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The developers behind a leading PlayStation 3 emulator have issued a warning about a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives being sold on Newegg and AliExpress. These drives are used to dump game discs for emulation, and counterfeit units could fail or produce bad dumps. The warning is circulating among emulation and hardware enthusiasts.

Pittsburgh sports radio personalities Chris Mueller and Poni, hosts on 93.7 The Fan, are revisiting their preseason win-loss predictions for the Steelers now that the team sits at 2-2 through four games. They are asking listeners whether the season is tracking toward the finish they originally forecast, prompting fans to weigh in with updated record predictions.

Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk says the public bickering between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy sends an unhealthy message to other players in the NFL. He shared the assessment in an interview with Pittsburgh radio hosts on 93.7 The Fan, weighing in on the fallout between the quarterback and his former Green Bay coach, now with the Steelers.

The City of Malibu has staged a public workshop on El Nino conditions and disaster preparedness, with the session recorded and made available online. The event comes as California coastal communities brace for potentially heavy winter storms linked to El Nino, and residents are being urged to review evacuation plans, emergency supplies and flood risks ahead of the season.

A tech reviewer is putting unusual gadgets sourced from AliExpress to the test, asking viewers whether the cheap online finds are genuinely useful or just odd novelties. The topic has drawn strong engagement, with audiences weighing in on whether bargain-hunt tech from Chinese marketplaces lives up to expectations or falls short.

A social media post under the hashtag PlagiarismHunt highlights a classic 1974 Bollywood song, calling its melody memorable and claiming it was copied from another work. The post links to several moments in the song and invites followers to guess the original source of the tune.

Taiwan's TAIEX stock index closed at a record high for the third consecutive session on Tuesday, with analysts noting that profit-taking has begun to emerge as the index approaches a key psychological level. Traders are watching whether momentum can hold or if investors will lock in gains near the milestone.

A new article from SunLibCrypto examines the iExec RLC cryptocurrency, setting out what the project does, the essential facts and surrounding context, and which aspects still warrant independent verification. The piece takes a cautious, due-diligence approach, encouraging readers to check claims about the decentralized computing project before drawing conclusions or investing.

The Investors Exchange (IEX), best known as the venue at the center of Michael Lewis's 'Flash Boys', has launched options trading and filed with US regulators to list options on spot bitcoin ETFs. The move would let investors trade bitcoin-related options on a marketplace known for challenging high-frequency trading practices. Market watchers see it as IEX broadening beyond equities and another sign of mainstream financial adoption of crypto products.

The Options Clearing Corporation has admitted the Investors Exchange (IEX) as an exchange participant, a procedural step that allows IEX-listed options activity to be cleared through OCC's infrastructure. The move further embeds IEX, known for prioritising fair market access, into the US options clearing ecosystem, though details on timing and scope were not immediately disclosed.