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Gareth Edwards Sees ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ as a Metaphor for the Film Industry

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-15 03:30:54

Gareth Edwards knows a thing or two about sci-fi films. And whether he’s creating his own unique worlds, like Monsters or The Creator, or working in someone else’s, like Godzilla or Rogue One, the director thinks one thing links the entire genre together. “[Sci-fi] films are never really about spaceships, robots or dinosaurs,” he told io9. “They feel pointless if they are. They [only] have meaning when the whole thing is kind of an analogy for something else.” So, what is Edwards’ latest film,

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Microsoft Is Getting Rid of Passwords in One Month. Here's What You Need to Do ASAP

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 02:00:00

If you rely on Microsoft Authenticator to store your passwords, time is winding down. Starting in August, Microsoft will require you to use passkeys instead of keeping all of your Microsoft passwords on its mobile app and your old passwords will vanish. But that's not bad news. Passkeys can cut out risky password habits that 49% of US adults have, according to a recent CNET survey. Making it a practice to use the same password for multiple accounts or include personal hints, like your birthday

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Gas Prices Hold Steady After Iran Ceasefire Despite Dubious $8/Gallon Warnings in California

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 03:00:00

Gas prices could rise due to the conflict with Iran. Alvaro Gonzalez/Getty Images Brent crude opened Thursday at $67.83 a barrel, down more than $13 from the high of $81 last week, after traders decided the Iran-Israel ceasefire will probably keep the Strait of Hormuz open. It follows US President Donald Trump delivering an all-caps message about oil prices on Monday, less than a day after US and Israeli forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites. "EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING!"

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Internet and TV Bundle Prices Are Up This Year: Here's How to Cut Back

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 03:41:00

If you've noticed your TV and internet bills going up, you're not alone. Recent JD Power data shows that internet and TV bundles have increased for the first quarter of 2025. What's most surprising is that only unbundled Internet bills saw a slight decrease. Finding ways to cut back on monthly bills can feel nearly impossible, especially when there's an increase every few months. But it's possible. Here's more on JD Power's findings and what CNET experts recommend to help lower your TV and inte

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45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-15 03:02:30

Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese researchers have followed suit, building their own seaworthy dugout canoe with Paleolithic-era tools to cross between Taiwan and Yonaguni Island, where one of the world’s strongest ocean currents, the Kuroshio, remains active. They presented their findings in two new papers published in the journal S

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13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop review: A slightly worse version of a year-old PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-15 03:27:34

Microsoft's new 13-inch Surface Laptop is an odd one. It's inarguably a step down in every respect from last year's 13.8-inch Surface Laptop. But it's also too good (and too expensive) to be considered a replacement for the Surface Laptop Go, the company's perennially overpriced and underspecced entry-level laptop. It's cheaper than last year's Surfaces, but mostly because Microsoft gave those devices a de facto price hike by killing the entry-level configurations of those PCs. We're left with

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'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-15 07:53:29

'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing "Speculation to the contrary is simply inaccurate," a spokesperson told the BBC. But the Trump Mobile organisation says the phone will still be made in America. A "Made in the USA" tagline featured in promotional material for the Trump T1 phone when it launched on 16 June, was no longer displayed on its site as of Wednesday, reporters found. Days after the Trump Organisation announced plans to launch a US-made smartphone, a refe

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Ex-student charged over hacking university for cheap parking, data breaches

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-15 07:24:59

New South Wales police in Australia have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University (WSU) student for allegedly hacking into the University's systems on multiple occasions, starting with a scheme to obtain cheaper parking. Specifically, the woman, identified by local media reports as Birdie Kingston, is accused of unauthorized access, data theft, and compromising university infrastructure since 2021, affecting hundreds of staff and students. "Since 2021, Western Sydney University

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Some bits on malloc(0) in C being allowed to return NULL

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 21:15:11

You're using a tool with a too-generic User-Agent You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace, the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately whatever you're using to do so has a HTTP User-Agent header value that is too generic or otherwise excessively suspicious. Unfortunately, as of early 2025 there's a plague of high volume crawlers (apparently in part to gather data for LLM training) that behave like this. To reduce th

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Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-15 06:46:42

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change. Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it was overhauling its BSOD error message in Windows 11, and the company has now confirmed that it will soon be known as the Black Screen of Death. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in fav

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What is an Xbox?

