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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-22 00:08:35

Star Trek‘s utopian vision for an equal society, especially in terms of gender equality, has always been a complicated aspect of its idealized vision. It’s true that the franchise has a legacy of beloved, nuanced female characters and has championed putting those characters in the spotlight over six decades of storytelling. But it’s equally true that Star Trek‘s often conservative vision of women in leadership roles, as figures of desire, and as beholden to the stories of male characters has sat

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Pop Mart Unleashes Its Blind Box ‘Chucky’ Collection Just in Time for Halloween

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-05 08:50:28

Pop Mart, purveyor of Labubu, is branching out in the world of creepy pop culture collectibles with a little help from Chucky. The blind box drop arrives September 11, timed to coincide with Halloween season and aiming to bolster the company’s roster of animation-influenced characters. At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, Pop Mart made a splash with the Monsters series Big Into Energy, Skullpanda, and Peach Riot, as well as its latest Star Wars line. During io9’s preview at SDCC, Emily Brough, Po

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Tomorrow's Emoji, Today: Unicode 17.0

news.ycombinator.com Jennifer Daniel 2025-10-08 12:04:49

Once a year, Unicode drops its annual update: thousands of new characters, new scripts, new symbols, and of course… new emoji. Today marks the release of Unicode 17.0, adding 4,803 characters (bringing the grand total to 159,801!) including four new scripts, many new characters and symbols, and a handful of emoji. You can use download Noto Emoji today and embed on your website but they’re not quite ready to keyboard smash (it will take some time before many of these reach our devices) let’s take

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A New Graphic Novel Will Chronicle How ‘Star Wars’ Got Made

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-11 20:15:26

For anyone who wants to read about the history of the original Star Wars, a new graphic novel is coming. That would be Lucas Wars, the newly translated version of a story originally published in 2023 by French journalist Laurent Hopman and illustrator Renaud Roche. The graphic novel tells of George Lucas’ decade-long journey to get the classic sci-fi film made, starting from him surviving a car accident to his journey through film school and clashes with 20th Century Fox. In an email to the Hol

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Tamagotchi Paradise trades stressful virtual pet parenting for nature and tranquility

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 12:00:49

On a random Saturday in August, I became the omnipotent caretaker of a newly formed planet, one born, according to the lore, from humankind's collective love of Tamagotchis past and present. An egg hatched and a planet sprang forth. Then another egg hatched down on the surface of that planet and a critter sprang forth. In the few weeks since, I've raised half a dozen more creatures across three different virtual habitats, slowly but surely turning my planet into a bustling hub of adorable alien

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Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-14 02:58:50

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against popular AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of stealing and exploiting its intellectual properties. The complaint revolves around the AI tool's ability to generate images and videos of Warner Bros.' popular fictional characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and his friends from Looney Tunes. "Midjourney thinks it is above the law," the company wrote in its lawsuit. It said that the image generator sells

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We’re Stunned by Just How Powerful and Brutal ‘The Long Walk’ Is

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-20 16:00:08

The Long Walk is brutal. It’s not for the faint of heart. It can be violent, disgusting, and incredibly hard to watch. But if you do watch, you’ll be rewarded with a surprisingly beautiful, nuanced, human story. One that’s about friendship, hope, life, love, family, and everything in between. The Long Walk is a horror movie for sure, but it’s got a massive, massive heart too. Based on one of the earliest novels by a little-known author named Richard Bachman (most know him by his real name, Step

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‘The Wizard of Oz’ at the Sphere Has a Shocking 2-Second Cameo: David Zaslav

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-24 15:26:42

The Sphere’s version of The Wizard of Oz has already drawn controversy over its use of AI. Now we know another unsettling element has been introduced into the Hollywood classic: a likeness of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO and president David Zaslav. No, really: the exec, along with the Sphere’s executive chairman and CEO, James Dolan, will be superimposed on the faces of uncredited background characters in what are apparently blink-and-you’ll-miss-them appearances. The stunt is to celebrate the mo

