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James Bernard, "XXL" Co-Founder, Confirmed Dead After 17 Months Missing
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (431+ words) James Bernard, a foundational figure in hip-hop journalism, a pioneering co-editor of The Source, and a co-founder of XXL, has been confirmed dead after being missing for more than 17 months. According to Black Enterprise, his death was publicly acknowledged by…...
Crunchyroll Confirms Customer Data Breach Linked to Third-Party Vendor
3+ week, 4+ day ago (224+ words) Anime streaming platform Crunchyroll has confirmed that some customer information was stolen by a hacker earlier this month. On Mar. 19, a hacker contacted the outlets Bleeping Computer and International Cyber Digest and claimed that they'd breached the account of an…...
Feds Win First U. S. Streaming Fraud Case in $8 M AI Scheme
4+ week, 1+ day ago (254+ words) Federal prosecutors have secured a landmark conviction in what's being described as the first criminal streaming fraud case in U. S. history, after a North Carolina musician admitted to orchestrating an $8 million scheme powered in part by artificial intelligence. Michael Smith, 54, pleaded…...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Company Responds to White House Using Footage on Social Media
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (358+ words) Popular anime and trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh! has spoken out against the White House for using footage from its TV show to promote U. S. military activity in Iran. On March 6, the White House used a clip of Yu-Gi-Oh! s protagonist, Yugi…...
Co-Owner of Massive Dark Web Marketplace Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (280+ words) The co-creator of a marketplace on the Dark Web has pleaded guilty in Chicago to a federal drug conspiracy charge. The U. S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois announced on Jan. 27 that 30-year-old Raheim Hamilton of Suffolk, VA, entered…...