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SAG-AFTRA has suspended its gaming industry strike over AI protections

SAG-AFTRA has suspended its strike against ten game studios. The organization's national board will meet tomorrow to consider a tentative agreement with the developers; more details of the arrangement will be disclosed if and when the board agrees to the terms. Variety obtained a statement from a spokesperson for the gaming companies that offered some hints about the contents of the potential deal: "This agreement...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Switch 2 Blows Past Records to Reach 3.5 Million Sales in Just 4 Days

The Switch 2 has reached the highest global sales of any Nintendo device in the same timeframe.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Fair or fixed? Why Le Mans is all about β€œbalance of performance” now.

Last year's data plus plenty of simulation are meant to create a level playing field.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Forget AGI - Meta is going after 'superintelligence' now

The company is also apparently in talks to invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

There's more to Mouse: PI for Hire than cartoon violence

Mouse: PI for Hire is a lot deeper than I initially assumed. When the game first caught buzz in May 2023 with an early teaser populated by placeholder assets, I didn’t understand the hype. The art style was definitely cool β€” Mouse is a black-and-white first-person shooter inspired by 1930s rubber hose cartoons, featuring bipedal rodents dressed like mobsters β€” but without any information about the gameplay loop,...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Why I recommend this $200 Motorola over phones that cost twice the price

The Moto G 2025 sets a new standard for budget phones, offering multi-day battery life and surprisingly strong camera performance.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Beating Plastic Pollution in Our Food Systems

ROME, Jun 11 (IPS) - Each year, more than 12.5 million tonnes of plastic are used in agriculture alone, and another 37 million tonnes become food packaging. Very little gets recycled.Read the full story, β€œBeating Plastic Pollution in Our Food Systems”, on globalissues.org

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Global Issues favicon Global Issues

Major data breach at popular hookup app leaks data on millions of users - see if you're safe

A dating site kept an open database on the internet, but claims it contained test data.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Get a Free Marvel Rivals Future Foundation Skin and Hawkeye Skin in Season 2.5

Ultron invaded Marvel Rivals Season 2.5, but world domination isn't the only thing in store for our heroes. Don new skins and leap into battle now.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

OpenAI Launches Improved Version of Latest Reasoning Model. Here's What It's Best For

CEO Sam Altman continued to tease a larger model release for later this summer, but not in June.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Love Arc browser? You can get early access to its new AI-powered replacement

If you're down about Arc browser going away, fret not, because the Browser Company has something that might change the way we think about web browsers.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Snapchat adds a new subscription tier for Lenses

Snapchat has added a new layer to its paid offerings. The Lens+ subscription combines the existing Snapchat+ monthly plan with more access to "hundreds of Lenses and AR experiences that let you play, create, and share Snaps with friends in whole new ways." The plan will cost $9 a month. At the start, the subscription will feature Lenses made by the company or by select creators. New augmented reality experiences will...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

My Virtual Avatar No Longer Looks Terrible in the Apple Vision Pro

The visionOS 26 update brings some notable features to Apple’s headset. The only question is who it’s for.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Harris Yulin, character actor and Broadway star, dies at 88

Actor had over 100 credits including Scarface, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Frasier, Ozark and Clear and Present DangerHarris Yulin, a character actor with more than 100 film and TV credits, has died at the age of 88.According to Deadline, his death was announced by his family and his manager. He died on 10 June of a cardiac arrest in New York City. Continue reading...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editors skewer the idea

Wikipedia is backing off AI article summaries… for now. Earlier this month, the platform trialed the feature in its mobile app. To say they weren't well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) paused the test a day later. The AI summaries appeared at the top of articles for 10 percent of mobile users. Readers had to opt in to see them. The AI-generated summaries only appeared "on...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 12, #1454

Here are hints -- and the answer -- for today's Wordle No. 1,454 for June 12.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

β€œYuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

The test grew out of a discussion at Wikimedia’s 2024 conference.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

The best robot vacuum and mop to buy right now

Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as effective as good ol’ manual labor, if you run them regularly, they will help keep your floors cleaner with much less effort on your part. The difference is that newer β€œcombo” robot vacuum […]

