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Microsoft SSD Windows 11•
Windows 11 continues to run into trouble with drive speeds being seriously hampered, as more users are being affected by a previously flagged issue than was first thought – this isn’t just about NVMe SSDs it seems – but the better news is that Microsoft has a (hopefully imminent) fix in the pipeline. Earlier this week, we reported on the problem with NVMe SSDs running over 50% slower in some case
Ford Mustang Mach-E•
Engadget / 44min
Ford CEO Jim Farley tweeted that it's been tough keeping up with the "incredible demand" for the company's all-electric Mustang Mach-E , but the automaker's going to try. In the tweet, he said Ford is increasing production of the Mach-E to 200,000 vehicles per year in the US starting in 2022 and in Europe by 2023. That's triple the units the company manufactured in 2021. While Farley didn't detai
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: As of Dec. 11, get lifetime access to both MagellanTV and VPN Unlimited for just $249. That's over 87% off their bundled value of $1,995. Subscription services are taking over our lives, with monthly payments on everything from entertainment options to groceries. But if you could just pay one fee and get the subscription for life, imagine how much easier it would be. With this bundled deal
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: The BedJet 3 Climate Comfort Sleep System is just $399.99 at the Mashable Shop as of Dec. 11. That's 35% off. Despite what your significant other may claim, approximately 65 degrees Fahrenheit is the best temperature for sleep . But setting your thermostat at 65 isn’t always the most economical solution. And let’s be honest, most “cooling” pillows and sheets on the market don’t really make
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TL;DR: As of Dec. 11, get an additional $100 credit to Clutter when you spend $100 . That's effectively 50% off, though the offer does expire two months after purchase. There are few things more annoying — and expensive — than moving . But with this deal from Clutter, you'll be able to save $100 on something you're going to spend money on anyway. Clutter is the professional moving service that he
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True gamers know the right accessories can make a huge difference. If you've already got the customized keyboard , the comfy chair , and the multi-screen desk setup, make sure to look out for the health of your eyes. Reducing blue light strain is not only beneficial for your health in the long run, but also helpful in keeping you focused for longer on the game at hand. For a limited time, these 1
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Gifting seems to get harder and harder each year, simply because there are just too many options out there. That's why we did some of the heavy lifting for you. Here are 28 unique gifts for just about everyone on your list, ranging in price from $25 to $2,500. So, no matter your budget, you can find something cutting-edge and uncommon that anyone will enjoy. Gifts under $50 LandAirSea 54 with Sha
Google Pixel 6 December•
If you like the look of the Google Pixel 6 but are less keen on the price then Google could soon launch the ideal handset for you, as the Pixel 6a has begun leaking, and it looks as though it will take the Pixel 6 range’s distinctive new design and package it up in a more affordable product. While we don’t know anything for sure about the Google Pixel 6a yet, the design and some of the specs and
Whether you’re trying to recreate a salon-style bouncy blow-dry at home, or you simply want to roughly dry your locks as quickly as possible before leaving the house, using one of the best hair dryers is an investment that will save you oodles of time while boosting that bounce. You’ll probably already know that vacuum cleaner brand Dyson launched its hair dryer, the Dyson Supersonic , in 2016, b
79Gizmodo / 4h
If you were looking for nominees for “Worst Boss of the Year,” look no further than Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who is apparently “taking time off” in response to the backlash he’s received for behaving like trash. Read more...
