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March 8, 2025

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Moana 2’s Filmmakers Explain Her New Demi-God Status

With Moana 2 coming to 4k and Blu-ray March 18, and hitting Disney + March 12, the filmmakers behind the epic sequel sat down to confirm our favorite voyager’s new title. io9 spent a day at Walt Disney Animation Studios to get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Moana 2, taking part in a walk-through of the special features that will be included in the home release of the hit theatrical sequel. From VFX work to the directors taking us through the storyboards of the final act of the movie, we got to learn more about what the movie

March 8, 2025

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Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day 2025: How to get free ice cream on April 8

FREE ICE CREAM: On April 8, celebrate Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day by enjoying free ice cream at participating Scoop Shops worldwide. Hot on the heels of Dairy Queen, Ben & Jerry’s has announced the date of its Free Cone Day in 2025. Lovers of ice cream can get their hands on a free scoop and cone by simply turning up at any participating Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop worldwide from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 8. No minimum purchase is required, and Ben & Jerry’s have encouraged participants to “get back in line as many times

March 8, 2025

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Why has Trump set up a US crypto stockpile?

President Donald Trump’s decision to establish official government cryptocurrency reserves in the US has drawn criticism from industry watchers. He has signed an executive order creating what he calls a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as well as a Digital Asset Stockpile, which will consist of other forms of digital currency. The funds will be stocked with coins forfeited to the federal government as part of criminal or civil proceedings. White House AI and crypto tsar David Sacks likened them to a “a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency”, drawing comparison to the Kentucky military base that stores a significant portion of

March 8, 2025

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How to watch Games Done Quick's Frost Fatales speedrunning event from March 9

Games Done Quick’s next weeklong charity speedrunning shindig kicks off this weekend. Frost Fatales, one of GDQ’s two events celebrating women and femmes, runs from March 9 to 16, raising money for the nonprofit National Women’s Law Center. Frost Fatales is the winter installment of the pair of events organized by GDQ’s Frame Fatales speedrunning community. (Its summer counterpart is Flame Fatales.) Last year’s Frost Fatales raised $155,000 for the same nonprofit, which fights for gender justice in issues central to the lives of women and girls. Since the first Frame Fatales event in 2019, the biannual speedruns have raised

March 7, 2025

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The hunt for the next Twitter: all the news about alternative social media platforms

It’s been more than two years since Elon Musk officially took over as the owner of Twitter — now X — and while a lot of platforms rushed in to try and be the next big microblogging service, many haven’t survived. Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky have all proven to be viable alternatives, but places like Pebble (formerly T2) and Post News didn’t make it. There still isn’t a clear successor to Twitter. X hasn’t become the massive “everything app” that Musk says he wants it to be. But despite the success of Threads, continued existence of Mastodon, and the growth

March 7, 2025

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Discord is discussing an IPO

Discord – the chat app with over 200 million monthly users – is in early stage talks to IPO, the New York Times reports. Discord’s discussions with investment bankers are still exploratory and plans could change, per the NYT’s sources. Discord understands there is a lot of interest about its future plans, but does not comment on rumors or speculation, a spokesperson told TechCrunch.  This isn’t the first time Discord mulls over an IPO.  The San Francisco-based startup walked away from a $10 billion purchase by Microsoft in 2021 as it considered staying independent and going public. Discord was last

March 7, 2025

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Anthropic’s upgraded Console targets more collaboration among developers

“While prompting generally works the same with extended thinking enabled, we’ve made it easy to optimize prompts to make the most of this new capability,” the company wrote, adding that users would need to specify which prompts should work with extended thinking. In addition, Anthropic is also offering a budgeting capability for extended thinking inside the Console, which can be used to set a limit to the maximum amount of “thinking” tokens being generated. The budgeting capability, according to Gupta, will allow enterprises to become better at problem-solving without the risk of overspending. “With this feature, enterprises gain control over when

March 7, 2025

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Wall St turns to jobs picture

Morning Bid U.S. What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets In my Friday newsletters, I’ll now offer you an overview of the day’s market-moving news, a quick glimpse into some top events to watch out for next week, and a list of some stories you may have missed amid all the market ructions. Today’s Market Minute * Trump has suspended the 25% tariffs he had imposed thisweek on most goods from Canada and Mexico, sowing more confusionin already whipsawed markets and fanning worries about inflationand growth. * Justin Trudeau says

March 7, 2025

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Best of MWC 2025: Affordable Phones and Cool Camera Concepts

Mobile World Congress 2025 has brought the tech world to the busy streets of Barcelona to tout its latest, greatest innovations. And we’ve seen plenty in our time here, from quirky concepts to products you can actually buy. (Of course, we’ve also eaten our weight in tapas and maybe even tried a few local beers.)  As the show draws to a close, we wanted to give you an overview of the top products we saw. Though not all of them are things you can buy, they’re all innovative in their own way, offering something that makes them stand out from

March 7, 2025

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7 smart TV tips and tricks you need to do right now to get better performance

Everyone wants an improved TV. Even some of the best TVs at times can have their own particular downsides and might require a set of enhancements to make them run better and work better for you. It could be anything from an interface that’s sorely lacking (looking at your Fire TV), to too few HDMI ports that meet your needs. You could also be working with a slow or outdated display that needs a bit extra juice to get it going properly. Luckily, there’s tons of ways for you to enhance your home entertainment setup — most of which are