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According to one speaker, removing those guardrails and creating a dedicated non-public LLM can be an effective way to create malware and devise techniques for evading antivirus detection.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025 -
The rivers and waterways of Klong Root are seen in the penultimate scenes of Jurassic World Rebirth, as protagonists Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) and Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) attempt to evade dinosaurs by paddling downriver.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
29 July 2025
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Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Iranian director Ali Asgari’s satire Divine Comedy, following a filmmaker’s mission to dodge censorship, ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti sidebar.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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Phase variation like this is normally seen in pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli to dodge interception by immune cells or antibiotics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 July 2025
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The show largely sidesteps politics to aim at easier targets, such as the boredom of retirement and the alienating effects of technology.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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Fox News reported that staff at both Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee were caught on undercover recordings describing deliberate strategies to rebrand to sidestep the bans against DEI.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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