Apr 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Malware In what has been described as an "extremely sophisticated phishing attack," threat actors have leveraged an uncommon approach that allowed bogus emails to be sent via Google's infrastructure and redirect message recipients to fraudulent sites that harvest their credentials. "The first thing to note is that this is a valid, signed email – it really was sent from no-reply@google.com," Nick Johnson, the lead developer of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), said in a series of posts on X. "It passes the DKIM signature check, and Gmail displays it without any warnings – it even puts it in the same conversation as other, legitimate security alerts." The email message informs prospective targets of a subpoena from a law enforcement authority asking for unspecified content present in their Google Account and urges them to click on a sites.google[.]com URL in order to "examine the case materials or take measures to submit a protest." The Google Sites URL displays a lookalike page that impersonates the legitimate Google Support page, and includes buttons to "upload additional documents" or "view case." Clicking on either of the options takes the victim to a replica Google Account sign-in page, the only difference being that it's hosted on Google Sites. "sites.google.com is a legacy product from before Google got serious about security; it allows users to host content on a google.com subdomain, and crucially it supports arbitrary scripts and embeds," Johnson said. "Obviously this makes building a credential harvesting site trivial; they simply have to be prepared to upload new versions as old ones get taken down by Google's abuse team. It helps the attackers that there's no way to report abuse from the Sites interface, too." A clever aspect of the attack is the fact that the email message has the "Signed by" header set to "accounts.google[.]com" despite it having a "Mailed by" header with a completely unrelated domain ("fwd-04-1.fwd.privateemail[.]com"). The malicious activity has been characterized as a DKIM replay attack, where the attacker first creates a Google Account for a newly created domain ("me@<domain>") and then a Google OAuth application with the name that includes the entire content of the phishing message. "Now they grant their OAuth app access to their 'me@...' Google account," Johnson said. "This generates a 'Security Alert' message from Google, sent to their 'me@...' email address. Since Google generated the email, it's signed with a valid DKIM key and passes all the checks." The attacker then proceeds to forward the same message from an Outlook account, keeping the DKIM signature intact, and causing the message to bypass email security filters, according to EasyDMARC. The message is subsequently relayed through a custom Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service called Jellyfish and received by Namecheap's PrivateEmail infrastructure that facilitates mail forwarding to the targeted Gmail account. "At this point, the email reaches the victim's inbox looking like a valid message from Google, and all authentication checks show as passing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC," EasyDMARC CEO Gerasim Hovhannisyan said. "Because they named their Google account 'me@', GMail shows the message was sent to 'me' at the top, which is the shorthand it uses when a message is addressed to your email address - avoiding another indication that might send up red flags," Johnson pointed out. When reached for comment, Google told The Hacker News that it has rolled out fixes to stop the abuse pathway and emphasized that the company neither asks for account credentials, such as passwords or one-time passwords, nor directly calls users. "We're aware of this class of targeted attack from this threat actor, and have rolled out protections to shut down this avenue for abuse," a Google spokesperson said. "In the meantime, we encourage users to adopt two-factor authentication and passkeys, which provide strong protection against these kinds of phishing campaigns." The disclosure comes nearly nine months after Guardio Labs revealed a now-patched misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint's defenses that threat actors exploited to send millions of messages spoofing various popular companies like Best Buy, IBM, Nike, and Walt Disney, and bypass authentication measures. It also coincides with a surge in phishing campaigns that make use of attachments in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format to trigger the execution of HTML code that, in turn, redirects users to a rogue Microsoft login form or a fake web page masquerading as Google Voice to entice them into entering their credentials. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it has observed over 4,100 phishing emails with SVG attachments since the start of 2025. "Phishers are relentlessly exploring new techniques to circumvent detection," Kaspersky said. "They vary their tactics, sometimes employing user redirection and text obfuscation, and other times, experimenting with different attachment formats. The SVG format provides the capability to embed HTML and JavaScript code within images, which is misused by attackers." Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE    

