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Even ‘Foundation’ Star Jared Harris Can’t Explain That Big Hari Seldon Mystery

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-05 07:40:19

Foundation returns to Apple TV+ this week, jumping ahead 152 years and plunging its characters into an end-of-the-world scenario. One of the key figures is Hari Seldon, played by Jared Harris. He created the Foundation in season one as a way to preserve civilization after his “psychohistory” predicted a coming age of darkness. In the wild drama that’s followed, we’ve seen Hari die and then resurrect as separate digital clones, one of which ended up getting a new human body in season two. It’s c

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“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-05 06:55:56

Washington, DC—From a distance, the gathering looked like a standard poster session at an academic conference, with researchers standing next to large displays of the work they were doing. Except in this case, it was taking place in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, and the researchers were describing work that they weren’t doing. Called "The things we’ll never know," the event was meant to highlight the work of researchers whose grants had been canceled by the Trump administrat

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“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’ canceled research

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-05 11:55:56

Washington, DC — From a distance, the gathering looked like a standard poster session at an academic conference, with researchers standing next to large displays of the work they were doing. Except in this case, it was taking place in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, and the researchers were describing work that they weren’t doing. Called "The things we’ll never know," the event was meant to highlight the work of researchers whose grants had been canceled by the Trump administr

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Your Fitbit Could Become Your Post-Surgery Best Friend

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-05 15:25:16

A Fitbit a day just might help keep your post-surgery woes at bay. Research today finds that wearable data can predict children’s risk of health problems following a removed appendix. Scientists in Chicago conducted the study, which equipped over a hundred children with Fitbits after their appendectomy. Using a specially designed algorithm, the Fitbits accurately detected whether children would develop postoperative complications, often days before they were formally diagnosed. The findings sug

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The New ‘Twisted Metal’ Trailer Is Full of Ludicrous Action and Massive Explosions

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-08-05 23:45:22

“Cowabunga, motherf*ckers.” Twisted Metal is back on July 31 and its latest trailer is everything fans want from the show and so much more. Season two picks up with the epic car vs. car tournament that made the video games so popular finally getting underway. Not only will John (Anthony Mackie) and Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz) be involved, but a whole slew of unforgettable and terrifying Twisted Metal characters too. You’ll see them roll called in the new trailer, which features ludicrous action,

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The New ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Trailer Is All About Suffering From Success

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-06 02:00:05

Netflix has finally released the official trailer for its popular Tim Burton Addams Family spin-off series, Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega. If you need a reminder of the chaos and drama from season 1, we’ve got you covered. However, the official trailer for season 2 of Wednesday assumes you remember everything that happened back in 2022, and are ready to see the titular sardonic teenager thrown back into the action. In the trailer, we see Wednesday return to Nevermore Academy, only this time

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Looking for an External Hard Drive? This Seagate 24TB Is Just $0.01/GB for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-06 03:35:25

Among the vicious competition in the market for external hard drives, four of the largest players – Seagate, WD, SanDisk, and Samsung – are in a constant fight for your attention. Seagate just came today with an incredible 24TB external hard drive on sale at a new record low price: Selling for just $259 (down from $329), Seagate’s Expansion 24TB HDD set a new record low price per gigabyte of about $0.01, which lower than all other drives (including ones with smaller capacities). See at Amazon

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Circle to Search gets a key upgrade first on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-06 07:00:35

TL;DR The Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are the first devices to receive the improved Circle to Search with AI Mode. AI Mode supports longer questions in Google Search and enables more descriptive answers. With AI Mode in Circle to Search, you can add context to screen snippets for improved results. AI Mode is also coming to Google Lens. Among all other touchpoints, Google has been especially bullish on injecting AI into our Search experience. After first launching its AI Mode in Google search

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Google is turning Circle to Search into the game guru you never knew you needed

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-06 07:00:56

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google is introducing gaming help for Circle to Search. Players can now use the feature to get tips or learn more about a title when gaming on mobile. The feature is designed to help you find tips related to your exact spot in the game. Whether you’re an expert gamer or not, it’s easy for any player to find themselves stuck in a game. Thankfully, there’s no shortage of walkthroughs and strategy guides to turn to on the internet. While you previously h

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Android’s Circle to Search feature gets AI and gaming upgrades

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-06 07:00:00

Google is adding new AI features to Android’s Circle to Search and Gemini Live tools. The update was announced today, alongside the launch of the next-generation Galaxy foldables, and it includes new Gemini Live capabilities for Samsung devices and integrates Google’s search-centric AI Mode chatbot right into Circle to Search. AI Mode made its debut in Google Search earlier this year, allowing users to find information and web links via a Gemini-style chatbot instead of the traditional search e

