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Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-18 15:00:42

Eliza McNitt is no stranger to new media. Her 2017 project, Fistful of Stars, was a fascinating look at stellar birth in virtual reality, while her follow-up Spheres explored black holes and the death of stars. Now with her short film Ancestra, McNitt has tapped into Google's AI tools to tell a deeply personal story. Working with Google Deepmind and director Darren Aronofsky's studio Primordial Soup, McNitt used a combination of live-action footage and AI-generated media to tell the story of her

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Taikia Waititi Will Direct The Next ‘Judge Dredd’

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2025-07-18 23:00:02

Barbie gets her first non-DTV animated movie for theaters, a breakout Strange New Worlds character enjoys more screen time, and Steve from Stranger Things picks up a humongous chainsaw. Thirsty for more? Spoilers, ahoy! Judge Dredd THR reports Taika Waititi is attached to direct a new live-action Judge Dredd movie based on a script by Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible – Rouge Nation, The Fall Guy). Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley and Ben Smith of Rebellion Developments, Roy Lee of Vertigo Entert

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

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-24 02:39:41

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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Building community and clean air solutions

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-07-25 19:00:00

Darren Riley: Hi. Thanks for having me. Megan: Thank you ever so much for being with us. To get us started, let's just talk a bit about JustAir. How did the idea for the company come about, and what does your company do as well? Darren: Yeah, absolutely. The real thesis of JustAir, is really a combination of one, my personal experience but also my professional experience. On the professional side, background in software engineering, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, but I was always f

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Alexander Skarsgård Ruined Multiple ‘Murderbot’ Finale Scenes by Crying

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-07-28 16:15:53

Season one of Murderbot wrapped up in a way that was sad yet hopeful—read io9’s recap here—with the underlying joy for fans that the Apple TV+ series will be returning to adapt more of Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries stories. And Alexander Skarsgård, who plays the title character, felt plenty of human emotion welling up while he was portraying the self-aware robot in the finale. Speaking to Collider, the actor, who’s also one of Murderbot‘s executive producers, spoke about the scene, in which h

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Show HN: Typeform was too expensive so I built my own forms

news.ycombinator.com Preet Suthar 2025-08-02 02:02:51

Ikiform is an open-source alternative to Typeform and Google Forms, designed to help you create beautiful forms effortlessly. I really love this, I'm going to use it for my design studio! The AI is really neat I just got a form up in no time, and it just has built-in rate limiting and content filtering that's INSANE!

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Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes: Up to 50% Off

wired.com Julia Forbes 2025-08-02 03:00:00

Life is hard, but you know what isn’t? Tempur-Pedic mattresses. This brand’s been around for a long while, which isn’t shocking given the high-quality materials that perform for those that need advanced pressure relief and support. If you’re someone who deals with regular aches and pains, this is a good place to start looking for a new mattress. For those that also want to avoid putting a strain on their budget, now’s a good time to look, as Tempur-Pedic is launching its summertime 4th of July s

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Building an innovation ecosystem for the next century

technologyreview.com Mit Technology Review Insights 2025-08-06 03:00:00

Megan: And last year, when Michigan's Governor Whitmer announced this new initiative and your position, she noted the need to foster this sort of culture of innovation. And we hear that a lot that terminal in the context of company cultures. It's interesting to hear in the context of a U.S. state's economy. I wonder what your strategy is for building out this ecosystem, and how do you foster a state's innovation culture? Ben: Yeah, it's an awesome point, and I think I mentioned earlier that I c

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There’ll Be No Dog Punching In ‘Superman’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-12 23:00:16

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 could set up a Scream reunion. Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot expands its cast. David Corenswet teases the tone of DC’s Lanterns. Plus, get a look at Invasion season 3. To me, my spoilers! Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 According to a new report from insider DanielRPK (via Comic Book), Skeet Ulrich will reunite with his Scream costar Matthew Lillard in Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 as Henry Emily, the owner of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Highlander Variety reports that Maris

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Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-08-16 15:04:00

