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Batman’s Legendary Knightfall Story Gets R-Rated Animated Adaptation
One of Batman’s most influential comic storylines is finally coming to animation with an R-rated rating. DC and Warner Bros. Animation debuted the first trailer for Batman: Knightfall Part 1 during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, giving fans their first look at this highly anticipated adaptation.
Source: https://www.polygon.com/batman-knightfall-trailer-part-1/
Tom Cruise’s New Digger Trailer Celebrates His Iconic Career
Tom Cruise is perhaps the greatest living movie star there is. Since the ’80s, he’s been turning in iconic performances across genres and been the face of franchises like Top Gun and Mission: Impossible. When Tom Cruise is in a movie, people are seated. That’s the idea behind the trailer for his upcoming film Digger, from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant).
Source: https://www.polygon.com/new-digger-trailer-is-just-a-three-minute-ode-to-how-cool-tom-cruise-is/
ILM’s Near-Disaster That Created The Rocketeer’s Epic Finale
Industrial Light & Magic’s spectacular Zeppelin explosion finale in ‘The Rocketeer’ was nearly a catastrophic failure when a 36-foot miniature unexpectedly detonated prematurely. Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston reveals how his team rebuilt the model and re-shot the sequence, combining stop-motion animation, miniatures, and early digital composites to create one of cinema’s most memorable practical effects sequences.
Source: https://beforesandafters.com/2026/06/23/rocketeer-ilm/
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Looks Like a Major Leap Forward for the Series
The upcoming Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is generating excitement as a significant improvement over its predecessors, featuring involvement from the late series creator Akira Toriyama. Early impressions suggest the game could deliver a worthy evolution for fans of the popular fighting franchise.
Source: https://kotaku.com/dragon-ball-xenoverse-3-akira-toriyama-preview-trailer-2000709577
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Captures High-Speed Racing Fantasy
Fuse Games has successfully captured the exhilarating experience of high-speed sci-fi racing in Star Wars: Galactic Racer. The game delivers the core fantasy of whipping around sci-fi planets at dizzying speeds, offering players an authentic and thrilling racing experience.
Source: https://kotaku.com/star-wars-galactic-racer-looks-and-feels-awesome-2000709494 \n## Business
Oracle’s AI Transformation: 21,000 Jobs Cut to Fuel Tech Investment
The growing use of AI contributed to Oracle laying off 21,000 workers in a year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. In its annual regulatory filing for the fiscal year ending May 31, Oracle said it has 141,000 full-time employees. In its 2025 filing, Oracle said it had 162,000 employees. The reported 12.9 percent reduction followed March reports of mass layoffs at the database management software company.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/oracles-21000-layoffs-help-drive-its-debt-fueled-ai-investments/
How Seed Patents Are Stifling Competition and Innovation
The United States allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties, leading to market concentration where two firms control over 70% of corn and soybean seed sales. The Department of Justice has acknowledged that these seed patents are obstructing competition and research in the agriculture industry.
$4 Billion iCloud Lawsuit Approved: UK iPhone Users Could Get Payout
If you've used iCloud in the past five years while living in the U.K., you could be in line for a future payout. A £3bn (roughly $4bn) class-action lawsuit against Apple has been given the go-ahead to proceed to trial.
The advocacy group Which? filed the claim in November 2024, accusing Apple of breaching U.K. competition law by allegedly locking consumers into iCloud services and charging excessive prices. Apple denies the claims and says it will vigorously defend against the lawsuit.
Up to 40 million consumers could be affected, with potential payouts of around £77 per person if Apple loses the case. The trial is expected to begin in October 2028.
Digitaler Euro mit strengen Besitzgrenzen für Privatpersonen geplant
Privatsphäre, Bargeldschutz und Unabhängigkeit von US-Konzernen: Der Wirtschaftsausschuss des Parlaments ebnet den Weg für die neue europäische Digitalwährung.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Digi…
Oracle streicht alle 25 Minuten einen Arbeitsplatz
Bei Oracle gibt es gut 21.000 Arbeitsplätze weniger als noch vor einem Jahr. Die Investitionen in KI kommen manche teuer als andere.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Orac… \n## Politics
ABC Fights FCC Attempts to Control ‘The View’ Guests
ABC is urging viewers to protest the FCC’s attempt to regulate guest appearances on ‘The View’ by challenging its classification as a news program. The network launched a commercial asking viewers to submit comments opposing the FCC’s review, which could remove the show’s exemption from equal-time requirements for political candidates. ABC says the FCC is trying to ‘control who is allowed’ on the show.
Mystery 79-year-old gets special access to breakthrough obesity drug
In an extremely odd case, a single 79-year-old patient was granted early access to Eli Lilly’s powerful, still-experimental obesity drug retatrutide through the Food and Drug Administration’s “compassionate use” program—raising immediate questions if that sole patient is President Donald Trump, according to a report by Stat News. Lilly’s retatrutide is a highly anticipated next-generation obesity drug that targets GIP and glucagon hormones in addition to GLP-1. It is currently in late-stage trials to treat obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea, and other conditions. Data from a Phase 3 trial that Lilly released in May indicates that patients with obesity (but without diabetes) who took the drug for 80 weeks lost 28 percent of their weight, an amount comparable to bariatric surgery.
