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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Will Introduce a “Different” Sue Storm

The Toxic Avenger has his health insurance denied, Saw XI gets an autopsy, and Nia DaCosta throws her last two movies under the bus. Plus, our best look at Rick Flag, Sr.’s pompadour yet! De Wanna Wanga, it’s Morning Spoilers! 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple During her recent appearance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (via THR), Nia DaCosta stated 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple boasts “a good script,” something she notes her Candyman remake and The Marvels both sorely lacked. Ma

India’s government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming

Real-money gaming companies are reeling as India moves to propose a blanket ban on their operations under a new legislation. The Indian government plans to prohibit real-money games — whether based on skill or chance — under its proposed online gaming regulation, per a draft seen by TechCrunch, which was also verified by three sources, including one consultant with the Indian IT ministry and two people working closely with the Indian government and real-money gaming companies. Proposed to be c

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Star Elijah Wood on Cult Remakes and Why He Loves Weird Movies

Elijah Wood will always be associated with the Lord of the Rings movies, but the actor has also built up a varied array of unusual characters across his career. Maybe his weirdest yet comes with The Toxic Avenger, the long-awaited remake of the cult classic that’s finally hitting theaters later this month. Wood has a memorable supporting role as Fritz, the brother and henchman of Kevin Bacon’s sleazy villain. He’s not as freaky-looking as the title mutant, played in human form by Peter Dinklage,

Despite Online MAGA Freakout About Her Jeans, Sydney Sweeney’s New Movie Bombs

A couple of weeks ago, American Eagle launched a new ad campaign for its blue jeans line that featured actress Sydney Sweeney. In one of the ads, Sweeney weirdly broached the topic of genetics (she said, and I quote: “genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My jeans are blue”), but, for the most part, the ads seem to be about how great Sweeney’s posterior looks when she’s wearing the company’s denim. Not long aft

WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped

Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, I mean it really, really impacted people. I think on the most extreme ends, you see people who have what looks like perhaps like a mental health crisis, they're so attached to the model, but then you just have complete power users who are like, “This is part of my minute by minute life. What have you done? You didn't warn me.” Jake Lahut: And this is where the introspective aspect of these tools, the kind of desire for self-understanding, the people who are not advisably fro

As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure

People have ridiculed GPT-5, the newest large language model release from OpenAI, since the second it launched, with many users complaining that it’s dumb, boring, and not as good as the last LLM that the company released. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, has some comforting words for those who may be concerned about the direction his company is headed: AI is a bubble, and oh, also btw, my company is about to spend the GDP of France to build out our AI infrastructure. That seems to be the gist of

What are the real numbers, really? (2024)

What is a real number? Let us consider the real continuum. The classical discovery of irrational numbers reveals gaps in the rational number line: the place where √2 would be, if it were rational, is a hole in the rational line. Thus, the rational numbers are seen to be incomplete. One seeks to complete them, to fill these holes, forming the real number line ℝ. Please enjoy this free extended excerpt from Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics, published with MIT Press 2021, an introduction

Tesla’s graphics are about to get Unreal

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Tesla’s in-car visualizations for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving might be getting an upgrade with a switch to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. As reported by Not a Tesla App, Tesla hacker greentheonly says they found evidence of the change in Tesla’s 2025.20 firmware for Tesla Mod

Research Psychiatrist Warns He’s Seeing a Wave of AI Psychosis

Mental health experts are continuing to sound alarm bells about users of AI chatbots spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia and delusions, a trend they've started to refer to as "AI psychosis." On Monday, University of California, San Francisco research psychiatrist Keith Sakata took to social media to say that he's seen a dozen people become hospitalized after "losing touch with reality because of AI." In a lengthy X-formerly-Twitter thread, Sakata clarified that

Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos

I’m annoyed, not for the first time, by something Sam Altman has said. But this time it’s because I’m annoyed at how much I agree with what he’s saying — even though I think his statement is kind of bullshit. In a recent interview, journalist Cleo Abram asked Altman how people will be able to tell what’s real and what’s not in an age of convincing AI-generated content. Specifically, she references the bunnies. You know the ones I mean: caught in some Ring-camera-ish footage of a backyard, disco

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Weathering Software Winter (2022)

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

Weathering Software Winter

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

Realtors Are Using AI Images of Homes They're Selling. Comparing Them to the Real Thing Will Make You Mad as Hell

As if suspiciously AI-generated descriptions of real estate listings weren't enough, agents are starting to use AI-generated images of houses that don't exist to sell expensive properties. The Register spotted a dubious listing of a fully renovated 3-bedroom in the UK with a photo — which has since been deleted, but can still be viewed in an archived version — that shows the tell-tale signs of generative AI, including awnings that don't line up, hedges that inexplicably turn into walls, and a f

Ask HN: Has any of the Pivotal Tracker replacement attempts succeeded?

I mean succeeded in replicating it, not necessarily as a business. It doesn't seem so. I tested all I could find, LiteTracker seems the best, but still extremely buggy even in the initial demo project changing task status fails. The rest appears either half-finished, untrustworthy or has a very sketchy interface. But would really like to be surprised. I am very rarely willing to pay for software and this is one case I really want to, but cannot find anything. This thing kinda feeds my pet the

A love letter to my future employer (2020)

I didn’t expect the be confronted with it so soon, but week four of the Makers pre-course has guided me down the path of starting the first draft of my CV. I wasn’t ready for this. All the underlying thoughts I have had about myself and my abilities have been strapped to a Saturn V rocket and blasted into the forefront of my mind. I know this is Becky talking, but there is a huge part of Charlotte that agrees with her. Who the hell would ever want to hire me? For the majority of people who do

Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. Literally. The company shared some details on its Tiramisu project, dubbing it "hyperrealistic VR." This set promises three times the contrast, 14 times the maximum brightness and 3.6 times the angular resolution of the Meta Quest 3. In actual stats, that's up to 1,400 nits of brightness and an angular resolution of 90 pixels per degree. One of the goals

Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect

By now, you’ve likely heard of fraudulent calls that use AI to clone the voice of people the call recipient knows. Often, the result is what sounds like a grandchild, CEO, or work colleague you’ve known for years reporting an urgent matter requiring immediate action, saying wiring money, divulging login credentials, or visiting a malicious website. Researchers and government officials have been warning of the threat for years, with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency saying in

No Comment (2010)

No Comment I received a few emails after last time along the lines of "Oh. Perl. Homebrew CMS. That's why you don't allow people to post comments." Well, no, but it was definitely a conscious decision. The Web 2.0 answer is that I'm outsourcing comments to reddit and Hacker News. The real reason is this: The negativity of online technical discussions makes me bitter, and even though I'm sometimes drawn to them I need to stay away. To be fair, this isn't true only of technical discussions. Bac

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No Comment

No Comment I received a few emails after last time along the lines of "Oh. Perl. Homebrew CMS. That's why you don't allow people to post comments." Well, no, but it was definitely a conscious decision. The Web 2.0 answer is that I'm outsourcing comments to reddit and Hacker News. The real reason is this: The negativity of online technical discussions makes me bitter, and even though I'm sometimes drawn to them I need to stay away. To be fair, this isn't true only of technical discussions. Bac

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Google Pixel 9a drops to a new record-low price, saving you $100

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The mid-tier smartphone market is healthier than ever. There are plenty of great phones at very reasonable price points. One of our favorites is the Google Pixel 9a, which is already affordable at its full $499 retail price. The deal is now even sweeter, as the device has dropped to a new record low price of $399. Buy the Google Pixel 9a for just $399 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The discount applies to all available color versions: Obsidia

Breaking the Visual Barrier: AI Sonification for an Inclusive Data-Driven World

Bridging the Visual Gap with Sound in 2025 As AI innovations reshape technology landscapes in 2025, accessibility for visually impaired users is gaining unprecedented momentum. Currently, an estimated 285 million people globally experience some degree of visual impairment, limiting their ability to fully engage with visually driven data environments. AI-enhanced sonification—the transformation of data into intuitive audible signals driven by cutting-edge artificial intelligence—has emerged as a

Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave, and I’m very excited for what we have planned. If you’ve followed my work at all, particularly when I was a reporter at The Verge, you’ll know that I’m a total productivity nerd. At their best, productivity apps are the way we turn technological advancement into human

6 ridiculous promises we were sold about 5G

Kris Carlon / Android Authority Despite some speed and network coverage improvements, 5G hasn’t really lived up to the hype. You know it, I know it, and deep down, even the carriers know it. In fact, a few of the industry’s bigwigs would probably rather we all forget about some of the absolutely outlandish claims and overenthusiastic visions they tried to sell us about 5G. But the internet never forgets, so it’s time for us to play “where are they now” with some of the worst nonsense from the

Onshape – Product Development Platform

Instead of sending CAD files around, you just share a link. That’s something we’ve really leaned into as we’ve grown as a team… Onshape makes it really easy to share up-to-date information across different locations. Cole Houston Lead Mechanical Engineer Cirkul Read Case Study

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Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

To get started just run: docker run -p 3000:3000 get.kubefor.ge/latest KubeForge is a visual-first toolkit that simplifies the process of building, validating, and managing Kubernetes deployment configurations. Whether you're new to Kubernetes or maintaining large-scale systems, KubeForge streamlines the creation of valid deployment YAMLs using an intuitive interface backed by live schema references. ✨ Features 📦 Drag-and-drop interface for Kubernetes objects 📘 Smart schema awareness powere

The Legacy of ‘Scavengers Reign’ Lives on Through Video Games

It’s been little over a year since Scavengers Reign was canceled. Co-created by animator-producers Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner, Scavengers Reign garnered a modest yet passionate fanbase and went on to earn an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. Despite this, however, HBO Max—and by extension Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max’s parent company—chose not to renew the show for a second season, effectively canceling the series. Set in the distant future, the animated sci-fi drama

GenosDB (GDB) – Decentralized P2P Graph Database

GenosDB (GDB) – Decentralized P2P Graph Database A lightweight, decentralized graph database designed for modern web applications, offering real-time peer-to-peer synchronization, WebAuthn-based authentication, role-based access control (RBAC), and efficient local storage utilizing OPFS. Main Features ✅ GenosDB Core Efficient storage in OPFS. Real-time synchronization between tabs and devices. CRUD operations for nodes and relationships. Efficient serialization using MessagePack and compr

Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.53 billion loss in second quarter

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. The Reality Labs division oversees the Quest line of virtual reality headsets in addition to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which are jointly developed with the French-Italian eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica. Meta wants Reality Labs to create cutting-edge products similar to the prototype Orion augmented

Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. The scam begins with deceptive ads posted on social media that claim the wagering sites are working in partnership with

Google proposes to open Play Store to more real-money games in India

Google has proposed sweeping changes to its Play Store and advertising policies in India, aiming to allow more real-money gaming apps onto its platforms in a bid to settle an ongoing antitrust case with a local online gaming platform WinZO. On Wednesday, India’s competition watchdog issued a public notice (PDF) inviting comments on a “commitment proposal” from Google, offering to expand access to its Play Store and advertising policy for more real-money gaming apps in the South Asian market. G