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Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 06:37:16

Are you shipping textures to players as PNGs? The goal of this post is to convince you that this is suboptimal, and walk you through a better approach. I’ll also share my implementation of the suggested approach, but if you’d rather do it yourself I’ll also provide you with the information you need to get started. If you’re using a game engine, it is almost certainly doing what this post suggests automatically, but it doesn’t hurt to double check! What’s wrong with PNGs? source PNGs are great f

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You are rapidly running out of reasons to not get yourself a projector

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 03:37:56

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority I feel like a lot of people follow a similar journey when it comes to projectors. They’re initially wowed by the allure of a giant picture, bringing the cinema experience home. And maybe they’re also intrigued by the flexibility of being able to set things up at a moment’s notice wherever there’s a blank wall. But then the reality of the tech quickly sets in. For all the promise they offer, projectors have been plagued since day one by compromise after compr

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Clarity or accuracy – what makes a good scientific image?

news.ycombinator.com Frankel 2025-10-03 06:02:40

Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History Anika Burgess W. W. Norton (2025) As someone who has spent a career visualizing science, Flashes of Brilliance felt like reading a love letter to the power of the photographic image. This beautifully written book, by writer and photo editor Anika Burgess, is a thoughtful, personal and witty meditation on how imagery does much more than just document a scene. Will AI jeopardize science photog

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Gemini's 'Nano Bananas' AI Image Editing Is Fun, but I Ran Into Too Many Slipups

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 21:00:03

I've been trying out the image editing capabilities in Google's latest generative AI model, and you can, too. Named Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, it upgrades the ability to edit your photos natively in Gemini. AI enthusiasts have referred to it as the "nano bananas" model, spurred on by a series of teasers from Google execs. Google has been investing heavily in its generative media models this year, dropping updated versions of its image and video generator models at its annual I/O developers confere

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How I Fix AI Image Hallucinations While Using ChatGPT, Midjourney and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 14:00:03

I'm CNET's AI image and video generator reviewer, and one of the best parts of my job is laughing at the truly terrible, deeply flawed, occasionally frightening AI images that pop out while I review different AI image generators. Don't get me wrong, AI creative software has come a long way in a short amount of time. I've created beautiful sci-fi scenes in Midjourney, realistic looking product images with Stable Diffusion and AI-ified myself with ChatGPT. But no AI service is perfect, and I've n

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Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 12:58:50

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against popular AI image generator Midjourney, accusing it of stealing and exploiting its intellectual properties. The complaint revolves around the AI tool's ability to generate images and videos of Warner Bros.' popular fictional characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and his friends from Looney Tunes. "Midjourney thinks it is above the law," the company wrote in its lawsuit. It said that the image generator sells

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Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 10:39:38

A little game by the name of Hollow Knight: Silksong just released, and it has thrown platforms into chaos. As you can see from images captured by the Eurogamer team, the likes of Steam was brought to a grinding halt as many flocked to get their hands on the highly-anticipated sequel. Meanwhile, several of us have been unable to add the game to our carts across Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. The PS store, for example, is stuck on Wishlisted at the time of writing. In the words of our Connor: "

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Google Photos gets Veo 3 integration, bringing in even more AI tools

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-10 22:00:42

The video-generation model Veo 3 has come to Google Photos, bringing even more AI tomfoolery to the platform. This allows users to do all sorts of wacky things. First and foremost, the pre-existing photo to video feature has been significantly improved. Google says that it can now be used to turn "still images into even higher-quality clips." There's also a tool called Remix that transforms photos into various styles, like anime drawings, comic book illustrations, 3D animations and more. This i

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Causes Server Chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-11 01:39:38

A little game by the name of Hollow Knight: Silksong just released, and it has thrown platforms into chaos. As you can see from images captured by the Eurogamer team, the likes of Steam was brought to a grinding halt as many flocked to get their hands on the highly-anticipated sequel. Meanwhile, several of us have been unable to add the game to our carts across Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. The PS store, for example, is stuck on Wishlisted at the time of writing. In the words of our Connor: "

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The best stuff announced at IFA so far

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-10-11 02:49:44

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. The doors to IFA 2025 at Messe Berlin don’t officially open to the public until tomorrow, but several companies have already announced new gadgets, tech, features, and upgrades as Europe’s largest consumer tech show gets underway. There’s a lot of news to stay on top of, and if you’re struggling to ingest it all, here are some of the best announ

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TCL’s fun little PlayCube projector is a Google TV concept no more