Martin Harvey/Getty Images When Linus Torvalds posted his now-legendary 1991 announcement about a "hobby" operating system kernel, no one would have predicted that Linux would become the backbone of modern computing. In a speech at the Open-Source Summit, North America, Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of LWN and longtime kernel developer, recounted the Linux kernel's remarkable journey, highlighting its disruptive beginnings, its unique development model, and the challenges that have shaped i

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The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-08-17 15:33:23

Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images When Linus Torvalds posted his now-legendary 1991 announcement about a "hobby" operating system kernel, no one would have predicted that Linux would become the backbone of modern computing. In a speech at the Open-Source Summit, North America, Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of LWN and longtime kernel developer, recounted the Linux kernel's remarkable journey, highlighting its disruptive beginnings, its unique development model, and th

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Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-08-18 23:08:11

Vittoria Elliott: Can you tell me about your interactions with the other DOGE people? Did you make friends? Did you make colleagues- Sahil Lavingia: Yeah. Vittoria Elliott: ... at least? Do you know... What was your relationship with the other DOGE people, and what were your impressions of them? Sahil Lavingia: It was pretty friendly. I mean, it was kind of joining a little troop. We were working together 12 hours a day, and we laugh and joke and you had to because a lot of the work itself wa

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The amazing XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K projector is at a record-low price!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-20 15:19:34

There are plenty of great portable projectors around these days, and prices are getting more accessible than ever. While those work great, we know many of you are much more demanding viewers. High-end projectors can get really pricey, but here’s an option for those who want the ultimate TV replacement at a more reasonable price. The XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K is at a record-low price, saving you over $900! Buy the XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K for just $769.99 ($929.01 off) This offer is available from Woot!,

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This Action Camera Is Practically Free Compared to GoPro for Amazon Early Prime Day, Stock Is Limited

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-08-21 15:10:50

Whether you’ve got kids, pets, or just friends who are more than a little extroverted, it can be nice to have a really solid action camera. Not every camera can handle capturing action as it happens, let alone when things go underwater or especially quickly. That’s where a good action camera really shines, but they can also be really expensive. They don’t have to be though. See at Amazon Today, you can pick up the Akaso EK7000 Action Camera for just $53. That’s 34% off the usual price of $80,

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Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-08-23 15:46:30

Lauren Goode: Well, speaking of Darth Vader, Disney recently licensed the use of Darth Vader's voice for a chatbot in Fortnite. Everybody knows what Fortnite is, right? And what's interesting about this is this deal ended up causing some backlash from the actors in SAG-AFTRA, which is the union that represents actors and voice actors and stuff like that, where they were arguing that this is an example of AI-generated voices replacing their work, their very human work, without authorization, and

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Brad Feld on ‘Give First’ and the art of mentorship (at any age)

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-08-23 07:31:20

Brad Feld has spent decades operating by a simple principle: Give without expecting anything in return. This philosophy goes beyond traditional pay-it-forward thinking, he says. It’s about helping others, knowing only that meaningful connections and opportunities will emerge organically over time if you do. The entrepreneur and VC, who began angel investing in the 1990s, rose to prominence through his candid blog “Feld Thoughts,” which pulled back the curtain on the then-secretive venture indus

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Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age)

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2025-08-24 23:31:20

Brad Feld has spent decades operating by a simple principle: give without expecting anything in return. This philosophy goes beyond traditional pay-it-forward thinking, he says. It’s about helping others, knowing only that meaningful connections and opportunities will emerge organically over time if you do. The entrepreneur and VC, who began angel investing in the 1990s, rose to prominence through his candid blog “Feld Thoughts,” which pulled back the curtain on the then-secretive venture indus

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The Director of ‘Jaws @ 50’ Explains Why It’s the Ultimate Chronicle of the Classic

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-30 07:00:50

Jaws officially turned 50 last week, and it’s easy to imagine that Steven Spielberg’s shark thriller—Hollywood’s first summer blockbuster—will be considered just as much of a classic in 50 more years. National Geographic’s annual “Sharkfest” programming marks the milestone with Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, a new documentary from frequent Spielberg collaborator Laurent Bouzereau (Music by John Williams). As fans of cinema history well know, however, Jaws is already a well-documented f

