Sunday, February 28, 2021

Technology News and More for a Sunday

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SCOOP: Delta Air Lines Is Making Large Bonus Payments To Management Employees


3KView from the Wing / 14h
Delta Air Lines is paying out bonuses to management employees to compensate them for pay cuts mandated in 2020 as part of the airline's pandemic belt-tightening, which in some cases can exceed $250,000 per person. These bonuses are being paid out while Delta is receiving payroll funds from the federal government, and aren't being offered to the airline's frontline employees who earned less in 202

Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data


2KWired / 3h
The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.

Hit sitcom Frasier is getting a revival, but not everyone is excited


100+SlashGear / 12h
Frasier, arguably one of TV’s best sitcoms, is returning to the small screen as a streaming series for Paramount+. Kelsey Grammer, who played the main character Frasier, will return for the revival, which may also see other core cast members from the original series reprise their roles. Fans of the show aren’t entirely excited, however, citing concerns that the reboot … Continue reading


Lime's latest e-bike can borrow batteries from scooters


42Engadget / 45min
Lime might have another way to make e-bikes more practical: have them use the same batteries as its scooters . The mobility service is rolling out a new e-bike whose battery is interchangeable with the one in Gen4 scooter models. That saves the company money, of course, but will also help with expansion plans that (with a $50 million investment) will help Lime double its bike coverage to 50 citie

Learn to code with this JavaScript developer bundle


Mashable / 48min
TL;DR: The Full Stack JavaScript Developer E-Degree Bundle is on sale for £14.33 as of March 1, saving you 89% on list price. It seems like a lot of people nowadays are "pivoting" into programming — you know, quitting their jobs to enter coding bootcamps and emerging as newly christened (possibly enlightened) developers ready to do their civic duty. It certainly pays to become a programmer, but c

Pay what you want for this stacked video game development bundle


Mashable / 49min
TL;DR: As of March 1, you can pay what you want for the Unity Game Development Bundle . Anyone who's even remotely into gaming knows that RDR2 is unrivaled graphics-wise, which begs an important question: How? Like many other leading gaming companies — Electronic Arts and Ubisoft , to name a couple — Rockstar has made its game engine a proprietary software. But that doesn't mean you have to dash

Samsung Galaxy M12 with 90Hz display to launch on March 11 in India


28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Samsung Galaxy M12 will launch in India soon and is expected to be the cheapest 90Hz phone in India. The device will also come with an 8nm chipset and will be launched under Rs 12,000.

Star on Disney Plus: 9 great films to stream in 4K on the new channel


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Disney Plus has received a number of new 4K movies with the arrival of Star – here's 9 films you should check out.

Kinetic Pants From Ministry of Supply Look Like Dress Slacks but Feel Like Sweats


Futurism / 1h
Even though you’re probably working from home, the worst thing you can do for your mental health is sit around in your pajammas. In fact, according to NAMI , maintaining a solid self-care routine is one of the best ways to take care of your mental health during the pandemic. This includes getting dressed each morning, even if all you’re doing is walking from your bedroom to your new office (aka y

Jason Sudeikis accepting his Golden Globe in a hoodie is all of us


Mashable / 1h
As fun as it was to see beautiful famous people all dressed up for a very expensive Zoom meeting, there was no perfectly pandemic-era awards show moment quite like Jason Sudeikis and his tie-dye hoodie. While a couple of celebs copped to making some concessions to not being on the red carpet — Best Actor in a Limited Series winner John Boyega shouted out the "trackie bottoms" (i.e. sweatpants) he

Xbox Game Pass xCloud streaming to get 1080p, Windows support


SlashGear / 1h
Although it is far from conceding defeat, some have considered the shuttering of Stadia’s first-party game development studio as a moment of weakness. Naturally, its competitors in that still young market are taking the opportunity to show their strength. NVIDIA finally published its long list of GeForce NOW supported titles and Amazon Luna has gone invite-free on Fire TV devices. … Continue read

iPhone 13 Internet Recovery supports portless design rumors


SlashGear / 2h
Although Apple has embraced USB-C in Macs and iPads, it still clings to its proprietary Lightning technology on the iPhone. If the never-ending rumors finally come to pass, Apple’s smartphone might skip USB-C altogether. Year after year have seen talk about an iPhone without any port whatsoever but, according to one Apple news site, Apple is laying the foundations for … Continue reading

LastPass Android app revealed to have seven embedded trackers


SlashGear / 2h
LastPass may have been one of the most popular password managers in the market but it instantly became the most notorious for a sudden change in its free offering. That, however, may pale in comparison to the latest news that the app you trust to protect your privacy may be doing shady things behind your back, like tracking your device … Continue reading

iPad Pro processor rumored to be on par with Apple M1


SlashGear / 3h
Apple has so far enjoyed great success with its own silicon. Even before the Apple Silicon and its first M1 iteration, Apple’s A chips have been running circles around their Qualcomm rivals, at least in some benchmarks. With the Apple M1 for Macs, Apple took it to the next level but it definitely won’t be stopping there. Apple might be … Continue reading

Qualcomm veteran to replace Alain Crozier as Microsoft Greater China boss


100+TechCrunch / 3h
Microsoft is getting a new leader for its Greater China business. Yang Hou , a former senior vice president at Qualcomm, will take over Alain Crozier as the chairman and chief executive officer for Microsoft Greater China Region, says a company announcement released Monday. After eight years at Qualcomm where he led sales and business development, Hou will spearhead strategy, sales and operation

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kick off the very topical 2021 Golden Globes


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32Mashable / 3h
Leave it to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to make a pandemic-era awards show actually feel relevant. On Sunday, the legendary comedic duo returned to host the Golden Globes for the fourth time — this year in a socially distanced, bicoastal ceremony held before a special in-person audience of first responders and essential workers, with celeb guests and nominees tuning in digitally. With Fey hosting fr

Surface Duo 2 could finally have upgrades it needed last year


SlashGear / 3h
Some say that timing is everything and the Microsoft Surface Duo is perhaps a testament to that. Had it launched a year earlier than it did, some of its lapses wouldn’t have been so glaring, especially in the hardware department. Those could be addressed by a Surface Duo 2 and, judging by some job listings, Microsoft might indeed be heading … Continue reading

iPhone 13 could come with 1TB of storage, according to new report


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According to a new report, Apple's upcoming iPhone 13 may offer up to 1TB of storage.

