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From This City Is Ours to Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour: the week in rave reviews

The most fractious family in organised crime return while the US rapper embarks upon a series of benefit shows with some A-list guests. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

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‘They cheer like it’s football’: Celebrity Traitors fans hit bars to watch climax

One south London bar provided Claudia Winkleman-themed cocktails and its very own banishment ceremony

Cries, cheers and boos emanating from pubs across the country on Friday night were less likely to be linked to any sports fixture than the nation coming together for the dramatic climax of the BBC’s The Celebrity Traitors.

The cloak and dagger reality show, in which contestants attempt to deceive or deduce who among them are “Faithfuls” and “Traitors” for a charity cash prize, drew in more than half of the UK’s TV audience in its debut episode earlier this month.

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© Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

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Осколки прошлого. Часть 2. 30 фактов из игровой индустрии за — 3 декабря 1994 года +

Сегодня у нас 31.10.2026, как следствие на этот раз временные рамки были ограничены диапазоном от 1.01.1970 до 31.10.2006. Выбор пал на 3 декабря 1994 года.

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‘We’re not freaks’: police raid sparks concern for Taiwan’s LGBT-friendly image

The rounding up of customers at a gay bar weeks before Saturday’s Pride festival has some questioning the island’s progressive image

Josh was having a drink at Commander D, a popular gay bar in Taipei, on a Saturday afternoon when several police officers suddenly burst in. “Squat down and don’t move,” they shouted. Bewildered, he looked around to see the bar owner being handcuffed and forced to his knees.

The 28-year-old was among 51 customers to be rounded up and taken away for questioning over suspected breaches of public decency rules.

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Minnesota Declined to Buy a Prison for $75 Million. D.H.S. Paid $495 Million.

The recent purchase of the prison to hold immigrants is among the acquisitions facing scrutiny in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

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The Prairie Correctional Facility was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security to serve as an immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minn.
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Prosecutors Suggest They May Seek Additional Comey Charges

At a hearing in federal court, prosecutors defended an unusual, 11th-hour criminal case accusing the former F.B.I. director of leaking classified information a decade ago.

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During President Trump’s second term, the Justice Department has pursued James B. Comey without pause.
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I read Anthropic's 92-page risk factor document, so you don't have to – video explainer

Anthropic, the creator of Claude, filed to go public on the US stock market on 26 October. The company's filing statement contains a 92-page risk factor document in which it acknowledges the dangers that AI poses to society and human beings, and factors that could negatively affect Anthropic's business. Johana Bhuiyan, senior tech reporter for the Guardian, breaks down the document and explains why Anthropic's IPO could be a real test to the AI boom

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Judge Appoints Special Master to Determine if Trump Officials Lied in Golf Course Suit

Judge Ana C. Reyes said an outside investigator would help determine whether parks officials or Justice Department lawyers withheld plans for Washington’s East Potomac Park.

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A federal judge on Friday called for an investigation into whether the Trump administration concealed its plans to renovate a public golf course at East Potomac Park.
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Florida prosecutors drop felony charge against Rick Ross in domestic violence case

Miami-Dade officials drop charge of battery by strangulation against rapper due to ‘insufficient evidence’

Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross nearly a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her, court records said.

The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office filed paperwork on Thursday to drop a felony charge of battery by strangulation because of “insufficient evidence”. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, still faces a misdemeanor charge of battery domestic violence.

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Ваш recover() эту ошибку не поймает

В Go‑сервисе recover() может выглядеть надёжной страховкой, пока конкурентная запись в map не завершает процесс через fatal error: concurrent map writes. При этом часть гонок проходит незаметно и приводит к потере данных без единой ошибки в логах. В статье разбираемся, почему recover() не спасает в таких ситуациях, как обнаружить проблему с помощью -race и какой способ синхронизации выбрать для общей map.

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Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Is Just the Start of a Risky New Era

The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds.

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The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, in Hong Kong in August. The company, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has promised to make customers whole.
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How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income

North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is largely cut off from the world’s economic system – but when it comes to generating foreign earnings it relies on some of the world’s most sophisticated hacking.

Experts, such as TRM Labs, quickly attributed the extraordinary $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance cryptocurrency theft to TraderTraitor, an elite North Korean hacking unit that has also been known as the Lazarus Group. Though the link may not be proven yet, the pattern of behaviour is familiar.

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Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms

Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.

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Prediction platforms like Polymarket are hoping the U.S. midterm elections will be their moment to shine.
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