Friday, October 22, 2021

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Editor’s note: This post was last updated on Oct. 22, 2021, with new information. Travel is back. Americans are hitting the road again, and even if they’re not already traveling, many are ready to start booking future trips. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Most countries are reopening their borders to travelers, or at least planning for i



Dune One Two Chani•
200+Engadget / 1h
The real world just felt too small when I stepped out of Denis Villeneuve's Dune . There weren't any enormous spaceships ready to rocket off to planets in distant galaxies. No Brutalist palaces amid endless desert vistas. No building-sized sandworms roaming about, eager to devour anyone who disturbed them. Just me and traffic on Atlanta's I-285. This latest Dune adaptation isn't perfect — it's at



500+Ars Technica / 4h
Enlarge / People in Chile with Worldcoin's "Orb" iris scanner. (credit: Worldcoin) More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned in return for a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin, as a project to distribute digital money more widely around the world accelerates. Worldcoin has distributed about 30 iris-scanning hardware devices, which they call “orbs,” to early users on four continents, who g




Gizmodo / 6min
No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more...



TechCrunch / 9min
Fran Benjamin Contributor Fran Benjamin is managing partner at Good Works Consulting . Monique Cadle Contributor Monique Cadle is founding partner at Good Works Consulting and VP of people at Delfi Diagnostics . In the tech industry, diversity is a hot topic. We’ve seen companies such as Facebook and Google commit to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in hopes of improving their company



Gizmodo / 12min
Mariposa County Sheriff’s officials believe they now know what likely led to the mysterious deaths of a California family of three and their dog while hiking earlier this summer: heat and dehydration. The determination came after months of concern that other possible causes, including toxic algae, may have posed a… Read more...



SlashGear / 13min
Two very popular indie games are teasing a new crossover. Terraria and Don’t Starve seem to be teasing a new team-up that will see bosses from those games appear in the other. While we don’t have specifics just yet, it sounds like those details will be coming around the bend soon, as the developers behind both games are suggesting the … Continue reading



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 ...



Mashable / 22min
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds...That is when the world will end. On Oct. 26, 2001, writer-director Richard Kelly released Donnie Darko to unsuspecting audiences. The cerebral sci-fi thriller had received good buzz at the Sundance Film Festival that January, but its theatrical run was swallowed by the shadow of Sept. 11. The movie’s existential themes — manifested as a complex time-



TechCrunch / 24min
Spinal surgery is not for the faint of heart at the best of times, but Intelligent Implants raised €7.5 million ($8.7 million) to make spinal surgery less of a pain in the backside. The company’s smart implants’ first application is in spinal fusion surgery — where two or more vertebrae are permanently connected to improve stability, correct a deformity or reduce pain. Globally, more than a milli



Lifehacker / 25min
Jeremy Renner is aiming to have a double-plus good November. Over on Disney+, he’s the face of the next Marvel Cinematic Universe spinoff, Hawk Guy Hawkeye, while on Nov. 14, Paramount+ is launching Mayor of Kingstown , a 10-part crime thriller series with the Oscar-nominee playing the head of a Michigan crime family… Read more...



Futurism / 26min
We’ve all been in situations where we had to make tough ethical decisions. Why not dodge that pesky responsibility by outsourcing the choice to a machine learning algorithm? That’s the idea behind Ask Delphi , a machine-learning model from the Allen Institute for AI. You type in a situation (like “donating to charity”) or a question (“is it okay to cheat on my spouse?”), click “Ponder,” and in a



Gizmodo / 30min
Netflix has much more serious problems to deal with right now than overusing a really good anime opening . But if you do want to find something to complain about that isn’t, say, the streamer’s ongoing and terrible reactions to workers protesting its treatment of and response to trans employees in the wake of Dave… Read more...



Mashable / 36min
At nearly 200,000 words long, with a hefty amount of lore, Frank Herbert's Dune was long thought to be unfilmable. Alejandro Jodoroswky's failed production and David Lynch's 1984 screen version famously struggled to translate the sci-fi epic to film. But Denis Villeneuve's movie adaptation hews closely to the book. The novel's scope, strangeness, and ecological messaging have finally, truly been



Ars Technica / 36min
Enlarge / Aw, blank, here we go again. (credit: Rockstar Games) Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive Experience may go down as 2021's worst-kept secret, but how it would actually look remained surprisingly well-protected until the game's Friday reveal went live. The new look is visible in a one-minute trailer , which comes with a release date: November 11 for the Xbox console family , PS



Wired / 42min
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.



TechCrunch / 45min
In less than seven days, Lunchclub co-founder Vlad Novakovski had a sizable term sheet in hand from Lightspeed Ventures, despite his startup not looking to raise at the time. How did that happen? A sticky product experience with the customer feedback and growth to back it up made the startup an investment opportunity Lightspeed’s Nicole Quinn just couldn’t pass up. A week ago, Novakovski and Quin



Instagram Tools Creators•
TechCrunch / 52min
Instagram is testing new tools for creators to earn commissions and form partnerships with brands on its platform. The Facebook-owned company is expanding its existing native affiliate tool , which launched in June and allows creators to discover products, share them with followers and earn commissions for sales driven by their posts. With this latest launch, creators can now add a digital storef



Lifehacker / 54min
Espresso Martinis are really having a moment right now. I know this not because I’m diligently on the pulse of cocktail culture, with my social media feeds filled with the Hear Ye Hear Ye of libation trends (as it probably should be), but because my gorgeous and affable editor, Claire, graciously enlightened me… Read more...



How-To Geek / 55min
The fight between Google and Roku over YouTube went from bad to worse this week when we learned that the YouTube app would be removed from Roku devices in December. Now, to make things even more complicated, a leaked email might explain why contract negotiations are at a standstill. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



How-To Geek / 55min
When you’re making some final adjustments to your Google Slides presentation, you may find a text box or two that feels like they don’t belong. Luckily, there’s a very simple way to get rid of them. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



How-To Geek / 55min
Just months after announcing its commitment to Matter, the unified smart home standard, Google is launching a set of tools to help developers integrate Matter with their products. It’s a big step toward a future where smart devices work with any app or assistant, even if they come from rival companies. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



After last week’s long-awaited news of the U.S. reopening to international travelers on Nov. 8, we’re back this week answering five more reader questions centered around travel to Europe and what COVID-19 requirements look like for Americans and European travelers. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Here are this week’s top five questions: I




How about that, another week down? The work week? It's in the rearview mirror, baby. Stop what you're doing. Stop working. Stop thinking. No thoughts, just vibes. You earned it. SEE ALSO: The best robot vacuums OK, now that your mind is clear, I've done my weekly duty of rounding up the best tweets of the week. So relax, sit back, and laugh at some mostly dumb posts. Here they are, the 11 best tw



Welcome to AirFryDay, where — you guessed it —every Friday Mashable covers the latest trends, dispenses advice, and reviews recipes for your air fryer . I knew I was in for it the second I showed the TikTok to my boss: Simply put, a peanut butter-stuffed jalapeño is just too weird to not make it. So yeah, to be blunt, my stomach was absolutely fucked the second my cursed For You Page surfaced tha



FBI REvil Gang Favorite•
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Four days ago, the REvil ransomware gang’s leak site, known as the “Happy Blog,” went offline. Cybersecurity experts wondered aloud what might have caused the infamous group to go dark once more. One theory was that it was an inside job pulled by the group’s disaffected former leader. Another was that law enforcement had successfully hacked and dismantled the group



Nanoracks Starlab LM•
The era of private space stations is officially here as Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin announce plans to launch a commercial station in 2027 , but it’s just the next logical step for developing the new space economy, the companies say. “One of our key theses for the industry is that the last 10 years have been defined by building access to space, the next 10 years will be about dest



Apple Mythic Quest•
20Engadget / 1h
Fans of Mythic Quest have much more of the show to look forward to. Apple TV+ has renewed the series for seasons three and four. The second season of the workplace sitcom aired this spring, and season three will arrive in 2022. Hi. Ron here. We have an announcement! @AppleTVPlus @mythic_quest @TedLasso #MythicQuest pic.twitter.com/lOM3jYFw78 — Rob McElhenney (@RMcElhenney) October 21, 2021 Co-cre



Microsoft Teams End•
Microsoft has announced in a new blog post that it has begun rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for Microsoft Teams calls in an effort to further secure business communication when using its video conferencing software . E2EE support for Teams calls is currently available in public preview for unscheduled one-to-one calls. This means that now when both parties in a one-to-one call t



Google Stadia Batman•
Google Stadia just appeared with a window into the future of the game streaming universe courtesy of AT&T, of all companies. It was with AT&T’s “Experience Batman: Arkham Knight” promotion that we first saw how Google Stadia tech could be used as a white label service. It is with this use of the service that we see how Google will … Continue reading



The new details came in an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by Texas and 11 other states.



When you find yourself with leftover rice, your first instinct may be to use it to make fried rice. (And your instincts are correct, as dried-out, day-old rice is preferable to the fresh stuff here.) However, as delicious as this option is, there are plenty of other ways to use up your leftovers, too. Read more...



