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Ice Cube’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is a Shoo-in for 2025’s Definitive Hate-Watch Movie

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-03 23:15:15

The domino effect of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds entering the public domain has crash-landed onto Prime Video, with the streamer releasing a new version of the alien invasion tale starring Ice Cube. A week out from its release has given us a hysteria not dissimilar to Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio broadcast—it’s just now folks are flocking to Prime to check out what’s become this year’s quintessential hate-watch film. Released on July 30, War of the Worlds features Ice Cube in the role of

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How Google's Genie 3 could change AI video - and let you build your own interactive worlds

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-04 04:41:43

Google ZDNET's key takeaways: World models could help to advance AI research, entertainment, etc. Genie 3, Google DeepMind's world model, debuted on Tuesday. Google DeepMind says Genie 3 has an "understanding" of the world. Imagine exploring a virtual environment without boundaries, where everything you see looks and behaves just as it would in reality. This is precisely what many tech developers today are working to create through AI "world models," or algorithms that can build and act up

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Starlink Teases ‘Community’ Discount for Shared Satellite Access. Here’s How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 17:05:00

SpaceX may soon allow multiple Starlink users to share access to a single dish for a lower monthly rate, according to a post on a customer support page. (The news was first reported by PCMag, which is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) The post, which has since been taken down, stated, “Starlink is launching a new affordable way to deliver high-speed internet: one Starlink, multiple subscribers -- each with their own Starlink account and seamless experience.” A Starlink Com

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Battlefield 6 Beta Is Live Now: How to Join Early Access

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 03:07:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and can join the fray today. Battlefield 6's first public beta is live right now for those with early access and will be available on two consecutive weekends. It's not too late to get join in, and here's how. The Battlefield 6 open betas will be the first chances for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oct. 10. Those with early access can begin playing rig

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SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 06:20:56

SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to The Perl and Raku Foundation The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) is thrilled to announce a substantial $11,500 donation from SUSE, one of the world’s leading enterprise Linux and cloud-native and AI solutions providers. This generous contribution bolsters the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund and demonstrates SUSE’s commitment to the open-source ecosystem. This donation from SUSE is actually made up of two parts. $10,000 is being donated by SUSE LLC and an additional $1,5

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Elad Gil — one of tech’s sharpest minds — on early bets, breakout growth, and what’s coming next at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-12-06 18:00:00

Elad Gil isn’t just ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. And that’s just a slice of the story. His track record includes seed or Series A investments in more than 30 unicorns and involvement with some of the most iconic names in tech — Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Notion, Figma, Flexport, Gitlab, and many more. This Octobe

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Outdated Software, Nationwide Chaos: United Grounds Flights After Meltdown

news.ycombinator.com Judith Dunville 2025-12-06 23:55:41

United Airlines passengers across the country found themselves stranded, confused, and angry on Wednesday as a massive technology failure triggered a nationwide grounding of flights. The culprit: Unimatic, a decades-old internal system so vital to United’s operations that when it failed, the airline had no choice but to bring the entire operation to a standstill. From major hubs in Chicago, Newark, Denver, Houston, to San Francisco, the outage rippled through the airline’s scheduling, flight

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Apple increases US commitment to $600B, announces American Manufacturing Program

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 12:13:33

August 6, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces American Manufacturing Program Apple supports more than 450,000 jobs with thousands of suppliers and partners across all 50 states — including significant expansions in Arizona, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Utah CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced a new $100 billion commitment to America, a significant acceleration of its U.S. investment that now

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The Jurassic Park islands and dinos are coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-08 18:07:52

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. Jurassic World: Archipelago is a new expansion pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that lets aspiring pilots explore the five islands of the fictional Cinco Muertes Archipelago featured in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. Created by Australian developer Orbx that’s known for its flight sim add-ons, the expansion lets you visit ma

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Nuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is Inevitable

wired.com Matthew Gault 2025-12-10 09:30:00

The people who study nuclear war for a living are certain that artificial intelligence will soon power the deadly weapons. None of them are quite sure what, exactly, that means. In the middle of July, Nobel laureates gathered at the University of Chicago to listen to nuclear war experts talk about the end of the world. In closed sessions over two days, scientists, former government officials, and retired military personnel enlightened the laureates about the most devastating weapons ever create

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You may soon get Starlink internet for a much lower 'Community' price - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-11 14:54:56

BOUREIMA HAMA/Getty Images ZDNET's takeaways SpaceX shares details about "Starlink Community," a dish-sharing program that lowers monthly subscription costs. A support page shows a price of $60 a month for the service. Currently, every Starlink subscriber needs their own equipment. You might soon have an option to get Starlink internet at a much more affordable price. There hasn't been a major announcement, but SpaceX has quietly dropped details about a new program that lets you share a si