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Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto

news.ycombinator.com Addison Del Mastro 2025-08-30 17:37:05

One of the things I read about while getting ready for our vacation in Japan were these famous tiny businesses: bars or izakayas with four seats, narrow little bookstores or record shops in people’s houses or the bottom floors of small buildings, hyper-specialized or themed bars owned by one passionate guy. (There’s one that’s chock-full of Star Wars memorabilia, for example.) We got to visit a couple of such places, and saw many more from the street. I’m planning to write a longer, more themat

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Forget Dyson, Shark’s Newly Released FlexBreeze Pro Mist Fan Gets Its First Discount for Early Prime Day

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-08-30 19:10:03

Summer is coming, or it’s already here. Look, we’re not seasonal experts, and time is a lie anyway, but the important thing here is that it’s getting incredibly warm for a lot of us. While there are some people (who might be lizards) who thrive in the constant heat, a lot of us need a way to keep it at bay as efficiently as possible. Air conditioning helps on that front, but so can a really good fan. See at Amazon The Shark FlexBreeze Pro Mist Fan is a really good fan, so much so, in fact, tha

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Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto, Japan

news.ycombinator.com Addison Del Mastro 2025-08-31 03:37:05

One of the things I read about while getting ready for our vacation in Japan were these famous tiny businesses: bars or izakayas with four seats, narrow little bookstores or record shops in people’s houses or the bottom floors of small buildings, hyper-specialized or themed bars owned by one passionate guy. (There’s one that’s chock-full of Star Wars memorabilia, for example.) We got to visit a couple of such places, and saw many more from the street. I’m planning to write a longer, more themat

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Playdate Season 2 review: Shadowgate PD and CatchaDiablos

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-31 09:30:20

Earlier in this Playdate season, I commented in a review that I "love a game that pisses me off a little." Well, I may have shot myself in the foot with that one. Week four of Playdate Season Two brings us not one game that got my blood boiling, but two. CatchaDiablos is a roguelike with a unique movement mechanic that is both pretty cool and absolutely infuriating: running in circles with the crank. Shadowgate PD, on the other hand, is a remade-for-Playdate version of the classic point-and-clic

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors on Meeting Fan Expectations and Championing Original, Inclusive Animation

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-31 13:45:31

When Sony Pictures Animation first announced KPop Demon Hunters back in 2021, director, writer, and longtime K-pop devotee Maggie Kang (The Lego Ninjago Movie) envisioned the project as both a love letter to the early days of the genre she grew up with and a vibrant celebration of Korean culture. Teaming up with co-director Chris Appelhans (Wish Dragon), Kang set out to craft a film that merges the dazzling precision of K-pop choreography with the spectacle of magical girl action, all wrapped up

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Munich from a Hamburger's perspective

news.ycombinator.com Mert Bulan 2025-08-30 21:55:25

Over the long weekend, thanks to Whit Monday being a public holiday in Germany, I decided to visit a friend who lives in Munich. I spent about three and a half days there and thought it would be a good idea to share my thoughts. I saw a lot during my stay, and since I live in Hamburg, I naturally started comparing the two cities. There are quite a few differences. Before I go into the details, I should mention that I’ve been living in Hamburg for seven years, and this was my first time in Bavar

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Munich from a Hamburger's Perspective

news.ycombinator.com Mert Bulan 2025-09-04 06:55:25

Over the long weekend, thanks to Whit Monday being a public holiday in Germany, I decided to visit a friend who lives in Munich. I spent about three and a half days there and thought it would be a good idea to share my thoughts. I saw a lot during my stay, and since I live in Hamburg, I naturally started comparing the two cities. There are quite a few differences. Before I go into the details, I should mention that I’ve been living in Hamburg for seven years, and this was my first time in Bavar

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Dyson V8 Plus Cordless Vacuum Is Now One of the Best Early Prime Day Deals at Its Lowest Price Yet

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-06 23:40:51

If you can afford to make your chores a little bit easier, then you definitely deserve to do so. After all, none of us really enjoys having to deal with dishes, cat litter, dusting, or vacuuming. Well, maybe you do, and that’s good for you, but for most of us, it’s a constant slog of tasks that never really ends. That’s why it’s for the best that you have the right tools. See at Amazon Today, we’ve found an excellent deal on a really great vacuum that should make it easier than ever to get rid

