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A new Injustice title is confirmed after a stunt‑worker’s résumé revealed motion‑capture work for the unreleased game. Mackensi Emory’s CV listed Supergirl and Batwoman as characters he performed, confirming both will appear in the sequel. Supergirl’s inclusion aligns with her prominent role in Injustice 2, while Batwoman’s presence is unexpected because the character is dead in the series’ established canon. The roster addition suggests NetherRealm may reboot the storyline rather than continue the previous narrative. The résumé also named [...]

Apple’s latest Mac mini models, the M5 Pro and M6, have reverted to solder‑on NAND storage, eliminating the user‑replaceable SSD slot introduced with the M4 mini two years ago. In contrast, the new Mac Studio retains a slotted SSD architecture, and Apple’s official repair guide now includes instructions for swapping out its SSD modules on both M5 Max and M5 Ultra configurations. Those modules are model‑specific, carry serialized identifiers, and integrate the controller within Apple Silicon, preventing the use of off‑the‑shelf [...]

MediaTek announced that its new flagship laptop processor, the Dimensity CX C10 Max, will be featured in an upcoming Lenovo Googlebook device. The 3 nm chip, fabricated by TSMC, uses an “All Big Core” octa‑core CPU (1 × Cortex‑X925, 3 × Cortex‑X4, 4 × Cortex‑A720), an 11‑core GPU and an eighth‑generation NPU capable of 55 TOPS for AI workloads. MediaTek highlights fan‑less operation, thin‑and‑light form factor and all‑day battery life as key benefits, while also supporting Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0 (the latter not enabled in the Googlebook). The chip [...]

Morphotonics, a Dutch nanoimprint lithography startup, announced a €40 million financing round led by 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM and Invest‑NL, with participation from the European Innovation Council Fund, Ernij Next and the European Investment Bank. The capital will fund scaling of its NIL equipment, which stamps photosensitive material to create waveguides for augmented‑reality glasses and other optics, and a new push into co‑packaged photonic components for data‑center servers. After 12 years of development, the firm has doubled its [...]

Adidas has released a limited‑edition Pokémon collection to mark the franchise’s 30th anniversary, featuring more than ten new designs across its flagship sneaker lines, including the Samba and Superstar II. Each model is themed after a specific Pokémon—such as Pikachu, Charmander, Charizard, Rayquaza and Mewtwo—and incorporates distinct graphics, colorways, and details like embroidered logos and Pokémon‑shaped lace charms. Prices range from $60 to $180, and the shoes are available immediately in full family sizing through Adidas, Foot Locker [...]

Intrinsic, the AI‑robotics group acquired by Google, announced Intrinsic Core at ROSCon 2026 in Toronto. The open‑source package bundles a ROS‑compatible control framework, pose‑estimation, motion‑planning, grasp‑planning, simulation services and camera‑calibration tools, all released under an Apache 2.0 licence on GitHub. Intrinsic says the components are derived from software used in its own manufacturing deployments and are hardware‑agnostic, allowing developers to swap arms, sensors or grippers without rewriting drivers. The suite also includes NVIDIA FoundationPose for six‑degree‑of‑freedom object tracking [...]

Meta has spent the past two weeks promoting the security of its new Muse personal AI agent, highlighting a dedicated Secure VM, a Sentinel monitoring system and bug‑bounty rewards of up to $300,000. CEO Mark Zuckerberg publicly claimed the agent was “built from the ground up for privacy and security.” However, macOS security researcher Patrick Wardle, a contributor to Security Bite, discovered a zero‑day vulnerability in the Muse macOS app within the last 24 hours. Wardle’s finding, [...]

Harish Jonnalagadda, senior editor for Android Central’s mobile coverage, began tinkering with Windows XP as a child, a hobby that sparked a lifelong passion for hardware modification. After earning a computer‑science degree, he moved into PC‑hardware journalism at VR‑Zone, reviewing motherboards, graphics cards and memory modules. A switch from iPhone to Nexus 4 introduced him to Android’s ecosystem, prompting his 2014 move to Android Central where he now oversees reporting on Chinese smartphones, audio, networking gear and storage [...]