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West End Games’ Classic ‘Star Wars’ RPG Is Still Setting the Blueprint for Its Universe

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-03 05:48:43

In the years since Lucasfilm overhauled Star Wars continuity—reclassifying years of Expanded Universe material as “Legends” before wiping a clean slate of continuity it has developed over the last decade-plus—much of what has been rebuilt has been done so off of the back of re-canonizing elements of that old material. In some ways re-imagined, in others just lifted wholesale, the journey of modern Star Wars is as much about adding new stories as it is weaving the old ones back into them. There

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James Gunn Says ‘Get Off Matt’s Nuts,’ ‘The Batman’ Sequel Will Happen When It Happens

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-03 11:45:02

Cool your jets Batman fans, James Gunn has heard you loud and clear over the highly anticipated sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman. So much so that he recently expressed his frustration with the demand in defense of the time DC Studios was taking. “Listen, we’re supposed to get a script in June. I hope that happens. We feel really good about it,” Gunn told Entertainment Weekly, and colorfully added, “People should get off Matt’s nuts because it’s like, let the guy write the screenplay in the amo

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Rolling the ladder up behind us

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-03 15:51:02

Rolling the ladder up behind us Published on 2025-06-20 , 5674 words, 21 minutes to read Who will take over for us if we don't train the next generation to replace us? A critique of craft, AI, and the legacy of human expertise. A picture of two patches of wild grass bifurcated by a retaining pond. - Photo by Xe Iaso, Canon EOS R6 Mark 2, unknown lens Cloth is one of the most important goods a society can produce. Clothing is instrumental for culture, expression, and for protecting one's modes

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Soundcore Waterproof Speaker Is Going for Peanuts, Anker Offers This Deal With Limited Stock

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-03 17:10:10

A little bit of music goes a long way. Whether you’re working out and trying to push out one more set, you’re reading a book and want something instrumental in the background, or you’re just sitting and zoning out. Heck, even in the shower or bath, it’s nice just to listen to some tunes and relax a little bit. It just so happens we’ve got a great deal for that exact situation today. See at Amazon That’s because you can currently get this Soundcore Select 4 Go bluetooth shower speaker while it’

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Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a '70s artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

news.ycombinator.com Ginia Bellafante 2025-09-01 03:24:18

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

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Best Buy Offers Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i 15.6″ Laptop for Nearly 50% Off, and Amazon Missed Out

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-04 01:40:58

It’s that time again. Time to buy a new computer. You’re probably wondering how you’re going to get one for a decent deal. Sometimes if you’re asking too much, you might not find the exact deal you’re looking for. But there are tons of affordable, budget-friendly laptops out there that can get the job done that won’t cost you an entire paycheck to pick up. Whether you need a device for school, remote work, streaming, or everyday browsing, we’ve found a discounted laptop that’s designed to keep u

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Amazon’s Best-Selling 50,000mAh Portable Power Bank Is Almost Free, Now 79% Off With Limited Stock

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-04 09:10:12

If you’ve ever spent time frantically searching for an outlet in a crowded airport, panicked over your phone battery at a music festival, or just wished you could charge everything without lugging around a mess of cables, you’re not alone. It’s frustrating (and can be kind of scary) when you don’t have any charge left on your phone. What if you have an emergency? What if the group chat keeps texting you and you can’t respond? We kid, but hey, sometimes it truly is a dire situation. But a power b

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A '70s performance artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

news.ycombinator.com Ginia Bellafante 2025-09-01 23:24:18

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

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Roborock Q5 Max+ Robot Vacuum Hits Its Lowest Price, 53% Off Deal Live Now as an Early Prime Day Offer

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-04 13:10:19

You’ve had enough with vacuuming, and you should say it. In an ideal world, none of us would have to vacuum at all, but we’re not there yet. The good news though, is that those of us who can afford it can escape the slog of vacuuming daily, and instead palm it off on an adorable disc-shaped friend in the form of a robot vacuum. They can be pricey though, so you’ll generally want to make the most of deals when you can find them. See at Amazon Speaking of which, if you’re an Amazon Prime member,

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LEGO Joins Early Prime Day With Star Wars Millennium Falcon at a New Record-Low Price