Climate COP26 Glasgow•
Gizmodo / 1h
On Friday, the Washington Post reported a list of Republicans in Congress who will be attending United Nations climate talks in Glasgow later this month. Per the Post, the group includes Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana , the ranking GOP member on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis ; Rep. John Curtis of Utah, who … Read more...



39Gizmodo / 1h
It’s not often that any company recognizes a new union without being compelled to, generally because they’d prefer their workers to have as few rights and as little pay as they can get away with. So kudos to Paizo Publishing for doing the right thing by recognizing the company’s newly formed workers’ union of its own… Read more...



Your next Panasonic TV won’t be produced by Panasonic itself. Well, not entirely at least. An internal announcement that went out to employees earlier this week stated that the company will shift production of TVs away from its factory in the Czech Republic to a yet-to-be-unveiled external company. A Panasonic spokesperson confirmed the news in a statement to TechRadar and said that while product



500+Futurism / 1h
Scientists in Spain have implanted a blind patient that allowed a blind patient to see by directly stimulating her brain’s visual cortex. The system uses an “artificial retina” attached to a pair of glasses that detects light in front of its wearer, according to New Atlas . The light is then processed into electrical signals and sent to a series of micro-electrodes implanted in the user’s brain,



Save $170: As of Oct. 22, the 11.6-inch Acer Chromebook Spin 311 is nearly 57% off at Walmart, dropping the price to $129 plus free shipping. Cheap laptops are looking to be a hot Black Friday item again in 2021. Retailers are already touting deals on Chromebooks near the $100 price point, like Walmart’s monster $170 discount on the Acer Chromebook Spin 311 . The laptop, originally $299, is down



Earlier this month, Rockstar Games confirmed long-running rumors which claimed that it was working on modern remasters of Grand Theft Auto III and its two sequels, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, while Rockstar’s announcement contained a fair number of details about the remastered trilogy – which is somewhat annoyingly called Grand Theft Auto: … Continue re



Ashley Tolbert Contributor Ashley Tolbert is an information security researcher and engineer. Tarah Wheeler Contributor Tarah Wheeler is an information security researcher and Belfer Center Cyber Project Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government . Ethereum is the world’s most popular digital contract compiler, maintained by many but owned by none. Perhaps one of the most interes



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card Overview The Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card is the middle of the pack when it comes to Southwest personal credit cards. While airline credit cards generally don’t come with too many perks, the lack of foreign transaction fees and 6,000 anniversary bonus points should help offse



If you use an iPhone or iPad app that’s a little hard to see, with text or images that are a bit small, you can magnify it. This allows you to continue using the app but with an improved experience. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



An Oculus Go unlocked OS build was released today, courtesy of John Carmack. After a prolonged period of time and a whole lot of work in securing the rights to release the software, Carmack and crew made this build a reality. It’s a surprise, honestly, now that Oculus is owned by Facebook. It IS a welcome surprise, in any case. … Continue reading




Designed by Moon Hoon in collaboration with Mooyuki architects, the Republic of Korea Pavilion is a giant shape shifting sculpture located at expo 2020 Dubai. The exhibit is made up of 1,597 spinning cubes and puts on a spectacular display meant to reflect the spirit of the Korean landscape.



22TechCrunch / 2h
SpaceX’s Starship rocket is still in development in southeast Texas, with major progress being made on key elements like the launch tower construction, and installation of the vacuum-rated Raptor engines that will power the vehicle once it reaches space. Elon Musk says that it could be ready to make its first orbital flight attempt next month — provided it gets the regulatory sign-offs it needs.



30Wired / 2h
This sale on WIRED-approved headphones, TVs, and phones has a pricing guarantee: If the price dips further before Black Friday, Best Buy will pay you the difference.



Black Friday is one of the best opportunities to score Samsung's stunning The Frame TV, and Amazon is jumping the gun with a fantastic deal that you can shop right now. Samsung's 55-inch Frame QLED TV is on sale for $997.99 (was $1,499.99) at Amazon . That's a massive $500 discount and the lowest price we've seen for the art-inspired QLED TV. Discounts like this are typically reserved for the off



Gizmodo / 2h
A star located 60 million light years away went supernova last year, and astronomers managed to capture all stages of the stellar explosion using telescopes both on the ground and in space. Read more...



Revue Twitter Subscribe•
Twitter is rolling out a way for people to sign up to Revue newsletters directly from tweets. When someone shares their Revue newsletter, the tweet will include a subscribe button. If someone clicks a link to a specific newsletter issue, they'll see an option to subscribe when they return to their Twitter feed. The feature is live on the web now, and it's coming to iOS and Android soon. When some



Google's latest pair of flagship phones are now available to pre-order, and if you've got your eyes on them, we've got a promotion to help you get a little bit more out of your tariff. Across all Google Pixel 6 deals and 6 Pro deals on Mobiles.co.uk, you can currently get a £20 Currys voucher. This is exclusively available for TechRadar readers and gives a nice boost to the already market-leading



The FDA and CDC have now authorized booster doses for all three of the COVID-19 vaccines : Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. The details get a little bit complicated, so let’s break down who should get a booster, who can get a booster, and whether you should get a different brand than the one you got in the first… Read more...



The top 100 websites routinely fail to follow Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) best practices and still support older, deprecated protocols, suggests a new report. Compiled by cybersecurity firm F5 Labs, the 2021 TLS Telemetry Report analyzes how successful the busiest websites on the internet are at implementing best practices around HTTPS and TLS using data from scans of the web’s most popular



52Gizmodo / 2h
In the short amount of time that Gabriel Luna spent appearing on Agents of SHIELD as Robbie Reyes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first live-action Ghost Rider , he quickly became one of the series’ most fascinating characters for multiple reasons. In addition to stepping into the story as a formidable counterbalance… Read more...



Gizmodo / 2h
If you’re close enough to a bumblebee to see the order of its stripes, you’re probably too close to it. But lucky for you, a team of geneticists recently did a more highfalutin version of that task, analyzing several species of bee to suss out what causes different species of the insect to get different patterns on… Read more...



October is Black History Month in the UK, but you might not know that from looking at the tech and gaming worlds. Compared to recent years, there doesn’t seem to be much out there in the way of content celebrating Black History month, and that’s something we at TechRadar would like to help put right. Black people have made and are making an undeniable impact in the gaming and technology industry,



Revue Twitter Subscribe•
Starting today, Revue writers have another tool to turn their Twitter followers into newsletter subscribers. Now, when you tweet out your newsletter, readers will see a subscribe button embedded in the tweet. Revue is making it very difficult to not use Revue. https://t.co/UaFS1lhrNM — Austin Rief (@austin_rief) October 22, 2021 When you share individual issues of your newsletter, they’ll look th



Pentagon US Hypersonic•
200+Futurism / 2h
Booster Fail Well, this is embarrassing. Mere days after reports emerged that China successfully launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile test , US defense officials admitted that it failed a similar test of its own. The Pentagon said that the missile’s booster stack — a rocket system intended to accelerate the weapon to hypersonic speeds — failed during a trial on Thursday, according to CNN



Nintendo Spring 2022•
Nintendo has delayed Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp . The company will release the remake in spring 2022 instead of December 3rd, 2021, as previously announced . "The game just needs a little more time for fine tuning," it said of the delay. Hello, troops! #AdvanceWars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, which was set to launch on 12/3, will now release for #NintendoSwitch in spring 2022. The game just needs a li



20Mashable / 2h
Deborah Altman was walking with a friend in the trendy downtown NYC neighborhood of SoHo when something caught her eye. It was an opossum huddled in the corner of a building on Grand Street. (Possums and opossums are different animals but the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. It's confusing .) Seeing the scared helpless animal, Altman, a product manager who lives in Brooklyn, immediately



Enlarge (credit: Getty ) Alexa gets around. The voice assistant has been in all types of devices, not just Amazon's Echo products. You can talk to Alexa in coffeemakers , take it on the road with you, spend the holidays together, and even make it feed your pet . But inside many of those products—at least ones made from 2019 and on—is the same core hardware and silicon. Through a software developm



There’s a lot of talk over foldable phones and whether they’re the future of smartphones. Microsoft decided to go a slightly different route to get a giant screen phone in the Surface Duo 2. The phone is out now, and so are the mixed reviews for Microsoft’s dual-screen phone. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



iFixit Apple Watch 7•
While it may not have all the bells and whistles that leakers promised, the Apple Watch Series 7 contains a wealth of mysteries. Our friends at iFixit performed an in-depth teardown to reveal some of the Apple Watch Series 7’s biggest secrets, but funny enough, we’re left with a few questions that may be impossible to answer. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Gizmodo / 2h
Sharon Lavigne won the 2021 Goldman Prize for environmental defenders this year. She never meant to become an activist, let alone the face of a key environmental justice fight in the U.S. But in 2018, when Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that a company called Wanhua was set to build a new plastics plant in… Read more...




