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Blood, Fire and Demogorgons Rain Down in New 'Stranger Things 5' Trailer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-24 22:11:00

Remember that little-known Netflix show, Stranger Things? A new trailer is here to remind us that the super-famous sci-fi series is coming back later this year, and things in Hawkins are looking ominous. Fans are preparing to say goodbye to the iconic series with the release of the fifth and final season over three separate drops. The first four episodes will debut on Nov. 26, followed by three more on Dec. 25 and one more on Dec. 31. We last saw Eleven and the rest of the gang more than three

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Nothing CEO Carl Pei reacts to Phone 3 reviews, admits it’s not for everyone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-25 18:39:41

TL;DR Nothing has posted a video showing co-founder Carl Pei reacting to Nothing Phone 3 reviews. Pei defended the Glyph Matrix rear screen and its limited uses, claiming that there will be a rich ecosystem in the future. He also defended the use of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, saying the company wasn’t catering to ‘spec warriors.’ Nothing launched the Nothing Phone 3 earlier this month, and it looks like a well-rounded Android phone. However, the device has more than its fair share of compl

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Want full lighting control? These panels let you customize each edge separately

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-25 20:16:53

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Have you seen those cool-shaped lights adorning gamer and YouTuber walls? They are pretty cool, and if you’ve been looking to add a unique look to your own walls with something similar, the Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels might be just what you’re looking for. These will look amazing and add some really cool functionality you would otherwise only find in very expensive setups. Let’s tell you all about them! What are the Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels all

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Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 11:51:17

I would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across. The increasing AI/LLM domination of the site has made it much less appealing to me.

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Watch ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Light a Bunch of Things on Fire in This Exclusive BTS Clip

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-07-27 11:00:42

Here’s an exclusive, fun look behind the scenes of Dean DeBlois’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon, showcasing the stuntwork and visual artistry that went into bringing a beloved animated franchise into the real world. io9 presents a clip from How to Train Your Dragon‘s home release that takes us to Viking training camp. Watch as stars including Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) get the hang of dragon riding on their mechanical bull-like dragon stand-ins. There’

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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Hits Digital Tomorrow With Tons of Extras

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-07-28 15:00:06

If you missed How to Train Your Dragon on the big screen—or more likely, saw it and want to watch it again, based on its box-office haul—tomorrow’s your lucky day. The hit live-action adaptation of the hit animated film arrives on digital July 15, with a physical version coming August 12. Best of all for fans, the home release is jam-packed with over 75 minutes of extras, including deleted scenes and multiple making-of featurettes, as well as a look at the film’s new theme park experience. Here

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Arizona Governor Chastises Federal Response to ‘Devastating’ Wildfires

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-07-29 11:55:27

A pair of fast-moving wildfires burning near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroyed a historic lodge, triggered evacuations, and forced officials to close this part of the national park for the remainder of the 2025 season on Sunday. Arizona’s governor argues the federal government is largely to blame. The Grand Canyon Lodge—the only lodging within the park’s North Rim—and a nearby water treatment facility are among 50 to 80 structures consumed by the Dragon Bravo fire, the National Park Servic

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Stone–Wales Transformations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 02:07:12

Buckminsterfullerene is a molecule shaped like a soccer ball, made of 60 carbon atoms. If one of the bonds between two hexagons rotates, we get a weird mutant version of this molecule: This is an example of a Stone-Wales transformation: a 90° rotation in a so-called ‘π bond’ between carbon atoms. Here’s how it works in graphene: Graphene is a sheet of carbon molecules arranged in hexagons. When they undergo a Stone–Wales transformation, we get a Stone–Wales defect with two pentagons and two he

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Some Switch 2 accessories and upgraded games are on sale for Prime Day

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-08-01 23:30:00

The Nintendo Switch 2 is not discounted for Prime Day. Just getting that out of the way. The fastest-selling console ever came out on June 5th, and only just hit Amazon’s storefront for reservation a couple of days ago. Nevertheless, I thought it’d be fun to share some Prime Day deals I found on Switch 2 accessories and games that have been patched to run better on the new console. Whether you already have a Switch 2 or you’ll be getting one soon, there are some great money-saving opportunities

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Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of human disease history

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-02 20:42:58

A new study suggests that our ancestors’ close cohabitation with domesticated animals and large-scale migrations played a key role in the spread of infectious diseases. The team, led by Professor Eske Willerslev at the Universities of Cambridge and Copenhagen, recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from Eurasia. They found that the earliest evidence of zoonotic diseases – illnesses transmitted from animals to humans, like COVID in recent times – dates back t

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Samsung drops Snapdragon for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 — here’s why it makes sense

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-03 11:00:53

After months of speculation about the status of Samsung’s custom Exynos chip program, we finally have an answer — it’s alive and kicking inside the new Galaxy Z Flip 7. This includes customers in the US, who had previously only been treated to a modern Exynos chip in the Galaxy S24 FE. However, this choice leaves Samsung with two different chips inside its latest flagship foldable portfolio. The Exynos 2500 is in the Z Flip 7, but Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite powers the Galaxy Z Fold 7. But wh