Carrie Pallardy, Contributing ReporterApril 22, 20254 Min ReadNovember 1, 2019: Flooding in the village of Dolgeville, Herkimer County, New YorkPhilip Scalia via Alamy Stock PhotoNatural disasters are indiscriminate. Businesses and critical infrastructure are all vulnerable. In the wake of a disaster, public and private organizations face the responsibility of recovery and resilience. That typically requires public-private coordination, but sweeping staff cuts at the federal level could significantly reshape what those partnerships look like.  More than 600 workers were laid off and the total job cuts may exceed 1,000 at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), of which the National Weather Service is a part. More than 200 employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have lost their jobs as well.  Legal pushback resulted in some employees being reinstated across various federal agencies, but confusion still abounds, NBC News reports.  InformationWeek spoke with a local emergency manager and a cybersecurity leader to better understand the role these federal agencies play in disaster response and how their tenuous future could impact recovery and resilience.  Public-Private Partnership and Disaster Recovery  CIOs at enterprises need plans for operational continuity, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience. When a natural disaster hits, they can face major service disruptions and a heightened vulnerability to cyber threats. Related:“Hurricane Sandy in New York or floods in New Orleans or fires in LA, they may create opportunities for folks to be a little more vulnerable to cyberattacks,” says Matthew DeChant is CEO of Security Counsel, a cybersecurity management consulting firm. “The disaster itself [creates] an opportunity for bad actors to step in.” Speed is essential, whether responding to a weather-related incident or a cyberattack. “What we typically say to our clients is that in order to run a really good information security program you have to be very good at intelligence gathering,” says DeChant.  For weather-related disasters, the National Weather Service is a critical source of intelligence. “The National Weather Service in particular is a huge partner of emergency managers at the local, state and federal level. Any time that we are expecting a weather-based incident, we are in constant communication with the national weather service,” Josh Morton, first vice president of the International Association for Emergency Managers and director of the Saluda County Emergency Management Division in South Carolina, tells InformationWeek.  FEMA plays a pivotal role in disaster recovery by facilitating access to federal resources, such as the Army Corps of Engineers. “Without FEMA or some other entity that allows us to access those resources through some type of centralized agency … you would have local jurisdictions and state governments attempting to navigate the complexities of the federal government without assistance,” Morton points out. Related:FEMA’s other role in disaster recovery comes in the form of federal funding.  “All disasters begin and end locally. The local emergency management office is really who is driving the train whenever it comes to the response. Once the local government becomes overwhelmed, then we move on to the state government,” Morton explains. “Once we get to a point where the state becomes overwhelmed, that's when FEMA gets involved.”  The Cuts The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is orchestrating job cuts in the name of efficiency. In theory, greater efficiency would be a positive.  “I don't think you will find anybody in [emergency] management that doesn't feel like that there is reform needed,” Morton shares. “Following a disaster most of us end up having the higher contractors just to help us get through the federal paperwork. There's a lot of barriers to accessing federal funding and federal resources.” Related:But are these mass job cuts achieving the goal of greater efficiency? In the case of FEMA and NOAA, cuts could compound preexisting staff shortages. In 2023, the US Government Accountability Office reported that action needed to be taken to address staffing shortages at FEMA as disasters increase in frequency and complexity.  When Hurricane Helene hit last year, Saluda County, where Morton works, was one of the affected areas.  “A slower more intricate reform is what is needed. What we really need right now is a scalpel and not a hacksaw,” says Morton. “If we simply go in and start just throwing everything out without taking a hard look at these programs, we're going to do a lot more damage than good.” Rethinking Disaster Recovery Plans  “All business is generally run on good intelligence about their marketplace and various other factors here. So, if you can't get it from the government today then you're going to need to replace it,” says DeChant. “Not every local emergency management office has the resources to be able to have commercial products available,” says Morton. “So, really having that resource in the national weather service is very beneficial to public safety.” With the shifts in the federal government, Mortan says it is more vital than ever for organizations to make sure they have insurance resources available. Enterprise leadership may also have to adapt in unexpected ways should calamity strike under these circumstances. “There's going to be a lot of uncertainty and that hurts the ability to make decisions with confidence,” says DeChant. About the AuthorCarrie PallardyContributing ReporterCarrie Pallardy is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago. She writes and edits in a variety of industries including cybersecurity, healthcare, and personal finance.See more from Carrie PallardyReportsMore ReportsNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also Like

John Edwards, Technology Journalist & AuthorApril 22, 20255 Min ReadDragos Condrea via Alamy Stock PhotoIf you haven't yet heard about edge AI, you no doubt soon will. To listen to its many supporters, the technology is poised to streamline AI processing. Edge AI presents an exciting shift, says Baris Sarer, global leader of Deloitte's AI practice for technology, media, and telecom. "Instead of relying on cloud servers -- which require data to be transmitted back and forth -- we're seeing a strategic deployment of artificial intelligence models directly onto the user’s device, including smartphones, personal computers, IoT devices, and other local hardware," he explains via email. "Data is therefore both generated and processed locally, allowing for real-time processing and decision-making without the latency, cost, and privacy considerations associated with public cloud connections." Multiple Benefits By reducing latency and improving response times -- since data is processed close to where it's collected -- edge AI offers significant advantages, says Mat Gilbert, head of AI and data at Synapse, a unit of management consulting firm Capgemini Invent. It also minimizes data transmission over networks, improving privacy and security, he notes via email. "This makes edge AI crucial for applications that require rapid response times, or that operate in environments with limited or high-cost connectivity." This is particularly true when large amounts of data are collected, or when there's a need for privacy and/or keeping critical data on-premises. Related:Initial Adopters Edge AI is a foundational technology that can drive future growth, transform operations, and enhance efficiencies across industries. "It enables devices to handle complex tasks independently, transforming data processing and reducing cloud dependency," Sarer says. Examples include: Healthcare. Enhancing portable diagnostic devices and real-time health monitoring, delivering immediate insights and potentially lifesaving alerts. Autonomous vehicles. Allowing real-time decision-making and navigation, ensuring safety and operational efficiency. Industrial IoT systems. Facilitating on-site data processing, streamlining operations and boosting productivity. Retail. Enhancing customer experiences and optimizing inventory management. Consumer electronics. Elevating user engagement by improving photography, voice assistants, and personalized recommendations. Smart cities. Edge AI can play a pivotal role in managing traffic flow and urban infrastructure in real-time, contributing to improved city planning. First Steps Related:Organizations considering edge AI adoption should start with a concrete business use case, advises Debojyoti Dutta, vice president of engineering AI at cloud computing firm Nutanix. "For example, in retail, one needs to analyze visual data using computer vision for restocking, theft detection, and checkout optimization, he says in an online interview. KPIs could include increased revenue due to restocking (quicker restocking leads to more revenue and reduced cart abandonment), and theft detection. The next step, Dutta says, should be choosing the appropriate AI models and workflows, ensuring they meet each use case's needs. Finally, when implementing edge AI, it's important to define an edge-based combination data/AI architecture and stack, Dutta says. The architecture/stack may be hierarchical due to the business structure. "In retail, we can have a lower cost/power AI infrastructure at each store and more powerful edge devices at the distribution centers." Adoption Challenges While edge AI promises numerous benefits, there are also several important drawbacks. "One of the primary challenges is the complexity of deploying and managing AI models on edge devices, which often have limited computational resources compared to centralized cloud servers," Sarer says. "This can necessitate significant optimization efforts to ensure that models run efficiently on these devices." Related:Another potential sticking point is the initial cost of building an edge infrastructure and the need for specialized talent to develop and maintain edge AI solutions. "Security considerations should also be taken into account, since edge AI requires additional end-point security measures as the workloads are distributed," Sarer