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News Image Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Final NYCC Clip is a Reality Check

Paramount came to NYCC with one more tease for Star Trek: Lower Decks before its final season begins on Thursday.

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Dutch Design Week kicks off in Eindhoven, over 300,000 visitors expected

The Dutch Design Week (DDW) kicks off on Saturday in Eindhoven. For nine days, over 2,600 designers and inventors will present their work and ideas at more than 100 locations in the city.

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Four takeaways from Pony AI’s IPO filing

Toyota-backed autonomous vehicle company Pony AI has joined the list of Chinese firms going public on the U.S. stock market after a multi-year ban from Beijing on offshore capital raising.  Zeekr, a luxury Chinese electric vehicle startup, debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in May, and WeRide, another AV startup, also hopes to file […]

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Penguin Random House is adding an AI warning to its books’ copyright pages

Penguin Random House, the trade publisher, is adding language to the copyright pages of its books to prohibit the use of those books to train AI. The Bookseller reports that new books and reprints of older titles from the publisher will now include the statement, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced […]

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News Image iFixit’s Meta Quest 3S teardown reveals a Quest 2 ‘hiding inside’

What if I told you the Meta Quest 3S is in some ways just a more powerful Quest 2 with color passthrough? “Yes, of course it is,” someone who’s read our coverage might say, but iFixit shows just how true that is in the teardown video it published today. The first hint of that is the headset’s Fresnel lenses, which iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari writes in a blog post are “100% compatible” with those used by the Quest 2. The headset has the older headset’s IPD adjustment mechanism, as well; and it shares the same single LCD panel, rather than using one panel per eye, like the Meta Quest 3. Legacy parts aside, iFixit found that the 3S uses two...

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News Image Hell Yeah, Godzilla Minus One is Stomping Back to Theaters

The franchise turns 70 years old, which means it's a good time to rewatch Godzilla Minus One on the big screen.

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The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight […]

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News Image Ember’s temperature-controlled smart mugs are 20 percent off today

Fall has arrived, bringing cooler temperatures with it. Thankfully, Ember is running a sale through October 21st that takes 20 percent off many of its self-heating vessels — including the Ember Mug 2, a guilty pleasure of ours. The 10-ounce mug is available for about $104 ($27 off) with promo code SEASON20, while the 14-ounce version is down to about $120 ($30 off). The same code is good for the metallic versions of either model, too, as well as the 16-ounce Ember Tumbler (now $143.96) and the ultra-fancy Travel Mug 2 Plus (now $159.96). Each Ember Mug 2 features a built-in battery, which allows the second-gen smart mug to last up to 90 minutes per charge or indefinitely if you set it on the included charging coaster. It pairs with a...

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Midjourney plans to let anyone on the web edit images with AI

Midjourney is planning to release an upgraded web tool that’ll let users edit any uploaded images from the web using Midjourney’s generative AI. The upgraded tool, which Midjourney CEO David Holtz said will be released “early next week,” will also allow users to retexture objects in images to “repaint” their colors and details according to […]

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Health minister Agema promises to invest money in pandemic preparation

Health Minister Fleur Agema promises to invest money in a program to prepare the Netherlands for a future pandemic.

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Women in AI: Dr. Rebecca Portnoff is protecting children from harmful deepfakes

This is part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their time in the spotlight.

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News Image Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Cards Are a Heroic Sight to Behold

The heroes of the Marvel universe come to Wizards of the Coast's card game on November 4, and more collaborations may be in store.

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News Image At 21 years old, the iMac G4 is still down to party

It’s been 20 years since Apple discontinued the iMac G4, a unique computer with a funky half-globe base and a flatscreen LCD on a fancy hinge and adjustable arm. In its unaltered state, it’s a nice-to-look-at, nostalgic relic that’s unusable in modern contexts. I coveted it and never got to own one at the time, but thanks to Juicy Crumb’s DockLite G4, I’m using this classic iMac every day as an external monitor. The DockLite G4 is a drop-in replacement motherboard for the iMac G4’s board that features an HDMI port, along with three USB-A and a single USB-C port, and 3.5mm ports for audio. Most importantly, it uses the iMac’s existing mounting holes and internal connectors for power and video, so all you need is a couple of screwdrivers...

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23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data 

Financial and security chaos at the once-pioneering genetic testing firm has intensified concerns about user data. Here's how to take action.

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About 400 bicycles collected from closed bicycle shed in Utrecht

Around 400 bicycles were collected from the bicycle shed on Jaarbeursplein in Utrecht on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the city council.

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News Image Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Will Swing On Without Any Story DLC

With no DLC in the webs for Spider-Man 2, Peter and Miles' story will continue in the next proper installment.

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334 kilograms of cocaine found in Colombian bananas at Vlissingen, two arrests

The police have arrested two people after finding 334 kilos of cocaine in the port of Vlissingen.

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