Intel Core Alder Lake•
Intel’s Core i9-12900K , the Alder Lake flagship which has still yet to be officially revealed ( that might happen next week ), has actually been purchased by one lucky punter. Well, we say lucky, but US-based Redditor Seby9123 would be upgrading their Core i9-10900K (with RTX 3090, incidentally) right now, but for the fact that they don’t have a corresponding Alder Lake (Z690) motherboard, which



Look, the GTA Trilogy remaster trailer looks great. It appears Rockstar has really taken its refresh of GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas seriously, with improved detail, lighting, colors, weather and additional items and decorations added to scenes throughout the games. The inside of CJ's house now looks more like a home where people eat, sleep and put their own personal stamp on, while t



Each year, the time comes when thoughts shift to winter vacation. For some, this means escaping the frigid temperatures and seeking out warm weather and palm trees in Southern California or Florida. Others welcome the season with open arms, dreaming up vacations filled with powder skiing or quiet snowshoeing walks through conifer forests. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, si



23TechCrunch / 2h
This year automation hit center stage when robotic process automation (RPA) vendor UiPath went public after raising $2 billion in private investment. Investors who had been a part of that were richly rewarded when it closed above its private valuation . At the same time, established companies like ServiceNow, Microsoft, IBM and others were seeing the value in building automation into their produc



It may still be October but we're already starting to see some killer laptop deals that would rival anything over Black Friday. If you're after a brand new machine in this year's sale and are ready to buy now then you'll want to check out these early reductions on a range of Dell laptops – including one incredible value for money machine. Leading the way is this Dell Inspiron 15 3000 laptop for $



Google has announced the first vulnerability rewards program for its Android Enterprise initiative with bounties going up to $250,000, as part of its effort to further secure the platform. Android Enterprise is Google’s attempt to enable the use of Android devices and apps in the workplace, by enabling mobile developers to integrate Android support into mobile device management ( MDM ) solutions.



24Wired / 2h
Following the success of the game in the 1970s designers Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson found themselves in a long battle over who should be considered its true creator.



Gizmodo / 2h
Imagine for a moment, if you will, all of the ailments plaguing our society: A devastating global pandemic ; widespread and accelerating ecological collapse ; the looming threat of a Swedish House Mafia reunion tour . Read more...



We just got done telling you that Hollywood doesn’t make flashy, expensive adult dramas anymore when along comes Warner Bros.’ King Richard , a $50 million bio-pic/Will Smith star vehicle that seems poised to finally deliver the one-time master of the July 4 blockbuster the Academy Award he’s been chasing since 2001's … Read more...



For a long time, granting an app permission to access your location meant one thing—your exact location. Nowadays, Android gives you two choices—“Precise” and “Approximate.” There is a big difference between the two options. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Most reports believe the new iPhone SE 3 coming in 2022 would be a rather dull update, sticking with the same small display and TouchID home button as previous models. However, this week a new leak is saying something different, claiming Apple will opt for an iPhone XR-like design with a huge display and ditch the home button for good. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Prior to the merger with US Airways, American Airlines crew would generally stay together on a trip and even stay on the same aircraft. When a flight delayed, it was only that flight and crew which were affected (and subsequent flights scheduled with the same aircraft). US Airways management took over and eliminated this practice. When a plane lands at a hub, crew disperse on separate journeys. W



Apple’s iPhone 13 range is out now, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max is the big and shiny flagship phone leading the charge. If it’s to win over the public ahead of the lucrative end of year period, however, it’s going to have to wrestle with the early-crowned king of the 2021 smartphone scene - the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra . We’ve reviewed both phones, and awarded both smartphone titans an impressive 4



The National Grid has announced it has begun talks with two firms about the creation of what it’s calling an ‘energy island’ off the coast of the UK in the North Sea. The initial concept itself was formed a number of years ago, but this is the first time official talks about development have taken place. If the plans are realised, then a new artificial island surrounded by large-scale wind farms



SkyWest Hundreds Flights•
Massive internal computer issues reportedly forced regional carrier SkyWest Airlines to ground nearly 700 flights and delay hundreds of others Thursday as the airline scrambled to fix the problem. For more TPG news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . SkyWest attributed the schedule meltdown to a “server issue,” according to Reuters , and said it took about five ho



Check out these savings on Blue microphones at Amazon of as Oct. 22: OUR TOP PICK: Blue Yeti USB Microphone — Save $30 BEST BUDGET CHOICE: Blue Snowball Ice USB Microphone — Save $20 BEST COMPACT CHOICE: Blue Yeti Nano USB Microphone — Save $20 When you're spending hours on working on content to show the world, whether that's YouTube videos, Twitch streams, or a podcast , you're also looking for



SAVE $309.01: As of Oct. 22, a refurbished iPad mini 2 (16GB) was on sale at Walmart for just $89.99 — that's a good 77% off its original list price of $399. When's the last time you stumbled upon a sub-$100 Apple tablet? We'll wait. It's certainly nothing fancy, but Walmart had a refurbished iPad mini 2 listed for just $89.99 as of Oct. 22. (For comparison's sake, the price-tracking site camelca



57Mashable / 3h
The capital of the UK has hundreds of statues dotting the city, drawing in tourists throughout the year. But there's a fundamental issue in the landscape of sculptures and public art in London. A new study by Art UK , a charity and online hub dedicated to public art in the country, reveals amongst other things that London holds more statues of animals than it does of women and people of colour. T



Save up to $249: As of Oct. 22, refurbished Apple Watches Series 3, 4, and 5 are on sale for as low as $109.99 at Woot. That's up to 70% in savings. Apple just unveiled its latest smartwatch at its event on Tuesday. It's set to come out later this fall, with new design features and the typical $399 (and up) price tag. If you've been hoping to get your hands on the trendy Apple Watch, this could b



Enlarge First it was toilet paper. Then it was processors and other silicon. Now it’s cardboard. (And there’s a whole lot of other stuff in between.) The latest kink in the planet’s ever-gnarled supply chain is one that is sending retailers, shippers, and consumers all scrambling. Cardboard supplies are unreliable, as are those for other packing materials like paper and plastic. And what is avail




SpaceX Starship Raptor•
Enlarge / SpaceX ignites a vacuum-optimized Raptor engine attached to Starship on Thursday, October 21. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX took another step on Thursday evening toward validating the rocket engine technology that will power its Starship rocket. For the first time, engineers at the company ignited a vacuum version of a Raptor rocket engine that had been attached to the Starship upper stage. T



Gizmodo / 3h
Intel’s upcoming batch of 12th-gen processors is slated to go on sale sometime later this year. But just this week, one lucky customer actually received two of Intel’s new desktop chips weeks ahead of their official release. Read more...



Snap Apple Daily Q3•
26TechCrunch / 3h
Shares of Snap are off just over 20% this morning, a huge cut to the valuation of the social networking company. In one sense, the post-earnings drop is an indictment of the company’s business. On the other, Snap’s stock has merely retreated to midyear levels and remains far above the historical price range it found itself mired in during its more unprofitable days. But Snap’s earnings report and



Nintendo Spring 2022•
Revealed earlier this year, Advance Wars: 1+2: Re-Boot Camp – a remake of the first two Advance Wars games for Nintendo Switch – caught a lot of Switch owners by surprise. Even more surprising was the game’s release date of December 3rd, 2021. Unfortunately, Nintendo announced today that Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp has been delayed, citing the need for … Continue reading



Spend enough time on social media and it’s likely that you’ll see what I’ve started to call a Bad Math Scam. This is where an account, looking to juice their engagement figures, posts an equation with a challenge for people to solve it. Often, it’ll say something like “Only ‘80s Kids Can Do This” or “Brain Power Challenge: Can You Do This Without a Calculator? ”. The only problem is that the equa



Gizmodo / 3h
What if a bunch of cool My Hero Academia villains banded together for a heist like the Lupin the 3rd gang? And they were opposed by various heroes who were huge assholes, like The Boys ? And, uh, occasionally they had Akira -like motorcycles? The answer to these questions is the same: You’d get Super Crooks , a new anime… Read more...



While you’re suffering through your workaday, Joe-Lunchpail life, kids are running around wrecking social media platforms before they even launch, playing Squid Game on the playground, and getting anything they want—just by wanting it. Read more...