says. Despite these challenges, edge AI's benefits of real-time data processing, reduced latency, and enhanced data privacy, usually outweigh the drawbacks, Sarer says. "By carefully planning and addressing these potential issues, organizations can successfully leverage edge AI to drive innovation and achieve their strategic objectives." Perhaps the biggest challenge facing potential adopters are the computational constraints inherent in edge devices. By definition, edge AI models run on resource-constrained hardware, so deployed models generally require tuning to specific use cases and environments, Gilbert says. "These models can require significant power to operate effectively, which can be challenging for battery-powered devices, for example." Additionally, balancing response time needs with a need for high accuracy demands careful management. Looking Ahead Edge AI is evolving rapidly, with hardware becoming increasingly capable as software advances continue to reduce AI models' complexity and size, Gilbert says. "These developments are lowering the barriers to entry, suggesting an increasingly expansive array of applications in the near future and beyond." About the AuthorJohn EdwardsTechnology Journalist & AuthorJohn Edwards is a veteran business technology journalist. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous business and technology publications, including Computerworld, CFO Magazine, IBM Data Management Magazine, RFID Journal, and Electronic Design. He has also written columns for The Economist's Business Intelligence Unit and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Communications Direct. John has authored several books on business technology topics. His work began appearing online as early as 1983. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, he wrote daily news and feature articles for both the CompuServe and Prodigy online services. His "Behind the Screens" commentaries made him the world's first known professional blogger.See more from John EdwardsReportsMore ReportsNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also Like

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The Emperor Uriel Septim 7 is looking at me with a confidence I haven't earned in the ten minutes since he busted me out of his own prison. His uncomfortably fervent eye contact is only amplified by the crash-zoom Bethesda employs to bring us into conversation - pulling my own face from halfway across the city sewer to within a few inches of his. "Close shut the jaws of Oblivion," he intones in the voice of Patrick Stewart. He's still staring when, a few moments later, he's struck down by an assassin. Uriel's final words ring in my ears the next time I visit the Imperial City - not for their great portent, but for the irony. After a few days of haphazard adventuring in the surrounding countryside, I've been arrested. The night before, I'd spotted a row of wine bottles in a roadside inn and couldn't resist sweeping them off the shelf and down the stairs. The act was witnessed by the local black market dealer who, presumably grateful for the distraction from his own activities, flagged down a passing soldier. Now I'm waking up back where I started, as the guards close shut the jaws of jail. Watch on YouTube This is The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, a chosen-one story that gives you an unusual amount of latitude to choose what happens along the way. A grand and absurd simulatory playground that defined RPGs for a generation. If you belong to one of the generations that came along in the two decades since, you might wonder why it meant so much to so many. What once was slick now looks clunky. Oblivion's first-person combat comes without a parry button, and a dodge-roll unlocked so late that many never knew it existed. Nostalgists talk fondly of sneaking into merchants' stores after dark to rinse their display cabinets, yet Oblivion's stealth systems are so basic and binary that NPCs don't even have a searching state - trailing behind the artificial intelligence of Thief: The Dark Project, released almost eight years prior. Then there's the no-frills dialogue, delivered by a pool of voice actors so small they could scarcely populate a village without doubling up, let alone a country. But more than any other game, Oblivion ushered in the multi-platform era that has shaped our medium ever since. After the freak success of a Morrowind port on the original Xbox, and facing the new power of the 360 and PS3, Bethesda found itself uniquely placed to fuse the two worlds of PC and console. The latter had, until that point, been largely dominated by Japanese role-playing games - but Oblivion was fuelled by a computer RPG design philosophy that valued player agency and freedom of exploration over tightly-plotted shenanigans with gods. It was an approach that suited the expanding draw distances of the nascent open-world genre, and captured the imaginations of the mainstream - even as Bethesda handed them a mortar and pestle and asked them to smash flowers together. The original Oblivion is clearly dated, but the lush environments still captivate. | Image credit: Bethesda / Eurogamer Oblivion's dev team were willing alchemists themselves, investing in graphical heft and full voice acting without sacrificing too much in the way of simulation - even incorporating the idea of a living world into their marketing pitch. Being a western RPG fan in the early noughties had meant accepting certain tradeoffs, but Oblivion promised we could have it all: the immediacy of first-person shooters, and the flexibility to pick our own path that had previously been associated with desktop and tabletop role-playing. All of this was wrapped in a fantasy readily digestible by the masses - still grudgingly coming to terms with nerd culture's hold on the entertainment industry. There's no understanding Oblivion without talking about Tolkien. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy was fresh in the public imagination, and the setting of Cyrodiil was exactly the right shade of green and temperate land to evoke Rohan and the Shire. The signature Ayleid ruins that dotted Oblivion's fields and forests, gleaming like bone, bore a striking resemblance to the ivory arches of Minas Tirith - while the turquoise-tinted glow of the dungeons below resembled the Doors of Durin that guarded the way to Khazad-dûm. What's more, the enemies of Oblivion were skeletons, demons and goblins - unapologetic high fantasy archetypes which stood in contrast to the ash creatures and cliff racers of oddball Morrowind. Some RPG veterans may have balked at the old tropes, but Bethesda embraced the challenge of making the familiar new through sheer fidelity and first-person immersion. If Oblivion was vanilla, it was to be made with the finest Madagascan pods and taste better than ever. This kind of visual jank may well be ironed out in the remake. | Image credit: Bethesda / Eurogamer Today, with nearly 20 years of checklist-chasing open worlds in the rear-view mirror, Oblivion no longer seems as safe and crowd-pleasing as it once did. It is a catalogue of extraordinary quirks, belonging as much in conversation with Dragon's Dogma 2 as with The Witcher 3. This is a game in which you can be shot with an arrow and find yourself suddenly overencumbered, until you pluck the offending missile out of your inventory or fire it back. In which you quite literally learn from your mistakes - gaining experience in armour when a wolf tears past your shield and rips at the leather on your chest, and in acrobatics when you trip off a cliff and survive the fall. Oblivion's dungeons are a celebration of physics and its wibbly-wobbly possibilities. Spot a tripwire before you stumble into it, and you've gained a trap of your own - one you can set off by slicing the thread with your own weapon, sending a cartload of logs barrelling into the necromancer you've tempted over from the next room. Those Ayleid ruins, meanwhile, are riddled with precious stones placed high out of your reach. Figuring out the trickshots to knock them from their perch will make you rich. The stones can also be used to absorb mana - useful if you've picked the marvellously counterintuitive Atronach birthsign, which leaves you unable to regenerate magic naturally. Atronachs must take their power from other sources - leaping into the trajectory of enemy fireballs to bask in their borrowed energy. They're not so far away from Fallout 76's newly playable ghouls, who bathe in the same radiation that kills their peers. The atmosphere in Oblivion's locations is thick. | Image credit: Bethesda / Eurogamer Combat in Cyrodiil is more tactical than you might remember: an exercise in reprogramming your opponents through the use of poisons. Catch a distant wizard with an arrowhead dipped in intelligence-draining potion and they'll be reduced to waving daggers around; seep a fatiguing venom into the blood of a goblin and you can watch as the stat change takes effect - slowing the frenetic swing of their arms just enough for you to start returning blows during the interludes. There's something about Oblivion's tone, too, when played in 2025 - strikingly earnest and disarmingly uncynical. When you first level up, you're met with the realisation that, "all your life, you have been coasting along as if you were in a dream. Suddenly, facing the trials of the last few days, you have come alive." The wide-eyed wonder starts to fade, of course, and that's when Oblivion is at its weakest - as you begin to feel the imperfect level-scaling at work among your enemies, and start to see the pattern to the dungeons. The latter wouldn't become more varied until Bethesda made a concerted effort to reduce identikit room designs in Fallout 3 - which leaves Oblivion gates in particular feeling like a chore. I'll close shut those jaws in a bit, Uriel, I swear. After I've unloaded the dishwasher. Some of these mid-game flaws will surely be addressed by the upcoming remaster; some likely cannot. Nevertheless, the messy magic of Oblivion remains. There comes a moment when, high in the hills of County Chorrol and newly infected with a Latin-sounding disease I worry might progress into vampirism, I turn back and spy the White-Gold Imperial tower on the horizon. And consider that, in all the days of walking and riding since leaving those sewers, I've never once been bored.