Council Post: Safer Smartphones: Key Settings To Check For Better Security

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Smartphones hold an enormous amount of personal information and play a central role in our personal and business lives. Yet many users rarely revisit their settings after the initial setup, even as apps, software updates and changing habits can affect what data is collected, which features have access to it and how the device behaves.

Lindsey Graham’s Sister on Senate Bid: Cluelessness Is Part of My Appeal

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“I don't speak politician,” Darline Graham explained of her cringeworthy debate performance this week

Darline Graham has found that being a politician’s sister is a lot less demanding than trying to be a politician. The current South Carolina senator — who stepped in to finish her brother Lindsay Graham’s term after his sudden passing last month — is now running to retain the seat full time. 

Daily struggle for clean water and food takes a physical toll on Gaza kids

Maghazi, Gaza Strip – In a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp, 10-year-old Maysara Zaqout woke up at sunrise, as she does every day.

She prepared the water containers and waited with her brother, five-year-old Jawad, by the entrance of their tent. They both looked at the surrounding streets and camps, hoping that a water truck would pass by their camp.

The Big Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Interview — Infinity Ward on the Beta, Matchmaking, and Much More

It has been four years since Infinity Ward shipped its last Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2. While most consider it to have been a commercial success, some fans were divided on the greater emphasis on realistic, tactical gameplay, which walked the line of being cumbersome. Meanwhile, aggressive skill-based matchmaking enraged some players. With this year's Modern Warfare 4, Infinity Ward is looking back at what it did right in games like 2019's Modern Warfare, and where it missed the mark in games like Modern Warfare 2.

‘Sterling Point’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon

“Sterling Point” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned.

The news comes just over two weeks after the YA series premiered on Aug. 5. It has been well received by critics, with the first season holding a 90% critical approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Today in GTA 5 mods: Turning Franklin into a walking car-cannon

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I'm modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I've done to Rockstar's baby, or check out what I got up to earlier.

7 Criminally Underappreciated Final Fantasy Games You Must Play Before FF7 Revelation

Trick question: How many Final Fantasy games are there? Sure, Square Enix has made plenty of sequels and spinoffs over the years in addition to the mainline 16 games. But you might not realize there’s been more than 100 Final Fantasy games since the series got its start on the NES back in 1987. Even if you’re a series superfan, odds are you haven’t played most Final Fantasy games.

Melissa McCarthy’s Animated ‘Margie Claus’ Sets 2027 Release as Jim Gaffigan, Andrew Scott Join Cast

Melissa McCarthy is getting into the holiday spirit with Margie Claus.

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation announced Thursday that director Kirk DeMicco’s animated feature will hit theaters Nov. 12, 2027, shifting a week later than its previous release date. The studio also announced that Jim Gaffigan will voice Santa, while Andrew Scott is set as Jack Frost. Annie Mumolo, Georgette Falcone, Octavia Spencer, Gary Farmer, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Cedric Yarbrough and Maria Bakalova also join the film alongside previously announced castmembers McCarthy and Cole Escola.

‘The Odyssey’ Beats ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ as Biggest R-Rated Movie of All Time With $1.35 Billion

“The Odyssey” has notched another record on its epic box office voyage.

Christopher Nolan‘s blockbuster “The Odyssey” is officially the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time with $1.352 billion worldwide, overtaking the benchmark set by 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” with $1.338 billion.

Palworld and No Man's Sky are intensifying their months-long flirtation, and if those two don't just kiss already, I'm going to lose my mind

Last week, Pocketpair head of publishing and communications John "Bucky" Buckley addressed a bubbling conversation about the developer's Palworld collaboration strategy, informing players that they "simply do not realize the sheer number of collabs we’ve rejected or scrapped" over a perceived mismatch.