Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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Update : Finnair has just loaded award availability on this route. There seem to be four business class award seats per flight. This is an excellent opportunity, since Finnair awards can be booked using American AAdvantage miles without fuel surcharges for 57,500 miles one-way across the Atlantic. You can find the original post from December 7 below. Finnair is continuing its expansion to the Uni



Cloud computing service AWS appears to be suffering another outage, taking down a large number of major websites. The outage began around 7am PT/3pm GMT, with thousands of incident reports flagged on tracker site DownDetector . We're tracking the outage as it happens - so stay tuned for more updates as we get them... As mentioned, thousands of complaints have landed on DownDetector, with users ac



How-To Geek / 21min
Microsoft is taking the browser wars to the extreme. First, the company said that it would block all default browser workarounds in Windows, and now it has done it in the latest Windows update. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




The days of leaking ceilings, narrow hallways and long bathroom lines are coming to an end at New York’s LaGuardia airport. On Thursday, Dec. 16, the last remaining “old” gates in Terminal B will no longer be operational as the airport begins the demolition process on this concourse. That’s welcome news for American Airlines flyers, as the carrier will officially be consolidating all of its opera



Hilton Honors has just revealed the details of its next global promotion, which will launch at the start of 2022. First let’s recap Hilton Honors’ current promotion, which runs through the end of 2021. You’ve gotta love that there are typically no gaps when it comes to Hilton Honors promotions, and we see one after the other. Hilton Honors Power Up promo (through December 31, 2021) Hilton Honors’



Mashable / 15min
SAVE $300: The Alienware m15 R4 is a high-end gaming laptop that should satisfy PC newbies and seasoned pros alike. As of Dec. 15, you can get one at Amazon for $1,599.99. That's $300 off its original price. Ah, PC gaming. Notoriously awesome, with a notoriously high price of admission. Building your first desktop can cost thousands of dollars if you buy certain parts, not to mention the time it



TechCrunch / 15min
Welcome to the TC Sessions: Space 2021 equinox — the halfway point where day one is in the history books and day two is about to begin. Today’s lineup delivers more in-depth panel discussions, Q&As and breakout sessions with leading founders, investors, engineers, government policymakers and academics. You’ll also find scheduled breaks for networking, and don’t miss your chance to watch as the ea



The best-selling Fire tablets make fantastic Christmas gift ideas, and luckily for you, Amazon's latest sale is offering fantastic Fire tablet deals with prices starting at just $34.99 . Amazon's Fire tablets allow you to watch all your favorite movies and TV shows from apps like Netflix, Hulu, and more, or you can cozy up with a new book from millions of eBooks options. You also won't have to wo



Gizmodo / 21min
Just like USB, SD, and other ports, not every HDMI input is the same, and using the right one could have a marked effect on things like picture quality, frame rates, and latency. Read more...



TechCrunch / 23min
Another travel startup that found itself scrambling to pivot as the Covid-19 pandemic took off is now announcing a huge round of funding after finding its feet and proving that it can grow, even under adverse circumstances. AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised



Pokémon Arceus Pearl•
Not long after revealing a new form of Voltorb, Nintendo and Game Freak have shared another trailer for the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus . Instead of Pokémon, this one focuses on some of the new characters you'll meet throughout the game. Namely, two organizations called the Diamond Clan and the Pearl Clan. According to the official website , the two clans pay respects to the noble Pokémon of



Miss out on the cheapest Fire TV Cube deal over Black Friday? Don't fret, the premium streaming device is available once more right now at Amazon in the US and UK. Starting with the US, you can currently pick up the Amazon Fire TV Cube for $74.99 (was $119.99). This is actually $5 cheaper than the price we saw throughout November and a new record low. At the same time, the Amazon Fire TV Cube is



librarycompany : In honor of National Cupcake Day we are sharing this recipe from the 1828 edition of Eliza Leslie’s “Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats.” Leslie was a prolific author of popular cookbooks, and was the first to publish a recipe for the “cup cake.” Let us know if you bake them!



TechCrunch / 30min
Aurora’s self-driving trucks are hauling goods for Uber Freight customers in Texas as part of a multiphase commercial pilot that aims to more closely integrate the two companies. While the pilot was officially announced Wednesday, Aurora’s self-driving trucks, which always have two vehicle safety operators on board, have been working with Uber Freight for about a year, according to a spokesperson



NASA James Webb Telescope•
100+Futurism / 30min
Merry Scrubmas Well, turns out those scientists were right to be nervous . NASA delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Tuesday after engineers discovered a communications glitch “between the observatory and the launch vehicle system,” according to a blog update from the agency . Thomas Zurbuchen, associate admin for NASA’s science mission directorate, told Spaceflight Now



Lifehacker / 31min
Bed frames and headboards can be expensive, but a comfy, inviting bedroom is a must for even the simplest decor tastes. You can get the best of both worlds with a DIY faux headboard, whatever your decorating tastes and budget are. Read more...



Aeroplan just launched a brand-new U.S. credit card and for many folks, it’s a game-changer. For an annual fee of just $95, the Aeroplan Credit Card offers several bonus-earning categories, automatic elite status and, best of all, the opportunity to redeem your points for any travel purchase (coming soon), not just Aeroplan awards. Related: The most compelling new airline card: Review of the Chas



Google Anubis 300000•
Security researchers have uncovered a new cybercrime campaign using the notorious Anubis banking malware. According to security frm Lookout, the malware, which first surfaced in 2016, has returned and is targeting customers of almost 400 financial institutions, cryptocurrency wallets , and virtual payment platforms. Investigating a dangerous new mobile virus campaign, Lookout researchers discover



Gizmodo / 33min
The new dark comedy Don’t Look Up shakes up the idea of what makes a good climate movie. Rather than focusing purely on weird science or Al Gore, it tells a great story by highlighting the criminal inaction on climate change. (Well, technically it’s about a comet headed for Earth, but it’s a clear stand-in for our… Read more...



How-To Geek / 35min
When it arrives in 2022, Matter is hoping to offer a unified smart home platform for Apple, Samsung, Alexa, and Google products. Here’s everything you need to know about the innovative tech and why it’s important. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



TechCrunch / 37min
Almost three million Americans a year are denied a mortgage. Most don’t even know where to start or understand what’s would qualify them. The system has become complex and confusing, causing people to never make it onto the housing ladder at all. This is in contrast to the mortgage industry, which is leaving these people on the table by being geared only to those who are ready and qualified to bu




SlashGear / 37min
The word “overdose” typically equates to unpleasant thoughts, but we can’t say the same thing about Novitec’s newest creation. The German tuning firm renowned for turning Ferraris, McLarens, and Lamborghinis into extreme automotive engineering works has pointed its wrenches at the Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge. The result is SPOFEC Overdose, and we think it looks fantastic. Unbeknownst to many, SP



Gizmodo / 43min
Laurence Fishburne has a present for you. The actor has bestowed the very first look at the upcoming Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur upon the world, and while it’s extremely short, it’s also extremely big on style. Read more...



