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Superman is a box office hit, but the hard part comes next

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2026-01-23 08:22:45

Over the weekend, DC Studios’ new Superman feature became this year’s third-biggest box-office debut in the US. The movie’s success is a sign that theatergoers might actually not be quite as tired of superheroes as people tend to think, and that’s particularly notable for Warner Bros., given the studio’s plan to build a new cinematic universe of DC Comics adaptations for the big screen. But making interconnected film franchises work is easier said than done. And even though Superman is putting u

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NeuralOS: An Operating System Powered by Neural Networks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-23 11:54:26

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Watching ‘X-Men’ 25 Years Ago Was a Game-Changing Moment

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-23 12:00:12

It’s hard to describe what it was like to sit down, 25 years ago today, to watch X-Men. I was born in 1980 and grew up loving and adoring superheroes. The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were everything to me. Posters and toys for Tim Burton’s Batman films were all over my room. And each week, I’d go to the local comic book shop to pick up new issues of X-Men, X-Force, X-O Manowar, Spawn, and so many others. The 1990s in particular were a golden age for comic books, but on the big screen, ther

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Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-23 12:06:08

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The companions available currently include Ani, an anime avatar, and Rudy, a cartoony red panda. Ani also has what TestingCatalog describes as an “NSFW” mode where the character wears lingerie. (And just a warning: if you search for posts

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US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-01-24 03:58:16

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing of the announcement is striking given Grok’s recent high-profile spiral, which drew congressional ire and public pushback. The use of technology

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Pebblebee’s AirTag alternative now doubles as a panic alarm

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-01-24 08:00:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Pebblebee has announced a new personal safety feature for its Clip location tracker that’s compatible with both Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find Hub network. Alert is being introduced as a free update to the Pebblebee app today, and the company says it will work with current and future versions of the Clip without requiring a subscription fee. P

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Why James Gunn Wanted a Younger Jor-El In ‘Superman’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-24 17:00:28

The role Superman’s parents play in his life has always differed across years of comic book reshuffling and myriad adaptations. But in our latest crack at the Kryptonian whip in James Gunn’s Superman, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van play a brief, but fundamental role in the movie. Casting the role for Gunn was crucial, not just because of the character’s legacy—but because he wanted to buck a trend from other live-action Superman films. In Superman Jor-El and Lara are played by the voice of Rocket Racc

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Sony’s Best-in-Class ANC Headphones May Have a Major Design Flaw

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-01-24 17:30:58

Sony’s WH-1000XM6 headphones might sound great, but that’s only if they don’t break before you put them on your head. While it’s too early to say whether Sony’s latest world-class headphones have a widespread issue, the first reports of broken hinges are starting to roll in, and they feel ominously reminiscent of similar problems with the WH-1000XM5. See Sony WH-1000XM6 at Best Buy In a Reddit thread that’s actually pulled from a Red Note post (sorry for the convolution; that’s just the way li

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Google Contacts could soon let you control clutter from third-party apps (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 14:08:52

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google Contacts could soon allow users to show or hide read-only contacts synced from connected apps. The new feature aims to help users troubleshoot issues like duplicated contacts by revealing otherwise hidden view-only entries. Most users likely won’t need this enabled, but the switch offers better visibility for those who occasionally need it. Update, July 14, 2025 (07:08 AM ET): The ability to show and hide read-only contacts is now rolling out to

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Google Contacts is making it easier to check when you last contacted someone (Updated: Rolling out)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 14:13:04

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google Contacts could soon start displaying recent calls and texts on contact profiles. The feature will appear as a new “Recent activity” section on contact profiles, listing the last call and text with each contact. Update, July 14, 2025 (07:13 AM ET): Profile pages within the Contacts app now show Recent activity, with the feature rolling out with Google Contacts v4.58.27. Original article, April 30, 2025 (06:53 AM ET): Google Contacts‘ Single Contac

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The U.S. Is Testing Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Can Go Practically Anywhere

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-24 23:00:42

In contrast to other technological advances, the objective for next-generation nuclear reactors seems to be to scale down, not up—an initiative backed by the Department of Energy (DOE). Earlier this month, the DOE announced a conditional agreement made with private firms Westinghouse and Radiant to conduct the first reactor tests at its Demonstration on Microreactor Experiment (DOME) facility, located at Idaho National Laboratory. These experiments, featuring two trailer-sized microreactors, w

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A software conference that advocates for quality

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-25 11:50:51

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Alexander Skarsgård Ruined Multiple ‘Murderbot’ Finale Scenes by Crying

