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Everything to Remember About ‘Gen V’ Before It Returns for Season 2

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-28 17:40:42

The Boys spin-off series Gen V returns for its second season this week. While we won’t grieve Prime Video for making more sequel TV series for the tongue-and-cheek superhero show that built a career on taking the piss out of DC and Marvel, we will give it grace by picking up the pieces of Gen V‘s first season so viewers are all caught up just in time for its return on September 17. Here’s everything you need to know about Gen V season one. Gen V centers on Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), a Supe wi

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Plagued by Parts Shortage and EV Demand Uncertainty, GM Prepares for Layoffs

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-09-29 21:30:54

Automotive giant General Motors is preparing for layoffs at its assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri. Although the layoffs will be temporary, the majority of the workers at the plant will be affected, according to a letter sent to employees by the plant’s executive director and the local UAW representative. GM’s Wentzville plant builds the company’s Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size trucks, as well as the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans. The latter two are some of GM

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This new AI voice trainer can help you learn a new language

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-30 08:00:25

MirageC/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Babbel Speaks walks new speakers through language tests. The AI-powered voice trainer targets beginners. Babbel aims to go beyond language knowledge to in-practice use. While learning any aspect of a new language is hard, actually speaking it is often the most intimidating and challenging. Babbel Speak, a new AI-powered feature from language learning platform Babbel, aims to help, ta

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Parts shortage is the latest problem to hit General Motors production

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-02 01:38:52

General Motors will temporarily lay off workers at its Wentzville assembly plant in Missouri. According to a letter sent to employees by the head of the plant and the head of the local union, a shortage of parts is the culprit, and as a result the factory will see "a temporary layoff from September 29-October 19." The plant is about 45 minutes west of St Louis and employs more than 4,000 people to assemble midsize pickup trucks for Chevrolet and GMC, as well as full-size vans. Not every employe

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Pixel’s At a Glance widget could soon work across more wallpaper choices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 17:24:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel Launcher’s At a Glance widget may soon be upgraded for better text visibility. Google appears to be testing a new high-contrast background for the widget to enhance the readability of the text. Besides the home screen, these changes also show up on the lock screen. Google’s At a Glance widget for Pixel phones provides useful information, including weather updates, calendar events, upcoming flights, and even your fitness data, directly on your home s

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Rumor: smaller Dynamic Island but no under-screen Face ID for iPhone 18

9to5mac.com Dylan Mcdonald 2025-10-02 06:27:01

As Apple continues towards their goal of a true all-screen iPhone, it looks like the iPhone 18 will get them one step closer. There have long been conflicting rumors on when the Dynamic Island might finally see a design update. Most recently, it was rumored that the iPhone 17 may have a smaller Dynamic Island, but that of course didn’t pan out. However, according to Instant Digital on Weibo, the iPhone 18 lineup will see a narrower Dynamic Island cutout, but will not yet be making the move to a

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Celestia – Real-time 3D visualization of space

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 12:30:19

Interactive Planetarium Celestia serves as a planetarium – for an observer on any celestial object. You can easily navigate to any world and land on its surface. When used as a planetarium, Celestia shows accurate positions of solar system objects in the sky. You can switch labels and other supporting features on and off with hotkeys, or zoom in and out on an object of interest, for example Jupiter’s system of moons.

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Celestia – real-time 3D visualization of space

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 17:30:19

Interactive Planetarium Celestia serves as a planetarium – for an observer on any celestial object. You can easily navigate to any world and land on its surface. When used as a planetarium, Celestia shows accurate positions of solar system objects in the sky. You can switch labels and other supporting features on and off with hotkeys, or zoom in and out on an object of interest, for example Jupiter’s system of moons.

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Plant Care Tips for the Winter, According to Experts (2025)

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2025-10-02 03:39:00

Indoor plant care is always tricky. While it's all fine and dandy to take care of them when the summer sun is shining, keeping your plants alive in winter can feel like a whole ’nother story. Being a houseplant enthusiast is akin to having several silent children, all with finicky needs and limited ways of communicating them. If your green thumb is feeling a little yellow or brown these days, fear not! I interviewed several experts to figure out exactly how to keep your plants happy during the c

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OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-02 12:30:56

OpenAI claims to have figured out what's driving "hallucinations," or AI models' strong tendency to make up answers that are factually incorrect. It's a major problem plaguing the entire industry, greatly undercutting the usefulness of the tech. Worse yet, experts have found that the problem is getting worse as AI models get more capable. As a result, despite incurring astronomical expenses in their deployment, frontier AI models are still prone to making inaccurate claims when faced with a pr

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YouTube Premium’s main shortcoming is stopping me from subscribing

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 11:00:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority Not a day goes by without YouTube urging me to subscribe to Premium. Whether barraging me with endless ads or taunting me with the lack of free downloads and background play support, Google believes it has a compelling case of pay-to-play. I’m not so sure. Even though a Premium subscription would save me a lot of headaches and allow me access to other features, there are no plans that fit my living situation, and this is likely a problem for many others as well.

