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No Other Choice is the year’s most twisted (and relevant) thriller

It took director Park Chan-wook 16 years to make this film. He explains how it became more timely than ever.

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Superman’s next bigscreen villain will be Lars Eidinger as Brainiac.

Superman: Man of Tomorrow is scheduled to hit theaters in 2027, and James Gunn has found his big bad. Lars Eidinger is relatively unknown in the US, but he has been nominated for a European Film Award and appeared in Noah Baumbach’s White Noise.

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RAM is so expensive they’re selling “prebuilt” PCs without it.

It’s no secret that RAM prices are absolutely Out. Of. Control. Paradox Customs is taking an interesting approach, selling “prebuilt” PCs that skip memory entirely. The idea being, if you happen to have spare sticks lying around, you can save some money. Of course, it’s also an alarming sign of what the PC market has come to.

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Jimmy Wales trusts the process

Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival.

Joshua Dzieza
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UPS is using a herd of robots and AI to spot fake returns.

Some people think they can pull a fast one by “returning” something they’ve bought, but replacing the original with a knockoff and keeping the real deal. UPS’s return centers are using machine learning to spot minor differences that might get missed by their human auditors. But the real fun in this video from Reuters is the swarm of robots that ferry returns around the warehouse.

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‘Friend slop’ made co-op gaming goofier than ever in 2025‘Friend slop’ made co-op gaming goofier than ever in 2025
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Stevie Bonifield
Rivian’s AI pivot is about more than chasing Tesla

The EV maker was known for its outdoor-themed off-roaders. Why is it now chasing Elon Musk down an AI rabbit hole?

Andrew J. Hawkins
2025 was the beginning of the end of the TV brightness war

Our eyes need a rest.

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White House “investigating” after a YouTube livestream popped up on its website.

On Thursday night, the White House Live News section featured YouTuber @RealMattMoney, for reasons that remain unclear. According to Bloomberg, “The White House is aware of the incident and looking into the matter, a White House official said on the condition of anonymity.”

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Skyrim’s Switch 2 input latency has been “fixed,” Bethesda says.

That’s according to a support doc, at least. Based on Digital Foundry’s video, the input latency for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, which launched earlier this month, seemed pretty bad.

Don’t expect Trump Media’s nuclear fusion power plant to generate electricity soon

The energy demands of AI are driving investment in futuristic fusion reactors from Big Tech and now Trump Media. Is it viable?

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Neon Genesis Evangelion will celebrate 30 years with a new 13-minute animated short.

The short will exclusively premiere at an event in Japan, as reported by Gizmodo; it’s unclear if or when the short might be available more widely.

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Stop and smell the Bugonia.

Not nearly enough people are talking about Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s masterpiece of a film, Bugonia. But that should change once the movie makes its Peacock streaming debut on December 26th.

Bugonia is a galaxy brained masterpiece

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From leading Tesla Autopilot to running GM?

Bloomberg reports that Sterling Anderson is in line to succeed Mary Barra as CEO of General Motors. Anderson was a co-founder at Aurora when he left to join GM as chief product officer. He also led Tesla’s Autopilot program during the crucial years 2015-2016. If he succeeds in his mission to revamp GM’s vehicle software, he could eventually find himself in the top spot. Notably, Anderson recently sat in with Barra for her recent interview on Decoder.

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The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs

It’s far too easy to buy so-called GLP-3s through gray-market websites.

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“Alright coach, you just got handed the trophy of the inaugural Xbox bowl by Master Chief, how does it feel?”

Last night was the first Xbox Bowl, with Arkansas State taking the trophy, presented by Halo’s Master Chief, over Missouri State. Every player received a free ROG Xbox Ally handheld ahead of the game, but the winning team also received a playable trophy to, presumably, lock away in their case.

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