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Google brings Gemini to Wear OS watches, adds AI Mode to Circle to Search

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-08-06 07:00:00

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, nearly two months after teasing the move back in May. The tech giant is also adding new Circle to Search capabilities by integrating its AI Mode search experience directly into the feature and adding support for gaming-related queries. Gemini is rolling out to watches from Pixel, Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, and Xiaomi that are running Wear OS 4+ over the coming weeks, the company says. The announcement is part of Google’

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The 47 Best Shows on HBO Max Right Now (July 2025)

wired.com Jennifer M. Wood 2025-08-05 17:00:00

HBO Max may not have the shine it once did, but the streaming service (previously just Max) is still home to some of the best TV shows of the past 25 years, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Game of Thrones and The Leftovers. Whether you’re a longtime fan of the “it’s not TV” cable network or a HBO Max newbie trying to figure out where to start, the shows below should give you plenty upon which to feast your eyes. Looking for more recommendations? Head to WIRED’s guide to the best TV shows on

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Comparing the Climate and Productivity Impacts of a Shrinking Population

news.ycombinator.com Mark Budolfson 2025-08-06 22:39:44

All authors are affiliates of the Population Wellbeing Initiative at UT Austin. This paper subsumes the working paper “Population Decline: Too Small and Too Slow to Influence Climate Change” by the same authors. We thank Jared Bernstein, Maya Eden, Frank Errickson, Jim Feyrer, Chad Jones, Peter Kruse-Andersen, Kyle Meng, Marta Prato, John Podesta, Noah Scovronick, Robert Socolow, Phil Trammell, Sam Trejo, David Weil, Anson Zhou, Stéphane Zuber, Valeria Zurla and participants at the NBER’s confer

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The Entire Run of ‘Squid Game’ Is Currently Dominating Netflix Ratings

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-07 07:30:01

Squid Game‘s three seasons in order of fan preference? Season one was easily the best. Season two brought mixed results. And season three is nobody’s favorite. But that doesn’t mean people aren’t still binging as if 45.6 billion won depended on it. The streamer’s latest ratings chart has Squid Game season three in the top slot; no surprise there. But the other seasons have climbed back up the global top 10 of non-English shows, with 2024’s season two at number two and 2021’s season one at number

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Chinese researchers unveil MemOS, the first ‘memory operating system’ that gives AI human-like recall

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-08-07 11:57:16

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now A team of researchers from leading institutions including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University has developed what they’re calling the first “memory operating system” for artificial intelligence, addressing a fundamental limitation that has hindered AI systems from achieving human-like persistent memory and learning. The sy

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Seagate Compact 1TB Portable SSD Hits an All-Time Low, 260K+ Reviewers Might Envy This Prime Day Price

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2025-08-08 07:25:27

Tiny portable thumb drives are a great way to move important files, but they usually have one or both of two unfortunate shortcomings — they’re either fragile, small in capacity, or both. Not surprisingly, a USB-C thumb drive that conquers both of those issues comes from Seagate — the remarkable Ultra Compact 1TB portable SSD, which is just $80 right now in Amazon Prime Day Deal list. The Seagate Ultra Compact packs a full terabyte of storage into a tiny 2.78-inch body, and it’s also IP54 dust

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Slow Horses gets season 7 renewal, three new seasons coming to Apple TV+

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-08 11:26:41

Apple TV+ has had its best year ever so far, and it’s bound to continue with returning hits this fall like the recently announced Slow Horses season 5. But with another announcement today, Apple confirmed we’ll keep getting new Slow Horses episodes for a long while yet: seasons 6 and 7 are now both official. Slow Horses season 7 is now official, likely for 2027 Out of all the shows on Apple TV+, none has been as consistently produced and released as Slow Horses. The spy thriller starring Gary

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Wayve CEO Alex Kendall brings the future of autonomous AI to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-08 11:15:00

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for a deep dive into the future of technology. One of the most compelling conversations on one of the AI Stages will feature a panel of innovators redefining what intelligent systems can do — and among them is Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of Wayve. From research breakthrough to real-world autonomy Kendall founded Wayve in 2017 with a bold vision: to unloc

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Attimet (YC F24) – Quant Trading Research Lab – Is Hiring Founding Researcher

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-08 23:00:53

You’ll be given the autonomy to do some of the best work for your life. We’re building a research lab that puts its ideas to the test in one of the most complex, information-rich environments in the world: the financial markets. Much of trading still depends on hand-crafted signals and intuition. We’re approaching it differently - from first principles. We design systems that learn, adapt, and improve with data. Our infrastructure is built to accelerate research: fast iteration loops, real-tim

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SIMD.info – Reference tool for C intrinsics of all major SIMD engines

