Chaldal, Bangladesh’s largest grocery delivery platform, raises $10M Series C
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Founded in 2013, Bangladesh’s Chaldal was one of the first grocery delivery startups in the world to use the “dark” store model, picking up orders from its own warehouses instead of retail stores. Now the company says it is the country’s second-largest grocery player and the largest grocery e-commerce platform, with 27 warehouses located in four cities. Chaldal plans to expand into 15 new cities
'Massive' transatlantic data cable landed on beach in Bude
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15KBBC News - Technology / 21h
The new 7,000km-long internet cable connecting the UK and US has been brought ashore in Cornwall.
'The Lord of the Rings' movies are stunning — except for one strange shot
500+Mashable / 16h
Welcome to Fix It, our series examining projects we love — save for one tiny change we wish we could make. For a movie that was released 20 years ago, The Fellowship of the Ring — and the entirety of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy — still looks amazing. The visuals hold up, with everything from the Balrog to the fiery wastes of Mordor appearing real. It's so easy to immerse yourself in
Biology Starts to Get a Technological Makeover
NYT > Technology / 33min
The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Hyperice forays into India with Virat Kohli as brand ambassador and investor
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 53min
Virat Kohli is India’s first brand ambassador for Hyperice. The Hyperice products are now available on Croma.
5 news movies on Indian OTT platforms for this weekend
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
These are the new releases on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar and other OTT platforms in India.
Amazon's I Know What You Did Last Summer series looks frighteningly lame
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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
The first trailer for Amazon's I Know What You Did Last Summer show has arrived, and it doesn't inspire much confidence.
'Deltarune' chapter 2 arrives on September 17th for PC and Mac
Deltarune Chapter 2•
Engadget / 1h
At the end of the stream for Undertale's sixth anniversary, Toby Fox has dropped a surprise for his fans: The second chapter of Deltarune , his newer top-down RPG, will be available this week after almost a three-year wait. As Kotaku notes, Fox's release of the first chapter Deltarune in October 2018 also came a surprise. In the game, you control a human named Kris who fell with his classmate Sus
Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool
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35TechCrunch / 2h
French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company. What makes it special is that Skello automatically takes into account local labor laws and collective agreements. Partech is leading today’s funding round. Existing investors XAnge and Aglaé Ventures are
Samsung 90Hz OLED laptop displays take aim at 120H LCD screens
SlashGear / 2h
It is almost standard for higher-end smartphones these days to have screens with high refresh rates, some even going as high as 144Hz. These mobile devices, however, are just catching up to laptops and desktops that have long utilized such a feature, often for gaming advantages. That, however, doesn’t mean there’s no more room for innovation there, and Samsung’s new … Continue reading
This is the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, Google's chief rivals to the iPhone 13
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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Google Pixel 6 phones are on display in NYC, and we got a chance to see them in the flesh.
The pandemic has changed how SMBs work for good
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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Digital and contactless payments will be essential to the continued success of SMBs in a post-pandemic world.
Realme Pad sale starts today: check out price, specs, and offers
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Realme Pad offers a 10.4-inch display, MediaTek SoC, up to 4GB of RAM, and a massive 7,100mAh battery.
Online events platform Delegate Connect gets $10M AUD led by AirTree
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59TechCrunch / 3h
Delegate Connect founders Jordan Walsh and Jacob Thomas Delegate Connect is the latest virtual/hybrid events platform to land funding. The Melbourne-based startup announced today it has raised $10 million AUD (about $7.3 million USD) in seed funding led by AirTree Ventures, which wrote Delegate Connect the biggest seed check in the fund’s history so far. Other participants included Skip Capital,
Make PC upgrading and switching seamless with this transfer kit bundle
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: The PC Transfer Kit Bundle is on sale for £25.30 as of Sept. 16, saving you 73% on list price. Why does transferring your old information to your new device have to be such a headache? It actually stops most people from upgrading to the latest iPhone model, and it's definitely the reason why your old PC is taking up space in your garage. Thankfully, this bundle of utility apps makes it eas
Save 90% on a lifetime subscription to bite-sized daily audio lessons
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Knowable Audio Learning Platform is on sale for £43.38 as of Sept. 16, saving you 90% on list price. Good health isn't just about physical activity. In fact, from the WHO perspective, mental and social well-being are just as important as staying active when it comes to a long life expectancy. In other words, cutting off learning in the first quarter of your l
HTC Wildfire E Ultra is a poor sign of life
SlashGear / 3h
HTC is one of the last remaining pioneers of the mobile phone market still making phones, but it doesn’t mean it’s doing well like Motorola or Sony (of Sony Ericsson). It hasn’t launched any notable smartphone of late, and the phones that it did put out are mostly on the budget side, limited to a very small number of markets. … Continue reading
NordPass introduces Web Vault and third-party logins
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
NordPass users can now access their stored passwords from any browser using Web Vault.
Google Lens on desktops might come as part of Google Search
SlashGear / 3h
Announced almost four years ago, Lens is one of Google’s silent workers that power many of the features mobile users might be taking for granted these days. It powers both Google Photos’ and Google Assistant’s image recognition functionality, but Lens also has its own separate app on mobile. It doesn’t have much of an existence outside smartphones, however, but that … Continue reading
SpaceX Launches Astronaut Crew Like No Other on Orbital Adventure
500+NYT > Technology / 4h
The Inspiration4 mission successfully lifted off from Florida, carrying with it an ambition of making spaceflight more accessible to the broader public.