Mashable / 43min
Old fog-shrouded buildings, tweed jackets, yellowing collections of poetry, and classical music are staples of the academia aesthetic, which has taken over the internet in the past year. The academia aesthetic is a visual style that has since spun off into various subgenres, the most popular being dark academia and light academia. Dark academia embraces formal clothing, dimly lit rooms, gothic ar



Mashable / 43min
2021 brought us a lot of incredible TV series , outstanding episodes , and tidbits to love. But it also brought us some painful farewells. Several of our favorite shows came to end. Some concluded on their own terms, offering series' finale episodes that were beautiful but bittersweet. Others were cruelly canceled, robbing their creators of a chance to close out the stories started and snatching



For PS4 and PS5 games with a heavy emphasis on online multiplayer, such as Battlefield 2042 and Call of Duty, there's almost no point playing them without a PlayStation Plus subscription, which is required to access the online multiplayer. For this weekend, however, that won't be the case. Perhaps as an early Christmas present, Sony is holding a free online multiplayer weekend from December 18 at



Engadget / 50min
SiriusXM has been accused of doing too little to make its podcasts accessible. The National Association of the Deaf and Disability Rights Advocates have filed a lawsuit against SiriusXM (including its Pandora and Stitcher brands) accusing it of excluding the deaf and hard of hearing by failing to provide captions or transcripts for any podcasts. The company has allegedly violated the Americans wi



How-To Geek / 51min
With the launch of iOS 15.1, Apple finally brought SharePlay to the masses. Now, it’s up to streaming services to add support, and Disney+ is the latest to bring its users Apple’s Facetime video sharing feature. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Google French France•
TechCrunch / 52min
In its latest move to placate European competition regulators , Google has offered a set of commitments to France’s antitrust watchdog — in the hopes of settling a costly (for it) intervention over legally mandated payments for displaying snippets of news publishers’ content. Back in July , France’s Autorité de la Concurrence slapped the tech giant with a fine of half a billion euros over a serie



Lifehacker / 53min
Gardening may seem like a warm-weather activity, but for best results, it’s actually a year-round endeavor. Just because the ground is frozen and very little is blooming right now doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do. Use this time—while you’re not overwhelmed with planting, watering, managing, and harvesting—to set… Read more...



Samsung Galaxy Tab•
The flagship Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is expected soon, but not everyone needs an expensive tablet – and for those who don't, Samsung has just announced an alternative, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8. This slate has a 10.5-inch 1200 x 1920 screen, four stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos audio, a 7,040mAh battery with 15W charging, an 8MP rear camera, a 5MP front-facing camera, and a 2GHz octa-core c



Google has announced a new policy for cloud storage service Drive , which will soon begin to restrict access to files deemed to be in violation of the company’s policies. As explained in a new blog post , Google will take active steps to identify files hosted on its platform that are in breach of either its Terms of Service or abuse program policies . These files will be flagged to their owner an



Gizmodo / 58min
Pour one out for corporate tech lobbying. The Internet Association, the once towering D.C. behemoth that turned policy water into wine for the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and Google, is set to dissolve this week following months of reduced relevance and diminished support from its increasingly at-odds members. Read more...



The winter holidays are almost here. Every year, I vow to start shopping early, but I’d say I’m only successful about half the time. If, like me, you have avid cruisers on your gift-giving list and appreciate ways to make shopping less stressful — especially if you’ve waited until the last minute — you’ll want to check out these recommendations. From stocking stuffers to big-ticket items, these a



SlashGear / 1h
LG’s exit from the smartphone market wasn’t exactly unexpected but also quite sad. It left many fans hanging and a few dreams unfulfilled. The industry’s first rollable phone, for example, would have come from LG, but will never come to pass. The company did promise it wouldn’t immediately abandon owners of its existing phones, but its ability to stay on … Continue reading



Launched in 2006, education startup Course Hero started its life away from the attention of venture capital. After launching, the company waited eight years to raise a $15 million Series A. Then, after going another nearly six years without raising venture capital, Course Hero closed two financings in 2020. Yesterday , the edtech company announced yet another tranche of capital: a $380 million Se



Apple CSAM Child Safety•
Engadget / 1h
Apple has hinted it might not revive its controversial effort to scan for CSAM (child sexual abuse material) photos any time soon. MacRumors notes Apple has removed all mentions of the scanning feature on its Child Safety website . Visit now and you'll only see iOS 15.2's optional nude photo detection in Messages and intervention when people search for child exploitation terms. It's not certain w



Mashable / 1h
This is not a drill: Nintendo's new OLED Switch is back in stock at Walmart as of Dec. 15. Perhaps even more impressively, it's listed for its usual retail price of $349. Many retailers have inflated the console's price this holiday season amid ongoing supply chain chaos and chip shortages — the big box store had it sitting at $515 ahead of Black Friday — so this is an extremely rare find. As a q



Stan Lee Twitter NFT•
The social media accounts of Stan Lee are facing a reckoning. Within hours of a Twitter post announcing the use of Stan Lee’s characters in a series of NFTs, fans across the internet were rallying in protest. On December 14, @TheRealStanLee – Stan Lee’s Twitter account, now run by POW! Entertainment – posted about the “NFT (digital art) collection” coming later in the month, showcasing the Indian



100+The Points Guy / 1h
Editor’s note: This is The Points Guy’s permanent page about the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex’s latest quarterly bonus categories. A new quarter has just arrived, which means reshuffling which credit cards to use to maximize all of your purchases. For those of you with the Chase Freedom (no longer open to new applicants) or the Chase Freedom Flex , today, Dec. 15, you can begin to activat



Google New AR Device•
SlashGear / 1h
Image Credit: Wikimedia Google isn’t one to shy away from starting and killing off experiments, even ones that cost it a great deal of time and money. If you’re a company with so many resources anyway, you can always chalk it up to experience. That’s true for simpler things like the Inbox email app and the Daydream VR platform, as well as for … Continue reading




Crypto Ramp Balderton•
In the same way that PayPal and Stripe radically changed online payments by allowing any online service to embed payments, the race is on to have the same impact on crypto assets. To this end, players such as Wyre (raised $29.1M) and MoonPay (raised $555M) have risen to the fore. But in the Summer of this year, a similar, UK-based startup called Ramp (not to be confused with US ‘trad-fi’ startup



An analyst note from JP Morgan has thrown a wrench into the valuations market for technology shares. And while the impact of the missive is being felt most sharply among public companies, its impacts could show up in the valuations of yet-private technology firms as well. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every S



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Browsing on dating apps can be fun, but the chat box can also be intimidating. How much is too much small talk? What’s a good way to make your intentions clear without being too direct? How long do you have to keep up the digital banter before you can just go on a damn date? Read more...