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Trump trade deal shows how vital China’s rare-earth metals are to US defense firms

Draft agreement may reassure top US military suppliers after president’s tariffs flip-flopping threatened productionThe draft trade agreement with China announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday would ease concerns from top US military suppliers about rare-earth metals and magnets that, if cut off permanently, could hobble production of everything from smart bombs to fighter jets to submarines and other weapons in the US...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Pentagon launches review of US-UK-Australia Aukus security alliance

Future of $240bn defense pact in doubt as Trump administration reviews it to see it aligns with β€˜America first’ agendaThe Pentagon has launched a review of the Aukus defence pact to make sure it is aligned with Trump’s β€œAmerica first” agenda, throwing the $240bn agreement with Britain and Australia into doubt.The review may trigger more allied anxiety over the future of the trilateral alliance designed to counter China...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

FCC’s last Democratic commissioner doesn’t know why Trump hasn’t fired her yet

Every morning, Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez says she checks her email "to see if I'm going into work." At a time when the federal workforce has been slashed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Gomez's job appears to be one of the most precarious in the US government. She's the last remaining […]

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

How toΒ secure your phone before attending a protest

Back in June 2020, when this article was first written, people were taking to the streets to organize for justice and protest against systemic racism and police brutality. There have been several other flashpoints for protests since then (for example, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade), but the recent activities of ICE, especially […]

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole

Article URL: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/blogs/space-cosmology-and-the-universe/what-if-the-big-bang-wasnt-the-beginning-our-research-suggests-it-may-have-taken-place-inside-a-black-hole Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44251047 Points: 279 # Comments: 291

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

All of the new features coming to Apple’s iOS apps

New features launching with iOS 26 include significant updates like Call Screening, more travel-friendly features in Wallet, and highly requested group chat features in Messages.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Fervo Energy lands $206M in financing to build massive geothermal power plant

Fervo is developing what promises to be the largest enhanced geothermal power plant in the world.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Reddit is looking for a new product boss

Reddit's first-ever chief product officer, Pali Bhat, is leaving the company in "the coming months," spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed to The Verge. Bhat, a former Google executive, joined Reddit in October 2021. "His tenure was about as clear pre / post test as we could run," CEO Steve Huffman said in an internal message about […]

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Verge favicon The Verge

Elon Musk Says Tesla's Robotaxi Service Will 'Tentatively' Kick Off June 22 in Austin

The service will begin with Tesla's Model Y vehicles, rather than the Cybercab the company unveiled last year.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle

NASA is shutting down several social media accounts run by the Science Mission Directorate, including the official Mars Curiosity Rover account on X. The organization says it made the decision in order to "make its work more accessible to the public, avoiding the potential for oversaturation or confusion." The "social media consolidation project" is concentrated in part on X, where there are dozens NASA accounts...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Millions of patients possibly at risk due to poor passwords at healthcare orgs - here's how to stay safe

Organizations are still using easy-to-crack passwords, experts warn.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Can Scale AI and Alexandr Wang reignite Meta’s AI efforts?

Meta has reportedly invested billions of dollars into AI startup Scale AI and hired its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead a new AI research lab. So what does that mean for Meta and the rest of the AI ecosystem?

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Switch 2 Battery Percentage Acting Weird? Try This Hidden Fix

This little glitch might annoy some Switch 2 owners.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Future of retail? Robot-run bodegas take over L.A.

The tech-enabled VenHub retail kiosks are spreading across Los Angeles, and possibly the nation.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

β€˜Dad strikes’ in London and Edinburgh demand better paternity leave

Hundreds of fathers protest with children to call for two weeks’ statutory paternity leave to be increasedHundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world’s first dad strike.They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

You can get a free iPhone 16 Pro Max from Verizon - here's how

You can get the latest and greatest iPhone 16 Pro Max for free when you open a new Unlimited Ultimate line with Verizon. Here's how to do it.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Patch your Windows PC now before bootkit malware takes it over - here's how

The flaw is able to skirt past your usual security protection and evade detection, but Microsoft has a patch.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet