Published on: 2025-07-14 00:00:03
Avengers directors Anthony and Joseph Russo are back for another expensively assembled sci-fi flick, with the release to streaming of The Electric State. Having helmed a string of Marvel blockbuster smashes, this Netflix exclusive sees the brothers tackle a big-budget adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's dystopian 2018 illustrated novel of the same name. Set in an alternate 1990s where robots have been exiled following a failed uprising, the plot of The Electric State follows orphaned teenager Mich
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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A new study from Columbia Journalism Review's Tow Center for Digital Journalism finds serious accuracy issues with generative AI models used for news searches. The research tested eight AI-driven search tools equipped with live search functionality and discovered that the AI models incorrectly answered more than 60 percent of queries about news content. Researchers Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar noted in their report that roughly 1 in 4 Americans now uses AI models as alternatives
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Whether you're worried about the open network at your local coffee shop or want to get around geo-restrictions when you're traveling, NordVPN can help. A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. VPNs aren’t perfect protection (you need to trust your VPN provider), but they’re always going to be better than nothing when you’re using a public hotspot. They also make it easy to continue to watch your favorite shows even when you’re on vacat
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 00:45:04
We’re in an age where you can realistically delegate tasks to smart hunks of metal, whether it’s a self-driving car or a robot that can clean on your behalf. Most of us probably won’t be able to afford the helpful sentient humanoids being developed in our lifetimes, but robot vacuums are an affordable way to experience that promised utopia right now. Today’s floor cleaners are also more advanced than ever. In addition to vacuuming, many of the best models can now mop, allowing you to tackle bot
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AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual components of the model), is under an Apache 2.0 license, meaning it can be used commercially with few restrictions. Called CSM-1B, the model generates “RVQ audio codes” from text and audio inputs, according to Sesame’s description on the AI dev platform Hugging Face. RVQ refers to “residual vector qua
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Big if True: Microsoft recently teased some truly impressive performance improvements coming to TypeScript. The lead architect of the open-source programming language wants TS to deliver an excellent developer experience, even with the most demanding and massive codebases. TypeScript should soon become 10x faster on average. Anders Hejlsberg's team at Microsoft is working on a radical improvement to its performance with a new native port of the language's compiler and tools. The Microsoft code
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Intel shares popped more than 14% after the struggling chipmaker named Lip-Bu Tan its new CEO and Wall Street cheered the turnaround attempt. Tan previously served as CEO of chip software maker and Intel supplier Cadence Design Systems , and will rejoin the board after departing last year. He replaces interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and MJ Holthaus who took the helm of the company after former CEO Pat Gelsinger's ousting in December. The news brings an end to a tumultuous period for the once-ico
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Right now in the US, the total population held in prison is nearly 2 million people, which is over 20 percent of the world's prisoners. Of that massive number, over 122,000 US citizens are forced to endure solitary confinement for at least 22 hours a day. Solitary confinement is the brutal practice of stuffing people into closet-sized rooms without sunlight, stimulation, or human contact for hours, days, weeks, and sometimes years or decades at a time. It's a practice that amounts to torture, a
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Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak suggests that some Pixel 9a buyers will receive a free Google TV Streamer when purchasing through select Google partners. The promo is expected to be available in Europe, but there is no confirmation on whether a similar offer will be available in the US. Google is rumored to announce the Pixel 9a on March 19, with sales beginning on March 26. With the rumored launch of the Google Pixel 9a just around the corner, leaks about the 2025 mid-ran
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Apple is reportedly planning for iOS 19 to introduce the biggest visual overhaul to the iPhone in over a decade. Here’s why a big iOS 19 redesign is a risky move, but one that could pay off nicely for Apple. Why iOS 19’s redesign is a risky move for Apple iOS 7 was the last time Apple introduced a major redesign to the iPhone’s software. That means it’s been 12 years since a big software revamp. I remember iOS 7 igniting tons of excitement among the Apple community for its fresh, modern desig
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Benjamin and Chance react to the disappointing news that Apple officially delayed the ambitious AI Siri features indefinitely, and what the ramifications are on Apple’s product line in the near term. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports Apple is preparing the biggest redesign to iOS since iOS 7, and Kuo has some details about Apple’s first foldable iPhone coming in 2026. And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance experiments with Benjamin’s external monitor arrangement, and we discuss the popularity of Safari’s “C
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Jeff and Annie Strain, the owners of publisher Prytania Media, are suing NetEase over claims of "defamation, unfair trade practices and interference with business relations," Polygon reports. The new lawsuit runs counter to the couple's previous claim that leaks shared with Kotaku led to them shutting down their studios Crop Circle Games and Possibility Space, before Prytania Media itself closed. Per Polygon's reporting, the Strains claim that NetEase "spread false and defamatory statements tha
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AirPods are arguably Apple's most popular post-iPhone product, and it sounds like the company has plans to make them even more essential. Bloomberg reports that Apple is adding a live-translate feature to AirPods later this year as part of an upcoming software update. The feature sounds like it would work in a similar way to the translation feature on the Pixel Buds, only without the need to ask Google Assistant or in this case, Siri, to start listening for a specific language first. Apple's fe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 04:35:32
It only took 20 years for the US to get a second shop. Nintendo has set the date for its second US store to set up shop. Following the announcement last year, Nintendo's brick and mortar location in San Francisco will open its doors on May 15. The opening is happening almost exactly two decades after Nintendo launched its first US store, which is in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza. The San Francisco business "will offer a unique shopping experience filled with Nintendo’s characters, worlds a
