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Shailene Woodley stars in Netflix's new swoonworthy romance 'Last Letter From Your Lover'


5KMashable / 10h
Is there anything as romantic as a love letter? They form the basis for Netflix's The Last Letter From Your Lover , based on the novel by JoJo Moyes which is guaranteed to make us swoon via streaming this summer. Augustine Frizzell directs the adaptation, starring Felicity Jones as Ellie, a journalist who finds love letters from the 1960s, which reveal an affair between Anthony (Callum Turner) an

Disney’s ‘Real’ Star Wars Lightsaber Is Revealed, and It's Fantastic


3KGizmodo / 10h
It’s always fun waking up to presents, and on this most Star Wars of holidays , Disney has gifted fans with the first official video of its real-life lightsaber replicas featuring glowing blades that actually extend and retract. But sad news for many of us: it sounds like you won’t be able to buy one for your… Read more...

Facebook shut down Signal’s ads because they exposed too much


100+SlashGear / 4h
Facebook has barred privacy-focused messaging app Signal from running a series of Instagram ads, which would have exposed just how much personal information the photo-sharing network – and its social media behemoth owner – has on individuals as they browse their timeline. Signal had intended to use Instagram’s own third-party advert tools to reveal some of the precise targeting that … Continue re


Lyft driver earnings just reached ‘all time highs’ because nobody wants to drive


Mashable / 23min
Now might be the time to get into ride-share driving. "Earnings are at all time highs" Lyft execs said about driver pay on Tuesday's earnings call, where ironically the San Francisco-based company's profits were anything but high for the start of 2021. There are more riders than drivers on the Lyft app these days, especially as more people received the COVID vaccination and pandemic restrictions

Area Man Wants You To Check Out His Blog


Gizmodo / 23min
After threatening for months to disrupt social media with a bespoke platform that would allow him to bypass community guidelines (and the embarrassingly long list of platforms he’s been banned from), our big patriotic boy has finally made good on his promise. Folks, the wait is over — the future is now, and it’s a… Read more...

Fortnite’s Battle Lab mode returns as suddenly as it disappeared


SlashGear / 34min
With its Fortnite update last week, Epic quietly removed the game’s Battle Lab mode — and though it later confirmed that it had intentionally removed it, the company didn’t offer an explanation about why it made this decision. Content creators in particular were upset about this removal, noting that they relied on the mode for creating a variety of videos. … Continue reading

The Flash Is Losing Two Key Cast Members


52Gizmodo / 41min
Currently in its seventh season —with an eighth on the way—the CW’s The Flash shows no signs of, uh, slowing down . But the Arrowverse series will soon have to contend with the departure of two actors who’ve been a part of the show since its 2014 debut: Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh . Read more...

Disney's 'real' lightsaber isn't quite as cool as it looks


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24Mashable / 46min
You've got to hand it to Disney. Despite a relative dearth of Star Wars content launched on May 4, which apparently we're still not tired of calling Star Wars Day , the company still managed to dominate the nerd news cycle with a single 13-second video. The video in question is Disney Parks' tease of the Star Wars hotel opening in Disney World in 2022, the Galactic Starcruiser. We've written exte

You Should Definitely Update Your Dell Computer Right Now


20Gizmodo / 53min
A public service announcement for anyone who, like me, is using a years-old Dell computer as their primary machine: Dell has released a security patch for a security vulnerability affecting close to 400 different computer models manufactured between 2009 and right now. That’s, uh, a lot of laptops. Read more...

There’s No One At The Airport To Help Passengers In Wheelchairs, And There’s Two Reasons For The Crisis


View from the Wing / 1h
A tipster shares that Prospect Airport Services at Charlotte's airport went from "300 passenger service agents to 30 because of low wages. They’re offering a signing bonus, but the $9 pay isn’t attracting qualified candidates." That may provide some insight into challenges at Washington's National airport, and all over the country finding someone - anyone - to help passengers in need of a wheelch

Scientists Say You Can Have More Than 150 Friends, If You Want


Gizmodo / 1h
In the early 1990s, a British anthropologist named Robin Dunbar argued that humans can’t handle more than 150 stable relationships based on the size of the human brain’s neocortex and observations of other primate groups socializing. Now, a team of researchers in Sweden say that number is bunk. Read more...

Google Pixel Buds A-Series accidentally revealed in official tweet


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The Pixel Buds A, a potentially affordable version of Google's earbuds, may have been confirmed by an official Google tweet and German site.

Valve adds a $1 per month stat tracking service to 'CS:GO'


46Engadget / 1h
In the patch notes for the game's latest update, Valve devotes a single line to CS:GO 360 Stats, a new $1 per month subscription service that'll get you access to match analytics from your competitive, premier and wingman games.

Google leaks its Pixel Buds A-Series earbuds again, this time in a tweet


SlashGear / 1h
The rumored and now essentially confirmed — though still unannounced — Pixel Buds A-Series true wireless earbuds have been leaked by none other than Google itself…again. This time around, the product was the subject of a tweet that apparently went live earlier than planned, one that was quickly deleted, but not soon enough to prevent the news from spreading. Google … Continue reading

Hilton confirms top luxury property redemption rates going up by 25%, but could it spread?


The Points Guy / 1h
It’s going to cost you more to use your Hilton Honors points at one of the top Hilton properties in the world. Hilton Hotels has confirmed it raised its top award night rate to 150,000 Hilton Honors points per night for standard redemptions at one of its top properties. It’s a 25% increase in award price. The increase was first noticed by Gary Leff at View From the Wing . Leff noticed that standa

Musicians Ask Spotify to Promise It'll Never Use Its Creepy Speech-Recognition Patent


Gizmodo / 1h
Earlier this year, Spotify was granted a patent for speech-recognition tech that could potentially recommend music based on your “emotional state, gender, age, or accent.” Now, a coalition of more than 180 artists and human rights organizations has written Spotify a letter asking the company to publicly commit to… Read more...

Biden shifts strategy as national vaccination rate continues to slow


25Ars Technica / 1h
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg ) By July 4—two months from today—the Biden administration wants to have 70 percent of American adults vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 160 million adults fully vaccinated. Currently, over 147.5 million people have re

Merry and Pippin Are Going Podcasting


29Gizmodo / 1h
These days everyone has a podcast , so why not a couple of hobbits talking about life in Middle-earth? That’s exactly what’s happening with The Friendship Onion , which will feature actors Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd talking all things pop culture—and in particular, the franchise that brought them together, The Lord … Read more...

Google Docs update makes collaboration easier than ever


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Google's new Show Editors feature in Docs allows users to quickly see changes made by other contributors.

Stop the Steal: ‘Hacker’ Homecoming Queen Charged as Adult in Vote-Changing Scandal


82Gizmodo / 2h
Authorities appear to have uncovered a vast, nefarious conspiracy to electronically rig an American election in favor of an illegitimate victor. Neither Deep State supercomputers nor Russian intelligence agencies are alleged to have been involved in this one, however. Read more...

The Pentagon's Inspector General Is Investigating the Pentagon's UFO Investigation Program


25Gizmodo / 2h
The military UFO plot has, somehow, thickened yet again: The Inspector General of the Department of Defense is its elf investigating the Pentagon’s program to investigate reports of unidentified aerial phenomena. Read more...

Judge presses Epic on the impact of its antitrust suit against Apple.


100+NYT > Technology / 2h
She asked whether the chief executive understood the economics of apps for food, maps, dating and other nongame uses. “I personally do not,” he replied.

Apple's macOS needs another update (yes, again) to fix vulnerabilities


26Mashable / 2h
Yeah, you need to update your Mac again. It was only last week that Apple alerted customers to a serious security vulnerability that was patched in macOS 11.3. Welp, it's a new week, and the people who brought you $400 computer wheels just dropped a new macOS update that fixes yet another bug. According to Apple, macOS 11.3.1, released Monday , corrects two separate issues which each, if exploite


USGS brings earthquake mobile alerts to the full US West Coast


20SlashGear / 2h
If you live in any of the states along the US West Coast, you’re now covered by the US Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. The USGS announced the expansion today, explaining that the three states in the US most prone to earthquakes — Washington, Oregon, and California — can now deliver mobile alerts when an earthquake is about … Continue reading

Last chance: Increased Amex Delta offers expiring


The Points Guy / 2h
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The Daily Crunch: Tech stocks hammered after US Treasury Secretary speculates on hiking interest rates


100+TechCrunch / 2h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Are startup valuations about to fall? Hello, friends! Alex here to talk to you for a hot second about money. Then we’ll get into startups, venture capital, what Big Tech is up to and more. I promise. But hang with me for a moment. Tech stocks got hammered today: Th

Brex, Ramp tout their view of the future as Divvy is said to consider a sale to Bill.com


100+TechCrunch / 2h
Earlier today recent dog-parent Alex Konrad and fellow Forbes staffer Eliza Haverstock broke the news that Divvy , a Utah-based corporate spend unicorn, is considering selling itself to Bill.com for a price that could top $2 billion. For the fintech sector, it’s big news. Corporate spend startups including Ramp and Brex are raising rapid-fired rounds at ever-higher valuations and growing at ventu

NASA has selected its deep space hardware—now comes the fun part


300+Ars Technica / 2h
Enlarge / NASA's Kathy Lueders, left, and SpaceX's Hans Koenigsmann track the Demo-2 crew mission in 2020. SpaceX is helping to enable NASA to think less about transportation and more about exploration. (credit: NASA) No NASA official would ever admit this in public, but the 2010s have been a frustrating decade for human spaceflight. After the space shuttle retired in 2011, as most everyone knows

Recording the police is risky, but it’s become the norm for Gen Z


28Mashable / 2h
Videos of police encounters have become a crucial tool in holding law enforcement accountable, and for the generation raised with smartphones, recording racial injustice is instinctual. Nowhere has the power of a bystander willing to hit record been more clear than the case of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020. Chauv

These Star Wars Holochess Figures Are Unfathomably Expensive


80Gizmodo / 2h
Star Wars fans celebrate May the Fourth in many ways . Some rewatch the movies. Some get in costume and play with lightsabers . And 77 of them spent $4,800 on a set of the little holochess monsters seen in A New Hope for about five seconds. Read more...

Clubhouse audio chat app is finally coming to Android


28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Months after launching on iOS, the audio-only Clubhouse chat platform is finally gearing up to release a ‘rough beta’ on Android, though it’s unclear when or where it will deploy first.

Boost Mobile's Unlimited Plus plan throws in free virtual doctor visits


50Engadget / 2h
Starting this summer, Boost Mobile will include access to K Health in its Unlimited Plus plan.

Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned


200+Gizmodo / 2h
A series of Instagram ads run by the privacy-positive platform Signal got the messaging app booted from the former’s ad platform, according to a blog post Signal published on Tuesday. The ads were meant to show users the bevy of data that Instagram and its parent company Facebook collects on users, by... targeting… Read more...

No, Joe Biden Isn't 8 Feet Tall (and Other Camera Tricks)


Lifehacker / 3h
On Monday, a photo came out with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden kneeling next to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. The older couple is dwarfed by the Bidens; Joe and Jill look like ogre-sized heads of state, while the Carters look Smurf-sized, sinking into their large floral-pattern chairs. Read more...

