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At Least One ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Won’t Be Back for the Spinoff

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-18 11:15:34

With The Handmaid’s Tale wrapping up after six seasons, fans are now looking forward to sequel series The Testaments. It will have a new cast aside from Ann Dowd’s returning Aunt Lydia, but the creative forces behind both shows teased earlier this week that some other familiar faces could return. One that will not, however: Samira Wiley’s Moira. This comes from the actress herself, who admitted in a new interview that she’s quite ready to move on. “I wish I could tease and say ‘maybe,’ but that

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Prime Video: The 34 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-18 10:55:10

Reached the end of a binge and ready for something new? Prime Video may offer your next small-screen fixation. Amazon's streaming service is the place to visit for can't-miss originals like The Boys and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. With new shows premiering frequently, such as the postapocalyptic drama Fallout, you can choose a fresh release or start a series you've had on the back burner. Note that Prime Video is now ad-supported and charges an extra fee to remove commercials. Read on for this

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Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs — today it IPO’d at $14.5B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-18 10:23:17

One of the year’s most anticipated IPOs took place on Thursday when neobank Chime raised $864 million in its IPO, pricing its shares at $27, which is above its previously announced range of $24 to $26. That gave it a starting market cap of about $9.8 billion. While some would point out that this is far below its last private valuation of $25 billion, according to PitchBook’s estimates, shares opened at $42, putting it at $14.5 by midday in heavy trading, according to Yahoo Finance. The hungry

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Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-09-18 11:30:00

Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital. Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to date. “Running a hotel is increasingly complex,” Singh Narula told TechCrunch. “Guest expectations are constantly evolving, and staffing shortages continue to st

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Google Pixels are no longer the AOSP reference device

news.ycombinator.com Abner Li 2025-09-18 14:53:08

With the launch of Android 16 earlier this week, Google did not release the Pixel hardware repos and device trees that are particularly important for custom ROM developers. This led to speculation by some that “AOSP is being discontinued.” Google has denied that, but the Pixel change does look to be intentional. On Tuesday, Google released Android 16’s source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). However, the Pixel device trees and other code used to adapt the AOSP release to specific

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California’s Salton Sea Is Emitting Way More Toxic Gas Than We Thought

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-09-18 15:25:06

California’s largest and most-polluted lake, the Salton Sea, is exuding hydrogen sulfide, a noxious gas, at rates that greatly exceed the state’s air quality standards. Alarmingly, a new study finds that California’s air quality monitoring systems may be severely underestimating how much toxic pollution is reaching people living near the lake. Hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs, is linked to a host of respiratory and neurological symptoms. The new study, published in the journal Ge

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Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs. Today it IPO’d at $14.5B.

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-18 15:23:17

One of the year’s most anticipated IPOs took place on Thursday when neobank Chime raised $864 million in its IPO, pricing its shares at $27, above its previously announced range of $24 to $26. That gave it a starting market cap of about $9.8 billion. While some would point out that this is far below its last private valuation of $25 billion, according to PitchBook’s estimates, shares opened at $42, putting it at $14.5 by midday in heavy trading, according to Yahoo Finance. The hungry response

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Oracle shares pop 15% to record high on earnings beat, cloud optimism

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-18 19:43:15

Larry Ellison, Oracle's co-founder, chief technology officer and chairman, at right, and U.S. President Donald Trump share a laugh as Ellison uses a stool to stand on as he speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, the war in Ukraine, cryptocurrencies and other t

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Google Pixel 10 may fail to live up to our MagSafe dreams, after all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 19:28:50

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is preparing a range of “Pixelsnap” accessories for the Pixel 10 that support wireless charging. Despite Qi2 support, the phone may require the use of a case to add the magnets needed for alignment. In addition to Google’s own accessories, look for a range of similar Made by Google solutions from third parties. What is so hard about giving Android users what they want? When it comes to wirelessly charging our phones, we’re not asking for that m

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Instagram will soon let you re-arrange your grid

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 19:00:11

You don't have to make a huge effort planning Instagram posts anymore so that your profile takes on a certain aesthetic or so that your grid reads or looks a certain way. Instagram will soon (and finally) let you re-order the posts already on your grid. Alessandro Paluzzi, who reverse engineered apps and posted upcoming features online, found an "edit grid" option within Instagram way back in 2022. Instagram didn't say when exactly the feature will be available, but when you do get the edit grid

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US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists

news.ycombinator.com Kinetz Is A Global Investigative Journalist For The Associated Press 2025-09-18 19:12:45

ROME (AP) — Spyware from a U.S.-backed Israeli company was used to target the phones of at least three prominent journalists in Europe, two of whom are editors at an investigative news site in Italy, according to digital researchers at Citizen Lab, citing new forensic evidence of the attacks. The findings come amid a growing questions about what role the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni may have played in spying on journalists and civil society activists critical of her leade

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Why Does My Ripped CD Have Messed Up Track Names? and Why Is One Track Missing?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 18:03:52