Rumor Has It an iPhone 13 With 1 TB Storage Is Coming


500+Gizmodo / 4h
If you’re the type of person that still needs more storage, Apple might have answered your prayers. Read more...

Autonomous drone maker Skydio raises $170M led by Andreessen Horowitz


200+TechCrunch / 4h
Skydio has raised $170 million in a Series D funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund. That pushes it into unicorn territory, with $340 million in total funding and a post-money valuation north of $1 billion. Skydio’s fresh capital comes on the heels of its expansion last year into the enterprise market, and it intends to use the considerable pile of cash to help it expand globally

Federal and State Regulators Probe Robinhood Over Meme Stock Trading Restrictions


77Gizmodo / 4h
U.S. regulators are investigating Robinhood after it temporarily blocked users from purchasing so-called meme stocks on its stock trading app amid the Reddit-fueled short squeeze earlier this year. Read more...

Google Photos High Quality might not be near-identical to original


21SlashGear / 4h
When Google launched its Google Photos cloud storage, not to be confused with the app of the same name, it was hailed as the ultimate way to save space on your phone and preserve your digital memories almost forever. It came with a rather generous offer of nearly unlimited photo storage space, provided they uploaded only in High Quality. Nothing … Continue reading


In the isolated grief of our pandemic bubbles, we are all Wanda Maximoff


100+Mashable / 4h
This post contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 8. Listen. I didn't think I'd be relating to a mythically powerful witch from a comic book superhero show who created her own alternate reality TV bubble to stave off the grief and isolation outside of it. But a year spent in quarantine surviving a pandemic does strange things to a person. In the latest episode of Marvel's WandaVision , we final

This Smart GPS Dog Collar Could Prevent Your Pooch from Becoming a Statistic


Futurism / 4h
The unconditional love of your dog is unlike anything else on this planet. And thanks to all the extra time we’ve been spending at home, their company is more important than ever. According to data from the American Pet Products Association , Americans spent $99 billion on their pets last year, which nearly $9 billion more than two years ago. And if you’re going to spend so much on your pet’s hea

Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space


300+TechCrunch / 4h
Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used for hiring, as well as funding the development and execution of an on-orbit demonstration mission for the company’s robotic technology, which will show its efficacy in performing in-space satellite servicing work. That mission is currently set to take

LG V60 ThinQ 5G in the US gets Android 11 finally


SlashGear / 4h
Before LG set about re-imagining and rebranding its smartphones, the mouthful that is the LG V60 ThinQ 5G, with a “UW” appended in some cases, landed in the US before all hell broke loose around the world. To some extent, it is the last of its kind, closing a chapter in LG’s history. It sadly wasn’t that celebrated, thanks to … Continue reading

Creepy or clever? New photo-animating AI promises to bring your old relatives to life


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Genealogy company MyHeritage's new AI can add effects like smiles, nods and blinks to very old photographs.

Moto G, Moto Watch, Moto One smartwatches coming this year


20SlashGear / 5h
Although it almost sounds like something from the distant past, Motorola has actually been an important part of the mobile industry’s history that goes beyond just smartphones. Despite its much-ridiculed “flat tire” design, the Moto 360 was the first smartwatch to dare to have a circular body instead of the easier square chassis. Like other smartphone makers, Motorola stepped back … Continue read

The complete list of winners at the 2021 Golden Globes


50Mashable / 5h
Read more... More about Golden Globes , Entertainment , and Movies Tv Shows

'Farms are going to need different kinds of robots'


200+BBC News - Technology / 5h
A growing number of tech firms are helping farmers better look after their animals and crops.

Verizon Tells Consumers to Turn Off 5G to Preserve Battery Life Then Instantly Regrets It


500+Gizmodo / 6h
In an effort to be helpful, Verizon accidentally stuck its foot in its mouth on Sunday, and then furiously backtracked. Read more...

8 Reasons To Get The Hilton Surpass Card


27One Mile at a Time / 6h
Co-branded Hilton Amex cards are currently offering improved welcome bonuses , which are seriously worth considering. I’d argue the all around most compelling card offering an increased bonus, and arguably one of the best mid-range hotel credit cards in general, is the Hilton Honors American Express Surpass ® Card . This $95 annual fee ( Rates & Fees ) card not only has a phenomenal welcome bonus

How to watch Golden Globes 2021: live stream the awards online from anywhere tonight


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
It's a virtual start to this year's Hollywood awards season and we can tell you all the ways to watch a Goldens Globes live stream online in 2021 today.

Iceberg More Than 20 Times the Size of Manhattan Breaks Off Antarctic Ice Shelf


2KGizmodo / 7h
An iceberg more than 20 times the size of Manhattan split off from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica this week because our planet is totally having a normal one. Read more...

American Airlines Scoffed At Biofuels, Now Hopes For Rich Government Subsidies


25View from the Wing / 7h
A year and a half ago American Airlines CEO Doug Parker was scoffing at United's investments in biofuels being good for the environment . There was real evidence for his position, that current biofuel technology is simply too resource-intensive to be useful. Now, though, American has done a 180 - with a new President whose environmental priorities open up the possibility for new subsidies. Contin

Lordstown Motors' electric race truck is (mostly) ready for off-roading


81Engadget / 8h
Lordstown Motors wants to prove its Endurance electric truck is ready for the wilderness through a familiar strategy: it's entering a prominent race. Autoblog reports that Lordstown has unveiled a race-ready version of its Endurance Beta truck that will compete in the SCORE World Desert Championship's San Felipe 250 on April 17th. The upgraded EV is ready for the Mexican race with larger off-road

Why my first post-pandemic flight will be to Little Rock, Arkansas


The Points Guy / 8h
As another vaccine becomes available and we start to see the light at the end of the tunnel, a lot of us are planning our first post-pandemic getaways. For some, that will look like a two-week vacation to your favorite tropical locale. For others, it might mean finally checking off one of the destinations on your bucket list . But for me, it will look like a two-hour flight and an hour-long drive

Yes, you can pull off a laid-back Miami vacation — here’s how to do it


34The Points Guy / 8h
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear “ Miami ” probably isn’t “laid back,” but the cosmopolitan city is much more than what can be found on South Beach. Miami is also a place where you can relax and recharge, and for the following guide, we’re going to show you some laid-back places for your next trip. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsl

Did bots help push GameStop and other ‘meme stocks’? A new report says yes.