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-04 13:40:07

Star Wars fans are, historically, pretty committed to what they love. It makes them incredibly easy to buy presents for, because basically anything that’s related to Star Wars is a good shout, and it’s going to be really well received too. It can be hard to find a quality gift though, whether you’re looking for yourself or someone else. These days, one of the best gifts you can give any of them, outside of a trip to Disney World, is a good Lego set. See at Amazon Lego sets hold their value wel

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Gmail’s suggested responses are worse than useless to me

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 21:30:11

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority As much as I love complaining about how AI sticks its tentacles into every aspect of life, I’m still a big fan. It’s like me hating the app formerly known as Twitter while still being happy to doomscroll on it for long periods. However, one aspect of AI that has only irked me from day one is the Gmail suggested responses, which have somehow managed to be worse than useless. You know the ones I mean, because Gmail is far from the only purveyor of these chirpy

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He '70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to 'Garbage Men'

news.ycombinator.com Ginia Bellafante 2025-09-02 09:24:18

The New York City Sanitation Department in the late 1970s was not an obvious place to find a warm welcome for feminist conceptual art. But the newly appointed sanitation commissioner, Norman Steisel, had arrived as an outlier in the world of municipal waste. Before he began his career in city government, first working in budget offices, he had been a graduate student in chemical engineering and applied mathematics at Yale, where he fell in with a crowd of M.F.A. students. He understood the avant

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Deal: Yaber L2S projector drops to record low price, only $134.99!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-05 01:12:28

Projectors don’t have to be huge and expensive anymore. Yaber proves to us that projectors can be small, cheap, and still offer a pretty pleasant viewing experience for those magical movie nights! The Yaber L2S usually costs only $199.99, but right now you can get it significantly cheaper, as it’s on sale for just $134.99. Buy the Yaber L2S projector for just $134.99 ($65 off) This offer is available from Amazon. It’s labeled as a “limited time deal,” and the discount applies to both color vers

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WhatsApp delays ad rollout in the EU amid privacy concerns

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-05 09:49:15

Earlier this week, Meta officially flipped the switch on in-app advertising for WhatsApp users worldwide, marking the first time ads have appeared inside the messaging platform. But if you’re in the European Union, there’s now an important update: the rollout won’t be happening for you… yet. Europe’s privacy guardrails hold yet again In comments to reporters today (via Politico), Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said WhatsApp has informed them that the new ad model won’t go live in t

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Brad Pitt’s Sci-Fi Film Roles, Ranked

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-06 01:00:41

Next week, one of our biggest movie stars hits theaters in one of the summer’s biggest movies. F1: The Movie, starring Brad Pitt, is out June 27 and it’s the kind of role only someone as huge as Pitt could play. Pitt has been one of the top movie stars in the world for decades. Rising to stardom in the early 1990s, he quickly jumped to leading man status and has never looked back since. Pitt has had an incredibly varied career, making films in seemingly every genre imaginable. He’s been in roma

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Once You Notice ChatGPT's Weird Way of Talking, You Start to See It Everywhere

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-06 04:15:36

It's not written by humans, it's written by AI. It's not useful, it's slop. It's not hard to find, it's everywhere you look. As AI-generated text is becoming increasingly ubiquitous on the internet, some distinctive linguistic patterns are starting to emerge — maybe more so than anything else, that pattern of negating statements typified by "it's not X, it's Y." Once you notice it, you start to see it everywhere. One teacher on Reddit even noticed that certain AI phrase structures are making t

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We Can Just Measure Things

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-04 00:15:25

We Can Just Measure Things This week I spent time with friends to letting agents go wild and see what we could build in 24 hours. I took some notes for myself to reflect on that experience. I won't bore you with another vibecoding post, but you can read Peter's post about how that went. As fun as it was, it also was frustrating in other ways and in entire predictable ways. It became a meme about how much I hated working with Xcode for this project. This got me thinking quite a bit more that th

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Midjourney launches an AI video generator

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-06 05:29:42

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. Midjourney has released the first version of its video generation model to the public. For now, the tool can generate short videos based on images uploaded or created on the platform, but Midjourney plans on rolling out more capabilities in the future. After creating an image using Midjourney, the service will show a new “animate” button that users

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Soundcore ANC Earbuds by Anker Are Nearly Free, Clearing Out Amazon’s Inventory With Limited Stock