Gillmor Gang: Off the Wall
25TechCrunch / 4h
Most of us count the golden age of Michael Jackson’s career with the Quincy Jones produced global smashes of Thriller and Bad. Fueled by the stream of videos and multi-single releases (5 on Bad), the records dominated the charts, radio, and MTV. But the real breakthrough came just before with Jackson’s first solo record Off the Wall. Born in the thrall of the Disco Era, it wasn’t hip, a surrender
Galaxy S22 Ultra charging speed upgrade will be modest again
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SlashGear / 4h
Samsung has made great strides in the smartphone market, but there is one technology in particular where it seems to be stuck in the past. While the rest of its competitors have gone above and beyond when it comes to charging, even Samsung’s flagships haven’t moved forward considerably. It did make a step forward last year but then took a … Continue reading
TikTok Bans Videos on ‘Devious Licks’ of School Property, Which Apparently Refers to Stealing Things
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21Gizmodo / 4h
TikTok’s latest ban on “devious licks” videos really brought out my inner Old. Considering the crazy things the Youth and others do on TikTok nowadays, I sincerely thought the kids were out licking things in a pandemic, which is both alarming and gross. Thankfully, I was wrong, but the alternative is perhaps more… Read more...
Bluetti AC300 Portable Solar Power Station is finally available
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SlashGear / 5h
Very recent natural disasters have again shown the need for emergency power that is not only environment-friendly but also safe for use. Fuel-powered generators are a dime a dozen, of course, but consumers should be aware by now of the dangers these power sources pose. A good number of portable power stations have popped up left and right in the … Continue reading
Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform
Vietnam CoderSchool•
100+TechCrunch / 5h
CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding to scale up its online coding school platform. This round was led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from returning seed investors Iterative, XA Network and iSeed Ventures. CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018. CoderSchool will use the
SpaceX Inspiration4 launch reaches another space travel milestone
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SlashGear / 5h
Elon Musk has always envisioned space travel to be as economical as air travel, though naturally still more expensive. SpaceX’s mission is to make that true not just for government-funded missions and research but also for commercial space tourism. The company has already gotten most launches and landings down to a “T,” but there are still some goals to be … Continue reading
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Already Blasted Past Jeff Bezos’ Highest Point
1KFuturism / 5h
Blast Off On Wednesday evening, SpaceX blasted off the Inspiration4 crew, the first all-private team to venture into orbit, on board its Crew Dragon spacecraft. After the Falcon 9 rocket took off at around 8 pm EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, it took just three minutes to blast past the Kármán line, the internationally agreed upon edge of space — and, in doing so, it literally blasted past
Pixel 6 Pro Tensor CPU leak paints a confusing picture
SlashGear / 6h
Major smartphone makers seem to have shifted their strategies a bit to market self-designed silicon, either for imaging or for running the entire device. Perhaps inspired by the attention that Apple has gotten with its new M1 Silicon, more and more manufacturers are getting into that same arena, from Vivo’s V1 imaging chip to the AMD-powered Samsung Exynos 2200 to, … Continue reading
Bitcoin protests in El Salvador against cryptocurrency as legal tender
Bitcoin El Salvador•
500+BBC News - Technology / 6h
The demonstrators burn Bitcoin machines, a week after the cryptocurrency became legal tender.
Exynos 2200 leaked specs might have one important catch
SlashGear / 6h
Apple just launched the iPhone 13 with its new A15 Bionic processor, and, naturally, it’s already being hailed as the fastest in the mobile market, especially in graphics performance. That might not matter much to Android manufacturers who can’t use the chip anyway, so Samsung, Xiaomi, and others are fighting in a different arena. At least for Samsung, that might … Continue reading
SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Civilian Space Mission
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1KFuturism / 6h
SpaceX has successfully launched the its first all-civilian crew into orbit on board its Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:02 pm EDT. It’s a major milestone in the history of private spaceflight. None of the four passengers went through NASA’s rigorous astronaut training, and now they’ll spend the next three days watching the Ear
Cloudflare wants to help you build flashier websites for less
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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
Cloudflare Images allows site owners to build a scalable and affordable image pipeline in minutes.
SpaceX has launched the world's first all-civilian spaceflight
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100+Mashable / 6h
SpaceX launched the world's first all-civilian spaceflight on Wednesday night, taunting everyone else with the illusory hope of one day escaping this planet — if only temporarily. Launched at 8:02 p.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Inspiration4 mission was propelled by SpaceX's partially reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and utilized the autonomous Crew Dragon Resilience. Though
TikTok is hiding a viral challenge that has kids stealing their school’s soap dispensers
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63TechCrunch / 7h
It’s back to school season and on TikTok, that means students are inexplicably stealing everything that isn’t bolted down. The latest TikTok trend to generally wreak social havoc sees students pulling off “devious licks” — small-scale heists of everything from soap dispensers, Covid test kits and hand sanitizer to high value items like classroom tech. The videos are set to an edited version of Li
Inspiration4 successfully reaches orbit in historic first all-civilian mission to space
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
The historic Inspiration4 space flight successfully lifted off shortly after 8:00PM EDT on September 15 and is now orbiting the Earth
Inspiration4 crew, meet outer space: SpaceX’s first all-civilian mission launches to orbit
SpaceX Four Civilian Earth•
34TechCrunch / 7h
The first all-civilian crew in history has made it to space. The Inspiration4 crew took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:04 EST PM, commencing the first space mission in human history featuring zero trained astronauts. The reusable first-stage of the Falcon 9 rocket executed two burns in its journey back to Earth, landing vertically on the SpaceX droneship “Just Read the Instr
Battlefield 2042 delayed and the pandemic is to blame
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SlashGear / 7h
The anticipated futuristic Battlefield 2042 game from DICE has been delayed, Electronic Arts revealed on the game’s official Twitter account today. The reason for the delay is one we’ve heard before: the pandemic disrupted workflows and the teams behind the project, causing unanticipated issues that require the release to be pushed to a later date. Battlefield 2042 is the next … Continue reading
Shudder Is Teaming Up With Horror Hostess Elvira for Some Seasonally Appropriate Programming
100+Gizmodo / 7h
As far as horror fans are concerned, Halloween is a year-round state of mind rather than holiday with a specific time frame for its enjoyment. But even those of us who are in Halloween mood all the time can (and will) get extremely excited for Halloween-specific festivities, especially when they involve genre legends… Read more...