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M&S confirms social engineering led to massive ransomware attack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-06 19:39:53

M&S confirmed today that the retail outlet's network was initially breached in a "sophisticated impersonation attack" that ultimately led to a DragonForce ransomware attack. M&S chairman Archie Norman revealed this in a hearing with the UK Parliament's Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security regarding the recent attacks on the retail sector in the country. While Norman did not go into details, he stated that the threat actors impersonated one of the 50,000 people working with the

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Dell's XPS 13 still lives rent-free in my head for its sleek build (and it's $500 off)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-08 10:15:16

ZDNET's key takeaways Dell's XPS 13 Copilot+ PC is on sale now starting at $999. It remains a favorite from Dell's lineup for its sleek build, gorgeous display, and impressive battery life. The two USB-C ports are limiting, and the bold design choices aren't for everyone. View now at Best Buy Dell's XPS 13 with the Snapdragon X Elite chip is on sale at Best Buy, starting at $999 for the 16GB configuration. That's $500 off the regular price. Dell continues to round out its popular XPS line of

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Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Godzilla’ Ride Is Getting a Slick New Mechagodzilla

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-16 15:00:14

A few months ago, we learned that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki‘s next project with the king of all Kaiju wasn’t going to be his next movie, but a new theme park ride set to open in Japan this summer. Now we have more details of what to expect… and what familiar shiny face Godzilla will throw hands with during it. Today it was confirmed that Yamazaki’s ride, set to open next month at the Seibuen Amusement Park in Tokorozawa, Japan, is called Godzilla the Ride: Great Clash, and wi

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Hexagon fuzz: Full-system emulated fuzzing of Qualcomm basebands

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 12:00:07

Key takeaways 1. Due to Qualcomm’s proprietary architecture, a lack of security tooling exists around their baseband 2. Our tooling enables research on Hexagon baseband with significantly reduced engineering work 3. We release the first open-source toolchain for full-system emulated Hexagon firmware fuzzing at TROOPERS25 Overview Every phone has a cellular baseband processor to handle mobile communications (5G, 4G, GPS, and more). Qualcomm created a specific architecture for its baseband c

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This Animatronic Toothless From 'How to Train Your Dragon' Is One Hangry Toy

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-19 02:00:00

How to Train Your Dragon's Toothless is a hungry dragon, and the new Tame and Train Interactive Toothless announced by toy maker Spin Master on Tuesday is no different. You'll earn its trust partly by letting him have his munchies. The $50 animatronic is based on how Toothless looks in the live action film that came out this year. Once you've unboxed and powered him on, the dragon will constantly growl while showing red eyes. As you play with Toothless -- petting the toy's head, holding his sto

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Lago (Open-Source Usage Based Billing) is hiring for ten roles

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-21 16:00:47

Why you should join Lago At Lago, we’re on a mission to make billing simpler, more transparent, and more adaptable for SaaS companies. As the leading open-source billing platform, we empower businesses to build flexible pricing models and scale with confidence. We’ve raised over $22 million in funding from top-tier investors, reflecting strong confidence in our vision and growth. Our platform has garnered over 7,000 stars on GitHub, a testament to our active and growing developer community. N

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Venice Braces for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding

wired.com Elena Capilupi 2025-08-26 21:29:15

The lavish wedding between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez is scheduled for June 26-28 in Venice, Italy. For months, however, protests against the event have taken place in the city, intensifying in recent days with the “No Space for Bezos” campaign—which refers to his aerospace investments—over the social and environmental impacts of the wedding, which will occupy much of the historic lagoon center that's already under pressure from high tourist flow. What We Know Abou

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Samsung may build Qualcomm’s most advanced chip ever for the Galaxy S26 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-27 07:18:30

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung could reportedly fabricate one variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 for Qualcomm. While the normal chip would be made with a 3nm TSMC process, Samsung’s could be a 2nm chip. This 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 may debut with the Galaxy S26. There’s arguably no single component that more influences how a smartphone comes together than the choice of its system-on-a-chip (SoC). And while a phone is a whole lot more than just how fast it can crunch numbe

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Researchers Pit Stone Age Seafaring Skills Against One of Earth’s Fiercest Currents

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-08-27 11:00:27

Archaeologists estimate that humans first arrived on the Ryukyu Islands off the southwestern coast of Japan sometime between 35,000 and 27,500 years ago. How they did so, however, remains a mystery, especially since they would have had to cross one of the planet’s strongest ocean currents. To address this enduring question, scientists decided to attempt the Paleolithic voyage themselves. Using replicas of tools that existed in the Japanese Archipelago during the Upper Paleolithic (around 50,000

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This $400 budget gaming phone runs the same chip as the Nothing Phone 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 19:30:17