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-15 07:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s “This is an Xbox” marketing campaign in November always felt a little too early. If you ask a friend or family member what an Xbox is, the response is likely going to be “it’s a game console.” Xbox is ingrained in popular culture as a box under your TV that you play games on, but Microsoft’s ads over the past six months have been attempting to redefine the Xbox as a

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Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-15 07:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. It’s been nearly a year since a faulty CrowdStrike update took down 8.5 million Windows-based machines around the world, and Microsoft wants to ensure such a problem never happens again. After holding a summit with security vendors last year, Microsoft is poised to release a private preview of Windows changes that will move antivirus (AV) and endpoint detection and response (ED

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Anthropic destroyed millions of physical books to train its AI, court documents reveal

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-15 11:51:00

WTF?! Generative AI has already faced sharp criticism for its well-known issues with reliability, its massive energy consumption, and the unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Now, a recent court case reveals that training these AI models has also involved the large-scale destruction of physical books. Buried in the details of a recent split ruling against Anthropic is a surprising revelation: the generative AI company destroyed millions of physical books by cutting off their bindings and d

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Deals: Rare offer on 1TB M4 MacBook Air at $200 off, Apple Solo Loops $15, all-black Ocean Band 20% off, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-09-15 11:45:33

Alongside the ongoing $100 price drop on the 512GB M4 Mac mini, today we spotted a rare deal on the 24GB M4 MacBook Air with the upgraded 1TB SSD at $200 off the list price. From there we move over to some official Apple Watch band deals – the Solo/Braided Loop bands start from just $15 today and we have a rare savings opportunity on the official all-black Apple Ocean Band at 20% off. Those offers join a host of charging and accessory offers, some discounts on M4 iPad Pro, and more. Rare deal h

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The Business of Betting on Catastrophe

news.ycombinator.com The Mit Press Reader 2025-09-12 09:04:26

The Business of Betting on Catastrophe World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital. Adobe Stock/MITP Reader By: Susan Erikson A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. The pandemic bonds — a financial device made up by one of the world’s most powerful institutions, the World Bank — can seem like a great idea f

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Survive This Summer's Heat Wave With These Must-Have Cooling Products

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 10:40:04

Hot weather is here, and this week's heat wave has been stifling. It's important to stay safe when having fun in the sun this summer. So, if you're planning to spend time outside, be sure you're prepared with the essentials to keep cool. Here are 10 items you can use to survive this year's heat waves and summer highs. 1. Electrolyte powder When you spend lots of time in the heat, your body actively loses water and electrolytes -- minerals found in the body that have a charge -- through sweat.

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Method Man Says 'Poker Face' Role Is 'Different From Anybody I've Ever Played Before'

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 11:35:59

Just when we thought Charlie Cale and her 1969 Barracuda were finally parked and enjoying some peace in New York City, the reluctant BS detector gets pulled into another mystery. The Big Pump, the 10th episode of season 2 of Poker Face, streaming on Peacock, finds Natasha Lyonne's character tangled up with Frank "Brick" Bricatino, a gym owner who's running an unsavory side hustle. Played by Cliff "Method Man" Smith, Brick has secrets that keep piling up until they go horribly wrong. The previou

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People use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to think

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-09-15 10:21:28

The overabundance of attention paid to how people are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, sometimes even striking up relationships, often leads one to think such behavior is commonplace. A new report by Anthropic, which makes the popular AI chatbot Claude, reveals a different reality: In fact, people rarely seek out companionship from Claude, and turn to the bot for emotional support and personal advice only 2.9% of the time. “Companionship and roleplay combined comprise less than 0.

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Suno snaps up WavTool for its AI music editing tools amid ongoing dispute with music labels

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-15 11:30:00

Suno, the AI music company currently in a legal battle with music labels, announced on Thursday the acquisition of WavTool, a browser-based AI digital audio workstation (DAW). This acquisition aims to improve Suno’s editing capabilities for songwriters and producers. WavTool, launched in 2023, offers several tools to musicians, such as stem separation, AI audio generation, and an AI music assistant. Suno will integrate WavTool’s technology into its new editing interface, which launched this mon

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Apple’s weighing major shift to prove it’s serious about theatrical movies

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-15 15:28:28

Apple’s biggest theatrical gamble ever, the $250 million F1 The Movie, arrives in US theaters tonight. On the heels of its release, a new report reveals that the company is weighing a big move that would prove it’s serious about theatrical. Apple might start its own theatrical distribution unit, per WSJ Ben Fritz and Joe Flint write at The Wall Street Journal: Apple hasn’t invested in the capacity to release and advertise its own movies, as Amazon did when it acquired MGM. Warner Bros. is dis

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Roku Streaming Stick Plus Review: Cheap, Simple, and Pretty