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SAVE 82%: PureVPN hides your real IP address and connects you to a secure sever in another location, providing access to more content from around the world. A two-year subscription to PureVPN is on sale for £1.44 per month, saving you 82% on list price. We all want more content, but subscribing to more streaming services is expensive. Instead, you should consider subscribing to a VPN that can pro
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SAVE 83%: Private Internet Access offers plenty of customisable privacy features to ensure that your data is protected. A three-year subscription to Private Internet Access is on sale for £1.67 per month, and includes an extra three months for free. VPNs are popular with a lot of users for their ability to unlock top streaming sites from around the world. These services are primarily designed to
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SAVE 86%: CyberGhost VPN provides access to thousands of secure servers located all around the world. A two-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £1.57 per month, and includes an extra three months for free. Your data is precious stuff, so it really is time time to give your digital life an extra layer of protection and keep all prying eyes at bay. With a service like CyberGhost VPN,
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SAVE 49%: A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £5.19 per month, and includes an extra three months of coverage and a year of unlimited Backblaze cloud backup for free. You've probably come across quite a few roundups of the best VPNs , and it's likely that you have seen ExpressVPN at the top of these lists. That's because it offers fast connection speeds, powerful encryption, and
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SAVE 60%: A lifetime subscription to the Babbel language-learning app is on sale for £150, saving you 60% on list price. Most of us who speak only one language have always wanted to learn a second one, but have never taken the necessary initiative to make it happen. Formal, structured classes are just too time-consuming and don’t make learning enjoyable. That’s why language learning apps have sky
The latest Intel processors for enthusiasts are here and based on early reviews, both the Intel Core i9-12900K and Intel Core i5-12600K are impressive processors placing higher than competition. If you’re looking to upgrade to these new Intel processors , you will have to also update your motherboard and other aspects of your PC. This guide not only looks at the parts you would need to invest in,
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While some people may consider gold, jewelry, art, wine, or antiques good investments in the long-term, a new study challenges that notion and presents a unique and more lucrative alternative: Lego sets. Read more...
Metaverse AR China•
‘The metaverse’ is a term that has been bandied around with great enthusiasm by some of the world’s largest technology companies of late, but the concept remains relatively ill-defined. If you ask Meta (née Facebook), the metaverse will be a series of interconnected virtual spaces where people gather to work, socialize and play. These cloud -based environments will either be accessed via virtual
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The iPhone camera's " Live Photos " functionality is a little bit of technological magic, bringing moments to life in a way that just isn’t possible with ordinary still images. Live Photos are great to share, offering special glimpses of moments captured in time. However, you can't share them to the world's most popular image-based social network, as Instagram doesn't support Live Photos. Never f
Tesla Cybertruck Musk•
40SlashGear / 8h
Mike Mareen/Shutterstock Tesla’s blocky, futuristic Cybertruck — the vehicle that looks like a low-poly model in real life — was recently spied going for a spin on the company’s Fremont, California, track. Drone footage captured Tesla’s prototype truck from multiple angles, revealing one new addition to the model that even Musk is unhappy about. Vehicles are required to have certain components, w
Risc 2021 Register•
As RISC-V has emerged as a potential competitor to both x86 and Arm, discussions are now being had about creating GPUs for chip designs based on the new architecture. According to RISC-V CTO Mark Himelstein who spoke with The Register , special interest groups will expand their focus on extensions for shaders and advanced matrix operations which are key for both AI and machine learning next year.
44SlashGear / 10h
Teligent Pharma, Inc. Teligent Pharma has announced a new recall that impacts its Lidocaine HCl Topical Solution USP 4% anesthetic liquid sold in 50ml glass bottles. The reason, the company explains, is the potential for “super potency,” meaning the bottles may contain more lidocaine than listed on the label. This, in turn, puts users at risk of toxicity. Lidocaine is an anesthetic often … Contin
View from the Wing / 10h
It’s not ‘unfair’ of Delta, they can reward whatever they wish. There’s no bait and switch here. In that sense it’s “reasonable.” But defenses of Delta complaint 'not baiting and switching' with a recommendation that consumers accept the move. Realize the bundle of value that Delta is offering on the cheapest fares is falling, and factor that when comparing their alternatives Continue reading ..
100+NYT > Technology / 10h
On Thursday night, the video game industry held its big awards event, which is quickly becoming as important — and as long — as certain other entertainment occasions.