OLED gaming laptops could soon be a thing thanks to Samsung Display
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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
Samsung Display is ramping up mass production of 90Hz refresh rate OLED panels for high-end Pro laptops.
American AAdvantage Again Allows 5 Day Holds For Cathay Pacific Awards
View from the Wing / 7h
American Airlines offers a generous 5 day ‘hold’ for award itineraries. You don’t have to put down a credit card or spend your miles to lock in an award option. However back in April I identified that awards for travel on Cathay Pacific placed on hold were being cancelled out . Continue reading ...
Amex Hilton Honors Surpass Card Review (2021)
65One Mile at a Time / 8h
Hotel credit cards are among the most underrated credit cards out there, in my opinion, given the perks that they potentially offer, ranging from free night certificates to elite status . While I’m primarily loyal to Hyatt and Marriott , Hilton has grown on me a lot, thanks to the number of new luxury hotels the group has opened, and also how easy it is to earn points with Hilton’s credit cards .
Insider NFT Trading Is a Thing Now
OpenSea NFT Insider•
Gizmodo / 8h
You would hope that insider NFT trading is not a thing but, apparently, it is. Read more...
Bolsonaro’s Ban on Removing Social Media Posts Is Overturned in Brazil
300+NYT > Technology / 8h
President Jair Bolsonaro had issued rules forbidding social networks from removing many posts that the sites considered misinformation. On Tuesday, Brazil’s Senate and top court killed the policy.
Kroger taps Instacart to offer ultra-fast grocery deliveries across US
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SlashGear / 8h
Popular grocery chain Kroger has announced a new partnership with Instacart to offer its customers grocery deliveries within half an hour. The new service is called Kroger Delivery Now, leveraging the Instacart online shopping platform with Kroger grocery stores across the US serving as fulfillment centers. Grocery deliveries and pick-up services have become more popular amid the pandemic. Retail
US hospitals buckling under delta surge: 25% of ICUs are over 95% full
Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge / PALM BAY, FLORIDA, 2021/07/29: A woman arrives at a treatment tent outside the emergency department at Palm Bay Hospital. (credit: Getty | SOPA images ) The current surge of the COVID-19 cases driven by the hypertransmissible delta variant is straining hospitals across the US, particularly in the South. Twenty-five percent of hospital intensive care units around the country are now abov
Goldman says $2.2B purchase of BNPL provider GreenSky will help expand Marcus
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42TechCrunch / 8h
This morning, Goldman Sachs announced plans to acquire B2B2C lender GreenSky in a deal worth $2.24 billion . The acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020 or the first quarter of 2021, is positioned to bolster the firm’s consumer business and offer new products and new ways to attract consumers to its Marcus by Goldman Sachs
Daily Crunch: SpaceX set to launch 4 civilians into orbit for 3-day mission
TechCrunch / 8h
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 . Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 15, 2021. Today we have everything in the newsletter. Bad behavior in the crypto world? Yep. Why the Mailchimp deal might make good sense? You bet. But before we get into the mix, a few TechCrunch notes. First, Jordan
VCV will bring its virtual Eurorack synth to your DAW this November
Engadget / 8h
When it was released in 2017 VCV Rack quickly became a hit. The free, open source virtual modular synth with thousands of modules to choose from (including recreations of popular physical ones) gave many of us a way to explore the world of Eurorack without dropping thousands of dollars on gear. And now, after a long and arduous road — VCV Rack 2 is nearly upon us. When it launches in November VCV
Leslie Odom Jr. and Cynthia Erivo Traverse a Time Travel Romance in Needle in a Timestack
Gizmodo / 9h
Dealing with toxic exes is a pain in the ass no matter what, but things get a lot worse if they start traveling through time. In Needle in a Timestack , Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. and The Outsider’s Cynthia Erivo star as a couple madly in love. That is, until the woman’s ex travels back through time to temp the man… Read more...
