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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-15 11:50:19

Early animated Disney character This article is about the character. For works with the title, see Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography Fictional character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie[8][9][10]) is an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938. Twenty-seven animated Oswald shorts were produced at the Walt D

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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

news.ycombinator.com Imogen Tilden 2025-09-18 00:00:25

The celebrated pianist and author Alfred Brendel has died aged 94 at his home in London. The musician was born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) and spent his childhood mainly in Croatia and Austria. “I was not a child prodigy or eastern European or Jewish as far as I know,” he told interviewers. “I’m not a good sight reader, I don’t have a phenomenal memory and I didn’t come from a musical family, an artistic family or an intellectual family. I had loving parents, b

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Ethan Hunt Doesn’t Die in the New ‘Mission Impossible,’ But They Considered It

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-18 00:00:11

When the eighth Mission: Impossible film changed its title to “The Final Reckoning,” we all had the same thought: Tom Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, was going to die. It would have been the most obvious way to add some real finality to the franchise, but we now know that doesn’t happen. Instead, Ethan lives, as does his sworn enemy, the Entity. And, in a new interview, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie discussed those crucial decisions and many more. In an extended, spoiler-filled conversa

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Scientists achieve 1,000-fold increase in solar electricity using ultra-thin layers

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-18 04:03:00

Forward-looking: A team of German researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has unveiled a significant advancement in solar energy technology, revealing a method to dramatically increase the amount of electricity certain materials can generate when exposed to light. Their approach involves stacking ultra-thin layers of different crystals in a precise sequence, resulting in a solar absorber that far outperforms traditional materials. At the core of this discovery, published in S

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AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity

technologyreview.com Nitin Nohria 2025-09-17 22:00:00

During a later visit to a Picasso exhibit in Milan, I came across a famous informational diagram by the art historian Alfred Barr, mapping how modernist movements like Cubism evolved from earlier artistic traditions. Picasso is often held up as one of modern art’s most original and influential figures, but Barr’s chart made plain the many artists he drew from—Goya, El Greco, Cézanne, African sculptors. This made me wonder: If a generative AI model had been fed all those inputs, might it have pro

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How Reddit's new AI ad tools help brands join the conversation

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-09-18 04:25:00

Bloomberg/Getty Images Reddit wants to make it easier for brands to keep up with -- and tap into -- the cultural dialogue. On Monday, the social media platform introduced Reddit Community Intelligence, an AI-powered product aimed at helping marketers leverage the billions of conversations taking place across its platform. The announcement, made at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity -- the ad industry's biggest annual event -- coincides with Reddit's 20th anniversary. Also: Adobe Firefly

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ChatGPT search just got smarter - but can it replace Google for you yet?

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-18 04:56:08

Dmitry Kovalchuk/Getty Watch out, Google. OpenAI has beefed up its ChatGPT search tool to try to win over more people. And it may be working. In a new support article published last Friday, OpenAI described a recent upgrade designed to improve the quality and performance of its search option. In general, ChatGPT search has been enhanced to provide more comprehensive and up-to-date responses. Based on its own testing, OpenAI said that users preferred the new search process over the previous exp

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For Almost Free, PopSockets and Anker Come Together With This Easy-to-Hold Magnetic Phone Charger

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-18 04:10:15

Save 50% on the PopSockets x Anker MagGo 5,000mAh portable magnetic battery charger over at Best Buy. This collaboration between PopSockets and Anker is a match made in heaven. If your phone is new enough that it supports magnetic wireless charging, then you can pick up this Anker MagGo 5,000mAh portable magnetic battery charger that has an integrated PopSockets grip on the back. Right now, Best Buy has it discounted down by 50%. It’s normally $70, but you can score one in either black or clear

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Why This Recent Total Solar Eclipse Was the First of Its Kind

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-09-18 04:25:49

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on Earth, and are only visible along a narrow path. These events offer scientists a rare opportunity to observe the Sun’s violent surface—but now, they won’t have to wait on the cosmos to do so. On Monday, June 16, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that its Proba-3 mission created the world’s first artificial total solar eclipse. The mission’s two satellites, the O

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Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

theverge.com David Pierce 2025-09-18 04:00:00

The Threads team at Meta has spent the past year working on supporting the broader fediverse and social web, and is launching its biggest integrations yet: a new dedicated feed for fediverse posts, and a way to search for fediverse users inside of Threads. Starting today, if you’ve turned on fediverse sharing in Threads, there will be a new section at the top of your Following feed that takes you to a list of posts from folks you follow on Mastodon, Flipboard, or wherever else you’ve connected

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Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-18 03:00:00