77Mashable / 9h
Were bots behind the GameStop stock surge from less than $20 per share to nearly $350 per share? One cybersecurity firm is saying that may very well be the case. A new report from PiiQ Media, provided to Reuters , found that social media bots on some of the biggest online platforms were “hyping” GameStop and other “meme stocks” such as AMC. The same report also found similar activity behind the s

Ancestry company uses deepfakes to bring old photos of your great grandma to life


88Mashable / 9h
While some companies are fighting nefarious uses of deepfakes , others are embracing the technology for more playful reasons. With our new Deep Nostalgia™, you can see how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video! Read more: https://t.co/ZwUwzJRQ26 #RootsTech #RootsTechConnect pic.twitter.com/LERXhrqiut — MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) February 25, 2021 MyHe

Verizon admitted 5G might be a big battery drain without admitting it


500+Mashable / 9h
This probably wouldn't merit any discussion if Verizon hadn't been so unnecessarily shady. It's tough when your phone battery drains fast, but most people recognize that new features and tech can have that effect. In a Sunday morning tweet, the wireless provider offered up a suggestion for customers struggling with a fast-draining battery. And while the substance of the advice boils down to "turn

Scientists sequence 64 human genomes to better reflect genetic diversity


200+Engadget / 9h
The Human Genome Project shed light on our species in 2001, but it was a patchwork of different humans' genes that didn't really reflect humanity's genetic makeup. Flash forward 20 years, however, and science is taking a significant leap forward. Researchers have revealed a new dataset of 64 sequenced full human genomes that should better reflect genetic diversity. Until now, scientists have typi


Lufthansa Setting Up Duty Free Vaccination Center, $1200 For Flights And Shots


75View from the Wing / 10h
Lufthansa will set up a Covid-19 vaccination site inside Moscow Domodedovo airport so that people can fly in, get the Sputnik V vaccine without clearing immigration or customs, and then fly back. Ultimately we need more jabs in arms, the quicker the better, through whatever means necessary. Many governments have been more focused on who gets shots out of a limited supply than making sure people g

Three Words: Supersonic. Combat. Drones.


9KFuturism / 10h
Fly Like an Arrow A Singapore-based aerospace company has developed a combat drone capable of reaching supersonic speeds. Kelley Aerospace unveiled their concept for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Arrow last week, according to Auto Evolution . The drone’s capable of flying more than 2,600 nautical miles at mach 2.1, or 1,611 miles per hour. That means the drone can fly from Los Angel

Garmin Instinct vs Garmin Fenix 6: choose the right sports watch for you


28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Looking for a serious sports watch, but can't decide which? Here's everything you need to know about the Instinct and Fenix 6.

Action-packed meta-fantasy, space opera herald a bright future for Asian film


49Ars Technica / 10h
A Writer's Odyssey Enlarge / Celebrate the Year of the Metal Ox with two new films: A Writer's Odyssey and Space Sweepers (credit: Aurich Lawson/Netflix/CMC Films/) February brings the annual celebration of the lunar new year—welcome to the Year of the (Metal) Ox —and with it two new action-packed films from China and South Korea, respectively. Directed by Lu Yang, A Writer's Odyssey —currently p

Heads Up: Brex Cash 110K Deal Likely Ending Soon


300+One Mile at a Time / 10h
Reminder : As I wrote previously, if you’ve been considering opening a no-fee Brex Cash account , I recommended doing so before the end of the month. This is a reminder that you’ll want to apply ASAP if interested. I’ve written extensively about the incredible value in opening a no-fee Brex Cash account . In my opinion this is the best points earning opportunity we’ve seen in a long time, and it’

It's about time traditional polling methods were revaluated


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
A Q&A with Don Vaughn, Ph.D., Head of Product at data analytics company Invisibly.

13 of the most beautiful villages in Portugal


71The Points Guy / 10h
As the travel industry navigates COVID-19 shutdowns, TPG suggests that you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions before booking that next trip. We will be here to help you prepare, whether it’s next month or next year. Portugal is roughly 38% of the size of the U.K ., so you may be surprised to learn there’s an immense amount of beauty to di

Maya Rudolph is finally set to host 'SNL' again after her *many* Kamala Harris cameos


100+Mashable / 11h
You'd be forgiven for thinking Maya Rudolph has hosted Saturday Night Live in recent years. As the show's go-to Kamala Harris impersonator, she's put in more appearances than some of the show's own featured players. But alas, Rudolph hasn't graced the SNL set as host since way back in 2012. That's all going to change on March 27, when Rudolph returns to host with musical guest Jack Harlow. The sh

Ice landing: Icelandair Boeing 767 completes 20,000-mile journey to Antarctica


The Points Guy / 11h
It’s not every day that a commercial plane flies to the bottom of the Earth. But COVID-19 has required many airlines to make special trips to repatriate citizens — most recently, Icelandair . The Nordic airline flew over 20,000 miles on a special flight to Antarctica to taxi Norwegian researchers from South Africa to the Troll Research Station (AT27) near the South Pole and then fly another group