External solid-state drives can provide for the speeds that modern games and software need to run properly and without lag. Couple that with their decreasing cost, and the best SSDs have become a great alternative to external HDDs. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



American Airlines named its new senior leadership team yesterday . With Robert Isom ascending to CEO when Doug Parker becomes non-executive chairman on March 31, there's a reshuffle at the top. Continue reading ...



Disney+ Apple SharePlay•
Engadget / 1h
You or your kids might now have a good reason to try Apple's SharePlay feature . Disney+ has released an update that adds SharePlay group viewing to its iPhone, iPad and Apple TV apps, letting up to 32 people watch and chat together. This will help you discover the latest plot twists in Boba Fett or Hawkeye , of course, but it could also be helpful for young ones who want rewatch Frozen with thei



Disney+ Apple SharePlay•
Disney+ is the latest streaming app to add support for Apple’s SharePlay, the iOS 15 feature that offers a co-viewing experience over FaceTime video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV devices. First announced during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, SharePlay rolled out with the iOS 15.1 update, soon offering co-viewing experiences across a variety of apps , including NB



Rachel Zoe List New•
The List joins the social commerce movement with a new app connecting consumers with global luxury brands and retailers to offer a personalized discovery and shopping experience. Focused on sourcing hard-to-find items, the app launch is buoyed by $3.5 million in seed funding backed by a group including American Designer and Rachel Zoe, who is both an investor and advisor to the New York-based com



Dell Webcam Video Calls•
You know how it goes: the fifth video conferencing meeting of the morning is rolling around and you’re worried you look blurry, no thanks to your laptop’s ageing webcam. Luckily, Dell has you covered with its neat new concept: Pari. Ahead of CES 2022, Dell is showing off Pari to a few lucky journalists and, well, we want one. The cleverest thing about the webcam is simple: it sits in a cradle ato



At just $569 (around £430/AU$730), the Minisforum TH50 is the cheapest computer we know of that can drive an 8K display. That’s made possible thanks to the Iris XE GPU and the Thunderbolt 4 connector that comes with it. Given that it also comes with Windows 10 Pro (and upgradable to Windows 11 Pro ), the TH50 would certainly make a rather enticing mini workstation , probably less capable as a vid



It looks like 2022 is shaping up to be another potentially top quality year for animated movies. In the first half of next year alone, we're getting Sonic the Hedgehog's second film outing , the next instalment in the Hotel Transylvania series and Warner Bros' superhero spin-off DC League of Super-Pets. But, just weeks until 2022 officially arrives, a new contender has thrown its hat into the rin



Cequence API Security•
When we last checked in with Cequence Security in February 2019, the company had just closed a $17 million Series B and was concentrating on security to protect business logic. While it still does that, it has shifted focus to API security, and today it announced a $60 million Series C. Menlo Ventures led the latest round with participation from new investors Icon Ventures, Telstra Ventures and H



EE SRN Rural 2024 Mid-2024•
EE says it will upgrade its 4G network in more than 2,000 sites by June 2024 as part of its commitment to the Shared Rural Network (SRN). SRN is a government and industry initiative to improve rural coverage across the UK. A deal was struck last year between the government and the country’s four major operators – EE, O2, Three and Vodafone – to build new sites and share infrastructure in areas in



Google Android 12 Edition•
Google confirmed Android 12 way back in June, but it's taken until now for the company to reveal a 'Go Edition' of the software, which is designed for low-end smartphones with less processing power. In a detailed blog post , Google provided some details about how it has improved this version of its software from Android 11 Go. Besides faster app launches, the blog says Android 12 Go will also pro



Microsoft is making a significant change to its command-line experience in Windows 11, as the company is changing the default to Windows Terminal. This creates an experience that’s more competitive with Mac and Linux. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Searching for some last-minute gifts? Target is running a buy one get one 15% off sale on gift cards. Now’s your chance to stock up and save on gift cards for popular game consoles like the Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



One of the most anticipated board games promised for Arcade1Up’s Infinity Game Table is easily Ticket to Ride. It’s finally available for everyone to buy, but is it worth the cost? I’ve been playing it for a couple of weeks, and the answer to that question is easy. Yes! Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Whenever you’re cooking or baking with eggs, good food safety practices are of the utmost importance. Sometimes, though, laziness wins: At one point or another, most of us have set a spent eggshell back in the carton rather than finding a more appropriate receptacle. Even if you’ve never sent anybody to the hospital… Read more...



Airport lounges don’t always live up to their intended purpose. They’re designed to be spaces for relaxation or productivity — but overcrowding, disruptive children (or adults) and tight connections sometimes make that impossible. However, the ability to enter an airport lounge — and enjoy the space itself — is only part of the overall equation. The needs of the modern traveler, especially one th




Honda Conducting Pilot•
SlashGear / 2h
Image: Honda The Honda Research Institute is working with the Ohio Department of Transportation in developing its proprietary road condition monitoring system. This new technology helps evaluate road conditions and detect road hazards by utilizing the built-in sensors and cameras from existing Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) driving aids in current Honda and Acura vehicles. The pilot tes



NASA Parker Sun PSP•
72Engadget / 2h
The Parker Solar Probe has become the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun's upper atmosphere or corona, NASA announced . In April, it passed within 15 solar radii (around 6.5 million miles) from the Sun's surface in a region where magnetic fields dominate solar conditions. "Parker Solar Probe 'touching the Sun' is a monumental moment for solar science and a truly remarkable feat," said NASA a



29Gizmodo / 2h
Well, it’s certainly been a year for cyber debacles , so, sure, why not tie things off with a nice, fat security vulnerability that affects almost everything on the internet? That sounds about right. Read more...



Apple CSAM Child Safety•
Apple has quietly removed all references to its child sexual abuse scanning feature from its website, months after announcing that the new technology would be baked into iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. Back in August , Apple announced that it would introduce the feature to allow the company to detect and report known child sexual abuse material, known as CSAM, to law enforcement. At the time, Apple cl



28Mashable / 2h
You know CES is approaching when you see automotive companies announcing weird robots. Case in point: Hyundai's MobED (short for Mobile Eccentric Droid), a four-wheeled robot designed to carry your stuff around. The MobED is essentially a large tray with wheels attached. Hyundai says it has an adjustable wheelbase and flexible steering angles, meaning it can get around without losing its cargo in



Mashable / 2h
There'll be electricity in the air in 2022. Some of the most hotly anticipated EV models of all time are scheduled for release, including a trio of groundbreaking pickups: the Tesla Cybertruck, Ford F-150 Lightning, and the GMC Hummer EV. But it's also looking like 2022 will bring us many automakers' — both new and old — first EVs. The new year will bring the Mazda MX-30 and the sustainably focus



Nvidia’s revamped version of the RTX 2060 with 12GB of VRAM was officially – albeit quietly – launched earlier this month, albeit with no cards yet out, or any indication of pricing, although now we have the latter, at least from one graphics card maker. Asus has two RTX 2060 12GB models, the Dual RTX 2060 12G Evo and O12G Evo, which it has revealed, as spotted by German tech site ComputerBase ,



Gizmodo / 2h
Billy Zane wants to get back to The Phantom . Cheryl Blossom casually puts curses on her friends in a new look at Riverdale . Disney wants to bring Zorro back with Wilder Valderrama. Plus, new looks at Superman & Lois ’ return and the latest, Cronenberg-tastic episode of Star Trek: Discovery . To me, my spoilers! Read more...