TechCrunch All Stage, our founder-focused summit, is gearing up to return to Boston on July 15! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to life. If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of tech events, now’s your chance to get involved. Volunteer spots are limited, so don’t miss out! Apply before the July 1 deadline to be considered. As a volunteer, you’ll gain exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes action, witnessing firsthand how these

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Waymo robotaxis are pushing into even more California cities

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-09-18 04:30:00

Waymo is expanding its robotaxi service area by another 80 square miles in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Silicon Valley, the company announced Tuesday. Waymo’s commercial service area now covers more than 250 square miles across California, pushing the driverless Jaguar I-Pace vehicles into new pockets of three populous metro areas. The expansion comes a little over a week after several Waymo robotaxis were burned and vandalized during protests in Los Angeles over the Trump admin

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Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimental Reusable Rocket

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 08:02:12

As announced in 2021, Honda has been pursuing research and development in the field of space technologies while viewing it as a place to take on challenges to realize the “dreams” and “potential” of people worldwide while leveraging its core technologies. Honda has the aim to enable people to transcend the constraints of time, place or ability and make people’s daily lives more enjoyable. Examples of Honda initiatives toward creating new value in the ultimate environment of outer space include r

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The X-Men Join the Fight In Your First Look at the Next Issue of ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-18 08:00:02

Godzilla’s been having a comics cameo queen moment for a while now, and Marvel has been celebrating the Big G’s 70th anniversary in style with a series of fun one-issue crossovers with a whole host of Marvel heroes, from the Fantastic Four to Spider-Man. But the fun’s over now: Godzilla’s here to stomp over the Marvel Universe for real, and as things get from bad to worse for heroes and villains alike, it’s almost time for mutantkind to enter the fight to save Earth. Gerry Duggan and Javier Gar

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DC Studios Has Found Its Clayface

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-18 08:30:11

Clayface keeps picking up heat at DC. After a reportedly barnstorming pitch and script from Mike Flanagan, James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios has run forward to make the Batman rogue one of the first big stars of the new DC universe–and now we know who’s going to be playing him. Deadline reports that Tom Rhys Harries has been cast in the title role in what will now be the third major film out of the rebooted DC universe after Superman and Supergirl (formerly titled Supergirl: Woman of Tom

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Mortgage Rates and the Fed: Everything to Know Before Tomorrow's Decision

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-18 08:16:33

The Fed's interest rate decisions impact mortgages, but the relationship isn't straightforward. Tharon Green/CNET On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to extend a pause on interest rate cuts for a fourth consecutive time this year. Though mortgage rates could see some volatility, many economists expect them to stay somewhat flat until the economic picture drastically changes. Rates will stay in the 6.75% to 7.25% range unless the Fed signals multiple cuts soon and backs it up with dat

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eBay and Vestiaire Collective Want an Exemption from Trump’s Tariffs

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-09-18 04:30:00

Last month, Suzanne Smith-Darley felt fantastic. She had just bought a used Chanel handbag from a Japanese seller on eBay for $800—a steal compared to the original asking price of $1,400. About a week later an email arrived that crushed her: DHL was demanding a $142 fee for US tariffs before it would deliver the well-worn medallion tote to Smith-Darley’s Atlanta doorstep. “It goes to Japan, has a whole life, and it could be in the trash literally,” she says. “I’m willing to pick it out of the tr

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The Nissan Leaf Is Back and Looking to Make Up Lost Ground

wired.com John Voelcker 2025-09-18 05:00:00

Finally, after 15 years, we have a new 2026 Nissan Leaf coming. As befits the “truckification” of global car markets, it’s no longer a compact hatchback. Now it’s a compact SUV—or, more accurately, a crossover utility vehicle built on passenger-vehicle underpinnings. The new Leaf will offer a range of up to 303 miles, Nissan says, from a 75-kilowatt-hour battery pack powering a 160-kilowatt (214-horsepower) motor that produces 261 pound-feet (354 newton-meters) of torque. That motor drives the

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Gardyn Indoor Hydroponic Garden Review: Better Growing Through AI

wired.com Kat Merck 2025-09-18 08:42:24

I'm in the midst of putting together a buying guide of indoor vertical gardening systems, and the Gardyn—the 30-plant Home 4.0, to be exact—was the first tester to arrive at my house. I had it unboxed and set up within a couple of hours, lights on and water pump running. I'm already a pro! I thought. Sure enough, within a couple of weeks, all of Gardyn's proprietary seed-filled yCubes had sprouted, and a couple of weeks after that, I was harvesting bowlfuls of herbs and salad greens. Even thoug

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Reverse-engineered PlayStation 1 motherboard runs original chips without emulation

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-09-18 12:56:00

Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create substitutes that function identically to the original parts. Now, a new project aims to bring that level of flexibility to the original PlayStation. Italian engineer Lorentio Brodesco recently became the first person to successfully reverse-engineer the original PlayStation's motherboard, creating

