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'War of the Worlds' Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Also Shameless Tech Propaganda

wired.com Alana Yzola 2025-11-26 17:00:46

“Here we go” is both the first line of the 2025 Amazon Prime movie War of the Worlds and exactly what I said when I chose to watch it after the shitstorm of reviews that warned me not to. Directed by Rich Lee and shot exclusively through online calls and surveillance feed POVs, War of the Worlds centers around domestic terror analyst William Radford, played by Ice Cube, who is on a mission to save his family and the country from alien cyborgs who are deadset on eating our data. Literally. At f

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The new War of the Worlds movie is even more terrible than you’ve heard but also hilarious

theverge.com Kevin Nguyen 2025-11-26 22:00:00

There’s a micro-genre of film called “screenlife movies,” where all of the action takes place on a desktop computer. In 2014, Unfriended made a horror movie out of video chat and text messages, and it was successful enough to inspire a sequel. The more thoughtful Searching from 2018, in which a father attempts to find his missing daughter, felt novel and a bit more promising for the genre, even if an hour and a half really tested the amount of time you could look at a scrunched John Cho and Mac

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Files by Google’s swanky Material 3 Expressive redesign is now rolling out for all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-27 12:28:22

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Files by Google is starting to receive its Material 3 Expressive redesign. The new design brings bigger media thumbnails, flatter folder icons, and reorganized floating buttons. These changes are starting to roll out with the app’s stable version, suggesting a broader release in the coming weeks. Google is starting to drape an array of apps with the new Material 3 Expressive theme. It has already rolled out splashes of the latest design philosophy to

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Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool - here's how to access it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-27 10:00:18

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files is always a good idea, just in case any important or irreplaceable ones go missing. For that, you can turn to a variety of programs. But Windows itself has a built-in backup tool that's simple and flexible. The catch is that you

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Gboard now has new shortcut for seamless access to your credentials and cards

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-27 12:47:50

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard has gained a new “Autofill” shortcut that makes it easier and faster to fill out credentials and payment information. Once enabled in the On-screen keyboard settings, you’ll see the shortcut in your Gboard options. The shortcut is rolling out on the latest stable version of the keyboard, but some users are only seeing it on the beta version of the app. Gboard is getting a new “Autofill with Google” shortcut to fill in credentials and payment i

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The equality delete problem in Apache Iceberg

news.ycombinator.com Yingjun Wu 2025-11-27 05:27:50

The Equality Delete Problem in Apache Iceberg Yingjun Wu 9 min read · 14 hours ago 14 hours ago -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Since last year, Apache Iceberg has been one of the hottest topics in the data infrastructure world. Databricks recently spent $1 billion to acquire Neon, a startup building a serverless Postgres. Snowflake also spent about $250 million to acquire Crunchy Data, a veteran enterprise-grade Postgres provider. These are not random acquisi

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Spirit Airlines Admits It Might Not Survive Another Year

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-11-27 15:08:52

Spirit Airlines has just admitted what many suspected: its future is in serious doubt. The news, delivered in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, sent the company’s stock into a freefall, plummeting 41% in a single trading session on Tuesday. Spirit’s total market value now sits at a paltry $54.3 million. In the filing, the ultra-low-cost carrier said there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating for more than 12 months from the date of its

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Go 1.25 Release Notes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 21:25:01

Introduction to Go 1.25 The latest Go release, version 1.25, arrives in August 2025, six months after Go 1.24. Most of its changes are in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. As always, the release maintains the Go 1 promise of compatibility. We expect almost all Go programs to continue to compile and run as before. Changes to the language There are no languages changes that affect Go programs in Go 1.25. However, in the language specification the notion of core types

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A gentle introduction to anchor positioning

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 22:18:55

Anchor positioning allows you to place an element on the page based on where another element is. It makes it easier to create responsive menus and tooltips with less code using only CSS. Here’s how it works. Let’s say you have an avatar in your nav, like this: When you click the avatar, you want a menu to appear right below it. The clicking interaction can be handled with just CSS using the Popover API. But once you click, where does your menu show up? Figuring this out typically requires som

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StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise $1B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-11-27 22:08:47