Google May Have Inadvertently Just Spilled the Beans About the Pixel Buds A on Twitter


Gizmodo / 3h
Google I/O 2021 is just a couple of weeks away, but in the run-up to its annual developer conference, Google may have just accidentally confirmed the existence of the Pixel Buds A on Twitter. Read more...

Pulse Secure says it has fixed VPN issue that saw major targets hacked


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliance is finally fixed.

Study finds tree nuts offer major benefits when dieting to lose weight


SlashGear / 3h
Incorporating tree nuts like walnuts and cashews into a calorie-deficit diet may help dieters lose weight and keep it off, at least according to a new study from UCLA. The study involved putting two groups of overweight and obese people on a diet, one assigned tree nuts as part of their meals and another assigned pretzels. Though both groups lost … Continue reading

Donald Trump's response to social media bans is... a blog


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100+Engadget / 3h
Mere hours before Facebook's Oversight Board announced its ruling as to whether or not it will allow the former president back onto its platform, Trump seized the initiative and unveiled a brand new communications platform of his very own.

Google leaks its own 'Pixel Buds A-Series' with new fast pairing tech


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67Engadget / 3h
Google inadvertently revealed a new set of Pixel Buds that are coming soon.

Revel’s Frank Reig shares how he built his business and what he’s planning


100+TechCrunch / 3h
It’s only been three years since they hit the streets and Revel’s blue electric mopeds have already become a common sight in New York, San Francisco and a growing number of U.S. cities. However, Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig has set his sights far beyond building a shared moped service. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, Revel has launched an e-bike subscription service , an EV charging sta

Stop Shaming People Who Aren’t Ready To Travel


View from the Wing / 3h
While travel shaming may have been understandable at the start of the pandemic, and getting out into the world may make sense for many that have been vaccinated, this is a time for tolerance of others' risk profiles and preferences since we're in an 'in-between space' where there's still virus spreading and still people at great risk for it, even as an increasing number of people face very low ri

Netflix IT exec forced employees to use products from vendors that bribed him


67Ars Technica / 3h
Netflix's former vice president of IT operations was convicted of taking bribes from technology vendors in exchange for awarding them contracts with Netflix, the US Department of Justice announced Friday . The former Netflix VP's illegal scheme forced colleagues to use a variety of products, including one that suffered from "severe" performance problems and another that Netflix employees objected

'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' makes clones interesting again


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44Mashable / 3h
Ever since an eager Luke Skywalker breathlessly asked Obi-Wan Kenobi about fighting in the Clone Wars in a throwaway line from Star Wars: A New Hope , the clone army has been an integral part of Star Wars lore Star Wars: Attack of the Clones gave fans their first look at how and why the clone army exists and the Clone Wars began, but it wasn't until Dave Filoni's animated Star Wars: The Clone War


Boston Dynamics' robo-dog got a new nickname from Ford Motors — Future Blink


24Mashable / 3h
Ford is leasing two Spot robo-dogs from Boston Dynamics (and nicknaming one of them Fluffy) for an assembly plant pilot program. Read more... More about Dogs , Robots , Mashable Video , Boston Dynamics , and Ford

Investors cheer as Lyft’s Q1 revenue didn’t fall as much as expected


52TechCrunch / 3h
Investors gave Lyft’s value a small bump Tuesday after the American ride-hailing company reported results that weren’t quite as bad as the company, and Wall Street, had expected. Shares of the Uber competitor rose as much as 4.5% in after-hours trading following the disclosure of its financial performance from the first three months of the year. As of the time of writing those gains have fallen t

The new abnormal is warming up the US government’s new climate norms


55Ars Technica / 3h
Enlarge / What a difference a decade makes. Even though 2/3 of the data in the new normals is present in the previous ones, the last decade's still been hot enough to drag the temperatures upwards. (credit: NOAA ) On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a set of data it terms the "US Climate Normals." Updated once a decade, the figures contained in the repo

Too Many of You Still Believe in 5G Conspiracy Theories


41Gizmodo / 3h
5G conspiracies are nothing new . They’ve been tirelessly debunked several times and yet a 2021 survey found that roughly 24% of people believe that at least one 5G conspiracy is true. C’mon, really? Read more...

You need to update your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch right now


SlashGear / 3h
Apple’s recently-released iPhone and iPad update doesn’t just fix a privacy bug, but patch two significant security issues which the Cupertino firm says may have already been exploited in the wild. The company’s advice is that users update to iOS 14.5.1 and iPadOS 14.5.1 as soon as possible, in addition to Macs and Apple Watches, so as to protect their … Continue reading

Is All Travel Fair Game If You’re Fully Vaccinated?


47One Mile at a Time / 3h
All American adults have had access to coronavirus vaccines for a couple of weeks now. A lot of people were waiting for the vaccine before they felt comfortable traveling again, so hopefully anyone who is eligible is choosing to get vaccinated. Everyone in my family (including me) is now fully vaccinated, and I’m eternally grateful to scientists for making that possible. To be honest, I was over-

The Next COVID Vaccine Could Come in Pill Form


42Futurism / 4h
While millions of people are offering up their arms to get a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, labs around the world are already working on the next generation of inoculations. The result is that future COVID vaccines could come in the form of a simple pill or nasal spray, making their distribution significantly easier, as The Wall Street Journal reports . Apart from being much easier to give out, gove

A Blob of Dark Matter Appears to Be Floating Outside Our Galaxy


300+Futurism / 4h
Dragging Behind Scientists have looked seemingly everywhere in space for dark matter, which is the elusive, invisible substance thought to make up most of the stuff in the universe. Now, a team of astrophysicists is looking outward, beyond our own galaxy, where they think a blob of dark matter might be hiding in plain sight, according to Live Science . Trailing behind the Large Magellanic Cloud,

Making Fun of Superman Is Tradition


52Gizmodo / 4h
As part of DC’s new Infinite Frontier relaunch—meant to build on the foundation laid by its Death Metal and Future State titles—the comic publisher’s set to put out a new miniseries. It kicked off with the massive Infinite Frontier #0 featuring a bevy of creative talent ahead of writer Joshua Williamson and artist… Read more...

Watch Royal Marines fly like Iron Man in new jet suit demonstration


36SlashGear / 4h
The UK’s Royal Marines recently demonstrated the use of a jet suit that enabled them to fly one-by-one from an inflatable boat over the ocean to a massive navy ship. The exercise was a demonstration of Gravity Industries’ jet suit, which bestows the wearer with a flying ability remarkably similar to that of Iron Man. The demonstration video was published … Continue reading

Epic thinks EGS could make up 35-50% of the PC gaming market by 2024


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24Ars Technica / 4h
In 2019, the EGS saw a series of daily user spikes surrounding the release of new free games. [credit: Epic v. Apple court filing ] Last month, a filing in the Epic v. Apple court case showed the public just how much money Epic has been throwing around to secure exclusive "guarantees" and offer free games in an effort to establish a market foothold for the Epic Games Store (EGS). Now, a new filin

Musicians ask Spotify to publicly abandon controversial speech recognition patent


76Engadget / 4h
Access Now, along with several other groups and a collection of more than 180 musicians, are asking the company to publicly commit to never using, licensing, selling or monetizing the system it patented.

Leaked Slides Show the Gas Industry Is Freaking Out


200+Gizmodo / 4h
At the end of April, the Twitter account for Eversource, the biggest utility in New England, posted an upbeat video on the utility’s clean energy goals full of rich stock footage of windmills and solar panels and set to a rousing gospel-style song. Read more...

AWS still leads global cloud market despite Azure surge


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
AWS may control the largest share of the global cloud market but Microsoft Azure is steadily making inroads.

Don't Expect More Software Updates for the Samsung Galaxy S8


100+Gizmodo / 4h
It’s always a sad day in Androidland when a popular smartphone officially reaches its end of life. Samsung will no longer push software updates to its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones. Read more...

Time to Update Your Google Pixel With Another Security Patch (May 2021 Edition)


38Lifehacker / 4h
The May 2021 Pixel security update is ready, and you shouldn’t waste time installing it on your device. Read more...

Zoom Claims Another Victim as NYC Schools Cancel Snow Days


41Gizmodo / 4h
Chalk up one more precious thing the pandemic has ruined. On Tuesday, the New York City Department of Education announced that it would no longer allow kids to stay home from school on especially snowy or bad weather days; instead, schools will switch to remote learning. Read more...

Stadia Pro subscribers get a big free game for Star Wars Day


SlashGear / 4h
Today happens to be Star Wars Day, and while that means sales on games and toys, for Google Stadia users it means a free Star Wars game. Google today announced a new Star Wars-themed addition to the Stadia Pro lineup, which is a collection of free games available to those with active memberships to Google’s Stadia Pro tier. Google has … Continue reading

The Mitchells vs the Machines Team Explain How They Made One of the Best Animated Movies of 2021


100+Gizmodo / 4h
If you haven’t watched Sony’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines yet—it’s streaming on Netflix—you should do that immediately. Co-directors and writers Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe tell the story of a family traveling across the country to bring the daughter to college when a robot apocalypse threatens to take over the… Read more...


Twitter's Upcoming Subscription Service Looms Following Latest Acquisition


24Gizmodo / 4h
While Twitter has yet to officially outline plans for its upcoming subscription service, the social media giant continues to prep for its release with the acquisition of Scroll. Read more...

Argo AI says its latest LiDAR sensor has a 400-meter range


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50Engadget / 4h
The tech could bolster Ford and Volkswagen's self-driving ambitions.

Severe Cancer Is on the Rise


1KFuturism / 5h
As the coronavirus pandemic enters its 15th official month , patients who decided to avoid doctor’s appointments to minimize infection risk are now being diagnosed with shockingly severe cases of cancer that unfortunately went ignored for months. Preventive cancer screenings dropped by about 94 percent during the first months of the pandemic, and as a result cancer cases went either undetected or

Malaysia Airlines is latest to say it will abandon the Airbus A380


32The Points Guy / 5h
When Airbus introduced its superjumbo A380 , the double-decker plane solved a problem — skyrocketing demand and increasingly limited airport availability — that simply doesn’t exist today. Even in its most-spacious configuration , the Airbus A380 can fit nearly 500 passengers across four classes of service and two nose-to-tail decks. Filling one to capacity is unusually difficult during a pandemi

How to Set Your Own Default Font in Microsoft Word


20Lifehacker / 5h
Say it ain’t so, Calibri. I’ve always favored Microsoft’s default Word font—much more so than Times New Roman, at least, which Microsoft replaced with Calibri way back in Office 2007. And while Microsoft is finally looking to shake things up again with a new default font, you don’t have to follow the whims of Redmond… Read more...

Colorful Photos Reveal the Secrets of Australia’s Twilight Zone Coral Gardens


37Gizmodo / 5h
In the depths of the ocean off the northwest Australian coast lie vast, mysterious ecosystems. Until recently, they were completely undocumented by scientists. A team of researchers changed that in mid-April, though, after they boarded an oceanic research vessel known as the R/V Falkor. Equipped with advanced robotic… Read more...

