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Donkey Kong Bananza's creators reflect on the game's path to delightful destruction

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-28 22:16:00

On Tuesday, Nintendo published an interview with the creators of Donkey Kong Bananza. The second big Switch 2 tentpole title comes from the team that made Super Mario Odyssey. The developers explained how they laid the foundation for DK's first 3D adventure since the Nintendo 64 era. Destruction is at the heart of Donkey Kong Bananza. Everything in his environment can be smashed to bits. Not only is that a fun mechanic, but it also adds an element of verticality and freedom of exploration. That

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Smart Cameras Power a Robot Umpire at MLB All-Stars for the First Time. Here's How the Challenges Went

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-28 20:45:50

If umpires draw your ire for bad calls, you may soon have a new target: Major League Baseball used its ABS, or Automated Ball-Strike System, to call pitches at the July 15 All-Star Game for the first time. If trials this season go well, it will probably be adopted for the 2026 regular season. But challenges against the camera had an unusually high rate of success. The ABS uses Hawk-Eye cameras, a technology increasingly common in games with high-speed objects. The cameras judge how a ball trave

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Apple says ITC ban on BOE displays has no effect on iPhones [U]

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-07-28 18:44:19

There’s been speculation that a legal ruling could see Apple banned from selling iPhones made with Chinese displays within the US, but Apple has now confirmed that this is not the case. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld a complaint by Samsung that China’s BOE had stolen trade secrets relating to OLED screens, and banned the import of products containing these … The ITC ruling The ITC has the power to ban companies from both importing products into the US, and selling th

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Claude Code's new tool is all about maximizing ROI in your organization - how to try it

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-07-29 00:00:00

Anthropic / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Anthropic has distinguished itself from industry competitors for two major reasons: user privacy and coding capabilities. In particular, it's Claude Code's solution -- which allows users to run the coding assistant directly in their workspace to write or manage code -- that has attracted an exponential number of users. It's now a highly requested feature. Also: Anthropic's Claude dives into financial analysis. Here's what's new On Tuesday, Anthropic la

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The Big Beautiful Bill Is Bad for Americans’ Health and Wallets, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-07-29 02:42:42

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is now law, and it’s poised to wreak plenty of destruction. Research out today finds that the policy changes will lead to thousands more deaths annually, as well as harm the financial health of rural hospitals. Epidemiologists at the University of California, San Francisco, and elsewhere conducted the study. They found the Medicaid cuts caused by the Big Beautiful Bill will cause many avoidable hospitalizations and deaths, put dozens of rural hospitals at high risk of c

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John Malkovich Won’t Appear in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-07-29 02:45:51

We’re sure to see a lot of awesome stuff when The Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters later this month, but one thing we won’t see is John Malkovich. The legendary star of Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Rounders, Red, and more was cast in the film and shot all his scenes. But, it turns out, those scenes have now been cut. Speaking to Variety, Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman revealed that Malkovich was cast to play the Red Ghost in the film, one of the group’s oldest adversaries. He w

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Most Cats Sleep on Their Left Side, and Scientists Think They Know Why

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-07-29 02:50:59

If you’re a cat owner, chances are you spend an unhealthy amount of time scrolling through your photo gallery, reviewing adorable photos of your cats for the thousandth time. While doing so, perhaps you’ve noticed that your cats appear to favor a certain side while sleeping. And if that happens to be the left side, new scientific research suggests you’re right. This could be a survival strategy for cats, according to a recent study published in Current Biology. In the paper, the researchers exp

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What Tariffs? Smartphone Market Grows 1% as More Phones Fold In AI

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 00:01:00

It looks like curiosity about AI may be boosting smartphone sales. According to new data released from the International Data Corporation, smartphone shipment increased 1% year over year in the second quarter of 2025 despite tariff volatility and worldwide economic instability. Much of the increase in sales is attributed to midrange devices like Samsung's Galaxy A36 and other smartphones that have started incorporating AI. The report blamed a drop in demand for lower-end devices, including tho

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OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-29 05:04:09

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the multibillion-dollar gravy train steaming ahead. And that kind of drum beat, especially paired with ChatGPT's meteoric rise, is bound to cause plenty of chaos behind the scenes. In a blog post, former OpenAI engineer Calvin French-Owen, who helped build the company's new coding agent Codex, said there "wasn't any personal drama in my decision to leave" — but he did recap his experie

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Galaxy Watch users might want to stay away from testing QPR1 betas

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 06:58:38

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Galaxy Watch owners are reporting problems when using Samsung’s wearables with Android 16 QPR1 beta releases. Issues include failure to pair, connections dropping, and Samsung apps repeatedly crashing. For the moment, the only permanent solution seems to be going back to Android 16 stable. Getting early access to in-development software can be a lot of fun. Plenty of us participate in testing programs for some of our favorite apps, both in the interest o

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Pixel 10 Will Likely Star at the Next Made by Google Event on Aug. 20

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 04:59:00

The next Made by Google event is coming on Aug. 20, where it's highly likely that the company will reveal its Pixel 10 series of phones. The announcement arrived from Google Wednesday, with a press release and invites for an event in New York. The event, like previous Made By Google briefings that have taken place in the late summer or fall, is likely to focus on Google's Pixel phones, watches, earbuds and potentially more. It's uncertain what other devices Google might show off during the even

