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Despite Losing Batman and Superman, Nicholas Hoult Knew Lex Luthor Was for Him

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-15 11:00:01

The world works in mysterious ways, even the world of comic book casting. Nicholas Hoult has been trying to become a superhero for years. He was one of the actors being considered for the lead role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman and was also considered to play Superman for James Gunn. Of course, neither of those things worked out, but something else worked out that was even better. Hoult ended up as Lex Luthor, and, it turns out, it was a role that was speaking to him all along. Speaking to Hoult o

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Beyond Prime Day, Energizer 20,000mAh Power Bank Is Almost Free at Best Buy’s Black Friday in July

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-10-15 11:10:19

While battery lives on phones are often doing their best, the fact is that they never really last as long as you’d like. It’s a pain to have to suddenly stop using your phone just to try and make that last 10% last until you actually get home, especially when you’ve got a commute ahead of you or anything else where you might want your GPS or some music. See at Best Buy It’s in times like those that you’re going to be incredibly thankful that today was the day you bought a good power bank. That

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What Happens to Tesla When Musk Picks Politics Over Cars?

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-10-15 11:13:43

Tesla is Elon Musk. Elon Musk is Tesla. Rarely has a company’s identity been so inextricably linked to its CEO, for better and for worse. For years, this fusion was a superpower, giving Tesla an innovative mystique that captivated investors and propped up its valuation. Now, that same connection has become a massive liability. In a brutal reaction to Elon Musk’s latest political bombshell—the launch of his own political party—investors wiped nearly $70 billion off Tesla’s market capitalization

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This 1-Year Sam’s Club Membership (Auto-Renew) Drops to Nearly Free, a Cheap Alternative If Costco Is Too Far

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-10-15 11:25:08

Life is pretty darn expensive. In fact, it’s getting pricier by the day at the moment, at least for a lot of us, and that means that it’s really important to find ways to not only save money on luxuries that help keep us all sane, but also on daily essentials. That can be a lot harder to do though, but there are some really easy ways to get those savings going, and one of those is with a good warehouse membership. See at StackSocial Sam’s Club is a membership-only retailer that stocks a huge n

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Amazon Is Crushing LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Stock for Prime Day, Now Selling for Peanuts Until Sold Out

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-10-15 11:35:35

Prime Day is always a stellar day for LEGO fans and this year is no exception – especially for Star Wars fans, the largest LEGO theme of all time. One of the top deals is the LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 set which has a massive 4.9 out of 5 rating on Amazon. Even better yet, this deal isn’t limited to Prime members, so it’s open to everyone who wants to add this iconic droid to their collection. The R2-D2 LEGO set is currently selling for $79, which is a decrease from its normal price of $99 and an all

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The End of the Stock Market As We Know It

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-10-15 11:38:31

A revolution is brewing in finance, promising to shatter the old walls of Wall Street and bring assets like stocks, bonds, and even skyscrapers onto the blockchain. It’s called tokenization, and it could fundamentally change how we own, trade, and think about value. To understand what this means for the average person, we broke down the concept and spoke with Ken DiCross, co-founder of the blockchain interoperability platform Wire Network, about the future of a tokenized world. 1. What Is Token

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This 56,800mAh Power Bank Suddenly Got So Cheap, Amazon Is Taking 85% Off Just for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-10-15 11:45:38

On Amazon, discovering the perfect power bank is daunting: There are tens of thousands of them, ranging from very expensive to very fast, some with enormous capacity and some with broad compatibility. So, which one do you pick, and especially on Prime Day? Right now, there is one absolute favorite that fits all the boxes: the Moihosso 56,800mAh portable charger. It’s fast-charge, has a massive battery, is compatible with just about any device, and (most amazingly) is 85% off during Prime Day. T

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The Best-Sounding Sony Bluetooth Speaker I've Tested Is at an All-Time Low Price for Prime Day

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 09:52:00

Amazon Prime Day sale: The Sony ULT Field 5 Bluetooth speaker is available for $198 as part of Amazon's Prime Day sale event. That's equivalent to 40% off. We named this model the best midrange Bluetooth speaker available, and it's now at the best price we've seen since it launched. If you were to ask me what my favorite new portable Bluetooth speaker of 2025 is so far, I'd have to say Sony's ULT Field 5 speaker. When it launched back in April, I called it one of the best-sounding Bluetooth spe

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EU Slaps Google With Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 09:53:00

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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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 8, #1480

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:00:03

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 8, #758

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:00:05

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle isn't too terrible. Today, I actually found the purple category before any of the other ones. Remember, some surnames can also pass for regular words. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, li