NASA says ancient Mars experienced thousands of super volcanic eruptions
SlashGear / 9h
NASA says that a region of Mars known as Arabia Terra once experienced thousands of massive eruptions from volcanoes, ones that were so powerful they were able to alter the Red Planet’s climate for decades after. The explosions took place over the course of 500 million years, according to the space agency, where researchers recently published a scientific paper on … Continue reading
Shocking Pixel 6 rumor lists Google SoC with two ARM X1 CPU cores
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Ars Technica / 9h
Google's best image of the Pixel 6 Pro. [credit: Google ] What in the world is going on? Google is building the Pixel 6, and with it, the company is dumping Qualcomm and introducing its first in-house main SoC (with help from Samsung): the "Google Tensor SoC," aka "Whitechapel." Other than some talk about Google's special AI sauce, there's hasn't been much info about the core parts of Tensor like
App Annie Fined $10 Million in Case That Is the Future of Insider Trading
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Gizmodo / 9h
On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it was charging App Annie—a major mobile data provider—with securities fraud, alleging that the California-based company made “material misrepresentations” to customers and investment firms over the data it was collecting and pawning off. App Annie has… Read more...
Fauci: “No Evidence” That COVID Vaccine Injured Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Testicles
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300+Futurism / 9h
Rapper Nicki Minaj claimed on Twitter this week that her cousin in Trinidad “won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it [and] became impotent.” “His testicles became swollen,” she added, evocatively. “His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding.” All told, it’s a bit of a COVID-19 misinformation disaster. Nicki Minaj has a massive following, with 22.6 mill
Israel Shows Off Massive Military Robot With a Huge Machine Gun
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Futurism / 9h
Death Robots The Israeli military has unveiled a brutal-looking, remote-controlled — but, ominously, also somewhat autonomous — robot that can be outfitted with two large machine guns, CBS News reports . The semi-autonomous killing machine, developed by the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries, is designed to protect soldiers while patrolling battle zones — but critics who oppose the use of su
Forget Self-Driving Cars, This Startup Promises Remote-Controlled Taxis
26How-To Geek / 9h
Self-driving cars and their many benefits are still a long way away, but a Berlin-based startup promises an interesting alternative—remote-controlled taxis. Vay plans to debut a fleet of vehicles controlled by remote teledrivers by 2022, claiming that its service could eliminate your need for a personal vehicle and help reduce traffic. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
HBO Is Leaving Prime Video, But Not Amazon Devices
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How-To Geek / 9h
Starting today, September 15th, HBO is getting stripped from Amazon Prime video accounts. Users who’ve subscribed to HBO through the Amazon Prime service will have the account terminated due to HBO leaving Amazon Prime video. However, the streaming service and HBO’s content will still be available on all your favorite Amazon Fire devices. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
DeepTok is taking over TikTok with berries and cream videos
38Mashable / 9h
TikTok's obsession with berries and cream shows that DeepTok isn't actually that far from mainstream TikTok. The tag #berriesandcream has roughly 327 million views on TikTok as of Wednesday, and #berriesandcreamtok has 1.6 million. Over 132,7000 videos use one iteration of the sound , pulled from a 2007 Starburst commercial, and 27,500 videos use another upload of the sound from a different clip
Roku’s first original movie is a Christmas special based on an NBC show
SlashGear / 9h
This holiday season will bring Roku’s first original movie, one that will be made available on the company’s free ad-supported Roku Channel streaming service. The Christmas special will be based on the NBC show Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and it will include the original cast from the series. Once it arrives, Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas will be Roku’s first original feature film. … Continue
HomePod mini update lets it become your default Apple TV speaker
HomePod Update Apple•
Engadget / 9h
Apple didn't even touch on the HomePod line during its iPhone 13 event , but that doesn't mean the smart speakers will go untouched this fall. 9to5Mac notes an impending version 15 update will make the HomePod considerably more useful, particularly if it's part of a larger smart home. To start, you can set two or more HomePod minis as your default speakers for an Apple TV 4K . You won't have to s
How to Trade In or Sell Your Android Phone
Lifehacker / 10h
Selling or trading a used Android phone is a smart way to safely dispose of your old devices, and hopefully earn some extra cash you can put towards your next upgrade. But there are a few things to take care of before offloading your old phone—including backing up and deleting your data, cleaning it, and finding the… Read more...
The responsibilities of AI-first investors
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41TechCrunch / 10h
Ash Fontana Contributor Ash Fontana, a managing director at Zetta Ventures , is the author of “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence.” More posts by this contributor Growing up in the intelligence era Investors in AI-first technology companies serving the defense industry, such as Palantir, Primer and Anduril, are doing well. Anduril, for one, reached a valuati
How the Le Mans hydrogen racer is shaping up
Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge / GreenGT's prototype hydrogen-powered racer. (credit: Dhananjay Khadilkar) Around 400 meters from the buzz of the paddock during this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans stood a tent with two racing cars and a mobile fueling station. Every now and then, people wearing blue T-shirts bearing the logo of "Mission H24" would walk by the cars to attend meetings in a motor home sitting next to the tent
What If Tried to Make Black Panther's Killmonger Tony Stark's New Black Friend™
Gizmodo / 10h
While the Sacred Timeline’s Erik Killmonger may be dead, a variant is alive and kicking in the latest episode of Disney+ and Marvel’s animated What If series . Michael B. Jordan reprises his role as the prodigal Wakandan son in “What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?”, a story that condenses and remixes the beats… Read more...
Lawmakers Ask Zuckerberg to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' After Report Says App Made Kids Suicidal
Gizmodo / 10h
Democratic lawmakers are calling on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to abandon his plans to launch an “Instagram for Kids,” citing internal research by the company declaring the platform has inflamed mental-health problems, including suicidal ideation, among its teenage users; most notably, young girls. Read more...