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Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-25 08:40:38

https://janitorai.com Reported: 26 July, 2025 at 18:12 Shut down on: 24 July, 2025 Geoblocking due to OSA Janitor AI is a chatbot platform where users can create and interact with AI characters for personalized role-playing and conversations. It was launched in 2023 and quickly gained popularity, especially among those interested in engaging with AI in an immersive and emotional way. The platform allows for customisation of character personalities, appearances, and dialogue settings, and sup

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The Best Line Length

news.ycombinator.com Glyph Lefkowitz 2025-11-23 15:55:45

What’s a good maximum line length for your coding standard? This is, of course, a trick question. By posing it as a question, I have created the misleading impression that it is a question, but Black has selected the correct number for you; it’s 88 which is obviously very lucky. Thanks for reading my blog. OK, OK. Clearly, there’s more to it than that. This is an age-old debate on the level of “tabs versus spaces”. So contentious, in fact, that even the famously opinionated Black does in fact

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Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-12-01 11:01:21

AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark wearing sneakers and a ballerina with a cappuccino for a head. One startup driving this trend is OpenArt, founded by two former Google employees in 2022. It touts around 3 million monthly active users. The company recently launched a new “one-click story” feature in open beta, which allows users to

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Disney Lorcana's Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-13 15:01:00

I’m lucky here at CNET to get an early look at some of the new Disney Lorcana cards -- and sometimes, I get to share them with you. Disney Lorcana is one of the best card games available right now and one of my favorites to play with a group of friends when you're feeling a little tired of gaming. Every quarter, a new set is released, and with the last set, Reign of Jafar, in the rearview, we’re looking forward to the newest set, Fabled. Fabled, or set nine, includes a lot of reprinted cards fr

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These ‘Haunted Mansion’ Figures Evoke the Spirit of the Classic Disneyland Ride

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-12-20 06:20:01

As summer draws to a close, The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland prepares for Jack Skellington to take over with his spooky Christmas mashup through the end of the year holidays. But the ghostly retreat evokes Halloween all year long and has become a Disney Store staple for collections inspired by the beloved attraction. With the latest Haunted Mansion merch drop, you can bring some of the spectral energy of the ride home for your seasonal fall decor. Two of the most standout pieces from the colle

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‘Thunderbolts’ Director Teases His Take on the ‘Complex’ X-Men

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-24 06:16:25

While Marvel basks in the success of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Jake Schreier—the guiding hand behind Marvel’s earlier 2025 hit, Thunderbolts—is looking ahead to the studio’s most anticipated movie that doesn’t have the word “Avengers” in the title. Schreier is helming the movie designed to bring the X-Men fully into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, on the heels of Deadpool & Wolverine. As you’d expect, he’s giving his approach to the oft-adapted characters a lot of thought. Speaki

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Show HN: 433 – How to make a font that says nothing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 18:05:33

433 is a font that masks visible text and replaces it with dots. I'm using it in the new version of Ensō along with Coffeeshop Mode. You can see it in action here: Beautiful. Why In short: because it's the simplest way to add Coffeeshop Mode to the app. (Also, because I was curious) (OK, mainly because I was curious, Dog mode) Longer version: The previous note on Ensō ended up on the front page of HN and gave us almost 400 TestFlight testers. This is way more than I had expected. In fact

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Show HN: 433 - How to Make a Font That Says Nothing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 00:05:33

433 is a font that masks visible text and replaces it with dots. I'm using it in the new version of Ensō along with Coffeeshop Mode. You can see it in action here: Beautiful. Why In short: because it's the simplest way to add Coffeeshop Mode to the app. (Also, because I was curious) (OK, mainly because I was curious, Dog mode) Longer version: The previous note on Ensō ended up on the front page of HN and gave us almost 400 TestFlight testers. This is way more than I had expected. In fact

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Superhero Movies Have Stopped Obsessing Over Origins

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-26 02:30:37

There’s a repeating theme across 2025’s major superhero movies—Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts, Superman, and Fantastic Four: First Steps. All four have interesting, sometimes conflicting relationships with time and how far along their characters are into their superhero tenures, making these movies simultaneous continuations and introductions. Time has always been a key part of superhero movies, and it used to be that their starting points could be whenever a creative team chose

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Open Channel: What’d You Think ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’?