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Yeah, so, the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered project is real, and a lot of deniers are eating their hats or, in this case, pictures of Bethesda Game Studios lead Todd Howard.  With the new RPG remake, remaster, re-whatever expected to release later today after an official announcement, Bethesda has finally acknowledged the long-leaked RPG. Despite leaked gameplay images and official website pages, some gamers still denied the existence of the leaked game, and one has suffered penance. Just make sure you make enough space on your SSD, gamers. Oblivion fan eats Todd Howard  In a post on the Oblivion subreddit, one Elder Scrolls fan claimed they would “eat a picture of Todd Howard” if Oblivion Remastered was actually real. Minutes after the official announcement, the gamer actually followed through on their pledge.  Elder Scrolls fan HaloEnjoyer1987 sat at their desk with a pristinely printed image of Bethesda boss Todd Howard atop a bright blue plate. In earlier posts, this image was accompanied with a knife and fork, but the gamer chose to go all-hands on the Howard pic, eating the picture like the world’s most disgusting burger.  In the grueling 10-minute video, the Elder Scrolls fan managed to eat only a small part of the Bethesda developer’s image. Opting to eat most of Howard’s face, the Elder Scrolls fan was quickly met with the obvious result of eating A4 printer paper and printer ink… they threw up.  When asked how the image of the Bethesda developer tasted, the fan replied: you ever smell printer ink? It tastes like printer ink. I ate printer ink.” There’s always a lot of comments on the internet of people claiming they’re going to do something if a project releases, doesn’t release or whatever. However, there’s very rarely evidence of those online chatters going through with their promises. Kudos to you, HaloEnjoyer1987… although legally we don’t advise anyone to do what they just did.  For more Bethesda coverage, read about how it’ll be a long while until we see Fallout 3 Remastered. Additionally, just for HaloEnjoyer over there, you can also read about Bungie’s initial reaction to the art style changes in Halo 4. (They weren’t fans.)  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One Genre(s): RPG 9 VideoGamer Related Topics Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Marvel Rivals Season 2 delves into the mutant mayhem of the X-Men universe with its Hellfire Gala theme, surprising players with new content and a vibrant roster expansion. This season features Emma Frost as a strong Vanguard, whose ability to negate enemy ultimates has changed the competitive scene, as well as new maps, including Krakoa and a redesigned ranking system. The Cerebro Database event teases future X-Men additions, with leaks pointing to Jean Grey (Phoenix) and Elixir for Season 3. The season’s mutant-inspired look, together with Peach Momoko’s gorgeous variant covers, combines comic book lore with unique designs, enhancing the game’s visual flair. However, players are now excited about what’s more to come, especially after a subtle yet thrilling tease in the Art Vision Vol. 01 video featuring Ultron’s role and a tease at the beloved X-Men member who is soon to join the team. Marvel Rivals video teases Colossus joining the X-Men roster soon Marvel Rivals has secretly teased Colossus in the latest Art Vision Vol. 01 video, released on April 21, 2025. The clip focused on UI design but also offered a quick glimpse of Colossus’ leg during the video animation segment, prompting anticipation about his debut, which could occur after Season 2.5, which brings Ultron and the Arakko map. Colossus’ legs and costume color were leaked in the latest Art Vision video. Image by VideoGamer. Players have expressed enthusiasm about Colossus, a popular X-Men character known for his power and loyalty. Dataminers also fueled speculation by revealing backend text strings describing Colossus as a Vanguard with skills like “Giant Punch” and “Steel Colossus,” implying a tank role that relies on his organic steel form for deadly melee assaults and great endurance. These leaks are consistent with in-game hints, such as Magneto’s voice line discussing Colossus’ Fastball Special with Wolverine, implying a potential team-up ability in which Colossus hurls Wolverine into the fight. While the imagery in the video has been acknowledged as comic reference material, the deliberate inclusion of Colossus and known powers indicates his impending arrival. As Marvel Rivals’ roster grows, Colossus’ inclusion promises to strengthen the Vanguard class, giving fans a behemoth to challenge heavyweights like Hulk. Fans are eagerly awaiting formal confirmation on how Colossus will shine in Season 2’s mutant-centric narrative. Marvel Rivals Platform(s): macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X Genre(s): Fighting, Shooter Related Topics Marvel Rivals Subscribe to our newsletters! By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime. Share