Instagram automatic captions sticker: How and where


SlashGear / 5h
This week the folks at Instagram released a system in which users can place a “sticker” in their video that auto-captions audio. This captions sticker was released to Stories for Instagram this week, and it may only be available for a limited set of users at first. If you’ve seen this same sort of functionality in Instagram before now, chances … Continue reading

SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, claims over 500,000 service pre-orders so far


100+TechCrunch / 5h
SpaceX has launched 60 more of its Starlink internet broadband satellites — on “Star Wars Day,” no less, and only five days after it launched the last batch . The company has now delivered 420 Starlink satellites since the beginning of March, a sum that the SpaceX CEO and founder must not be aware of because he definitely would’ve tweeted about it by now if he was. This launch took off from Cape

Deal alert: Fly to London this summer in American business class from 57,500 miles each way


100+The Points Guy / 5h
Europe is getting set to reopen in the coming months so now may be the best time to book travel. The European Union is expected to allow vaccinated travelers , including U.S. residents, to enter by summer. Additionally, support is mounting for the United Kingdom and U.S. to reestablish an air travel corridor by this June. As first reported by View From The Wing , we’re currently seeing one-way bu

New Spectre attack once again sends Intel and AMD scrambling for a fix


100+Ars Technica / 5h
Enlarge (credit: Intel ) Since 2018, an almost endless series of attacks broadly known as Spectre has kept Intel and AMD scrambling to develop defenses to mitigate vulnerabilities that allow malware to pluck passwords and other sensitive information directly out of silicon. Now, researchers say they’ve devised a new attack that breaks most—if not all—of those on-chip defenses. Spectre got its nam

For Trump and Facebook, judgment day is around the corner


200+TechCrunch / 5h
Facebook unceremoniously confiscated Trump’s biggest social media megaphone months ago, but the former president might be poised to snatch it back. Facebook’s Oversight Board, an external Supreme Court-like policy decision making group, will either restore Trump’s Facebook privileges or banish him forever on Wednesday. Whatever happens, it’s a huge moment for Facebook’s nascent experiment in outs

The Meatless Movement Could Become a Class War


22Gizmodo / 5h
On Monday, New York City’s Eleven Madison Park announced it would no longer serve meat as part of its $315 tasting menu. It quickly met with conservative backlash that’s become de rigeur with anything remotely resembling a pro-climate choice. Read more...

Concept App That Pays You Bitcoin to Name-Drop Brands Is the Future and You Know It


36Gizmodo / 5h
Companies swear up and down that they aren’t using smartphone apps to eavesdrop on our conversations and serve up hyper-focused ads. But this distressing concept app called SayPal , which tips users in Bitcoin every time they mention a brand, demonstrates that it’s probably not going to be very long before that’s… Read more...

How to Build Your Business Credit Score, and Why It Matters


20Lifehacker / 5h
Most business owners are aware of their personal credit score, but a study suggests that 60% of them don’t know their business credit score—yet this number is essential when it comes to securing vendor contracts and qualifying for loans at competitive rates. Here’s what you need to know about establishing your… Read more...

Twitter’s Scroll acquisition paves way for premium subscription features


SlashGear / 5h
Twitter has announced its acquisition of Scroll, a startup service that enables Internet users to read articles with all of the extraneous bits like advertisements removed. The company notes that Scroll will play a role in its subscription service plans, joining Twitter’s newsletter plan with its recent Revue acquisition. Twitter, despite how big of a role it plays in online … Continue reading

Tesla may have paid $3 to buy patents for making cleaner EV batteries


100+Engadget / 5h
Public records found by TechCrunch show a small Toronto-based startup called Spingpower International sold several patent applications to Tesla.

Air France reopens its famed La Première lounge — with some refurbishments


51The Points Guy / 5h
One of the world’s most exclusive first-class lounges has reopened — and it’s gotten a facelift. During the pandemic , Air France has taken the downturn in travel to completely close its La Première lounge and revamp some of its interior. As confirmed to TPG by an Air France spokesperson, the new and refurbished La Première lounge has reopened its doors for eligible passengers as of Tuesday, May

This Little Cube Puts Game Boy Games On the Big Screen


41Gizmodo / 5h
Back in ‘94, Nintendo released the Super Game Boy, a cartridge adapter that made Game Boy games playable on a TV through the SNES. Hyperkin’s new Retron Sq does the exact same thing, but as a standalone console that offers modern HDMI connectivity. Its simplicity makes it easy for anyone to use, but it also holds the… Read more...

Scientists Say New Experiment Will Determine “Fate of the Universe”


500+Futurism / 5h
For much of the 20th century, astronomers believed that the expansion of the universe would eventually slow due to gravity. At some point, it would stop expanding altogether, before collapsing in on itself in a “big crunch.” But since then, researchers have discovered that the universe instead appears to be expanding at an exponential rate due a mysterious force later named “dark energy,” which a

United is giving airport and flight crews more flexibility to hold flights for connecting flyers


500+The Points Guy / 5h
United Airlines will empower ground crews to help ensure passengers make connections without having to worry about being penalized for missing certain metrics, TPG has learned. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviation newsletter! In a video to airline staff, a transcript of which was viewed by TPG and confirmed by the airline, CEO Scott Kirby said that the air


A new YouTube feature will make its connected TV ads more shoppable


100+TechCrunch / 5h
YouTube today gave advertisers a sneak peek at its plans to make its video platform more shoppable. The company will soon be introducing a new interactive feature aimed at advertisers, called brand extensions, which will allow YouTube viewers to learn more about a product they see on the screen with a click of a button. The new ad format will allow the advertiser to highlight their website link o

Cased announces $2.25M seed round to help developers work in production environments


96TechCrunch / 5h
An issue every developer faces is dealing with problems on a live application without messing it up. In fact, in many companies such access is restricted. Cased , an early stage startup, has come up with a solution to provide a way to work safely with the live application. Today, the company announced a $2.25 million seed round led by Founders Fund along with a group of prestigious technology ang

Update to iOS 14.5.1 Right Now or Your iPhone Is a Sitting Duck for Hackers


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Apple has rushed out fixes to two major vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS 14.5 , last month’s update that implemented its App Tracking Transparency feature. Both bugs could have allowed malicious parties to remotely execute code, possibly leading to the takeover of an affected device. That means you need to update your… Read more...

Today’s best deals: $40 Nintendo Switch games, Kindle Paperwhite, and more


Ars Technica / 6h
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Today's Dealmaster includes a handful of notable first-party Nintendo Switch games marked down to $40 at various retailers, including Super Mario Odyssey , New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe , Fire Emblem: Three Houses , and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition . While we've seen a couple of these games go for slightly less around Black Friday, Nintendo still tends

Dell just patched a driver security flaw dating from 2009


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Dell users should install the company's latest patch now to avoid falling victim to any potential attacks exploiting these flaws.

Ford cuts 2022 E-Transit price before the electric van even launches


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Ford has dropped the starting price of its 2022 E-Transit all-electric van, even before the EV has made it to dealerships. Announced last November, and with order books expected to open in July 2021, the E-Transit looks at first glance like its longstanding gasoline counterpart, something Ford says is very intentional. In fact, a lot about the 2022 E-Transit has … Continue reading

Limited-time offers for Chase Ink business cardholders


The Points Guy / 6h
To kick off National Small Business Week, Chase is offering exclusive savings for business cardholders. For the month of May, all Ink business cardholders can redeem their points for select discounted gift cards. Depending on the card you own, you may be eligible to redeem your points for Apple products at an elevated rate. New to The Points Guy? Sign up for our daily newsletter and join our comm

How to break into Silicon Valley as an outsider


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Nathan Beckord Contributor Nathan Beckord is CEO of Foundersuite.com , a software platform for raising capital and managing investors that has helped entrepreneurs raise over $2 billion since 2016. He is also the host of Foundersuite’s How I Raised It podcast. More posts by this contributor The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making) Founders seeking their first check need a fund

Capital One Is Back With 100,000 Mile Offer For Venture Card


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There's no question that Capital One Venture is the most improved rewards card of the last few years. It's gone from a celebrity endorsed card I didn't used to think about daily, to becoming one that I absolutely love. The card's changes have even made me like Jennifer Garner more. Continue reading ...

Epson EcoTank Pro printers make “Unlimited Ink” a reality


SlashGear / 6h
A set of new Epson printers revealed this week are included in the company’s “Unlimited Ink for Two Years Program.” They’re both EcoTank printers, which mean they have ink tanks that can be refilled relatively easily. The whole EcoTank system isn’t strictly new – this is only the newest set – but now that they’ve made them for a while, … Continue reading

60% of School Apps Are Sharing Your Kids' Data With Third Parties


500+Gizmodo / 6h
Over the past year, we’ve seen schools shift to digital services at an unprecedented rate as a way to educate kids safely during the covid-19 pandemic. We’ve also seen these digital tools slurp up these kid’s data at a similarly unprecedented rate, suffer massive breaches , and generally handle student’s personal… Read more...

Fantastic New United Quest Card Offers Up To 100K Bonus Miles


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New United Quest℠ Card 3x miles on United 2x miles at restaurants no foreign transaction fees Annual Fee: $250 Apply Now Chase and United Airlines have a co-brand credit card agreement for both personal and small business cards. The New United Quest℠ Card was launched several weeks ago, and I’m extremely impressed by the value proposition of this card. In this post I wanted to take a detailed loo

Microsoft’s Reading Progress makes assessing reading levels easier for kids and teachers


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Among the many, many tasks required of grade school teachers is that of gauging each student’s reading level, usually by a time-consuming and high-pressure one-on-one examination. Microsoft’s new Reading Progress application takes some of the load off the teacher’s shoulders, allowing kids to do their reading at home and using natural language understanding to help highlight obstacles and progres

Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the-home footprint


63Ars Technica / 6h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Rafe Swan) Frontier Communications emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, saying that it plans to double its fiber-to-the-premises footprint by extending fiber to an additional 3 million homes and businesses. "Frontier is deploying capital and pursuing an extensive fiber build-out plan that will accelerate the company's transformation from a legacy provider

Spider-Man Andrew Garfield Claims He’s Not in No Way Home


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The ongoing battle between film fans and non-disclosure agreements continues. Read more...

New Culture War Just Dropped: World’s Largest Jeweler Pivots to Lab-Grown Diamonds


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If you can bring yourself to wear a diamond that doesn’t represent a shaved-down bit of the planet’s finite supply, but is chemically identical to the original product and denies warlords funding—then Pandora is your shop. The world’s largest jeweler (in sheer volume of product), known for charm bracelets, has… Read more...

Woman Brutally Attacked With Hammer for Wearing Mask


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On Sunday night, a woman in New York City approached two Asian women and bashed one over the head with a hammer, according to NBC New York , because the victim was wearing a mask to protect herself against the coronavirus pandemic that, believe it or not, is still raging on . The attack, which was caught on video , represents two of the ugliest parts of the American response to COVID-19: a distur

Argo’s new lidar sensor could help Ford, VW deploy self-driving vehicles at scale


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Four years ago, Argo AI made its first acquisition as a young, newly backed self-driving vehicle startup. Now, Argo says its acquisition of lidar company Princeton Lightwave is paying off and is poised to help it deliver autonomous vehicles that can operate commercially on highways and in dense urban areas starting next year. Argo AI unveiled Tuesday details on a long-range lidar sensor that it c

Announcing the TechCrunch Early Stage Marketing & Fundraising agenda


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In April, we brought you over a dozen breakout sessions on fundraising and operations at the TC Early Stage event. Calendly’s Tope Awotona explained how to bootstrap effectively, Marlon Nichols shared how to get an investor’s attention, Zoom CRO Ryan Azus talked about how to build and lead a sales team, and Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan told us about the worst startup habits and how to kick them. B

‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’ is now free on Stadia Pro


67Engadget / 6h
Just in time for Star Wars Day.


