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Watch Our Livestream Replay: Inside the AI Copyright Battles

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-07-29 21:32:11

What's going on right now with the copyright battles over artificial intelligence? Many lawsuits regarding generative AI’s training materials were initially filed back in 2023, with decisions just now starting to trickle out. Whether it’s Midjourney generating videos of Disney characters, like Wall-E brandishing a gun, or an exit interview with a top AI lawyer as he left Meta, WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs has been following this fight for years. Watch the replay of WIRED’s subscriber-only li

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Watch Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage Be a B-List Movie Star in This Faux Movie Trailer

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-07-30 03:00:32

Ahead of the release of the official trailer for Mortal Kombat II, Warner Bros. sneakily released a spoof movie trailer to go along with its meta marketing for its leading man, Johnny Cage, played by The Boys star Karl Urban. When Mortal Kombat first released back in 2021, fans of NetherRealm’s long-running fighting game series collectively scratched their heads in confusion over one of its original characters, Johnny Cage, being absent from the film. As if overcorrecting from past mistakes, Wa

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GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-07-30 07:00:00

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. General Motors and Redwood Materials are joining forces yet again, this time with the intent to build energy storage units made out of new batteries and recycled EV packs. The two companies signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to build energy storage out of US-manufactured batteries, as well as “second-life” EV

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GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-07-30 07:00:00

GM is sending new and old EV batteries to recycler Redwood Materials, which then repurposes the packs for stationary energy storage, the two companies announced today. Second-life batteries from GM have already made their way through Redwood’s process and into a 12 megawatt microgrid at the company’s Sparks, Nevada, headquarters. Electricity from that installation then flows to a nearby 2,000 GPU data center owned by Crusoe. The microgrid is part of Redwood’s new energy storage division that l

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Nomad drops new Carbon Black Rocky Point band for Apple Watch

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2025-07-30 11:01:28

It’s no secret that Nomad makes some of the best and highest-quality Apple Watch bands out there. They use premium materials, whether it’s for their sport bands or the titanium bands. They make bands that are made to last in any environment. Today, they are back with a new special edition Rocky Point Band in a stunning Carbon Black finish. Here is what you need to know. Carbon Black Rocky Point band Nomad introduced their new Rocky Point line of Apple Watch bands about a year ago, and it’s one

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How I lost my backpack with passports and laptop

news.ycombinator.com The Irrationalist 2025-07-29 11:35:35

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” I hadn’t lost everything — just my backpack with two passports and my laptop — so I became only a little freer. This story happened three months ago. It is an embarrassing story. It is embarrassing and difficult to tell — but that's exactly why I'm telling it to you. *** Sunday morning. I woke up at a small table in the entrance hall of some house in London — no idea which one, but definitely not mine. The last thing I re

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Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 03:15:28

Active-active Replication Extension for PostgreSQL (pgactive) pgactive is a PostgreSQL replication extension for creating an active-active database. Overview Database replication is a method that copies changes between databases instances, and is a key component for use cases like high availability, reducing latency between an application and its source data, moving data between systems such as production and test, infrastructure migration, and others. Relational databases such as PostgreSQL

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This phone has twice the battery capacity of the Galaxy S25 Edge and costs less than $200

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-30 15:28:37

TL;DR HONOR just announced the X70 phone, set to go on sale on Friday in China. Despite its $165 price tag, the HONOR X70 features a massive 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery and military-grade toughness. At 8.2mm, it’s about the same thickness as the iPhone 16 Pro. A $165 smartphone wouldn’t usually raise expectations about its specs, but one manufacturer clearly didn’t get that memo. Despite the price tag, the new HONOR X70 boasts an insane 8,300mAh silicon-carbon battery along with military-

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The Galaxy Watch 8 gets a key battery health feature that more smartwatches need

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-30 15:42:49

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 8 series introduces a “battery protection” feature designed to extend the device’s battery longevity. The feature works by stopping the charge at 90% and only resuming it when the battery level drops down to 85%. This prevents the battery from sitting at a full 100% charge, which reduces stress and helps slow long-term battery degradation. Most people don’t upgrade their smartwatch every year, opting to keep their device unt

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This Yamaha soundbar delivers luxurious audio (and it's still $200 off)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-07-30 15:24:07

ZDNET's key takeaways The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is available now at a discount, with surround speakers sold separately (and individually). The sound produced by these speakers is rich, deep, well-blended, and spacious. I just wish the setup process was more seamless and simple. $499.95 at B&H Photo-Video $499.95 at Crutchfield $499.99 at Best Buy more buying choices For a limited time, Amazon is selling the Yamaha True X Bar with subwoofer bundle for $200 off. For months, I was one hundred p

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How I Lost My Backpack with Passports and Laptop

news.ycombinator.com The Irrationalist 2025-07-29 16:35:35

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” I hadn’t lost everything — just my backpack with two passports and my laptop — so I became only a little freer. This story happened three months ago. It is an embarrassing story. It is embarrassing and difficult to tell — but that's exactly why I'm telling it to you. *** Sunday morning. I woke up at a small table in the entrance hall of some house in London — no idea which one, but definitely not mine. The last thing I re