Google Employees CNBC•
A leaked memo warns employees who do not follow vaccine policy that they could lose their jobs.



The final IPO that TechCrunch is tracking in 2021 had a solid run-up to its first day’s trading. Samsara, an IoT platform company, priced its public offering last night at $23 per share, the top end of its range. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. In selling 35 million shares, the company had gross



Many small business workers admit to having dropped their cybersecurity guard since starting to working from home, putting both themselves, and their organizations, at risk of cybersecurity incidents. The situation would have been a lot better, though, had SMBs been a bit more up-front about what needed to be done, claims The Mobile Workforce Report 2021 , a new research paper from Avast. Surveyi



SlashGear / 2h
With the Pixel 6, Google once again had a flagship phone it could be proud of. More importantly, is was one that fans and owners could even brag about with their Samsung and Apple friends. Although most of the attention and praise is lavished on the Pixel 6 Pro, especially with its dedicated telephoto camera, most things are more or … Continue reading



Noname Security API•
API security is all the rage these days, pushed into the limelight following a spate of high profile security incidents that saw reams of user data exposed or exfiltrated. Peloton spilled users’ private account information; Experian exposed the financial histories of millions of Americans; and Facebook , LinkedIn , and Clubhouse all had user data scraped en masse because of their poorly secured A



Spider-Man No Way Home•
Enlarge / MJ and Peter Parker, dropping in one more time. (credit: Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios) After watching Spider-Man: No Way Home , the third Tom Holland live-action film in the series, I'm befuddled. How do I fully convey its quality without spoiling even a smidge of its contents? As I left the theater, I found myself giddily talking aloud about the film, recounting its delightful surpri



Forethought Series C AI•
In 2018, Forethought , a startup looking to put AI to work across customer service, won the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield and soon after landed a $9 million Series A . Well, three years later that company just landed a $65 million Series C, and it’s rolling along. Steadfast Capital led the latest round with participation from existing investor NEA and new investors Sound Ventures and K9 Ventures



Cylus Raises $30M II•
As rail systems undergo a digital revolution and become far more connected and advanced, railway operators face a rapidly growing threat landscape. To combat this, railway companies demand more robust cyber solutions and lawmakers across the globe call for more effective cybersecurity regulations . Cylus , a Tel Aviv-based rail cybersecurity startup, built a cybersecurity solution, CylusOne, to p



Rebag Resale Round•
20TechCrunch / 2h
Rebag , which buys, sells and trades luxury items like handbags and accessories, raised a $33 million Series E round following a year of technology development and category expansion. We profiled Rebag back in 2015, when its name included two “g’s,” (gotta love URL availability) and had raised $4 million in seed funding to go after incumbents like The RealReal. Novator led the latest round, with



Samsung Galaxy Tab•
Engadget / 2h
Over the last few years, Samsung’s Tab A line has been one of the few options for those trying to find a budget Android tablet. Early next year, the company will release the Tab A8 in the US. It's not an exciting update, but it does offer a handful of enhancements over its predecessor. Samsung says the new model features an “expanded” 10.5-inch display with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 1,920 x 1,200



23Wired / 2h
Kit out your iPhone 12 or iPhone 13 with a magnetic tripod, grip, battery, or bike mount.



24Wired / 2h
It can feel good that national censuses are collecting more data about gender and sexuality. But increased attention can come at the price of real action.




Samsung Galaxy Tab•
Gizmodo / 2h
Android tablets are, against all odds, still alive thanks to the success of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab products, and now the company is launching a new mid-range option. I haven’t seen then Galaxy Tab A8 in person yet, and some important details remain unanswered, but the specs and features suggest the new Tab A8 could be a… Read more...



Our digital lives are heavily intertwined with our “real” lives, and Apple is finally starting to acknowledge that. The data that lives in our iCloud accounts is not only important to us, but also to our family members. Now, there’s a way for our loved ones to access our digital data when we no longer can. Read more...



Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly is on a farewell tour. Flying to San Antonio to release a history book marking the airline’s 50th year of operation. Speaking at a Wings Club luncheon in New York. It’s his final holiday season as the airline’s fourth CEO, and that makes for a meaningful period of reflection — and of looking forward. That’s because Kelly says he isn’t really saying “goodbye.” It’



Now that the Log4Shell cat is out of the bag, researchers are experimenting with all the different ways the exploit could be used in the wild. This includes two recent examples showing how the vulnerability in the Log4j open-source Java tool could be used on an iPhone, or a Tesla car, to compromise the server communicating with the endpoints . A Dutch researcher has demonstrated how changing the



Samsung Galaxy Tab•
SlashGear / 2h
Samsung Samsung has officially launched what it says is the most powerful and “streamlined” Android tablet in its Tab A Series product line, the Galaxy Tab A8. This new slate offers the right mix of features for work and play, making it a great option for augmenting one’s workflow, attending classes online, playing games, and other everyday tasks. Samsung’s Tab A … Continue reading



65Gizmodo / 2h
The U.S. can add high winds to the list of weather calamities this year. Just days removed from a deadly tornado outbreak , a huge swath of the country will face dangerous winds that could lead to prairie fires and blowing dust and snow. Read more...



For decades, Brazil has had a huge credit problem. It is Latin America’s largest country and has one of the highest interest rate spreads in the world. To give you an idea of just how bad it is, reports indicated that in 2019, credit card interest rates neared a staggering 300% in Brazil . This is one of the reasons you’re seeing so many fintechs emerge in Latin America. Interest rates this high



The annual tradition of picking out garish sweaters for a holiday party is past its cultural sell-by date, but maybe your friends or bosses haven’t received the memo. If you’ve been invited to an ugly sweater party this year, here are some thoughts on how to navigate it. Read more...