How to Make a Single Glass of Sweet Tea


91Lifehacker / 6h
Even though I lived in Mississippi for the first portion of my childhood (and visited nearly every year after we moved to California), I did not grow up drinking sweet tea. My mom never cared for sugar—she drank water and, to a lesser extent, Diet Coke—and my grandmother sweetened her pitchers of tea with… Read more...

Pokemon GO Xerneas raid counters, and how you’ll win


SlashGear / 6h
This week it’s time to head out and fight Shiny* Xereas in Pokemon GO, just so long as it’s not Cloudy! If you’re battling Xereas as a raid boss in Pokemon GO, you’ll need either 3+ players at level 30 or higher, or between 2 and 3 players who are level 40. If you have anything less… you’re in for … Continue reading

Here’s how much Epic paid for Borderlands 3 exclusivity


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One of the most controversial things Epic has done with the Epic Games Store involves signing exclusivity contracts with developers and publishers. These contracts make PC games exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a certain period of time, specifically keeping them off Steam – the most popular PC gaming store around. There have been a lot of notable Epic … Continue reading

Review: Shadow and Bone is a worthy adaptation of the Grishaverse novels


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Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, a cartographer in the First Army of Ravka. [credit: Netflix ] A lowly orphan and military cartographer in a war-torn world discovers she may be the key to her country's survival in Shadow and Bone , a new Netflix series based on young adult author Leigh Bardugo's bestselling "Grishaverse" novels. Those YA roots are mostly hidden in this lavish, entertaining a

Dogecoin price surges to new all-time high on eToro listing


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Dogecoin has reached a new all-time high after being listed on both eToro and Gemini.

What If You Clean Your Tub While You Shower?


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Every step of cleaning a bathtub seems like it was engineered to be as annoying as possible. You have to get on your knees to give it a proper scrub, which is physically awkward at best, and painful at worst. Cleaning the walls is impossible unless you actually step in, a fact I only remember after I’ve already… Read more...

Natural Radio Signals Detected in Venus’s Atmosphere


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During its third flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recorded natural radio emissions from within the Venusian atmosphere. The finding is confirmation that Venus’s upper atmosphere undergoes major changes in accordance with the Sun’s 11-year cycle, providing new insights into this enigmatic—and utterly… Read more...

Legends of Tomorrow Had a Huge Reveal No One Cares About, Not Even the Legends


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When Legends of Tomorrow made its incredibly welcome return for season six this Sunday, it revealed a major secret about one of the show’s main characters that somehow fans haven’t bothered to be bothered by. Hell, even the Legends don’t care, and here’s why that’s awesome. Read more...

Instagram rolls out its auto-captioning sticker in Stories


49Engadget / 7h
After some people got a chance to see the feature early, Instagram is adding a new sticker to Stories that allows English-speaking users to add auto-generated captions to their videos.

MIT Researcher Says UFO Research Could Lead to New Laws of Physics


1KFuturism / 7h
Breaking Physics The US military has started to take reports of “unidentified aerial objects” more seriously in recent years, even setting up a taskforce to investigate strange sightings by its personnel. Many of the reports include mysterious objects spotted by Navy pilots, traveling through the sky at astonishing speeds and seemingly defying the laws of physics. That’s why, according to Rizwan

Delta upgrades Iceland route with wide-body Boeing 767 jet


300+The Points Guy / 7h
Delta’s first flight to Iceland in nearly two years just landed on Sunday. The Atlanta-based carrier resumed daily flights from JFK to Iceland, with Flight 246 from New York-JFK arriving to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) at 7:36 a.m. local time. It’s part of broader new daily service from Boston launching on May 20 and from Minneapolis-St. Paul, which resumes May 27. Delta last flew to Icel

Twitter buys Scroll to power its upcoming subscription service


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Twitter has acquired news startup Scroll to help it build a subscription service inside Twitter.

Cognixion’s brain-monitoring headset enables fluid communication for people with severe disabilities


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Of the many frustrations of having a severe motor impairment, the difficulty of communicating must surely be among the worst. The tech world has not offered much succor to those affected by things like locked-in syndrome, ALS and severe strokes, but startup Cognixion aims to with a novel form of brain monitoring that, combined with a modern interface, could make speaking and interaction far simpl

USGS earthquake warning system expands to cover entire West Coast


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Washington residents will now receive mobile alerts about impending shaking.

Everyone Needs to Relax About the Oxford Comma


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If you’re looking for a grammatical convention guaranteed to spark an unnecessarily outraged debate, look no further than the Oxford comma [Editor’s note: I don’t know that I’d call it unnecessary] . The Oxford comma, you see, isn’t just any old comma—it’s the comma that maintains lexical order and keeps things… Read more...

Forerunner’s Eurie Kim and Oura’s Harpreet Rai discuss betting on consumer hardware


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There’s a stark contrast between Oura’s deck and the others we pored through on Extra Crunch Live. The slides CEO Harpreet Rai brought to the event were the clear output of a more mature and confident company seeking out its Series B. It’s a company with a focus, aware of where it wants the product to go and do (and it went there, announcing a massive followup round on Tuesday). Then there’s that

Researchers raise bats in helium-rich air to check how they sense sound


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Enlarge (credit: Bernd Wolter / EyeEm ) It's now well-established that bats can develop a mental picture of their environment using echolocation. But we're still figuring out what that means—how bats take the echoes of their own vocalizations and use them to figure out the locations of objects. In a paper released today, researchers provide evidence that bats engage in echolocation in part becaus

A NASA Spacecraft Just “Touched” the Outer Layer of the Sun


2KFuturism / 7h
Ouch! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just took its closest pass to the Sun yet, veering so close that it “ touched ” the star’s blisteringly hot outer atmosphere — and gave NASA an unprecedented firsthand look at it. The car-sized spacecraft has zoomed past the Sun a few times now, veering closer and closer each time, according to CNET . Each time, it uses nearby Venus’ gravitational pull as a sort of

Multicoin Capital debuts new $100M fund to bet on crypto startups and tokens


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Crypto startups couldn’t be hotter as currencies push past all-time highs and investor appetite reaches mania for new projects. Crypto investment firms that have been investing in blockchain startups for years are not only beginning to see major movement from their portfolio, but are gaining renewed appetite from LPs after a lengthy crypto winter to make bigger, more audacious bets. Austin-based

Gates divorce: Business 'as usual' for foundation


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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is likely to continue as now, Dr Beth Breeze says.


The business value of Cloud Foundry and its future


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Cloud Foundry makes it possible for enterprises to build, test, deploy and scale software significantly faster.

2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo Review: Perfect Pairing


SlashGear / 7h
Fun and practicality are a tricky combination in the world of crossovers, but the 2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo could be the answer for those whose budget doesn’t stretch to Porsche territory. While the Macan Turbo may blend engaging dynamics with its family-friendly form, the Mazda throws in unexpected attainability too. I’m already a CX-30 skeptic-turned-convert. Last year’s non-turbo version proved …

Amazon Prime Day sneak peek: Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Kindle and more on sale


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Amazon is giving us a sneak peek of its upcoming Prime Day sale with deals on the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Kindle, and more.

Fitness ring maker Oura raises $100M


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It’s been a wild couple of years for Oura. Last year, in particular, proved to be a major driver for the wearable fitness manufacturer. With the pandemic bringing professional sports to a screeching halt in 2020, a number of major leagues have adopted the ring, including the NBA, WNBA, UFC and NASCAR. The company has also been making a major push into health research courtesy of UCSF, which has p

How Disney’s “real” lightsaber works: Like 2x tape measures


32SlashGear / 7h
Today Disney released a video of a mechanical real-world lightsaber that’ll appear in their Galactic Starcruiser experience. That’s the two-night vacation event at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida that’ll be opening in the year 2022. The lightsaber is real – real as far as your eyes are concerned, and real as you’ll see it in person at said resort … Continue reading

Slow-Mo Footage Reveals the Unique Way Plasma TVs Displayed a Single Frame of Video


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As fun as it is to watch things go boom in slow motion, high-speed cameras are more useful as educational and research tools, revealing phenomena that are otherwise imperceptible to the naked human eye, like the weird way old plasma TVs would display a single frame of video by flashing various parts of the image in… Read more...

Ahead of the M2 chip release, the Apple Mac Mini with M1 chip is at its lowest price ever


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Save $99.01: The 2020 Apple Mac Mini with Apple M1 chip (8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) is $799.99 at Amazon as of May 4 with an additional discount at checkout. Apple dropped a ton of new products on us during their last event, but it's never enough to stop new rumors. The latest hot gossip is that the newer, more powerful Apple M2 processor might be ready to ship later this summer. But if you need a new c

Will Smith's next YouTube series is all about how he got fit


63Engadget / 8h
"Best Shape of My Life" leads YouTube's new original lineup.

Pressure mounts on governments to establish US-UK travel corridor by June


100+The Points Guy / 8h
Pressure is mounting on the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom to reestablish an air corridor for open travel between the two countries. Ahead of the G7 Summit in England in June, travel industry executives, unions, businesses and operators have turned to the highest of powers to get restrictions on travel between the U.S. and U.K. lifted. Sign up to receive the daily TPG new

Here are all the best Star Wars Day deals for May the 4th


Mashable / 8h
May the fourth be with you: Star Wars day is upon us once again. While it may be a bittersweet holiday for fans who have finished watching The Mandalorian , it's a great excuse to rekindle your love for the franchise and score amazing deals on Star Wars-themed games, clothing, accessories and more. SEE ALSO: 10 facts about the 'Star Wars' universe for May the 4th From a Mandalorian-inspired Polar

What to Do If You Lose Your Vaccine Card


74Lifehacker / 8h
While debates rage about whether we need national or state “vaccine passports,” the truth is that we already have one, and it’s a little piece of paper with some numbers and your name scrawled on it. These cards, originally intended as a convenient reminder for personal use, are increasingly being used as proof of… Read more...

WhatsApp unleashes a six-pack of sticker sets


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Liven up your chats with six brand new sticker sets, available now.

Stores Still Matter. Where’s Amazon?


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People are eager to return to grocery stores, but Amazon seems to be missing the opportunity.

Goodbye again, Flash—Microsoft makes removal from Windows 10 mandatory


100+Ars Technica / 8h
Microsoft rings yet another bell in the dirge for Flash—the KB that removes it from Windows 10 will become mandatory this July. (credit: Adobe) Microsoft, Apple, Google, Mozilla, and even Adobe itself have all deprecated Adobe Flash technology, which reached end of life on January 1 of this year. This July, Microsoft is taking things one step further— KB4577586 , aka Update for Removal of Adobe F

How the next Patent Office director could shape the patent system


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Enlarge / Joe Biden speaks at a rally in Georgia on April 29, 2021. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) In the next few weeks, President Joe Biden is expected to choose a new director for the US Patent and Trademark Office. In recent days, I've talked to a dozen people who are deeply involved in the patent system. During these conversations, three names came up over and over again a

Microsoft Is Cutting the Adobe Flash Cord in July


100+Gizmodo / 8h
Adobe Flash officially reached end of life at the end of 2020, and now Microsoft is removing Flash from Windows 10 this summer. Read more...

