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Amy Hunt’s ‘dream comes true’ with fourth European Championships gold
British sprinter first to win four titles at single event
Dina Asher-Smith hits record 11 European medals total
If there was any remaining doubt that this has been Amy Hunt’s European Championships, it was dispelled over 10 seconds of controlled fury as the newest British sporting superstar completed an unprecedented quadruple.
When the baton was slapped into her hand on the anchor leg of the mixed 4x100m relay, the British athlete was a fraction behind Gina Lückenkemper of Germany. But then Hunt became the hunter.
Continue reading...League of Legends YouTuber unearths the original investor pitch from when the game was called Onslaught: War of the Immortals
"Built like a brick wall on roids." That's the passive ability Lee Sin—err, Xizun, the blind monk, used to have in League of Legends, which itself used to be a very different-looking game called Onslaught: War of the Immortals. It certainly looks like a game that was pitched the same year Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" was a charting single, and now we can take a closer look at it than ever thanks to League 'tuber Necrit and Riot's Paul "Pabro" Bellezza.
The full story here is outlined on a video Necrit uploaded last Thursday, but the basic rundown is that he asked to see League at its most primordial and Riot delivered in the form of an ancient investor pitch: a mix of video footage, design documents for a few champions, a lore breakdown, and screenshots. While leaks had revealed some of this stuff in the past, there's plenty of new details to comb through.
The game is barely recognizable. Rather than the empty field that is Summoner's Rift, it takes place in a cartoony cityscape split between "order" and "chaos" realms. Players would take the role of customizable immortals they could temporarily bring to the fight in climactic moments, and certain heroes were even exclusive to one of the two realms—an allegiance players would have to declare when they began playing.
It's easier to point out what's familiar than what's new. Annie is here and still has a flaming teddy bear minion, though she and most other champions look very different; Sion has a beard, for God's sake! The only character who truly hasn't changed much is Singed, though his name is Zij for some reason. These days I only call him that if I have a really bad cold.
My favorite bits are about the old lore, since it's edgy in a way that's both typical of the era and sort of precious in 2026, despite the cartoony art style. It's a world where the two factions existed on neutral terms until "an antichrirst of sorts" was born and tore a hole in reality so big chaos now threatens to consume all existence. Riot's logo is also drenched in blood in the pitch video.
League of Legends Classic has been a big hit with me so far, but I think after seeing this it's plain to see we didn't go back far enough. We have not achieved true classic-ification until Sion has a highlighter-orange beard and nobody recognizes a single aspect of the game.
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The Simpsons-skaparen tror att Hit & Run "återvänder i någon form"
Fans har länge hoppats på antingen en remaster eller remake på 2003 års The Simpsons: Hit & Run och nu har Matt Groening, skaparen av TV-serien, väckt nytt hopp till det hela. Under en panel på Disneys D23-tillställning ställdes en fråga ifall det kunde finnas möjlighet för en uppföljare till spelet. Seriens showrunner Matt Selman svarade; "it would certainly be a treat" varpå Matt Groening tillade; "I think the original game is coming back in some form."
Selman var dock snabb med att lägga till ett "...or not" vilket ju kan tolkas på flera vis. Antingen är det helt enkelt inte något på gång eller så avslöjade Groening lite för mycket. Selman har tidigare sagt till det hela: "Nothing is set in stone. But my quote about Hit & Run would be, 'Never say never'. Because we know people love it. We know they want it, so that's good. If we know people want it, never say never."
Vad vi vet är iallafall att en ny film dyker upp den 3:e september nästa år. Det vore ju inte helt otroligt att tro att Disney kan tänka sig att följa upp detta med en nyversion av The Simpsons: Hit & Run i någon form. Vi får helt enkelt vänta och se ifall Matt Groening sade något han egentligen inte skulle sagt.
Hater Microsoft – på hevntokt med ny krisehack
Microsoft har fått enda et alvorlig Windows-problem i fanget. En ny zero-day-sårbarhet kalt ShieldBreak skal gjøre det mulig for en angriper å skaffe seg system-rettigheter helt oppdaterte Windows-maskiner, inkludert Windows 11.
ShieldBreak fungerer på oppdaterte Windows 11-versjoner
Sårbarheten er publisert av sikkerhetsforskeren Nightmare Eclipse, som de siste månedene har gjort seg bemerket med en rekke zero-day-hull rettet mot Microsoft.
Det mest alvorlige er at feilen ikke ble rettet i Microsofts siste Patch Tuesday, selv om selskapet denne måneden lukket hele 421 sikkerhetshull, og det mest pikante: det kan være en hevngjerrig tidligere Microsoft-ansatt som står back angrepene som startet i april. Om ikke er det en person som virkelig ikke liker det Satya Nadella-ledede selskapet.
ShieldBreak er såkalt lokal privilegieeskaleringssårbarhet som betyr at en angriper allerede må ha en form for tilgang til maskinen, men fordelen for hackeren er altså komplett tilgang til maskinen, såkalt SYSTEM-nivå. Man kommer ikke høyere. Dessuten lurer hacken Windows Defender.
Tidligere Microsoft-ansatt og sikkerhetsforsker Kevin Beaumont sier han har testet angrepet selv: – Jeg har prøvd det. Det fungerer på nyeste Windows 11, uttalte Beaumont.
Microsoft uttaler de undersøker, men vil ikke bekrefte
En talsperson sier at Microsoft nå undersøker om påstandene stemmer og hvilke produkter som eventuelt påvirkes. Redmond-selskapet lover å oppdatere berørte produkter så raskt som mulig dersom sårbarheten bekreftes.
Microsoft benyttet samtidig anledningen til å understreke viktigheten av koordinert rapportering av sikkerhetshull, der produsenten får tid til å undersøke og utvikle en oppdatering før tekniske detaljer publiseres offentlig. Det bryr neppe vedkommende bak ShieldBreak seg om.
ShieldBreak er ifølge The Register den tiende zero-day-sårbarheten Nightmare Eclipse har publisert siden begynnelsen av april. Det siste sikkerhetshullet ble sluppet bare timer etter Microsofts månedlige sikkerhetsoppdatering.
Microsoft rettet 421 sikkerhetsproblemer denne måneden. ShieldBreak var ikke blant dem.