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 8, #288

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:00:06

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition might be tough. It helps to know your colleges, and their athletic alumni. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 8 #492

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:00:06

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a tough one. It was one where I did not have a clue what the theme was even after I finished it, though the spangram finally gave it away. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you

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ChatGPT Glossary: 53 AI Terms Everyone Should Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:06:00

AI is everywhere. From the massive popularity of ChatGPT to Google cramming AI summaries at the top of its search results, AI is completely taking over the internet. With AI, you can get instant answers to pretty much any question. It can feel like talking to someone who has a Ph.D. in everything. But that aspect of AI chatbots is only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help do your homework or having Midjourney create fascinating images of mechs based on country of origin is co

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Student Loan Repayment Plans Will Last as Long as Most Mortgages. How Much the New Budget Bill Will Cost You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:37:00

The Republican-led policy bill cuts repayment plans to two options for future borrowers. Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET The Republican-led "One Big Beautiful Bill" was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week, which will result in major changes to student loans, including fewer repayment options, caps on borrowing and new rules for Pell Grants. The nearly 900-page bill means a lot of changes for taxes and Medicare, but its impact on higher education could alter how colleges operate an

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Get $200 to Spend on Tomorrow's Prime Day Sale With the Prime Visa

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:45:00

Zooey Liao/CNET Amazon's Prime Day starts tomorrow and ends on July 11. It's one of the summer's biggest sales with hundreds of discounts. If you're planning to shop, Amazon is offering a $200 gift card when you're approved for the Prime Visa. It's rare for a credit card to offer a welcome bonus that you don't have to "earn" by spending a certain amount with the card. And while the Prime Visa technically has no annual fee, to get approved for this card, you'll need to be a Prime member, which

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What would a cheap, Apple A18-powered MacBook actually be good at?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-15 11:08:05

Some Apple rumors just don't go away, hanging around in perpetuity either because they reflect things that Apple is actually testing in its labs or because hope springs eternal. A HomePod-like device with a screen? A replacement for the dear, departed 27-inch iMac? Touchscreen MacBooks? The return of TouchID fingerprint scanning via a sensor located beneath a screen? Maybe these things are coming, but they ain't here yet. However, few rumors have had the longevity or staying power of "Apple is

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GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in 3 US States—but Not for Ride-Hailing

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-10-12 04:28:41

Cruise robotaxis are back on the road … well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of the vehicles as it seeks to develop new driver-assistance technologies. This week, WIRED spotted a GM Bolt electric hatchback on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and later saw a similar vehicle on Interstate 880 near Oakland. In each instance, the car was being driven by a human. But it held equipment on

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9 Best Robot Vacuums (2025): Tested and Reviewed in Real Homes

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-10-15 11:15:24

Other Robot Vacuums to Consider Photograph: Adrienne So We are approaching the great robot vacuum convergence. At whatever price you want to pay, you can find a robot vacuum that will look very similar and have similar features. Here are a few that also worked well for us. Roborock Qrevo Curv for $1,099: This was Roborock's 2024 flagship vacuum, and it's still great (reviewer Ryan Waniata calls it the best robot vacuum he's ever used). It has slightly less suction power than this year's Saros

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Microsoft’s Edge browser now loads sites even faster

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-10-15 11:14:31

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. In a new post shared to its Windows blog, Microsoft says that it has “reached a major milestone” when it comes to improving the speed of Edge’s user interface. It now takes Microsoft’s browser less than 300 milliseconds to start rendering the first parts of a website for users, whether it’s text, images, or parts of the user interface. It’s a me

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Tesla loses $68 billion in value after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-15 15:05:31

Now the tech billionaire's reinvolvement in the political arena is making investors nervous. The billionaire's involvement in politics has been a point of contention for investors. Musk earlier this year was instrumental in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and worked closely with President Donald Trump — a move seen as potentially hurting Tesla's brand . Musk said Saturday that the party would be called the "America Party" and could focus "on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to

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Waymo to begin testing in Philadelphia with safety drivers behind the wheel

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-10-15 14:56:20

Waymo said it will begin testing in Philadelphia, with a limited fleet of vehicles and human safety drivers behind the wheel. "This city is a National Treasure," Waymo wrote in a post on X on Monday. "It's a city of love, where eagles fly with a gritty spirit and cheese that spreads and cheese that steaks. Our road trip continues to Philly next." The Alphabet -owned company confirmed to CNBC that it will be testing in Pennsylvania's largest city through the fall, adding that the initial flee

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T-Mobile starts offering an $830 trade-in discount if you don’t mind locking yourself in