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Former NASA Agent Suggests Government Used UFO Theories To Cover "Stealth Technology"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-18 11:06:14

A former NASA official says he thinks the government uses rumors of alien conspiracies to hide its secrets — a suggestion corroborated by a recent bombshell report about military officials spreading UFO disinformation. In an interview with Fox News, Joseph Gutheinz, a former special agent at NASA's inspector general, said that the US military's clandestine operations are likely behind many UFO conspiracy theories. "I believe early on in the 1940s when all these UFO stories started coming up, i

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Gemini preps a ‘Saved info’ rebrand as work on chat history search continues (Updated: Beta)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 11:25:18

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has recently updated Gemini with a boatload of in-development UI tweaks. Some include dropping the “Gemini” name from headers, and rebranding “Saved info.” We also see further progress on multiple changes to the way you view and access chat history. Update 2: June 17, 2025 (09:25 AM ET): The updated sidebar is now rolling out in beta with Google app v16.23.69. AssembleDebug / Android Authority However, the ability to search past conversation

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Security Bite: Infostealer malware spikes 28% among Mac users, says Jamf

9to5mac.com Arin Waichulis 2025-09-18 12:39:12

9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Appl

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Meet the Corvette ZR1X: America's 1,250-horsepower hybrid hypercar

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 12:00:18

Enough is never enough. Chevrolet has only just released the Corvette ZR1, which at 1,064 horsepower is the fastest, quickest and most outrageous production car ever to wear a bowtie on the hood. It can keep the neckwear, but its performance crown has already found a new home. Meet the new ZR1X, an even higher-performance Corvette that will take America's sports car to new heights. It has 1,250HP, all-wheel drive and accelerates to 60MPH in less than two seconds. Oh, and yes, it's a hybrid. I

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Nissan unveils the third-generation Leaf EV

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 12:56:21

Nissan has unveiled its third-generation Leaf EV with a completely new design. The 2026 model sheds the last vestiges of its original compact car body and leans fully into crossover SUV territory. The new look offers some design features that are commonly seen in the all-electric vehicle marketplace, allowing it to compete against other models in its class. These include available dual 14.3-inch displays, flush door handles for better aerodynamics, and liquid-cooled lithium-ion batteries. The n

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What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting into ARIA

news.ycombinator.com Eric Bailey 2025-09-18 12:47:26

What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA 34 min read Share on Twitter, LinkedIn is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point. Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point. If you haven’t encountered ARIA before, great! It’s a chance to learn something new and exciting. I

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BMW ConnectedDrive lets me control my returned rental car (Sixt)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 04:33:38

Last week I rented a BMW from Sixt (Italy). The default rental driver profile had Bluetooth disabled, so I created my own BMW ID, paired it with the car, removed the existing profile, and even triggered software updates. When returning the car, I told the Sixt representative that I had linked my BMW ID — they assured me that the vehicle would be reset. Today — just before deleting the “My BMW” app — I checked out of curiosity. Surprise: I still had full remote access: - live location tracki

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Senate GOP bill spares nuclear and geothermal energy while hammering wind and solar

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-18 12:21:35

One month after the House passed its version of a reconciliation bill, Senate Republicans released their take on the budget bill Monday night. The Senate Finance Committee’s language would take a sledgehammer to some parts of the renewable-friendly Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) while sparing others. Solar, wind, and hydrogen bear the brunt of the impact. On the other side of the ledger, geothermal, nuclear, hydropower, and long-duration energy storage emerge relatively unscathed. Carbon captur

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Here’s an early look at Google Keep’s Material 3 Expressive design on Wear OS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-18 16:13:38

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is prepping Material 3 Expressive design changes for the Wear OS version of Google Keep. We’ve spotted the changes in the latest build on the OnePlus Watch 2R running Wear OS 4. It includes redesigned buttons and note cards, a new animation, and an updated checklist interface. Like Android, Wear OS will receive several visual changes based on Google’s new Material 3 Expressive design language. We’ve already seen some of the system-level interface i

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Firefox quietly starts testing Perplexity AI as a built-in search engine

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-18 16:59:41

Mozilla is making its first official move toward AI-powered search in Firefox. As part of a new experiment, Perplexity AI is now being offered as an optional search engine directly in the browser’s address bar. Here’s how to try it. A test running on select countries, but with a global workaround As noted by Windows Report, the integration is still in the early stages. Perplexity won’t appear as your default search engine just yet, but Firefox users in select countries can now select it from t

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Waymo robotaxis are pushing into even more California cities

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Firefox quietly starts testing Perplexity AI as a built-in search engine

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