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-10-11 14:53:24

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. TCL is not a brand that elicits desire, typically, yet here I am, looking at its IFA 2025 announcement of the PlayCube, wondering how a projector that pays homage to both a Rubik’s Cube and TARS can fit into my life. The all-in-one Google TV project

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I Let the Pixel 10's AI Camera Coach Tell Me How to Take Photos and Here Are the Results

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 23:00:10

If you look through the camera roll on your phone, what kind of photos do you find? I see images of my friends, my pets, the odd receipt for a work expense and snapshots of coffee -- hey, I was a barista for 11 years! Not every photo is meant to rival an Ansel Adams masterpiece. (Though I'm sure if he had a smartphone, he'd also take a pic of his parking space to remember where he parked his car.) If you want to take better photos with your phone, Google has added a new tool to the Pixel 10 cam

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Anker stuffed its awesome Nebula X1 projector into a party speaker

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-10-11 20:30:00

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Anker took its portable and incredibly bright Nebula X1 projector and jammed it into a 30 x 17 x 13.5-inch box with a 160W subwoofer to create the Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro. The resulting Google TV party projector — announced at IFA 2025 — weighs 72.4

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Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com John Floren 2025-10-08 20:52:17

Posted 2025/8/28 Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses First and foremost: If you’ve got any documentation on this hardware, please contact me! I would love to read the actual specs for this protocol. Background Before the audio-only AI-based smart glasses of today, we’d periodically see companies announcing smart glasses with displays, usually to small fanfare and little success. The Solos Smart Glasses are just another example. Released in 2018, they targeted cyclists and runners. The co

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James Gunn’s Next DC Movie, ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ Arrives in 2027

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-13 06:54:11

What is James Gunn doing to follow up Superman? After months of teasing, the DC Studios president revealed that he’s making Man of Tomorrow, featuring Superman and Lex Luthor, which will be in theaters July 9, 2027. Gunn’s tweet, embedded below, didn’t offer much else besides the title and release date but his stars, David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult both posted similar images of Superman and Lex so, obviously, they’ll both be returning. You can see those images here and here. This story is d

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Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (September 3)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-13 22:30:27

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-14 03:02:20

Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein A spokesperson from Shein told BBC News: "The image in question was removed immediately upon discovery." It is thought the product he appeared to be modelling was on sale for just under $10 (£7.50). An image with his likeness, which appeared to show him wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt, appeared on the fast-fashion website until its removal. Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched an investigation after an image of Luigi Mangione - acc

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Acer’s new Amadana and CE270 monitors are unusually, strikingly stylish

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-14 05:00:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Did you know Acer acquired a Japanese design firm called Amadana late last year that makes classy coffee gear, retro calculators, air purifiers, and all manner of minimalist low-fi tech? Neither did I till today — but it goes a long way to explaining wh

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AI’s ‘Zoom and Enhance’ Is Bullshit

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-15 05:55:04

Speculation about Donald Trump’s declining health was running rampant on social media over the holiday weekend as Americans wondered whether the president was actually on his deathbed. Some people even turned to AI tools in an effort to get a better look at grainy photos of Trump, who seemed to only be captured in blurry images like Bigfoot in the wild. But using AI like that is a complete waste of time. The AI only confused people because these “enhancements” can’t actually give you a more hon

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F1 in Hungary: Strategy and fast tire changes make all the difference

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 04:37:13

Formula 1 teams can start their annual summer break today. Sometime this month, each of the 10 teams has to close its factory for 14 consecutive days. Laptops stay in the office, email goes unchecked. It all sounds very civilized for a sport where the difference between hero and zero can come down to milliseconds. As was the case at this past weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, at least in qualifying. When the Hungaroring was added to the calendar back in 1986, it was F1's first true foray behind t

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J. Crew Is in Hot Water After Its “Vintage” Ad Turned Out to Be Faked Using AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-18 17:00:34

The American clothing brand J. Crew is under fire after it was revealed that the company used AI to guzzle up its own aesthetic and promote ads with seemingly fake models. The images, which were published to Instagram earlier this month, don't raise immediate alarm bells. Presumed human men are pictured embodying J. Crew's vintage Americana-prep aesthetic: vibing on boats, cycling past storefronts in muted colors, drawing and painting in their paint-splattered studio, and so on. But as style b

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TikTok users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in chats

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-18 13:44:13

TikTok is taking another step towards becoming more than just a platform for infinitely scrolling through short videos. The social media app told TechCrunch that its users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in direct messages or group chats. According to a TikTok spokesperson, these features will roll out in the next few weeks. As voice messaging has risen in popularity, TikTok will embrace the trend but is capping the length of its voice notes to one minute. For images an