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This Anker Solix C1000 Portable Power Station Matches Its Black Friday Price as Amazon Clears Out Stock

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-09 03:10:01

It really pays to have a good portable power station these days. Whether you’re going camping for a long weekend, spending all day at the beach, or you just want a backup in case something happens to the power grid, having one of these devices around can be a huge help. They’re very expensive normally though, so you’re nearly always best off waiting for a really good deal. See at Amazon Well, we just so happen to have found a really good deal today, and on a really good brand. The Anker Solix

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Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp Hits Its Record Low Price, Create 16 Million DIY Colors With This Amazon Steal

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-09 03:40:19

Of the many benefits of modern-day life, one of the most underrated is good mood lighting. After all, we don’t have to change the light bulb just to get a new color, and nor do we have to really put much effort in at all to change the mood. The world of smart lights and RGB lighting in general, has really helped on that front. If you’re looking for a really good option, then you’ll want to make the most of this 30% discount on the Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp. This sleek-looking device can help chang

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Sony’s Waterproof Speaker Is Nearly Free before Prime Day, Perfect Chance to Prep for Summer Travel

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2025-09-11 19:25:28

Whether you’re heading out on a weekend hike, setting up camp by the lake, or just need a reliable speaker to bring tunes to your backyard, having a compact yet capable Bluetooth speaker on hand can really elevate the moment. But with so many options out there, finding something that’s both affordable and actually sounds good is easier said than done. You can get the Sony SRS-XB100 wireless Bluetooth portable speaker for just $38 at Amazon right now, down from its usual price of $60. That’s $22

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LEGO Isn’t Only Treating Star Wars Fans, Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Set Drops to New Record Low Price

gizmodo.com Jason Coles 2025-09-13 15:40:23

If you’re looking for a gift to get someone who loves Harry Potter, then you’re probably staring at a long list of options, all of them feeling a little bit overwhelming. There are plenty of things to choose from, sure, but how many of them will be really special? Well, the answer to this conundrum, and plenty of other ones, is Lego. See at Amazon That’s because you can currently grab the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set with 15% off. This thing is an absolute beauty once it’s

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Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool

Taikia Waititi Will Direct The Next ‘Judge Dredd’

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

Building community and clean air solutions

Alexander Skarsgård Ruined Multiple ‘Murderbot’ Finale Scenes by Crying

Show HN: Typeform was too expensive so I built my own forms

Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes: Up to 50% Off

Building an innovation ecosystem for the next century

There’ll Be No Dog Punching In ‘Superman’

Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting

The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code

Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

The amazing XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K projector is at a record-low price!

This Action Camera Is Practically Free Compared to GoPro for Amazon Early Prime Day, Stock Is Limited

Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight

Brad Feld on ‘Give First’ and the art of mentorship (at any age)

Brad Feld on “Give First” and the art of mentorship (at any age)

The Director of ‘Jaws @ 50’ Explains Why It’s the Ultimate Chronicle of the Classic

Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto

Forget Dyson, Shark’s Newly Released FlexBreeze Pro Mist Fan Gets Its First Discount for Early Prime Day

Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto, Japan

Playdate Season 2 review: Shadowgate PD and CatchaDiablos

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors on Meeting Fan Expectations and Championing Original, Inclusive Animation

Munich from a Hamburger's perspective

Munich from a Hamburger's Perspective

Dyson V8 Plus Cordless Vacuum Is Now One of the Best Early Prime Day Deals at Its Lowest Price Yet

This Anker Solix C1000 Portable Power Station Matches Its Black Friday Price as Amazon Clears Out Stock

Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp Hits Its Record Low Price, Create 16 Million DIY Colors With This Amazon Steal

Sony’s Waterproof Speaker Is Nearly Free before Prime Day, Perfect Chance to Prep for Summer Travel

LEGO Isn’t Only Treating Star Wars Fans, Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Set Drops to New Record Low Price

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