It's getting pretty hard to fly these days. Global conflicts are covering heavily trafficked routes with GPS jamming. For reasons unknown, people keep blinding pilots with powerful laser pointers from the ground. And now the military is shooting down drones with really powerful lasers, which is so dangerous to planes that the FAA keeps shutting down airspace because of it. Still, at least these are all external threats. It's not like the actual plane itself is being messed with, or that the pilots are getting faulty messages in the cockpit about the status of the aircraft. That would be very bad. Especially if it could be done with the 60-second installation of a $100 device into an unlocked maintenance connector. So, guess what?
ABC accused the Trump Administration of waging "a retaliatory campaign" because it doesn't like what the network broadcasts.
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A battle between ABC and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to rumble on for the foreseeable future after the network filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the agency. It accused the Trump Administration of undertaking "a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts."
After calling Miami home for the past 24 years, the American Black Film Festival is heading to Los Angeles for its 31st edition, which takes place May 20-23, 2027.
ABFF 2027 will set up shop across the greater Los Angeles area, making stops at AMC’s Grove location for film screenings and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for marquee events. The SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills will serve as the hub for industry programming, and the Original Farmers Market will host activations and community experiences.
The Oldenburg Film Festival has unveiled its first wave of selections for this year’s edition, with a slate of world premieres and a selection of some of the weirder titles from Cannes and Locarno.
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The Game of Thrones franchise may have lost some steam with its controversial final season, but the spin-off shows have more than made up for that since. Season 3 of House of the Dragon especially brought the heat this year and delivered some excellent television for eight straight episodes.
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