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR POCO has launched the POCO F7 globally today. The new phone offers a powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset and a 6,500mAh or 7,550mAh battery, depending on the region. Expect to pay a starting price of $399 or £389 for the POCO F7. The POCO F5 and POCO F6 were two of the best gaming phones on a budget as they offered powerful chips for the price. Now, the Xiaomi sub-brand is back with the POCO F7. The POCO F7 continues the trend of offering great perfo

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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 benchmarks show why Nothing Phone 3 might not be truly Elite

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 19:30:33

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Nothing announced last week that its Nothing Phone 3 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset. This is a somewhat polarizing move in light of the company marketing the phone as a “true” or “real” flagship, where customers would expect a top-flight Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. However, the POCO F7 just launched today, and it’s the first global phone powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. So, should you be worried about the Nothing Phone 3’s horse

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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-31 04:30:07

The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks, Reuters reported, citing a memo sent to House staff. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use,” Reuters reported the memo as saying. The memo instead recommends staff use apps

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Best Internet Providers in Chicago, Illinois

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-02 21:10:00

What is the best internet provider in Chicago? CNET’s top recommendation for most households in Chicago is AT&T Fiber due to its ultra-fast symmetrical speeds, straightforward pricing and solid availability. If AT&T Fiber isn’t available in your neighborhood, Xfinity, Verizon 5G Home Internet and Rise Broadband are reliable alternatives. The best internet provider for your home depends on your budget and speed needs. To help you decide, our broadband experts reviewed the top options and found

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The Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels turn boring walls into amazing light shows

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-03 11:30:05

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Have you ever seen those cool hexagon lights that YouTubers love to adorn their walls with? They look fantastic, and I always wanted some, but they can get a bit pricey. Thanks to the folks at Linkind, I finally got to test some, and the best part is that its EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels won’t break the bank. Let’s dive right in. Setting things up Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority First things first, you have to get these lights installed. Let me start by wa

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New Study Backs Controversial Claim of 23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints in New Mexico

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-04 03:55:09

In 2021, researchers working in New Mexico published a paper that contributed to what remains one of the most controversial topics in American archaeology. The study describes human footprints in White Sands National Park dating to between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago, making them the oldest-known footprints in North America. This challenges long-held beliefs that the first North Americans were the Clovis people—named after artifacts found near Clovis, New Mexico—who arrived between 13,000 and 13

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Nothing Phone 3 will get the company’s best software update promise to date

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-09 06:11:13

Max Jambor on X TL;DR Nothing has confirmed that the Phone 3 will get a 5+7 update policy, which most likely means five years of Android OS updates and seven years of security patches. This is the longest software support for any Nothing phone to date. The device will be powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, which the company claims outperforms the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in several areas. In a big leap forward for longevity, Nothing’s Co-Founder and Head of Marketing, Akis Evangelidis, has confirm

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Nothing Phone 3 processor confirmed: How is it a ‘true flagship’?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-08 20:05:17

Supplied by Nothing TL;DR Nothing has confirmed that the Nothing Phone 3 will use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor. This isn’t the best Snapdragon chipset, but it should still deliver great performance. This also comes as the company says the new phone is a ‘true flagship’ phone. Nothing has been making some lofty claims about the Nothing Phone 3, asserting that it’ll be the company’s first “true” flagship phone. Now, it has officially revealed the phone’s chipset. Nothing confirmed that t

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Nothing Phone 3 leak reveals it’s not a full-blown flagship after all (Update: Confirmed)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-10 22:07:14

TL;DR The Nothing Phone 3 will reportedly use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor. This is a step down from the Snapdragon 8 Elite, featuring a slower CPU and GPU and a few other downgrades. This processor should still compare favorably to the likes of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used in last year’s high-end phones. Update: June 17, 2025 (8:05 AM ET): Nothing has now confirmed that the Nothing Phone 3 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor. You can read the full article for more details.

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Nothing Phone 3 leak reveals it’s not a full-blown flagship after all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 13:07:14

TL;DR The Nothing Phone 3 will reportedly use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor. This is a step down from the Snapdragon 8 Elite, featuring a slower CPU and GPU and a few other downgrades. This processor should still compare favorably to the likes of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used in last year’s high-end phones. Nothing is gearing up to launch the Nothing Phone 3 on July 1, and we’ve already seen leaked renders and confirmed pricing for one market. Now, a leaker has apparently disclosed the phon

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Dell's XPS 13 still lives rent-free in my head for its sleek build (and it's $500 off)

Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Godzilla’ Ride Is Getting a Slick New Mechagodzilla

Hexagon fuzz: Full-system emulated fuzzing of Qualcomm basebands

This Animatronic Toothless From 'How to Train Your Dragon' Is One Hangry Toy

Lago (Open-Source Usage Based Billing) is hiring for ten roles

Venice Braces for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding

Samsung may build Qualcomm’s most advanced chip ever for the Galaxy S26 series

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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

Best Internet Providers in Chicago, Illinois

The Linkind EP6 Smart Hexagon Panels turn boring walls into amazing light shows

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Nothing Phone 3 leak reveals it’s not a full-blown flagship after all

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