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Ten years after selling Periscope to Twitter, startup's co-founder raises $40 million for Macroscope

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-09-22 16:00:01

It's been a decade since Kayvon Beykpour sold Periscope to Twitter for a reported $100 million, allowing the social media site to jump into livestreaming. Twitter shuttered Periscope in 2021, and the parent company, now called X and owned by Elon Musk, gravitated to a live events product called Spaces. Meanwhile, Beykpour, who spent seven years at Twitter after the acquisition, is back with Macroscope. He said on Wednesday that he's raised $40 million from venture investors, including GV (form

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Did a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Really Use ChatGPT to Write ‘Soda Pop’? [Updated]

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-22 15:00:04

Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters has stayed in the conversation in large part because of its blockbuster soundtrack, but now one of those songs has come under scrutiny for potentially getting an assist from ChatGPT. Update 9/17 9am ET: The English-language article released by Joongang Daily has been updated to include a correction and remove the original quote about “Soda Pop”, bringing it more in line with the Korean-language piece. The original piece is as follows. In a recent discussion in Se

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Did a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Really Use ChatGPT to Write ‘Soda Pop’?

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-23 16:00:04

Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters has stayed in the conversation in large part because of its blockbuster soundtrack, but now one of those songs has come under scrutiny for potentially getting an assist from ChatGPT. In a recent discussion in Seoul for OpenAI’s newly opened Korean office, songwriter Vince reportedly claimed he used the controversial technology to help pen the song “Soda Pop,” performed in the movie by the demonic Saja Boys. He is credited as one of several co-writers on the track,

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KPop Demon Hunters Collaboration Could Come to Fortnite Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 11:42:00

Netflix's surprise hit animated movie, KPop Demon Hunters, exploded onto the scene in June, becoming the streaming service's most-watched original movie ever. Besides breaking viewing records, the movie holds a top-three spot in daily rankings, has a successful sing-along theatrical run and has turned several songs from the original soundtrack into charting hits. KPop Demon Hunters will break one more record: It may be the speediest crossover in Fortnite history. Don't miss any of our unbiased

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KPop Demon Hunters is reportedly coming to Fortnite

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 08:54:59

KPop Demon Hunters has been the talk of the town since debuting on Netflix in June. Now, the Huntr/X singers might be taking over a new area: gaming. Kpop Demon Hunters is reportedly coming to Fortnite. Two Fortnite leakers, SpushFNBR and Loolo, posted the news on X (formerly Twitter), citing a "reliable source." Little to nothing is known about what a crossover would entail but the duo said they would be posting more details in the coming weeks. A film about three k-pop singers who save the wo

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Just Can’t Stop Breaking Billboard Records

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-26 16:45:41

The shine hasn’t worn off KPop Demon Hunters or its music quite yet. According to Variety, the film’s soundtrack has hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the Huntr/x song “Golden” has held at #1 in the Hot 100 for the fifth week in a row. As a result, it’s now the longest-running song by an animated band in charting history. That can be owed to a recently released deluxe edition that features the movie’s songs combined with sing-along, instrumental, and a cappella versions of each track. With t

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Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 04:30:49

Medical procedure for the eye Medical intervention Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery,[1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.[2] After removal, a longitudinal lamina is cut from the tooth and a hole is drilled perpendicular to the lamina. The hole is then fitted with a cylindrical lens. The lamina is grown in the patients' ch

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E Ink posters might just save my poor, bare walls from crippling indecision

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-09 17:40:25

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority There’s nothing on my walls. As a renter, part of that is practical, as anything I put up there is likely to leave its indelible mark despite my best efforts to the contrary — and ding my security deposit accordingly — but a hugely contributing factor is also my indecision. If I’m not absolutely in love with what I’m hanging up, why expose myself to that headache? But I’m also not a monster who actually wants to live in a featureless void, and do look to sma

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This Lenovo ThinkPad in white has been on my mind since I tried it at IFA 2025