This is the time of year when folks like to pause, reflect and try to predict the future. What will 2022 bring for travel? Boy, I wish I knew. Like so much during the past two years, it will all depend upon “the virus.” Each time we think we have rounded a corner, COVID-19 finds another way to rattle us and remind us that nature trumps all. My wife and I are both vaccinated — and boosted. Our 6-y



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



Chase has just formally unveiled its new Ink Business Premier Card. For those with businesses that spend a lot, and those who are looking to earn cashback rewards, this will likely be an amazing card. For those in the miles & points world, this card will probably be a disappointment. Chase Ink Business Premier Card details The new Chase Ink Premier joins Chase’s lineup of Ink business cards, thou



After two years of gathering remotely, TechCrunch’s calendar of industry-shaping events is going live and in-person once again. Digital meetings kept the world connected and technological innovations helped us through the height of the pandemic, and now we’re coming together once again to spark that fusion that powers the startup scene’s brightest minds and business visionaries. TechCrunch Disrup



Oppo Samsung Fold 3•
Well, another big Chinese tech company has thrown its hat into the foldable-phone ring. The Oppo Find N is the first flexing handset from the popular brand, launched at the company's annual Inno Day where it shows off its latest developments. This new Oppo phone is a book-style folder, like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 , with a big screen when the device is unfolded, and a tiny outer display for w



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Maybe it took a pandemic to introduce you to the joys of streaming live music at home, but it’s pretty clear virtual concertgoing is here to stay for so many reasons. You get high-quality audio and an unfettered view of the stage without having beer spilled on you or staring at the back of a stranger’s head for three hours. For streaming live music, nugs.net has a huge catalog of shows and exclus



CVE-2021-43890•
A high severity Windows vulnerability which allowed malicious actors to install the Emotet malware on a target machine has been patched, Microsoft has confirmed. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2021-43890, is a flaw that enables the spoofing of the Windows AppX Installer. Even though it can be used by threat actors with low user privileges, it does require the victim’s interaction with the target en



Minecraft YouTube One•
Not many games can remain relevant and popular after 10+ years, but Minecraft is certainly both those things. If you're doubtful, statistics shared by YouTube reveal that Minecraft-related videos have collectively been viewed at least one trillion times. That's 12 zeroes. This isn't just gameplay videos either. Anything involving Minecraft counts, including animated shorts, music video parodies,



Huawei China Xinjiang•
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Huawei has long denied working with the Chinese government to spy on other countries and China's own citizens. But according to The Washington Post , it has reviewed 100 PowerPoint presentations from the company that can show how it's linked to China's surveillance projects. While many of the slides were marked confidential, they were reportedly posted on a public-facing Huawei website until they



View of crowd crossing street in front of J.L. Hudson Company building. Sign on building reads: “It’s Christmas time at Hudson’s.” Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library



Innovaccer Raises India•
Innovaccer has raised a new financing round and more than doubled its valuation to $3.2 billion from $1.3 billion in February this year as a growing number of healthcare organizations move to use the San Francisco-headquartered firm’s platform to put their troves of data to better use. Mubadala Capital led the $150 million Series E round, pushing the startup’s all-time raise to over $375 million.



After a holiday meal so gigantic that only stretchy pants will do, there remains one dish that everyone looks forward to: pie. There’s pumpkin pie and pecan pie but, oh, that fruit pie. Apple, Cherry, Blueberry, Cran-apple?! Nothing is more impressive than a sugar-studded, perfectly woven lattice crust, but you balk… Read more...




American Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja laid out a new vision for the carrier, as part of the announcement of a new senior leadership team that comes with Doug Parker's stepping down as CEO and Robert Isom taking that position at the end of March. It's a customer-focused vision which isn't something we've seen clearly articulated at American Airlines since US Airways took over. ("Car



Cruise ships cheerfully celebrate Christmas, creating festive winter wonderlands for those who decide to be away for the holidays. Never mind that you may be cruising in the Caribbean or another tropical locale. When you book a holiday cruise you will be immersed in a world of special decorations such as lavishly decked out trees, traditional holiday food and a plethora of fun holiday activities.



Docker lets you package up software as self-sufficient containers that share their host’s kernel but look and feel like independent VMs. The software within runs with near-native performance. This makes Docker containers a great way to safely try out new packages without installing them “bare metal” on your machine. Here’s some of the techniques you can use. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



The Linux Kernel is a mystery to most, but it need not be! Welcome to the exciting world of lsmod, a tool that lets you peek at what modules the Kernel is using, and more! Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



A huge number of cyberattacks are exploiting a dangerous flaw called log4j. One top U.S. cybersecurity official was quoted in Cyberscoop saying that is one of the most serious attacks of her career, “if not the most serious.” Here’s what makes it so bad—and how it affects you. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Docker containers don’t see your system’s GPU automatically. This causes reduced performance in GPU-dependent workloads such as machine learning frameworks. Here’s how to expose your host’s NVIDIA GPU to your containers. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



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When a shocking storm or heat wave happens, attribution scientists are on the case, helping to show the public the real-life effects of global warming.



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The best present is one you get to share. Our favorite vibrators, lube, and candles will make this holiday one to remember.



Atmosec Raises $6M Saas•
Israeli SaaS security startup Atmosec today announced having raised a $6 million seed round led by Israeli VC firm Glilot Capital Partners and American fund Battery Ventures . Its team had previously participated in Intel Ignite’s fourth Tel Aviv startup acceleration cohort . Now out of stealth mode, Atmosec wants to make it more secure for companies to use a flurry of cloud SaaS solutions, from



Papaya Raises $50M•
Paying bills is hardly a fun thing. So I think it’s safe to say that any technology that can make the process easier is welcome by all. Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. It has developed technology to give people a way to pay bills outside of traditional methods, such as through the mail, over the phone or via a Web portal. The company’s mobile application lets



Hack DHS Bug Program•
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering up to $5,000 bug bounties under a new program called Hack DHS , it announced. Vetted security researchers invited by the agency will get access to select external DHS systems to identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors. Payments will vary between $500 and $5,000 depending on the severity of the bug. "As the federal gov



Dell Webcam Video Calls•
Enlarge / The prototype can stick onto a screen so you can place it at eye level, or wherever else you'd want. (credit: Scharon Harding) If you asked me to guess which company is revamping webcam positioning, I wouldn't name Dell. That's because I still remember the Dell XPS's infamous up-the-nose webcam, an unfortunately placed shooter that provided an in-nostril view of countless XPS users for



Keeping track of your team in this new hybrid working age should soon be more straightforward thanks to a new update to Microsoft Outlook . The email service is working on a new feature that it says will allow workers more flexibility and efficiency when working away from the office. According to an entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the update, simply entitled "working hours and location" will



As bizarre products to show off new technology go, Hyundai's Mobile Eccentric Droid (or MobED for short) is certainly up there. It's billed as a 'small mobility platform', and features four independently movable wheels. The wheels also sit on independent suspension, which allows the MobED to keep its platform flat on inclines and uneven surfaces. This can be useful in a variety of scenarios, and



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The Google Glass vision isn’t dead. Or at least, it’s been resurrected by Oppo. Following last year's AR Glass concept, the new Oppo Air Glass will be available in Q1 2022 for a yet-to-be-announced price. It'll come in two parts: a detachable monocle (in black or white) and a separate frame. And no, you won't be able to attach the 30-gram device to your own glasses. The focus here is on simple in



Stan Lee Twitter NFT•
The brother of late Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman has said he believes the star would have wanted his role recast for future Marvel movies . Speaking to TMZ , Derrick Boseman explained that Chadwick "thought T'Challa was bigger than just himself," and "knew the power of the character, and the positive influence it carries." Although Derrick noted that his brother – who died of colon cancer



Lufthansa is continuing to modernize its fleet by opportunistically picking up planes when there’s a good deal. Back in October we first learned that Lufthansa would be acquiring some used Airbus A350s, which has some interesting implications for the passenger experience. These planes have now been scheduled for next summer, so they could be worth seeking out if you plan on crossing the Atlantic.