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How to Watch Norway vs. Italy From Anywhere for Free: Stream UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Soccer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 05:00:07

The first quarterfinal of the 2025 Women's Euros sees a repeat of the 1993 final, as Norway face off against Italy in Geneva. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch this match as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the game isn't available where you are. The Norwegians navigated the group stage in impressive style, with Gemma Grainger's team winning all three of their games against Switzerland, Finland and Iceland. Italy's route

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This Robot Vacuum Blew Me Away With Its Ingenious Navigation Capability, and Now It's 20% Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 05:13:00

Deal alert: The Dreame X50 robot vacuum is available for $1,360. That's a 20% discount on a robot vacuum that usually lists for $1,700. If you're looking for top-tier performance, this robot vac is better at climbing obstacles than any robot vacuum we've tested. CNET's key takeaways No robot vacuum has truly solved the challenge of multi-level cleaning without requiring you to physically move it between floors. This robo-vac can do it, for the high-end price of $1,700 (on sale right now for $

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Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-29 06:43:23

Ars Technica's community is—in our biased opinion—second to none online. For more than 26 years, readers have enabled and inspired our work, creating a community with an amazing signal-to-noise ratio. To aid these efforts, we're updating our Posting Guidelines to make them more accessible to new readers—and more straightforward and more transparent for everyone. The substance of the guidelines isn't changing. Most provisions are just common-sense items meant to foster genuine discussion, such a

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With 81 total Emmy nominations, how did each Apple TV+ title do?

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-07-29 10:38:30

Yesterday, Apple broke its own record and received 81 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations across multiple categories. Below is a full title-by-title breakdown, listing every nominated Apple TV+ series and film, along with every category they’re up for. Severance (27 nominations) Severance didn’t just top Apple TV+’s list of nominees. It also earned more Emmy nominations than any other show this year. Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Adam Scott Outstanding Lea

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Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 02:15:28

Active-active Replication Extension for PostgreSQL (pgactive) pgactive is a PostgreSQL replication extension for creating an active-active database. Overview Database replication is a method that copies changes between databases instances, and is a key component for use cases like high availability, reducing latency between an application and its source data, moving data between systems such as production and test, infrastructure migration, and others. Relational databases such as PostgreSQL

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Comics Legend Charlie Adlard Returns to the World of Zombies in This ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ Cover

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-07-29 10:30:07

Charlie Adlard is one of the most recognized comics artists around, thanks to his landmark work on The Walking Dead, defining generations of comic storytelling. Now, the artist is heading back into the apocalypse with a twist—thanks to a new series from Image Comics. io9 can exclusively reveal your first look at Adlard’s stealth variant cover for the debut issue of Everything Dead & Dying, set to hit shelves this September. Written by Tate Brombal and with art from Jacob Phillips, the five-issu

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ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-07-29 10:43:15

For the past few weeks, the AI-powered ElliQ companion robot has perched on the end of my desk. Designed by Intuition Robotics for seniors living alone, this proactive animatronic chats to me throughout the day, checking how I’m feeling, suggesting “fun” activities, and prodding me to be more active and sociable. While it can be annoying, I've grown attached to ElliQ despite myself, and I can see the positive potential. Loneliness is an epidemic. According to the US Census Bureau, around 16 mil

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The Galaxy Watch 8 gets a key battery health feature that more smartwatches need

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 14:42:49

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 8 series introduces a “battery protection” feature designed to extend the device’s battery longevity. The feature works by stopping the charge at 90% and only resuming it when the battery level drops down to 85%. This prevents the battery from sitting at a full 100% charge, which reduces stress and helps slow long-term battery degradation. Most people don’t upgrade their smartwatch every year, opting to keep their device unt

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This OTC continuous glucose monitor helped me track my meals (without counting calories)

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-29 14:16:26

ZDNET's key takeaways The Abbott Lingo is a $49 continuous glucose monitor that tracks your blood sugar for two weeks It can help people understand how their diets impact their glucose levels and make changes accordingly The app's suggestions and recommendations could be more insightful to promote daily use. View now at Lingo There are plenty of meal-tracking apps that help you understand your diet. But logging three meals daily, assessing your caloric intake, and reflecting on how your nutri

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What's happening to reading?

news.ycombinator.com Joshua Rothman 2025-07-26 08:16:48

What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged since the advent of the modern publishing industry, in the nineteenth century. In a 2017 Shouts & Murmurs titled “Before the Internet,” the writer Emma Rathbone captured the spirit of reading as it used to be: “Before the Internet, you could laze around on a park bench in Chicago reading some Dean Koontz, and that would be a legit thing to do and no one would

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Mkosi – Build Bespoke OS Images

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 14:14:20

mkosi — Build Bespoke OS Images A fancy wrapper around dnf --installroot , apt , pacman and zypper that generates customized disk images with a number of bells and whistles. Documentation Contributing Tutorials Project

