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The hardest puppeteering scenes to get right in The Legend of Ochi aren’t the ones you’d expect

One of the most astounding characters in A24’s new fantasy-adventure movie The Legend of Ochi is the titular mythical creature, a monkeylike animal with golden fur and big ears. While the other ochi in the movie are slightly bigger than human-sized, the main ochi is just a baby, small enough to perch on a kid’s […]

Cops can’t do cell tower mass surveillance ‘dumps,’ court rules

A federal judge in Nevada has ruled that it’s unconstitutional to obtain swaths of cellular records through “tower dumps” — but will still let police get away with using it as evidence, as reported earlier by 404 Media and Court Watch. With tower dumps, authorities can dig through the cell records that pinged off a […]

GameStop will give you up to $175 for your old Switch when you pre-order a Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch 2 will cost $449.99, and will be available to pre-order April 24. The closest thing to a discount on the pricey console comes from GameStop, which is offering a trade-in credit for your old Switch to apply to a Switch 2 pre-order. The offer starts on April 24 when GameStop stores open […]

You can now pre-order a boxed copy of Doom that also runs Doom

In a true “serpent eating its own tail” moment, Limited Run is producing a boxed copy of Doom + Doom 2 with packaging that is capable of playing Doom – a Doomourobouros if you will. The aptly-named Will it Run Edition of Doom + Doom 2 is currently available to pre-order from Limited Run for […]

Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange is selling unregistered securities; Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says it's a "copycat case" of SEC's now-dropped lawsuit (Vince Quill/Cointelegraph)

Vince Quill / Cointelegraph:
Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange is selling unregistered securities; Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says it's a “copycat case” of SEC's now-dropped lawsuit  —  While winning legal victories at the federal level, the crypto industry still faces regulatory hurdles at the state level in the United States.