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Gemini Live is giving me the confidence to speak my second language

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-01 13:00:40

Prakhar Khanna / Android Authority Recently when testing out Gemini’s ability to recognize different accents and languages, I realized that the AI tool’s Live mode actually understands my second language: Afrikaans. This lead to me having a conversation about different topics in the language and I realized that the chatbot could actually coach me and help me practice. As a result, I was able to learn new words, discuss topics I lacked the proficiency for, and ask questions about specific meani

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AI Coding

news.ycombinator.com The Singularity Is Nearer 2025-10-02 08:28:30

In my old age I’ve mostly given up trying to convince anyone of anything. Most people do not care to find the truth, they care about what pumps their bags. Some people go as far as to believe that perception is reality and that truth is a construction. I hope there’s a special place in hell for those people. It’s why the world wasted $10B+ on self driving car companies that obviously made no sense. There’s a much bigger market for truths that pump bags vs truths that don’t. So here’s your new

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Discovery of a new satellite or ring arc around Quaoar

news.ycombinator.com Paul Arnold 2025-10-01 11:17:54

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Artist's impression of the icy Kuiper belt object 2002 LM60, dubbed "Quaoar" by its discoverers. Credit: NASA and G. Bacon (STScI); Science Credit: NASA and M. Brown (Caltech) Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, icy, egg-shaped pl

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Life, work, death and the peasant: Rent and extraction

news.ycombinator.com Bret Devereaux 2025-10-02 10:15:37

This is the third piece of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time, we started looking at the subsistence of peasant agriculture by considering the productivity of our model farming families under basically ideal conditions: relatively good yields and effectively infinite land. This week we’re going to start peeling back those assumptions in light of the very s

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Sharing Your YouTube Premium Plan? Your Service Could Be Paused

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-02 11:30:02

That popular workaround for sharing a YouTube Premium family plan with friends and relatives in different homes is now squarely in Google's crosshairs. A new wave of enforcement has begun, with subscribers reporting they've received emails warning that their account access will be suspended. The ultimatum is clear: confirm all members live at the same address within 15 days, or lose your premium perks. And now that's something you should watch out for, whether you plan to stream videos or listen

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Ram ends EV pickup truck plans

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-10-02 17:56:16

The all-electric Ram 1500 REV pickup truck is dead. Long live the extended-range Ram 1500 REV (once called the Ramcharger). Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, said Friday that it will no longer develop a battery-electric full-size pickup. The company cited low demand for full-size battery-electric trucks as the primary reason, according to a statement sent to TechCrunch and posted on its website. “As demand for full-size battery-electric trucks slows in North America, Stellantis is reasses

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Benioff says he's 'inspired' by Palantir, but takes another jab at its prices

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-02 21:01:35

Marc Benioff is keeping an eye on Palantir . The co-founder and CEO of sales and customer service management software company Salesforce is well aware that investors are betting big on Palantir, which offers data management software to businesses and government agencies. "Oh my gosh. I am so inspired by that company," Benioff told CNBC's Morgan Brennan in a Tuesday interview at Goldman Sachs ' Communacopia+Technology conference in San Francisco. "I mean, not just because they have 100 times, y

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Stellantis cancels Ram 1500 REV as electric truck demand dims

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-03 01:17:51

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Stellantis announced that it was discontinuing its Ram 1500 REV electric truck, citing slowing sales of heavy-duty electric trucks. The name plate, however, will live on. Stellantis said that it was renaming its Range-Extended Electric

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‘Bluey’ Fans Rejoice: the Heeler Family Is Getting a Coaster in 2026

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-03 09:00:31

The first-ever Bluey coaster is coming! Unfortunately for stateside fans, it’s at CBeebies Land, all the way in the UK. While we wait for the Ludo Studio Bluey movie in 2027 and any news about more series seasons, fans can make plans to check out the world of the Heeler family in Alton Towers. The UK theme park resort features CBeebies Land, named for the channel that features family-friendly television fare such as Bluey. Previously, Disney Experiences announced that Bluey would be coming to