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. It’s no wonder Southwest is one of TPG’s top airlines for families . The airline offers flexible change and cancellation policies , which makes using your points easy. Plus, it allows for family boarding and lets passengers check two bags for free (and bring a full-sized carry-on). These benefits are incredibly helpf



Black Friday deals are dropping earlier than ever, and so far, they don't disappoint. Best Buy's early Black Friday sale launched earlier this week with record-low prices on 4K TVs, laptops, kitchen appliances, headphones, and more. These epic Black Friday deals end today, and we're rounding up the 10 best bargains for you below. The best part about Best Buy's Black Friday sale is that you're gua



Google Meet Audio Video•
Google Meet is getting new audio and video locks to let hosts turn off the microphones and cameras of other participants. The new feature essentially lets you mute a user and prevent them from unmuting themselves until you unlock them. Earlier this year, Google rolled out the ability for hosts to mute everyone all at once in a group call. This latest feature takes the move a step further by preve



Pokemon Darkrai Raid•
Darkrai counters in Pokemon GO for Raid Boss Battles are here! It’s time to get going on the second part of Halloween in Pokemon GO, and the big boss – non-Mega – is Darkrai! To take this monster on, winning style, you’ll need plenty of Fighting-type, Fairy-type, or Bug-type Pokemon. You’ll also be happy to know that Shiny Darkrai IS … Continue reading



John Carmack Oculus VR•
Enlarge / Ars' own Sam Machkovech, shown here modeling the Oculus Go's bright future. Oculus may have officially discontinued its low-end Oculus Go headset last year , but the company has one more "official" update to help future-proof the hardware. On Thursday, Oculus released an unlocked build of the Oculus Go operating system, allowing for "full root access" on more than 2 million existing uni



After over a year of working from home, it's still a challenge to get that much-needed daily activity in. You don't have a commute to get you moving in the morning, there are no coworkers to go mingle with across the office, and honestly going to the gym from your house takes a different kind of motivation than going to the gym straight from an office. Instead of hitting the gym after work hours,



Save $130: The Samsung 5.0-channel S61A soundbar is on sale for $199.99 as of Oct. 22. That's 39% off, which is its biggest discount to date. Black Friday deals are in full swing already, and as usual, TVs are a hot ticket item . We're here to remind you that to get the most out of a fancy 4K QLED TV, you should get a soundbar as well. Most TVs have pretty good speakers built in, but a soundbar c



Gigabyte AvosLocker•
Taiwanese hardware manufacturer Gigabyte has supposedly fallen prey to yet another ransomware attack. If true, it would be the second time the companye has been targeted by a ransomware operator in 2021 following an earlier attack in August . While Gigabyte hasn’t yet commented on the incident, according to dark web criminal intelligence platform DarkTracer, the company’s name has appeared in the



Apple 2022 MacBook Air•
Apple’s next MacBook Air might come equipped with a Mini-LED screen like the new MacBook Pros – maybe minus the notch – when it purportedly arrives in mid-2022, as well as an M2 chip, with an off-white color keyboard and bezels. All this is the latest we’re hearing from the grapevine, so as ever, be cautious around this rumored info, which comes from a few tweets by known Apple leaker Dylandkt, a



It’s update season, people! Apple’s latest for the Mac, macOS Monterey, is set to hit devices on Monday, Oct. 25, following four months of beta testing. The update comes standard on the new MacBook Pros , and brings tons of features and changes to your Mac. Let’s take a look at the 31 most exciting upgrades you’ll find… Read more...



Bank of America Rewards•
Bank of America® Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards Mastercard® credit card overview The Bank of America® Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards Mastercard® credit card is a new business-friendly option that earns 1.5% on everything, no matter the purchase. If you qualify for the Bank of America Preferred Rewards for Business program, you could even earn up to 2.625x on all purchases —



When you write a new formula in Microsoft Excel, half the battle is finding the correct function to use. Luckily, Excel provides a way for you to quickly locate the function you need for your situation. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The holidays are fast approaching but don’t fret—techy gadgets are always a winning gift idea, even for that person who has everything. If there’s someone special in your life that you want to splurge $100-200 on, there’s a fantastic selection of gifts here to choose from. Read This Article on Review Geek ›




Instagram Creators•
Instagram is testing new tools to make it easier for creators to earn money through its service. The app is now testing affiliate shops, a feature it first previewed at its Creator Week event in June, and a dedicated “partnerships” inbox. Affiliate shops are an extension of Facebook’s existing shopping features, which are already widely available. But the latest version of the storefronts allow c



Covid 19 Booster Fauci•
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On Thursday night, Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gave the green light to boosters for those who took the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccines. She also made clear that people who are on the recommended list for a booster can take a different brand of vaccine than… Read more...



We spent the majority of our time in Paris at the 244-room Four Seasons George V , which is one of the most famous Four Seasons properties in the world, and for that matter one of the most well regarded luxury properties in Paris. While the Ritz-Paris and Cheval Blanc were both impressive in their own way, to me the Four Seasons offered the all-around best experience. The hotel is gorgeous, has i



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Apple announced the new MacBook Pros earlier this week, which means the rumor mill has already moved on to the next Mac in the lineup: The 2022 MacBook Air. And so far, it’s looking like there will be a number of changes for Apple’s entry-level MacBook. Read more...



Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) The Dealmaster has finished streaming Dune , so it's time for another round of the best tech deals from around the web. Today's rundown is headlined by the lowest price we've tracked for Sony's WH-1000XM4 headphones, which have fallen to $248 at various retailers this week. That matches the deal we highlighted during Amazon's Prime Day event and marks a roughly $80



A standing desk is going to change my life. Or at least, that's what I've now convinced myself after using a few over the last six months and experiencing all of the benefits that I'd previously dismissed because of my hefty skepticism. Like many others, I started working from home permanently at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequences have had a disastrous impact on my health. Wi



Sony State of Play•
Sony has announced when its next State of Play stream will take place. You can watch it on October 27th at 5PM ET on Twitch or YouTube . It'll be a short broadcast, clocking in at 20 minutes or so, but as we saw with Sony's blockbuster showcase in September , it can pack a lot into these events. The company didn't say what games will be featured nor did it rule anything out. However, the focus wi



SAVE UP TO $50: As of Oct. 22, get the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro for $149.99 (a 25% savings) or the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 with Galaxy SmartTag for $129.99 (a 27% savings), both at Amazon. Samsung's deals event at Amazon continues with some powerful deals on Galaxy earbuds. If you or a loved one is a Samsung Galaxy user and has noise-canceling buds on their wishlist this holiday season, look no furt



GTA Grand Theft Auto•
If, like me, you weren’t initially excited about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto Trilogy remasters, well now’s the time to jump on the hype train. With the release of its first proper trailer , Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, to give it its full and rather clunky title, looks fantastic. And that, I think, is in most part due to its smart new art style. I had in my head an id



It’s been a busy two weeks in Avelo’s network planning department. The new startup airline, which first launched flights in April 2021, has been fine-tuning its route map, with the latest batch of announcements covering three new routes. The first one came on Oct. 13 and includes new service between Las Vegas (LAS) and Fort Collins (FNL), Colorado. Those flights launch on Dec. 15 on a twice-weekl



Apple’s 2022 MacBook Air refresh will borrow liberally from the new MacBook Pro, fresh leaks have suggested, with plenty – though not everything – on the wishlist of current users for the ultraportable said to be answered next year. The current MacBook Air was among the first models in Apple’s computing range to make the switch to Apple Silicon, helping … Continue reading



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Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn —billed as a blend of the legend of King Arthur and Southern Black Girl Magic —was released last year and soon became a YA sensation. Today, io9 is thrilled to have the exclusive first look at the cover and an excerpt from its sequel, Bloodmarked , which sees the return of teenager Bree as she… Read more...



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When news broke that former U.S. President Donald Trump had conceived of a media and technology company and intended to take it public via a blank-check company , you would have been forgiven if you immediately began to wonder how quickly you could short the stock. Pick a reason: Right-leaning social networks have largely flopped; the company appeared to be severely underfunded given the scope of



Google Russian YouTube•
A recent report from Google’s Threat Analysis group highlights a phishing campaign targeting YouTube content creators . Hackers successfully hijacked thousands of channels, which were either sold off or used to launch financial scams against the channel’s viewers. Read more...



To be successful today, businesses must be competitive, innovative, and fast-to-market. And this is increasingly difficult to achieve without being powered by agile payment platform technology. About the author Sujit Unni is Chief Technology Officer at Paysafe . Platform technology’s effectiveness stems from its agility – the ability to make unlimited upgrades, and improvements at pace. Tradition



Cybersecurity experts have successfully demonstrated that the features of gaming-centric messaging platform Discord can easily be abused for malicious purposes. Researchers from Check Point Research (CPR) have spotted “early signs” of malicious actors interested in exploiting some of Discord’s most useful features to target users of the platform. “The most prominent sign is a multi-functional mal



AMD Microsoft Windows 11•
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Microsoft and AMD have both released patches to fix the AMD Ryzen performance bugs present in the initial versions of Windows 11, according to an AMD knowledgebase article that was updated late yesterday. AMD has provided a new chipset driver to fix a problem that broke the "preferred core" feature that can boost performance on high-core-count, high-TDP Ryzen proce



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When you file to go public, you want folks to like the numbers. You do not want people to mock the numbers. The most extreme version of this obvious truism was WeWork’s first run at the public markets . It filed, everyone found its results to be ridiculous , and the IPO eventually got yanked. A more modest — yet still negative — reaction can be found in Box’s first attempt at going public . Both



Grand Theft Auto TDE•
Today is the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III . Although Rockstar Games didn’t mark the occasion with a sudden surprise release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition , it revealed when you’ll be able to get your hands on the upgraded versions of GTA III , GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas . The bundle arrives digitally on November 11th (the former




In the five years since it was released, Stardew Valley has become an indie sensation. Now, Stardew Valley‘s creator, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, has revealed his next game: ConcernedApe’s Haunted Chocolatier. The first trailer for Haunted Chocolatier is here, and it shows off some early gameplay from the new title. It’s safe to say that Stardew Valley fans will probably find … Continue reading



Facebook Google Change•
Facebook is allegedly changing its name to emphasize being a metaverse company, rather than just a social media one. The announcement was met with some speculation, with many believing that the name change is a rebrand attempt to shift away from the negativity many associate with the company.