A delve into CD ripping and metadata As of late, I've been getting into growing my music collection by buying and ripping CDs. That was all fine and dandy until I discovered that one of my albums, Echo Afternoon by Finish Ticket, was slightly off. On the left, the artist's Bandcamp page. On the right, my ripped files in VLC. There are three problems here: One track has changed name - Raincloud has turned into "Rainclous". Nothing Coming Soon should be 41 seconds long, but is instead 4 minute

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Google left months-old dark mode bug in Android 16, fix planned for next Pixel Drop

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-18 19:51:02

Google's Pixel phones got a big update this week with the release of Android 16 and a batch of Pixel Drop features. Pixels now have enhanced security, new contact features, and improved button navigation. However, some of the most interesting features, like desktop windowing and Material 3 Expressive, are coming later. Another thing that's coming later, it seems, is a fix for an annoying bug Google introduced a few months back. Google broke the system dark mode schedule in its March Pixel updat

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Apple will let you play video in CarPlay with iOS 26

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-09-18 19:21:36

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. Apple’s days of blocking you from watching video through CarPlay appear to be coming to an end. The upcoming iOS26 update will allow people to project video from their phones onto the center display of their vehicle through AirPlay. This will enable users to “watch their favorite videos from iPhone right on their CarPlay di

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Out of Words is an emotional co-op adventure illustrated with beautiful stop-motion animation

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-18 23:00:00

The two main characters of Out of Words are young teens who are falling in love in a coming of age story. But then disaster strikes as they lose their mouths. They try to talk, but can’t anymore. Their mouths are sewn shut. And so begins Out of Words, a co-op platformer adventure. Of all the games that I saw at the Summer Game Fest, this one was the best. The goal of the game is to find the lost voices of the puppet-animated characters. But unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for a while. It’s c

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Lil Snack makes a snackable Scattergories game in partnership with Hasbro

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-18 23:30:00

When we last talked with Lil Snack, they were a two-person company making little games that were like snacks. For fun, we posted their games on the GamesBeat.com web site, and it was cool to tell people that we had games on our site at the 2024 GamesBeat Summit. It was just a couple of guys using AI to make games. Flash forward to today, and now they’ve got a partnership with Hasbro to make a game based on the Scattergories board game. Lil Snack has ten new games operated daily for as many as

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Android 16 has finally arrived, and it’s time for your Pixel to upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-17 02:00:21

TL;DR Google has just released Android 16 stable for Pixel devices Other manufacturers can now follow suit with updates for their own device lineups. The Pixel 6 series and newer, including Google’s foldables and the Pixel tablet, are eligible for today’s update. Are you ready for the summer of Android 16? We’re just a week into June already, and while we missed the initially rumored June 3 launch, Android 16 is finally making its formal debut, as Google settles into its new release schedule.

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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 just made an iOS-style change to your status bar

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-17 18:49:13

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 quietly swaps the positions of Wi-Fi and mobile network icons on the status bar. The new arrangement mirrors Apple’s approach on iOS and breaks years of established Android UX norms. If Google decides to go ahead with the change, it could reach Pixel devices with the Android 16 QPR1 stable release in September, and to the wider Android platform with Android 17 next year. It’s raining software updates! We’ve got iOS 26 beta and major

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Amazon may double the time you spend watching ads on Prime Video

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 23:32:58

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A new report says Prime Video is increasing its ad load to four to six minutes per hour. This doubles the amount of ad time ad-tier users were previously exposed to. In terms of lightest to heaviest ad experience, it’s said Amazon’s platform is now in the middle tier. Despite immense pushback from customers, Amazon introduced ads to Prime Video in 2024. While no one likes the idea of going from no ads to ads, at least the ad experience was light comp

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Google tests new segmented Pixel Launcher search bar design in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 23:59:14

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is prepping another redesign for the Pixel Launcher’s search bar. The new design is already live for some users in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta release. It features a smaller search bar with a round AI mode button to the right, like the recently released search bar home screen widget. Google has given the Pixel Launcher’s search bar a new look in Android 16 QPR1 beta 2. It now resembles the updated search bar home screen widget that rolled o

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Android 16 is out, complete with new features for Pixel phones including live notification updates

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 23:40:32

Google has released Android 16 to the masses, as it's now available for compatible handsets. The company says new devices will come preloaded with the OS in "the coming months." As usual, it's first coming to Google's own Pixel phones. The update includes several notable features. The biggest one might be live updates in notifications. This means that stuff like ride-shares and food deliveries will get a progress bar directly in the notification, so folks won't have to constantly open and close

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Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware

news.ycombinator.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-09-18 23:39:57

Two European journalists were hacked using government spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech provider Paragon, new research has confirmed. On Thursday, digital rights group The Citizen Lab published a new report detailing the results of a new forensic investigation into the iPhones of Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino and an unnamed “prominent” European journalist. The researchers said both journalists were hacked by the same Paragon customer, based on evidence found on the two journalists’

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How brands can pursue the $11B in-game ad opportunity | Orange 142

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-19 02:00:00

In-game advertising is an $11 billion market, and Orange 142 has released a guide to help marketers unlock the opportunity. Orange 142 released a new best practices guide focused on in-game advertising. The guide is designed to help marketers unlock the full potential of gaming as a marketing channel, connecting with audiences in immersive environments without disrupting the player experience. Gaming platforms are one of the most engaged digital channels globally, with more than 3.2 billion pe

