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Paul Giamatti Is Playing an Alien Bad Guy In ‘Starfleet Academy’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-29 15:15:53

Ahead of Star Trek‘s usual blockbuster panel inside Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Entertainment Weekly has lifted the lid on the next new Trek show, Starfleet Academy—and with it, our first look at Paul Giamatti’s mysterious villain. In an extensive preview, Entertainment Weekly revealed a few more intriguing details about the show, which has largely remained hidden ahead of this weekend’s blowout appearance at Comic-Con. Set in the 32nd century after the events of Star Trek: Discovery—and at

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The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-30 06:00:00

Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under sweeping new online child safety laws coming into force, self-reporting checkboxes that allow anyone to claim adulthood on porn websites will be replaced by age-estimating face scans, ID document uploads, credit card checks, and more. Some of the biggest porn websites—including Pornhub and YouPorn—have said that they will comply with the new rul

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The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-30 20:10:00

Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of federal programs will obscure the nation’s contributions to climate change. The Data Foundation, a Washington, DC, nonprofit, is fundraising for an initiative that will coordinate efforts among nonprofits, technical experts, and companies to improve the accuracy and accessibility of climate emissions information. It will build on an effort to

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How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs

technologyreview.com James Temple 2025-12-31 04:00:00

Given the “dramatic changes” brought about by this administration, “the future will not be the past,” she says. “This is like a natural disaster. We can’t think about rebuilding in the way that things have been in the past. We have to look ahead and say, ‘What is needed? What can people afford?’” Organizations can also use this moment to test and develop emerging technologies that could improve greenhouse-gas measurements, including novel sensors or artificial intelligence tools, Hayes says. “

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Samsung flexes its customization muscles with LockStar’s new fingerprint unlock animations

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-31 06:22:33

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has updated Good Lock’s LockStar module to support One UI 8. The updated module brings some fun, new fingerprint unlocking animations. Unfortunately, these animations don’t work on phones running One UI 7. Samsung is bringing some playfulness to the lock screen experience with the latest update to its LockStar module. Version 7.0.01.5 of the module targeted at One UI 8 introduces a handful of new fingerprint unlock animations that make unlocking de

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San Diego Comic-Con’s ‘Aztec Batman’ Trailer Explores Mythos, Culture, and Justice In a New Light

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-31 05:30:51

During San Diego Comic-Con, HBO Max finally showcased its upcoming DC Studios animated Batman movie, Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires. The film, also known as Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios, offers a new take on the Caped Crusader’s storied mythos. According to HBO Max Latin America‘s press release, its story will center on “a young Aztec boy named Yohualli Coatl, whose father, village leader Toltecatzin, is murdered by Spanish Conquistadors. Coatl flees to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma

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The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law

wired.com Fernanda González 2026-01-01 20:31:18

If a country fails to take decisive action to protect the planet from climate change, it could be breaking international law and be held liable for damages caused to humanity. This is one of the conclusions of an unprecedented advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal obligations of states in the face of this environmental crisis. The 15 judges that make up the ICJ, the highest judicial body of the United Nations, described the need to address the threat o

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The Download: gas and oil’s role in climate tech, and using AI to decipher ancient Latin

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-01-02 15:10:00

—Casey Crownhart After writing about Quaise, a geothermal startup that’s trying to commercialize new drilling technology, I've been thinking about the role oil and gas companies are playing in the energy transition. It’s becoming increasingly common in climate tech to see a startup join up with a bigger fossil fuel company in its field, like Quaise has with Nabors Industries, one of the biggest drilling firms in the world. This industry has resources and energy expertise—but also a vested inte

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South Park to stream on Paramount+ after bidding war

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-01-02 23:14:14

South Park to stream on Paramount+ after bidding war 4 hours ago Share Save Osmond Chia Business reporter, BBC News Reporting from Singapore Share Save Comedy Central/Facebook The creators of South Park - Trey Parker and Matt Stone - have struck a deal for the long-running satirical cartoon to stream on Paramount+. Under the five-year deal, Paramount+ will show all 26 previous seasons of the cartoon and debut 50 new episodes starting this week. The move comes after a months-long bidding war a

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CarPlay and AirPods work better than ever together in iOS 26, here’s how

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-04 15:02:13

For the longest time, one of AirPods’ best features has been absent when in the car. But in iOS 26, Apple is making AirPods and CarPlay work better together than ever. Here’s how. AirPods automatic switching supports CarPlay in iOS 26 Automatic switching is one of those ‘magic moment’ features that can make the Apple ecosystem so appealing. Essentially, the AirPods feature detects which Apple product you’re using at any given moment, and switches your AirPods to connect to that active device.