Microsoft is Killing the Adobe Flash Plugin on Windows 10


62How-To Geek / 8h
After stripping Flash from its Reader and Acrobat PDF programs in November, and officially cutting off support for it in January, Adobe will now be removing its Flash Player plugin from Windows 10 starting in July. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Amazon Scores 'Thursday Night Football' Rights a Year Early


How-To Geek / 8h
This week the National Football League confirmed that starting in the 2022-2023 season Thursday Night Football will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, a year earlier than expected. We knew this was coming and didn’t expect it until 2023, but Fox canceled its contract a year early. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Echo Show Mode Turns Some Lenovo Laptops Into Alexa Smart Displays


46How-To Geek / 8h
Select Lenovo laptops now support Echo Show Mode, an Alexa interface that turns your laptop into a smart display. Much like a dedicated Echo Show hub, Lenovo laptops in Show Mode offer a 100% hands-free experience for looking up recipes, checking the weather, streaming video, and more. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Ericsson targets SMBs with '5G ready' remote desktop


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Ericsson Wireless Office offers secure, subscription-based access to business apps and It infrastructure.


Delta Premium Select Coming To 767-300s & A330s


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Delta Air Lines will be reconfiguring some of its existing long haul aircraft, though I’m rather disappointed by the details of this. Premium Select coming to 767-300s & A330s Delta has revealed plans to reconfigure more wide body aircraft this spring. Specifically, Delta will be installing Premium Select seats on Boeing 767-300s, Airbus A330-200s, and Airbus A330-300s . The first reconfigured 76

My Favorite Cinematic Space Battles


100+Gizmodo / 8h
From For All Mankind to Space Sweepers , every day more great sci-fi adventures grace our screens both big and small. All signs point to a sci-fi renaissance filled with reluctant heroes, scrappy misfits, and snarky sentient robots . Of course, I can’t forget one of the most quintessential staples of the genre: the epic… Read more...

Cybertruck RV Attachment Sells $50 Million in Preorders


1KFuturism / 8h
CyberLandr Tesla’s much-hyped Cybertruck hasn’t even rolled off the lot yet — but enthusiasts are already flocking to pre-order accessories in an effort to build out their electric pickups into truly off-the-grid homes away from home. Case in point, Las Vegas-based company Stream It has created an RV add-on called CyberLandr for the Cybertruck, cashing in on more than $50 million in future revenu

Pivoting from offline into virtual events for enterprises nets Tame a $5.5M seed round


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In March 2020, Tame had a digital event suite for offline corporate events. But with the pandemic hitting, it did a hard pivot into providing a highly customizable virtual events platform, primarily used by companies for their sales events. The result is that it has now raised a seed round of $5.5 million, a large round for its native Denmark, led by VF Venture (The Danish Growth Fund), along wit

Bentley's first EV will be an SUV built on Audi's Project Artemis


51Engadget / 8h
When Bentley releases its first all-electric model by 2025, it will be an SUV, according to CEO Adrian Hallmark.

The Weird, Unholy Alliance of Tucker Carlson and Environmentalists


53Gizmodo / 8h
Tucker Carlson has used his platform to, among other things , undermine climate science and lie about renewable energy. Yet last week, he put out an impassioned plea to save the Maine woods, claiming that “real environmentalists” should oppose a power line connecting Quebec hydropower to the U.S. Bizarrely, he and the… Read more...

E.V. Buying Guide: What to Know About Models, Batteries, Charging and More


200+NYT > Technology / 8h
Buying an electric car can be exciting and bewildering. Consider what kind of car you want and need and where you will charge.

Blue Origin is ready to start selling suborbital space travel tickets


24Mashable / 8h
Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin is about start selling seats for its New Shepard rocket. Prices have not yet been set, but with seats on Virgin Galactic's suborbital flight costing $250,000, it’s safe to say it won’t be cheap. Read more... More about Jeff Bezos , Tickets , Blue Origin New Shepard , Space Flight , and Tech

Star Wars Pinball VR shows that the savior of the arcade could be your Oculus headset


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This Star Wars day the latest game in the franchise shows that VR isn’t reserved for out of this world experiences.

IAC’s NurseFly rebrands to Vivian Health as it expands its healthcare jobs marketplace


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NurseFly, the healthcare jobs marketplace owned by IAC , has rebranded to Vivian Health as it expands its range of services. Originally launched for traveling nurses (or nurses willing to travel for short-term positions), Vivian Health now includes listings for permanent positions, per diem shifts and local openings. It also added employer reviews and a pay database that uses information gathered

Why You Should Take Online Personality Quizzes With Your Tween


26Lifehacker / 8h
My 10-year-old recently discovered a quintessential preteen pastime that I recall thoroughly enjoying when I was a tween and teenager in the ‘90s: Personality quizzes. Of course, in the ‘90s, you had to wait for the latest issue of Tigerbeat , Sassy, Seventeen , or Cosmogirl to arrive in the mailbox to get your quiz… Read more...

Here’s How FinTech Could Disrupt Credit Card Rewards


View from the Wing / 8h
Cardless gives us a glimpse into how FinTech can disrupt credit card rewards. There hasn't been a new major issuer since 1994. Now it's possible to issue cards with smaller brands at lower cost, and rebate more to the customer. Continue reading ...

AMD Zen 4 rumor suggests late 2022 release - a year after Intel Alder Lake debuts


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It looks like AMD might be late to the DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 party

Star Wars Day 2021 stash: Toys, pins, and books


SlashGear / 8h
Today we’re taking a peek at a variety of Star Wars goodies released this week in celebration of Star Wars Day 2021. That’s May the 4th (be with you), and we’re at a very interesting moment in the history of the Star Wars universe. Disney’s release blaster for Star Wars shows and movies is fully loaded and the product-making partners … Continue reading

4,700 Amazon employees had unauthorized access to private seller data


100+Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge Thousands of Amazon employees, including those who developed private-label goods for the e-commerce giant, enjoyed years of access to sensitive third-party seller data, according to a new report. An internal audit in 2015 traced the issue to lax security protocols, including the use of a tool called “spoofer access,” which allowed Amazon employees to view and edit accounts as sellers. The

Just 72 hours left to save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021


57TechCrunch / 8h
So much can happen in 72 hours, and it’s easy to get distracted — especially when you’re building a startup in the fast lane that is mobility tech. But listen up: You have just 72 hours left to save $100 on your pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Don’t let “busy” distract you. Buy your pass to Mobility 2021 before the price increase goes into effect on Thursday, May 6 at 11:59 pm (PT).

Apple's all-new iPad Pro is already on sale at Walmart — save $50 on your preorder


24Mashable / 8h
SAVE $50: As of May 4, the 128GB and 256GB configurations of the all-new 11-inch iPad Pro (WiFi, 2021) are on sale for $50 off at Walmart — pre-order one for just $749 or $849, respectively. That was fast. Announced during Apple's Spring Unloaded event on April 20 (along with Air Tags , a purple iPhone 12 , a better Apple TV remote, and some colorful new Macs ), the all-new 11-inch iPad Pro is al

Meghan Markle has written a children's book about the bond between father and son


300+Mashable / 8h
Meghan Markle has written her first children's book, and it explores the bond between father and son. Inspired by the Duchess of Sussex's husband, Prince Harry, and son, Archie, The Bench is told from the perspective of a mother and centres around familial love in modern family life. Illustrated by Christian Robinson, The Bench will hit bookshelves on June 8 and will be published by Random House

Apple Mulled Lowering Its App Store Commissions Way Back in 2011, Emails Show


21Gizmodo / 8h
At the heart of Epic Games’ case against Apple is the company’s 30% App Store commission and its iron rule over in-app purchases. We now know, thanks to internal documents unearthed through the Epic’s lawsuit, that Phil Schiller, the top executive in charge of App Store, had floated the idea of cutting its infamous… Read more...

WoW: The Burning Crusade Classic release date leaked by Blizzard itself


SlashGear / 9h
Back at BlizzConline earlier this year, Blizzard confirmed that The Burning Crusade will be coming to World of Warcraft Classic. Thanks to leaks ahead of the ceremony, many WoW Classic players expected that announcement, but even without those leaks, adding The Burning Crusade to WoW Classic was the next logical step once all of the content from vanilla World of … Continue reading


American reopening additional Admirals Clubs, introduces new food options


100+The Points Guy / 9h
With summer around the corner, American Airlines is preparing to welcome back many of its most loyal flyers. The Fort Worth-based carrier is reopening additional Admirals Club lounges throughout the month, two of which are located at hub airports. The Phoenix (PHX) location at Gate B7, as well as the Miami (MIA) outpost at Gate D15, will once again welcome select premium passengers later this mon

London’s Stride VC raised second $138.6M seed fund, hunts for third partner


60TechCrunch / 9h
Stride VC , a London-based seed investment fund, has raised its second fund, which will be £100 million ($138.6 million) — identical to its first fund. The fund will invest primarily in London startups but also look at select European opportunities. The breakup of the LPs in the fund is 10% fund of funds, 60% other institutional, 28% family offices and 10% individuals. Stride said some 80% of thi

As Q2’s lull fades, unicorn IPOs are revving up


100+TechCrunch / 9h
The public markets give, and the public markets take away. Earlier this morning, enterprise cloud storage and productivity company Box got into a more public spat with some of its shareholders upset with its performance and management decisions. But while Box endures the more difficult chapters of being a public company, other companies are racing to join the ranks of the listed concerns of the w

Air France Reopens Spectacular La Premiere Lounge


100+One Mile at a Time / 9h
The world’s best first class lounge has reopened as of today. Air France first class lounge reopens During the pandemic we’ve seen airlines close quite a few lounges due to lack of demand. We’re slowly seeing airlines reopen lounges, though that’s happening at different paces around the world. Only a limited number of airlines have international first class lounges, and these have overwhelmingly

Disney offers a very brief glimpse of a 'working' lightsaber


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500+Engadget / 9h
Disney has revealed the retractable lighsaber you'll see when Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser opens at Walt Disney World Resort in 2022.