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4 Reasons I Switched to a Glass-Bowl Air Fryer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 12:55:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.2 / 10 SCORE Ninja Crispi $160 at Amazon $160 at Target $160 at Best Buy Pros Cook, serve, and storage capabilities Easy to clean: almost everything is dishwasher-safe Intuitive operation No concern about PFAS Ability to see cooking in progress Can buy additional glass vessels for maximum food prep Small storage footprint with nesting capabilities

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Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-29 10:00:17

Game details Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Switch 2 Release Date: July 17, 2025 ESRB Rating: E-10+ for Everyone 10 and Over Price: $70 Links: Amazon | Nintendo eShop | Official website When the Switch 2 was fully unveiled in April, we weren't alone in expecting the announcement of a true follow-up to Super Mario Odyssey—one of the original Switch's best-selling games and our pick for the best game of 2017. Instead, we got our first look at Donkey Kong Bananza, the big

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Forget copyright strikes, a retro gaming YouTuber faces possible jail time for reviewing gaming handhelds

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 14:51:56

TL;DR Retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd has been sued and raided by the Italian government. Consoles were seized and channels may be closed for promoting piracy of copyrighted material. Some of these devices ship with pre-loaded ROMs, which appears to be the source of the complaint. While gaming content continues to grow and thrive on video platforms like Twitch and YouTube, copyright remains a sticky issue. Most companies look the other way when it comes to game streaming, but emulation i

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Deals: AirPods 4 $90, Apple Pencil Pro $83, M4 MacBook Air $185 off, leather Apple Watch bands 45% off, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-07-29 18:44:53

While much of the Prime Day deals have come and gone on Apple’s latest, this morning Amazon decided to bring the AirPods 4 deals back. Both models are now within $1 of the Prime Day all-time lows to give folks another shot at some of the best prices they have ever been offered for. We are also tracking even lower prices on select 15-inch M4 MacBook Air models at up to $185 off as well Apple Pencil Pro from $83 and deep 45% price drops on Burton Goods leather Apple Watch bands. All of that and mo

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The final season of Stranger Things now has an action-packed trailer

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-29 18:13:55

It's time to break out that 1980s playlist. The last season of the Netflix hit Stranger Things finally has a trailer . It's been nearly a decade since the show premiered and it looks like it's going out with a bang. This trailer is absolutely packed with action, showing many fan favorite characters in mortal peril of one kind or another. Season four ended with one heck of a cliffhanger so, of course, things pick up from there. The footage depicts all kinds of supernatural chaos impacting the sm

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The Samsung tablet I recommend most isn't the newest (but it is on sale)

zdnet.com Max Buondonno 2025-07-29 18:24:41

ZDNET's key takeaways Samsung's 2023 Galaxy tablets come in two screen sizes and two hard drive capacities. If you want a powerful tablet for entertainment and multitasking on the go but don't want to break the bank, the Tab S9 FE+ is a solid choice. You may experience the usual Android tablet quirks, such as outstretched apps and the occasional slowdown. $405.03 at Amazon $299.99 at Best Buy more buying choices The Samsung's Galaxy Tab S9 FE is on sale at Walmart. The 128GB tablet has droppe

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What's Happening to Reading?

news.ycombinator.com Joshua Rothman 2025-07-26 13:16:48

What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged since the advent of the modern publishing industry, in the nineteenth century. In a 2017 Shouts & Murmurs titled “Before the Internet,” the writer Emma Rathbone captured the spirit of reading as it used to be: “Before the Internet, you could laze around on a park bench in Chicago reading some Dean Koontz, and that would be a legit thing to do and no one would

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Review: Foldable Perfection That’s Tempting Me to Leave My iPhone

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-07-29 18:15:52

2025 Disregard the fact that there’s a whole world of Chinese-made book-style foldables as thin and light as the Galaxy Z Fold 7 that Americans can’t buy, and Samsung’s latest phone-to-tablet foldable is what we’ve been waiting for. It only took Samsung six years to make its flagship foldable as svelte as a regular bar smartphone, but the Z Fold 7 delivers in all aspects. The only thing that holds it back is the $2,000 price tag, a $100 increase over last year’s Z Fold 6. See Galaxy Z Fold 7 a

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Donkey Kong Bananza's creators reflect on the game's path to delightful destruction

Smart Cameras Power a Robot Umpire at MLB All-Stars for the First Time. Here's How the Challenges Went

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The Big Beautiful Bill Is Bad for Americans’ Health and Wallets, Study Finds

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Pixel 10 Will Likely Star at the Next Made by Google Event on Aug. 20

How to Watch Norway vs. Italy From Anywhere for Free: Stream UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Soccer

This Robot Vacuum Blew Me Away With Its Ingenious Navigation Capability, and Now It's 20% Off

Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

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Comics Legend Charlie Adlard Returns to the World of Zombies in This ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ Cover

ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

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4 Reasons I Switched to a Glass-Bowl Air Fryer

Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy

Forget copyright strikes, a retro gaming YouTuber faces possible jail time for reviewing gaming handhelds

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The final season of Stranger Things now has an action-packed trailer

The Samsung tablet I recommend most isn't the newest (but it is on sale)

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