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Show HN: Header-only GIF decoder in pure C – no malloc, easy to use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 21:36:33

I built a lightweight GIF decoder in pure C, ideal for embedded or performance-critical environments. It’s header-only, zero dynamic memory allocations, and fully platform-independent. Supports both static and animated GIFs, with turbo and safe decoding modes. Works great on microcontrollers, IoT devices, and anything with a framebuffer. Would love feedback or ideas where this could be useful. Github: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/TurboStitchGIF-HeaderOn...

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Countries across the world see food price shocks from climate extremes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 17:57:02

"Until we get to net-zero emissions, extreme weather will only get worse, and it's already damaging crops and pushing up the price of food all over the world,” said Maximilian Kotz, BSC researcher and lead author of the study. British potatoes, Californian vegetables, South African maize and Indian onions are among many foods affected by recent price shocks driven by weather extremes, according to a team of international scientists. The study, led by Maximillian Kotz of the Barcelona Supercomp

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TapTrap: Animation‑Driven Tapjacking on Android

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 18:55:19

TapTrap is a new type of attack targeting Android devices. It allows an app without any permissions to misuse screen animations. This app can secretly open another screen, such as a permission prompt, and make it invisible. The attack can then be used to trick you into performing sensitive actions, such as granting camera permissions or even erasing your device, without your consent. The idea is simple: imagine you’re using an app. While you use it, it opens another screen, such as a system pro

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Disney Parks Animatronics, Rated Yearbook-Style

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-06 00:45:33

Walt Disney is just the latest animatronic to be featured in Disney Parks’ experiences and attractions. The figure debuted for Disneyland’s 70th birthday at the Main Street Opera House, headlining a new show. In Walt Disney – A Magical Life, you can come face-to-face with the man behind the name, programmed to present his history as Imagineering’s latest tech feat. The figure joins the legacy of Disney’s contribution to theme park advancements, combining animation and robotics for his animatron

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Disney World Is Shutting Down One Part of Its ‘Star Wars’ Experience

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-06 20:00:38

Another Walt Disney World attraction will be making way for something new at Hollywood Studios. Star Wars Launch Bay will be closing down for good and will be replaced by The Magic of Disney Animation. The Disney Parks Blog news follows the final days of Muppet*Vision 3-D and the courtyard closure to begin construction for the new Monsters Inc. Monstropolis area and attraction. The Launch Bay area has been overdue for some sprucing, and really, once Galaxy’s Edge opened, its days were clearly n

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Don't animate height

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 12:44:19

Our app was mysteriously using 60% CPU and 25% GPU on my M2 MacBook. It turned out this was due to a tiny CSS animation! In this post, I show how to find expensive animations, why some are so expensive, and how to make many animations much cheaper. Along the way, we'll learn how the browser renders CSS animations and how to use Chrome's dev tools for performance profiling. The problem While building Granola, a note-taking app, I noticed it was using 60% CPU and 25% GPU on my M2 MacBook: Activ

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Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-07 05:27:10

AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a public notice in the event of a data breach. AMEOS is a Zurich-based healthcare provider that employs 18,000 staff in over 100 hospitals, clinics, rehabilitati

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Don't Animate Height

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 00:44:19

Our app was mysteriously using 60% CPU and 25% GPU on my M2 MacBook. It turned out this was due to a tiny CSS animation! In this post, I show how to find expensive animations, why some are so expensive, and how to make many animations much cheaper. Along the way, we'll learn how the browser renders CSS animations and how to use Chrome's dev tools for performance profiling. The problem While building Granola, a note-taking app, I noticed it was using 60% CPU and 25% GPU on my M2 MacBook: Activ

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Killing the Mauna Loa observatory over irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2

news.ycombinator.com Rik Myslewski 2026-01-07 14:40:28

Column When you don't like the message, what do you do? You shoot the messenger, of course. That's the strategy being employed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration as it works to avoid, ignore, or bury data that prove the reality of anthropogenic global warming and its evil twin climate change. Case in point: The Trump administration recently released its draft budget [PDF] for the country's premier analytical agency focused on Earth systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm

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1KB JavaScript Numbers Station

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2026-01-07 20:47:54

Code Golf is the art/science of creating wonderful little demos in an artificially constrained environment. This year the js1024 competition was looking for entries with the theme of "Creepy". I am not a serious bit-twiddler. I can't create JS shaders which produce intricate 3D worlds in a scrap of code. But I can use slightly obscure JavaScript APIs! There's something deliciously creepy about Numbers Stations - the weird radio frequencies which broadcast seemingly random numbers and words. Ar

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I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-08 00:33:56

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET One of the best parts of my job is that I get to chat with industry folks who, like me, eat and breathe AI tools. After meeting with yet another (non-Google-affiliated) media person last week who told me how much they loved NotebookLM, I decided to give it a real try. Also: OpenAI wins gold at prestigious math competition - why that matters more than you think Although I've tried several NotebookLM features for the site before and have been impressed, finding a wa