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CERN Physicists Find Key Piece of the Matter-Antimatter Puzzle

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-07-30 19:00:42

All matter in our universe has an evil twin: antimatter. Cosmological models suggest that the Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter that cancel each other out. But for reasons physicists still aren’t completely sure about, that didn’t happen. As a result, our universe today hosts slightly more matter than antimatter—our very existence being clear, physical proof. Now, we might be one step closer to explaining why there’s an imbalance between matter and antimatter,

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Stranger Things 5’s first trailer promises an epic showdown

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-07-30 23:05:31

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful

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I recommend this Amazon Fire TV soundbar to most people - here's why

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-07-31 03:29:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Fire TV Soundbar Plus is perfect for those who want an affordable plug-and-play solution, available now for $250 standalone or $490 for the bundle. Bass is impressive (especially with the subwoofer), and the dialogue enhancement feature is helpful for clarity. It lacks built-in Wi-Fi streaming, smart features, or Alexa integration, connects with Bluetooth, and doesn't have a companion app. View now at Amazon Amazon showcased its Fire TV Soundbar Plus at CES 2025, and

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AWS open-sourced Postgres active-active replication extension

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 23:15:28

Active-active Replication Extension for PostgreSQL (pgactive) pgactive is a PostgreSQL replication extension for creating an active-active database. Overview Database replication is a method that copies changes between databases instances, and is a key component for use cases like high availability, reducing latency between an application and its source data, moving data between systems such as production and test, infrastructure migration, and others. Relational databases such as PostgreSQL

Topics: active changes database databases replication

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Donkey Kong Bananza Review: The Best Switch Game in Years Is a Switch 2 Exclusive

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-31 02:00:12

Summers are about big, fun, mind-numbing movies. Great escapes in the best of ways. I need that right now, and maybe you do too. I'm happy to say that Donkey Kong Bananza is here to whisk you off to multilevel worlds of satisfyingly smashing madness, to cheer you up and give you an excuse to punch the heck out of things. It's a game my 12-year-old son has loved playing along with me, although I've had to find ways to wrestle the game back to play for myself. I was wowed by Bananza during an ear

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Donkey Kong Bananza turns destruction into joy

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-07-31 07:00:00

My first thought upon starting up Donkey Kong Bananza was, “Why yes, I actually would like to go ape shit.” The game starts by having Donkey Kong smash through a wall to reveal a glittering gem waiting to be liberated from the rock. But instead of punching the bright yellow gem into bite-size pieces, I kept punching through the walls and floors, digging tunnels into the landscape. With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally out in consumers’ hands for more than a month now and the luster of the console’

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Finally, a smart ring that rivals my Oura 4 with no subscription fee

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-31 13:00:18

ZDNET's key takeaways The RingConn Gen 2 is a subscription-free smart ring that monitors sleep, exercise, and stress. It monitors your sleep, activity, stress, and vitals, and it's got a marathon battery life. The only downside is the user interface feels underdeveloped. View now at Amazon View now at Ringconn more buying choices Most smart rings these days claim to offer marathon battery lives, but often fall short of their promise. Many smart rings claim to last a week's worth of battery, b

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If you're over the expensive flagships, this $199 Motorola is a legit budget option

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-07-31 13:30:21

ZDNET's key takeaways Motorola's Moto G is available now for $199. The smartphone boasts a long-lasting battery, booming speakers, and a solid camera array. However, I wouldn't call it a "pocket-sized theater" due to its underwhelming display. View now at Amazon View now at Motorola more buying choices In a world where flagship smartphones can cost $1,000 or more, key brands have carved a niche for themselves by developing midrange alternatives. These manufacturers equip their devices with a

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Enabling This One iPhone Feature Has Helped Me Get More Precious, Quality Sleep

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-31 13:05:03

I take sleep seriously and will honestly try anything that promises to help me get more rest. However, getting quality sleep doesn't have to involve a white noise machine or other device you have to buy with your hard-earned cash. In fact, as I discovered, it can be as simple as turning on a certain feature on your iPhone. Go figure. For the past five years, I've been getting better, longer sleep thanks to this one hidden iPhone feature. For those who also struggle with sleep and happen to have

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Bedsure's Bamboo Cooling Sheets Are Silky Soft, Durable, and Cheap

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-07-31 16:34:00

I’ve met many supposedly “cooling” sheets in my time as a mattress and bedding tester, and I have been disappointed more often than not. A cooling mattress can’t do all the heavy lifting with temperature regulation, and I’ll forever emphasize that your choice of bedding matters just as much—which is why I'm an unapologetic sheet snob. Which brings me to Bedsure, a brand I stumbled across on Amazon in a last-ditch effort to find some decent sheets when mine bit the dust (rather, my dogs bit holes

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Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-07-31 15:00:00

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — images, location histories, audio recordings, contacts, and more. On Wednesday, mobile cybersecurity company Lookout published a new report — shared exclusively with TechCrunch — detailing the hacking tool called Massistant, which the company said was developed by Chinese tech giant Xiamen Meiya Pico.