EU verschärft Kampf gegen Kindesmissbrauch im Netz
Unterhändler des EU-Parlaments und des Rats haben sich auf eine umfassende digitale Modernisierung der Richtlinie gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Kindern verständigt.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/EU-v…
Deutschland beschleunigt Infrastrukturprojekte
Die Bundesregierung einigt sich auf ein Gesetz, das die Umsetzung von Verkehrsprojekte beschleunigen soll. Umweltschutz soll weniger streng gehandhabt werden.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Gese…
Das Ranking: Deutschlands vertrauenswürdigste Nachrichtenquellen 2026
Angesichts wachsender Fake-News-Problematik und KI-generierter Inhalte schenken 91 Prozent der Deutschen klassischen Medien wieder mehr Vertrauen. Eine neue Studie des Reuters Institute zeigt, dass etablierte Nachrichtenformate deutlich höher im Kurs stehen als Boulevardpresse – während Bild mit nur 24 Prozent Vertrauen das Schlusslicht bildet.
Source: https://www.basicthinking.de/blog/2026/06/23/nachrichtenquellen-vertrauen-deutschen/ \n## Health
Yellow or White? Choosing the Right Onion Makes a Bigger Difference Than You Think
A practical cooking guide explaining the key differences between yellow and white onions and when to use each variety for best results. Understanding these distinctions can elevate your dishes and help you make smarter substitutions in recipes.
Source: https://www.seriouseats.com/yellow-onions-vs-white-onions-11837142
The $5 Bathroom Tool That Belongs in Your Kitchen
Here’s how a humble toothpaste squeezer can help you get every last drop of tomato paste and food in tubes.
Source: https://www.seriouseats.com/tomato-paste-toothpaste-squeezer-tip-11775108
Digitale Gesundheitspolitik: Patientenvertreterin warnt vor Abhängigkeiten bei Einführung der ePA
Digitalisierung darf Menschen nicht in neue Abhängigkeiten drängen, sagt Jana Hassel von der BAG SELBSTHILFE. Die ePA dürfe kein Zwangszugang werden.
Source: [www.heise.de/hintergru…
Erste Krankenkasse ermöglicht Arzttermine direkt per App
Die SBK Krankenkasse integriert die 116117-Terminvermittlung in ihre App. Damit ist sie nach eigenen Angaben Vorreiterin unter den gesetzlichen Kassen.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Erst…
The Best Mattresses for 2026
Choosing the right mattress is one of the most important steps in getting a restful night’s sleep. It’s also one of the most challenging, because a perfect match is highly individual. And you might not know exactly which type of mattress is right for you. We’ve dedicated hundreds of hours to interviewing experts, trying mattresses at our testing site, and sleeping on them in our own homes, all in an effort to zero in on the beds that may be worth your money. This page provides a helpful roadmap to our extensive mattress coverage and to finding your best mattress — and your best sleep.
Source: [www.nytimes.com/wirecutte… \n## Science
US Climate Website Reborn as Nonprofit Restoration Project
After the Trump administration shut down the US government’s comprehensive climate.gov website, volunteers and former administrators rallied to preserve the valuable climate information. Working together, they successfully restored all the lost resources at climate.us, ensuring vital climate data and analyses remain accessible to the public despite government censorship efforts.
Ancient Land Animals Skipped Tadpole Phase, Breaking Evolutionary Rules
A new study of 300-million-year-old embolomers—crocodile-eel hybrids up to 3 meters long—reveals their centimeter-scale babies lacked a tadpole stage. This challenges long-held assumptions that early tetrapods developed like modern amphibians, rewriting our understanding of vertebrate evolution’s water-to-land transition.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/early-land-animals-skipped-the-tadpole-phase/
Forscher finden überraschend viel CO2 in Meeresboden-Organismen
Forschende haben untersucht, wie gut Mikroorganismen Kohlenstoff im Meeresboden aufnehmen – und dauerhaft halten können. Die Erkenntnisse sind überraschend.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Fors…
James Webb enthüllt: Interstellarer Komet 10 bis 12 Milliarden Jahre alt
3I/ATLAS hat noch immer Überraschungen parat: Daten des Weltraumteleskops James Webb legen nahe, dass der interstellare Komet noch einmal älter ist als gedacht. Diese Erkenntnisse deuten darauf hin, dass das Objekt möglicherweise aus den frühesten Zeiten des Universums stammt.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/3I-A… \n## Technology
China überholt USA mit schnellstem Supercomputer der Welt
Nach Jahren der Abstinenz ist China wieder dabei – und wie: Mit eigenem Prozessor, eigenem Interconnect und eigenem Betriebssystem auf Platz 1 der Top500-Liste.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Chin…
Breakthrough: Electric Tech Could Decarbonize Cement Industry
German startup Litherm Technologies has developed a fully electric calcination process that could eliminate billions of tons of CO2 emissions from the notoriously hard-to-decarbonize lime and cement industry. Backed by Bill Gates’ Fellowship program and major industry investors, the technology is already running at pilot scale and could transform one of the world’s most polluting sectors.
