Wolf Man Is Not Set in the Same Universe as Invisible Man, but Leigh Whannell Does See a Connection
The Insidious and Saw writer also talked about that Halloween Horror Nights leak, Ryan Gosling, and his film's deeply sad inspirations.
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Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name
Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. Along with the name change, World introduced an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device which is designed to solve a problem that does not currently exist: authenticating that someone is human “in the age of AI.” People registered to the system get a World ID that they can use to “securely and anonymously” prove their humanness online, as well as a share of its associated WLD cryptocurrency token. The new Orb is made with 30 percent fewer parts than its predecessor, which is supposed to make it easier and cheaper to build, and equipped with Nvidia’s robotics and AI platform, Jetson, for some reason....
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All U.S. Smartphones Must Be Compatible With Hearing Aids, FCC Says
A new mandate is intended to make our most-used tech more accessible.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is just $40 for first-time Woot buyers
If you’ve been waiting to pick up one of the all-time great games for the Nintendo Switch, you can do so now for as cheap as it gets. Woot is offering first-time customers the chance to buy a physical version The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for $39.99 ($30 off) when you use code ZELDAWELCOME at checkout. If you’ve purchased from Woot before you can still buy the game for a solid $49.99 ($20 off) — or just make a new Woot account, we’re not the cops. Last year’s mega-hit from Nintendo followed in Breath of the Wild’s footsteps as a direct sequel, but it rewrote the formula of its open-world take on Hyrule with new crafting, physics, and exploration mechanics. It’s the kind of game that opens up all kinds of avenues for your...
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Tesla Releases Teaser Video for Wireless Charging of Cybercab
It looks slick, but it's still light on details.
Business Read on GizmodoElon Musk’s X is planning to make a change to how the block function works, breaking from the established standards of other social media apps. When the policies around blocking change, people who have been blocked by someone will still be able to see that person’s posts, so long as they’re public. They just won’t […]
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Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water supply, and nearly 70 percent of that is trapped in glaciers and ice caps. So far, that was enough to keep us going, but severe draughts have left places like Jordan, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Spain, and California with limited access to potable water. One possible solution is to tap into the remaining 97 percent of the water we have on Earth. The problem is that this water is saline, and we need to get the salt out of it to make it drinkable. Desalination is also an energy-expensive process. But MIT researchers led by Jonathan Bessette might have found an answer to that. They built an efficient, self-regulating water desalination system that runs on solar power alone with no need for batteries or a connection to the grid. Oceans are the most obvious source of water for desalination. But they are a good option only for a small portion of people who live in coastal areas. Most of the global population—more or less 60 percent—lives farther than 100 kilometers from the coast, which makes using desalinated ocean water infeasible. So, Bessette and his team focused on groundwater instead. Read full article
Environment Read on Ars TechnicaWelcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week brought us some exciting fundraising news from around the world, and even some exits. But if you are looking for tech IPOs, you will have […]
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Gold Could Reach $3,000 By 2025, Bank Of America Analyst Says: 'Ultimate Perceived Safe Haven'
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The Physics Trick That Makes These New Super Cars So Insanely Fast
Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up.
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Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now
Google just netted a small but key victory in its Epic legal battle. Last week, the company asked Judge James Donato to press pause on his November 1st deadline to drastically alter its Android app store rules. Today, he did just that, Epic and Google confirm to The Verge, granting Google a temporary administrative stay on all but one specific piece of his ruling. That means Google may not have to open up its Play Store for years, if at all, while it appeals the verdict. In December, a jury unanimously decided that Google’s Android app store, the Play Store, had become an illegal monopoly, though Google is now appealing that jury verdict as well as the court’s order. Technically, today’s temporary administrative stay only pushes back...
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Wolf Man‘s New Trailer Hints at Howling Terrors and Hairy Frights
The next Universal Monsters reimagining from Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) hits theaters January 17.
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OnePlus might be ditching curved edges too
The next OnePlus flagship looks a little flat — and that’s a good thing. The alleged image of the unreleased OnePlus 13 was posted to Weibo and has been since removed, but not before it was spotted by 9to5Google. It shows the phone with flat sides rather than the curved edges featured by recent OnePlus phones. It’s a small shift, but it would make OnePlus the latest in a long list of phone makers to adopt the (arguably more comfortable) flat edge design. The current trend dates back to 2020 when Apple released the iPhone 12 with flat sides, calling on an older design from the iPhone 4 and 5. Over the past few years, other companies followed suit with flat screens and less curved side rails: Samsung started straightening out the Galaxy S...
Technology Read on The Verge TechAmazon workers are being reminded that they can find work elsewhere if they’re unhappy with Amazon’s return-to-office (RTO) mandate. In September, Amazon told staff that they’ll have to RTO five days a week starting in 2025. Amazon employees are currently allowed to work remotely twice a week. A memo from CEO Andy Jassy announcing the policy change said that “it’s easier for our teammates to learn, model, practice, and strengthen our culture” when working at the office. On Thursday, at what Reuters described as an “all-hands meeting” for Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CEO Matt Garman reportedly told workers: Read full article
Business Read on Ars TechnicaHackers breached ESET's exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks....
Crime and Courts Read on Bleeping ComputerSmart vapes have arrived in the Netherlands. Pediatric pulmonologist Sanne Hammer spotted her first one on a 16-year-old patient in the Amphia Hospital in Breda this week.
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LumiCharge Offers Massive Discounts on Multifunctional Desk Lamps for Holiday Gifts
Take charge of your desktops and night stands during this massive sale at LumiCharge.
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Dow and S&P Are Headed for Records. Why Is There So Much Dread in the Market?
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Fans come to the rescue of popular Mario content creator
Fans of the popular Mario blog, Supper Mario Broth, have come together to remind us that the internet can still be a place where good things happen. Supper Mario Broth is one of the most wholesome Mario blogs on the internet. Since 2017, its owner has posted a regular stream of Mario-flavored tidbits he could dig up including interesting glitches, old advertisements and merchandise, screenshots, gifs, artwork, and more. If it’s obscure and has to do with Mario, Supper Mario Broth will let you know about it and the blog has become a celebrated institution in the broader Nintendo community. However on October 17th, the person behind all this wonderful content posted a video saying the entire endeavor was in danger of being permanently...
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War of the Rohirrim‘s New York Comic Con Footage Punched Our Faces Off
The new Lord of the Rings movie came to NYCC with a haunting look at the wrath of Helm Hammerhand.
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