Bill Gates, Who Wants to Geoengineer the Earth, Is Getting a Divorce


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3KFuturism / 9h
Splitting Up Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder turned mega-billionaire philanthropist who’s currently number four on the “world’s richest person” standings and wants to actively geoengineer our planet and release gene-edited animals to fight disease , is getting a divorce. Gates announced the separation from his wife of 27 years, Melinda Gates, over Twitter on Monday . “After a great deal of thou

How to Check How Much OneDrive Storage You Have Left


21How-To Geek / 9h
Microsoft OneDrive is a popular cloud storage service that boasts deep integration with Windows 10. If you’re a OneDrive user, you probably want to keep tabs on how much storage you’re using. We’ll show you how to check. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Now You Can Delete Your PS5's Games From Your Phone


How-To Geek / 9h
The latest update to Sony’s PlayStation App is a major one, allowing users to manage and delete games and other files on their PS5 directly from the app. The version 21.4 release adds several other great features, as well. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

AirPods Pro Are Back Down to Their Lowest Price Ever on Woot


24How-To Geek / 9h
With their incredible sound quality, killer ANC, and unique transparency features, the almost-perfect AirPods Pro are a must-have item for Apple fans (or Android users who appreciate good sound). And with today’s Woot deal, you can buy the AirPods Pro for $190—that’s $60 off the regular price. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Samson Q9U Broadcast Mic Review: An Easy and Affordable Mic with USB-C and XLR


How-To Geek / 9h
Researching and investing in audio products is one of the greatest hurdles for amateur podcasters and streamers. But Samson is offering an affordable, low-effort entry point to the world of high-quality audio with its $200 Q9U broadcast mic. With excellent noise rejection and options for USB-C or XLR connections, the Q9U is one of the best entry-level mics available today. Read This Article on Re

The Original Super Sentai Manga Is a Fascinating Tale of 2 Tones


61Gizmodo / 9h
Shotaro Ishinomori is one of the grandfathers of Tokusatsu as we know it—the legend behind Kamen Rider and Super Sentai . Without him, Japanese superheroes would be in a very different space today. But Ishinomori is equally remembered as a mangaka king: and when he combined the two, there were some truly remarkable… Read more...

One Question Will Probably Decide the Epic-Apple Lawsuit


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200+Wired / 9h
It’s all about how you define the market.

Breakthrough Argo Lidar could be key to Ford and VW’s autonomous cars


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SlashGear / 9h
Ford-backed autonomous vehicle company Argo has announced its own LIDAR sensor, claiming to have cracked the balance between long-range scanning and commercial-ready scale. The Argo Lidar promises what the company believes to be the longest sensing range at over 1,300 feet, despite still supporting nighttime use and high-resolution scanning. LIDAR – or “Light Detection and Ranging – has become co

Stadia’s VP and head of product leaves Google


200+Ars Technica / 9h
Enlarge (credit: Google ) Another executive has left Google Stadia, and this time it's John Justice, vice president and product head of Stadia at Google. Along with Phil Harrison, Justice was the face of the project, frequently giving interviews and talking to the press. Justice hasn't updated his LinkedIn profile yet, but following a report from The Information , Google told 9to5Google , "We can

Despite Drug Industry Claims, Higher List Prices Do Mean Higher Out-of-Pocket Costs for Many Patients


41Gizmodo / 9h
New research suggests that as the list price of brand name drugs rise, so do out-of-pocket medical costs for these drugs—at least for some patients. This is counter to a common industry claim that patients aren’t affected by list price increases. The study found a link between list prices rising and out-of-pocket… Read more...

Evening Fund debuts with $2M micro fund focused on investments between $50K and $100K


100+TechCrunch / 9h
We tend to think of venture capital in tens or hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, so it’s refreshing to find Evening Fund , a new $2 million micro fund that focuses on small investments between $50,000 and $100,000 as it seeks to help young startups with early funding. The new fund was launched by Kat Orekhova and Rapha Danilo. Orekhova, who started her career as a math professor, is

Live video platform Bright lets you Zoom with your favorite creators


69TechCrunch / 9h
What if you could Zoom with your favorite creator and ask them questions? That’s the promise of Bright , the new live video platform launching today from co-founders Guy Oseary and early YouTube product manager Michael Powers. The service, built on top of Zoom, allows fans to engage in live, face-to-face video sessions with creators, ask questions and even join creators on a virtual stage for a m

Instagram adds a captions option for Stories and soon, Reels


100+TechCrunch / 9h
Instagram is making its video Stories and Reels more accessible with the launch of a new “captions sticker” that will allow users to watch without having the sound on. The addition will not only make it easier for users who are hard of hearing or deaf to engage with video content, it also offers a way for users to watch videos when they’re somewhere they don’t want to have their sound on — and ei

The best gifts to upgrade your grad’s tech setup


63Engadget / 9h
Here’s a list of the best tech upgrades for college graduates, as chosen by the experts at Engadget.

Apple's 512GB MacBook Pro M1 is $200 off at Amazon


200+Engadget / 9h
Save $100 on Apple's latest MacBook Pro M1 with 512GB of storage at Amazon.


Microsoft proves Minecraft was one of their best buys of all time


SlashGear / 9h
Microsoft reported their Q3 earnings with a few facts about how successful they’ve been with Minecraft. Minecraft, created by Markus Persson (Notch) was acquired by Microsoft in the year 2014 for approximately $2.5 billion USD. This week Microsoft revealed some facts about how the franchise is doing and where they are with what’s widely regarded as the best-selling video game … Continue reading

This $4 Mac app extracts text from images and videos for you


36Engadget / 9h
Work smarter with TextSniper for Mac, the app that extracts text from images, videos and other digital docs with just one click.

How and When to Drain a Pool


28Lifehacker / 9h
The upside to having a pool in your backyard is that you have a freakin’ pool in your own backyard ! As in, steps away from where you live, available for use as often as you want, all summer long. The downside to having your own pool is dealing with the maintenance and general upkeep that’s involved. Which is a lot. Read more...

Watch Royal Marines fly over the sea onto a military ship using a jetsuit


1KMashable / 9h
The future of military tactics just keeps getting more and more Tony Stark-like by the day. Royal Marines have teamed up with British company Gravity Industries to successfully use a jetsuit to board an in-motion military ship off the south coast of the UK. The jetsuit was flown multiple times in an exercise meant to test its capability to support maritime boarding operations. The tests were cond

Grab an above-ground pool on sale now before they're sold out all summer


Mashable / 9h
Save $50: A 10' x 30" above-ground pool by Intex (28200EH) is $50 off at Walmart with free delivery as of May 4, dropping the price to $239.99. Inflatable and above-ground pools were the toilet paper of summer 2020. (OK, maybe a bit less of necessity, but also... kind of necessary.) Despite summer 2021 being far more open in terms of vacations to the beach or day trips to the lake, no one expects

Scientists Detect Radio Signal Coming From Venus


6KFuturism / 9h
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe came very close to Venus during its flyby in July 2020. In fact, after scientists sifted through all the invaluable data it collected during its trip, they found that the tiny probe actually made it inside of the far reaches of the hot planet’s extremely dense atmosphere. The probe got so close — just 517 miles from the surface — that it picked up what appear to be natur

Google Docs and Slides get better Adobe Creative Cloud integration


76Engadget / 9h
A Gmail Google Workspace add-on now works with more productivity apps.

Chromebook shipments grew 275% in Q1


100+TechCrunch / 9h
New numbers from research firm Canalys point to continued growth for PCs in 2020/21, as the pandemic has forced many to rethink how — and where — they work. PC shipments have grown for four straight quarters. All told, the numbers (within which the firm lumps tablets, incidentally) grew 53% year over year. Chromebooks were the major force in growth, according to the figures. The category jumped 2

9 hidden references that stand out in the Simpsons x Star Wars mash-up on Disney+


85Mashable / 9h
Does the idea of Maggie Simpson cavorting with BB-8 and lightsaber binky-dueling her very own Darth Maul — it's obviously her longtime nemesis, unibrowed baby Gerald Samson — sound delightful? If so, then you're the target audience for Disney's "May the 4th"-inspired Simpsons x Star Wars short, The Force Awakens from its Nap . I'm not gonna lie to you folks The Simpsons makes me tired in 2021. It

Headway raises $70M at a $750M valuation to help connect therapists with people and insurance schemes


79TechCrunch / 10h
Mental health, and how it is getting addressed, has been one of the major leitmotifs of the past year of pandemic living. COVID-19 not only has led to a lot of people getting ill or worse; it has increased isolation, economic uncertainty and led to a lot of other kinds of disappointments, and that all has had a knock-on effect on our collective and individual state of mind. Today a startup called

SeaTac Airport Now Lets You Make TSA Screening Appointments


62One Mile at a Time / 10h
If you’ve flown through a US airport recently, you may have noticed that security wait times are in some cases getting long. Some TSA checkpoints simply aren’t staffed to handle the influx of travelers, though the TSA is working on hiring thousands of people ahead of the summer travel rush. Well, one major US airport is currently running an innovative pilot program that could decrease airport sec

How a 3-night spring break abroad turned into a 15-day quarantined mess


200+The Points Guy / 10h
For spring break this year I wanted to take a real break from day-to-day life with my 7-year-old twins. We decided on a destination known for its stunning beaches, laid-back pace, delicious food and a noticeable lack of massive hotels or even a large number of cars: Harbour Island in the Bahamas . This was just a short flight from our home in South Florida , making it doable for a brief three-nig

Delta to retrofit Airbus A330, Boeing 767 fleets with Premium Select, in-seat power outlets


200+The Points Guy / 10h
Despite the pandemic, several Delta jets are getting an upgrade. The Atlanta-based carrier is retrofitting both the legacy Airbus A330 and the Boeing 767-300ER fleets with premium economy cabins and other enhancements, as confirmed by a Delta spokesperson. The first plane to undergo the reconfiguration, a Boeing 767 registered N178DZ , is currently getting modified in Kansas City, Missouri. The n

How to Reset an AirTag to Pair With a New Apple ID


28Lifehacker / 10h
Apple AirTags attach to all sorts of things—your keys, purse, luggage, even your pet’s collar—but for all their versatility as tiny tracking devices, AirTags can only be associated with one Apple ID at a time. That’s fine if you’re the only one using the AirTag, and makes it difficult for someone to steal or tamper… Read more...

Offering device choice is a step in the right direction, but it’s only half the battle


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Businesses need the ability to deploy, manage and secure employees' preferred hardware.

Personalized nutrition startup Zoe closes out Series B at $53M total raise


97TechCrunch / 10h
Personalized nutrition startup Zoe — named not for a person but after the Greek word for ‘life’ — has topped up its Series B round with $20M, bringing the total raised to $53M. The latest close of the B round was led by Ahren Innovation Capital, which the startup notes counts two Nobel laureates as science partners. Also participating are two former American football players, Eli Manning and Osit

Radical Ethereum entrepreneurs are redefining what ‘rape kit’ means


100+TechCrunch / 10h
Their investors call them disruptive innovators. Detractors like North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein call them “ dirty scammers . ” But Leda Health co-founders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya think of themselves as advocates for sexual assault survivors. Among the feminists leveraging Ethereum for subversive use cases, Leda Health’s do-it-yourself evidence-collecting kit for sexual assa

Robinhood crypto trading outage strikes as Dogecoin spikes


100+SlashGear / 10h
Robinhood is experiencing issues this morning, with the company acknowledging that users are having problems with crypto trading. It’s another frustrating outage for the popular trading platform, and comes as meme-stock turned Elon Musk favorite Dogecoin (aka DOGE) sees a surge in price. “We’re currently experiencing issues with crypto trading,” Robinhood confirmed on its Twitter support account.

Microsoft will finally stop bundling Flash with Windows 10


100+Engadget / 10h
Microsoft will completely remove Flash from Windows 10 by rolling out an update in July.

