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The 44 Best Movies on Hulu This Week (September 2025)

In 2017, Hulu made television history by becoming the first streaming network to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, thanks to the phenomenon that was The Handmaid’s Tale. While Netflix has largely cornered the streaming market on original movies—and even managed to persuade A-listers like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Martin Scorsese to come aboard—Hulu is starting to find its footing in features too, securing the exclusive rights to a large number of Oscar-nominated mov

Hypervisor 101 in Rust

This is a day long course to quickly learn the inner working of hypervisors and techniques to write them for high-performance fuzzing. This course covers foundation of hardware-assisted virtualization technologies, such as VMCS/VMCB, guest-host world switches, EPT/NPT, as well as useful features and techniques such as exception interception for virtual machine introspection for fuzzing. The class is made up of lectures using the materials within this directory and hands-on exercises with sourc

Irrlicht Engine – a cross-platform realtime 3D engine

The Irrlicht Engine supports 5 rendering APIs, which are 4 more than most other 3D engines do: Direct3D 9.0 OpenGL 1.2-4.x The Irrlicht Engine software renderer . . The Burningsvideo Software Renderer A null device. When using the Irrlicht engine, the programmer needs not know, which API the engine is using, it is totally abstracted. He only needs to tell the engine which API the engine should prefer. There are three reasons why the engine not only focuses on one API: Performance . Some gra

Scarlet turns Shakespeare into an animated fantasy epic

Well, I was wrong, and I did manage to make it to one last day at the Toronto International Film Festival. One of the movies I wanted to see the most this year was Scarlet, the latest from Mamoru Hosoda, whose most recent film was the metaverse fairy tale Belle. Whereas that film was a reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, Scarlet is a twist on Hamlet that’s full of bold, creative ideas. I mostly enjoyed it, but unfortunately it’s saddled with an ending that doesn’t really fit. I also managed to

Bring death to Chronos in Hades 2 this September

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Everybody say thank you Nintendo! During its Direct livestream Hades II, the follow-up to Supergiant Game’s phenomenal roguelike Hades, finally has a release date. Prepare to bring death to Chronos on Switch and PC September 25th. Durin

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It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage [U: Fixed]

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

What Time Is the Next Nintendo Direct? How to Watch September's Nintendo Direct

Another Nintendo Direct is just around the corner. The gaming giant is heading into the holiday season with the recently released Switch 2, and it will likely show off some of the big games coming out for the console. That could start its celebration of its most iconic mascot. Nintendo says its next Nintendo Direct will take place on Friday, Sept. 12, according to a post on X on Wednesday from the company's account. As is typically the case with these teasers, Nintendo didn't reveal many detail

What Time Is the Next Nintendo Direct?: How to Watch September's Nintendo Direct

Another Nintendo Direct is just around the corner. The gaming giant is heading into the holiday season with the recently released Switch 2, and it will likely show off some of the big games coming out for the console. That could start its celebration of its most iconic mascot. Nintendo says its next Nintendo Direct will take place on Friday, Sept. 12, according to a post on X on Wednesday from the company's account. As is typically the case with these teasers, Nintendo didn't reveal many detail

An hour-long Nintendo Direct is set for September 12

Hold on to your Cappy, a Nintendo Direct is coming your way later this week. Nintendo has scheduled an hour-long presentation for September 12 at 9AM ET. You don't often see Nintendo running Direct streams on Fridays, but hey, we'll take it. There may be a Mario-shaped reason for this timing, too. You can watch the showcase above, on YouTube or in the Nintendo Today! app. The Direct will include information on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games. In terms of safe bets, we'll likely get some more

Show HN: Downloading a folder from a repo using rust

Git Down git-down lets you download one or multiple directories from a Git repository without the hassle of cloning or downloading the whole repository, with one simple command. Usage It's really easy to use. $ git-down -d < DESTINATION_DIRECTORY > < REPO_URL.git:branch > FILES The -d <DESTINATION_DIRECTORY> option above is optional. If not specified the files will be downloaded into a directory under the name of the target repository. We're using the bootstrap repo as an example for how t

Traveling soon? 5 simple ways I thwart phone thieves - and you can too

Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Phone theft is on the rise. There are ways you can protect yourself. We also cover what to do if you're a victim. My wife and I like to travel throughout the year. We sometimes venture to unfamiliar or offbeat places, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, we bring along our smartphones to snap photos and videos, get travel directions, and search for information on local attractions. But our pho

The 49 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (September 2025)

Netflix has plenty of movies to watch. Maybe too many. Sometimes finding the right film at the right time can seem like an impossible task. Let us help you. Below is a list of some of our favorites currently on the streaming service—from dramas to comedies to thrillers. If you decide you’re in more of a TV mood, head over to our collection of the best TV series on Netflix. Want more? Check out our lists of the best sci-fi movies, best movies on Amazon Prime, and the best flicks on Disney+. If

SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar, for use in the Starlink satellite network. EchoStar will sell its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses in exchange for $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion SpaceX stock. SpaceX said the deal would let it develop and deploy its “Direct to Cell” constellation, which it claims can provide broadband-speed internet access to mobile phones across the world. Of the cash, $2

The 21 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (September 2025)

In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings, but some of the best movies are on Amazon Prime Video. The streamer was one of the first to go around picking up film festival darlings and other lovable favorites, and those movies are all still there in the library, so if they flew under your radar the first time, now is the perfect time to catch up. Our picks for the best movies on Amazon Prime are below. All the films in our guide are

RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble

Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has weathered ample family tragedy, drug and alcohol addiction, infection from an alleged brain worm, and a few sex scandals both minor and major — and now he's weathering condemnation from his own political allies that could presage a genuine crash out. Amid his single-minded quest against vaccines, the 71-year-old health secretary seems to have made a serious miscalculation when he chose to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevent

My Failures Onboarding at Splunk

In the fall of 2021, I found myself burnt out both professionally and personally. I was ready for a change. At NCR I was proud of what our team had accomplished - we built a group of over seventy people across four timezones, leading the journey to the cloud, and adopting better incident response and observability. The pandemic, however, had taken a great toll on me and my family. I spent much of it working long hours making sure restaurants could continue to conduct business and survive, at the

Not Even $20 Million Would’ve Gotten Ridley Scott to Direct ‘Terminator 3’

There comes a time in a creative’s life when all the qualms one might have had around being brutally honest about their career’s highlights, their missed opportunities, and their happily avoided pitfalls seem to slip away. And joining the fray of old auteur’s saying the darnedest things is Alien director Ridley Scott, who just revealed that he was offered beaucoup bucks to direct Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines—but he turned it down. In an interview with The Guardian, (the outlet for many of

Web Bot Auth

Web Bot Auth is an authentication method that leverages cryptographic signatures in HTTP messages to verify that a request comes from an automated bot. Web Bot Auth is used as a verification method for verified bots and signed agents. It relies on two active IETF drafts: a directory draft ↗ allowing the crawler to share their public keys, and a protocol draft ↗ defining how these keys should be used to attach crawler's identity to HTTP requests. This documentation goes over specific integratio

‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Reveals Its Freaky and Festive Trailer

After diving into sci-fi horror with 2024’s V/H/S/Beyond—we’re still stressing over that skydiving segment—the long-running found-footage series returns in October with a theme so perfect we can’t believe it hasn’t been done yet: V/H/S/Halloween. A first trailer has arrived for the Shudder release, and it’s full of tricks, treats, and screaming freak-outs. It’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on there, since the clips are taken from the film’s various elements, but it appears we’ll be getting

Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out

Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named acting CDC director in January, Monarez was officially confirmed to the position by the Senate on July 29 and sworn in two days later. During her brief tenure, the CDC’s main campus in Atl

European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth 'billions'

European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth 'billions' The BBC has approached PayPal for comment. The DSGV confirmed to the BBC there had been "incidents involving unauthorized direct debits initiated by PayPal against various credit institutions". It said payments were paused on Monday when lenders reported millions of suspicious direct debits from the payment firm. The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) says payments worth in the region of 10 billion euros (£8.6bn) have had t

Ember (YC F24) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineer

AI RCM. A/R Analysis in 3 days or less. Reduce claim denials by 55%. Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups. At Ember, we’re building the future of healthcare operations. Behind every provider is a mountain of administrative complexity — from billing to revenue cycle management — and these inefficiencies directly impact care, cost, and outcomes. At Ember, we’re simplifying the back office of healthcare through intelligent automation, helping providers focus on what matt

The 20 Films We’re Most Excited About to Close Out the Year

Guillermo del Toro. James Cameron. Edgar Wright. These are just some of the filmmakers who still have major, exciting genre films coming to your eyeballs before the end of 2025. So while the big, blockbuster-heavy summer season might be over, there is still a lot to be excited about as we look towards fall and winter. To commemorate the turning of the calendar, we decided to go through and select 20 movies we’re most excited to see in the next few months. They range from big blockbusters to offb

Israeli Cyber Official Arrested During Undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

A high-ranking member of Israel’s cybersecurity directorate was recently arrested in Las Vegas as part of an undercover sting operation involving internet crimes against children, according to the State Department. A joint operation between city police and the FBI that targeted child sex predators resulted in the arrest of Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a man who, according to many news outlets, has been identified as a member of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which operates out of Israeli Pri

A Nintendo Direct focused on Kirby Air Riders is set for August 19

Nintendo has a few major first-party Nintendo Switch 2 games lined up for the rest of the year. One of those is Kirby Air Riders , a sequel to the 2003 GameCube title Kirby Air Ride. The company is set to reveal much (much) more about what it has in store for the new game, as it has lined up a dedicated Nintendo Direct. You'll be able to watch the showcase, which was first announced via the Nintendo Today! app , at 9AM ET on August 19. You won't have to go hunting for it on Nintendo's channel ei

The 47 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (August 2025)

Netflix has plenty of movies to watch. Maybe too many. Sometimes finding the right film at the right time can seem like an impossible task. Let us help you. Below is a list of some of our favorites currently on the streaming service—from dramas to comedies to thrillers. If you decide you’re in more of a TV mood, head over to our collection of the best TV series on Netflix. Want more? Check out our lists of the best sci-fi movies, best movies on Amazon Prime, and the best flicks on Disney+. If

The Big ‘Superman’ Speech Happened After This Emotional Behind the Scenes Moment

Sometimes the most magical thing about a movie is seeing how it came together. We can watch the final product and feel however it makes us feel, but that’s usually disconnected from all the work that went into it. You rarely think about the different takes, different conversations, and intense work that go into every single second. Especially a film’s biggest, most important emotional moment. James Gunn’s Superman is now available to watch at home, and part of the release is a 60-minute special

Tom Cruise Loves Watching Tom Cruise Get Hurt In ‘Mission Impossible’ Movies

We don’t know what the future holds for the Mission: Impossible franchise, but the movies will undoubtedly stand the test of time. For almost 30 years, Tom Cruise has helped turn what could’ve been a simple TV adaptation into one of our most beloved action franchises. And, starting next week, you can watch along with him as that saga takes its potentially final turn. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is coming to digital on August 19, and io9 has a very fun exclusive clip. It’s from one