In Brief StubHub is giving a strong indication that its IPO is back on again. It filed a public S-1 in late March, then paused in April after the Trump administration’s tariffs spooked Wall Street. On Monday, it filed an updated S-1 that now includes Q1 2025 results. IPO experts Renaissance Capital estimated in March that the IPO could raise $1 billion, and says this fresh S-1 could mean a debut next month. StubHub declined to comment on its IPO plans, citing its quiet period. In 2024, it g

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The Equality Delete Problem in Apache Iceberg

news.ycombinator.com Yingjun Wu 2025-11-28 11:27:50

The Equality Delete Problem in Apache Iceberg Yingjun Wu 9 min read · 6 hours ago 6 hours ago -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Since last year, Apache Iceberg has been one of the hottest topics in the data infrastructure world. Databricks recently spent $1 billion to acquire Neon, a startup building a serverless Postgres. Snowflake also spent about $250 million to acquire Crunchy Data, a veteran enterprise-grade Postgres provider. These are not random acquisiti

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Flies Home This Week

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-28 21:50:59

James Gunn’s Superman was pushed out of the top five at the box office this past weekend, marking the beginning of the end of its box office run. It’s been a good one, with over $330 million in the U.S. so far and another $250 million worldwide. It’s the highest-grossing Superman film ever, domestically not adjusted for inflation, and now the journey takes its next step. Gunn took to social media Tuesday to announce his DC Universe film will be available on digital August 15. That’s this week.

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Microsoft's new update makes your taskbar a productivity hub - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-29 03:45:00

Microsoft / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft has released new "lightweight" companion taskbar apps. Companion apps launch when you start your computer. The apps include People, File Search, and Calendar. Microsoft will be pushing an update to your work computer soon, and it might actually be fairly useful. A series of new lightweight Microsoft apps is on the way, but you'll be able to launch them straight from your taskbar. Also: 5 free Windows PC apps I always

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Windows has a secret backup tool - here's how to use it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-29 17:40:51

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files is always a good idea, just in case any important or irreplaceable ones go missing. For that, you can turn to a variety of programs. But Windows itself has a built-in backup tool that's simple and flexible. The catch is that you

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Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-30 09:39:12

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. These taskbar apps will automatically launch at startup and provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. The Microsoft 365 companion apps, as

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You can claim up to $7,500 from AT&T's $177M data breach payouts - how to check your eligibility ASAP

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-12-01 00:31:00

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Nov. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If you're a current or former AT&T customer, here's some good news: You can now file a claim in a newly approved $177 million class-action settlement stemming from two massive data breaches. These hacks -- one dating back to 2019 and a

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The Ending of ‘Weapons’ Is Very Personal to Zach Cregger

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-01 03:20:21

You can’t watch a movie like Weapons and not sense that parts of it come from deep within a person. The portrayals of family, fear, and loss—it’s all heartbreaking and scary even before you get to the chills and thrills. Writer-director Zach Cregger fully admits the film was written as a way for him to cope with the loss of a good friend, but his personal connections to the material go even beyond that. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Cregger talked about some of the big reveals in the final act of th

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Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-01 17:04:37

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbu

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Files by Google will finally be able to natively display text files (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 22:20:00

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s file manager for Android is working on integrating a viewer for text files. Evidence first appeared in Files by Google version 1.8436.793259964.0-release but the tool is not yet active. When available, it should let you view text files and copy data out, but won’t support editing. Android, as a platform, was never designed to be one-size-fits-all, and that’s a huge part of its appeal. Some users will go their whole lives never thinking twice

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The Rise of Native Phishing: Microsoft 365 Apps Abused in Attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-01 21:17:28

Attackers don’t need exploits; they need TRUST. Changes in attack methods reflect changes in generations. Gen Z, a generation known for prioritizing ease and efficiency, is now entering the cybersecurity landscape on both sides. Some are protecting data, and others are stealing it. With the rise of AI and no-code platforms in attackers’ phishing toolkits, building trust and deceiving users has never been easier. Threat actors are blending default-trusted tools with free, legitimate services to

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I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 06:59:02

August 11, 2025 I’ve tried them all. Notion, Todoist, Things 3, OmniFocus, Asana, Trello, Any.do, TickTick. I even built my own todo app once (spoiler: I never finished it). After years of productivity app hopping, I’m back to where I started: a plain text file called todo.txt . I’m not alone in this. Jeff Huang wrote about his “never-ending .txt file” that he’s used for over 14 years. Reading his post validated everything I’d discovered on my own. The Endless Search My productivity journey