Social media bots may have fuelled the GameStop stock frenzy


100Engadget / 11h
The GameStop stock frenzy appears to largely have been the product of Reddit users and trading apps like Robinhood, but some of its contributors might not have been human. According to Reuters , cybersecurity firm PiiQ Media has determined that people were using social media bots to promote GameStop, Dogecoin and other "meme" investments. Posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube hopped o

How pilots deal with an engine fire in the climb


30The Points Guy / 11h
By now, I’m sure most of you will have seen the news of a United Boeing 777-200, which suffered an engine problem shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport last weekend. According to an NTSB media briefing on Monday, the aircraft took off at 1:40 p.m. local time from runway 25 and was cleared to climb to 23,000 feet. Four minutes after takeoff, passing 12,500 feet above sea level an

Study: Social Media Turns Us Into Hungry Rats Basically


2KFuturism / 11h
As if the way social media dominates every facet of our lives wasn’t evident enough: A new study found that people pursue “likes” on platforms like Facebook and Instagram much in the same way rats pursue food . An international team of scientists analyzed more than one million social media posts from more than 4,000 users across a variety of social media sites, according to New York University .

The Terminator Universe Is Back in a New Netflix Anime Series


200+Gizmodo / 12h
He’s back and he’s two-dimensional. The Terminator universe is expanding into an anime series for Netflix, the first animated TV adaptation of the franchise. Read more...

Surinam Airways Wants To Get Rid Of New Used 777


100+One Mile at a Time / 12h
Oh Surinam Airways… Surinam Airways’ 777 saga up until this point Surinam Airways is a small national airline based In Paramaribo, Suriname. The airline has historically operated a single long haul route , between Paramaribo and Amsterdam (given the ties between the two places). The airline has also tried to maintain a single long haul aircraft, which for many years wasn’t an issue — from 2004 to

Watch Rivian test its R1T electric truck in extreme cold weather


200+Engadget / 12h
If Rivian's R1T is going to live up to its electric adventure truck image, it's going to have to survive conditions that could leave other EVs crying for mercy... and it might just manage that. As Electrek notes , the startup has shared details and a video of winter weather testing in Baudette, Minnesota, where the temperatures dipped to -40F — cold enough to pose a serious problem for many EV ba

PS5 restock: how to track PS5 console stock on Twitter – and get it this week


82TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
We decided to track new PS5 stock in the US, and so far, the Sony console has landed in the hands of hundreds of people. Here's how to get Twitter PS5 restock alerts.

iPhone 12 vs iPhone 6S: see the difference in game graphics you're missing out on


40TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
How is iPhone gaming different on new vs. old Apple phones? Here's what you're missing out on (or not) if you don't upgrade to the newest models.

12 packing hacks for flying low-cost carriers


The Points Guy / 12h
It seemed like not paying for that checked bag was a good idea in theory… until you actually began packing. Your sunblock is more than 3 ounces, you can’t bring all of your cute sandals and your jacket takes up over half of your carry-on . If you’ve been affected by packing anxiety, especially when flying low-cost, you’re not alone. The stress of squeezing everything into one small bag without go

Woman Hit $300,000 Jackpot While Waiting For Her Flight Leaving Las Vegas


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Perseverance’s eyes see a different Mars


6KArs Technica / 16h
Enlarge / Perseverance's two Mastcam-Z imagers (in the gray boxes) are part of the rover's remote sensing mast. (credit: NASA ) The seven minutes of terror are over. The parachute deployed; the skycrane rockets fired. Robot truck goes ping! Perseverance, a rover built by humans to do science 128 million miles away, is wheels-down on Mars. Phew . Percy has now opened its many eyes and taken a look

The $4 Raspberry Pi Pico Can Now Run FUZIX, a UNIX Clone


400+How-To Geek / 18h
Who knew that the Raspberry Pi Pico would find itself in such strange situations just a month after release? Developer David Given has successfully ported a UNIX clone called FUZIX to the Pi Pico. Now old-school UNIX hackers can get their hands dirty with a $4 microcontroller. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

8 cool places you didn’t know you could fly on Southwest


200+The Points Guy / 14h
Yes, it is true Southwest Airlines won’t take you to some exotic destinations like Bora Bora or Tahiti — or even a hop over the pond to Europe. But that doesn’t mean the airline only flies to Vegas and Orlando (although, they totally do). Southwest Airlines also offers some pretty cool destinations just within the U.S., Mexico and even the Caribbean. So if you are looking to explore the nooks and


200,000 Buddhists Gathered on a Giant Screen Via Zoom to Celebrate One of Their Holiest Holidays


100+Gizmodo / 2h
There’s no doubt that pandemic fatigue is high. I get it. Heck, my area has restrictions right now. But it’s important to remember that there are ways that we can get together as a community while being safe and considerate of others. If you need an example, check out the more than 200,000 Buddhists that got together… Read more...

10 best Google Chrome extensions for productivity


72Mashable / 3h
There's a very good chance the most productive people you know aren't just naturally organized and efficient. Instead, they may be using an entire suite of tools to help them stay on track. Google Chrome extensions are an example of tools that can help with productivity issues. These miniature software programs work within your browser to add new and useful functionality. We're taking a look at t

United Airlines Will Pay $49 Million To Resolve Criminal Fraud Charges


View from the Wing / 3h
United Airlines will pay a $49 million fine to the federal government to resolve criminal fraud charges for falsifying records that allowed it to collect payments for transporting U.S. mail on time, when in fact it failed to do so. United “falsified parcel delivery information…[b]etween 2012 and 2015..by submitting false delivery scan data to make it appear that United and partner airlines with w

Bots Reportedly Helped Fuel GameStonks Hype on Facebook, Twitter, and Other Platforms


87Gizmodo / 3h
The s0-called GameStonks saga had some help from automated bots hyping up “meme” stocks on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, according to an analysis by the cybersecurity firm PiiQ Media reviewed by Reuters . Read more...

Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade


200+BBC News - Technology / 3h
A devaluing currency and hard economic conditions make cryptocurrencies attractive despite the risks.

