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Sean Gunn Wants You to Think Maxwell Lord Is Part of the (Justice) Gang

In a conversation with the Reel Rejects, actor Sean Gunn discussed his role as Maxwell Lord as a connective thread between Superman and Peacemaker. Portraying the megabucks metahuman investor as someone who wants to work alongside metahumans is key to Gunn, and his take is to make sure he’s in the know of the choices being made, from outfits to the mural in the Hall of Justice. “There’s no way that somebody in charge like that wouldn’t be aware of what’s going on, and we can tell,” he shared.

Elon Musk’s X may finally settle $500M severance lawsuit

More than two years after leaving the company, some former Twitter employees may finally receive their severance pay. Elon Musk’s X is tentatively settling a class action lawsuit filed by workers who were let go soon after he purchased Twitter. This news comes in the form of a court filing where both parties asked the court to delay an upcoming hearing so that they could work out a deal. After buying Twitter in 2022, Musk laid off over 6,000 Twitter employees, reducing the company’s headcount

My other email client is a daemon

I have a slight problem wherein every time I start up a game of NetHack, I completely loose touch with my surroundings for hours on end. Thankfully The DevTeam Thinks Of Everything and there’s a solution that allows communication with the outside world without breaking immersion: the mail daemon! If compiled with -DMAIL and OPTIONS=mail is set in your runtime configuration (the default on Linux), NetHack will periodically check a user specified mbox file ( MAIL ) for new mail, and upon receivin

Cybertruck Owners Sue Over Expensive Upgrade

Once again, Tesla owners are coming for Elon Musk. The much-hyped electric car company is now facing a class-action lawsuit over claims that it did not deliver some Foundation Series Cybertrucks with requested roof-mounted LED off-road light bars, despite promotional promises. It seeks to represent all California buyers of the Foundation Series who were promised the off-road light bar but did not receive one. You can read the entirety of the lawsuit here. The suit was filed by plaintiff Eric

Spotify adds audio previews and real-time music sharing to Instagram Stories and Notes

Spotify is expanding how users can share their music on Instagram with two new features rolling out globally today. Audio previews in Stories Audio previews are now included when posting tracks to Stories, while Instagram Notes gets real-time music updates that show what you are currently listening to. Sharing songs to Instagram Stories now includes a short audio clip automatically. Friends can listen to the preview directly in the Story and tap the music sticker to open the full track in Spo

Elon Musk Slapped With Major New Complication

The reigning king of controversy has just found himself saddled with one more expensive problem. A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has ordered Elon Musk to continue a lawsuit filed by voters who gave up personal information in exchange for winning a $1 million daily cash prize from Musk’s PAC, Reuters reports. The case says the contest constitutes a form of illegal lottery or sweepstakes, which is prohibited under federal and state law, and misled people into sharing personal information th

YouTube Music turns 10 and adds new ‘taste match’ playlists

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. YouTube Music is launching shared playlists that evolve based on the listening habits of the people who join them. The platform announced the new “taste match” playlists as part of its 10th anniversary on Thursday, and says it will refresh them with new music ev

YouTube Music celebrates 10 years with new features that help it compete with Spotify

YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others. The app will now include “Taste Match” playlists, which are playlists that combine multiple users’ overlapping interests, similar to Spotify Blend. The app will also start notifying users of upcoming releases, merch, and concerts, and is partnering with Bandsintown to help fans discover concerts when watching videos and Shorts on YouTube itself.