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Pricing Pages – A Curated Gallery of Pricing Page Designs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 17:27:08

Filter by style & or by industry

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5 file management apps you should use instead of Files by Google

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-02 22:00:04

Andy Walker / Android Authority Every Android smartphone needs a file explorer, and for Pixel smartphones and many others, the default option is Files by Google. This free, lightweight app offers essential file management features, and its clean design makes viewing content in folders or categories quick and easy. It’s a great way to clean up duplicate files and maintain free space on your device, but it’s not the best file management app on Android. I’ve used many file explorers on Android ov

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Abogen – Generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 16:56:14

abogen Abogen is a powerful text-to-speech conversion tool that makes it easy to turn ePub, PDF, or text files into high-quality audio with matching subtitles in seconds. Use it for audiobooks, voiceovers for Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or any project that needs natural-sounding text-to-speech, using Kokoro-82M. Demo demo.mp4 This demo was generated in just 5 seconds, producing ∼1 minute of audio with perfectly synced subtitles. To create a similar video, see the demo guide. How to install?

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‘Citizen Toxie’ Is Troma at Its Filthy, Disgusting, Overtly Offensive Best

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-03 03:00:53

Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman has been out in force talking up Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger, a spirited reimagining of the studio’s 1984 cult classic set to irradiate a whole new generation when it hits theaters this month. But when io9 got a chance to talk to Kaufman at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, we had to ask: after watching Blair’s film, which other film in the vast Troma archives should a newly minted fan turn to next? “The fourth Toxic Avenger movie, Citizen Toxie,” Kaufman said without

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Disney 1985 film The Black Cauldron was an experiment that failed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 11:52:07

Disney Animation's ambitious and innovative 1985 film The Black Cauldron was an experiment that dramatically failed, arguably putting the future of the studio in question. Disney Animation was on the lookout for a new identity in the 1980s. After half-a-century of success, this decade of the company's history is commonly referred to as the "Bronze" or "Dark Age", neither exactly a ringing endorsement of its films. Hope came in the form of The Black Cauldron, which seemed like the perfect way to

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Json2dir: a JSON-to-directory converter, a fast alternative to home-manager

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-03 16:46:11

json2dir : a JSON-to-directory converter, a fast alternative to home-manager for managing dotfiles TL;DR: file.json : { "file" : " Hello, world! " , "dir" : { "subfile" : " Content. " , "subdir" : {} }, "symlink" : [ " link " , " target path " ], "script" : [ " script " , " #!/bin/sh echo Howdy! " ] } cat file.json | json2dir Here, four files will be added to the current directory: file , dir , symlink , and script . Using json2dir as a home-manager alternative. Input schema Objects re

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This app lets Mac users take full advantage of Android’s Quick Share with new QR code support

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-04 03:42:14

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR NearDrop allows users to send files from their Android device to their Mac. A new update adds support for sending files using QR codes. This update now allows you to send files from your computer to your Android device. It would be nice if Google created a Quick Share app for macOS that allowed you to share files quickly between your Android phone and your Mac. The NearDrop app can help fill that gap, but it’s not a perfect solution. However, a new up

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‘Weapons’ Once Had a Whole Chapter About That Crucial, Mystery Character

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-04 08:15:34

Weapons is a film filled with huge secrets and reveals. Secrets and reveals that were very carefully talked around and avoided in the marketing. But now that the film is in theaters, we can talk about them, and in terms of arguably the biggest reveal, writer-director Zack Cregger spoke to us about the different ways he approached it. We’re about to dive into some of Weapons’ biggest spoilers, so if you haven’t seen it yet, be aware. One of Weapons’ biggest reveals comes right at the beginning.

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Ice Cube’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is a Shoo-in for 2025’s Definitive Hate-Watch Movie

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-04 17:15:15

The domino effect of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds entering the public domain has crash-landed onto Prime Video, with the streamer releasing a new version of the alien invasion tale starring Ice Cube. A week out from its release has given us a hysteria not dissimilar to Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio broadcast—it’s just now folks are flocking to Prime to check out what’s become this year’s quintessential hate-watch film. Released on July 30, War of the Worlds features Ice Cube in the role of

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