21 10% Tipping Omdia•
Just 14% of 5G operators around the world have been able to encourage 10% or more of their customers to subscribe to their next generation network service. Research from Omdia suggests that 147 5G networks were live as of June 2021, but only 21 had achieved the ‘magic’ milestone. Early data suggests that 10% penetration is the threshold needed for 5G infrastructure to have a positive impact on mo



Sci-fi fans, rejoice! Dune , Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded adaptation of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel, has finally landed in theaters and on HBO Max after several pandemic-induced delays. Sure, the director never wanted his magnum opus to be made available to watch on streamers, but if it means we get to see Timothée Chalamet sat atop a skyscraper-sized sandworm from the comfort of our own



GTA Grand Theft Auto•
Rockstar's hotly anticipated GTA Trilogy remaster now has an official release date of November 11 , and we've been treated to a trailer which shows us just how the remastered versions of GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas will look compared to the originals. Thing look promising, with a clear improvement in detail, lighting, weather and color palettes, while the art styles of the original g



With Hyatt introducing their new peak and off-peak pricing award chart on Oct. 26, the clock is ticking to book award stays and lock in standard award pricing. This change will affect stays on or after March 1, 2022. If the hotel you book goes up in price, your already booked reservation will stay intact. Plus, Hyatt will automatically refund you the difference if the price of your stay goes down



Southwest Airlines has some fantastic co-branded credit cards with Chase. Of the three personal cards, my favorite one is the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Card . In this post, I wanted to take a closer look at the card, especially in light of the new benefits that have just been introduced, as well as the great new welcome bonus . Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card Basics For October 2021



American Airlines has a private check-in for top customers at facility at Chicago O’Hare, LAX, London Heathrow, Miami and New York JFK called Flagship First Check-in. But because this is an airline, the rules around who can use it are complicated. Continue reading ...



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Hello, and welcome to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. And have a good time. This week Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex (along with our amazing production team Grace, Chris, and Kell) took on a bevy of topics from around the world of startups and technology more broadly. We naturally kicked off with news that Facebook intends to r



There’s been a sea change in the way Hollywood makes theatrical movies. COVID has altered the landscape in ways I’m not sure we can foresee, but also might only have accelerated trends already underway: shorter release windows, simultaneous streaming debuts, and a general erosion of the theater as the place to see new… Read more...



A great keyboard is important for PC gaming. Speed, stability, and build quality are all important factors. There are so many styles and options to choose from at various price points. Here are the best ones on the market today! Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Samsung has absolutely lost its mind. The company is practically running a fire sale at Amazon today, slashing prices on its Galaxy S21 Ultra, the new Galaxy Watch 4, the Galaxy Buds Live, and a ton of other killer products. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Git is a decentralized version control system, which means your local repo is the same thing as the remote repository on a site like Github. When you need to push or pull changes, you must do so using a Git remote. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



Haunted Chocolatier•
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, aka "ConcernedApe," has made a surprise unveiling of his next game, Haunted Chocolatier . It has the same pixelated SNES look as Stardew , with characters, set-pieces and themes that are similarly cute and quirky. "In this game, you will play as a chocolatier living in a haunted castle. In order to thrive in your new role, you will have to gather rare ingredien



Whilst the Olympic Games were taking place in Tokyo earlier this year, another, huge competition was also taking place behind the curtain - between the organization’s 200-people strong cybersecurity team, and countless hackers, criminal groups and other malicious actors. The good guys won, as none of the attacks were successful and Tokyo 2020 continued without a hiccup. However, it’s safe to say



Google’s ousting of Qualcomm from its Pixel 6 smartphones doesn’t just cover the main chipset, with news that the new Google Tensor SoC is paired with an unexpected modem supplier, too. Having relied on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon series of mobile chipsets for previous generations of Pixel phone – and the Nexus range before that – Google opted to develop its own … Continue reading



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Hocus Pocus 2 adds to its cast. Mark Hamill ruminates on whether or not neighborly proximity could get him a role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 . The cast of Marvel’s Eternals talk up director Chloé Zhao. Plus, a look at the return of Resident Alien and Animaniacs . Spoilers now! Read more...



TL;DR: The Cyber Blade: Dagger Laser Sword is only $106.99 as of Oct. 22, a 26% savings. At the rate technology is advancing, legit lightsabers you can battle with probably aren’t too far off from reality. And no, the one at the Star Wars-themed Disney hotel opening in 2022 is not real . Current models are either fake news or way too dangerous to actually wield. We just aren’t quite there yet. Un



TL;DR: The Function101 Button Remote is only $29.95 as of Oct. 22. If social media posts are any indication, the Apple TV remote is straight up trash . One Redditor even calls it the “worst product Apple makes.” It comes as no surprise, though, really. Apple loves to force new technology on folks in bizarre ways. Sometimes it works — as in the case of AirPods. Other times, it’s just inconvenient



Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) can be sneaky-good retirement savings vehicles, but only a mere 9% of account holders actually invest their funds, according to recent research . And yet by doing so, you can rapidly grow the funds in your account, with the added bonus of being able to spend that money penalty-free on… Read more...




Twitter Algorithms Right•
The social-media giant has found tweets from parties on the political right are "amplified" more.



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. An easy and rewarding way to ramp up the number of points you earn when traveling is to register for the various promotions put out by hotel loyalty programs. But while the payoff can be substantial, keeping track of the latest hotel bonuses can be difficult — especially if you’re juggling points and elite status wit



As we’ve learned more about bioluminescence, it seems to be everywhere in the natural world. There are even sharks that glow in the dark as they hunt prey and seek mates. Fortunately, the plants that give the Bioluminescent Bio-Orb its light are a little more friendly and offer you a gentle glow whenever you need it, with just a swirl. You can get one on sale for just $44.99 (reg. $49). Truly Nat



ITA Starlux Status 2021•
Starlux Airlines has been offering a status match campaign since the airline started operations. With this, you can get top tier status with no flying requirement, assuming you have status with another airline. Starlux Airlines has now emailed members to inform them that the status match program will be ending on October 31, 2021, so this is your last chance to request a status match (I wouldn’t



TL;DR: This RGB Eclipse Circle Wall Lamp is on sale as of Oct. 22 for $89.99 — that's savings of 9%. It’s officially the season of celebration. We kick things off this month with Halloween , but the fun keeps going until New Year’s Eve. That calls for a change of decor every couple of weeks. Make things easy on yourself by snagging this minimalist RGB lamp that offers maximum features to help you



TL;DR: Get the Marquee Charging Stand for $34.99 as of Oct. 22 — that's 41% off. Cutting-edge devices deserve charging options that can keep up. Pairing your brand-new iPhone 13 with a deteriorating Lightning cable from 2017, for example, just feels wrong. Embrace the wireless charging revolution instead, with over 40% off this three-in-one fast wireless charging stand from Marquee. Designed to r



Yousuf Khan Contributor Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures . Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and vice president of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this contributor 3 keys to pricing early-stage SaaS products Develop a buyer’s guide to



GTA Grand Theft Auto•
The GTA Trilogy , better known as Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (good lord, that's a mouthful), finally has a release date, putting an end to the months of speculation on whether the remasters even exist, and when we'll get to play them. Packing in remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto 3 , as well as its much-lauded follow-ups Vice City and San Andreas, this definitive



Grand Prix F1 Formula 1•
We missed out on Circuit of the Americas in 2020, but F1 is being welcomed back to the US with open arms this season. The safe bets will be on Hamilton - or at least a Mercedes - but since when does everything really go to plan? All you need to do is follow our guide to live stream F1 and watch the 2021 US Grand Prix online wherever you are - including absolutely free ! US Grand Prix F1 live stre



UK Heat Strategy Zero•
The government recently announced that it will provide £450 million in funding to encourage households in England and Wales to install electric heat pumps. Over the next three years, it’s hoped that 90,000 electric heat pumps will be installed as part of the scheme. From April 2022, the government will offer UK households a £5,000 grant if they choose to replace their gas boiler with a heat pump.