How to Add Captions to Images in Google Docs


How-To Geek / 10h
It’s easy to add an image to your document in Google Docs, but including a caption is another story. Until Google adds a caption feature to Docs, here are a few ways you can create and add captions to your photos. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


Epic vs Apple court battle reveals the true price of free PC games


SlashGear / 10h
Ever since its inception, the Epic Games Store has given away free games frequently as a way of enticing PC gamers to create accounts. The hope, of course, is that the people who show up for the free games stick around and spend money on the Epic Games Store later, but of course, these promos cost Epic a fair amount … Continue reading

Starship flight attempt for Tuesday afternoon is scrubbed [Updated]


77Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge / Beneath the South Texas clouds, SN11, the predecessor to SN15, met an unhappy fate just before it attempted a soft landing. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Update, 12:15pm ET : It is not clear whether the decision was made due to a technical issue or concerns about winds at the launch site, but the Boca Chica Highway road closures for Tuesday have been canceled. This means there will be no St

Porsche and Penske: Two of racing’s most famous names join forces again


38Ars Technica / 10h
This sketch is all we've seen of Porsche's forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. [credit: Porsche ] Porsche and Penske: two of the most storied names in racing. You could fill at least one library just with books about their exploits. In fact, you could probably fill a library just with stories of their exploits when work

NOAA’s New Climate Normals Show the U.S. Has Never Been Hotter


500+Gizmodo / 10h
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants us to know it’s not the 1980s anymore. On Tuesday, it announced new 30-year averages for temperature and precipitation. Unsurprisingly, the “new normal” is hotter. Read more...

HoneyBook raises $155M at $1B+ valuation to help SMBs, freelancers manage their businesses


300+TechCrunch / 10h
HoneyBook , which has built out a client experience and financial management platform for service-based small businesses and freelancers, announced today that it has raised $155 million in a Series D round led by Durable Capital Partners LP. Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Zeev Ventures, 01 Advisors as well as existing backers Norwest Venture Partners and Citi Ventures also participate

Can You Really Make Money Donating Your Plasma?


66Lifehacker / 10h
While it’s technically legal to get paid for donating your blood, you’re more likely to get a cookie for it, or maybe a tote bag. But donating plasma—the liquid portion of your blood—is a little different: the process involves more time but also pays better, and you can expect to take home $50–$75 per session. Here’s… Read more...

The aftermath of 2020: navigating the next normal against fraud


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
The growing need for businesses to become ‘digital-first’ has led to digital identity being a top priority for most businesses.

Squarespace looks set for a bumper listing


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Squarespace has registered millions of new shares ahead of its upcoming direct listing in New York.

Office 365 down: Microsoft investigating issues with some apps


28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Office 365 outage stopping users accessing the full range of apps.

SAP CEO Christian Klein looks back on his first year


100+TechCrunch / 10h
SAP CEO Christian Klein was appointed co-CEO with Jennifer Morgan last April just as the pandemic was hitting full force across the world. Within six months, Morgan was gone and he was sole CEO , put in charge of a storied company at 38 years old. By October, its stock price was down and revenue projections for the coming years were flat. That is definitely not the way any CEO wants to start thei

Extra People In Your Room? Your Hilton Award May Cost More Points


View from the Wing / 10h
One of the ways that Hilton Honors award prices can vary is based on the number of guests in a room. Extra person charges for paid rooms are common in Europe but not in the U.S. At Marriott, award nights include the cost of extra person charges (except for a handful of all-inclusive properties, since extra guests would be eating, etc.). Not so with Hilton. Continue reading ...

Professor Warns of “Nightmare” Bots That Prey on Vulnerable People


500+Futurism / 10h
Imagine that you make a new friend on Twitter. Their pithy statements stop you mid-scroll, and pretty soon you find yourself sliding into their DMs. You exchange a few messages. You favorite each other’s tweets. If they need a hand on GoFundMe, you help out. Now imagine how you’d feel if you found out your friend didn’t really exist. Their profile turns out to be a Frankensteinian mashup of verbi

Finally, Disney's retractable Star Wars lightsaber has been revealed


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Disney has officially teased its real-life Star Wars lightsaber for the first time – and here's how you can get one.

This new SSD could be an ideal Chia crypto mining companion


20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
TeamGroup pitches its Expert PCIe SSDs for mining Chia, which rewards storage.

Disney built this epic “real” lightsaber for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser


SlashGear / 10h
It’s May the 4th and what better way to mark the favorite date on every Star Wars fan’s calendar than with the jaw-dropping teaser of the new “real” lightsaber developed by Disney. The extending, glowing sword isn’t, you probably won’t be surprised to hear, actually capable of slicing Stormtroopers in half, but the incredible prop is the closest we’ve seen … Continue reading

The best gifts for grads under $50


100+Engadget / 11h
Here's a list of the best gifts under $50 that you can buy a new graduate, as chosen by Engadget editors.

Skydio X2 self-flying drone takes flight for enterprise and government pilots


SlashGear / 11h
Skydio has begun shipping its X2, the public sector and enterprise version of its self-flying drone, complete with a custom new controller with much further range. Announced last year, the X2 takes the autonomous AI pilot tech that Skydio developed for its consumer drones, and packages it into a foldable, longer-flying version with a selection of different cameras. It’s sturdier … Continue readin

Flash Player in Windows 10 will soon be toast


36TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
An upcoming Windows 10 update will permanently disable Flash Player.


2 of the world’s biggest cruise ships just restarted service — but not everyone is welcome


40The Points Guy / 11h
Two more giant cruise ships restarted operations in the Mediterranean over the weekend. But, for now, the trips only are open to local residents. Costa Cruises ‘ 5,224-passenger Costa Smeralda — the world’s fifth-largest cruise ship — resumed sailings out of Savona, Italy, on Saturday with the first of a series of seven-night, all-Italy voyages. For more cruise news, reviews and tips, sign up for

Firefly Aerospace raises $75M Series A at a $1B+ valuation, plus $100M in secondary sale


100+TechCrunch / 11h
Firefly Aerospace has raised a total of $175 million, across a $75 million Series A round that valued the company north of $1 billion, and a $100 million secondary transaction which consisted of the sale of holdings held by primary Firefly investor Noosphere Ventures. The launch startup also announced that it intends to raise another $300 million later in 2021, after its forthcoming inaugural Alp

Tesla taps tiny startup’s tech to build cheaper, cleaner batteries


200+TechCrunch / 11h
When Elon Musk stood onstage at Tesla’s Battery Day in September and promised to cut lithium-ion battery prices in half , he claimed some of the savings would come from reinventing the dirty and complex process of making their nickel metal cathodes. “It’s insanely complicated, like digging a ditch, filling it in and digging the ditch again,” he said at the event . So we looked at the entire value

3 Ways to See the Current Folder Path on Mac


How-To Geek / 11h
Every file on your Mac has a folder path that starts all the way at the root directory, but it’s not always easy to see what it is. Here are three ways to see the current folder path on your Mac. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

How Can I Help My Child With Autism Make Friends?


100+Lifehacker / 11h
Helping your child make friends in a brand new town during a pandemic would be difficult for any parent. But parents of children on the autism spectrum are likely to find it even more challenging. The masks and social distancing still required of us and our kids, combined with a lack of structured activities to make… Read more...

A new luxury electric car with a solar panel roof is coming to the UK soon


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The electrified Genesis G80 is coming to Europe, along with two more electric cars.

Twitter acquires distraction-free reading service Scroll to beef up its subscription product


200+TechCrunch / 11h
Twitter this morning announced it’s acquiring Scroll , a subscription service that offers readers a better way to read through long-form content on the web, by removing ads and other website clutter that can slow down the experience. The service will become a part of Twitter’s larger plans to invest in subscriptions, the company says, and will later be offered as one of the premium features Twitt

Apple TV+ snaps up another Tom Hanks movie


44Engadget / 11h
Apple TV+ has bought the rights to the Tom Hanks movie 'Finch,' a sci-fi title that might help Apple's chances of winning awards.

Withings’ smart scale can now assess your heart health


SlashGear / 11h
Withings is adding a new cardiovascular measurement to its connected smart scales, promising to give an assessment on arterial health. The new index – which Withings is calling Vascular Age – compares current cardiovascular health with what would be typical for the individual’s age bracket, plus an estimate on inner heart age. That can then be classified as optimum, normal, … Continue reading

The TPG App is coming — here’s how to get early access


200+The Points Guy / 11h
Here at The Points Guy, our mission is to empower our readers to become better travelers, especially through the use of points and miles. We have become not only a premier resource for all things points and miles but also an industry leader in airline, hotel, cruise, credit card and travel news. With that in mind, we’re excited to announce our latest tool to help you travel better: the TPG App! K

How to Make Crispy Shallots in Your Air Fryer


75Lifehacker / 11h
I use my little air fryer quite a bit, especially now that it’s getting warm and I am avoiding my oven at all costs. It’s very versatile—I can make an entire bacon-and-egg breakfast in the thing—but I depend on it for firing off last minute accoutrement and finishing touches, from crunchy capers , to roasted garlic , to … Read more...

Updates From Dungeons & Dragons, The Conjuring, and More


21Gizmodo / 11h
There’s good news for Stargirl and Kung Fu ’s future on the CW. Get a look at the new ghost-ship show from the creators of Dark . The What We Do in the Shadow sets its premiere date. Plus, a psychedelic glimpse of Army of the Dead . Spoilers get! Read more...

‘The Bad Batch’ is the eighth season of ‘Clone Wars’ we didn’t ask for


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300+Engadget / 11h
You better study up on 'Clone Wars' before delving into the newest Star Wars cartoon on Disney+.

Microsoft Teams is getting a surprise Minecraft integration


39TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Microsoft has unveiled a new Minecraft integration for collaboration platform Teams.

Indian online teaching platform Teachmint raises $16.5 million


68TechCrunch / 11h
An Indian startup that began its life after the global pandemic broke last year said on Tuesday it has concluded its third financing round as it enables hundreds of thousands of teachers in the world’s second largest internet market run classes online and serve their students. Bangalore-based Teachmint said today it has raised $16.5 million in its Series A financing round. The round was led by Le

Persona lands $50M for identity verification after seeing 10x YoY revenue growth


100+TechCrunch / 11h
The identity verification space has been heating up for a while and the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated demand with more people transacting online. Persona , a startup focused on creating a personalized identity verification experience “for any use case,” aims to differentiate itself in an increasingly crowded space. And investors are banking on the San Francisco-based company’s ability to

Starboard Value puts Box on notice that it’s looking to take over board


80TechCrunch / 11h
Activist investor Starboard Value is clearly fed up with Box and it let the cloud content management know it in no uncertain terms in a letter published yesterday . The firm, which bought a 7.7% stake in Box two years ago claims the company is underperforming, executing poorly and making bad business decisions — and it wants to inject the board of directors with new blood. While they couched the

How to Take a Windows 10 Screenshot without a Keyboard


61How-To Geek / 11h
What if you need to take a screenshot in Windows 10, but you don’t have a “Print Screen” key on your keyboard—or you don’t have a keyboard at all? Luckily, it’s easy to capture your screen using only a mouse thanks to a built-in tool called Snip & Sketch. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

What Are Anti-Theft Backpacks and How Do They Differ from Regular Backpacks


29How-To Geek / 11h
A quality backpack is a must-have whether you’re a student, a commuter, or a traveler. You need something reliable with good organization, and bonus points if it’s stylish. However, with an anti-theft backpack, you can keep your gear safe, too. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Setup a Completely Unlimited limits.conf Configuration for Testing Servers


How-To Geek / 11h
No Limits! We may all like no limits, but is it really such a good idea? Usually, when there are no limits, ‘there’ll be dragons’. It is the same with limits.conf, though for testing servers, a truly unlimited limits.conf helps! Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›


Made for Love, Handmaid’s Tale, and the Trap of Dystopian TV


100+Wired / 11h
When failure is the only option, characters—even beloved ones—are left with no place to go.