The size and price of every iPhone ever released
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Mashable / 10h
On the heels of the unveiling of the new iPhone 13 models, we decided to take a look back at every iPhone ever. Dating back to the first model in 2007, Apple has released 33 versions of the iPhone. Many were smaller than the giant iPhone 13 Pro Max . Some were bigger than the iPhone 13 mini. But, overall, they were a lot less expensive than the current models. Ah, the good ol' days. Every iPhone
Flight Attendants At American Airlines Regional Carrier Holding Strike Vote
View from the Wing / 10h
Flight attendants at Piedmont Airlines, a regional carrier owned entirely by American Airlines, are going to vote on whether or not to authorize a strike between September 23 and October 21, 2021. Continue reading ...
'I Have Another One This Afternoon,' and Other Things Not to Say on a First Date
Lifehacker / 10h
We’ve talked a lot about the post-vax slutty summer and even about how to get back into dating after so many months of isolation last year, but for plenty of people, first dates have always been hard, whether coming out of a pandemic or not. Read more...
Inside Reach Capital’s edtech-powered returns
23TechCrunch / 10h
Reach Capital, a San Francisco-based venture firm co-founded by Jennifer Carolan and Shauntel Garvey , focused exclusively on edtech for years before the sector ballooned with unicorns. The rare, female-led partnership closed its third fund in February, a $165 million vehicle and its largest to date. That said, returns from its previous funds show that the early bet on a now-revitalized sector is
The iPhone 13 is thicker and heavier than the iPhone 12
Apple iPhone 13 Pro•
Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge / The IPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini. (credit: Apple ) Yesterday, Apple announced its new flagship iPhones : the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. But while Apple's announcement livestream was full of details, some things were left out. Fortunately, we've learned a bit more from Apple's updated website, including dimensions and weight, some info about specs, a
Apple’s new iPad mini is so much more than just a smaller tablet
SlashGear / 10h
I’d hoped Apple would grant the iPad mini a reprieve – instead, it gave it a reinvention. The smallest of the iPadOS devices proved to be the biggest star of Apple’s iPhone 13 event this week, with new style, functionality, and speed partially eclipsing what could well be considered incremental updates to the best-selling smartphones. The iPhone 13 range is … Continue reading
UK to Recommend Covid-19 Booster Doses for Older and High-Risk People
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24Gizmodo / 10h
New data from the UK suggests that some vaccinated people, particularly seniors, experience a greater loss in protection over time against covid-19 symptoms and severe illness than the general public. The findings were enough for the country’s vaccine experts to recommend booster shots for higher-risk groups,… Read more...
This US company sold iPhone hacking tools to UAE spies
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100+MIT Technology Review / 10h
When the United Arab Emirates paid over $1.3 million for a powerful and stealthy iPhone hacking tool in 2016, the monarchy’s spies—and the American mercenary hackers they hired—put it to immediate use. The tool exploited a flaw in Apple’s iMessage app to enable hackers to completely take over a victim’s iPhone. It was used against hundreds of targets in a vast campaign of surveillance and espiona
'Battlefield 2042' delayed by almost a month to November 19th
Battlefield 2042 November•
Engadget / 10h
Battlefield 2042 , the next entry in EA's long-running first-person shooter series, has been delayed. Instead of coming out on October 22nd as previously announced, the game is now scheduled to debut almost a month later on November 19th. EA announced the delay in a message attributed to Oskar Gabrielson , the CEO of series developer DICE. Like many other studios over the last two years, DICE bla
Firefox Suggest rolls out to all – Here’s how to turn it off
SlashGear / 10h
Mozilla announced today that it’s adding recommendations to the URL bar in Firefox through a new feature called “Firefox Suggest.” Now, in addition to the autocomplete suggestions that show whenever you begin typing something, you’ll see suggestions from Mozilla itself. It also looks like Mozilla will use Firefox Suggest to serve ads, though users will have some degree of control … Continue readi
This Durable and Low-Maintenance eBike Has No Tricky Gears or Clutch
Futurism / 10h
Almost everyone who’s ridden an electric bike says the same thing: you have to try it for yourself to see what it’s like. Since the eBike trend is really starting to take off, there are more and more options out there for you to choose from, all with their own distinct advantages and disadvantages. But if you’re looking for an eBike that’s simple to operate and maintain, the Hiboy P10 Folding Ele
Startup Says Its Tech Can Kill Hurricanes Before They Get Strong
2KFuturism / 10h
Hurricane Killer A Norwegian company called OceanTherm says it has a novel solution to stopping a hurricane in its tracks: bubbles. More specifically, it wants to use bubbles to cool down sea temperatures in order to cut off a hurricane’s supply of warm water, according to WFTX . Since hurricanes typically “feed” off waters 80 degrees fahrenheit or higher — allowing them to intensify and grow mor
TPG to start awarding seals of approval to our top-reviewed hotels
25The Points Guy / 11h
Here at The Points Guy, we strive to provide detailed guidance on how to be a better, smarter traveler — without spending a fortune. Our advice runs the gamut from useful tips on maximizing loyalty programs to suggestions on how to make the most of your first cruise . And a large part of our content focuses on airline, hotel and credit card reviews. Today, we’re excited to announce a new initiati
How to Finally (Easily) Connect AirPods to Your Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Bluetooth•
Lifehacker / 11h
While so many devices ditched the headphone jack over the past four years, the Nintendo Switch went in the opposite direction; the company only supported wired headphones, with no option to easily connect Bluetooth headphones or earbuds like AirPods. You used to need expensive workarounds to get wireless audio on the… Read more...