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Open AI CEO Sam Altman chats with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott at Microsoft Build 2024. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT over two years ago, it has retained its position as one of the frontrunners in the AI race, constantly developing smarter models and spin-off products. The company has no intention of slowing down, with its ultimate goal being to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or AI with autonomous, human-level intelligence. "Our mission is to ensure that AGI ben
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About Spark Spark is building an advanced AI research tool that helps energy developers build solar farms and battery plants. One of the biggest challenges in renewable energy is not construction — it’s navigating local regulations. We build AI agents that help energy developers find and understand critical information to develop and invest in solar farms. Industry leaders like Colliers Engineering & Design, Standard Solar, and Cypress Creek Renewables use Spark to inform their investment dec
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A version of this post originally appeared in Refactoring, a Substack offering advice for software engineers. Most of us have encountered a few software engineers who seem practically magician-like, a class apart from the rest of us in their ability to reason about complex mental models, leap to nonobvious yet elegant solutions, or emit waves of high-quality code at unreal velocity. I have run into many of these incredible beings over the course of my career. I think their existence is what
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March 12, 2025・5 minute read Something productive finally came from my daily Sudoku habit: I invented a new type of puzzle that I call “Cracked Sudoku”. It’s named after cracked dirt: Even though it looks weird, the rules should feel familiar to Sudoku fans: Fill the cells with numbers 1-9 without repeating numbers in a dark-outlined group or along a colored run line. Give it a try: Play Cracked Sudoku Designing the Ruleset Those of you with a life may be unaware that the past 10 years ha
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Accurately predicting when a volcano will erupt is nearly impossible, but Alaska’s Mount Spurr is sending clear warning signs to volcanologists. Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) warn that Mount Spurr—a snow-covered volcano 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Anchorage—is likely to experience an explosive eruption in the coming weeks or months, according to an AVO statement posted Wednesday to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website. Though volcanologists expect to see increased gas, s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 04:05:59
NASA is not one to let a good spacecraft go to waste. For nearly two weeks, the space agency has been trying to reestablish communications with a recently launched satellite that was originally headed toward the Moon. Lunar Trailblazer launched on February 26 on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the aim of entering lunar orbit and gathering data on the state of water on the Moon. Despite successfully deploying from the rocket, the spacecraft began experiencing trouble with its power system sh
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On the chilly spring days when the rain falls and the temperature is low, we move inside and maybe bring out a space heater or heated blanket. Using these heated items, as well as others, can put a bit of strain on a home's electrical system. If you're not careful, it can become a big problem. Protect your home from overload and safely plug your comfort items into smart plugs with the tips we've gathered here. Many people turn to smart plugs as a way to improve energy efficiency via timers and
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Xbox players will soon be getting an optional AI-powered gaming assistant to help them with game recommendations or to improve their skills, Microsoft revealed on the Official Xbox Podcast on Thursday. Announced last year, Copilot for Gaming is powered by Microsoft's AI assistant and is meant to help players save time and better experience games. This can include lessening the headache when downloading and updating titles or giving hints as to side quests they might miss out on. Copilot for Gam
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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. Connections: Sports Edition might be tough today. There's a word in it that means a kind of cheek makeup to me, but apparently has a different meaning in Canadian football, eh? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Su
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It's no secret that grocery prices are high. With tariffs, the recent egg shortage related to bird flu, and global instability, grocery prices are expected to jump as much as 3.3% this year, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Bloated costs on everything from meat to maple syrup have folks looking for money-saving food hacks, and meal kits, once considered an expensive alternative to grocery shopping, could be a surprising option. To retain subscribers, Blue Apron recently announced
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Microsoft is testing AI-powered summaries in Notepad. In an update rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, you’ll be able to summarize information in Notepad by highlighting a chunk of text, right-clicking it, and selecting Summarize. Notepad will then generate a summary of the text, as well as provide an option to change it
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Apple is planning to bring live translation to AirPods, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The feature, which will let users translate conversations in real time, will be “tied” to the forthcoming iOS 19, Gurman says. As noted by Gurman, the feature can help translate a conversation from, for example, Spanish to English by playing
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In the AI chatbot wars, Google thinks the key to retaining users is serving up content they can’t get elsewhere, like answers shaped by their internet habits. On Thursday, the company announced Gemini with personalization, a new “experimental capability” for its Gemini chatbot apps that lets Gemini draw on other Google apps and services to deliver customized responses. Gemini with personalization can tap a user’s activities and preferences across Google’s product ecosystem to deliver tailored a
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Google announced on Thursday that Android phones will soon support Auracast, a new Bluetooth technology that uses a phone to enable a direct connection from hearing aids to audio broadcasts in noisy environments. With Auracast, compatible hearing aids and earbuds can receive direct audio streams, such as a PA system at a train station or an audio broadcast at a concert. Google notes that hearing aid presets can be applied to these broadcasts, which means users can personalize streams to their h
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Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. Flock makes computer vision-enabled video surveillance technology used by law enforcement as well as businesses, property management companies, and so on. It’s best known for its automatic license plate recognition tech, but Flock also makes gunshot detection tech marketed to schools, and recently acquired public safety drone company Aerodome.
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