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-09 17:02:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo announced a handful of new additions to its core line of ThinkPad laptops today at IFA The new devices announced are the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8, ThinkPad P16v Gen 3, and ThinkPad X9 in a new Glacier White colorway. The ThinkPad X9 made waves earlier this year, breaking with the lineup's aesthetics for a slick form factor and new "engine hub" design concept. When the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition d

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Taking Buildkite from a side project to a global company

news.ycombinator.com Scott Handsaker 2025-10-09 09:03:13

👋 Welcome to Valley of Doubt, a free weekly newsletter that goes deep into founder stories from the early days of startups. 🚀 Keith Pitt is the co-founder and former CEO of Buildkite, a devtools company that started in Melbourne and grew to have some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies as clients. In this interview we dig into: Starting Buildkite as a side project Running out of money and having to go back to investors The challenges of growing into a venture capital valuation Finding yo

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I went hands-on with Lenovo's white ThinkPad X9 at IFA, and it's the coolest laptop yet

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-11 17:24:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo announced a handful of new additions to its core line of ThinkPad laptops today at IFA The new devices announced are the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8, ThinkPad P16v Gen 3, and ThinkPad X9 in a new Glacier White colorway. The ThinkPad X9 made waves earlier this year, breaking with the lineup's aesthetics for a slick form factor and new "engine hub" design concept. When the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition d

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Lenovo's new white ThinkPad X9 is the coolest laptop announced at IFA

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-11 17:00:20

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways: Lenovo announced a handful of new additions to its core line of ThinkPad laptops today at IFA The new devices announced are the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8, ThinkPad P16v Gen 3, and ThinkPad X9 in a new Glacier White colorway. The ThinkPad X9 made waves earlier this year, breaking with the lineup's aesthetics for a slick form factor and new "engine hub" design concept. The X9 in white Kyle Kucharski/ZD

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Sony’s CEO on Seeing ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Become a Big Hit… for Netflix

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-12 16:15:28

The success of KPop Demon Hunters has been one of the stories of the summer. Sure, Lilo & Stitch was the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office. Yes, Superman did well enough to launch the DC Universe. And of course, it was awesome to see an original genre film like Weapons clean up. But above all that, it’s the animated musical that became not only Netflix’s biggest movie ever but also a box office hit in a single weekend that history will look back on with most interest. Especially

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Hackers use new HexStrike-AI tool to rapidly exploit n-day flaws

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-15 00:03:42

Hackers are increasingly using a new AI-powered offensive security framework called HexStrike-AI in real attacks to exploit newly disclosed n-day flaws. This activity is reported by CheckPoint Research, which observed significant chatter on the dark web around HexStrike-AI, associated with the rapid weaponization of newly disclosed Citrix vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-7775, CVE-2025-7776, and CVE-2025-8424. According to ShadowServer Foundation's data, nearly 8,000 endpoints remain vulner

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$1B Powerball Is Minting Social Media Gold

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-10-20 19:05:11

Powerball just hit a billion dollars, and people are freaking out about it. For 39 draws in a row, no ticket matched all six numbers for the Powerball jackpot. The last draw was on Saturday night. Now, for the next drawing on Labor Day, the jackpot has snowballed to $1.1 billion and will be the game’s fifth-largest prize ever, according to a statement from the lottery. The largest jackpot prize ever was cashed out in November 2022 by Edwin Castro, a California man who scored a $2.04 billion do

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Turning KPop Demon Hunters into a franchise is going to take some smart strategizing

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-10-22 08:15:25

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. When you watch KPop Demon Hunters, it is easy to see why it has become the most popular movie that Netflix has ever released. The animated musical’s story about a trio of pop stars tasked with protecting humanity from monsters is familiar, but refreshingly different and infinitely more stylish than other narratives like it. The soundt

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Olight launches new flagship ArkPro series of flashlights