Tiger Global-led $100M investment makes Apna India’s fastest unicorn
Apna Tiger Global India•
43TechCrunch / 11h
A 22-month-old startup that is helping millions of blue- and gray-collar workers in India learn new skills and find jobs has become the youngest firm to join the coveted unicorn status in the world’s second-largest internet market. Apna announced on Thursday that it has raised $100 million in a round led by Tiger Global. The new round — a Series C — valued Apna at $1.1 billion. TechCrunch reporte
What is going on with the chair emoji on TikTok?
Mashable / 11h
Confused why the comment sections on TikTok are flooded with chair emojis? You're not alone. In the past week TikTok users have started replacing the laughing emoji with the chair emoji. Yes, the unassuming chair emoji released in 2019. A week ago TikTok user @blank.antho posted two videos to his over one million followers announcing his inside joke of replacing the laughing emoji with the chair
Watch SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 spaceflight here at 8PM ET
SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch•
54Engadget / 11h
SpaceX is making history by launching the first ever all-civilian mission to orbit, and you can watch it happen live. The aerospace corporation is opening a five-hour launch window for the mission called Inspiration4 today, September 15th, at 8:02PM Eastern time. Inspiration4 was paid for a billionaire who was relatively unknown before this: Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. He's bringing three
Deathloop has a stuttering problem on PC, but a fix is on the way
Deathloop Stuttering•
SlashGear / 11h
If you head to the Steam page for Deathloop at the moment, you’ll find a user rating that seems to be at odds with the critical reception the game received. Even though the PC version currently has a rating of 88 on Metacritic – nearly as good a rating as any publisher or developer can hope for – the Steam … Continue reading
Fitbit snore detection arrives, but you need certain models to use it
Fitbit Snore Noise•
SlashGear / 11h
Fitbit’s previously announced Snore & Noise Detect feature is now rolling out to users, but it is only available on certain models. The feature is designed to help users learn about the noises at night that may be reducing their sleep quality. You’ll need more than just the Versa 3 or Fitbit Sense to use the feature, however, which is … Continue reading
Venom 2 Has a Shocking Post-Credit Sequence, and Sony Wants You to Know It
45Gizmodo / 11h
Movies studios are usually coy about films with surprise post-credit sequences , but apparently not Sony in 2021. Earlier today, rumors began circulating online about one such scene in the studio’s Marvel superhero sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage —and by this afternoon, the studio had turned a tweet about it into a… Read more...
Largest NFT marketplace admits the fix was in, surprising no one
OpenSea NFT Insider•
Mashable / 11h
When it comes to ripping off investors, decentralized technology still hasn't managed to disrupt the tried and true methods pioneered on Wall Street. OpenSea, the self-described " largest " non-fungible token marketplace, admitted Wednesday that an employee had been secretly buying NFTs in advance of their listing on the site's front page . Using this non-public information, the employee was able
Act fast: Fly to Hawaii on Alaska Airlines for $99
100+The Points Guy / 11h
Fall is coming, which means winter is not too far behind. Come January, you’ll probably do just about anything to escape to a tropical destination. Well, how does Hawaii sound? For just three days only, you could fly to Hawaii and back for as low as $99 each way thanks to Alaska Airlines’ Hawaii sale . Flights are available from Sept. 28 through February/March from various cities, including San F
Why Raised Garden Beds Aren't All They're Cracked Up to Be
Lifehacker / 11h
When it comes to your garden, you may be thinking that raised beds will help create a defined, aesthetically-pleasing space to work in and some necessary separation of your garden from the rest of the grass, critters, and vermin in your yard. And you wouldn’t be wrong. But that’s not the whole picture. Read more...
‘I Was Just in Shock’: Mass Bird Death Reported in New York City
100+Gizmodo / 11h
When Melissa Breyer packed up her bag on Monday night for her Tuesday morning volunteer shift with NYC Audubon, she decided to seriously prepare. Read more...
200,000-Year-Old Hand Art Found Near a Tibetan Hot Spring
48Gizmodo / 11h
An international team of researchers has reported the discovery of hand and foot prints from Quesang, in the Tibetan Plateau. The fossil impressions, which date to between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago and seem to have been created intentionally, could represent the earliest known art of its kind. Read more...
Why Razer’s New Finger Sleeves Aren’t as Dumb as They Sound
How-To Geek / 11h
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Razer, it’s that the company isn’t afraid to get a little weird with its products. It just announced a set of finger sleeves for mobile gaming, and while they might sound ridiculous, they’re actually not a terrible idea. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Walmart to begin driverless deliveries with Ford and Argo AI
Walmart Ford Argo AI•
Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / A human collects her Walmart delivery from an autonomous delivery vehicle operated by Ford and Argo AI. (credit: Ford ) It's easy to feel like the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry has settled into the trough of sorrow. The hyperbolic buzz around self-driving cars that was all the rage a few years ago has become tempered as developers discover that not only do humans drive well— which se
More Than Half of Young Adults Think “Humanity Is Doomed,” According to New Poll
400+Futurism / 11h
Humanity is Doomed In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s met a young person in 2021, a new study shows that more than half of young adults believe that “humanity is doomed” and “the future is frightening.” The poll makes a strong connection between environmental concerns with government inaction, resulting in a heightened sense of fear and anxiety amongst teens and young adults. “This stud
Why Smartphones May Be Too Good
22NYT > Technology / 11h
Smartphones have been so successful that it’s possible new technology won’t be able to displace them.
