Superman, Batman and two Green Lanterns will feature prominently in the newly reimagined DC Universe, a shared, overarching storyline blending films, television, animation, games, and more, all under the watchful eyes of DC Studios presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Source: Gizmodo – James Gunn’s DC Slate Revealed: First 10 Projects Include Superman, Batman, Green Lantern
On a Mac, there are plenty of video editors that will happily take your money. But for simple editing, you don’t need to spend a dime. There’s iMovie, of course, which offers enough tools to chop together a video. But for the simplest of edits, don’t bother: You can, instead, use QuickTime to not only trim videos, but…
Source: LifeHacker – QuickTime Has a Hidden Editing Tool for Cutting Clips Out of Videos
Destiny 2: Lightfall is just a few weeks away and Bungie finally pulled back the curtain on what players can expect from the expansion’s growing Exotic arsenal. A new trailer revealed three pieces of armor, three weapons, and a new catalyst for the Deluxe Edition exclusive, Quicksilver Storm.
Source: Kotaku – 7 New Destiny 2 Exotics Coming In Lightfall
The rumors of Tesla facing a Justice Department investigation were true. The EV designer has confirmed in an SEC filing that the DOJ has requested documents linked to Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features. Tesla says that no government body has determined “wrongdoing” as part of an active investigation, but warns that enforcement could have a “material adverse impact” on its business.
Tesla didn’t detail the nature of the request, and doesn’t usually comment on issues since disbanding its communications team. We’ve asked the DOJ for comment. However, it comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigated 35 crashes where Autopilot or FSD was reportedly involved, including collisions with emergency vehicles. California’s DMV and other officials have accused Tesla of falsely suggesting that its cars are truly driverless when even FSD frequently requires intervention. The state DMV and the NHTSA are worried Tesla drivers might grow complacent and fail to take evasive action when necessary.
The brand has issued mixed messages on its cars’ abilities. While Tesla’s support site make clear that Autopilot and FSD don’t represent complete autonomy and require a “fully attentive driver,” the FSD marketing page claims that you’ll only need to “tell your car where to go.” Company chief Elon Musk has long promised that true self-driving is just around the corner, but mentioned in October 2022 that Tesla was “not saying it’s quite ready” to go driverless. FSD remains in beta, although it’s now open to anyone who has paid to unlock the functionality.
The DOJ investigation comes as Tesla and its leadership face mounting scrutiny over their practices. Musk is embroiled in a shareholder lawsuit over his tweets about taking Tesla private. The National Labor Relations Board recently accused Tesla of breaking the law by asking Florida staff to keep quiet about pay and a firing. There are also lingering questions about build quality following a string of recalls. Tesla is facing growing pressure to alter its practices, and potential DOJ charges are just the latest concern.
Source: Engadget – The DOJ is looking into Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving claims
The flippin’ foldable smartphone race of 2023 is about to intensify with OnePlus joining the fray, if new trademark listings are anything to go by.
The new phones could likely be called “OnePlus V Flip” and “OnePlus V Fold”, which are the officially trademarked names found on the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)
Source: Hot Hardware – OnePlus V Fold And Flip Rumored Inbound To Battle Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold And Z Flip
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are back. From a report: The Instagram co-founders, who departed Facebook in 2018 amid tensions with their parent company, have formed a new venture to explore ideas for next-generation social apps. Their first product is Artifact, a personalized news feed that uses machine learning to understand your interests and will soon let you discuss those articles with friends. Artifact — the name represents the merging of articles, facts, and artificial intelligence — is opening up its waiting list to the public today. The company plans to let users in quickly, Systrom says. You can sign up yourself here; the app is available for both Android and iOS.
The simplest way to understand Artifact is as a kind of TikTok for text, though you might also call it Google Reader reborn as a mobile app, or maybe even a surprise attack on Twitter. The app opens to a feed of popular articles chosen from a curated list of publishers ranging from leading news organizations like the New York Times to small-scale blogs about niche topics. Tap on articles that interest you and Artifact will serve you similar posts and stories in the future, just as watching videos on TikTok’s For You page tunes its algorithm over time.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Instagram’s Co-founders Are Mounting a Comeback
If you own a home, you will almost certainly have contractors in your house at some point. Whether it’s a one-day project or a major repair that will take weeks, having contractors in your home is disruptive and stressful—for both of you. Your routine and private space are compromised (plus, the mess)—yet far too many…
Source: LifeHacker – Seven Ways to Prep Your House Before a Contractor Arrives
Enlarge / Say so long to the original PSVR’s glowing blue lights. (credit: PlayStation Blog)
Sony is drastically scaling back its sales expectations for next month’s launch of the PlayStation VR2 headset, according to a Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with [Sony’s] deliberations.”
The PlayStation 5 maker now expects to sell just one million PSVR2 units by the end of March, down from sales expectations of 2 million units in that period, as reported last October. Sony expects to sell about 1.5 million more headsets in the following fiscal year, which ends in March 2024, according to the report.
