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This VFX Breakdown for ‘Andor’ Season 2 Showcases the Power of Practical Locations

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-03 07:15:12

Viewing this reel of Scanline VFX‘s work on Andor season 2’s most iconic sets makes us want to watch the show all over again. The digital effects breakdown from the post-production house showcases that VFX and practical effects orchestrated in balance are what made Tony Gilroy’s take on the Star Wars universe so cinematic. The reel displays the exceptional work that went into making places like Coruscant, Mina Rau, and Yavin look so richly alive. Through the use of real locations, environments,

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US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 02:56:41

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Here are 57 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-08-04 07:44:38

Theis also discounted to around $47 ($32 off) at Amazon and Best Buy , which is the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing f

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Prime Day deals on air fryers include our favorite Ninja Foodi dual-zone model on sale for $180

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 15:36:19

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . For many, summer means it's time to grill outdoors. But cooking inside does at least mean you’re likely to deal with fewer bugs. It also makes it easier to try out new kitchen equipment, such as a Ninja air fryer that’s on sale for Prime Day and still in stock. The Ninja Foodi Dual-Zon

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The death of partying in the USA

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2025-08-04 06:43:43

In January, The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing published an essay with an admirably blunt title: “Americans Need to Party More.” Burrowing into the appendix tables of the American Time Use Survey, she unearthed the fact that just 4.1 percent of Americans said they “attended or hosted” a party or ceremony on a typical weekend or holiday in 2023. In other words, in any given weekend, just one in 25 US households had plans to attend a social event. The ATUS is a government questionnaire that asks a larg

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TikToker Launches Fake ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Tour Website That Redirects to Photos of Trump With Epstein

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-08-05 03:30:34

The Trump administration recently launched “Alligator Alcatraz,” a migrant detention center based in Florida whose name references the region’s native population of scaly reptilians. Americans have been left with little to do about the situation other than react with horror and amazement or, in the case of one TikToker, a desire to spin the dystopian situation into comedy gold. Lisandra Vazquez, a TikTok comedian with nearly a million followers, recently decided to troll the president’s support

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Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-05 14:17:31

Petrichor An offline music player for macOS Summary ✨ Features Everything you'd expect from an offline music player! Map your music folders and browse your library in an organized view. Create playlists and manage the play queue interactively. Browse music using folder view when needed. Pin anything (almost!) to the sidebar for quick access to your favorite music. Navigate easily: right-click a track to go to its album, artist, year, etc. Native macOS integration with menubar and

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The Death of Partying in the USA and Why It Matters

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2025-08-05 22:43:43

In January, The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing published an essay with an admirably blunt title: “Americans Need to Party More.” Burrowing into the appendix tables of the American Time Use Survey, she unearthed the fact that just 4.1 percent of Americans said they “attended or hosted” a party or ceremony on a typical weekend or holiday in 2023. In other words, in any given weekend, just one in 25 US households had plans to attend a social event. The ATUS is a government questionnaire that asks a larg

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How to Marvel at the Spectacular Buck Moon This Week, Along With Mars and Venus

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-05 22:41:27

It's officially summer, and with that comes the first full moon of the season. July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or the Thunder Moon -- will light up the night sky on July 10 and be at its fullest going into July 11. It'll be bright for the whole night, but will reach peak luminosity at around 4:37 a.m. local time, which is a bit late (or early) for most skygazers. According to Stellarium's sky map, the moon will rise from the southeastern horizon just after sunset on Thursday and stre

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Here are 58 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-08-06 07:20:48

Theis also discounted to around $47 ($32 off) at Amazon and Best Buy , which is the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing f

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X’s ad business improved under departing CEO Linda Yaccarino, but it’s still tough times ahead

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-06 07:41:09

Former NBCU ad exec Linda Yaccarino’s tenure at X may have been fairly short — just two years from start to finish — but she did manage to make an impact on the social network’s ad business, new data from ad intelligence firm Guideline shows. Yaccarino will be leaving X in a better position with its advertisers than she found it, it says. In the U.S., ad spending was up 62% year-over-year in the first half of 2025, Guideline notes. In addition, Yaccarino previously claimed that 96% of X’s adver