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-09 03:44:59

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EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-09 17:53:00

A group of publishers has filed an EU antitrust complaint against Google over its use of AI Overviews, according to a report from Reuters last week. AI Overviews are AI-generated results trained on content across the internet that appears at the top of Google searches. The complaint comes from a group of independent publishers who want the EU to take some action against Google scraping and repackaging their content, according to a document seen by Reuters. "Google's core search engine service

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Leak reveals Apple Maps in iOS 26 could get two unannounced new features [U]

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-09 22:31:39

Apple Maps continues to get better each year, with the variety of new iOS 26 features keeping that trend going. And according to new discoveries in iOS beta code, it seems Apple may have a couple additional Maps features on the way. [Update: See note at the bottom of the article on feature availability.] iOS 26 code reveals Apple Maps may get upgraded search and thermal management features Today in a post on X, Steve Moser shared about two new Apple Maps features that were discovered in iOS 26

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Scientists Find Alarming Link Between AI Use and Psychopathy

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-10 02:27:26

Artificial intelligence use has been associated with everything from fear of judgment and loneliness to misogyny and illiteracy — a baffling array of outcomes that's often alarming, but defies easy categorization. Now the plot thickens. In a new study published in the journal BMC Psychology, South Korean scientists surveyed 504 college-level Chinese art students and found that the ones who exhibited higher rates of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism were more likely rely on ChatGPT a

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Leak reveals Apple Maps in iOS 26 could get two unannounced new features

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-10 03:31:39

Apple Maps continues to get better each year, with the variety of new iOS 26 features keeping that trend going. And according to new discoveries in iOS beta code, it seems Apple may have a couple additional Maps features on the way. iOS 26 code reveals Apple Maps may get upgraded search and thermal management features Today in a post on X, Steve Moser shared about two new Apple Maps features that were discovered in iOS 26 beta code. Neither feature has been previously announced by Apple. Firs

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The 49 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (July 2025)

wired.com Matt Kamen 2025-08-07 19:00:00

Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you should move to the top of your queue. They aren’t all surefire winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they’re all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you’ve already watched everything on this list that you want to see? Try our guide to the best movies on Netflix for more options. And if you’ve already comple

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Google may soon let Pixel users remove the search widget’s new AI Mode shortcut (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-10 07:16:37

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently added a new shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, making it easy for users to launch Search’s AI Mode from the home screen. This new shortcut hasn’t gone down well with users, with many finding it intrusive. Google may soon give users an option to remove the AI Mode shortcut from the search widget. Google recently rolled out an easier way to access Search’s AI Mode. The company added a new AI Mode shortcut to the Pixel Launch

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‘Squid Game’ VIP Actor Speaks Out on That Awful English Voiceover

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-10 07:00:36

Squid Game season three has been met with decidedly mixed reviews, with most fans rating it as the blockbuster hit’s weakest installment. That ending didn’t help things, but neither did the enhanced presence of the show’s most annoying characters: the billionaire VIPs who spectate the games from behind glass and gilded masks. Season three saw the group exerting a more active influence on the competition. Early on, they disguise themselves as pink guards and massacre the unfortunate losers durin

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'Batavia' Windows spyware campaign targets dozens of Russian orgs

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-10 15:48:39

A previously undocumented spyware called ‘Batavia’ has been targeting large industrial enterprises in Russia in a phishing email campaign that uses contract-related lures. The researchers believe the operation has been active since at least last year in July and is ongoing. Based on telemetry data, the phishing emails delivering Batavia have reached employees at several dozen Russian organizations have been targeted. Since January 2025, the campaign has increased in intensity and peaked toward

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So you wanna build an aging company

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Constantin 2025-08-07 23:30:30

Today, aging is cool. In 2024 alone, investors deployed about $8.5B into longevity-focused biotech companies. Aging biotech companies have entered clinical trials. The field has come a long way. But as “aging” (and “longevity”) have become more mainstream, there’s a temptation to stretch the definition to things that don’t belong in the category. Aging is not a single process. It’s a complex interplay of multiple biological processes that, over time, become dysregulated. Understanding it as suc

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Android is finally adding a search bar to its Photo Picker to help you find images faster

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-10 23:55:24

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android’s Photo Picker is getting a new search bar to help find specific images, and a date scrubber is also in development to make navigation easier. The search feature, which is rolling out now, allows users to search their entire local and cloud media library with simple text-based queries. A date scrubber is also being worked on, which will let users quickly scroll through their gallery to find photos from a specific month or year. Sharing a photo

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Even ‘Foundation’ Star Jared Harris Can’t Explain That Big Hari Seldon Mystery

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Leak reveals Apple Maps in iOS 26 could get two unannounced new features

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