The scaled-back sales expectations would put the PSVR2 slightly ahead of the pace set by the original PSVR headset, which sold just under a million units in its first four months and 2 million units in just over a year. But that kind of sales pace looks less impressive today, when a headset like the Meta Quest 2 can sell a reported 2.8 million units in its first quarter, on its way to total sales of over 15 million, according to market analysis firm IDC.
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Source: Ars Technica – Sony halves reported sales expectations for coming PSVR2 headset
We are, horrifyingly, less than 365 days away from another US presidential election year. But before that, we have another annual election of infinitely less dire and thus stressful consequences—picking which mutant joins the X-Men. And unlike years previous, you don’t have to be a diehard X-fan to know who all of the…
Source: Gizmodo – Rock the X-Vote by Electing Another New X-Man
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requested documents from Tesla related to the company’s Autopilot and so-called “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a Tesla financial filing submitted Tuesday. In part of Tesla’s most recent quarterly report to investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the…
Source: Gizmodo – U.S. Justice Department Asked Tesla for Documents on Driver Assistance Features
Acer’s recent foray into the DIY discrete graphics card market coincided with Intel’s modern entry. The former launched an introductory Predator BiFrost model based on latter’s flagship Arc A770 GPU, complete with a custom cooling solution and factory overclock. It may not be Acer’s last, either. Rumor has it that Acer is expanding its resale
Source: Hot Hardware – Acer Releasing A Radeon RX 7000 GPU Would Leave NVIDIA As The Odd Man Out
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (credit: Getty | Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg)
President Joe Biden plans to end two national emergency declarations over the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, which will trigger a restructuring of the federal response to the deadly coronavirus and will end most federal support for COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and hospital care.
The plan was revealed in a statement to Congress opposing House Republicans’ efforts to end the emergency declarations immediately.
“An abrupt end to the emergency declarations would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system—for states, for hospitals and doctors’ offices, and, most importantly, for tens of millions of Americans,” the Office of Management and Budget wrote in a Statement of Administration Policy.
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Source: Ars Technica – Biden to end US COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
A Northwestern University astrophysicist has produced a stunning video of four planets dancing around their sun. The tantalizing planetary dance was made using observations over a 12-year period.
The four exoplanets tripping the light fantastic were among the first ever to be directly imaged, a discovery made in 2008. The quartet of planets
Source: Hot Hardware – Watch 4 Huge Planets Dance Around Distant Star That’s 5X Brighter Than The Sun
An anonymous reader shares a report: Logitech, perhaps known best for its personal computer accessories like the webcam I have used for nearly every workday for three years, is revealing an ambitious new prototype on Tuesday: an elaborately designed video chat booth it calls “Project Ghost” that’s designed to be a better space to have virtual conversations. I understand if that description might make you think of Google’s Project Starline, another conceptual video chat booth. When Logitech first told me about Project Ghost, that’s where my mind went. And the core idea is similar: you’ll be able to sit in a booth and talk to a lifelike projection of another person who is in another place in a way that approximates an in-person conversation.
But unlike Project Starline, which relies on an elaborate array of sensors and cameras to create a hologram-like projection, Project Ghost uses videoconferencing technology Logitech already sells, pulls a trick like what you might know from a teleprompter to create the projection, and packs that all into a booth designed by office furniture maker Steelcase to create a potentially more comfortable experience for conversations. No word on the pricing, but apparently it won’t be less than $2,000 for sure.
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Source: Slashdot – Logitech is Working on a Project Starline-like Video Chat Booth
Escuelas Linux 8.0 is the 25th-anniversary edition of the Debian/Ubuntu/Bodhi Linux-derived GNU/Linux distribution, and it’s available in two editions.
The post Escuelas Linux 8.0 Celebrates 25 Years of Promoting FOSS appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – Escuelas Linux 8.0 Celebrates 25 Years of Promoting FOSS
One of the new features introduced with Linux 6.2 is Call Depth Tracking and it can help extend the useful service life of Intel Skylake through Coffeelake era processors in providing better performance than is otherwise found out-of-the-box on Linux.
Source: Phoronix – Linux 6.2 Performance Option Helps Extend The Longevity Of Intel Skylake Era PCs
The Notes app hides many secrets (and we’re not only talking about nudes). It’s filled with little-known features like tags, not to mention a literal secret chatting system. One of its best hidden gems, though, is a small button that simply reads “Scan Text.”
Source: LifeHacker – Your iPhone Can Scan and Copy Any Text Into a Note
Nothing has effectively confirmed that the Phone (2) will be coming to the US later this year. Should we hold our breaths to this little hint from its CEO, Carl Pei? Well, at least something is better than Nothing.
In a recent chat with Nothing co-founder and CEO Carl Pei, Inverse reported that the company is serious about prioritizing
Source: Hot Hardware – Confirmed! Nothing Phone 2 Is Headed To The US To Disrupt The Android Marketplace
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Source: Gizmodo – ‘The Deluge’ Is a Climate Nightmare—and It’s Based on Reality