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Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk's X

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-06 23:36:33

Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk's X Musk has posted a brief reply, saying only: "Thank you for your contributions." In a post on the platform , she said was "immensely grateful" to Musk for "entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App". Ms Yaccarino has been in the role since June, 2023. Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk's social media site X, has announced she is stepping down. Ms Yacca

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Prime Day Ninja deals include one of our favorite dual-zone air fryers for $180

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-07 03:20:03

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . You may be spending more time outside during the summer, especially if you have a grill, but the gadgets in your kitchen will come in handy this season, too. Prime Day deals have already discounted one of our favorite air fryers, so you can grab it on sale and make things like crispy f

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Heavy AI use at work has a surprising relationship to burnout, new study finds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-07 03:25:00

Alexmia/Getty Images The adoption of AI tools in the workplace is making employees more productive, but new research from freelance hiring firm Upwork suggests it might also be hurting their mental health. Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, the research showed that the most devoted users of AI tools, including agents, are also 88% more likely to experience burnout and twice as likely to quit, compared to t

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Tree Borrows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-07 03:40:24

The Rust programming language is well known for its ownership-based type system, which offers strong guarantees like memory safety and data race freedom. However, Rust also provides unsafe escape hatches, for which safety is not guaranteed automatically and must instead be manually upheld by the programmer. This creates a tension. On the one hand, compilers would like to exploit the strong guarantees of the type system—particularly those pertaining to aliasing of pointers—in order to unlock powe

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DJI's updated Power 1000 V2 portable battery now charges in under an hour

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-07 11:27:51

DJI has unveiled the Power 1000 V2, an updated version of its original 1000Wh portable battery with a faster charging time, higher continuous power output and more fast-charge options for drones, smartphones and more. Better still, it comes at a slightly lower price, though it's not yet available in the US. The Power 1000 V2 has 1024Wh of capacity as before, but can now output 2,600W continuously rather than 2,200W as before. It can be fully charged in just 56 minutes compared to 70 minutes for

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Heavy AI use makes you more likely to burn out and quit your job, new study finds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-07 11:00:14

Boris Zhitkov/Getty The adoption of AI tools in the workplace is making employees more productive, but new research from freelance hiring firm Upwork suggests it might also be hurting their mental health. Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, the research showed that the most devoted users of AI tools, including agents, are also 88% more likely to experience burnout and twice as likely to quit, compared to th

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Record-Setting Qubit Performance Marks Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computing

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-08-07 20:05:09

The promise of so-called “quantum advantage” is simple. By harnessing the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics, quantum computers should be able to—in theory—surpass the computational potential of any classical supercomputer. But before quantum advantage drastically changes information technology as we know it, researchers have yet to address the many hurdles that are preventing quantum computers from entering into the mainstream. That said, quantum computing as a field has evolved drama

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Amazon Is Going Nuts, The Roborock Q7 M5+ Has Only Been Available for a Week and Is Now 45% Off

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-07 20:55:28

Robot vacuums are everywhere this Prime Day’s year, and Amazon is cutting prices steeply just for Prime members (yes, even trial users on a free 30-day trial). Even amidst the busy pack, Roborock still holds to differentiate with premium robot vacuums, many in combination with intelligent multifunctional stations. While the brand’s top-of-the-line models are nudging near $2,000, the Roborock Q7 M5+ is meant for a wider market and its price has been cut astonishingly on Prime Day. Roborock proba

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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-07 12:42:39

A federal appeals court today struck down a "click-to-cancel" rule that would have required companies to make cancelling services as easy as signing up. The Federal Trade Commission rule was scheduled to take effect on July 14 but was vacated by the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the Biden-era FTC, then led by Chair Lina Khan, failed to follow the full rulemaking process required under US law. "While we certainly do not endorse the use of unf

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Here are 60 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-08-07 22:01:18

Theis also discounted to around $47 ($32 off) at Amazon and Best Buy , which is the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing f

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Want a Drone This Summer? DJI Mini 4K Bundle Is at an All-Time Low for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-08 03:40:16