Source: https://www.basicthinking.de/blog/2026/06/23/vollelektrische-kalzinierung-co2/
Meta Launches Its Own $299 Smart Glasses Ahead of Apple’s Debut
Meta today unveiled its first smart glasses sold under its own brand rather than Ray-Ban or Oakley, undercutting its existing lineup on price as it works to expand its lead in the category before Apple enters the market.
The new Adventurer and Fury models are priced at $299, $80 less than the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer that launched last year. A third model, the Starfire, was designed in collaboration with Kylie Jenner and costs $399.
EssilorLuxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban and Oakley, is manufacturing the glasses despite Meta designing them in-house and putting its own name on them, with EssilorLuxottica’s logo appearing on the temple arms and packaging alongside Meta’s.
The Adventurer has a rectangular Wayfarer-like shape available in standard and large sizes, while the Fury shares that silhouette but is thicker. The Starfire takes a slimmer oval shape and includes a small gemstone on the right lens near the camera, a metal nose pad designed to resist makeup residue, and the option to set an AI-generated version of Jenner’s voice for the assistant and onboarding prompts. The Starfire’s case includes a handwritten note from Jenner and a built-in mirror.
Across all three styles, Meta added a three-way adjustable nose pad, adjustable temple tips, and overextension hinges so the arms flare out slightly for wider head shapes. The companies are offering 26 color and lens combinations between the Adventurer and Fury alone, including tortoise, black, and green finishes, plus transition, polarized, and clear lens options, and the glasses support prescription lenses with a power range of -12 to +2.25.
The new glasses carry over the same 12-megapixel camera, 3K video capture, five-microphone array, and eight-hour battery life as the existing Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 glasses, with the included case adding about 40 hours of additional charge. Meta is also offering a separate Meta Glasses Charging Stand compatible with the new models as well as the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN lines.
The glasses ship with Meta’s Muse Spark AI model, which the company says improves response quality and adds 14 new languages to live translation support, including Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi, bringing the total to 20. A new “Dynamic Photo” feature captures a burst of images and selects the best shot, and pedestrian turn-by-turn navigation is coming to the camera-equipped lineup after debuting on Meta’s display glasses.
According to Bloomberg, Meta also hinted that it’s considering a version of its glasses without a camera, focusing on an audio-only experience for phone calls, media playback and interacting with its AI tools. A camera-free option could both lower the price point and enable new styles, it said, given the need to include fewer components.
The company also addressed Apple directly, calling the iPhone maker “formidable” in the space ahead of its own glasses debut. “I think you need to take anything they do seriously,” Meta’s Alex Himel said, adding, “they’re good at hardware, they’re good at design. There’s a number of places where we won’t necessarily be able to build the same quality consumer experience when paired with the phone, and so I think they’re taking advantage of that.”
Apple is widely expected to release its first smart glasses in 2027, designed in-house rather than through a partner brand. Apple’s glasses will likely rely on a camera, microphones, and Siri for AI-driven features without an integrated display, putting them in direct competition with Meta’s camera-equipped lineup rather than higher-end display models like Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses.
Meta said it explored facial recognition tools for identifying people the wearer knows but has not put the feature into active development while it works through privacy and societal concerns.
The Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire glasses are available starting today through Meta and EssilorLuxottica retail partners including LensCrafters.
Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/23/meta-launches-its-own-299-smart-glasses/
Thunderbolt 5 SSDs Deliver Blazing Speed for Your Mac
External SSDs have never been more affordable, and the latest Thunderbolt 5 and USB4 models offer incredible performance improvements. Macworld’s comprehensive guide covers everything from budget-friendly options to high-speed drives perfect for creative professionals and Time Machine backups.
Source: https://www.macworld.com/article/668458/best-external-ssd-for-mac.html
Deutsche Bahn: Komplettausfall durch Funkstörung behoben
Aktuell stehen die Züge in Deutschland still. Es gibt Probleme mit dem digitalen Bahnfunk GSM-R. UPDATE: Störung ist behoben, Bahnverkehr läuft wieder an.
Source: [www.heise.de/news/Bahn… \n## Home & Lifestyle
35 Space-Saving Hacks to Transform Your Tiny Kitchen
Small kitchen storage can feel like an endless puzzle. Wirecutter tested dozens of organization solutions and consulted experts to bring you 35 practical ideas—shelves, racks, magnets, and more—to help you maximize every inch of your tight cooking space.
Source: [www.nytimes.com/wirecutte…
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