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-27 22:30:28

Nearly five full years after Marvel Studios first planted its flag and announced it was coming, the Fantastic Four finally made their MCU debut this weekend. Given the last tries at bringing these heroes to the big screen, and how Marvel treated those characters back when it didn’t own them, it seemed there wasn’t really anywhere for the Four to go but up. But things have changed in the past five years, and now there’s more pressure than ever for them to stick the landing, particularly since thi

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‘Invincible Vs.’ Will Occupy Its Own Unique Corner of the ‘Invincible’ Universe

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-28 06:30:35

After turning The Walking Dead into a multimedia empire, Robert Kirkman has been hard at work doing the same for Invincible. First there were, of course, the comics. Then the awesome Prime Video animated show. There have long been talks of a potential live-action movie. And, next year, the franchise’s first full-fledged video game is coming, called Invincible Vs. And while little is known about the game, set for release in 2026, Kirkman spoke to press about it at San Diego Comic-Con. What we pr

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Show HN: Price Per Token – LLM API Pricing Data

news.ycombinator.com Price Per Token 2025-12-28 14:39:41

All pricing information comes from official provider sources: Disclaimer: Providers don't all count tokens in the same way, but generally a token is equivalent to 3-4 characters. Please refer to each provider's documentation for their specific tokenization methods.

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Up to date prices for LLM APIs all in one place

news.ycombinator.com Price Per Token 2025-12-29 20:39:41

All pricing information comes from official provider sources: Disclaimer: Providers don't all count tokens in the same way, but generally a token is equivalent to 3-4 characters. Please refer to each provider's documentation for their specific tokenization methods.

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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Is Ready to Be a Bigger, Better Sequel

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-08 20:25:30

Now that the first trailer for Mortal Kombat II dropped earlier this week, director Simon McQuoid’s free to talk about how this follow-up builds on the 2021 reboot. Talking to IGN, McQuoid opened up on ensuring the second movie delivered on the promise of the first movie, namely having the real fighting tournament that features franchise characters beating the hell out of each other. Said characters include the returning Sonya Blade, Raiden, and Liu Kang, and the newly introduced Kitana, Shao K

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Superman is a box office hit, but the hard part comes next

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2026-01-22 02:22:45

Over the weekend, DC Studios’ new Superman feature became this year’s third-biggest box-office debut in the US. The movie’s success is a sign that theatergoers might actually not be quite as tired of superheroes as people tend to think, and that’s particularly notable for Warner Bros., given the studio’s plan to build a new cinematic universe of DC Comics adaptations for the big screen. But making interconnected film franchises work is easier said than done. And even though Superman is putting u

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Watching ‘X-Men’ 25 Years Ago Was a Game-Changing Moment

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-22 06:00:12

It’s hard to describe what it was like to sit down, 25 years ago today, to watch X-Men. I was born in 1980 and grew up loving and adoring superheroes. The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were everything to me. Posters and toys for Tim Burton’s Batman films were all over my room. And each week, I’d go to the local comic book shop to pick up new issues of X-Men, X-Force, X-O Manowar, Spawn, and so many others. The 1990s in particular were a golden age for comic books, but on the big screen, ther

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Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-22 06:06:08

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The companions available currently include Ani, an anime avatar, and Rudy, a cartoony red panda. Ani also has what TestingCatalog describes as an “NSFW” mode where the character wears lingerie. (And just a warning: if you search for posts

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Gboard could return to basics with a numpad-inspired layout for certain languages (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-26 17:56:54