When a French couple now living in the United States first bought this tiny 323-square-foot home, it had an awkward floor plan according to interior designer Adeline Hémmonot. She, along with art curator Anne Sirot, were given the task of completely redesigning the space. Hémmonot decided to reimagine the compact apartment as a small hotel suite with all the essentials of daily life in a warm, slightly Parisian decor, but without any unnecessary flourishes. “I focused mainly on separating the living areas—the entrance, the kitchen, and the small living room—from the bedroom, which is accessible through sliding doors, with the bed alcove separated from the bathroom by a fluted glass wall that lets in light.” Hémmonot created a transition between the two spaces in the style of a theater set, with old-fashioned sliding doors with classical details.Designed like a small hotel suite, this 323-square-foot room combines the comfort of a private apartment with the elegant atmosphere of a luxury hotel. Between white walls with trim and details painted in a cool blue, the living room’s sliding doors lead to the bathroom on the left, and to the bedroom on the right. On the wall, a painting on wood by Luis Filella (curated by Anne Sirot) and a wall lamp (Modern Métier). On the walnut console, an Orta lamp by Adeline Hémonnot (Fantera Studio). On the bench, cushions from Lindell & Co. A custom bookcase extends into a large archway and divides the kitchen from the entrance while also serving as a radiator cover. The rug was also custom-made for the space (Marguerite Le Maire). The soul of this apartment gets much of its style from Anne Sirot’s art curation. Her contributions include, in the library, a painting by Delphine de Luppé next to a Gertrude candle holder by Marion Mezenge. On the lower shelf, a painting by Julie Navarro. The apartment manages to embody two different moods at once. It has a classic Parisian feel thanks to details like its picture rails and moldings. On the other hand, there are elements that are more modern like its color scheme in white complemented by natural materials and a Pierre Frey textured wallpaper. A pastel blue can be found on the wall that separates the kitchen from the rest of the apartment, as well as on its ceiling. “As the entrance hall, kitchen, and living room form a single room, I used a drop ceiling in the kitchen and entrance hall to define them as a separate area. The two spaces are now distinguished by this play of levels and colors.”As for the rest of the 323-square-foot apartment, there is an ordered sequence to the space in addition to a focus on functionality. The entrance closet, for example, is designed for coats, yes, but also to store the couple’s suitcases. Every square inch has been carefully considered. “It’s ultra-bespoke,” says Hémonnot with some amusement. She even managed to fit a small bookcase into one niche, where it additionally serves to hide a radiator. A curtain hangs above a bench seat that runs the length of the living room and when it’s pulled shut it hides the wall and the window behind it, creating the feeling of a cocoon far from the city outside.The classic black-and-white bathroom with its New York subway tiles is simple yet elegant while reflecting the attention to detail that is typical of Adeline Hémonnot’s designs. Behind double sliding doors, the bedroom is an intimate and inviting alcove. Above the headboard and sconces (Allume-Moi), a pen-and-ink drawing on paper by Maximilien Hauchecorne and a Tahrir vase by Camille Calvo (curated by Anne Sirot). Cushions (Lindell & Co), bed linens and blanket (La Serviette Paris). Much of the elegance of this small retreat is thanks to the mahogany-stained oak of the cabinet doors, with a framing border around each panel, and the blue-gray hue on the sliding doors with their panels covered in the coconut-fiber wallpaper. The mix of Art Deco and classical motifs is a nod to a certain East Coast style. It’s a happy aesthetic allusion that continues in the 1930s-inspired bathroom with its New York subway tiles, thin black borders, and a glossy black and white checkerboard floor. A rug by Marguerite Le Maire has a pattern that looks somewhat liked a striped animal—or it could be a wave or the veins in marble. The soul of this renovation is enriched by the contributions of curator Anne Sirot, who selected works by various contemporary artisans and artists. There’s a drawing by Anne Bracquemond in the bathroom, a Gertrude candlestick by Marion Mezenge in a bookcase, a pen-and-ink drawing on paper by Maximilien Hauchecorne, a Tahrir vase by Camille Calvo in the bedroom, a painting on wood by Luis Filella in the living room… the list goes on. In this apartment, every detail has been carefully considered.In the salon, the Orta lamp by Adeline Hémonnot sits on a table, also by Adeline Hémonnot for Fantera Studio. On a bookshelf, a Gertrude candleholder by Marion Mezenge (curated by Anne Sirot). The kitchen’s appliances and storage are hidden behind mahogany-stained oak fronts that continue the geometric accents found in other parts of the apartment’s design. Antique brass apple- and pear-shaped bowls sit atop the Mont-Blanc quartzite worktop (Corston Hardware). Paint (Argile and Mériguet-Carrère).