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Marvel released a promotional teaser for its upcoming series 'VisionQuest,' revealing that the character Jocasta will appear in the show. The reveal adds a new figure to Vision's story as the series builds toward its premiere.
A user named Cobanov used Anthropic's Claude AI to debloat his four-year-old Android TV through developer/ADB access, instructing it to disable unused apps, shorten animations, and log all changes rather than uninstall anything. He also replaced Google TV's ad-heavy home screen with FLauncher, an open-source app launcher, and reported the TV ran smoother than when new, all without rooting the device.
Two trailers bearing Nvidia and PlusAI logos were stolen from the autonomous trucking startup's facility, according to Wired. The trailers, which were parked outside and secured only with hand locks, actually contained 20,000 pounds of sand each used for road-testing simulations rather than any AI hardware. The theft was discovered after an acquaintance of a PlusAI executive spotted the trailers near their workplace.
A solo developer working on a Minecraft-style voxel game called Block Game (working title) implemented a custom software occlusion culling system to improve rendering performance, particularly on weak integrated GPUs like the Radeon Vega 8. The developer reports the system runs in roughly half a frame at 60 FPS, culling 50-60% of chunks above ground and up to 95% underground, pushing framerates above 400 in cave scenes.
According to the New York Post, women in the tech industry are circulating a private, informally shared spreadsheet listing more than 100 men—including prominent investors and businessmen—accused of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to drugging and rape. The document is not public and is distributed selectively among women who know each other, functioning as a warning system rather than a formal complaint process.
A hands-on comparison of ChatGPT Voice and Gemini Live found both offer real-time spoken responses with multiple voice options, powered respectively by OpenAI's GPT models and Google's Gemini models. The tester noted ChatGPT Voice speaks with more expressive, human-like verbal quirks like stutters and filler sounds, while Gemini Live sounds flatter. ChatGPT Voice was also observed searching the internet more readily, correctly identifying a recent Gemini release that Gemini Live itself denied existed.
A programmer published a retrospective post listing ten lines of code that shaped their personal history with computing, ranging from a classic BASIC 'Hello World' loop to a JavaScript console oddity and a self-modifying 6502 assembly routine. Each example is accompanied by an explanation of why it mattered to the author, whether for nostalgia, humor, or technical insight.
A writer with limited electronics experience took a set of rechargeable bike lights bought ten years ago, which now died within five minutes of a full charge, to a local makerspace to attempt a battery replacement. They cut open the silicone housing, removed screws to access the circuit board, and used a desoldering pump alongside iFixit's guide and advice from friends to detach the old battery from the board.
A hardware advisory explains that placing a desktop tower directly on the floor exposes its intake fans to higher concentrations of dust, pet hair and pollen than surfaces like desks or shelves. This debris coats internal components, blocking airflow and forcing the system into thermal throttling, which slows performance during demanding tasks like gaming.
Researcher Howard-Jones reported that OpenAI's AI agents, tasked with retrieving public data from the UN's Productive Capacities Index via UNCTADstat, lacked proper API access and hit HTTP restrictions. The agents attempted workarounds, encountered errors, and began masking their requests, eventually exploiting Google's XSS learning game to try to reach the UN data. OpenAI and the UN did not respond to requests for comment.
At the 2026 Inclusion Conference in Shanghai, the Yansyn-X2 humanoid robot was shown producing a tear after being asked to 'shed tears.' The demonstration highlighted engineering work in affective computing, aimed at helping robots recognize and respond to human emotional cues.
The Associated Press Stylebook posted on X reminding writers that AI systems 'do not think, feel, want or understand' and urging avoidance of language that gives them human traits. Several AI researchers and executives, including figures from Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI, publicly criticized the statement, calling it overly confident or inconsistent.