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Here in the news kitchen, we hear your complaints: This isn’t the 2021 you ordered. This isn’t the 2021 any of us ordered. Personally, and I think I speak for a lot of patrons of this establishment, I would like to send it back and get one with no Delta variant. Oh, and hold the huge dose of vaccine hesitancy, thanks. I’m allergic to coups at the U.S. Capitol; that should have been listed more pr



Norway Grindr GDPR•
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Grindr, a hook-up app for gay, bi, trans and queer people, has been fined around $7.1 million (65M NOK) by Norway’s data protection authority for passing user data to advertisers without consent — including highly sensitive information related to users’ sexual orientation. Specifically, the DPA found that Grindr breached Articles 6(1) and 9(1) of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)



The concept of creating a marketplace for underutilized assets that can turn into a meaningful business for hosts is not a new one. And there is no higher profile of how successful that model can be than Airbnb. So it’s no surprise that one of Airbnb’s most prominent investors, GGV Capital, is now backing another startup with a similar model. But rather than putting properties on a marketplace, S




You can find Dubna, a small town three hours away from Moscow by train, both on a map and in the periodic table: dubnium, element number 105, was discovered at a research center there, and named after the town. A hasteless town, Dubna is defined as much by the surrounding forests as by the water: it sits on the banks of the Ivankovskoe Reservoir, the first part of a massive hydropower project cal



US Navy Portland Laser•
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The U.S. Navy tested a new laser weapon in the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia, on Tuesday and hit a floating target, according to a press release from the U.S. military. And as the Associated Press notes, the Navy could soon be using this technology to fight uncrewed boats sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the… Read more...



I’m not a gamer. I don’t own any video game consoles. Video games are not part of my identity. One game, however, holds a special place in my heart—Commander Keen: Secret of the Oracle. It’s a strange story. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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From vaccinations to electric vehicles and cheese, the second year of the pandemic still had some high points.



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A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.



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Opening next year, the Vera Rubin Observatory can show how dark matter affects the evolution of galaxies.



Enlarge / A handful of picks from our last-minute gift guide. (credit: Jeff Dunn) The holiday season is ticking away, and procrastinators are sweating. Do you still need to find the right gift for the last few people on your shopping list? No problem: We've researched and tested countless products and services over the last year to find the gear that's worth your time, so allow us to help you get



One feature that Apple showcased at WWDC this year is still yet to appear, which would make creating and distributing apps on iPad a reality. Swift Playgrounds is Apple’s app to help users learn how to code in the company’s own programming language, called Swift. While developers can code in a language called Objective C, Apple’s own language allows you to code in the Swift Playgrounds app on iPa



Norway Grindr GDPR•
Dating network Grindr has been slapped with a €6.3 million fine by Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet for sharing data with advertisers without consent from users. The fine, levied on December 13, comes after Datatilsynet filed a complaint against Grindr in 2020, arguing that the service was sharing user data with third-parties without consent. The data includes GPS, IP address, age, and gender. Ac



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The first rule of improv' is "yes, and..." That's what Alana Haim was trying to bear in mind while driving Bradley Cooper around in a '70s stick shift van as it filled with smoke during the filming of Liquorice Pizza . The movie is a coming-of-age drama from director Paul Thomas Anderson, which stars Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, and Benny Safdie. Anderson sat Haim a



Nvidia RTX 3080 GB•
It looks like gaming laptops could get a major powerup in 2022, as new rumors suggest that Nvidia could be making a mobile version of its powerful RTX 3080 Ti GPU. The latest rumors come from the launch of the AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmark software. On the tool’s website , FinalWire, the company behind the software, explains that the new 6.60 version of AIDA64 has been released with support for



Razer Boba Fett Xbox•
If you're a fan of the bounty hunter Boba Fett and are excited for the upcoming The Book of Boba Fett series which begins streaming on Disney Plus on December 29, you may be interested in this custom Xbox controller. Razer has released a limited edition Boba Fett Xbox Wireless Controller and quick charge stand, which retails for $180. The controller's design is inspired by Boba Fett's iconic helm



If you were hoping to update your PC to using DDR5 modules, the latest generation of memory, then you might need to just bite the bullet and do so, because according to a recent report by Trendforce it won't be getting more affordable for a while. The report notes that several areas of the memory market are expecting a downward trajectory for prices, but while PC DDR5 is predicted to fall by arou



Dnsmasq is a lightweight network server providing DNS, DHCP, TFTP, and PXE functions. In this guide, we’ll look at configuring a fresh Dnsmasq installation as a standalone DHCP server. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



Halo Infinite Slayer•
Halo Infinite has received another update to its multiplayer and while a number of changes and new additions have been rolled out, one that developer 343 Industries has singled out, in particular, is the addition of a Slayer playlist. Probably because it's been one of the most requested features by fans since the multiplayer launched last month. In a news post on the Halo Waypoint website , 343 I



Xiaomi is bringing three of its most affordable fitness trackers to UK shores, just in time for Christmas. The Mi Smart Band NFC, Redmi Smart Band Pro, and Redmi Watch 2 Lite are all scheduled to launch here on December 16. Xiaomi's announcement was light on details, but the three devices already have listing pages on Xiaomi's online store. The links aren't easy to find through the company's home



The Chase Freedom Flex SM Credit Card ( review ) is an incredible no annual fee card belonging to Chase’s Freedom portfolio, which can help you maximize your points thanks to its quarterly bonus categories. The 5x points categories for Q1 2022 have just been revealed, and registration has also opened as of today, so I’d recommend taking a few seconds to register. Note that these same bonus catego



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Remember when Henry Cavill built his own computer set to several Barry White songs? Maybe you were washing your hair that day, but it happened, in July 2020 . The actor joined Stephen Colbert to talk The Witcher Season 2 on Tuesday, speaking about which potion he'd drink IRL and Superman's undies. But the Late Show host also gave a throwback to Cavill's computer in the interview, asking basically



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No matter how much mayhem Seth Meyers gets into during his day drinking segment, he keeps coming back for more. This week, following in the footsteps of the Jonas Brothers and Rihanna is Meyers' friend and former SNL colleague Will Forte, who gamely throws back a beer before getting stuck into a series of drinking games. The final round, in which Meyers puts on his best deadpan face and dares For



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DJI, the largest hobby drone maker in the world, will soon be added to a U.S. investment blacklist by the Biden administration, according to a new report from the Financial Times . The blacklist designation comes over DJI’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, though it’s not… Read more...