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6 new Android ecosystem treats that have this gadget geek grinning

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-09-19 02:15:13

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET I've been using Android devices since 2007 and now have a rather large collection of Google devices in my home and office. The latest ecosystem updates will improve my efficiency with communications, safety, and daily commuting. Also: Your Android phone is getting a huge security upgrade for free - what's new While this week's focus has been on the release of Android 16, there are also six new features for Android that I am particularly excited about, and

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This hidden Chrome feature is my secret productivity trick - here's my favorite way to use it

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-09-19 02:40:44

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET You may have noticed an odd little button that sometimes appears in your Chrome browser bar labeled "Google Lens." It's actually been there for a number of years now, although it doesn't always show up. But have you ever used it? Have you even given it a second thought? Or has it just become one more piece of digital clutter your brain edits out? We've covered Google Lens before on ZDNET. We've done so a number of times, in fact. But we've always covered it as a fe

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Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-19 08:07:53

Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps 8 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Meta has taken legal action against a company which runs ads on its platforms promoting so-called "nudify" apps, which typically using artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake nude images of people without their consent. It has sued the firm behind CrushAI apps to stop it posting ads altogether, following a cat-and-mouse battle to remove them over a series

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Maestro Media launches Kickstarter for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid tabletop game

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-19 07:15:00

Maestro Media is launching a Kickstarter for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid, a new tabletop game based on Supercell’s top-selling mobile game. The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign is scheduled to being on June 17, but the team is already well under way on creating the tabletop game, said Javon Frazier, CEO of Maestro Media, in an interview with GamesBeat. The Clash of Clans tabletop game is expected to come out in 2026. The game’s creative director is veteran tabletop game designer Eric M. Lan

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Don’t be fooled by Android 16’s release — the big changes are still coming

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 07:00:43

Android fans, it is time. After nearly seven months of developer previews and betas, the official Android 16 update is now available for the Pixel 6 and newer Pixel models. If you head to your Settings app to check for an update, you should have Android 16 waiting for you. Android 16 as a whole is shaping up to be one of the most significant Android updates we’ve seen in years, thanks to things like Material 3 Expressive, the redesigned quick settings layout, the new lock screen customization o

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Pixel phones may finally get native flashlight brightness controls, years after Samsung and Apple

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 07:00:49

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google may add native flashlight brightness controls to Pixel phones in the next quarterly release of Android 16. While the hardware has long supported it, Pixel users currently need to use an app to adjust the flashlight’s intensity. The new feature, discovered in the latest beta, will likely make the Quick Settings flashlight tile expandable. Nearly every smartphone has an LED flash on the rear that you can use as a flashlight in a pinch, but most d

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CarPlay in iOS 26 enables AirPlay ‘video in the car’ feature for apps

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-19 08:00:37

Apple is making a major U-turn with CarPlay after a decade of not allowing video playback. Starting with iOS 26, Apple will allow apps to display video through the CarPlay screen while parked. The new capability falls under the name ‘video in the car’ and is mentioned on Apple’s developer website for CarPlay: AirPlay video in the car enables people to watch their favorite videos from iPhone right on their CarPlay display when they aren’t driving. Integrate support for CarPlay with AirPlay vide

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Latest Tech News

At Least One ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Won’t Be Back for the Spinoff

Prime Video: The 34 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch

Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs — today it IPO’d at $14.5B

Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners

Google Pixels are no longer the AOSP reference device

California’s Salton Sea Is Emitting Way More Toxic Gas Than We Thought

Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs. Today it IPO’d at $14.5B.

Oracle shares pop 15% to record high on earnings beat, cloud optimism

Google Pixel 10 may fail to live up to our MagSafe dreams, after all

Instagram will soon let you re-arrange your grid

US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists

Why Does My Ripped CD Have Messed Up Track Names? and Why Is One Track Missing?

Google left months-old dark mode bug in Android 16, fix planned for next Pixel Drop

Apple will let you play video in CarPlay with iOS 26

Out of Words is an emotional co-op adventure illustrated with beautiful stop-motion animation

Lil Snack makes a snackable Scattergories game in partnership with Hasbro

Android 16 has finally arrived, and it’s time for your Pixel to upgrade

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 just made an iOS-style change to your status bar

Amazon may double the time you spend watching ads on Prime Video

Google tests new segmented Pixel Launcher search bar design in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta

Android 16 is out, complete with new features for Pixel phones including live notification updates

Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware

How brands can pursue the $11B in-game ad opportunity | Orange 142

6 new Android ecosystem treats that have this gadget geek grinning

This hidden Chrome feature is my secret productivity trick - here's my favorite way to use it

Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps

Maestro Media launches Kickstarter for Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid tabletop game

Don’t be fooled by Android 16’s release — the big changes are still coming

Pixel phones may finally get native flashlight brightness controls, years after Samsung and Apple

CarPlay in iOS 26 enables AirPlay ‘video in the car’ feature for apps

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