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-25 09:15:53

Season one of Murderbot wrapped up in a way that was sad yet hopeful—read io9’s recap here—with the underlying joy for fans that the Apple TV+ series will be returning to adapt more of Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries stories. And Alexander Skarsgård, who plays the title character, felt plenty of human emotion welling up while he was portraying the self-aware robot in the finale. Speaking to Collider, the actor, who’s also one of Murderbot‘s executive producers, spoke about the scene, in which h

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The Spell Is Still Working: Lee Pace Has Joined ‘Practical Magic 2’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-25 22:45:00

Practical Magic 2 is already sky-high on our list of most-anticipated 2026 releases. The 1998 original follows the romantic misadventures of the witchy Owens sisters, played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman—and has since become a Halloween-adjacent cult classic. It maybe didn’t need a sequel, but Hollywood knows that fans have long wanted one. And now we know more of the names joining Bullock and Kidman this time around. First things first: bringing back Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest—th

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Google Contacts just got two upgrades that’ll help you clean up your address book

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-26 03:17:41

Harley Maranan / Android Authority TL;DR Google Contacts has recently started rolling out a couple changes we spotted in development earlier this year. Contact pages are picking up a new “Recent activity” list, displaying message and call history. The app’s settings add a new toggle to control whether or not you see view-only contacts from other apps. Our phones are full of apps we don’t spend nearly enough time paying attention to, yet are critical for everything we do with them on a day-to

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The Amazfit Active 2, one of our favorite fitness trackers, is just $79.99 right now

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2026-01-27 03:00:00

If you’re looking for a budget-friendly smartwatch that doesn’t skimp on features, the Amazfit Active 2 is one of the best Prime Day deals you’ll find. Normally $99.99, it was already a great deal in and of itself, but right now it’s practically a steal starting at $79.99 ($20 off) directly from Amazfit and Amazon, which is a new low price. Unlike most budget smartwatches, the Active 2 actually looks and feels premium with its stainless steel case and tempered glass. For an additional $50, you

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Microsoft and OpenAI's AGI Fight Is Bigger Than a Contract

wired.com Steven Levy 2026-01-27 06:11:10

I first learned about The Clause from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. During an interview with him in May 2023, I asked about the deal between Microsoft and OpenAI that granted his company exclusive access to the startup’s groundbreaking AI technology. I knew the contract had set a cap on how much profit Microsoft could make from the arrangement, and I asked him what would happen if and when that point was reached. The answer was a bit puzzling. “Fundamentally, their long-term idea is we get to su

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Tesla to officially launch in India with planned showroom opening

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-01-27 12:03:25

Tesla will open a showroom in Mumbai, India next week, marking the U.S. electric carmakers first official foray into the country. The one and a half hour launch event for the Tesla "Experience Center" will take place on July 15 at the Maker Maxity Mall in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, according to an event invitation seen by CNBC. Along with the showroom display, which will feature the company's cars, Tesla is also likely to officially launch direct sales to Indian customers. The automaker

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Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-27 12:15:23

In Brief Samsung released its first fitness-focused smart ring last year, adding to its stable of wearables that’s mostly comprised of smartwatches. The company is now looking to bolster its lineup with new wearables in different form factors, like glasses, earrings, and necklaces, CNN reported. Won-joon Choi, COO of Samsung’s mobile experience division, told CNN that the company wants to explore form factors that let users communicate and do things without needing their phones. “We believe i

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Gboard could return to basics with a numpad-inspired layout for certain languages (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-27 23:56:54

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a compact keyboard layout as part of Gboard for typing in Hindi. This new layout places characters from the Hindi alphabet across a grid of ten buttons. Each button can hold up to five characters, which can be inserted by swiping in their respective directions. Google has been working to bring several new changes to the Gboard app on Android, empowering it with more AI chops. More recently, we’ve learned about a new, more concise

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Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrods cyberattacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-26 21:46:02

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four people suspected of being involved in cyberattacks on major retailers in the country, including Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals are two 19-year-old males, one 17-year-old male, and a 20-year-old female, who were apprehended earlier today in their homes in London and the West Midlands. One of them is Latvian, and the rest are English. The police also confiscated electronic devices to examine them for potential incr

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Deflecting a Killer Asteroid Is More Complicated Than NASA Thought

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-27 21:00:42

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to determine whether humanity could theoretically save itself from a catastrophic asteroid impact. DART collided with Dimorphos, a small moonlet orbiting a larger asteroid called Didymos, on September 26, 2022. The results of the impact blew NASA’s expectations out of the water, shortening Dimorphos’s or

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DC Is Considering Spinoff Shows for ‘Superman’ Supporting Characters