Static IP addresses don’t change when containers or services are stopped and started, making them useful for permanent networking. Assigning Docker containers static IP addresses is an easy way to make them more accessible. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



This week brought our first official early Black Friday sale , courtesy of Best Buy. While we expect to see even more of these events before we hit Black Friday proper, there are a bunch of gadgets at record-low prices right now that are worth considering. Both Amazon and Best Buy knocked $150 off the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone, and both retailers have some of our favorite Sony hea



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Foodology has been whipping up its restaurant brands in cloud and virtual kitchens in Colombia and Mexico since 2019, and with a new infusion of capital, hopes to scale that across Latin America. The Bogotá-based company closed on $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Base Partners. Existing investors Kayyak Ventures and Jaguar Ventures (now Wollef) joined in a



Klarna , the global retail bank, payments and shopping service, can now add “travel agent” to that list. The company announced Friday that it acquired Inspirock, an online trip planner using artificial intelligence and local expertise to enable Klarna’s 90 million users to quickly and easily explore a destination’s offerings and create personalized itineraries. Financial terms of the deal were no



Citcon Mobile Paying•
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Citcon , a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Sierra Ventures and Sonae IM also joined the financing, which brings San Jose-based Citcon’s total raised since its 2015 inception to nearly $50 million. Citcon’s mission is straightforward: to allow merchants to accept payments by mobile wallet



Nothing feels less sexy than a giant hoodie layered under a big coat, but that’s winter fashion for you. When it’s cold outside, it’s easy to fall into a seasonal funk, but you don’t have to fall into a simultaneous round of insecurity. Your body is covered up and you might be inclined to treat it a little less kindly… Read more...



Last year I took the original Surface Duo out of the box and marveled at how it looked and felt in hand. And then ruined that impression by turning on. But it’s a new year, and now I have the Surface Duo 2 in my hands, and good news! It isn’t failing epically. At least not yet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Microsoft Word and programs of its ilk dominate the world for creating prose documents. But plain text can be more powerful than you realize. That’s why the plain text editor Sublime Text and (and programs of its ilk) can be an excellent choice for writers. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Srouji Apple MacBook Pro•
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Plus: The infamous 2016 Macbook Pro, Gödel’s ontological proof, and a mascot’s moment of weakness.




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It took more than a decade to get the comics series adapted. Now it’s been canceled before even finishing its first season.



Jaguar Ventures , a Mexican fund investing in early-stage startups, is now Wollef and is launching its third fund with a target of raising $100 million before the first quarter of 2022. The firm got started back in 2013 when Eric Pérez-Grovas, who launched the Mercado Libre Mexico operations, joined with Cristóbal Perdomo, a serial founder of companies like Groupalia, which was sold to the Brazil



Microsoft has announced new controls for Microsoft 365 that will help customers manage privacy of their users in accordance with the local laws. Dubbed Privacy Management for Microsoft 365, the new controls are designed to give businesses visibility into the privacy risks at scale with the quintessential office software , without too much effort. “With role-based access controls and data de-ident



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It’s refreshing to see Apple correcting some of the crimes of Ives with its new MacBook Pros that ditch the Touch Bar but regain an SD card slot and HDMI. But you can never have enough ports, and Satechi’s new USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter has tons of ‘em with a side of extra storage too. Read more...



Trump TRUTH Social•
It took only a few hours for pranksters to find and deface a test version of former President Trump's yet-to-launch social media platform called TRUTH Social . According to The Washington Post , someone signed up for an account on the test website, took the username "donaldjtrump" and posted a photo of a defecating pig. Trump and his team recently announced that they're launching TRUTH Social in



Techtober continues with a deep dive into Apple’s latest MacBook Pros, powered by the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Cherlynn and Devindra also chat about what’s new with the Pixel 6, and Mr. Mobile himself ( Michael Fisher ) joins to break down the Surface Duo 2. It turns out Microsoft needed more than a year to fix all of the problems with its dual-screen phone. Listen below, or subscribe on your



By this time, most of us have heard of Amazon Prime , the online retail giant’s subscription service. It includes free expedited shipping and access to streaming entertainment including movies, TV shows, music and podcasts. But if you don’t want to pony up $119 per year (plus taxes), and all you’re interested in is free shipping on online purchases, you might benefit from enrolling in ShopRunner



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Instagram has finally added the ability to upload photos and videos through your web browser, which means you can ditch the smartphone app and commit yourself to using the social network on your desktop instead. (Right?) Here’s everything you can (and can’t do) on Instagram on the web—and any device with a web… Read more...



Rockstar Games hasn’t always been untouchable. To identify the exact moment perhaps the world’s most celebrated video game company became ice cool, check out the trailer for Grand Theft Auto III . Although now inevitably somewhat dated, it endures as a trailblazing, widescreen moment in popular culture. The clip peaks in a slow-motion spectacle of operatic drama as an airborne white sports car ar



Google Android W. Profile•
A new update coming to Google Workspace should make splitting work and personal apps easier than ever. The online collaboration suite will soon be able to set borders between your work and home apps, making sure you aren't disturbed by alerts when at the office, or when trying to relax at home. The update should give remote workers across the world a welcome productivity boost, allowing them to f



Electric Motorcycle NASA•
NASA is looking for new rovers for its new Artemis space program, and German design company Hookie thinks it has the perfect solution: a lunar electric motorcycle. Because the motorbike, called the Tardigrade, has just two wheels, it’s much lighter than a conventional moon buggy. “A moon buggy requires almost the same space as three to four Tardigrades,” Hookie co-founder Nico Muller told Interes



Haunted Chocolatier•
The creator of Stardew Valley has announced the title of his next game: Haunted Chocolatier. In Haunted Chocolatier, you'll be playing as a chocolatier with the goal of making the best chocolate you can. To succeed you'll have to gather as many rare and exciting ingredients as you can to make your creations as delicious as possible. Oh, and you'll be working out of the kitchen in your own haunted



REvil Ransomware US•
In a welcome move, sources have confirmed that the recent troubles plaguing the notorious REvil ransomware operator are the result of a concerted effort by various cybersecurity agencies. Reuters credits REvil’s latest disappearance to the US based on insights shared by three private sector cyber experts working with US security agencies and one former official. VMware’s head of cybersecurity str



General Motors recently unveiled two new trim models of its 2022 Sierra 1500 half-ton truck. The all-new Sierra Denali Ultimate is moving the goalpost in the luxury department, making it the most advanced and luxuriously appointed Denali ever. On the other hand, the first-ever Sierra AT4X offers better off-road capabilities with a luxurious twist. “With the 2022 Sierra, GMC is … Continue reading



Qantas Airbus A380•
As noted by Executive Traveller , Qantas will be bringing back the Airbus A380 in the coming months, and with that, the airline will also reintroduce first class. While the pandemic has largely been terrible news for the A380, there has been some good news lately, as we’ve learned that British Airways , Qatar Airways , and Singapore Airlines , will all bring back the A380 in the coming weeks. Qan



Enlarge MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo $1300 at Costco $1599 at Amazon $1599 at B&H (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs .) A 2-in-1 laptop may seem like the ultimate device for people who want portability and versatility without giving up too much power. You get the ultraportability of an ultraportable from lightweight builds measuring under 1



American US London•
This summer British Airways doubled its award availability commitment . Each airline opens award space on flights on its own schedule, if they open awards at all. British Airways is unique in promising to make awards available on every flight when the schedule loads. But they don't promise first class awards. They used to be good about offering them. Now first class space is almost non-existent.



Gizmodo / 6h
There has been a lot of noise in recent years about mini-LED, microLED (which are still too big and expensive for most homes), and QLED TVs in a bid to steal the crown from OLED, and while there are some compelling options out there, OLED remains the best value for performance and price. Read more...



Your friend sends you long paragraphs about their breakup or their boss or their grief. How can you show them that you’re engaged and listening? Even before the pandemic, we’ve known there are certain aspects of face-to-face communication that are impossible to replicate over text or call. When you want to comfort a… Read more...



From our stacks: Illustration from “Dennison’s Bogie Book. 13th Annual Edition. A Book of Suggestions for Decorating and Entertaining at Hallowe'en, Harvest Time and Thanksgiving.” Boston: Dennison’s Mfg. Co., 1925.




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This week, we critique—and praise!—the new MacBook Pro models and the Pixel 6, both of which just landed in our laps.



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Despite the conventional wisdom, they don’t really float.



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Financial statement audits are an essential part of doing business, but often are complex and can require documentation gathering, most times requiring email correspondence back and forth between the auditor and the company for files and information to complete the task. T.C. Whittaker, co-founder and CEO of Audit Sight , says companies can spend millions of dollars per year on these audits, but



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Generally, I think generic items get a bad rap. Most everything you buy is available in a store-brand alternative, and almost always, it’s basically indistinguishable from the pricier, name-brand one that gets all the glory. Sure, the packaging might look a little strange, but it’s what’s inside that counts—and… Read more...