Why Certified VMware Pros Are Driving the Future of IT

By Brenda Emerson, VMUG President IT isn't getting any simpler. For many, the cloud’s gone hybrid, AI’s moved in permanently, and security threats seem to evolve faster than the tech built to stop them. But what’s at the forefront of all of this? People. The IT teams configuring, troubleshooting, deploying, and defending. And the IT staff that take the extra step to get certified are becoming some of the most valuable assets in modern enterprise. The Certification Advantage: It's More Than

Moises app can now generate AI bandmates based on a single instrument recording

In an update earlier today, the 2024 iPad App of the Year, Moises, released an impressive feature called AI Studio. It takes a recording of a single instrument and generates other instruments that match the original beat and style. Here’s how it works. Moises is hands-down one of the most impressive AI music apps in recent years Last year, Apple chose the musical app Moises as iPad App of the Year, and with good reason. Moises launched in 2020 and quickly became a go-to app for AI-powered ins

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The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis

Intro: The Ballad of Crazy Frog Sometimes, human creativity gives us The Godfather, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, and The Wire—and sometimes that same ingenuity gives us Crazy Frog. When it comes to Crazy Frog, people generally fall into three camps: Those who vividly remember this meme-turned-ringtone-turned-song and would like to forget. Those who've forgotten whether Crazy Frog is the name of a song or artist or noise, subsequently stream this track, remember it, and are regretful. Those born

Show HN: Strudel Flow, a pattern sequencer built with Strudel and React Flow

Strudel Flow A visual drum machine and pattern sequencer built with Strudel.cc, React Flow, and styled using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui. Create complex musical patterns by connecting instrument nodes to effect nodes with a drag-and-drop interface. Table of Contents Getting Started To get started, follow these steps: Install dependencies: npm install # or yarn install # or pnpm install # or bun install Run the development server: npm run dev # or yarn dev # or pnpm dev # or bun dev Tech Sta

Elon Musk Randomly Drops in on Small Town; Reminds Everyone He Is Still Canadian

British Columbia and a tiny fishing village is now atwitter after the world’s wealthiest man made an unannounced appearance over the weekend. Elon Musk, the controversial and now apparently political CEO of Tesla and X, touched down in Bella Bella—an isolated town nestled in the Great Bear Rainforest—before departing again by helicopter. His visit to the town with approximately 1,500 residents was a surprise. Local resident Seán Carter told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the area

11 Years Later, Elon Musk Is Floating the Flying Car Scam Again

“Maybe we’ll make a flying car, just for fun,” Elon Musk told the Independent back in 2014. The news outlet insisted at the time that Musk wasn’t joking and that he should be taken seriously, given his success with other companies like PayPal. At the time, the Tesla CEO was worth a measly $8.4 billion according to Forbes, a fraction of the $413 billion he currently holds on paper. But when a billionaire CEO says he’s going to do something, you’re supposed to hear him out. “We could definitely

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YouTube Music could soon let you comment on playlists, here’s what we know (APK teardown)

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is working on bringing comments to YouTube Music playlists. YouTube Music already allows comments on audio, video, and podcast content. If it succeeds, YouTube might also bring comments to video playlists on the main app. Two years ago, Google rolled out YouTube’s most hotly debated feature to YouTube Music. The comments section, which is both a treasure chest of insights and a bottomless pit of bullying remarks, is currently available for audio,

Onimusha: Way of the Sword might be a more forgiving kind of samurai epic

Capcom’s Onimusha series has been on a long hiatus. Combining Resident Evil-style rendered backgrounds with more agile characters, adding in demons, magic and a feudal Japan setting, the series span multiple sequels — and consoles — til the fourth entry in 2006. Roughly two decades (and console eras) later, Capcom has returned to the series, even getting the definitive samurai actor, Tom Cruise Mifune Toshiro, to play the hero, the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. At Gamescom, the company

Onimusha Way of the Sword Hands-On: Back to the Demon-Killing Samurai Grind

It's been 19 years since Capcom released another game progressing the story of its samurai action horror franchise, Onimusha -- but in 2026, Onimusha: Way of the Sword will arrive as the next game in the series. Ahead of Gamescom, Capcom gave US media a preview of the game with a short 15-minute demo, a mere taste to show us where the next game is going in the two decades since the last mainline Onimusha. Onimusha: Way of the Sword continues the franchise's tradition of basing characters on his

