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Netflix Declares 300 Million Anime Fans Can’t Be Wrong

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-03 12:45:39

When Netflix finds a hit, it doesn’t hold back in trying to dig more gold from the same mine. That could mean movie sequels or series renewals—but it can also mean an entire genre is poised to enjoy a heightened presence. That’s looking to be the case for Japanese anime, in light of the streamer’s recent report on just how popular it is with viewers. According to Variety, Netflix chose the ideal context—last weekend’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles—to share this news. Going by recent data, “more tha

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What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-03 21:50:29

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: When AI generates $100 billion in profits. This arbitrary profit-based benchmark for AGI perfectly captures the definitional chaos plaguing the AI industry. In fact, it may be impossible to create a universal definition of AGI, but few people with money on the line will admit it. Over this past year

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AGI may be impossible to define, and that’s a multibillion-dollar problem

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-04 03:50:29

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: When AI generates $100 billion in profits. This arbitrary profit-based benchmark for AGI perfectly captures the definitional chaos plaguing the AI industry. In fact, it may be impossible to create a universal definition of AGI, but few people with money on the line will admit it. Over this past year

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Fortnite Maker Epic Games Settles With Samsung Following App-Blocking Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-04 08:35:00

Epic Games says it's reached a settlement after taking legal action against Samsung, which it sued last year along with Google over antitrust issues. In a motion filed in a California district court, Epic requested a dismissal of its claims against Samsung, saying Epic, "has reached a settlement agreement with Defendants Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc." Epic did not disclose the terms of the settlement, but the original suit focused around Samsung blocking th

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Nothing Phone (3) Review: The Designer Phone

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2026-02-04 17:00:00

I like staring at the Nothing Phone (3). It isn't inherently better than comparably priced smartphones, but it's visually distinct, and let's be honest, a little weird. But weird is good. Phones are fantastic these days, whether you spend $300 or $1,300. When they can all generally do what we expect, aesthetics come to the forefront. From the red recording light on the back of this $799 Android phone to the quirky pedometer widget that tracks your steps via a stick figure, the Phone (3) feels f

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The 5 Best Prime Day Action Camera Deals for Thrill Seekers (2025)

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2026-02-04 22:14:20

The Insta360 Go 3S (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is an action camera with an escape pod. In action camera mode, it looks like the Ace Pro above, complete with flip-up screen, but then you can also pull out the tiny little camera itself and shoot with just that. The case will continue to act as a remote monitor if you want it, but I find I rarely use it this way. The beauty of the little camera pod is the extremely strong magnetic mounting system which will stick to just about anything metal, making t

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macOS Tahoe: Reports of FireWire’s death not greatly exaggerated

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-02-05 11:12:22

How dead is FireWire support in macOS Tahoe 26? As dead as the iPod, as far as the Mac is concerned, which is at least a little sad. Stephen Hackett checked. In classic 512 Pixels fashion, he’s conjured together a real world demonstration using a battle-tested FireWire 800 cable-connected drive, two Thunderbolt adapters including a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 dongle, and a Mac. Woof. The result? A drive that correctly appeared as several volumes on macOS Sequoia just looks like an adapter to nowhere on

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LookingGlass: Generative Anamorphoses via Laplacian Pyramid Warping

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 17:11:58

Anamorphosis refers to a category of images that are intentionally distorted, making them unrecognizable when viewed directly. Their true form only reveals itself when seen from a specific viewpoint, which can be through some catadioptric device like a mirror or a lens. While the construction of these mathematical devices can be traced back to as early as the 17th century, they are only interpretable when viewed from a specific vantage point and tend to lose meaning when seen normally. In this p

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The 8 Best Travel Pillows (2025), Tested on Planes

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2026-02-06 12:32:41

I’m sorry, but I find this travel pillow hideous. It’s just so big and dorky. But damn if it isn’t effective. It’s actually really comfortable. It’s sort of like a scarf that you wrap around your neck, with a built-in frame that cradles your head securely and comfortably. The scarf part is nice and made of soft fleece, similar to other travel scarves or blankets. The hook-and-loop attachment point isn’t too loud when you adjust it, so you won’t disturb your neighbors. The Trtl comes in a few col