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Nextflow: System for creating scalable, portable, reproducible workflows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 15:30:52

"Dataflow variables are spectacularly expressive in concurrent programming" Henri E. Bal , Jennifer G. Steiner , Andrew S. Tanenbaum Nextflow is a workflow system for creating scalable, portable, and reproducible workflows. It is based on the dataflow programming model, which greatly simplifies the writing of parallel and distributed pipelines, allowing you to focus on the flow of data and computation. Nextflow can deploy workflows on a variety of execution platforms, including your local mach

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Encrypting files with passkeys and age

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 17:31:37

Typage ( age-encryption on npm) is a TypeScript implementation of the age file encryption format. It runs with Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers, and implements native age recipients, passphrase encryption, ASCII armoring, and supports custom recipient interfaces, like the Go implementation. However, running in the browser affords us some special capabilities, such as access to the WebAuthn API. Since version 0.2.3, Typage supports symmetric encryption with passkeys and other WebAuthn credential

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The Absolute Best Horror Movies to Watch on Hulu

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-31 23:00:05

Reserve your seat for this surreal psychological horror movie about a talented ballerina's unraveling. Natalie Portman's character Nina feels pressure to embody not only the innocent and elegant White Swan but the dark and sensual Black Swan for the leading part in a production of Swan Lake. But she doesn't fit the latter swan's mold as much as newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis). The film follows her obsessive hunt for perfection.

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What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2025-07-31 21:59:04

Thanks for reading! If you enjoy this article, last week’s essay on The Death of Partying in the U.S.A., or my feature story on The Anti-Social Century, consider becoming a subscriber to this newsletter to receive more essays on the social crises of our age. In rich countries around the world, birth rates have fallen to historically low levels. Governments have responded with a confetti cannon of policy ideas to increase the number of babies, including parental leave plans, preschool programs,

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Chrome for Android users can now choose which end of the screen the address bar is on

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-01 07:20:22

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Chrome for Android’s bottom address bar is rolling out widely. Users now have the option to keep the bar at the top of the screen or lower it to the bottom. Google is giving Android Chrome users another way to customize their mobile browsing experience. Announced last month, the Android browser is finally getting a bottom address bar to make navigation a little more mobile-friendly. That update is now rolling out widely. If you’ve been waiting for Chrome

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The base model Kindle is the e-reader most people should buy. Here's why

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-01 07:12:50

ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon's base model Kindle promises quicker page-turning, a brighter display, and a fun matcha green colorway (alongside the classic black) The e-reader is more reactive and vivid, and reading anything on the lightweight, portable device is convenient. This model has the shortest battery life out of the entire lineup, but it's still six weeks long. $109.99 at Amazon $109.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Unlike an iPad or tablet competitor, a Kindle's sole purpose is to

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Uber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-01 11:01:09

This will be happening in China and other "markets outside of the US." Uber and China-based Baidu are teaming up to deploy more autonomous vehicles throughout the world. The companies plan on bringing thousands of Baidu's Apollo Go vehicles to various regions that will be accessible via the Uber platform, including mainland China and other "global markets outside of the US." The first joint deployments are expected in Asia and the Middle East later this year. Once launched, Uber riders could b

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Abacus dark web drug market goes offline in suspected exit scam

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-01 11:58:34

Abacus Market, the largest Western darknet marketplace supporting Bitcoin payments, has shut down its public infrastructure in a move suspected to be an exit scam. Exit scams occur when the operator of a marketplace decides to vanish with the money they hold in escrow for various transactions between platform users. Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs reports that Abacus shutting down so abruptly has all the indications of either an exit scam or a covert law enforcement operation dismantling

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Watch Our Livestream Replay: Inside the AI Copyright Battles

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GM and Redwood teaming up to make batteries for energy storage

GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

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How I lost my backpack with passports and laptop

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This phone has twice the battery capacity of the Galaxy S25 Edge and costs less than $200

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Stranger Things 5’s first trailer promises an epic showdown

I recommend this Amazon Fire TV soundbar to most people - here's why

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Donkey Kong Bananza Review: The Best Switch Game in Years Is a Switch 2 Exclusive

Donkey Kong Bananza turns destruction into joy

Finally, a smart ring that rivals my Oura 4 with no subscription fee

If you're over the expensive flagships, this $199 Motorola is a legit budget option

Enabling This One iPhone Feature Has Helped Me Get More Precious, Quality Sleep

Bedsure's Bamboo Cooling Sheets Are Silky Soft, Durable, and Cheap

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Nextflow: System for creating scalable, portable, reproducible workflows

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Chrome for Android users can now choose which end of the screen the address bar is on

The base model Kindle is the e-reader most people should buy. Here's why

Uber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally

Abacus dark web drug market goes offline in suspected exit scam

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