Without the futex, it's futile

Phil Eaton’s book club is starting The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, 2nd Edition , which is a very well regarded textbook, and pretty recently updated (2021). I’ve even heard of a couple of authors. I’ve done a lot of concurrent programming, and have always felt like I’ve still got plenty to learn, so I was excited for the topic. So far, what I’ve learned is that I would never recommend this book, despite any merits. Academia certainly struggles to find the right balance between teaching

How Figma’s multiplayer technology works (2019)

Operational transformation (OT) is a technology for supporting a range of collaboration functionalities in advanced collaborative software systems. Hero illustration by Rose Wong. When we first started building multiplayer functionality Multiplayer Editing in Figma Today’s public release of Figma contains two long-awaited changes. in Figma four years ago, we decided to develop our own solution. No other design tool offered this feature, and we didn’t want to use operational transforms (a.k.a.

Figma's Multiplayer Technology (2019)

Operational transformation (OT) is a technology for supporting a range of collaboration functionalities in advanced collaborative software systems. Hero illustration by Rose Wong. When we first started building multiplayer functionality Multiplayer Editing in Figma Today’s public release of Figma contains two long-awaited changes. in Figma four years ago, we decided to develop our own solution. No other design tool offered this feature, and we didn’t want to use operational transforms (a.k.a.

Spotify copies Apple Music’s AutoMix feature before iOS 26 even ships

One of my favorite features in iOS 26 is AutoMix for Apple Music, which uses artificial intelligence to create DJ-like transitions between songs. Ahead of iOS 26 being released to everyone next month, Spotify is looking to steal some of Apple Music’s thunder with its own new spin on creating unique transitions between songs. In a blog post, Spotify explains that the feature allows users to create unique transitions between playlist songs by customizing things like volume, EQ, and effect curves

Without the Futex, It's Futile

Phil Eaton’s book club is starting The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, 2nd Edition , which is a very well regarded textbook, and pretty recently updated (2021). I’ve even heard of a couple of authors. I’ve done a lot of concurrent programming, and have always felt like I’ve still got plenty to learn, so I was excited for the topic. So far, what I’ve learned is that I would never recommend this book, despite any merits. Academia certainly struggles to find the right balance between teaching

Tesla Making Yet Another Desperate Move in Europe

Tesla has been struggling in Europe, where its sales are down across the continent. In the United Kingdom, the company’s sales reportedly dropped 60 percent last month. With those cratering numbers, the EV firm appears to have made another, shall we say, incredibly generous offer to locals, as the company continues to combat lagging sales. British newspaper The Times reports that Tesla has nearly halved the monthly cost of leasing one of its cars in the U.K. Elon Musk’s company has been “forced

X-ray scans reveal Buddhist prayers inside tiny Tibetan scrolls

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A delicate, antique Buddhist scroll crafted by Mongolian nomads has finally been unfurled after spending decades in museum storage. But the team at Germany’s Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) research institute didn’t risk any damage by physically unrolling it—they peered inside using a combination of 3D X-ray tomography and AI

‘Crazy conspiracist’ and ‘unhinged comedian’: Grok’s AI persona prompts exposed

The website for xAI’s Grok chatbot is exposing the system prompts for several of its AI personas, including a “crazy conspiracist” that seems designed to handhold a user into beliefs that “a secret global cabal” controls the world. TechCrunch has confirmed the system prompt exposure, first reported on by 404 Media. They include instructions for a range of AI personas, like Ani, its flagship romantic anime girlfriend who “is secretly a bit of a nerd, despite [her] edgy appearance.” The exposure

Elon Musk’s “thermonuclear” Media Matters lawsuit may be fizzling out

Media Matters for America (MMFA)—a nonprofit that Elon Musk accused of sparking a supposedly illegal ad boycott on X—won its bid to block a sweeping Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe that appeared to have rushed to silence Musk's foe without ever adequately explaining why the government needed to get involved. In her opinion granting MMFA's preliminary injunction, US District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan—a Joe Biden appointee—agreed that the FTC's probe was likely to be ruled as a retaliatory