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DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-12 03:10:14

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that can be used to train general-purpose AI agents, a capability that the AI lab says makes for a crucial stepping stone on the path to “artificial general intelligence,” or human-like intelligence. “Genie 3 is the first real-time interactive general purpose world model,” Shlomi Fruchter, a research director at DeepMind, said during a press briefing. “It goes beyond narrow world models that existed before. It’s not specifi

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Google DeepMind's Genie 3 can dynamically alter the state of its simulated worlds

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-12 09:00:52

At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They're capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, more likely, an automated AI agent — moves through the world the software is simulating. The resulting video of the model in action may look like a video game, but DeepMind has always positioned Genie 2 as a way to train other AI systems to be better at what they're designed to accomplish. With its new Gen

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C10kday

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-12-12 06:07:25

From March 20, 1998 when the first curl release was published, to this day August 5, 2025 is exactly 10,000 days. We call it the curl-10000-day. Or just c10kday. c ten K day. We want to celebrate this occasion by collecting and sharing stories. Your stories about curl. Your favorite memories. When you used curl for the first time. When curl saved your situation. When curl rescued your lost puppy. What curl has meant or perhaps still means to you, your work, your business, or your life. We want

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Genie 3: A new frontier for world models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-12 09:08:52

Given a text prompt, Genie 3 can generate dynamic worlds that you can navigate in real time at 24 frames per second, retaining consistency for a few minutes at a resolution of 720p. Towards world simulation At Google DeepMind, we have been pioneering research in simulated environments for over a decade, from training agents to master real-time strategy games to developing simulated environments for open-ended learning and robotics. This work motivated our development of world models, which are

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DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 09:00:36

While no one has figured out how to make money from generative artificial intelligence, that hasn't stopped Google DeepMind from pushing the boundaries of what's possible with a big pile of inference. The capabilities (and costs) of these models have been on an impressive upward trajectory, a trend exemplified by the reveal of Genie 3. A mere seven months after showing off the Genie 2 "foundational world model," which was itself a significant improvement over its predecessor, Google now has Geni

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Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-12 09:00:00

Google DeepMind is releasing a new version of its AI “world” model, called Genie 3, capable of generating 3D environments that users and AI agents can interact with in real time. The company is also promising that users will be able to interact with the worlds for much longer than before and that the model will actually remember where things are when you look away from them. World models are a type of AI system that can simulate environments for purposes like education, entertainment, or to hel

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DeepMind reveals Genie 3, a world model that could be the key to reaching AGI

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-12 09:10:14

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that the AI lab says presents a crucial stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence. “Genie 3 is the first real-time interactive general purpose world model,” Shlomi Fruchter, a research director at DeepMind, said during a press briefing. “It goes beyond narrow world models that existed before. It’s not specific to any particular environment. It can generate both photo-realistic

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The history of the Schwartzian Transform (2016)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 03:15:38

The History of the Schwartzian Transform The history of the Schwartzian Transform is fascinating, full of intrigue, competing philosophies, and cross-language reluctant cooperation. The Schwartzian Transform is the name applied to a particular implementation of a cached-key sorting algorithm. The first public appearance is probably Randal Schwartz’s Usenet post on December 16, 1994 in response to Ken Brown’s request for help: I’m having trouble sorting on the *last* word of the last field in

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Apple TV+ continues its push into original podcasting with ‘Unicorn Girl’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-13 09:38:07

Apple is expanding its growing lineup of original podcasts with Unicorn Girl, a new nine-part investigative series debuting this month. Here are the details. Unicorn Girl debuts August 18 For a few years now, Apple has been producing companion podcasts to many of its hit series, such as For All Mankind, and Foundation, as well as original podcasts, like Big Time, and My Divo. Today, the company announced Unicorn Girl, a podcast that follows influencer and businesswoman Candace Rivera, who bui

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What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion?

techspot.com Unknown 2025-12-13 18:40:00

Choose wisely! The correct answer, the explanation, and an intriguing story await. Correct Answer: IBM Deep Blue (1996) When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for dial-up Internet? IBM's Deep Blue became the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under standard tournament time controls, a major milestone in both chess and artificial intelligence history. On February 10, 1996, Deep Blue won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov

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Cellular Starlink expands to support IoT devices

news.ycombinator.com About Michael Kan 2025-12-09 22:32:52

SpaceX’s cellular Starlink system isn’t just for phones in cellular dead zones. In New Zealand, the satellite technology now covers IoT devices, starting with equipment to monitor beehives. In December, New Zealand mobile carrier One NZ was the first to start offering cellular Starlink service to consumers, about a month before T-Mobile kicked off its own beta in the US. On Tuesday, SpaceX and One NZ notified the US Federal Communications Commission about their plan to use more radio spectrum