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 09:45:01

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile is reportedly offering a new loyalty discount of $830 on device trade-ins for select existing customers. To be eligible, customers must not have any active equipment installment plans. The discount will be credited back over a two-year installment period. Eligible customers can check for the offer in the T-Life app or with store representatives. T-Mobile counts itself among the big three carriers in the nation, but the carrier still has to b

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Latest Pixel 10 series color leak adds some storage surprises

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-15 15:23:23

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Pixel 9 TL;DR A new leak has added credibility to the Pixel 10 series color options revealed in a recent leak. It also reveals the storage configurations for all models and suggests Google may limit some variants to specific colors. The report also outlines possible color choices for the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a. Recent leaks have caused some confusion over the color options for Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 lineup, with different sources offering confl

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New iPhone 17 Pro renders highlight aluminum design, repositioned Apple logo

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-10-14 15:49:38

A new image from Apple leaker Majin Bu provides a new look at the repositioned Apple logo on the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro. Last week we got our first look at what the new Apple logo placement would look like, though this new image provides a much clearer picture. One of the less talked about design elements of the new iPhone 17 Pro design is the fact that Apple will be shifting to a two-tone design of sorts, with an all aluminum frame and camera bump. However, for wireless charging, MagSafe, and

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

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-15 14:31:39

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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Roborock’s Prime Day deals make robot vacuum cleaners more affordable than ever

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2025-10-15 15:27:52

It’s Prime Day season once again! This year, Roborock has some incredible deals on some of its top robot vacuum models, with deals reaching nearly 40% off. These deals stretch across a number of price points, making a new robot vacuum obtainable for loads of people, even if you don’t have the highest budget. Saros 10R The Saros 10R is one of Roborock’s latest models, and it’s also their flagship. It comes in with a special 20% discount this Prime Day. This model packs their StarSight Autonomou

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My favorite portable Sony speaker sees a pre-Prime Day discount - and you should hop on it

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-15 15:20:39

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sony Ult Field 3 speaker is a midrange powerhouse with great sound and ample bass, and it's $50 off right now at Walmart. With a 24-hour battery life and features that encourage speaker syncing, the Ult Field 3 would be perfect for regular hosts and music lovers. I can't think of anything wrong with this incredible speaker, and its price competes with other speakers of this size and spec. View now at Amazon View now at Walmart more buying choices The Sony Ult Field 3

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This budget Lenovo 2-in-1 I recommend to students couldn't be more affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-15 15:22:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is on sale now for $269. It's a versatile and highly-portable device that's as useful at home as in the office. Some of the most buzzworthy features are tied to subscriptions, and the keyboard and trackpad are very small. $379 at Lenovo $269 at Best Buy more buying choices The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is on sale at Best Buy for $269. That's $130 off the already-low regular price. The ninth-generation Lenovo Chromebook Duet is an 11-i

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This Yamaha soundbar delivers audio that competes with systems twice its price (and it's $200 off)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-15 15:45:00

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 Amazon $499.95 at B&H Photo-Video $499.95 at Crutchfield 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 per

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Despite Losing Batman and Superman, Nicholas Hoult Knew Lex Luthor Was for Him

Beyond Prime Day, Energizer 20,000mAh Power Bank Is Almost Free at Best Buy’s Black Friday in July

What Happens to Tesla When Musk Picks Politics Over Cars?

This 1-Year Sam’s Club Membership (Auto-Renew) Drops to Nearly Free, a Cheap Alternative If Costco Is Too Far

Amazon Is Crushing LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Stock for Prime Day, Now Selling for Peanuts Until Sold Out

The End of the Stock Market As We Know It

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The Best-Sounding Sony Bluetooth Speaker I've Tested Is at an All-Time Low Price for Prime Day

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 8, #1480

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 8, #758

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 8 #492

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Get $200 to Spend on Tomorrow's Prime Day Sale With the Prime Visa

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Waymo to begin testing in Philadelphia with safety drivers behind the wheel

T-Mobile starts offering an $830 trade-in discount if you don’t mind locking yourself in

Latest Pixel 10 series color leak adds some storage surprises

New iPhone 17 Pro renders highlight aluminum design, repositioned Apple logo

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

Roborock’s Prime Day deals make robot vacuum cleaners more affordable than ever

My favorite portable Sony speaker sees a pre-Prime Day discount - and you should hop on it

This budget Lenovo 2-in-1 I recommend to students couldn't be more affordable

This Yamaha soundbar delivers audio that competes with systems twice its price (and it's $200 off)

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