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Trending News: Jordan arrests US journalist for ‘sedition’Tunisia’s quiet crackdown explained‘Despair and fear’: Amira Hass on how Israeli policy is laying the groundwork for mass expulsion9/11 – 24th anniversary | Why young Americans know nothing about the ‘war on terror’Tayab Ali explains why UK sanctions will ‘terrify’ Netanyahu’s governmentHurricane Lowell expected to impact Hawaii overnightTehran threatens attacks after U.S. strikes Iranian tankersCanada’s retaliatory tariffs set to take effect at midnightPreviewing New Hampshire’s Senate primariesFall television season set to beginWhat is the AfD and what could their victory mean for Germany and Europe? | BBC NewsWhat is the AfD and what could their victory mean for Germany and Europe? | BBC NewsWas Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? | The Global StoryCan The Chancellor John Healey’s Positive Vibes Limit UK Tax Rises? | BBC NewscastUSS Lincoln crew heading back home after record-breaking deploymentOne of the vehicles hit by Amazon cargo plane in Miami had seven people on board, NTSB official saysNTSB briefs after Amazon cargo plane crash in MiamiJesse Watters REVEALS what he learned from watching ‘The Smurfs’‘INCOMPETENT’: Democrat RIPS Hegseth, calls for impeachmentFar-right German party wins state election; what’s nextJoe Rogan shares observations that align with socialismChina piles pressure on Taiwan with new patrols off Pacific CoastUSS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group departs Thailand after port callAirmen from 158th Fighter Wing return home from deployment as part of Operation Epic FuryIran says Strait of Hormuz deal with Oman just days awayWater purification sustains Super Garuda Shield 26Water purification sustains Super Garuda Shield 26Hurricane Lowell nears Hawaii, prompting warnings for 3 islandsFamily of 14-year-old found dead in singer D4vd’s Tesla seeks the death penaltyOne of the vehicles hit by Amazon cargo plane in Miami had seven people on board, NTSB official saysOhio Democrat Amy Acton reflects on a ‘rough day’ as witnesses recall ‘frightening’ confrontationPreviewing New Hampshire's Senate primariesFall television season set to beginBlack boxes recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami, NTSB saysHiring Veterans: Jobs of the week for Sep. 7, 2026More than a program: MOVE! community is changing Veterans’ livesPatriotic Kenny Foundation launches new “Because of the Scooter” initiativeWhat we expect from the upcoming Apple launchA secret new Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns TellurideOpaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably knowThe complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data centerBentley’s Torcal EV tries to balance authenticity with fake V8 soundsThe real reason your phone is getting more expensiveThe real reason your phone is getting more expensiveEcoFlow makes the miniature power station even smallerSix years later, Sony revisits its legendary XM4 headphonesAudi’s new A2 E-tron is its most affordable and efficient EV yetWitkoff touts 'substantive progress' after peace talks with Ukraine, RussiaFake Republican midterm convention site still redirects to Epstein filesTrump posts map with American flag emblazoned over Canada, Greenland, MexicoTrump takes narrow Supreme Court rulings as big winsThis week on the Hill: Political spotlight turns to GOP midterm convention in DallasWhy Tuskegee University’s new dress code mattersRemember Frances Perkins this Labor Day, a champion of workers' rightsThe 2028 Democratic presidential nominee will likely be a governorWhere is 'King of Debt' Trump when we need him on the national debt?Lindsay Clancy was failed by our warped understanding of motherhood | Moira DoneganThe AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas MuddeDover and Portsmouth showed us a new kind of far right – and the authorities were caught out | Joe MulhallWe have fact sheets for many health conditions. Why isn’t there one for ‘What to do on the day your loved one dies’? | Ranjana SrivastavaA Reform UK without Nigel Farage used to be unthinkable. Not any more | Gaby HinsliffCroatia buys South Korean rocket artillery after HIMARS purchase from the USMarine Corps offering up to $15,000 for enlisting in electronic, cyber fieldsBurundians rush to leave Kenya ahead of crackdown on unregistered tradersGrindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV statusIndonesia volcano eruption leaves 340,000 stranded as airports extend closureTanzanian President Samia's husband dies in hospitalPalestinian parents fear for children's lives at school as settler attacks growRobots protest in Poland over AI regulation concernsYemen fighting escalates as forces battle for Bab al-Mandeb StraitIsrael’s removal of Gaza rubble risk to war crimes evidence: UNIndian temple collapses into Ganges as riverbank erodesOil prices surge as US-Iran strikes intensify in Strait of HormuzSummer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to FriendshipMPA Signs Two Lumiere Summit Declarations, Joins Roundtables With Presidents Macron and Lee‘Elsinore’ Director Simon Stone, Basking in Telluride’s Glow, on Making a Movie About Love of the Theater, the Peak AIDS Era, and Being ‘100% in the Service of Andrew Scott’Elon Musk Documentary Teaser Asks If Billionaire Is the ‘Greatest Living Inventor’ or a ‘Fascist’ Who ‘Has Lost His Mind’ID’s ‘O.J. 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Mon. Sep 7th, 2026

Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that’s loosely based on Peter Watts’ 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp’s new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But every single one of Nightborne‘s shots was made with ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 text-to-video generator.

In an X post about the short, Blomkamp described it as a “test start” meant to demonstrate what generative AI is capable of, and he said that he wants “to tackle a full feature in th …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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