Canelo Alvarez vs Anvi Yildirim live stream: how to watch online from anywhere now


29TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter back in the ring tonight - here's how to watch a Canelo Alvarez vs Anvi Yildirim live stream wherever you are.

How investors are valuing the pandemic


100+TechCrunch / 4h
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch , but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign up here . Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Kicking off with a tiny bit of housekeeping: Equity is now doing more stuff . And Te

How capital-as-a-service can help you get your first check in 2021


100+TechCrunch / 4h
“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” This quote, which Career Karma founder Ruben Harris mentioned off-hand on a phone call with me, has been on my mind for months. In fact, raising money can cost you money, in the form of that sweet, sweet ownership and equity. That’s why Clearbanc, a startup I have covered for years, has always had a compelling pitch. The company, co-foun

SolarWinds Officials Throw Intern Under the Bus for ‘solarwinds123’ Password Fail


200+Gizmodo / 4h
The SolarWinds drama just won’t stop . It’s a tale of Russian hackers—and potentially Chinese hackers—alleged email spying, and a gaping hole of security vulnerabilities that seems to get worse as more details come to light. Now, we can add yet another twist to the story: the laughably insecure password… Read more...

FDA Authorizes J&J Covid-19 Shot, Adding Millions of Doses to Total Vaccine Supply


37Gizmodo / 4h
Yet another vaccine is now part of our arsenal of weapons against the covid-19 pandemic. On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to the one-dose shot developed by Johnson & Johnson. It joins the two-dose mRNA vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. Read more...

The next Moto smartwatches will include an Apple Watch clone


70Engadget / 5h
Moto-branded smartwatches are staging another comeback , and they won't rely on your Moto 360 nostalgia quite so much this time. As WatchSmarty and 9to5Google have noticed, a CE Brands (which runs eBuyNow) presentation has revealed a trio of Moto watches arriving in 2021. Notably, none of them appears to be a direct Moto 360 sequel. The first is a Moto G -inspired watch due in June. Although the

Nevada Just Letting a Crypto Firm Run Entire Town as “Innovation Zone” (?!?)


1KFuturism / 5h
Innovation Nation In an apparent attempt to barrel the country towards its inevitable cyberpunk dystopia, Nevada’s governor announced a proposal on Friday that would give tech companies jurisdiction and power akin to county governments. Gov. Steve Sisolak wants to allow tech companies to be able to create “Innovation Zones” in Nevada, according to The Associated Press . These zones will be govern

Someone Is Suing United Airlines For Helping Him Not Miss A Flight (Really)


20View from the Wing / 6h
News and notes from around the interweb: After 3 years Mexico is still trying to sell its Presidential jet. Even before the pandemic it was tough to sell a VIP-configured plane because of the expense of converting it to passenger use. And Mexico’s President flies coach as his schtick. ⚡️#LoÚltimo El Presidente @lopezobrador_ abordó al vuelo Delta Airlines que lo llevará a Washington, DC, con esca

How social media is driving the Indian farmers protests — and why we can't stop now


65Mashable / 6h
India's farmers are months into one of the largest protests in human history. As they weather rain, cold, violence, and slander, one truth is only gaining momentum with each day: The world is watching. The protests began when the Indian government passed three laws in September 2020 which, broadly, opened up the agricultural market to privatization. Though intended to invigorate and no doubt glob

As important as the Beetle? Two days with Volkswagen’s electric ID.4


100+Ars Technica / 6h
Volkswagen says the ID.4 is as important to its future as the Beetle was to its past. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] The Volkswagen ID.4 is a big deal for its manufacturer. After getting busted six years ago for fibbing about diesel emissions, VW underwent a corporate transformation, throwing all its chips into electrification . As a big believer in modular architectures that it can use to build a wi

Weekly Review: February 27, 2021


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I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! On the points & travel front, this week Icelandair flew to Antarctica, Alaska Lounges rejoined Priority Pass, an American Airlines pilot reported seeing a UFO, Air France unveiled a new safety video, a United Airlines 777 suffered a terrifying engine failure, and much more. With that out of the way, here’s a recap of this week on the blog: Feature

Disney to take on a new continent with first cruises to Antarctica


The Points Guy / 6h
Watch out, penguins of Antarctica . The Mouse is on the way. Family travel giant Disney plans its first cruises to the White Continent beginning later this year, using a chartered vessel, the company recently announced. Disney also plans its first cruises to the Galápagos Islands, starting in 2022 — also with a chartered vessel. For more cruise news, reviews and tips, sign up for TPG’s new cruise

Tomb Raider Showrunner Tasha Huo Is Joining Joey Soloway to Write Red Sonja


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Red Sonja has been a long, long time coming, but with a very welcome addition, it’s time to get the show on the road. Read more...

Boost Your PC Gaming Experience With 15% off a Redragon Mechanical Gaming Keyboard


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Amazon Prime Video free trial: is one available and how to get it


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Who’s eligible, how to sign up, and what on-demand delights you could enjoy over the complimentary 30 days Amazon Prime Video free trial.


Study: The US Needs To Build More Space Weapons


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Defense Against the Dark Arts (In Space) A new report released Friday shined a light on the growing need for the US space defense system. Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies called attention to the lack of defenses to guard against — yes — threats in space, in a new report published on Feb 26. Titled “ Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space: Protecting Space Systems

Get Over 270 Hours of Premium Coding Training for Just $60


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Every organization needs programmers — whether you’re a retail operation that goes from app to warehouse to doorstep, or an industrial firm installing instrumentation and sensors through every facility to better monitor its output. Whether you’re looking to supercharge your career, expand your IT skills, or change industries in 2021, the Premium Learn To Code 2021 Certification Bundle , now 98% o

The latest 'Valorant' agent controls space and time


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Riot is kicking off the second act of Valorant 's Episode 2 with another character that can bend the rules of reality . The developer has revealed Astra, a Ghanaian agent who wields the "energies of the cosmos" to control the battlefield. She can enter an astral form to place "stars" that produce gravity wells, explosive novae and smoke-like nebulae. You can also create a "cosmic divide" between

Great, Now the PlayStation Network Is Down Too


200+Gizmodo / 8h
This has been a rough week for anyone trying to play games online. Sony’s PlayStation Network began experiencing issues Friday afternoon, and the outage seems to have persisted into the weekend based on the PSN status page . The outage comes just one day after the equivalent service for Sony’s competitor Microsoft, … Read more...