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I know genomes and I didn’t delete my data from 23andMe

news.ycombinator.com Steven Salzberg 2026-01-07 02:52:26

As word spread last year that 23andMe was about to go bankrupt, many of their millions of customers wondered if they should delete their data. Social and conventional media were quick to offer advice, sometimes coming from experts in genetics and genomics–my field, I should note–on how to go onto the 23andMe website and delete all of your data. In March of this year, the California attorney general issued a warning that 23andMe was “in financial distress,” and he told Californians that they oug

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Fiberglass-Free, Chemical-Free: Natural Fire Barriers for Mattresses

wired.com Julia Forbes 2026-01-08 16:41:00

What do mattresses and a box of matches have in common? It's not just that they’re both rectangular—both can can be very flammable if you're not careful. Mattresses have historically posed a significant fire hazard, and they still can without careful attention to the materials used. In the US, an estimated 20,800 residential fires occurred due to mattresses and bedding igniting from flame exposure between 1996 and 1998, according to FEMA. At that time, fires involving mattresses and bedding wer

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My favourite German word

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 09:11:14

My favourite German word¶ 30th June 2025 A documentation colleague recently challenged me with a question: Nowadays, more and more people reach for an LLM tool to provide the information they want. If human beings don’t actually read it, what is the point of writing and structuring documentation for humans? Newer generations (she said) are becoming unskilled at finding information for themselves. They seem less able to digest what they find, to apply it to their problems. But it’s not just t

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Google DeepMind makes AI history with gold medal win at world’s toughest math competition

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-08 18:33:34

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Google DeepMind announced Monday that an advanced version of its Gemini artificial intelligence model has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving five of six exceptionally difficult problems and earning recognition as the first AI system to receive official gold-level grading from

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Gemini with Deep Think achieves gold-medal standard at the IMO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 17:36:13

The International Mathematical Olympiad (“IMO”) is the world’s most prestigious competition for young mathematicians, and has been held annually since 1959. Each country taking part is represented by six elite, pre-university mathematicians who compete to solve six exceptionally difficult problems in algebra, combinatorics, geometry, and number theory. Medals are awarded to the top half of contestants, with approximately 8% receiving a prestigious gold medal. Recently, the IMO has also become a

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Videos and images in Google Messages have a smooth new animation (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-09 05:53:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages may introduce a new animation for the media player. Videos and images now slide into view from the bottom of the screen instead of fading in and out. You can also swipe down to close an image or video. Google is not new to tweaking its apps. Sometimes, those changes improve the experience, make the experience worse, or have no effect at all. The next tweak is coming for the Messages app, and it seems like an update that will fall into

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The Krull dimension of the semiring of natural numbers is equal to 2

news.ycombinator.com Antoine Chambert-Loir 2026-01-05 16:48:39

A blog about math (mainly), computer tricks (sometimes) and jazz music.

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I know genomes. Don't delete your DNA

news.ycombinator.com Steven Salzberg 2026-01-09 14:52:26

As word spread last year that 23andMe was about to go bankrupt, many of their millions of customers wondered if they should delete their data. Social and conventional media were quick to offer advice, sometimes coming from experts in genetics and genomics–my field, I should note–on how to go onto the 23andMe website and delete all of your data. In March of this year, the California attorney general issued a warning that 23andMe was “in financial distress,” and he told Californians that they oug

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How to remove personal information to protect yourself from stalkers

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-01-07 11:00:00

With data brokers making big money by selling your personal details, it’s never been easier for bad actors to get access to your phone number, email address, physical address, and even sensitive data like your social security number. That doesn’t just leave you at risk from spammers and scammers, but some people unfortunately have to worry about their contact details being used for stalking and harassment … How to remove personal information Data brokers are companies whose business is buying

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Paul Giamatti Is Playing an Alien Bad Guy In ‘Starfleet Academy’

The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat

How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs

Samsung flexes its customization muscles with LockStar’s new fingerprint unlock animations

San Diego Comic-Con’s ‘Aztec Batman’ Trailer Explores Mythos, Culture, and Justice In a New Light

The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law

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Countries across the world see food price shocks from climate extremes

TapTrap: Animation‑Driven Tapjacking on Android

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Disney World Is Shutting Down One Part of Its ‘Star Wars’ Experience

Don't animate height

Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

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Killing the Mauna Loa observatory over irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2

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I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer

I know genomes and I didn’t delete my data from 23andMe

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The Krull dimension of the semiring of natural numbers is equal to 2

I know genomes. Don't delete your DNA

How to remove personal information to protect yourself from stalkers

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