Activists Say Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens


100+Wired / 11h
The social network has rules about what can be shown to minors. The Tech Transparency Project found that they aren’t being enforced.

Apple's AirPods Pro are back down to $190 at Woot


52Engadget / 11h
Apple's AirPods Pro have fallen to $190 at Amazon-owned Woot, marking the second-best deal of the year on the wireless earbuds.

Astronomers determine the length of a day on Venus


SlashGear / 11h
Venus is a difficult planet to study, even though it’s right next door to Earth. One of the challenges in learning more about Venus is that the planet is covered in a veil of extremely thick clouds, and its surface is blasted with acid rain and temperatures hot enough to liquefy lead. Astronomers have used earth-based observations to learn some … Continue reading

Roblox acusado de poner a 100 millones de jugadores en riesgo de robo de datos


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Los investigadores afirman que varios errores de seguridad en la aplicación Roblox para Android dejaron los datos del jugador accesibles y sin protección.

Mobile Industry Live: May 2021


24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
All the latest news and moves from across the mobile industry

Malaysia Airlines Retiring Airbus A380 Fleet


500+One Mile at a Time / 12h
The pandemic has caused the acceleration of Airbus A380 retirements. Air France , Etihad Airways , Lufthansa , and Thai Airways have retired (or plan to retire) their A380 fleets, while Qatar Airways seems highly likely to retire its A380 fleet. There’s now another airline officially retiring the A380. Malaysia Airlines’ A380 fleet is history As reported by Executive Traveller , Malaysia Airlines

The best May the 4th deals we could find


97Engadget / 12h
Here's a list of the best May the 4th Star Wars Day deals, as chosen by Engadget editors.

Viritech Apricale is a hydrogen-powered hypercar that stores hydrogen in its chassis


SlashGear / 12h
British startup Viricale has presented its hydrogen-powered Apricale hypercar as a viable alternative to all-conquering electric supercars like the Pininfarina Battista, Rimac C_Two, and Lotus Evija. Derived from the Latin word ‘apricus’ (which means to be ‘touched by the sun’), Apricale is one of many reference designs from Viritech that demonstrates how its core technology could benefit the aut

Samsung's Galaxy A52 5G Gives You the Most Phone for Your Money


33Gizmodo / 12h
Samsung’s Galaxy A52 5G has a lot to live up to. Not only is it the successor to last year’s top-selling Android phone , but it’s also the star of Samsung’s new mid-range A-Series (the slightly more premium Galaxy A72 isn’t coming to the U.S). With people holding onto their phones for longer , there’s a good chance a… Read more...

Great for solo travelers: A review of Hotel Borg in Reykjavik


88The Points Guy / 12h
I visited Iceland shortly after the country reopened to Americans in March. During my visit to Reykjavik, I stayed at three different hotels: one Hilton , one IHG and one independent property. The independent hotel — Hotel Borg — was the last on my itinerary, and it was one of my favorites. Hotel Borg is centrally located in downtown Reykjavik and close to the city’s restaurants, bars and cafes.

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies on Amazon Prime Video


52How-To Geek / 12h
Amazon’s extensive library of sci-fi movies includes everything from major blockbusters to low-budget curiosities. Here are 10 of the best sci-fi movies to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Understanding Docker's "latest" Tag


How-To Geek / 12h
Docker tags are used to identify images by name. Each image can have multiple tags assigned. Tags look similar to my-image:latest, with the part before the colon defining the image name and the latter section specifying the version. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›

Sony’s PlayStation to integrate Discord chat for gamers


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As part of the deal, Sony will hold a minority stake in the popular gaming chat platform.

Rainbow Six Siege brings new Limited-Time Apocalypse event


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Rainbow Six Siege is introducing a new Limited-Time Apocalypse event where players will have to scavenge a wasteland to ensure their clan’s survival.

Stadia product head John Justice leaves Google


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Stadia product head John Justice has left Google in the latest blow for the cloud gaming service.

Acronis raises $250M at a $2.5B+ valuation to double down on cyber protection services


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As cybersecurity continues to grow in profile amid an increasingly complex and dangerous landscape of malicious activity, a cyber security vendor that specializes in “all-in-one” services covering the many aspects of security IT has closed a big round of funding to grow. Acronis has raised $250 million in equity, and co-founder and CEO Serguei Beloussov said in an interview the company plans to u

The cheapest way to buy Returnal for PS5 is with this excellent discount


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Other triple AAA games like Pokemon Snap for Nintendo Switch also benefit from the discount code.

This new Windows 10 update will make system maintenance less of a chore


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The Windows 10 Device Manager is getting several handy views to help users make informed decisions.

Why Lucasfilm doesn’t need to make Star Wars movies any more


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To escape the shadow of the original trilogy, Star Wars needs to leave movies behind.


Induce Sleep and Reduce Stress With This High Tech Neuroscience Tool


Futurism / 12h
There’s nothing quite as draining as a stressful , sleepless night. Around 70-percent of Americans say they struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep at least one night a month. But when sleepless nights continue night after night, it can start to affect your mental and physical game. In fact, sleep loss can lead to a variety of health issues including increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, a

Microsoft is dropping the ax on Adobe Flash Player in June


SlashGear / 12h
Microsoft has been warning users for months now that the end was near for Adobe Flash Player. Adobe stopped supporting Flash on January 1, 2021. Adobe also released a kill switch preventing Flash Player from running. The problem for Flash Player was that it was a source for many attacks against Windows users, making it a security risk. Microsoft has … Continue reading

Apple releases emergency iOS update to fix serious security issues


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Two zero-days affecting fully-patched devices make iOS the second-most targeted software in 2021

Mobile Industry Awards 2021: Phone of the Year shortlist revealed!


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What will be the top phone of the last twelve months?

The Martian’s Andy Weir is back to form with Project Hail Mary


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Project Hail Mary Enlarge / Cover art from Project Hail Mary . (credit: Ballantine Books) Project Hail Mary, the latest from science fiction author Andy Weir, is a lot like Weir’s first novel, The Martian. It’s a rapid-fire romp through insurmountable problem after insurmountable problem, focusing on a protagonist who quips his way through each issue with snappy first-person narration and a never

Life Lessons From An American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Started In 1963


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A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...

India grants approval for 5G trials, avoids Chinese firms


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Indian telecom ministry on Tuesday said it has granted several telecom service providers permission to conduct a six-month trial for the use and application of 5G technology in the country. New Delhi has granted approval to over a dozen firm spanning multiple nationalities — excluding China. Among the telecom operators that have received the grant include Jio Platforms, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and

alt.bank, Brazil’s latest fintech targeting the unbanked, raises $5.5M


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It looks like everyone and their mother is trying to reinvent the Brazilian banking system. Earlier this year we wrote about Nubank’s $400 million Series G , last month there was the PicPay IPO filing and today, alt.bank , a Brazilian neobank, announced a $5.5 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures (USV). It’s no secret that the Brazilian banking system has been poised for disruption, cons

Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in $6M Series A


100+TechCrunch / 12h
Africa is the last frontier for basically anything. Mobile gaming is no exception. For a continent that is home to more than 1 billion millennials and Gen Zers, mobile gaming has never really picked up, despite the continent witnessing rapid economic growth and smartphone adoption. Two issues have proved detrimental to this growth: distribution and payments. With fragmented and unresolved distrib

WorkBoard raises $75M as the OKR-focused startup bets on a growing economy, changes to business culture


100+TechCrunch / 12h
This morning WorkBoard , a software startup that sells software designed to help other companies plan, announced that it has raised a $75 million Series D. Softbank Group led the investment, which saw participation from prior investors including Microsoft’s M12 venture capital arm, a16z, GGV and Workday Ventures. Per the company, three new investors also took part: SVB Capital, Capital OneVenture

Cleared for Takeoff: A 5-star trip from Phoenix to Dubai for two


34The Points Guy / 12h
Cleared for Takeoff is a weekly series showing readers like you the best ways to book post-pandemic adventures using points and miles. If you’d like tips on booking your own trip using miles, please email us with your preferred itinerary and current mileage balance. Dubai is open for American tourists so long as you pack a negative COVID-19 test. While cash rates are usually high, you can visit t

Check out Chrome's upgraded picture-in-picture mode


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Make video calls less hassle by enabling this hidden option.

Canon explains why the Canon EOS R3 isn't its flagship mirrorless camera


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The Canon EOS R3 won't be its new flagship camera, according to a new interview with a Canon exec.

This PlayStation patent could take PS5 Game Help to the next level


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Sony has filed a patent that could see designated experts helping you in real-time with challenging game sequences.

The Power and Pitfalls of Gamification


100+Wired / 12h
When tech companies first adopted the technique, there was hardly any science supporting it. Now researchers know when gamelike features help—and when they hurt.

Share Your Memories With Our Favorite Digital Picture Frames


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Get your photos off your phone and in front of your friends and family with these connected displays.

The Windmill AC Is Gorgeous and Can Stay Up All Year Long


100+Wired / 12h
Finally! An air conditioner I don't want to bash out of my window with a hammer.

A Brief History of Transformers (Not the Robot Kind)


100+Wired / 12h
This simple electrical device does much of the fundamental work of modern civilization, and it does so modestly and invisibly.

I Battle My Panic Disorder by Mowing Virtual Lawns


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It’s Literally Just Mowing, a simple mobile game, has become part of my mental health tool kit. May it inspire you to find one that works for you.

What Is a “Command and Control Server” for Malware?


42How-To Geek / 12h
Whether it’s data breaches at Facebook or global ransomware attacks, cybercrime is a big problem. Malware and ransomware are increasingly being used by bad actors to exploit people’s machines without their knowledge for a variety of reasons. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


Chevy Bolt EVs get a software update to prevent battery fires


SlashGear / 12h
When it comes to electric vehicles involved in severe accidents, one of the biggest concerns is fire-related to punctures in the battery pack. Last year, General Motors faced a recall of the electric Chevy Bolt due to a handful of battery pack fires. It’s taken a long time, but a fix for the battery pack fires has been created and … Continue reading

Oy: Lufthansa’s 787 Business Class Plans


100+One Mile at a Time / 12h
Lufthansa will be introducing a new business class on upcoming 787s, but it’s not what you’re expecting. Business class on Lufthansa’s upcoming 787s Yesterday it was announced that Lufthansa ordered an additional five Boeing 787-9s and five Airbus A350-900s ( on top of the existing order ). Perhaps most exciting is that Lufthansa will take delivery of all five of those Boeing 787-9s in 2021 and e

New WhatsApp feature helps you avoid making a fool of yourself


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Message review function lets you listen to your recordings before you send them.

The Morning After: The Apple vs. Epic app store battle has begun


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The Apple vs. Epic app store battle begins, Sony is bringing Discord to PlayStation, and Apple migh