Travel trailblazer: How Dr. Gladys West pioneered the modern-day GPS


The Points Guy / 8h
Every time you pull up a map on your smartphone or in the car to navigate getting from point A to point B, you have Dr. Gladys West to thank. West is a “Hidden Figure” (a reference to the Black women mathematicians, such as the late Katherine Johnson , who did computing for the U.S. military in the 1950s and 1960s, written about in Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 book and portrayed in the subsequent

Microsoft is testing 1080p Xbox Game Pass streaming


100+Engadget / 8h
The 720p resolution for Xbox Game Pass cloud streaming (aka xCloud) is decent on a phone, but that's clearly not going to cut it when the service comes to PCs and iPads. Thankfully, a resolution bump appears to be in order. Windows Central and The Verge both say Microsoft is testing 1080p streams. It's not certain how widespread the testing is or how soon you'll see that upgrade, but this would b

This weekend's Chromebook deals feature price cuts of up to $300 at Amazon and Best Buy


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If you're looking for a cheap laptop, this weekend's Chromebook deals have plenty of great options.

The United Airlines ‘Halfway To Hawaii’ Game Is Back, With A New Prize


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Up through 2014 most United Airlines flights to Hawaii featured the "Halfway to Hawaii game" where you could win a bottle of champagne. Passengers would be invited to guess the exact time they'd be halfway across the ocean to Hawaii. Some would just take a close enough guess by listening to the pilot's announced flight time, cutting it in half, and adding that to the departure time. Others took i

Study: “Zoom Fatigue” Exists—and It Totally Sucks


57Futurism / 9h
A new study recently confirmed what millions of people working from home have felt for a while: Video calls are tiring us the hell out . Stanford researchers released a new study last week in the journal Technology, Mind, and Behavior that analyzed the impact videoconferencing had on peoples’ mental and emotional health. They discovered that prolonged video calls contribute to a phenomena called

Ski-town chic: A review of The St. Regis Aspen


The Points Guy / 9h
With my husband and I both working remotely for the foreseeable future, we decided to shake up our quarantine routine at the beginning of 2021 and set out on a cross-country road trip. We departed eastern Pennsylvania at the beginning of January and made some fun stops on our way out west: Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis; Oklahoma City; Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico; Marfa, Texas; and multiple p

Creator or Creature? A Nightmare Wakes dramatizes the birth of Frankenstein


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Alix Wilton Regan stars as Mary Shelley in the throes of creating her timeless literary masterpiece in A Nightmare Wakes . It's one of the most famous origin stories in literary history. One summer night in 1816 in Geneva, Lord Byron hosted a gathering of his fellow Romantics, including Percy Shelley and his lover (soon-to-be wife), Mary Godwin. The incessant rain confined the party indoors for d

Why you may have a tough time finding a cabin when cruising in North America resumes


The Points Guy / 9h
Eager to be aboard one of the very first cruises when cruising resumes in North America? You’ll be lucky if you get a cabin. When cruise lines initially restart operations out of U.S. ports, presumably later this year, they are likely to only restart with a few ships, each operating at only partial capacity, executives at all the major cruise lines have said. That’ll create a squeeze on the numbe

The UK government will reportedly buy stakes in tech startups


100+Engadget / 9h
The UK might have a new way to achieve technological supremacy: throw money directly at companies. Financial Times sources say the country is establishing a "Future Fund: Breakthrough" effort that would spend up to £375 million (about $522 million) on stakes in "later stage" tech startups. The move theoretically helps promising firms that could boost the UK's standing in the tech industry, but st

How to Get a Free McDonald's Chicken Sandwich Delivered Next Week


200+Lifehacker / 9h
Remember a simpler time, not too long ago, where people were concerned about getting their hands on a chicken sandwich, instead of a deadly pandemic? Well, the pandemic is still on, but there’s a new chicken sandwich on the block—this time from McDonald’s. The best part is that this time, if you’d like to try one, you… Read more...

Netflix in March 2021: every new TV show and movie you can stream


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Everything you need to know about what's new on Netflix this month.

Saturday's Best Deals: One-Way Remote Starter Kit, Icebreaker Pop Ice Maker, 3-Pack Drawer Organizers, Cuisinart 3-in-1 Kitchen System, XPG 16GB DDR4 RAM, Redragon Gaming Keyboard, and More


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An Icebreaker Pop ice maker and a one -way Compustart remote start system lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more...

'The Real World' original cast reunites in the first reunion trailer from Paramount+


200+Mashable / 9h
MTV's The Real World is typically credited for laying out the blueprint of what we now call reality television. The show's first season, set in New York City, ran in 1992 and now, almost 30 years later, that cast is getting back together for a new Paramount+ series. In this first trailer for The Real World Homecoming: New York , the initially cheery reunion of the cast members quickly transitions

Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns


2KNYT > Technology / 9h
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog, which it says can be deployed in dangerous situations and keep officers safer, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.

How to Recover After Stubbing a Toe


100+Lifehacker / 9h
Stubbing your toe is not only physically painful—it can hurt your ego, as you grab your foot in agony like a cartoon character, knowing that you did this to yourself. Fortunately, most of the time this isn’t a serious injury, and you’ll probably feel better relatively soon. But since it can really, really hurt, you… Read more...

[Last Chance] If You Have A Business, Easy 110,000 Transferable Points With No Credit Pull


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I think we may be looking at the third easiest 110,000 miles ever, at least for those of you with small businesses. There's a no fee account you can open with a 110,000 point bonus that transfers to airline miles (or be redeemed for cash) and thousands of dollars in free offers on approval. It's an exclusive offer from the One Mile at a Time website but I wanted to highlight it for you here as we


These Alienware deals with GeForce RTX graphics cards are surprisingly good value


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Price cuts of up to $600 have made these Alienware deals with GeForce RTX graphics card surprisingly good value right now.

