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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Marvel’s new Thunderbolts trailer is armed to the teeth

The 2023 writers strike and a change in Marvel’s releasing schedule kept director Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts from hitting theaters when it was initially planned. But the film’s new trailer makes it look like it might have been worth the wait.

Set some time after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Thunderbolts will tell the story of how a number of former Marvel antagonists find themselves being recruited by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft’s largest ever security transformation detailed in new report

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Microsoft made security its No. 1 priority for every employee earlier this year, following years of security issues and a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board. Nearly six months after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the entire company that security should be prioritized above all else, the software giant is providing a report on its progress.

Microsoft first kicked off its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) in November 2023, just months before the US...

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Andrew Liszewski

JBL’s new party lights wirelessly sync to its glowing speakers

JBL’s party lights can sync their animations to the company’s speakers. | Image: JBL

JBL has announced two new accessories for its PartyBox line of LED-enhanced Bluetooth speakers: the PartyLight Stick, which looks like a glowing animated lightsaber, and the PartyLight Beam, that can cast a light show on walls or ceilings.

The $99.95 PartyLight Stick and the $149.95 PartyLight Beam can each function as standalone lights. You can adjust the intensity, speed, and motion of each...

Fast Company

Reuters

U.N. talks show climate cash in short supply

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland noted that some of the world’s poorest countries were now facing climate-fueled disasters along with an increased debt burden.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres launched a two-day, climate-themed “Summit for the Future” on Sunday as part of the U.N. General Assembly, where some leaders warned of growing mistrust between nations as climate-fueled disasters mount.

Fast Company

Mark Wilson

Jony Ive is building his post-Apple brand the patient way

As a new bear strolls curiously across the letters of LoveFrom’s website, it’s a charming evolution of its brand, and a metaphor for the firm’s approach to design.

We say that most brands “launch.” Like they are rockets fueled by quippy one-liners and rainbow-gradient TikToks, hurling themselves through the stratosphere. 

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Associated Press

Residents of this picturesque destination voted against protecting its threatened wildlife

Switzerland ranks among the top four countries with the highest rates of threatened species in all eight categories of wildlife.

Switzerland, known for natural beauty like pristine lakes and majestic Alpine peaks, ranks among the world’s richest countries whose plant and animal life is under the greatest threat. Environmentalists were seeking better protections for the country’s biodiversity in a nationwide vote that culminated Sunday.

Final official results showed more than 63% of...

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Molly Higgins

The 5 Automatic Litter Boxes We've Tested and Recommend (2024)

With these high-tech cat boxes, gone are the days of bending over, scooping, and foul smells. Welcome to the future.

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Nilay Patel

Arc creator Josh Miller on why you need a better browser than Chrome

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The Browser Company cofounder thinks it’s time to modernize the browser and reinvent the web.

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David Pierce Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Google TV Streamer review: smarter than your average set-top box

With more storage, a (slightly) faster processor, and some proper smart home chops, Google’s new take on the Chromecast is its best attempt at a streaming device yet.

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Andrew J. Hawkins

US moves to block all Chinese auto imports through software crackdown

An employee cleans a BYD during 2024 Wuhan International Auto Show. | Photo by Wang HE/Getty Images

The Biden administration proposed new rules blocking the “sale or import” of connected vehicle software originating from “countries of concern,” a move that would effectively ban all auto imports in the US from China.

Vehicles with hardware and software from China pose an “acute” threat to the US’ national security, the White House said in a statement. This includes the...

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Israel-Hezbollah Tensions Spiral in Week of Attacks: What to Know

Exploding pagers, a major Israeli strike in Beirut and Hezbollah attacks deep inside Israel have brought the two sides closer than they’ve been in years to a full-scale war.

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Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad

Fear Spreads in Beirut as Israel Steps Up Strikes

Lebanon’s Education Ministry ordered some schools to close amid warnings from Israel that it was intensifying strikes against Hezbollah and calls for residents to evacuate.

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Associated Press

The Fed’s rate cut not cutting it for consumers, yet

The costs of some high-profile consumer goods have actually been falling.

With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it’s all but conquered inflation after three long years.

The public at large? Not so much.

Consumer surveys, including one released Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, show that most Americans remain unhappy with the economy, still bruised by an inflation...

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

Intel stock price today: 3 possible reasons why INTC shares are up

After watching shares decline for much of the last year, investors in the chipmaking giant Intel Corporation received glimmers of good news recently.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has had a pretty rough year. Year-to-date, the company’s stock price has fallen over 56% to a close of just under $22 per share on Friday. In August, in addition to reporting another disappointing quarter for its Q2 results, the company also announced it was laying off around 15,000 workers.

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The UN’s ‘Pact for the Future’ has been green-lit, here’s what’s next

The 42-page pact was adopted at Sunday’s opening of a two-day “Summit of the Future,” which continues Monday.

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement its 56 actions.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked the 193-member world body for approving the pact and unlocking the door for nations to join forces to tackle...

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Kate Knibbs

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

“The path we’re on isn’t sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping. Here’s his plan to course-correct.

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