There are 'no plans’ to bring Halo 5 to PC, says 343 after Nvidia GeForce Now leak
Halo 5 343 Guardians•
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Following a recent leak from Nvidia GeForce Now’s database, 343 Industries has spoken out to deny that it’s planning to bring Halo 5 to PC.
The Rocket League Championship Series is expanding to Asia and Africa
Rocket League 2021-2022•
Engadget / 11h
Psyonix has revealed details for the next Rocket League Championship Series season, and it's looking to take the esport to new heights. Not only will the 2021-22 RCLS have the biggest prize pool of any season with $6 million up for grabs, there will be three new regions in the biggest expansion to date. The inclusion of the Asia-Pacific North, Asia-Pacific South and Middle East & North Africa reg
Razer Made Thumb Condoms for Gamers
Gizmodo / 11h
Look, I admit that sweaty thumbs aren’t even one of my top 10 concerns while gaming, but for those worried about thumb sweat wrecking your KDA in Fortnite or Call of Duty: Mobile (????), then Razer’s got you covered. Read more...
AMD Radeon and Ryzen chipset drivers for Windows 11 now live
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
AMD's official hardware support for Windows 11 is now complete with the release of new AMD chipset drivers.
2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness Review
SlashGear / 11h
Subaru gives you all-wheel drive as standard, and the 2022 Outback Wilderness would like to make a suggestion as to just what you should do with it: roam well off the beaten path. The automaker’s newest trim level, Wilderness have started out on the Outback but it’s already spreading through the rest of the range – most recently to the … Continue reading
Doctor Who's Least Threatening Dalek Knockoff Returns in a New Lost Story
45Gizmodo / 11h
In a way, Doctor Who getting it right out of the gate with the Daleks—a monster design so instantly iconic it sparked a wave of hysteria that helped catapult the show to radical success —means that any attempt at recapturing that is always going to stumble out of the gate. But hoo boy did the “‘stars” of the series’… Read more...
Register now for IHG’s new promotion with up to 3x earnings and extra points for cardholders
21The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with the latest IHG Rewards promotion. IHG Rewards just launched a new promotion that may encourage me to stay with IHG hotels a few times in late 2021. In particular, this promotion offers bonus points starting with your second IHG stay within the Oct. 1-Dec. 31 date range. Plus, U.S. members who have a Chase IHG Rewards credit card, such as the IHG Rewa
Will Supply Chain Issues Really Sabotage 2021 Holiday Shopping?
Lifehacker / 12h
Due to pandemic-related supply chain issues, you should expect fewer bargains and depleted inventory when you do your holiday shopping this year. But some retailers think it is going to be worse than that, and are already telling their customers “ September is the new December ” and that they should start shopping now,… Read more...
Recent Ebola outbreak emerged from someone infected 5 years earlier
Ebola Survivors Years•
Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge / Health care workers don protective equipment before working with Ebola patients. (credit: Bloomberg / Getty Images ) A large international research group released a paper today suggesting that Ebola viruses can emerge from five years of dormancy to trigger a new outbreak of infections. While this isn't the first instance in which Ebola re-emerged from a previously infected individual, t
USDA warns chicken and beef empanadas sold with fake inspection mark
USDA Inspection Beef•
SlashGear / 12h
The USDA has issued a Class I recall involving thousands of pounds of chicken and beef empanadas that it says were sold in the US without inspection. A tip led to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) investigating the matter, at which point it found the food products were sold featuring a ‘false USDA mark of inspection.’ The … Continue reading
Firefox offers its own take on suggested web links
Engadget / 12h
You no longer need to use the likes of Chrome or Safari if you want the occasional suggestions for web searches. Mozilla is rolling out a Firefox Suggest feature that, as the name implies, offers relevant links when you're typing in a search, whether from the general web or from Pocket . Look for Costa Rica, for instance, and you'll get a Wikipedia link to help you learn more about the country. T
How to Watch the SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch
SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch•
100+Wired / 12h
The first all-civilian, all-private mission to orbit prepares to blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Microsoft Kicks Off Its Vision for a Password-Free Future
Microsoft Password•
Gizmodo / 12h
Entering a password each time you need to access an account can get cumbersome over time, especially if you’ve been working from home in the same pair of sweatpants for the last two years, going through the same routine from morning to night. Isn’t life dragging on enough? I digress. Read more...
Surprise Apple sale slashes the iPad Air 4 to its lowest price ever
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
A surprise Apple sale has the powerful iPad Air 4 on sale for a record-low price of $499.99 at Amazon.
How to Enable Center Stage on Your iPad
Lifehacker / 12h
When you’re on video calls for hours a day, sitting squarely in front of the iPad’s screen can get tiring. But if you want to move around (say, you want to show something, or if you’re cooking), it’s essentially impossible unless you have someone to follow you around. Read more...
Backpage founders get mistrial because US overplayed child sex trafficking claims
Backpage Mistrial US•
Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | imaginima) A federal judge yesterday declared a mistrial in the case against Backpage's founders, ruling that US prosecutors unfairly tainted the jury by focusing too heavily on claims of child sex trafficking in a trial that involved zero charges of child sex trafficking. A new trial will be held. "'The government, as prosecutors, are held to a higher standard,' s
5 things you need to win your first customer
Conversica Customer AI CX•
31TechCrunch / 12h
Bryan Dsouza Contributor Bryan Dsouza leads product marketing at Grammarly, and previously led various product management and product marketing roles across B2C and B2B at Microsoft. A startup is a beautiful thing. It’s the tangible outcome of an idea birthed in a garage or on the back of a napkin. But ask any founder what really proves their startup has taken off, and they will almost instantly
‘What If…?’ put superheroics on pause to explore a more militaristic MCU
Engadget / 12h
From the opening scene of Iron Man back in 2008, the military-industrial complex has been stitched into the fabric of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain America, the Hulk, War Machine and Captain Marvel are all involved in it to some extent. But the portrayal has always tilted toward the positive due to Hollywood’s long-standing partnership with the US military . This week’s What If…? uses th
The Chase Ink Preferred comes with 100k bonus points — here’s how to get 150k Chase points for less effort
The Points Guy / 12h
The Ink Business Preferred Credit Card currently comes with one of the best travel credit card welcome bonuses in the credit card world: 100,000 Chase points after spending $15,000 on purchases within the first three months of account opening. That’s a sizeable spending requirement to achieve — and a tight window to achieve it. But the payoff is fantastic. TPG valuations peg Chase Ultimate Reward
How to Hide Audible Audiobooks on Your Kindle
How-To Geek / 12h
The latest models of Kindle can download and play audiobooks from your Audible account over Bluetooth headphones. Unfortunately, if you don’t plan to use your e-reader to listen to books, all the audiobooks do is clutter up your home screen. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Marshall Launches Its First Pair of ANC Earbuds
Marshall ANC AirPods•
37How-To Geek / 12h
Marshall just launched two new pairs of wireless earbuds, the Motif ANC and the stripped-down Minor III. Both earbuds are … uh, inspired by AirPods and AirPods Pro, sporting a near-identical design and feature-set. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
In growth marketing, signal determines success
33TechCrunch / 12h
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor Early-stage brands should also unlock the power of influencers In growth marketing, creative is the critical X factor Unlike a weak phone signal solely causing a grainy sound, in growth marke
Utilities Would Like to Speak to the Manager About Your Tweets
53Gizmodo / 12h
Until recently, Autumn Johnson thought that criticizing utilities that were putting more dirty energy on the grid was all in a day’s work. “As an environmentalist, it is my job to be calling attention to doubling down on fossil fuels when we’re in the midst of a climate crisis,” she said. Read more...
LG is selling an absolutely massive $1.7 million TV
LG 325 Inches DVLED•
200+Mashable / 12h
LG made a humungous TV. Let's talk about it. If you go all the way to the top of LG's new Direct View LED home cinema line , you'll see a 325-inch 8K behemoth that costs a cool $1.7 million. (LG confirmed to Mashable that is indeed the real price.) The dollar amount is obviously eye-catching, but let's not ignore the physical mass of the TV. It's 27 feet across diagonally and weighs more than 2,0
How to Watch SpaceX’s Historic All-Civilian Space Launch Tonight
SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch•
200+Futurism / 12h
Going Live SpaceX is about to launch four average Joes on a trip to space, marking the first time an all-civilian crew has ever done so — and we get to watch it live from the comfort of our own homes. SpaceX’s five-hour launch window opens at 5:02 pm tonight. The Falcon 9 rocket boosting the space company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is already on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Flori
Four Patients Die After Experimental Gene Therapy
Astellas Gene Therapy•
Futurism / 12h
A fourth patient in a clinical trial for an experimental gene therapy died last week — highlighting that alongside the immense promise of the nascent field, there also come grisly risks. The patient was a young boy who developed liver abnormalities after being treated in a drug trial called ASPIRO from Astellas Pharma, according to BioPharma Dive . Tragically, t hat makes him the fourth to die ov
Lego Masters Season 2 Winners Tell Us About the Builds, the Bricks, and Sweating Bullets
Gizmodo / 12h
Twenty-four hours, one creation, two Lego Masters . Tuesday was the second season finale of Fox’s Lego Masters , a rather unique building competition show. The final three teams—Zack and Wayne Macasaet, Caleb and Jacob Schilling, and Steven and Mark Erickson... yes, three sets of brothers—were given near-total freedom.… Read more...
Unicode 14.0 adds 37 new emoji, including 'melting face' and 'beans'
Unicode 14.0 37 New•
Engadget / 12h
Following a pandemic-related delay , the Unicode Consortium has finalized Unicode 14.0 . In all, the update adds 838 characters to the text standard . Of those 838 characters, 37 represent new emoji that will make their way to your devices before the end of the year and throughout 2022. The selection includes all the emoji the Unicode Consortium included in its final candidate list back in July.
Prepare for the iPhone 13 launch with Apple's online pre-order service
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Save time pre-ordering the new iPhone 13 with Apple's useful online service, allowing you to get in early.
Don't Waste Your Precious Bean-Soaking Water
Lifehacker / 12h
My favorite beans are lima beans, which means I’m no stranger to the overnight bean soak . You might be able to get away with skipping the soaking step with lesser beans, but the lima requires it. (If there is one thing that I hate feeling between my teeth, it is an undercooked, mealy lima bean.) Read more...
