The first full trailer for the Until Dawn movie has arrived, and it probably doesnt look quite how you expected. While Sony announced last week that the movie would honor the games legacy but feature a whole new story and cast of characters, it wasnt clear what that meant until this trailer arrived. As it turns out, it means that the movie is going to be love letter to every type of teen horror you can think of in a combination of Cabin in the Woods and Groundhog Day.Until Dawns trailer starts out pretty conventionally: a group of teens show up at a remote house in the woods, only to encounter a terrible masked murderer. The twist is that once theyre all dead, they wake up earlier in the night only to find theyre being stalked by an entirely different kind of monster. After this reveal, the trailer opens itself up, crossing into all kinds of different horror sub-genres, from zombies and found footage to monsters and ghosts, swapping up the movies style with each new terror. This method of repeating the day but changing up the horror is a fascinating way for the filmmakers to pay homage to the game that gives the movie its title, without trying to replicate what makes the game great. While the games allure is mostly in allowing players to choose how the story progresses, giving it dozens of different branching paths, the movie will bring in variety by swapping up subgenres. On top of that, the trailer also includes Peter Stormare as the genre classic: a mysterious gas station worker to tell the kids not to venture into the woods.Of course, all that matters in the end is whether or not the movie is scary, fun, and good, but we wont know that until it comes out in theaters on April 25.

We may earn a commission from links on this page.I have lived in New York City for 15 years now and in that time, I have occupied some truly horrific apartments, as broke post-grads are known to do. In that time, I have battled mice and roachesand crucially, I have emerged victorious from these battles. If and when you see a mousewhich can happen to even the cleanest, most careful personyour first thought may simply be about how to get it the hell out of your house. But after the shock wears off, you'll also need to think about cleaning. Once you've spotted a pest in your home, it's important to clean and get rid of anything that might attract more of its friendsbut also specifically because some pests, like mice, can carry diseases or otherwise make your place unsanitary. How to clean after you have miceDavid Price, Associate Certified Entomologist andDirector of Technical Services for Mosquito Joe, tells Lifehacker that cleaning is a key part of prevention, whether you just cleared an infestation or want to ward one off in the future. This means some bigger home maintenance tasks, like sealing gaps and cracks in your home's exterior with steel wool or caulk and keeping exterior grass trimmed and removing weedsbut it also means just keeping up with the small stuff, like cleaning up food spills quickly and not leaving pet food unattended.Over the years, I've learned my own prevention techniques as an urban renter with little to no control over what, if anything, my building does to keep me mouse-free. I use airtight containers for all my foods, for instance. Mice are crafty and hungry, so a bag or cardboard box of food in the cupboard is nothing more than a little puzzle for them to eat right through. A set of four mouse-proof containers, like these, is around $20. And when it comes to your pets, don't pile a bunch of food in their bowl and call it a day. Dole out small portions and remove what they leave every night. As for post-mouse cleaning, you need to thoroughly disinfect every place they may have gone. Marla Mock, President of Molly Maid, says you should sanitize all counters, floors, and other surfaces, plus check areas where they might have hidden, like under appliances and inside cabinets. Wear gloves and use a diluted bleach solution to sanitize these areas. If you find droppings, cover them in your diluted bleach solution for a few minutes before attempting to sweep them up. Mice also have a tendency to run next to baseboards and other low surfaces. You may see some greasy-looking streaks. These are nefarious, as other mice can see them and feel confident a peer was in that same location. Thoroughly bleach your baseboards and any low surfaces, like table legs or the bottoms of appliances. How to clean after a roach or bug infestationPrice, the bug expert, recommends removing any sources of standing water after getting rid of bugs. Without giving away too many personal details, I will say I learned the hard way two years ago that you can't just leave a leaky shower head alone because it's "not bothering" you. Any wetness can attract something that will bother you. You should also see any bug encounter as a sign to declutter your home, since you want to lessen the amount of spaces they can hide. Again, prevention is important, so build the habit of wiping up any spill or food waste promptly. I also recommend having a sealed garbage can to prevent any enticing odors. Per Mock, once you've gotten rid of the bugs, you should deep clean your whole home by vacuuming, dusting, and wiping down all your furniture, floors, and baseboards, while paying special attention to corners, cracks, and crevices. Wash your bedding and linens in hot water, too, to kill bugs and their eggs, especially if you suspect bedbugs. (If you do suspect bedbugs, it's worth looking into more specific treatment methods.)What to keep in mind about pests and cleaningFirst of all, if you see a mouse or a roach, don't get down on yourself. They're hungry and cold, like any creature, and they're following their instincts by trying to find somewhere safe to hang out and eat. It doesn't mean you're a slob or a disgrace; it just means they figured out a way in. You also can't control your building's pest prevention efforts, the cleanliness of your neighbors, or weather events that force critters that belong outside to run inside. Focus on what you can control, which is pest removal and future prevention. "Most people do not think to start outside," says Price. "They tend to think it's only inside their home that's the issue. Most of the time, the infestation begins outside, whether that be from your trash or overgrown weeds, bushes, etc. It's important to tidy up your yard." When you're looking for repellents, keep in mind that some are more serious than others. If you have pets, look for ones marked pet-friendly. If you're going to periodically spray with Raid, understand that it will drive bugs from their hiding places and, unfortunately, out into open spaces before it kills them. Spray before you leave the house for a long time, so you're not breathing it in, and prepare to clean up when you get home. Finally, when you're cleaning, try to think like a pest. By that, I mean don't just clean what you can see. Pull things off shelves, get under appliances, and think of the locations that could be, as Mock calls them, "hidden spots." If you're nervous about doing that because, God forbid, you don't want to find a live bug, call a friend to help you. You can't just leave it alone and hope for the best. If you're really struggling to get the situation under control, call an exterminator and/or a house cleaning serviceand let the cleaner know the deal in advance to make sure they're equipped to help.