If you have looked for a new TV in the last few years, you have probably seen Hisense touting its ULED TVs. Here’s how these new ULED TVs differ from QLED and NanoCell TVs. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Researchers from MIT, Argentina, and South Africa have published a paper looking into the heard activity of dinosaurs. The study found that dinosaurs did move in herds and that they moved in herds much earlier than previously believed. Researchers now believe dinosaurs lived in social herds as early as 193 million years ago. The researchers detail the discovery of a … Continue reading



Lyft Sexual 2017 2019•
Lyft has finally published its first safety report (PDF), which sheds light on the rate of sexual assault and abuse cases on the service in the US over the course of three years. From 2017 until 2019, Lyft received a total of 4,158 sexual assault reports. The company's safety team divided all sexual assault and misconduct incidents into 21 categories, but the cases included in this report only in



Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.



Xbox Game Studios is working with Finnish studio Mainframe on a cloud-native MMO, according to reports. Cloud-based developer Mainframe had already announced it was working on a cloud-native MMO but, according to Jez Corden on The Xbox Two podcast , Xbox Game Studios is now working with the studio. Corden's claims have been corroborated by VentureBeat 's Jeff Grubb, who claims the adventure MMO i



That is not a typo. This Hot Wheels Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing costs upwards of $12,000 – $12,908 in today’s exchange rates, to be exact – and is possibly the most expensive Hot Wheels toy car ever made. It’s a lot of money for a 1:64 scale model car, but there’s a catch: It comes with an exclusive IWC Pilot’s Watch … Continue reading



After a long run of teasing the RGB-lit Zephyr mask, Razer is finally ready to sell it to die-hard fans — or possibly cosplayers. The Zephyr costs $100 or there’s a $150 Starter Pack with three replacement filter kits. Alas, the Starter Pack is already listed as "out of stock," and the mask by itself is still "coming soon." Yes, you can customize the lighting through a companion app, but the high



Zenfolio Launches UK•
Popular website builder for photographers , Zenfolio has launched a new platform for its UK clientele, six months after the company unveiled its new solution in the US. The new platform combines a website builder , photo gallery and ecommerce website solution, as well as CRM tools. Available now, the solution has integrated booking, real-time scheduling, invoicing , payment and automatic fulfilme



Amazon's deal of the day is all about Samsung today, with products on sale ranging from laptops to Galaxy S smartphones to storage. That includes a 30 percent discount on Samsung's thin and pretty 13.3-inch Galaxy Book Pro laptop with an OLED display (on sale for $840), the Galaxy S21 Plus smartphone at $750 ($250 off), and the Galaxy Watch 4 priced at $220 — $90 off the regular $310 price. Some



We're still in October, but that hasn't stopped early Black Friday deals appearing, and this incredible offer cuts £150 off the brand new MacBook Pro 14-inch before it's even launched! The entry level model for Apple's powerful new MacBook Pro comes with the new Apple M1 Pro chip, with an 8-Core CPU, 14-Core GPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. The MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) usually sells for £1,899, but



Huge spoilers follow for Foundation episodes 1 to 6. Watch them all before reading on. Foundation hasn’t been shy about examining the subject of death. Through the murder of key character Hari Seldon in episode 2, and its Emperor clone storyline, Apple’s sci-fi epic is willing to explore the ramifications of life and death in detail. About this episode - Episode 6 (of 10), 'Death and the Maiden -



If the last ski season is any indicator, chances are that many skiers are going to spend more time in lift lines than enjoying the snow this winter. According to the National Ski Area Association’s annual report , last season ranked among the five busiest since 1978, with more than 59 million visits. And with weekdays accounting for 48% of the season’s visits — up 27% from the previous season — v



Facebook One Zuckerberg•
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Making your News Feed chronological is an enlightening look at what's really happening on the platform.



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The industry now has official guidance on design, materials, and more, but not security and privacy best practices.



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From constant surveillance to algorithms that decide what we see, society is entering territory reserved for fictional dystopias. Here's how to push back.



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The Acer Swift 3's chip update and long-lived battery makes it one of the best affordable all-around laptops.




NASA Launch Boeing•
Enlarge / The Orion spacecraft is stacked atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket. (credit: NASA ) Welcome to Edition 4.21 of the Rocket Report! Plenty of news this week across the realm of rockets, from a near-success in South Korea (better luck next time, Nuri rocket) to the long-awaited stacking of NASA's Space Launch System vehicle. As always, we welcome reader submissions , and if you don't w



Would you like to hear Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya singing James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" complete with accurate vocals? Of course you would! During the press circuit for Dune which just hit cinemas worldwide including the UK, Timmy and Zendaya chatted to Radio 1's Greg James and participated in a round of "Unpopular Opinion." The first unpopular opinion came from a man who dislikes Michael B



The data science market is flourishing, with an increasing number of companies across sectors placing data at the forefront of their digital transformation strategies. The rise of data analytics has seen the demand for data scientists and data engineers tripling over the past five years, rising by as much as 231%. Yet as many businesses rush to hire the talent they need to make their plans a real



The Apple Silicon MacBook Pro refresh has arrived, and it’s given many people cause for celebration. Not only are the new laptops incredibly powerful, but the revision points to a new direction for professional MacBooks at Apple. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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The world’s largest Triceratops skeleton ever discovered was sold at auction for roughly $7.7 million on Thursday, according to a new report from Reuters . The auction estimate before bidding started was that it would only fetch about $1.7 million. Read more...



COVID isn't going anywhere soon, but the world is learning day by day how we might need to live with the virus and try to get back to some sort of normality. The gradual easing of lockdowns around the world has meant journeys, no matter how long, that you wanted to do but couldn't, can start to happen again. We can resume exploring, adventuring and feeling like the world is there to start enjoyin



The most ambitious mission that NASA has undertaken in decades is Artemis I. NASA confirmed this week that the Orion capsule that one day all astronauts to the moon and perhaps beyond was lifted and placed atop its massive SLS rocket in preparation for launch. The capsule was lifted into the air to attach to the top of the rocket … Continue reading



This is a disappointing change, which gets rid of one of the major incentives to book award tickets through Cathay Pacific’s frequent flyer program. Cathay Pacific Asia Miles ends award waitlisting As of October 22, 2021, Cathay Pacific’s Asia Miles frequent flyer program will no longer allow standard award tickets to be waitlisted. For context, in the past the Asia Miles program allowed award ti



DNS Past 12 Months•
Domain name system ( DNS ) attacks, a threat usually de-prioritized in comparison to ransomware, malware , Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), and targeted hacking, are on the rise, and businesses are taking notice. A new report from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC) surveying more than 300 professionals in senior positions from six EMEA and US markets found that 55% see DNS com



The hunt for the best TV deals this Black Friday has begun way ahead of schedule as the independent retailer Sevenoaks takes an early lead with a terrific low price on the LG C1 OLED TV . The standout offer is on the 65-inch LG C1 OLED which is now reduced by a whopping £800 and can be yours for £1699 (was £2499) . Just make sure you enter the voucher code 'GDSAVE100' to get this price. A 55-inch



Fall 2021: the season of pumpkins, pecan pies, and peachy new phones. Every year, right on cue, Apple, Samsung, Google, and others drop their latest releases. These fixtures in the consumer tech calendar no longer inspire the surprise and wonder of those heady early days. But behind all the marketing glitz, there’s something remarkable going on. Google’s latest offering, the Pixel 6, is the first



Huawei has announced the latest iteration of its smartwatch, the Huawei Watch GT 3, with improved health and fitness monitoring and impressive battery life. The Huawei Watch GT 3 comes in two sizes, 42mm and 46mm, and in four different designs: Active, Classic, Elite, and Elegant. Huawei Watch GT 3 comes in four basic designs, two sizes, and with several different straps, including calfskin strap



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Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet's sci-fi extravaganza Dune hit HBO Max yesterday, winning over the internet and the very likely the box office now that it's out in cinemas today. On The Late Show , Stephen Colbert — a mega-fan of Frank Herbert's novel that inspired the movie — challenged the stars to a game: "Duner or Later". The pair had to determine whether the things being named were older or yo



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Before Patrice Ingram shuts off her bedside light, before she closes her eyes to prepare for the day ahead, she checks Instagram. She's not floating through a numbing sea of glamorized self-portraits and intricately posed interiors. Instead, she's navigating the direct messages for Mutual Aid Philly , the volunteer-run organization dedicated to getting Philadelphia's residents the help they need.



