire company.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Mavis Beacon taught the world to type. Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. But it often comes as a shock to find out that Beacon never really existed.