Delta Passenger Fined $27,500 For Assaulting Crew


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A passenger is facing a $27,500 fine for assaulting a flight attendant on a Delta Air Lines flight in October 2020. How a passenger assaulted a Delta flight attendant The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $27,500 civil penalty against an airline passenger for interfering with and assaulting a flight attendant. The passenger now has 30 days to respond to the FAA’s enforcement le

AI Tool “Deep Nostalgia” Lets You Reanimate Your Dead Relatives


500+Futurism / 10h
Animate the Dead Have you ever taken a look at old family photos and think, “These just aren’t creepy enough!” or “I wish these looked more like the characters from The Polar Express, ” perhaps? Now they can! Get this: An online genealogy platform has developed AI that allows you to animate old family photos. Genealogy website MyHeritage introduced a tool called Deep Nostalgia that leverages AI t

How Nvidia is tackling cryptomining so more gamers can get RTX cards


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Despite it being a small portion of RTX sales, cryptomining is still cutting into the available Ampere GPU supply. Here's what Nvidia is doing to combat it.

Nissan's improved hybrid car system reduces CO2 emissions


96Engadget / 10h
Nissan has announced that it has achieved a 50 percent thermal efficiency for its next-generation e-Power hybrid technology. As RoadShow explains, most modern gasoline engines have a thermal efficiency of around 40 percent — in other words, only 40 percent of the energy they create upon burning fuel is transformed into motion. The rest gets turned into waste, such as heat and emissions, which mea

Facebook’s latest experimental app BARS is made for amateur rappers


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NPE Team, Facebook’s internal group for experimental apps, has released a new product called BARS. The social media platform is similar to TikTok, but with a niche userbase: amateur rappers. With BARS, anyone can create rap songs using tools like beats, autotune, and more, then share the content with others. According to the app’s description, BARS will enable users to … Continue reading

NASA's Perseverance has a little 'family portrait' Easter egg


100+Mashable / 10h
In 1972, astronaut Charles Duke left a family portrait on the moon. Now, almost 50 years later, another NASA employee keeps its own family close. The Perseverance rover made its monumental landing on Mars on Feb. 18 and it has already sent thousands of raw images back to Earth. Hidden in photos of the rover itself is a "bumper sticker" with icons of NASA's previous Mars rover missions , Space poi

Storm Ventures promotes Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners


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Storm Ventures , a venture firm that focuses on early stage B2B enterprise startups, announced this week that it has promoted Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners at the firm. The two new partners have worked their way up over the last several years. Groce joined Storm in 2016 and has invested in enterprise SaaS startups like Workato, Splashtop, NextRequest and Camino. Diaine joined a ye

This Week in Apps: Twitter targets creators, Clubhouse security, Spotify’s plans for paid podcasts


95TechCrunch / 10h
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. A new forecast this week expects consumer spend to grow to $270 billion by 2025. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trill

If you haven’t followed NFTs, here’s why you should start


200+TechCrunch / 10h
Cooper Turley Contributor Cooper is the crypto strategy lead at Audius . He manages social tokens like RAC and FWB and curates NFTs alongside prominent musicians and motion designers. He is an active contributor to web3 publications like The Defiant and Bankless and oversees a DeFi newsletter (This Week in DeFi). He is most active on Twitter. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) — or scarce digital content

PSN is down: outage means online gaming hiccups for PS5, other PlayStation consoles


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Sony's PSN is giving people trouble today, according reports from users. Here's what is happening with the status.

ICYMI: We check out Lenovo’s lightest ThinkPad yet


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This week we spent some time testing Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Nano — the company's thinnest and lightest ThinkPad at under two pounds. As usual, slimming things down comes with some trade offs, and Cherlynn Low tells us where the X1 Nano might leave you hanging. We also played around with the Poly Effects Beebo, an ambitious virtual modular synth in guitar-pedal form that Terrence O’Brien says is no

Raven the Science Maven Has a Message for Aspiring STEM Workers: Be Your Unapologetic Self


90Gizmodo / 11h
Diversity has always been an issue in STEM. Although a 2018 Pew report found that women make up half of the U.S. workforce in STEM occupations, it also found that their presence varies widely across occupational clusters and education levels. Black and Hispanic workers are underrepresented in STEM, per the report,… Read more...

The Boys Season 3 Will Be a Supernatural Reunion


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SPN fam, next season of The Boys is for you. Read more...

This Pizza Place Delivers By Plane, With Free Shipping


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Papa Murphy’s in Anchorage, Alaska doesn’t deliver within 30 minutes, but that’s because they deliver by plane. If you live in remote Alaska, as far out as Prudhoe Bay 855 miles away, and you want pizza what else can you do? The idea started when customers would call asking them to bring pizzas to the airport, and customers would arrange the air cargo themselves. While shipping eats into margins

2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L starts at $37,000


SlashGear / 11h
Many SUV fans and Jeep fans are excited to hear that an all-new three-row Grand Cherokee was coming. Jeep has officially announced the starting prices for the all-new 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L line, including the entry-level Laredo, Limited, Overland, and Summit models. This vehicle marks the first three-row Grand Cherokee Jeep has ever offered. The Laredo trim will start … Continue reading

Hitting the Books: The Brooksian revolution that led to rational robots


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We are living through an AI renaissance thought wholly unimaginable just a few decades ago — automobiles are becoming increasingly autonomous, machine learning systems can craft prose nearly as well as human poets, and almost every smartphone on the market now comes equipped with an AI assistant. Oxford professor Michael Woolridge has spent the past quarter decade studying technology. In his new

The 1 number that will tell us when cruising will resume, according to a top cruise executive