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When applying for a job, under no circumstances should a company ask you to send them money or devices such as a phone or laptop. If they do, there's a good chance you're being scammed. At least three job seekers have been sucked into such a scam — to varying degrees — by a group posing to be hiring managers at Mashable after luring in applicants from sites like Indeed. The scammers, who through



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Paging Dr. Internet, we need a diagnosis. In this series, Mashable examines the online world's influence on our health and prescribes new ways forward. For 33 years, Orla Wilson managed her Type 1 diabetes well. "I always had reasonable control," she says. "I didn't really think too much about it." But when her seven-year-old daughter Polly received the same diagnosis in 2014, she and her husband



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Sopranos HBO Chase•
Even though The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark has been a box office flop – just $11.4 million worldwide on a reported budget of $50 million – on the US streaming service HBO Max it's apparently gone down pretty well. So much so that another TV show based on the series is now a real possibility. "We’re talking to David [Chase] about a new series, Sopranos related, on HBO Max," sa



Raspberry Pi 4 Price•
The pandemic currently impacting most of the world has resulted in significant production shortages for many types of products, particularly those that rely on microchips. Those who like to tinker with electronics often turn to the inexpensive and small Raspberry Pi device. However, some Raspberry Pi developer boards have become difficult to find, and the company has now announced it … Continue r



Smart 2021 US Huawei•
Sales of 5G compatible smartphones are set to reach 560 million this year, helping the number of worldwide connections reach 637 million. Analysts at CCS Insight say deployments and adoption of 5G phones in Western Europe, North America and Asia are overcoming challenges posed by the triple threat of Covid-19, the uncertain role of Huawei, and unfavourable macroeconomic conditions Penetration in




Social media giant Facebook is adding augmented reality (AR) features to video calls on its Messenger platform, including its video conferencing tool, Messenger Rooms. In a blog post announcing the news, the company said the new “Group Effects” feature will be a “shared experience”, and will work for everyone collaborating via a video call. At launch, the feature will have more than 70 different



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Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, digital artist Beeple, scholar Timnit Gebru, actor John Cho, and more will discuss some of the biggest challenges facing humanity.



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Russia’s capital city of Moscow will enter a 10-day lockdown starting next week as new cases of covid-19 and deaths from the disease reach new daily highs. The lockdown, which won’t start until Thursday, Oct. 28, comes as Russian hospitals struggle with a horrific surge of largely unvaccinated patients. Read more...



US Pig Kidney Human•
One of the biggest challenges facing people who have a disease severe enough to require an organ transplant is finding a donor organ. For the first time ever, surgeons have successfully transplanted a kidney from a pig into a human without immediate rejection by the immune system. This is hailed as a major advance with the potential to alleviate the … Continue reading



Following in Barack Obama's footsteps , Larry David appeared on The Late Late Show recently and dispensed some valuable life advice to James Corden's staff members. The topics covered included anniversary gifts, partners who chew with their mouths open, and one fairly daring question about how to cope with baldness that David seemed to take particular offence to. His response? "I'm never coming h



If you're looking for a new monitor for your PC gaming setup, you may have been tempted to hold off until Black Friday 2021 to score a great deal. However, it's still possible to grab a fantastic gaming monitor discount ahead of the busy sales period, and that's what we're highlighting today. For a limited time, you can get the excellent Samsung CJG50 WQHD curved monitor for just £199.99 at CCL C



Google Meet Audio Video•
A new update to Google Meet will finally end one of the worst things about workplace video calls. The video conferencing platform has announced it will soon allow hosts to turn off or mute the video feed and microphones of individual users on a group call. Affected users will be unable to turn their cameras or microphones back on manually, whether in a main room or a breakout call. Mute all In a



Apple is renowned for offering great discounts on its products for students and educators, but it’s being beaten at its own game by The EDU Store, which is offering the brand new M1 Pro MacBook Pro at a cheaper price for those in education than even its own student-and-teaching-staff discount can offer. And that's before the Black Friday deals ramp up and kick in. So long as you can prove you are



What do you call people with superpowers who aren't attempting world domination, but still like to dabble in the occasional heist now and again? Super Crooks , based on the graphic novel by Mark Millar, appears to be the answer. The trailer above sees a group of eight superheroes joining forces in an attempt to take on a crime boss (who also has superpowers, of course), with things going predicta



All signs were pointing to the iPhone SE 3 being based on an older, 'classic' iPhone like the iPhone SE (2020) was, but a new leak has suggested it could be based on a more recent device. According to Chinese website MyDrivers , the next 'budget' iPhone will launch in early 2022, will use an LCD display, and will be based on the iPhone XR . The site adds that the mobile will have a side-mounted f



The best Instant Pots are one of the popular items on Black Friday , as they save space by offering a multitude of cooking methods in one device. However, they can be a pricey purchase, so a good deal is always welcome. In the UK, Amazon has slashed 36% off the price of the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 electric pressure cooker , reducing it to £57.97 from £89.99 . This is the lowest price we've seen fo



Black Friday may not officially kick off until November 26, but we're already seeing some excellent Samsung Galaxy Buds deals at Amazon. Our top deal is on the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro. Usually $199.99, Amazon has slashed $50 off the price, bringing them down to $169.99 and within $2 of their lowest-ever price. If you're looking for something cheaper, Amazon has also discounted the older Samsung G



The Garmin Fenix 6 is down to just £297.76 at Amazon right now. It's never dropped this low before, so if you've been thinking about picking up a new running watch, this is an opportunity not to be missed. We're expecting to see some great offers on Garmin watches when this year's Black Friday deals arrive, but we'd be very surprised if the Garmin Fenix 6 drops lower than this. It usually hovers



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Out of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this summer, Wes Anderson’s latest film was condemned by some critics who decried it as his most indulgent work yet. They’re not wrong. Rich in twee details, a nostalgic soundtrack, and a sprawling cast full of the writer/director’s favored troupe (plus many, many more), The French Dispatch is dripping in Anderson’s signature style. Of course



Michael Bay J. Gyllenhaal•
The first trailer for Michael Bay's next movie has landed online – and it looks as ridiculously over the top as you'd expect. Ambulance, which is based on a 2005 Danish movie of the same name (Ambulancen), is an upcoming action-thriller that bears all of the hallmarks of a typical Michael Bay film. There are explosions galore, lots of shaky camerawork and plenty of shouting and verbal sparring be



iFixit Apple Watch 7•
The Apple Watch 7 and iPhone 13 are very different devices, despite both being made by Apple, but a recent teardown of the former shows a key similarity between the two which Apple itself hasn’t highlighted. iFixit found that the Apple Watch 7 has a touch-integrated OLED screen, also known as an on-cell touch display. This means that the screen’s touch sensor is built into the main display panel,



Quietly built over two years, the Kremlin’s censorship infrastructure gives it sweeping power to block sites. Many fear a new age of digital isolation.



Save $250: As of Oct. 22, the iHome 2-in-1 Robot Mop and Vacuum is 63% off at Walmart. Fun fact: The first robot vacuum debuted in 1996 from Swedish manufacturer Electrolux. Well we've come a long way since then. No one has to remind you how much household chores suck, and this innovative gadget is the kind of futuristic tech we could only dream about 20 years ago. If there is one product to inve



Dutch Tesla Data tNFI•
Tesla's closely-guarded driving data has been decrypted for the first time, according to a Dutch government-run forensic lab. The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) said it discovered a wealth of information about Tesla's Autopilot , along with data around speed, accelerator pedal positions, steering wheel angle and more. The findings will allow the government to "request more targeted data" to



Warehouse workers in Staten Island hope to organise, in the latest labour push at the firm.




SpaceX Starship Raptor•
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SpaceX has taken a major step towards sending the Starship to orbit. On Thursday night, the private space corporation has conducted the SN20 Starship prototype's first static fire test as part of its preparation for the spacecraft's launch . According to Space , the SN20 is currently outfitted with two Raptor engines: A standard "sea-level" Raptor and a vacuum version designed to operate in space



With the climate crisis looming, lots of companies want to do their part. But asking customers to “offset the CO2 emission of this delivery” is usually a hammer to crack a nut. There is very little transparency around carbon offsets. Plus, smaller companies want to access high-quality carbon credits, but calculate their impact at a product, services and transactional level, and be able to purchas



MacBook Pro M1 Max HPM•
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The most powerful version of Apple's new MacBook Pro, the 16-inch Pro with the M1 Max processor, will have a special setting called "high power" mode. A few days ago, MacRumors contributor Steve Moser found references to the "high power" mode in macOS Monterey code, together with a description that reads: "Your Mac will optimize performance to better support resource-intensive tasks. This may res



OfBusiness, an e-commerce startup that sells industrial goods and provides small businesses with credit, is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a valuation of over $4.5 billion, three sources familiar with those talks told me. If the talks materialize, it would be the fourth financing round OfBusiness will secure this year. And it would also result in a multi-fold surge in its valuation,



Hisense has expanded its lineup of smart TVs in India by announcing three new premium QLED TVs. These Android-powered smart TVs feature a full array of local dimming which, according to the brand, reproduce better colours including deeper blacks and brighter whites. The new TVs are available in 55-inch, 65-inches, and 75-inches size options and come with features like 4K resolution , Dolby Atmos,
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It’s a good day to be a mainstream politically conservative party or a right-leaning news outlet on Twitter. The company has released the results of a study analyzing algorithmic amplification of political content on the platform, which affirms what had already been suspected by some: The political right does really… Read more...



Developer Krafton has announced that its new mobile game, PUBG: New State , will be available to download on November 11, 2021. The date was revealed as part of a media showcase highlighting the new features coming to the PUBG Mobile successor, which is set t


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