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Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest $220,000, which is $100,000 more than it offered previously, in companies starting with its fall 2025 batch. The capital will be divided into two components. The group is offering companies $20,000 in exchange for 5% ownership in the business. Startups will also receive $200,000 in the form of an uncapped SAFE note with a “most favored nation
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 09:39:52
Get ready for a new trip to a galaxy far, far away courtesy of a upcoming new Star Wars movie. Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled for a May 2027 release. Ryan Gosling (yes, Ken from the Barbie movie) stars in the film, playing a brand new character for the franchise. We don't know much about his role or the standalone film yet, though director Shawn Levy revealed a bit on Thursday during the Star Wars Celebration, a fan event in Japan. "The movie is a new adventure. It's new characters," said
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The first season of Light & Magic turned a spotlight on the creators and innovators of Industrial Light & Magic, better-known as ILM and best-known as the company founded in 1975 to create special effects for the first Star Wars movie. In the decades since, ILM has put its stamp on essential movies not just from George Lucas, but Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and beyond, racking up Oscars and thrilling audiences. The doc series, directed by Lawrence Kasdan (co-writer of Star Wars entries The
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Mars has not always been a seemingly lifeless red desert. We have evidence that billions of years ago it had a warm, habitable climate with liquid water in lakes and flowing rivers, which is somewhat confusing, given that Mars is much farther from the Sun than the Earth and that the Sun was much less bright back then. “In order for Mars to be warm enough to host liquid water, there must have been a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” says Benjamin Tutolo, a researcher at the University of
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sees its tracks receding into the distance at a site nicknamed “Ubajara” on April 30, 2023. This site is where Curiosity made the discovery of siderite, a mineral that may help explain the fate of the planet’s thicker ancient atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Research from NASA's
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We’ve seen Boba Fett show down with Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, as well as team up with Darth Vader and The Mandalorian. But did you ever think you’d see him fight Vader before he was Vader? That happened in a scene originally made for, but never aired on, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It was played this week at Star Wars Celebration Japan. During the 20th anniversary animation panel (which included that reveal of the new Darth Maul show and more) Clone Wars co-creator turned Lucasfilm chief crea
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Marshall, the brand synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic amplifiers, has distilled decades of audio expertise into the Middleton portable speaker. This rugged powerhouse delivers the company’s signature sound in a portable package, combining premium audio quality with durability that withstands everything from festival grounds to backyard parties. For music enthusiasts seeking professional-grade sound in a portable format, the Middleton stands as a testament to Marshall’s audio heritage.
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Keeping an eye on your sugar intake isn’t a bad thing -- and neither is treating yourself to something sweet now and then. It’s all about finding the right balance. Instead of cutting out sugar entirely, the smarter move is to pay attention to the kind of sugar you’re consuming. For women and children, studies show that the recommended daily limit is about six teaspoons of sugar. For men, it’s nine. The good news? You don’t have to rely on heavily processed sugars to satisfy your cravings. Natu
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Star Wars Celebration is underway in Japan, and that means new stuff. Amid the movie and TV reveals, we’ve now got a look at some hot new toys you’ll be able to buy in the coming months. In the past few weeks, Hasbro showed off Black Series figures for Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the Ronin, and its recent panel had even more figures joining the Black and Vintage Collection lines. Fans of the former will be pleased to hear fan-favorite smuggler Dash Rendar ($25) is getting a Black figure. Cal Kesti
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Cupra provided flights from Washington to Miami and accommodation so Ars could drive its cars and attend the Miami ePrix. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MIAMI—The arrival of a new car brand to the US was always going to pique my interest, even before the current government decided to upend the automotive sector with punitive tariffs. So when Cupra invited me to come check out some of its cars and hear about its plan to launch here in America, I wanted to know more. My burning quest