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How to get started with Old English poetry

news.ycombinator.com Colin Gorrie 2026-02-05 17:56:15

The Shipwreck (1805), Joseph Mallord William Turner Most people who know anything at all about Old English poetry will be aware of the existence of Beowulf. Perhaps they will even have read it. But far fewer will be aware of the 90% of Old English poetry that is not Beowulf. It’s a shame, because the back catalogue of Old English poetry — the deep cuts — are well worth reading. And, in general, these poems are much easier (and shorter) to read than Beowulf. The entire corpus of surviving poet

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GameStop Might've Sold Your Purchase Data to Facebook: How to Claim a Piece of the Settlement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 16:00:00

There's still time to claim part of GameStop privacy settlement. Have you bought something from video game retailer GameStop in the past five years? Did you have a Facebook account when you did so? According to an email I received awhile back, that includes me. If it includes you as well, you can claim your own piece of a brewing settlement from the company, and you've still got a few weeks to do so. Last month, GameStop agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it o

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Wildly Beautiful and Rare "Red Sprite" Flare Seen on Earth From Orbit

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-07 12:30:00

Red Sprite NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, currently stationed on board the International Space Station, shared an incredible image of a sprite — a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high above the clouds by "intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below." The image shows the rare electrical discharge in the shape of a starkly red, upended umbrella, hovering high over a brewing storm, like some sort of occult tower from "Lord of the Rings." "Just. Wow," Ayers tweeted. "As we went

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Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the Galaxy

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-07 15:45:03

Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from interstellar space. Yesterday, the intriguing stranger was named A11pl3Z. Now, it's earned the esteemed designation 3I/ATLAS — that "I" standing for "interstellar." 3I/ATLAS is currently located between the orbits of the asteroid belt and Jupiter, the New York Times reports, where it's about 416 million miles away from the Sun, NASA said. That's equal to four and a half times the

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How Gareth Edwards Made ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ His Ultimate Spielberg Love letter

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-02-09 12:00:21

That Jurassic World Rebirth is the seventh film in a franchise started by Steven Spielberg should make at least one thing obvious. The film’s existence alone is a tribute to the iconic director. And while previous iterations have honored the filmmaker’s work in other ways, Rebirth takes things to a whole other level. “In reading the script, there are scenes [and] descriptions where they’re in a boat chasing a giant creature through the water. They’re leaning forward at the front with a rifle. T

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Ask HN: How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 21:28:34

Soham Parekh is all the rage on Twitter right now with a bunch of startups coming out of the woodwork saying they either had currently employed him or had in the past. Serious question: why aren't so many startups hiring processes filtering out a candidate who is scamming/working multiple jobs?

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Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-10 02:00:22

Welcome to Edition 8.01 of the Rocket Report! Today's edition will be a little shorter than normal because, for one day only, we celebrate fake rockets—fireworks—rather than the real thing. For our American readers, we hope you have a splendid Fourth of July holiday weekend. For our non-American readers, you may be wondering what the heck is happening in our country right now. Alas, making sense of <waves hands> all this is beyond the scope of this humble little newsletter. As always, we welcom

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Ted Cruz’s Bid to Reclaim Space Shuttle Discovery Could Cost $400 Million

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-02-10 14:00:30

At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into a risky process to relocate the Space Shuttle to Houston under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill. President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, includes a provision to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Virginia to Space Center Houston. The Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act was added to t

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I Loved Using This Keyboard, but There Was One Thing I Just Couldn't Get Used To

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-10 14:00:07

Gaming keyboards are everywhere these days, and with a plethora of options available it's not hard to find a good one. They can also be expensive, so it can be difficult to know if the investment is worth the money. It's with that in mind I got in the new the new Vulcan II Mini Air from Turtle Beach. I have some thoughts. Turtle Beach bought the company behind these keyboards, Roccat, several years ago, but it only started phasing out that branding in May of 2024. So you might still find the Ro

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Crunchyroll blames third-party vendor for AI subtitle mess

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-11 06:57:48

At the start of last year, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini told The Verge the company was "very focused on testing" generative AI tools for subtitling and captioning speech to text. The comment came just months after the streamer temporarily took down the debut episode of one of its newest shows, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, after people complained about poor subtitles. Much of the translation was nonsensical, with missing punctuation in many sentences. At the time, some fans speculated th