The Points Guy / 11h
When will cruising resume in earnest in North America and elsewhere around the world? The answer is relatively simple, one of the cruise industry’s top executives suggested on Thursday: When case counts of COVID-19 come down to manageable levels. “I think the prevalence of the disease in our own country and around the world will be the greatest indicator of when we can resume cruising,” Norwegian

Facebook releases TikTok-like rapping app, Bars


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While Facebook has been under fire for copying competitors for years now, the criticism has never stopped the company. From making its own Tinder to jacking the idea of Snapchat's Stories , the Zuck never shies away from taking "inspiration" from other successful tech companies. Case in point, Facebook's newest app, Bars . Bars allows users to write and record their own raps using professional be

OnePlus will reportedly launch its '9R' phone and watch in March


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OnePlus may have a particularly busy March. Well-known tipster Ishan Agarwal told 91Mobiles that OnePlus will reportedly unveil at least four devices in March, including a lower-cost 9R smartphone (you're looking at the 8T above) as well as the standard 9 , the 9 Pro and the company's previously teased smartwatch . While Agarwal doesn't have new specs to share for either the 9R or the watch, it c


How to Automatically Share Your Instagram Stories and Posts on Facebook


45How-To Geek / 11h
Facebook and Instagram are more in sync than ever. One of the perks of this integration is that you can cross-share your Instagram stories and posts to Facebook to easily boost your content’s reach. Here’s how to do it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

David Attenborough and Dinosaurs Come to Your Living Room in this AR iPhone App


26How-To Geek / 11h
No matter whether you’re a kid or an adult, dinosaurs and other ancient creatures are cool. And the only thing cooler than seeing them on TV or viewing their fossils in a museum would be to see them in your own home. Luckily, with this new app, voiced by natural history David Attenborough, you can do just that. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

This Photo of Venus Shocked Scientists. Here’s Why.


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Fly By Photograph NASA’s Parker Solar Probe got the souvenir of a lifetime during its trip to study the Sun last year. The probe snapped this stunning photo of Venus on July 11, 2020, according to NASA . The photo showcases amazing details of the Venusian surface from 7,693 miles away—but one particular detail in it, released by NASA this week, has scientists excited. Careless WISPR The probe use

Brazil’s first self-developed satellite will keep an eye on the rain forests


SlashGear / 11h
Much of Brazil is packed full of dense rain forests that are critical to our planet’s environment. Many feel like the clearing of the Amazonian rain forests are a detriment to the entire world, and efforts are being made to protect them. Brazil is set to launch its first homemade satellite known as Amazonia-1, and the entire satellite was developed … Continue reading

Older Samsung Galaxy smartwatches get newer features with the latest update


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If you've got one of the previous generation of Samsung smartwatches, you're getting some new goodies.

Master Real-World Math With 97% off This Course Bundle


Futurism / 12h
We’ve all heard the complaint, maybe in our salad days of schooling, that we’ll never use math in the “real world.” But, come on: Stop and consider that you use math constantly . You calculate tips, pay off your credit card, make investments in your fintech apps, and more. And this all goes without mentioning the math, in the form of computer code, that unfolds all around us every day. The Master

British Airways Pays £130,000 For Baileys Slip


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British Airways is being forced to pay £130,000 after a man slipped in a puddle of Bailey’s at Heathrow… but perhaps the case isn’t quite as frivolous as it sounds. Details of the British Airways Heathrow Baileys slip On November 11, 2017, Andreas Wuchner was flying from London Heathrow to Zurich with British Airways. While near the check-in desk, Wuchner slipped in a puddle of Baileys, and hit h

NASA grants Astra a satellite launch contract worth $7.95 million


SlashGear / 12h
When it comes to satellite launches, we typically think of SpaceX. It’s not the only company putting satellites into space for NASA and other agencies and companies. A satellite launch company called Astra based in Alameda has announced that it secured a contract to delivered six cube satellites into orbit for NASA. The launch contract is worth $7.95 million once … Continue reading

The Morning After: MSI's latest gaming laptop targets the 1440p sweet spot


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Years after 3D's last invasion has receded from the public sphere, it’s notable that some of the most favorable implementations happened on mobile devices. To mark the ten-year anniversary of the Nintedo 3DS launch in Japan, Engadget editors chimed in with a few memories of their favorite games . Kris Naudus / Engadget Still, Kris Naudus wants you to know that the portable system’s best feature h

Rumor claims Mercedes-AMG C63 will go hybrid


SlashGear / 12h
One of the hottest AMG cars made by Mercedes-AMG is the C63. This car has traditionally had a big burly V-8 engine under the hood, making gobs of power. A new rumor has surfaced that claims that will change with the V-8 engine out and a hybrid four-cylinder powertrain in. Automotive enthusiasts know that means an exhaust note that will … Continue reading

PlayStation Network outage hits games and social: What we know


SlashGear / 12h
Only a day after Microsoft fixed its Xbox outage issue, Sony is experiencing similar things with its PlayStation Network (PSN). The company’s current outage, which has been happening for the past several hours, impacts game and social features across the PlayStation product family, including the PS4 and PS5, as well as older devices like the PS3 and PS Vita. Sony’s … Continue reading

200,000 Buddhists celebrated a holy day over Zoom and the pictures are beautiful


100+Mashable / 12h
On Friday, over 200,000 Buddhists gathered over Zoom to celebrate Makha Bucha Day . One of the holist days to Buddhists, Makha Bucha Day marks the full moon day of the third lunar month. This year, that date was February 26. Image: Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/Shutterstock When the Buddha was alive thousands of years ago, 1,250 of his followers came to see him in India without a scheduled meeting;

How to Add Private Labels in Google Maps


79How-To Geek / 12h
Google Maps offers various recommendations for travelers, including important landmarks to nearby businesses. If you want to save your own recommendations to Google Maps to quickly find in the future, you can do so by adding private labels. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

The SolarWinds Body Count Now Includes NASA and the FAA


1KWired / 12h
Plus: Firefox blocks more tracking, how to fight a robodog, and more of the week’s top security news.


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