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-22 16:00:45

Chase Bernath / Android Authority TL;DR Olight has announced new ArkPro flashlights with 4-in-1 lighting and a sleek aluminum design. The flagship ArkPro Ultra debuts Olight’s proprietary LED and ultra-durable alloy body. Global release starts September 2025, with prices ranging from $79.99 for the ArkPro Lite to $129.99 for the ArkPro Ultra. At the seventh annual O-Fan Day in New York City, Olight announced its new flagship flashlights – the ArkPro Lite, ArkPro, and ArkPro Ultra. Each of th

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Claude Code Checkpoints

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-24 21:16:17

🔍 Automatic Change Detection Continuously monitors your entire project for file changes. No setup required - just select your project folder and start coding. 💾 One-Click Checkpoints Create instant snapshots of your project state before making risky changes. Each checkpoint captures all files and their contents. 📊 Visual Diff Viewer See exactly what changed between checkpoints with our built-in diff viewer. Track additions, modifications, and deletions at a glance. ⏰ Time Travel for Code Inst

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Netflix’s new all-time top movie hit at the perfect time for Apple TV+

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-26 20:42:39

Netflix has a new all-time most popular movie: as of yesterday, KPop Demon Hunters is the service’s best performer ever. And the timing could be especially great for Apple TV+ and its new series KPOPPED. Apple’s new KPOPPED series could benefit from Netflix’s latest phenomenon Yesterday Netflix announced that KPop Demon Hunters has officially become its all-time most watched movie. The previous top performer was Red Notice, which packed the star power of Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Jo

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CRKD’s $99 Peak Design clone is great for handhelds

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-10-28 15:10:33

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware that he thinks you’ll like. He joined in 2018, and after a stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Embracer Group-owned CRKD recently launched a backpack, the $99.99 Vortex 1.0. During a recent vacation, I swapped it in place of my go-to for the past eight or so years, the 20-liter Peak Design Everyday backpack, which CRKD has thoroughly cribbed t

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This Solar-Powered Camping Backpack Charged My Phone 18 Times in One Trip

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 03:19:00

CNET's key takeaways This solar-rechargeable power station is also a backpack that can carry my camping essentials. I was able to charge my laptop six to nine times, my phone 18 times and my drone five times in one charge cycle. The Bluetti Handfree 2 backpack costs $599 at full price, but it is often on sale for $450. It's heavy. It weighs 16.5 pounds by itself before adding other gear. Deep in the wilderness, you don't have many options for charging your devices, some of which are safety e

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You Can Still Snag Tickets to 'KPop Demon Hunters' in Theaters. Here's How

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 22:47:00

Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters is getting a short sing-along run in theaters, which means fans can belt out the film's catchy songs with a real-life crowd. Let's just hope there aren't any demons lurking around. A sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters -- the streaming service's most-watched original animated movie ever -- will hit movie theater screens this weekend in countries including the US and Canada. According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than 1,700 theaters in the US and Canada have

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Best Lunch Boxes and Backpacks for the 2025 School Year

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-14 03:00:00

Back-to-school is just around the corner, and with the start of the new school year right around the corner, you may be looking for the perfect backpack and lunch box for your kids. As kids start a new grade, these items can inspire excitement and even motivation. Picking out a backpack and lunch box used to be simple. These days, the options (and price points) seem to be limitless. The good news is that at least lunch boxes have gotten a major upgrade in recent years -- they can actually keep

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‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’ is Looking More Likely

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-14 05:50:59

Since KPop Demon Hunters came out in June and took the world by storm, fans have been clamoring for more. Netflix sure would like to, given how well this one film’s performed, but it seems to be a question of whether the stars will align for it and Sony to make a sequel together. In a recent story from Puck’s Matt Belloni, he lays out some of the film’s financials, namely that it cost Sony over $100 million to produce, and only about $20 million is going to the studio, even with the film’s brie

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Will Return to Theaters for a Sing-Along Special