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-06 09:10:07

Do you need an upgrade to your earbuds but don’t know where to turn? You’re not alone. There are a lot of really good earbuds out there now, but finding the ones that are right for you is getting harder and harder. Thankfully, sometimes you just need a quality pair of earbuds at a good price, and that’s where this deal on the Soundcore Space A40 earbuds comes in. See at Amazon Normally $80, this deal knocks off 44%, which means that you can currently get your hands on these amazing earbuds for

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Dell’s 2-in-1 Touchscreen Laptop Drops to $800 From $3,000, Comes With Tons of Goodies for Early Prime Day

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-06 21:40:26

If you’re still working off of a piece of decade old tech, it may be time to start looking for a replacement. The Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 laptop is a worthwhile option that can work for pretty much anyone’s basic needs, be it you’re a student, small business owner, or just someone who wants to use something besides their phone to check Facebook. Dell has its Inspiron touchscreen laptop on sale for 73% off, bringing it down from its listed price of $3,000 to just $800. Now that’s a pretty staggerin

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A staggering 16 billion logins exposed in epic data breach, including Apple accounts

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-07 06:06:56

Security researchers have discovered what they describe as “one of the largest data breaches in history,” comprising a staggering 16 billion logins, which include Apple accounts (formerly known as Apple IDs). The researchers said that the stolen data gives cybercriminals “unprecedented access to personal credentials that can be used for account takeover, identity theft, and highly targeted phishing” … You may recall a report last month that Apple login credentials were among a massive database

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DJI Portable Power Station Gets 55% Off as Part of Amazon’s Surprise Early Deals, Limited Time Only

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-07 17:40:34

Most of us don’t think much about electricity until it’s not there. Until the lights go out during a storm or you’re packing for a weekend trip off-grid and you realize hey! You need power! That’s why a reliable portable power station is always a good idea. It can go from a luxury to a necessity in a flash. And when you’re counting on one to keep your laptop, phone, fridge, or even medical equipment running, quality and performance really matter. So with that in mind, it might be time to invest

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The Stars of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ on Spotlighting Korean Representation in Animation

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-07 21:05:33

After the massive box-office triumph of the Spider-Verse films, Sony Pictures Animation is back with a brand-new hero team-up animated adventure called KPop Demon Hunters. The feature film, which drops on Netflix June 20, follows a girl group named Huntrix who must balance their skyrocketing superstardom with moonlighting as demon hunters, saving the world using the power of music and magical girl action to protect their fans from an impending demonic invasion. Ahead of its streaming release, i

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Death Stranding is getting an animated film

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-09-08 05:22:34

The strange world of Death Stranding just keeps on expanding. As Deadline reports, Hideo Kojima’s ghostly, post-apocalyptic video game is getting a spinoff in the form of an animated film. While there aren’t a lot of details yet, the animated feature will supposedly be in the same mold as other animated spinoffs like the recent Predator anthology on Hulu, which could be a good vehicle for Kojima’s particular brand of weirdness. Aaron Guzikowski, creator of the HBO series Raised by Wolves, has s

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Forget JBL, Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker by Anker Is Near-Free for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-08 09:10:51

Some of the best moments in life are made better with music. That includes showering. Who doesn’t sing in the shower? If you said that you don’t, you’re definitely fibbing. We love to sing when we’re alone. Some of us with others listening. But if you want a good way to enjoy music while you’re showering or just want a speaker that you can take with you no matter the weather, now’s a good time to partake in this 43% discount. See at Amazon Run to Amazon now to secure your Soundcore Select 4 Go

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Best Buy Has HP’s 14″ 2-in-1 Laptop for Almost 50% Off to Compete With Amazon’s Early Prime Day Deal

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-08 17:40:00

Why choose between a laptop or a tablet when you can get one device that can be both? Best Buy has the Lenovo Envy 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop at a pretty sizable discount. Normally priced at $800, but for a limited time you can get it for $380 off. That brings it down to just $420—a discount of about 48%. The HP Envy laptop supports Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution in it’s 14-inch touchscreen. The bezel is super thin allowing the active area of the laptop to reach the very edge. It’s running on an

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This Anker Solix C300 Portable Power Station Drops to a New Record Low, Limited Stock Before Prime Day