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-27 22:39:56

Superman has barely taken off in theaters, but two of its supporting characters already could be moving ahead. A new report from the Wall Street Journal says that DC Studios president and Superman writer-director James Gunn is considering spinoffs centering on Mister Terrific, played by Edi Gathegi, as well as Jimmy Olsen, played by Skyler Gisondo. io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment or clarification and will update this story if or when we hear back. The move makes sense, though, s

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Trump Wants Border Surveillance Towers That Only Palmer Luckey Can Build

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-01-28 16:35:56

Part of Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill—the massive spending bill that will make permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while gutting social services like Medicaid—calls for new surveillance towers for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use on the northern and southern borders. That’s pretty standard procedure, except for one catch that The Intercept picked up on: the description of the project basically only fits the work of Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industries. The provision

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Show HN: Cactus – Ollama for Smartphones

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-28 22:20:59

Hey HN, Henry and Roman here - we've been building a cross-platform framework for deploying LLMs, VLMs, Embedding Models and TTS models locally on smartphones. Ollama enables deploying LLMs models locally on laptops and edge severs, Cactus enables deploying on phones. Deploying directly on phones facilitates building AI apps and agents capable of phone use without breaking privacy, supports real-time inference with no latency, we have seen personalised RAG pipelines for users and more. Apple a

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The 15 Prime Day deals that are most popular with Verge readers

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2026-01-28 22:18:15

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. She can be found on Threads as @barbarask. It may not surprise anyone who is tech-aware that publications such as The Verge track the affiliate links that are clicked by their readers — in fact, every article that links to a vendor has this statement on top: “If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commi

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How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2026-01-29 08:13:07

On Wednesday, members of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, voted to ratify a new contract for video game performers, officially bringing an end to a nearly yearlong strike. A majority, 95 percent of members, voted in favor of the contract, which guarantees annual raises for three years, increased compensation, and guardrails designed to prevent game companies from giving their work to AI. Actors in the video game industry had been on stri

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Prime deal brings first price drop on the Amazfit Active 2 fitness trackers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-29 22:47:09

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Summer is the time to work on your fitness goals, and Prime Day has thrown up a great chance to save on a motivational companion to your journey. The Amazfit Active 2 Premium is currently available for just $99.99, down from its regular price of $129.99. That’s a 23% discount relative to its retail price, making it its first-ever price drop. Amazfit Active 2 Premium for $99.99 (23% off) If you’re more allured by the Amazfit Active 2 Sport, it’s also subject to a

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Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrod cyberattacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-30 03:46:02

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four people suspected of being involved in cyberattacks on major retailers in the country, including Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals are two 19-year-old males, one 17-year-old male, and a 20-year-old female, who were apprehended earlier today in their homes in London and the West Midlands. One of them is Latvian, and the rest are English. The police also confiscated electronic devices to examine them for potential incr

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My Galaxy phone was missing this crucial Contacts feature, but I found a workaround

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 18:00:36

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority There aren’t many tasks the latest Android phones can’t assist with, which makes it all the stranger when you discover some fundamental functionality missing. This happened to me recently, when I finally got around to cleaning up my contacts list. The chore would be made a whole lot easier if I could sort my contacts by the date I added them, but I realized that this isn’t something you can do. When this issue comes up online, people usually want to look up re

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Superman is a box office hit, but the hard part comes next

NeuralOS: An Operating System Powered by Neural Networks

Watching ‘X-Men’ 25 Years Ago Was a Game-Changing Moment

Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

Pebblebee’s AirTag alternative now doubles as a panic alarm

Why James Gunn Wanted a Younger Jor-El In ‘Superman’

Sony’s Best-in-Class ANC Headphones May Have a Major Design Flaw

Google Contacts could soon let you control clutter from third-party apps (Updated: Rolling out)

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The U.S. Is Testing Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Can Go Practically Anywhere

A software conference that advocates for quality

Alexander Skarsgård Ruined Multiple ‘Murderbot’ Finale Scenes by Crying

The Spell Is Still Working: Lee Pace Has Joined ‘Practical Magic 2’

Google Contacts just got two upgrades that’ll help you clean up your address book

The Amazfit Active 2, one of our favorite fitness trackers, is just $79.99 right now

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Tesla to officially launch in India with planned showroom opening

Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces

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Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrods cyberattacks

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The 15 Prime Day deals that are most popular with Verge readers

How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

Prime deal brings first price drop on the Amazfit Active 2 fitness trackers

Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrod cyberattacks

My Galaxy phone was missing this crucial Contacts feature, but I found a workaround

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