The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX chief Elon Musk posted a video of the event, with debris streaking across and lighting up the sky. During the company's webcast, Dan Huot from SpaceX's communications team said they "saw engines dropping out on telemetry" by the end of the ascent burn and that they ultimately lost contact with the Ship, which is what the company calls the vehicle's upper stage. SpaceX said in a tweet that it will continue reviewing data from the test to understand the explosion's root cause.Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed! pic.twitter.com/nn3PiP8XwG Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration issued an advisory for pilots after the incident, warning them about falling debris in certain areas. SpaceX said before the test that it's meant to "launch a new generation ship with significant upgrades" and it was supposed to conduct Starship's first payload deployment test with the help of 10 Starlink simulators.Despite the Starship's upper stage burning up, the test was still partially a success. The Ship's Raptor engines fired up during the ascent burn before the ground team lost contact with it around 8 minutes into the flight. SpaceX was also able to retrieve the Super Heavy booster, catching the vehicle's first stage with the mechanical arms on its Starbase launch tower.Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/aq91TloYzY SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 16, 2025 This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/science/space/spacexs-starship-explodes-during-ascent-in-its-seventh-test-flight-034440913.html?src=rss

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As we look ahead to 2025, the financial services landscape will be shaped not by AI as a standalone innovation, but by how it enables smarter, faster, and more personalized experiences. Here are three key predictions for how AI will transform the industry:1. Collaborative AI will power invisible efficiencyThe future of AI isnt about replacing humans or dazzling interfacesits about working collaboratively in the background to streamline processes and enable better outcomes. Customers dont want AI-enabled products; they want services that are faster, cheaper, and more intuitive.AIs role in financial services will look a lot like the arc of cloud computing: a foundational enabler that reduces costs, improves scalability, and accelerates innovation. In 2025, financial service providers that leverage AI as an ingredientrather than the main eventwill deliver seamless experiences where:Data flows effortlessly, eliminating the need for redundant customer inputs.Personalized solutions are crafted from existing customer data, meeting needs proactively.Back-end efficiencies reduce complexity and cost, enabling better service at scale.The result? Services that feel like magic, happening invisibly in the background.2. Differentiation will come from bundled, niche solutionsThe era of trying to be everything for everyone in financial services is over. Success will come from specialization: uniquely bundling services that address the specific needs of targeted customer segments.By 2025, financial services will shift toward solving holistic problems for defined audiences. Think of solutions tailored not for everyone who needs wealth management but for working parents navigating taxes, trust, and estate planning or freelancers balancing bookkeeping and retirement savings. These bundles will:Use AI to orchestrate new combinations of services, cutting through complexity.Solve unmet needs by leveraging previously underutilized data sources.Stand out not by their AI branding but by delivering experiences competitors cant replicate.This approach will position providers as trusted partners instead of product vendors solving lifes financial puzzles.3. AI will democratize expertise, scaling services once reserved for the fewIn 2025, AI will help financial services scale offerings that previously required significant human capital, making them accessible to broader audiences. Wealth management, trust and estate planning, and tax strategiesonce exclusive to high-net-worth individualswill be available to many more, thanks to collaborative AI.This democratization will be driven by tools that:Automate complex calculations and workflows.Leverage data insights to provide personalized recommendations with minimal human intervention.Enhance human advisors ability to serve more clients with tailored solutions.AI wont replace advisors but will empower them to deliver better service at a fraction of the cost. This is the true promise of AI in financial servicesnot doing the work for humans, but amplifying their expertise to reach new levels of scale and accessibility.The bottom line: Deliver real value, not just hypeAs AI continues to evolve, the winners in financial services wont be those chasing trends or plastering AI-enabled on their products. The real differentiators will be those who focus on customer outcomesreducing friction, creating holistic solutions, and delivering unparalleled experiences.AI is not the future of financial services. Its the enabler of a future where services are faster, smarter, and more human than ever before.In 2025, companies that understand this will set the new standard for excellence in financial services. Those that dont will be left behind.Ben Borodach is the cofounder and CEO of April.