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From Bougainvilleas to Trucks: How Pixel 10's AI Camera Coach Helped Me Take Better Photos

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-18 12:00:07

If you look through the camera roll on your phone, what kind of photos do you find? I see images of my friends, my pets, the odd receipt for a work expense and snapshots of coffee -- hey, I was a barista for 11 years! Not every photo is meant to rival an Ansel Adams masterpiece. (Though I'm sure if he had a smartphone, he'd also take a pic of his parking space to remember where he parked his car.) If you want to take better photos with your phone, Google has added a new tool to the Pixel 10 cam

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TikTok is now letting everyone DM each other with voice memos and pictures

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-19 10:53:06

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Every platform wants to be the place you hang with friends — even Spotify as of this week — so it’s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct messaging feature! It told TechCrunch that over the next few weeks, all users should see voice messages

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Vocal Image is using AI to help people communicate better

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-10-20 20:34:00

With 4 million app downloads, Estonia-based startup Vocal Image aims to help people improve their voice and communication skills with AI-powered coaching. But out of its 160,000 active users, it may be its CEO, Nick Lahoika, who best embodies its mission. Lahoika was born in Belarus, didn’t speak English until his relocation to Estonia, and once struggled with speaking anxiety. Yet, he went on to “win a lot of pitch competitions” on behalf of the voice coaching startup, which was inspired by hi

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Here’s where to get the factory images for your new Pixel 10

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 19:12:00

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The factory images for the Pixel 10 series have been posted online. The factory images for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold are not up yet. It’s August 28, which means today is the day that Pixel 10 shipments go out. After all the leaks, it’s nice to finally see the device starting to land in the hands of owners. Along with the release of the new flagship phone, Google also picked today to post the Pixel 10 family’s factory images. Don’t want to miss the best fr

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Honor’s slim Magic V5 foldable is fun to use, minus the huge camera bump

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-22 14:30:00

There is a spec war going on among companies to claim the crown of thinnest foldable. Phone manufacturers are playing with fractions of millimeters to boast about their phone’s thickness. Honor is winning this race on a theoretical basis with its 8.8mm (when folded) thick Magic V5 foldable. I’m saying theoretical because there is a huge, camera-bump-sized caveat to this. Image Credits: Ivan Mehta The thin frame of the device looks and feels great as long as you hold it in a way that your fi

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Rendering a Game in Real-Time with AI

news.ycombinator.com Jeff Schomay 2025-10-22 17:10:14

I made a game. It’s all in ASCII. I wondered if it would be possible to turn it into full motion graphics. In real time. With AI. Let me share how I did it. Let’s start with the game. Lately, I’ve been exploring just how far I can push old-school ASCII RPG style game frameworks. My latest one is called “Thunder Lizard,” which procedurally generates a prehistoric island populated with dinosaurs fighting for dominance as an active volcano threatens the whole island. You can go play it if you’d li

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Rendering an ASCII game in real-time with AI (100ms latency)

news.ycombinator.com Jeff Schomay 2025-10-22 22:10:14

I made a game. It’s all in ASCII. I wondered if it would be possible to turn it into full motion graphics. In real time. With AI. Let me share how I did it. Let’s start with the game. Lately, I’ve been exploring just how far I can push old-school ASCII RPG style game frameworks. My latest one is called “Thunder Lizard,” which procedurally generates a prehistoric island populated with dinosaurs fighting for dominance as an active volcano threatens the whole island. You can go play it if you’d li

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Nothing used stock photography in Phone 3 on-device ad (Updated: Explanation)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 17:40:37

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A Nothing Phone 3 retail demo was spotted making misleading claims about photo samples. Android Authority has spoken to two of the photographers who shot the pics, who confirm they did not use the Phone 3 at all. Asked for comment, Nothing didn’t immediately deny the claims, but later offered an explanation. Update, August 27, 2025 (07:40 AM ET): Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis has provided a detailed explanation for the stock photos found on Nothing

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Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games

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Anker stuffed its awesome Nebula X1 projector into a party speaker

Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

James Gunn’s Next DC Movie, ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ Arrives in 2027

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Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein

Acer’s new Amadana and CE270 monitors are unusually, strikingly stylish

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F1 in Hungary: Strategy and fast tire changes make all the difference

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TikTok is now letting everyone DM each other with voice memos and pictures

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Here’s where to get the factory images for your new Pixel 10

Honor’s slim Magic V5 foldable is fun to use, minus the huge camera bump

Rendering a Game in Real-Time with AI

Rendering an ASCII game in real-time with AI (100ms latency)

Nothing used stock photography in Phone 3 on-device ad (Updated: Explanation)

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