DJI has been the go-to first thought in drones for a very long time and Mini 4K is their cheapest model: This drone’s ultra-light build (weighing less than 249 grams) makes it even more appealing as it is able to fly it freely without having to stress about complicated rules or registering the vehicle. To celebrate Prime Day, Amazon has come up with an unparalleled deal that’s only for Prime members which has made this package the #1 best-seller on the site among drones. Now you can find the DJ

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Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-08 03:06:42

A federal appeals court today struck down a "click-to-cancel" rule that would have required companies to make cancelling services as easy as signing up. The Federal Trade Commission rule was scheduled to take effect on July 14 but was vacated by the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the Biden-era FTC, then led by Chair Lina Khan, failed to follow the full rulemaking process required under US law. "While we certainly do not endorse the use of unf

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Product of Additive Inverses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 18:50:38

Product of Additive Inverses By Susam Pal on 29 May 2025 A negative number multiplied by another negative number results in a positive number. Most of us learnt this rule during our primary or secondary school years. 'Negative times negative equals positive' was a phrase drummed into us during mathematics lessons. In this article, we will prove this rule, not just for numbers but for any algebraic structure that, in a general sense, behaves somewhat like numbers. Contents Illustration Let u

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Amazon Moves Fast, Roborock Qrevo S5V Is 40% Off Barely a Week After Hitting the Market

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-08 07:40:22

Roborock has become the most premium brand out there in the robot vacuum market with premium models like the Saros Series that fetch over $1,500. The company also does a great job of offering edge-of-the-time technology at a more affordable price for the masses: That’s exactly what you’ll experience with the new Qrevo S5V which just landed in stores and is available today in an incredible Prime Day bargain. Just a week after its release, Amazon is marking down this model 40% for Prime shoppers,

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Apple COO Jeff Williams stepping down later this month

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-08-08 11:34:25

Apple has announced that Jeff Williams is stepping down as chief operating officer later this month. Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, will assume the COO role as part of what Apple describes as a “long-planned succession.” Williams joined Apple in 1998 as the company’s head of Worldwide Procurement. Prior to joining Apple, he worked at IBM for thirteen years across multiple operations and engineering roles. In his current role at Apple, he oversees the company’s entire w

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Here are 55 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-08-08 15:00:00

Theis also discounted to $47.49 ($32 off) at Amazon , the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing for ultimate portability. I

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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

theverge.com Elizabeth Lopatto 2025-08-08 23:30:00

Lately, it has been difficult to ignore a tendency at The New York Times to make astonishingly bad news judgments. The paper’s obsession with a view from nowhere is long-standing, but as Republicans increasingly circulate insane conspiracy theories and racist nonsense, the cult of centrism has taken a self-destructive turn. The most recent — and perhaps most egregious — way this has surfaced is a story about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s application to Columbia University in 2009,

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Reflections on 2 years of CPython's JIT Compiler

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-06 14:15:08

Reflections on 2 years of CPython’s JIT Compiler: The good, the bad, the ugly 5 July 2025 This blog post includes my honest opinions on the CPython JIT. What I think we did well, what I think we could have done better. I’ll also do some brief qualititative analysis. I’ve been working on CPython’s JIT compiler since before the very start. I don’t know how long that is at this point … 2.5, maybe almost 3 years? Anyways, I’m primarily responsible for Python’s JIT compiler’s optimizer. Note that

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Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-05 13:49:27

Once upon a time, there was a university president who couldn’t send an email more than 500 miles, and the wise sysadmin said that’s not possible, so the president said come to my office, and lo and behold, the emails stopped before going 500 miles. Has technology improved? Can we send an email farther than 500 miles in 2025? There’s a lot to the story that’s obviously made up, but if we fix the details so that it can happen, we can reproduce it. connect We need some code to do a nonblocking

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This VFX Breakdown for ‘Andor’ Season 2 Showcases the Power of Practical Locations

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Tree Borrows

DJI's updated Power 1000 V2 portable battery now charges in under an hour

Heavy AI use makes you more likely to burn out and quit your job, new study finds

Record-Setting Qubit Performance Marks Important Step Toward Practical Quantum Computing

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