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-09-15 15:06:00

Roku has yet to disappoint me. Where other brands change form factors, interfaces, and product support with what can feel like alarming regularity even for insiders like me, Roku, with its rounded square interface, pleasantly rubbery remote controller, and joyously simple plug-and-play stick design, has held the course. When the new Roku Streaming Stick Plus arrived at my house, it felt like it was 2012 all over again. That Obama-era techno-optimism—remember when social media was on the right s

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Amazon Offers 4.9-Star 10,000mAh Magnetic Power Bank for 88% Off, Practically a Free Portable Charger

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-15 19:10:48

How often have you found yourself in a situation where you wished you had a way to charge up a phone or other device, but had no way to do so? It happens to all of us, and it’s always frustrating when it does. That’s because it always comes at the most inopportune times. LIke when you’re using your GPS, checking work emails, or trying to get a few pictures with friends. So if you’ve ever fumbled with messy cables or carried around a brick-sized battery bank, you know the hassle that comes with f

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The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-09-15 23:10:00

When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t know what all those 3 billion genetic letters actually do. Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that predicts what effects small changes in DNA will have on an array of molecular processes, such as whether a gene’s activity will go up or down. It’s just the sort of ques

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What Makes a Phone Ethical? I Talked With Someone Who Builds One to Find Out

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-15 23:25:03

Fairphone is a David among Goliaths in the phone world. We're talking about a tiny Dutch social enterprise that shipped just over 100,000 phones in 2023, versus tech giants such as Apple and Samsung, which routinely ship hundreds of millions of phones annually. On Wednesday, Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck unveiled the latest device, the sixth generation, in its family of phones. Intended to be known simply as the Fairphone (but in reality more likely to be referred to as the Fairphone 6), this m

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Trump Organization scraps 'made in the USA' tag for its gold T1 smartphone

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-09-16 06:26:46

US President Donald Trump uses a cellphone aboard Marine One before it departs Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Virginia, on April 24, 2025. Trump is returning to the White House after attending a MAGA, Inc. dinner at the Trump National Golf Club Washington, DC. The Trump Organization scrapped a reference that its recently revealed smartphone will be made in the U.S., amid doubts that such a device can be manufactured on American shores at its price tag. A spokesperson for the Trump Org

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This app tells me I’m going to die 5 times a day, and I love it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-16 06:30:23

Matt Horne / Android Authority Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been showing friends a notification on my phone. It simply reads, “Don’t forget, you’re going to die.” Most of them immediately responded by looking at me with a mixture of confusion and concern. I like to let that look sit for a moment before explaining what’s going on. Far from suggesting that I’m unraveling mentally, these notifications are from an app that wants me to cherish life. It’s called WeCroak, and it sends me five

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Microsoft confirms Family Safety blocks Google Chrome from launching

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-16 06:50:18

Microsoft has confirmed that its Family Safety parental control service is blocking users from launching Google Chrome and other web browsers on Windows systems. Microsoft Family Safety helps parents monitor their children's activity across desktop and mobile devices, providing screen time management, content filtering, app controls, location tracking, communication monitoring, and activity reports. Redmond acknowledged the bug after widespread user reports since early June that they were unab

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Microsoft fixes Outlook bug causing crashes when opening emails

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-16 07:26:17

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that will cause the classic Outlook email client to crash when opening emails or starting a new message. The bug impacts users across all Microsoft 365 Office channels who updated Outlook for Microsoft 365 earlier this month. "When you open or start a new email, classic Outlook crashes. This issue occurs because Outlook cannot open the Forms Library. The emerging cases for this issue are on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)," the Outlook team said when it a

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Why this electric screwdriver is one of the best investments I've made for my home

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-16 05:00:17

ZDNET's key takeaways The new Bosch Go is on sale for $100. It features USB-C charging, a vast improvement on the old microUSB port, plus there's a bigger battery and a ring light on the front to illuminate the workspace. The screwdriver comes in a handy carry case with a selection of bits, so you have everything to do the job in hand. $99.98 at Amazon Two years ago, I got myself a Bosch Go electric screwdriver. The thing was amazing; it's been on my best electric screwdrivers list ever since

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'Sticky thinking' hampers decisions in depression

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 18:01:57

Though low mood is the best-known symptom of depression, indecisiveness and biased thinking are also common. But these problems, which can lead to delays in making important choices — and being more likely to make poor ones — receive less attention, write the authors of a recent paper in Emotion. Many of the theories that have been put forward to explain difficulties with decision-making are based on work suggesting that depressed people are not as responsive to rewards, or punishments, as thos

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Gareth Edwards Sees ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ as a Metaphor for the Film Industry

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45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

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