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After announcing it last month, ILM has revealed more details of its mixed reality "playset" called Star Wars: Beyond Victory for Meta Quest headsets. At its Star Wars Celebration 2025 in San Francisco, ILM released a new video that shows some gameplay and gives a taste of the other mixed reality experiences. The experience revolves around podracing. It includes three distinct modes, according to ILM's press release: Adventure, Arcade and Playset. The first uses virtual and mixed to reality to
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sees its tracks receding into the distance at a site nicknamed “Ubajara” on April 30, 2023. This site is where Curiosity made the discovery of siderite, a mineral that may help explain the fate of the planet’s thicker ancient atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Research from NASA's
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Almost three decades after it first hit print, Hisao Tamaki’s legendary interpretation of A New Hope is getting new life as part of a luxurious new artbook celebrating Star Wars‘ history with Japanese comics. io9 can exclusively reveal that during Star Wars Celebration Japan today, Dark Horse confirmed that The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope – The Manga will launch as a two-volume collection next year, spotlighting Tamaki’s iconic artwork from newly acquired scans of Tamaki’s original storyboards
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While Star Wars Celebration’s main focus might be the film and TV arms of the franchise, Lucasfilm Publishing has built up its own dedicated fan base with its tie-in novels, including the High Republic initiative. After kicking off in January 2021, the era is wrapping up soon with the June release of the final book in its third phase, Charles Soule’s Trials of the Jedi. But what lies ahead for Star Wars readers? Lucasfilm Publishing’s Star Wars Celebration panel, “Stories From a Galaxy Far, Far
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At Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan today during a panel celebrating 20 years of Lucasfilm Animation history, the studio confirmed its next big animated chapter will be none other than a Darth Maul series. Carrying on a legacy that began with the 3DCG Clone Wars series, before carrying on into the likes of Rebels, Resistance, Bad Batch, and animated anthologies like the Tales series, Maul: Shadow Lord will follow Maul (played by returning Clone Wars and Rebels star Sam Witwer), seemingly a
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Fans holding out hope for Star Wars movie news beyond just The Mandalorian & Grogu are in luck. At Star Wars Celebration Japan, Lucasfilm announced that the next film to hit theaters after Mando is called Star Wars: Starfighter. Shawn Levy directs, Ryan Gosling stars, shooting starts this fall, and it’ll be out May 28, 2027. Star Wars: Starfighter comes to theaters on May 28, 2027. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/dsbVb3VdBY — Star Wars (@starwars) April 18, 2025 It’s a standalone adventur
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The Mandalorian & Grogu won’t be in theaters for over a year but at Star Wars Celebration Japan, the audience was given an exciting tease, and here’s what happened Set for release on May 22, 2026, The Mandalorian & Grogu will be the first Star Wars movie released since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Set after the events of The Mandalorian season three, we pick things up with bounty hunter Din Djarin and his newly minted Mandalorian foundling, Grogu, as they go off on an adventure so b
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You’ll be laughing it up like a fuzzball of another kind when you see this trio of Hasbro Star Wars figures up close—all somewhat inexplicably linked by their glorious manes. In Tokyo, Japan for Star Wars Celebration, Hasbro just wrapped up showing fans what’s coming for its Star Wars action figures, and to celebrate, io9’s got your first look clean and up close at three of those reveals. Carrying on the Black Series’ latest update to the classic A New Hope cast, we’ve got your looks at the new
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It's no secret that Musk is anxious about the world's population. In 2022, he made the controversial proclamation that "population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming." That wasn't just one of his many idle thoughts, but a serious mantra to live by. The centi-billionaire now has at least 14 children with at least four different women — Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, author Justin Wilson, musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher, and right-wing in
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Danny Boyle’s long-awaited 28 Years Later finally has a new trailer, four months after its record-breaking first. Have a look, below: So, a picturesque island retreat inhabited by the last-living pocket of humanity as they defend themselves against the endless ranks of an increasingly desperate zombie horde? While the original film essentially served as a European speedrun of George Romero’s first Living Dead trilogy (with some Night of the Triffids in there, for spice), its appears 28 Years La