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This is the Most Effective Type of Creatine You Should Be Taking to See Results, According to Registered Dietitians

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 17:00:00

If you look in the supplement aisle at your local pharmacy, you'll likely find different forms of creatine in gummies, powders, capsules and even drink mixes. That's because creatine is a popular fitness supplement for those who want to gain strength and power while improving performance. It's also naturally made in our bodies and assists our muscles with energy production when we work out. Though creatine can be found in smaller quantities in foods like salmon, chicken, beef and pork, many peo

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New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 21:09:00

Lots of people are excited about the idea of using plants to help us draw down some of the excess carbon dioxide we've been pumping into the atmosphere. It would be nice to think that we could reforest our way out of the mess we're creating, but recent studies have indicated there's simply not enough productive land for this to work out. One alternative might be to get plants to take up carbon dioxide more efficiently. Unfortunately, the enzyme that incorporates carbon dioxide into photosynthes

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Donkey Kong Bananza is getting a DLC expansion today

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-04 01:00:16

Donkey Kong Bananza, probably my favorite game of the year, is getting a paid expansion today called DK Island & Emerald Rush. As the title implies, you'll get to explore the island where Donkey Kong hails from and visit a whole host of his friends while you're at it. Naturally, there is more to explore and find there, but there's also a whole new set of challenges once you've finished the main game story. That's the titular Emerald Rush. The timed missions involve you running around the island

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Apple Music deal: New subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-04 05:05:37

Apple Music has a great deal going on right now for those interested in the Family Plan. New subscribers can get three free months of that plan — which, at $17 per month normally, comes out to $51 in savings for the whole period. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming pl

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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Alone. By Stand-Up-Paddleboard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 18:42:36

We will, of course, put a live tracker online for his journey, and thanks to modern communications equipment, the paddler will be able to send information, pictures and even videos from the middle of the Atlantic. Preparations for this special challenge have been ongoing for many months. However, for a project like this to come together, a lot of things have to fit together perfectly.

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Show HN: C++ Compiler Support Page

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 19:12:29

Feature C++ Paper(s) Supported by Reflection for C++26 ( <meta> ) [lib] 26 P2996 GCC Clang MSVC Xcode Annotations for Reflection [lib] 26 P3394 GCC Clang MSVC Xcode Splicing a base class subobject [lib] 26 P3293 GCC Clang MSVC Xcode define_static_{string,object,array} [lib] 26 P3491 GCC Clang MSVC Xcode Function Parameter Reflection in Reflection for C++26 [lib] 26 P3096 GCC Clang MSVC Xcode Expansion Statements ( template for ) 26 P1306 GCC 16 Clang MSVC Xcode Error Handling in Reflectio

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How Palantir is mapping the nation’s data

news.ycombinator.com Nicole M. Bennett 2025-10-05 04:50:54

When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the public. Palantir Technologies, however, has attracted more and more attention over the past decade because of the size and scope of its contracts with the government. Palantir’s two main platforms are Foundry and Gotham. Each does different things. Foundry is used by corporations in the private sector to help with global operations. Gotham is marketed as an “operating system for global

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An engineering history of the Manhattan Project

news.ycombinator.com Brian Potter 2025-10-05 12:04:49

The Manhattan Project, the US program to build an atomic bomb during WWII, is one of the most famous and widely known major government projects: a survey in 1999 ranked the dropping of the atomic bomb as the top news story of the 20th century. Virtually everyone knows that the project built the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And most of us probably know that the bomb was built by some of the world’s best physicists, working under Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos in New Mexico

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This American Influencer Traveled to Australia to Film Himself Tackling Crocodiles. Australians Aren’t Happy

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-06 05:01:43

Welcome to another episode of Americans being badly behaved in Australia (anyone remember the wombat grabber?). In this edition, Australian officials, wildlife experts, and others are criticizing U.S.-based influencer Mike Holston, aka “therealtarzann” on social media, after he posted two videos of himself down under and tackling crocodiles, shirtless. Queensland officials have confirmed that they are “actively investigating two videos circulating on social media,” The Guardian reporteed. Meanw

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HBO Max is going to get more expensive, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-06 09:59:02

In Brief Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has stated that HBO Max will become more expensive, while also making it harder to share passwords, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Zaslav spoke about the future of the streaming service at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference. “The fact that this is quality — and that’s true across our company, motion picture, TV production, and streaming quality — we all think that gives us a chance to raise price,” he said. “We

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