Hasta La Gadget!

“Don’t release the dog with his hands up,” an officer yells before another cop lets the K-9 run free.

While the annual pop culture event felt a little different this year, cosplay was still out in full force at SDCC 2023—io9 spotted Spider-sonas from Spider-Verse, Marvel personalities, mother of movies Nicole Kidman, DC icons, anime faves, and more. Here’s our gallery of day four cosplay to close out on the comics…

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Twitter’s rebrand to X is officially underway, and CEO Linda Yaccarino has offered some new clues about what it may mean for the company. In a memo reported byCNBC, Yaccarino suggested that payments and banking features could feature prominently in Elon Musk’s new vision.

“Our usage is at an all time high and we’ll continue to delight our entire community with new experiences in audio, video, messaging, payments, banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities,” she wrote.

It’s long been rumored that Musk is keen to bring banking features to Twitter. In January, the Financial Timesreported that he wanted “to offer fintech services such as peer-to-peer transactions, savings accounts and debit cards” to users, as well as additional tipping and shopping features. The paper reported the company had applied for regulatory paperwork necessary to offer such features in the US, but the executive reportedly overseeing the project departed in February.

Yaccarino’s memo suggests those plans have been revived, though it’s light on specifics. Musk has previously talked about his desire to turn Twitter into an “everything app” akin to WeChat in China, where the messaging app is central to users’ daily activities.

Overall, Yaccarino’s memo is notably vague. She said that X would “go even further to transform the global town square” and cited recent updates the company has made around creator monetization and longform content. “Many companies say they want to move fast — but we enjoy moving at the speed of light, and when we do, that’s X,” she wrote. “With X, we serve our entire community of users and customers by working tirelessly to preserve free expression and choice, create limitless interactivity, and create a marketplace that enables the economic success of all its participants.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/twitter-ceo-teases-banking-and-payment-plans-in-memo-about-x-rebrand-175218664.html?src=rss

Clearly inspired by other popular foam sneakers on the market, Pixel Riders from designer Andrew Kostman add a bit of pixelated flair to the footwear, making them appear almost as if from a video game. Or a low-quality 3D printer.

The shoes are made from injection-molded XL Extralight, which is 3X lighter than common EVA foam. Lighter is good. Now make the soles made out of flubber so I can finally dunk a basketball! According to Andrew, the shoes were designed to “bring back memories of those exciting moments when digital magic was just beginning to take shape. As a footwear designer and a proud child of the ’90s, I’ve always wanted to capture that unique feeling in a sneaker.” Did Andrew manage to capture that unique feeling? Admittedly, that’s a lot to ask from a sneaker.

The shoes come in three colors (Vulcan grey/black, Bubblegum pink, and Milky Way cream) and cost around $265 a pair. For reference, I don’t spend over $60 on new sneakers because I know I’m just going to destroy them within a few days anyways. Mostly because I spend a lot of time running around on active volcanoes, but there’s no better training for playing the floor is lava.

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Have you ever watched The Boys and thought, where do these characters learn all this stuff? If you have, great. If you haven’t, it doesn’t matter: you’re getting the answer anyway. It’s called Gen V and it comes to Prime Video on September 29.

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