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-08 21:40:20

If you love the great outdoors but also like to know you’ve got enough power on your phone for all of the modern conveniences, then you’ll probably want a good bit of extra power. While you could go for a power bank of some kind, if you’re really committed, then you’re going to want to go for a portable power station. See at Amazon The good news is that, while many of these are incredibly pricey, you can still get a lot of use out of the more affordable models, and better yet, they can get som

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Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Shines With Sci-Fi Sincerity and Heart

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-10 05:15:17

Elio is Pixar at its most original, delivering an extraordinary journey filled with wholehearted sci-fi wonder. Director Domee Shi and co-director Madeline Sharafian craft a timeless coming-of-age adventure that’s a solid follow-up to their fan fave Turning Red, marking a new standard for Pixar stories. Through its main character’s close encounter, the film cleverly broaches the resonating experience of feeling alone against a backdrop of imaginative visuals illustrating the universe’s enormity

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Windows 10 EOL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 15:46:59

Blog Windows 10 EOL June 17th, 2025 (permalink) So Microsoft decided to produce tons of e-waste for no obvious reason. There's a lot of capable hardware out there, and it would be of software company's interest to support as much hardware as possible. Instead, they made some arbitrary reason to deprecate "old" hardware. At the same time they also turned all of windows VR headsets into garbage. We'll have to wait for the open source implementations to catch up for any hope of them being usable

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Playdate Season 2 review: Long Puppy and Otto's Galactic Groove!!

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-07 18:00:25

We're officially halfway through Playdate Season Two, and so far there have been no flops. Last week brought us a balanced serving of doom, gloom and delight , but this week is all about keeping things light and silly. That's not to say the latest two games are a walk in the park, though. The third drop of Season Two features Long Puppy and Otto's Galactic Groove!! , and as playful as they are, you're still in for a challenge. But when you need a break, there's always more Blippo+. Long Puppy

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West End Games’ Classic ‘Star Wars’ RPG Is Still Setting the Blueprint for Its Universe

James Gunn Says ‘Get Off Matt’s Nuts,’ ‘The Batman’ Sequel Will Happen When It Happens

Rolling the ladder up behind us

Soundcore Waterproof Speaker Is Going for Peanuts, Anker Offers This Deal With Limited Stock

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a '70s artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

Best Buy Offers Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i 15.6″ Laptop for Nearly 50% Off, and Amazon Missed Out

Amazon’s Best-Selling 50,000mAh Portable Power Bank Is Almost Free, Now 79% Off With Limited Stock

A '70s performance artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

Roborock Q5 Max+ Robot Vacuum Hits Its Lowest Price, 53% Off Deal Live Now as an Early Prime Day Offer

LEGO Joins Early Prime Day With Star Wars Millennium Falcon at a New Record-Low Price

Gmail’s suggested responses are worse than useless to me

He '70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to 'Garbage Men'

Deal: Yaber L2S projector drops to record low price, only $134.99!

WhatsApp delays ad rollout in the EU amid privacy concerns

Brad Pitt’s Sci-Fi Film Roles, Ranked

Once You Notice ChatGPT's Weird Way of Talking, You Start to See It Everywhere

We Can Just Measure Things

Midjourney launches an AI video generator

Soundcore ANC Earbuds by Anker Are Nearly Free, Clearing Out Amazon’s Inventory With Limited Stock

Dell’s 2-in-1 Touchscreen Laptop Drops to $800 From $3,000, Comes With Tons of Goodies for Early Prime Day

A staggering 16 billion logins exposed in epic data breach, including Apple accounts

DJI Portable Power Station Gets 55% Off as Part of Amazon’s Surprise Early Deals, Limited Time Only

The Stars of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ on Spotlighting Korean Representation in Animation

Death Stranding is getting an animated film

Forget JBL, Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker by Anker Is Near-Free for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

Best Buy Has HP’s 14″ 2-in-1 Laptop for Almost 50% Off to Compete With Amazon’s Early Prime Day Deal

This Anker Solix C300 Portable Power Station Drops to a New Record Low, Limited Stock Before Prime Day

Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Shines With Sci-Fi Sincerity and Heart

Windows 10 EOL

Playdate Season 2 review: Long Puppy and Otto's Galactic Groove!!

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