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a compact keyboard layout as part of Gboard for typing in Hindi. This new layout places characters from the Hindi alphabet across a grid of ten buttons. Each button can hold up to five characters, which can be inserted by swiping in their respective directions. Google has been working to bring several new changes to the Gboard app on Android, empowering it with more AI chops. More recently, we’ve learned about a new, more concise

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DC Is Considering Spinoff Shows for ‘Superman’ Supporting Characters

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-26 16:39:56

Superman has barely taken off in theaters, but two of its supporting characters already could be moving ahead. A new report from the Wall Street Journal says that DC Studios president and Superman writer-director James Gunn is considering spinoffs centering on Mister Terrific, played by Edi Gathegi, as well as Jimmy Olsen, played by Skyler Gisondo. io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment or clarification and will update this story if or when we hear back. The move makes sense, though, s

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Oh No, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Is Returning to Literally Destroy the Universe

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-29 23:50:45

You’d think io9—a site run by nerds—would enjoy a sitcom featuring a cast of nerd characters. Like, say, The Big Bang Theory, which ran on CBS for 12 seasons. But you’d be wrong: we loathed the show, especially for its often wrong-headed approach to geeky interests (remember how dirty it did Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples’ wonderful comic Saga?), and we cheered when it finally wrapped up in 2019. But The Big Bang Theory obviously had a crap-ton of fans; you don’t get to 12 seasons and two sp

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Invasion season 3 gets its first teaser and a premiere date on Apple TV+

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-14 02:20:32

The wait is almost over for sci-fi fans eager for the next chapter of Invasion, one of Apple’s bets in the genre. And alongside the premiere date, Apple TV+ just released the teaser for what’s to come. Here are the details. Invasion season 3 premieres August 22 Here is the first official teaser for Invasion season 3, which just dropped on the Apple TV+ YouTube channel: “Invasion” follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. In season three, those perspectives col

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Apple’s alien thriller Invasion is back for season 3 in August

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-02-14 02:00:00

In season 3, those perspectives collide for the first time, as the series’ main characters are brought together to work as a team on a critical mission to infiltrate the alien mothership. The ultimate apex aliens have finally emerged, rapidly spreading their deadly tendrils across our planet. It will take all our heroes working together, using all their experience and expertise, to save our species. New relationships are formed, old relationship are challenged and even shattered, as our internat

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters

Pop Mart Unleashes Its Blind Box ‘Chucky’ Collection Just in Time for Halloween

Tomorrow's Emoji, Today: Unicode 17.0

A New Graphic Novel Will Chronicle How ‘Star Wars’ Got Made

Tamagotchi Paradise trades stressful virtual pet parenting for nature and tranquility

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement

We’re Stunned by Just How Powerful and Brutal ‘The Long Walk’ Is

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Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks

The Best Line Length

Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click

Disney Lorcana's Newest Super Rare Card Gives Your Aliens a Big Boost

These ‘Haunted Mansion’ Figures Evoke the Spirit of the Classic Disneyland Ride

‘Thunderbolts’ Director Teases His Take on the ‘Complex’ X-Men

Show HN: 433 – How to make a font that says nothing

Show HN: 433 - How to Make a Font That Says Nothing

Superhero Movies Have Stopped Obsessing Over Origins

Open Channel: What’d You Think ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’?

‘Invincible Vs.’ Will Occupy Its Own Unique Corner of the ‘Invincible’ Universe

Show HN: Price Per Token – LLM API Pricing Data

Up to date prices for LLM APIs all in one place

‘Mortal Kombat II’ Is Ready to Be a Bigger, Better Sequel

Superman is a box office hit, but the hard part comes next

Watching ‘X-Men’ 25 Years Ago Was a Game-Changing Moment

Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

Gboard could return to basics with a numpad-inspired layout for certain languages (APK teardown)

DC Is Considering Spinoff Shows for ‘Superman’ Supporting Characters

Oh No, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Is Returning to Literally Destroy the Universe

Invasion season 3 gets its first teaser and a premiere date on Apple TV+

Apple’s alien thriller Invasion is back for season 3 in August

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