The deadly wildfires are prompting architects and critics to call for changes to how development is carried out in Los Angeles.Frustrated with irresponsible development practices in the face of fire threats, dozens of architects and critics have speculated on ways that architecture and urban planning can be utilised to rebuild in a way that limits future damage."The cataclysmic events of recent days should trigger a rethink"As the wildfires continue to burn in multiple areas of Greater Los Angeles, displacing people and destroying thousands of buildings, there are questions as to whether the typical cycles of return and rebuild should happen as they have in the past.Massive fires have happened in the area as recently as 2018 when the Woolsey Fire tore through parts of Malibu."Rather than simply rebuild, as these fire-ravaged areas have done time and again, the cataclysmic events of recent days should trigger a rethink as to how the city could grow back," wrote critic Oliver Wainwright in the Guardian.Building in steep areas that border chaparral natural zones with small trees and shrubs that rely on fire for rejuvenation creates ideal fire conditions exacerbated by climate change and severe drought.Some have suggested that the building culture in general needs to change. Speaking to New York Magazine, professor of environment history Char Miller questioned if the county and city should allow the same sort of rebuilding at all."Where we build produces the conditions for where fires erupt," said Miller "There's nothing that could have stopped this fire.""We consume our environment"Others agree, and many in Los Angeles accept the risks of fire as a part of life there, while conscious that the building practices have not integrated properly with the environment, which naturally burns."Los Angeles is a city of pleasure and peril, we've always known this," Zeina Koreitem, founding partner of local architecture studio Millins, told Dezeen. "We consume our environment instead of living with it."Read: Richard Neutra house among iconic homes lost during LA firesOthers, such as local councilwoman Traci Park noted the "chronic underinvestment in critical infrastructure". This led to bottlenecks in places where people were trying to flee, exacerbated by poorly connected neighbourhoods often designed to emphasise privacy or safety from crime.These infrastructural bottlenecks were exacerbated by problems with water resources in the area.LA has some of the "toughest" wildfire regulationsDespite the shortcomings, Los Angeles does have some of the "toughest" wildfire regulations for buildings in the county, according to NPR.These include parking regulations on high-risk days, fines for not clearing flammable foliage away from structures and the banning of certain materials such as wooden roofs for new builds. NPR also noted that many of these building regulations don't apply to older homes.Architects and critics have begun suggesting ways in which rebuilding can happen, as, given the housing crisis in California and the thousands displaced from their homes, it seems unlikely that the land would be converted into green space."We were already working closely with AIA and the City of Los Angeles to figure out better procedures for permitting to assist with the immediate and constantly growing need for housing in our city," Harper Halprin and Aaron Leshtz of LA-based AAHA Studio told Dezeen."Overnight, that need has skyrocketed," he continued. "Now we are not only talking about affordable housing and building up rental options for multi-family development but are also going to need to accommodate the influx of thousands of single-family residences that have been lost.""Stop building on the land"The severity of the fires and the likelihood that they will repeat should make local legislators and communities hesitant to build in the same places, according to Miller."I would suggest that the county, city, and state consider the possibility of creating a policy that would buy land from willing sellers so that they can get some assets out then stop building on the land," said Miller."If you think the policy of green-lighting development is a bad idea because of this fire, then flip the policy."Read: Los Angeles mayor issues executive order for "residents to rapidly rebuild"Architectural solutions to these problems such as material changes, creating "defensible spaces" and increasing fireproofing have been increasing in usage and requirement. Some believe that locals need to rethink how development goes forward altogether, focusing more on acknowledging fire-prone areas and building densely.In an opinion written last year in Dezeen, architect Greg Kochanowsk suggested rethinking urban development as opposed to simply retreating from nature or changing building tactics."Architecture cannot solve this problem," he wrote. "In fact, all the individual design professions are incapable of addressing the magnitude of the sheer complexity of the climate crisis alone.""There are no substitutes for a broader conceptualization of innovative planning, typologies, and disciplinary strategies".This would go beyond single buildings, instead thinking about soft infrastructures that work with the possibility of the need for resilience and recovery, while also increasing density to shelter inhabitation.Utilizing Traditional Ecological KnowledgeMany have put forward calls for redevelopment in line with Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) or land management tactics derived from the pre-colonial system.Local studio Metabolic has created a petition calling for "restoration practices that align with natural systems, ensuring sustainable land and water governance for future generations".Among the petition's demands are calls for the training of locals in ecosystem restoration, the retention of rainwater, and creating a government liaison to to integrate "TEK, scientific research, and community input" into policy.Others have added to this, specifying building techniques and ecological interventions that could be implemented immediately."Mixing ancient wisdom with contemporary technology, we are leaning on the climate cycles in Topanga, and taking advantage of the house's thermal massing to imagine a different routine that does not rely on HVAC or static spaces," said Koreitem, referencing a recent project in the area."We are interested in a built-in seasonality and nomadism. Most invasive and non-native landscapes that have been introduced to LA are part of the problem. And we can start with the iconic LA palm tree."The photography is by Kelvin Cheng.The post Architects and critics call for development "rethink" following deadly LA fires appeared first on Dezeen.

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