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SpaceX's Cellular Starlink Expands to Support IoT Devices

news.ycombinator.com About Michael Kan 2025-12-10 04:32:52

SpaceX’s cellular Starlink system isn’t just for phones in cellular dead zones. In New Zealand, the satellite technology now covers IoT devices, starting with equipment to monitor beehives. In December, New Zealand mobile carrier One NZ was the first to start offering cellular Starlink service to consumers, about a month before T-Mobile kicked off its own beta in the US. On Tuesday, SpaceX and One NZ notified the US Federal Communications Commission about their plan to use more radio spectrum

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‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Chomps Its Way Home This Week

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-14 04:00:56

The best thing about Jurassic World Rebirth is it sent the franchise back to basics. Figure out a story that necessitates a few characters ending up on an island populated by deadly dinosaurs and see what happens next. It’s a formula that’s worked in the past and worked again here, to the tune of well over $750 million and counting worldwide. However, if you missed the adventure in theaters or want to experience it again, you can do so at home this week. Universal just announced that Jurassic W

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The Toyota Corolla of programming

news.ycombinator.com Adrian Kosmaczewski 2025-12-15 03:49:00

In 1995, an otherwise unknown software developer released the first version of a new scripting language whose explicit aim was to make applications for this new platform called “The World Wide Web”. After starting as a small project, and thanks to the crazy dot-com years, it grew dramatically to become one of the most widely used programming languages of all time. After some stumbling first steps, it eventually got some sort of standardization in 1997, even reluctantly including some OOP feature

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Life, Work, Death and the Peasant: Family Formation

news.ycombinator.com Bret Devereaux 2025-12-13 22:39:42

This is the first part of the third part of our series (I, II) discussing the patterns of life of the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of all humans who lived in our agrarian past and indeed a majority of all humans who have ever lived. Last week, we looked at death, examining the brutal mortality regime of pre-modern societies, typified by extremely high (c. 50%) infant and child mortality, very high maternal mortality and often high male military mortality, which kept life ex

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‘Starfinder: Afterlight’ Brings Paizo’s TTRPG to Video Games

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-15 16:50:31

Tabletop RPG developer Paizo is taking is first steps into video games through its sci-fi title, Starfinder. Developer Epictellers Entertainment is adapting the Pathfinder offshoot for mouse and keyboard with the single-player RPG Afterlight. In it, players will assemble of crew with their own personal stories and baggage for you to help deal with while embarking on a quest to save the galaxy. Like the recently announced RPG for The Expanse, players can play as different classes and make choice

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Descent of Inanna into the Underworld

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-11 02:47:12

Sumerian myth The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a Sumerian myth that narrates the descent of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the Underworld to overthrow its ruler, her sister Ereshkigal, the "Queen of the Dead." But following the removal of her adornments, she perishes and her corpse is suspended on a nail. The god Enki intervenes indirectly, restoring Inanna to life. H

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Chess grandmaster Carlsen wins at Esports World Cup

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-15 15:49:02

Chess grandmaster Carlsen wins at Esports World Cup The inclusion of chess in this year's schedule was somewhat controversial, but the tournament's organisers argued it counted as an esport as it is played by millions of people of all ages. The Esports World Cup (EWC) being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest multi-discipline tournaments in competitive professional gaming. Number one grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, has won the inaugural online chess competition at the Esports Worl

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Google backpedals on plans to totally kill this legacy service

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-16 14:13:14

It’s hard to believe, but Google launched its URL Shortener tool all the way back in 2009. Although the tool was shut down in 2018, Google confirmed that goo.gl URLs would continue to redirect to their intended destinations. However, the tech giant announced last year that it would stop supporting those links after August 25, 2025. That was the plan anyway, but the company has since had a slight change of heart. Google has updated the blog post where it announced the shutdown of Google URL Shor

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Ice Cube’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is a Shoo-in for 2025’s Definitive Hate-Watch Movie

How Google's Genie 3 could change AI video - and let you build your own interactive worlds

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DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI

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C10kday

Genie 3: A new frontier for world models

DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations

Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time

DeepMind reveals Genie 3, a world model that could be the key to reaching AGI

The history of the Schwartzian Transform (2016)

Apple TV+ continues its push into original podcasting with ‘Unicorn Girl’

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The Toyota Corolla of programming

Life, Work, Death and the Peasant: Family Formation

‘Starfinder: Afterlight’ Brings Paizo’s TTRPG to Video Games

Descent of Inanna into the Underworld

Chess grandmaster Carlsen wins at Esports World Cup

Google backpedals on plans to totally kill this legacy service

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