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-24 06:45:28

If you’ve been wanting to see KPop Demon Hunters on the big screen, then good news—especially if you can’t stop singing Huntr/X’s best hits to yourself. THR reports that Netflix will return the smash hit animated movie to theaters later this month for a limited time. Tickets for Netflix’s hit film are being sold for screenings currently slated for Saturday, August 23, and Sunday, August 24. These showings will be sing-along events, meaning lyrics for the movie’s songs will pop up on screen for

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Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-11-24 10:03:00

As an adult gear tester, I have one major problem with looking for the best kids backpack: Ultimately, the decision is not up to me. My 8-year-old and 10-year-old are the ones who have to carry this backpack to school, camp, and beyond. It has to protect iPads and Chromebooks, fit lunch boxes and water bottles, and get kicked around cars, bikes, and school gyms. Most importantly, it has to be comfortable. And be a good fashion accessory. And you have to find it quickly when it’s hung up on a hoo

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Tops the Billboard 100 With Huntr/x’s ‘Golden’

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-25 11:50:05

KPop Demon Hunters has swiftly become one of the most delightful and empowering surprises of the year in animation. Now that the Netflix and Sony Animation-certified banger is taking over the world, it only makes sense for its catchy music to reach greater heights. Billboard just announced that “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters’ hit soundtrack has reached #1 on the charts. The Huntr/x track for a while there was only slightly behind the Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” from the same soundtrack—but just li

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If you’re into K-pop, you’ll love Apple TV+’s next song battle competition

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-01 06:38:24

Apple TV+ is taking some of the biggest global artists to Seoul, where they will be joined by talented musicians for a very different music competition. Here are the details. KPOPPED premieres August 29 Recently, Apple TV+ released the trailer for KPOPPED, an eight-part music competition featuring Megan Three Stallion and PSY, and a lineup of popular guest artists ready for a bit of a K-pop twist. From Patti Labelle to the Spice Girls’ Mel B and Emma Bunton, from Vanilla Ice to Kesha and Boyz

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Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition review: A solid business laptop with some quirks

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-07 06:15:51

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Step aside, old boy. The ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition is making me forget all about the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the most renowned business laptop for over a decade. Of course, Lenovo isn’t doing away with the X1 Carbon, but the X9 series certainly seems like the company’s experimental proje

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ThinkPad designer David Hill on unreleased models

news.ycombinator.com Avram Piltch 2025-12-10 16:40:11

Interview Launched in 1992, the boxy black ThinkPad with its little red nub remains the quintessential business productivity notebook. Unlike commercial offerings from competitors such as Dell and HP, Lenovo's laptop has a following of people who collect old models and celebrate each new innovation. If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up

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Ten years after selling Periscope to Twitter, startup's co-founder raises $40 million for Macroscope

Did a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Really Use ChatGPT to Write ‘Soda Pop’? [Updated]

Did a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Really Use ChatGPT to Write ‘Soda Pop’?

KPop Demon Hunters Collaboration Could Come to Fortnite Soon

KPop Demon Hunters is reportedly coming to Fortnite

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This Lenovo ThinkPad in white has been on my mind since I tried it at IFA 2025

Taking Buildkite from a side project to a global company

I went hands-on with Lenovo's white ThinkPad X9 at IFA, and it's the coolest laptop yet

Lenovo's new white ThinkPad X9 is the coolest laptop announced at IFA

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Hackers use new HexStrike-AI tool to rapidly exploit n-day flaws

$1B Powerball Is Minting Social Media Gold

Turning KPop Demon Hunters into a franchise is going to take some smart strategizing

Olight launches new flagship ArkPro series of flashlights

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Netflix’s new all-time top movie hit at the perfect time for Apple TV+

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This Solar-Powered Camping Backpack Charged My Phone 18 Times in One Trip

You Can Still Snag Tickets to 'KPop Demon Hunters' in Theaters. Here's How

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‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’ is Looking More Likely

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Will Return to Theaters for a Sing-Along Special

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If you’re into K-pop, you’ll love Apple TV+’s next song battle competition

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