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FROSTBITE: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley Consider the improbable fact of the supermarket banana. In “Frostbite,” an exploration of the vast system known as the cold chain, the journalist Nicola Twilley follows the banana through a “seamless network of thermal control.” This series of refrigerated trucks, rail cars, shipping containers and warehouses ends in the ripening room, with its temperature gauges and gas immersion baths, all to meet our
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Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz In our last post, we showed that the economic benefits of a college degree still far outweigh the costs for the typical graduate, with a healthy and consistent return of 12 to 13 percent over the past few decades. But there are many circumstances under which college graduates do not earn such a high return. Some colleges are much more expensive than average, and financial aid is not guaranteed no matter which college a student attends. In addition, the potential
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Air traffic control staffing at U.S. airports is near a 30-year low, and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk has been doing his best to make sure it stays that way with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has an idea to fix it. Duffy thinks air traffic controllers shouldn’t retire at 56 as they’re now required to do for safety and national security reasons. In fact, Duffy seems to think allowing air traffic controllers to work into old age would
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Star Wars has seemingly returned to Fortnite. Following weeks of rumors that the hugely popular battle royale shooter Fortnite would be doing an entire season of content themed around a galaxy far, far away, it may soon be official. On Wednesday, the official Fortnite account on X (formerly Twitter) revealed the game would be making a special announcement at the Star Wars Celebration in Japan on Saturday, April 19. While the Star Wars-centric season wasn't confirmed in the post, it did tease "w
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How often do you replace your laptop? Every five to seven years? Maybe more? You probably don't wait as long to upgrade your phone, but that's what the DIY supplier iFixit and the refurbished device retailer Back Market want to change. Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, the two companies have partnered to launch a marketing campaign that encourages consumers to replace their phones every five years instead of the national average of two and a half to three years. The responsibility of keeping old
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Think China’s got it all sewn up when it comes to EVs? Well, at least when it comes to micro cars, Japan still has a few tricks up its sleeve—and the Nissan Sakura is the power player in the market. Japanese automakers have generally tackled the electric transition with all the speed of a turning oil tanker. Toyota has, for example, steadfastly held out largely in the hopes that its gamble on solid-state batteries will play out. Nissan on the other hand threw its hat early into the game with t
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Do you remember when Disney Plus was a brand-new streamer, and speculation ran rampant about how it would compete against heavy hitters like Netflix and Prime Video? Well, it's half a decade later and the Mouse House is more than holding its own. That shouldn't be all that shocking, though. The streamer's library contains everything from Marvel and Star Wars. Do I even need to mention Bluey? Now that Daredevil has relocated from Netflix to the Disney-owned streamer, it's safe to say Disney Plus
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It’s often the case that the more that planets are studied and understood, the more remote the possibility of inhabiting them seems. Mars, for example, is the closest celestial body to Earth in terms of distance, but data shows its conditions are extremely hostile for life. Despite this, NASA has plans to send astronauts to the Red Planet, and Elon Musk is a vocal proponent of establishing a human presence there. In the short term, the solution to colonizing Mars is the construction of special
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In context: Astronomers have been observing the wheel-shaped nebula NGC 1514 for over three centuries. In 1790, William Herschel described it as the first deep-sky object that looked cloudy. Unlike star clusters, he couldn't distinguish individual stars within it. Thanks to the Webb telescope, scientists are now studying the nebula in greater detail, leading to a better understanding of the interstellar cloud. On Monday, NASA released stunning images of the NGC 1514 nebula, showcasing the most
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Highly anticipated: Electronic Arts is pulling back the curtain on its highly anticipated turn-based strategy title Zero Company, developed by the newly formed Bit Reactor studio. It's set to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game has been a closely guarded secret, but that's set to change soon. The Bit Reactor studio is made up of a crew of industry vets who previously worked on major strategy franchises like XCOM, Civilization, Gears of War, and Elder Scrolls Online. It was founded
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