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Trump Expects Paramount to Run Conservative PSAs Following Hush Money Payments

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-02-11 05:25:27

Paramount is learning the hard way why you don’t simply acquiesce to bullies. Earlier this week, the company came to a preliminary settlement agreement with Donald Trump in a case where the President accused the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris in 2024. That settlement (which has been described by some as “bribery” with intent to get Trump to green light Paramount’s attempted merger with Skydance Media) pays Trump $16 million. Trump’s legal team also cl

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EA's next Battlefield game may be in trouble and over budget

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-12 17:00:46

EA's next Battlefield game is supposedly arriving sometime in spring 2026, but its development is reportedly fraught with issues, leading some of its developers to worry that certain parts of the game won't be well-received. According to a lengthy Ars Technica piece about the game's development troubles and problems facing AAA titles' development as a whole, EA had lofty goals for the next Battlefield (codenamed Glacier) to the point that team members working on the project think they're near un

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Microsoft Layoffs Are Here and These 3 Games Have Already Been Canceled

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-12 16:00:00

Microsoft is moving ahead with mass layoffs, cutting a little less than 4% of its workforce or about 9,000 roles across the company. As a result, multiple games brewing within Xbox Game Studios were canceled, including some fairly high-profile projects. When reached for comment, Microsoft directed CNET to reports Wednesday by Variety, confirming their accuracy. "To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain area

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Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2026-02-12 17:49:35

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms. The cooperative PvE third-person shooter was an unexpected hit when it first launched simultaneously on PlayStation 5 and PC in earl

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Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-11 22:43:13

Clothoff—one of the leading apps used to quickly and cheaply make fake nudes from images of real people—reportedly is planning a global expansion to continue dominating deepfake porn online. Also known as a nudify app, Clothoff has resisted attempts to unmask and confront its operators. Last August, the app was among those that San Francisco's city attorney, David Chiu, sued in hopes of forcing a shutdown. But recently, a whistleblower—who had "access to internal company information" as a forme

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Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2026-02-14 03:45:41

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to the test, using a decades-old design on a new launch vehicle. NASA teams successfully completed the RS-25 engine checkout tests at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ensuring seamless communication between the SLS core stage and its engines ahead of the first crewed mission to the lunar environm

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Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-14 08:20:56

Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called "Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show" — and trust us, there's no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error. (We double checked, and it's still there as of this

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Microsoft Layoffs Result in at Least 3 Games Being Cancelled

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-14 06:50:00

Microsoft is moving ahead with mass layoffs, cutting a little less than 4% of its workforce or about 9,000 roles across the company. Perhaps unavoidably, multiple games in development within Xbox Game Studios have been cancelled as a result. When reached for comment, Microsoft directed CNET to reports Wednesday by Variety, confirming their accuracy. "To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the bus

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Terra CO2 cements $124M Series B to slash concrete’s carbon footprint

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-02-14 17:49:51

Concrete has been around for millennia, but Terra CO2 thinks it has a better way to make the ubiquitous building material, and investors appear to agree. The Golden, Colorado-based startup recently closed a $124.5 million Series B to help bring its low-carbon cement replacement to market. Cement — the stuff that binds aggregate together to form concrete — weighs heavily on the climate. The CO 2 released by the chemical reaction that makes Portland cement, the most common type of cement, and th

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I'm dialing back my LLM usage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-14 23:48:22

From the Agentic Engineering Sessions | Aired on July 1st, 2025 We invited Alberto Fortin, a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience, to share his candid journey with AI. Alberto initially embraced LLMs with genuine enthusiasm, hoping they would revolutionize his development workflow. However, after encountering significant challenges while rebuilding his infrastructure with Go and ClickHouse, he wrote a thoughtful blog post reflecting on the gap between AI hype and reality. For

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What’s wrong with AAA games? The development of the next Battlefield has answers.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-15 02:16:08

It's been 23 years since the first Battlefield game, and the video game industry is nearly unrecognizable to anyone who was immersed in it then. Many people who loved the games of that era have since become frustrated with where AAA (big budget) games have ended up. Today, publisher EA is in full production on the next Battlefield title—but sources close to the project say it has faced culture clashes, ballooning budgets, and major disruptions that have left many team members fearful that parts

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Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the Galaxy

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