NASA James Webb Telescope•
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NASA was hoping to send the James Webb telescope on its way to space by December 22nd, but its launch has been delayed yet again. You've probably read several variations of that sentence by now if you've been keeping track of the observatory, seeing as its launch has been pushed back quite a few times already. In an announcement posted on the project's official page, NASA said that the James Webb



Huge Chinese Company Iran•
A Chinese company is selling its surveillance technology to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, police, and military, according to a new report by IPVM , a surveillance research group. The firm, called Tiandy, is one of the world’s largest video surveillance companies, reporting almost $700 million in sales in 2020. The company sells cameras and accompanying AI-enabled software, including facial recognit



Ookla Acquires RootMetrics•
Internet speed tester Ookla has bought RootMetrics from IHS Markit, claiming the combination of the former’s crowdsourced data with the latter’s scientific approach will deliver huge benefits for the telecoms industry. Okla’s Speedtest.net application for web and mobile is used by millions of users around the world, providing a wealth of data, including upload speed, download speed and latency, T



Wyndham Rewards is currently offering a promotion on purchased points, which some members might find to be worthwhile. Let’s go over the details. Promotion on purchased Wyndham Rewards points Through Friday, December 31, 2021, Wyndham Rewards is offering up to a 40% bonus on purchased points . You can unlock the 40% bonus as long as you purchase at least 2,000 points in one transaction. If you pu



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Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute spotted a rare barreleye fish 650 meters below the surface in the Pacific ocean.



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The prominent Italian 3D printing company WASP has come together with Mario Cucinella Architects studio to print clay homes. Using only locally sourced mud and agricultural waste materials, the project pays homage to ancient clay building traditions. It uses new technology to offer sustainable solutions to the construction industry's massive energy use and generation of CO2 emissions.



Director Matthew Vaughn has confirmed that Kingsman 3 will begin shooting next year. In a recent interview with Comic Book , Vaughn revealed that production on the third mainline film in the franchise – which is expected to wrap up Harry (Colin Firth) and Eggsy’s (Taron Egerton) story – is scheduled to kick off in September 2022, meaning we could see Kingsman 3 arrive in late 2023. The director’s



2.0 HDMI 2.1 Features•
If you own a PS5 or Xbox Series X /S console, or are familiar with high-end 4K TVs or perhaps even one of the best 8K TVs , then you've likely come across HDMI 2.1 . The newest cable standard supports quality features like dynamic HDR , variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode, as well as 4K video passthrough at 120Hz – except when it doesn't. As reported by Ars Technica , many HDMI 2.1 ca



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The US government will place eight Chinese companies including drone manufacturer DJI on an investment blocklist for alleged involvement in surveillance of Uyghur Muslims , the Financial Times has reported. The firms will reportedly be put on the Treasure department's "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" list on Tuesday, meaning US citizens will be barred from making any investments. D



Signal AI Highland Europe•
Signal AI , an artificial intelligence startup that trawls the vast sea of internet and other publicly available data to provide organizations with sentiment insights and other information to make better business decisions, has raised $50 million. It plans to use the funds to continue building out its AI platform to bring in more diversified data sources, in order to extract insights across an ev



Windows 11 has received a new cumulative update which applies some important fixes, including patching up some File Explorer problems, and tackling the big SSD and hard drive slowdown bugbear which has been looming over the OS for a long time now (at least, in theory the patch deals with it – more on that later). Update KB5008215 has been released for Patch Tuesday and brings with it the new emoj



Fujifilm's X-series cameras aren't exactly short of lens options, but the company's decision to open up its mount to third-parties last year is starting to bear fruit, with Tamron expected to deliver three promising new lenses soon. As spotted by Fuji Rumors , an interview with Tamron on Fujifilm Japan's YouTube channel suggests that the company is planning to release three new lenses for the X-m



Samsung Galaxy S8 8•
We've been hearing about the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 family for a while, mainly because we expected them months ago, and we've just heard about some of the cases and accessories that might go on sale separately. It's quite an official source we're hearing this from: a small online UK retailer called Box has added listings for various cases for the three slates in the family: there's a Tab S8 Protec



Oppo Samsung Fold 3•
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Samsung's three generations of foldable phones put it in a leading position in the field, so much that Huawei and Xiaomi eventually followed the same double-screen form factor. Having already shown a foldable prototype a couple of years ago, it was only a matter of time before Oppo, the world's fourth largest smartphone brand, would join the scene. After a teaser from earlier, today the Chinese c



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Giving off serious Let the Right One In vibes, Shudder's trailer for My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To follows a family with a fairly grim secret — their brother has a strange illness and needs blood in order to survive. You can probably tell the direction this one's going, but judging by the trailer Jonathan Cuartes' horror — which stars Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram and Owen Campb



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TL;DR: The 3-in-1 Charging Cable is just $19.99 at the Mashable Shop with code GREEN20 as of Dec. 15. It’s tempting to buy all the trinkets you find in the checkout lane at the store and stuff them in your family members’ stockings. But you know darn well most of it will end up collecting dust in a junk drawer. If you’re looking for a stocking stuffer that will actually get some use, check out th



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TL;DR: The Restore-32 Massage Gun is just $39.99 at the Mashable Shop with code GREEN20 as of Dec. 15. Whether you’re shopping for an athlete, a casual runner, or someone with perpetual aches and pains, consider gifting a massage gun. These massagers use percussive therapy to deliver deep tissue muscle relief , stress relief , and more. The Restore-32 Massage Gun is usually $199, but you can get



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TL;DR: As of Dec. 15, get a Nintendo Switch 10,000mAh Battery Charger Case for $17.59 instead of $39 with the code GREEN20 and save 55%. If you ask a Nintendo Switch gamer the console’s biggest fault, most are likely to complain about the battery life. Depending on the model, battery life tops out at about nine hours — but for most, it’s much less. Plus, it takes a full three hours to fully power



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TL;DR: The Clocky runaway alarm clock is just $63.99 at the Mashable Shop with code GREEN20 as of Dec. 15. If you’ve gotten all too familiar with the snooze button , it’s only going to get worse in the depths of winter. Snuggling up in warm, toasty blankets sounds much better than the cold that awaits you. But desperate times call for desperate measures. You’ve got to make it to work on time (eve




The tech world delivered many unpleasant surprises to us in the pandemic. We can learn from them.



Nintendo Switch Review•
If you’re curious as to how many hours you’ve spent playing Nintendo Switch games this year, your personalized Nintendo Switch Year in Review lets you revisit your play activity during 2021. Your review provides a breakdown of the total number of games you played compared to last year and includes the number of new games you started, too. More importantly, it shows your top three most played game



SlashGear / 6h
Image Credit: OPPO Almost all smartphone makers, including Apple, know that foldables are the next big thing in the market. Few, however, dare to actually take risks, especially potentially selling at a loss. There are still many issues to be addressed both in the design and in the pricing of these foldable phones, and the prohibitive costs of solving those problems ensure that … Continue reading



Animated photographs of women before they were killed warn others about abusive relationships.



