Een hele zwerm zelfstandig opererende AI-agents die op eigen houtje een bedrijf hacken, onderling communiceren, een leider aanwijzen én proberen hun sporen uit te wissen.

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Sunset over Newcastle baths. Shot on Awabakal country.

Saudis yet to provide details about damage from drone attack to key east-west pipeline to Red Sea that could affect 4% of global oil supply

Saudi Arabia will run out of oil ⁠stocks for export if it ⁠doesn’t restart a drone-damaged major ​pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to the loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said.

Satellite photos released on Sunday night appeared to show a pumping station on the key 1,200km (745-mile) Saudi east-west pipeline charred and badly damaged, after drone attacks on Friday.

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Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of her best performances to date in a smoothly made globe-trotting drama of a woman’s life after the loss of her husband

There’s a jump scare about 30 minutes into the glossy romantic drama Love of Your Life that’s about as effective as anything you’ll see in a horror movie this year.

The film is focused on the life and loves of Maya (Margaret Qualley), a twentysomething Boston nurse who meet-cutes with the nerdy and idiosyncratic Felix (Gabriel Basso) during the purchase of a nightstand. We follow the initial giddy rush of their courting as they progress all the way to an impromptu wedding over the course of a few years, marked by Maya’s change in age announced in text. But just as we’re about to process the unsettling introduction of Felix using Chekhov’s inhaler, a news report interrupts the sunny tone. Spoiler: it’s March 2020.

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Toronto film festival: Shakespeare in Love director John Madden’s feelgood – and bad – comedy-drama is powered by excellent performances and authenticity

So far at this year’s Toronto film festival, I have seen three films involving someone with dementia and two featuring someone who has Aids. It’s not just a sign that the lineup could perhaps benefit from some more light relief but also that certain conditions and illnesses still tend to be covered more often than others on screen.

Last year’s festival saw Scottish hit I Swear bring an unprecedented level of awareness to people who live with Tourette’s and while there’s perhaps less of an obvious edge to John Madden’s more politely framed comedy-drama Onwards and Sideways, it too acts as both narrative movie and potential educational tool. Our knowledge of Parkinson’s is usually restricted to the celebrities who have it, from Muhammad Ali to Michael J Fox to, most recently, Carly Simon, but for many of us, it’s still seen in an abstract way, a handful of symptoms we know about, but so many more that we don’t.

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NEW YORK (ANP/RTR) - Alexander Zverev heeft na zijn winst op de US Open zijn moeder Irina uitvoerig bedankt voor de steun die ze hem gaf nadat op jonge leeftijd diabetes type 1 bij hem was vastgesteld. De Duitse tennisser veroverde zondag tegen de Amerikaan Ben Shelton zijn tweede grandslamtitel.

"Als je 4-jarige zoon diabetes krijgt en artsen zeggen dat zijn leven en sportmogelijkheden zeer beperkt zullen zijn, heb je een heel sterke moeder nodig die zegt: mijn zoon wordt wat hij wil worden", zei de 29-jarige Zverev. "Deze ziekte zal ons niet bepalen."

Zverev noemde zijn moeder "de belangrijkste en sterkste persoon" die hij kent. Ook bedankte hij zijn team, met daarin zijn vader en broer Mischa. "We hebben bijna dertig jaar geen grandslamtitel gewonnen en nu twee in drie maanden."

Zverev won eerder dit jaar Roland Garros. In de finale in New York versloeg hij Shelton met 6-3 7-6 (2) 5-7 6-2.