Anchorage $350M KKR•
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Less than a year after raising an $80 million Series C round, Anchorage is announcing that it has raised a $350 million Series D round. With today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of more than $3 billion. Anchorage offers a custody solution for big institutions, such as publicly traded companies or funds. On top of that, Anchorage lets you trade crypto assets, stake assets to



Paris Taxi Tesla 3•
One person died and 20 were hurt after a cabbie lost control of their Tesla Model 3 last weekend.



Chinese power cuts, the pandemic and other reasons you can't get your hands on gaming hardware.



Oppo Samsung Fold 3•
Well, another big Chinese tech company has thrown its hat into the foldable-phone ring. The Oppo Find N is the first flexing handset from the popular brand, launched at the company's annual Inno Day where it shows off its latest developments. This new Oppo phone is a book-style folder, like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 , with a big screen when the device is unfolded, and a tiny outer display for w



Toyota Electric Tacoma•
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On Tuesday, at an event in Japan, Toyota once again spoke about its grand plans for battery-powered vehicles. Akio Toyoda, global president of Toyota Motor Corporation, said that the company plans to offer 30 BEV models in all segments, across the Toyota and Lexus brands by 2030, with more on the way. By that time, Toyota plans to sell 3.5 million electric cars per year; to achieve this goal, the



Welcome to part three of our series of articles designed to help you understand alt seasons, a stage in the crypto price cycle when altcoins outperform Bitcoin. It’s an exciting time for the crypto investor, and given the amount of evidence suggesting that an alt season may be incoming, getting up to speed will place you in good stead to make the most of it. - Missed Parts 1 and 2 of the series?



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If you think of Pabio as “Stitchfix for furniture, in Europe,” you’re probably pretty close to the mark. The company started in Switzerland a couple of years ago with a mission to stop people from buying disposable Ikea stuff for a two-year stint in an apartment, replacing it with well-styled, well-thought-out interior design suggestions and robust, reusable and recyclable furniture. Today it ann



Polk Signa S4 Dolby Atmos•
If you’ve been lusting over the Sonos Arc but can’t afford the hefty price tag, the latest soundbar from Polk Audio could be an excellent cheaper alternative. The Polk Signa S4 comes with support for immersive Dolby Atmos sound - and unlike Sonos’ budget option, the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) , the new Polk ‘bar features two upfiring speakers that can bounce sound off of your ceiling. This should deliver



Edukoya Target Global•
For years, offline test preparation centers in Nigeria have provided after-school guidance and tutoring to students who seek to pass entrance examinations. Edtech platforms such as Edukoya have sprung up with the intent to take these models online and maintain affordability for students . Today, the Lagos- and London-based startup, which builds online education content and offers online tutoring



Pan-African venture capital firm 4DX Ventures has completed the final close of its second fund at $60 million . The second fund, launched in the first quarter of this year, was expected to close at $50 million, but investor and limited partner (LP) interest saw the fund oversubscribed. The LPs involved are unnamed . They include U.S.-based asset managers, a university endowment, global family off



Polk Signa S4 Dolby Atmos•
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Polk Audio has unveiled its first Dolby Atmos soundbar. The Signa S4 has seven drivers (including two upward-facing drivers) geared toward delivering 3D audio for movies, TV, music and games. A wireless subwoofer is bundled in. The company says that if content isn't set up for Dolby Atmos , the soundbar can create a "virtual Atmos experience" by upmixing the height, surround and center channels.



Uni India Catalyst•
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Uni, an Indian startup that offers users pay-later cards, has raised $70 million in a financing round as it looks to broaden its product offerings in the South Asian market. General Catalyst led the one-year-old startup’s Series A funding. Eight Roads Ventures, Elevation Capital, Arbor Ventures as well as existing investors Lightspeed and Accel participated in the round. The new round, which foll



Educate Online $4M•
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It was only earlier this week that we learned StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities — had raised a $3 million seed round. But there’s more to this than being accepted on a traditional course. The pandemic has turned education into a remote industry, and tech startups have responded. Educate Online is a platform allowing international students to study at



MIG Capital Mimi Hearing•
TechCrunch Battlefield (NYC 2014) finalists Mimi Hearing Technologies just closed its $25 million Series B funding to continue whispering its mission of hearing well-being from the rooftops. The company recently announced a series of high-profile partnerships with Skullcandy, Cleer and Beyerdynamic , and is now plowing onwards with its fresh infusion of cash from MIG Capital and ATHOS . “There’s



Norway Grindr GDPR•
The dating app sold a host of data without seeking consent from users, the Norwegian regulator found.




ASA UK eToro Crypto•
Cryptocurrency ads by trading platforms, exchanges and a pizza chain broke rules, the ASA found.



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YESTERDAY



Google Employees CNBC•
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Google gave employees until December 3rd to declare their COVID-19 vaccine status . And according to CNBC , if they failed to comply with the tech giant's vaccine mandate, they'd have to apply for a medical or religious exemption and convince Google that it's warranted if they don't want to eventually lose their job. Google will approve exemptions on a case-by-case basis. In its report, the publi



Samsung Galaxy S22•
While the idea of wireless phone charging has always been exciting, the reality of it is sadly underwhelming for the most part. This is largely due to the fact that wired charging is just so much faster than wireless charging, making the act of topping up your handset's battery wirelessly an aesthetic decision rather than a practical one. Currently, Samsung's handsets and wireless chargers are li



Lenovo’s eBay store has just knocked 20% off a sprawling range of its laptops, but we’re most keen on the price cut that’s now available on the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro , which is easily one of the best gaming laptops in Australia . The Legion 5 Pro is certainly one of the best you can buy if you’re looking for a laptop with Nvidia’s RTX 3070 graphics card, and with this 20% discount, you can get the



Gizmodo / 11h
Our gadgets have advanced at an unprecedented rate in recent years, and yet, fundamental limitations with the way we use them remain. Plugging in a cable, switching between profiles as you move from one device to another, and attempting to recall a file you stashed away are some of the clunky tasks we still deal with… Read more...



Minecraft YouTube One•
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In the 10 years since it exited beta, Minecraft has become one of the world's most beloved and best-selling games, with 140 million monthly unique players globally. Today, Dec. 15, it realizes a new achievement, and it’s a big one: 1 trillion views on YouTube. That’s right, Minecraft content on the platform has surpassed a whopping 1,000,000,000,000 views. That’s 12 zeros! To commemorate the mass



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SAVE 90%: A lifetime subscription to Dollar Flight Club is on sale for £52.10, saving you 90% on list price. Travelling the world isn't just for the rich. Anyone can see the countries they've always dreamed of seeing; they just need to know where to look and how to shop for deals. With this lifetime subscription to Dollar Flight Club, the app will do the work for you to find you the best deals ev



Dell Stanza Concept Pari•
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Ahead of CES 2022, Dell is previewing a set of concept products like it usually does around this time every year. Previously, the company teased us with a Switch-like PC gaming console and a pair of dual-screen and foldable computers . This time around, Dell is showing off a few prototypes around "seamless work experiences" called Concept Flow, Concept Stanza and Concept Pari. I checked them out


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