Western Digital could be preparing to take on the tape archive market using HDD technology as the company looks to solve the archive problem. As reported by Block & Files which spoke with EVP and GM of the company's HDD business Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, businesses in the storage industry are considering adding another storage tier that will allow colder data and archive data to co-exist. Typically
100+Gizmodo / 11h
Did you know James Cameron used to make movie posters? It’s true. In his new book , Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron , the director of Terminator, Avatar, and Aliens talks about his time creating posters for an old movie company called Saturn, not even watching the movies because they were so bad, and just sending in… Read more...
100+Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / Four vector drawings show the five-slit spiral lock mechanism used by Mary, Queen of Scots; the front and back of a locked letter packet using this method; and an unfolded lock. Sections are numbered 1-20 to show the different areas created by folding. (credit: Unlocking History Research Group) On the eve of her execution for treason in February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots , penned a let
Expanse Telltale Game•
SlashGear / 11h
Image: Telltale Games Telltale Games plans to turn Amazon’s hit science fiction series The Expanse into a video game. The announcement was made during Thursday’s The Game Awards 2021 show, and it included a one-minute teaser trailer. Players will, Telltale revealed, operate as XO Camina Drummer aboard the Artemis, a spaceship where “a blood mutiny breaks loose.” Telltale has transformed a number
Ford Mustang Mach-E•
35TechCrunch / 11h
Ford plans to increase production of the all-electric Mustang Mach E next year with the goal of tripling its current capacity by 2023 to meet “incredible demand,” CEO Jim Farley tweeted late Friday. This is the first time the automaker has provided specific outlook for the Mustang Mach E. Ford said in November that it would increase its production capacity of electric vehicles to 600,000 units gl
TechCrunch / 11h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here . Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for December 10, 2021! Yes, it is Friday at last, which means we’re about one week away from news grinding to a halt so that we can all enter nerd hibernation for two weeks. Not that your humble servant is counting down . Still, we
The Points Guy / 11h
There’s a potentially attractive double-dip opportunity available to those with a stash of American Express Membership Rewards points. With this deal, you can earn both bonus miles and a bump toward elite status with Singapore Airlines … which can translate to United Club access. Amexissuer is out with its latest transfer bonus , offering 20% more points when converting Membership Rewards into Si
45Gizmodo / 11h
For years, Alex Jones, the proprietor of far-right internet hellhole InfoWars, was able to monetize disgusting lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, where a gunman shot and killed 26 people including 20 children before dying by suicide. Jones was particularly obsessed with selling the idea that… Read more...
Firefox 95 Mac Security•
21Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / A minimalist view of the Firefox web browser. (credit: Firefox) Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, Firefox 95, for Windows and macOS. It's available now for all users on both platforms. The Firefox team says the new macOS version reduces CPU usage during event processing and that power usage is reduced while streaming video from sites like Netflix, "especially in fullsc
TechCrunch / 12h
TechCrunch Experts returns with predictions for 2022, insights on product-led growth and strategies for early-stage startups that hope to expand internationally. Jonathan Metrick, chief growth officer at Sagard & Portage Ventures, and Simon Lejeune, who leads user acquisition at Wealthsimple, shared three trends that they believe will shape marketing in 2022. With an eye on topics like privacy, g
Tesla Mercedes EQS•
400+Engadget / 12h
Mercedes-Benz has issued a server-side update to fix an oversight that had allowed owners of its EQS EV and recent S-Class sedans to watch video content on the 56-inch MBUX Hyperscreen displays found in those cars while they were in motion. In a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration filing spotted by Consumer Reports editor Keith Barry, the automaker says it found an “incorrect configura
Mercedes Beats Tesla•
Gizmodo / 12h
One of the world’s leading luxury car brands just won regulatory approval from the German government to operate a hands-free, autonomous driving system on public roads, a feat that marks a significant stepping stone along the long, and so far winding road toward self-driving cars. That car company was not Tesla.… Read more...
27Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge / Intensive Care Unit nurse monitors patients in the ICU ward at Roseland Community Hospital on December 14, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. (credit: Getty | Scott Olson ) Illinois Representative Jonathan Carroll is scrapping his proposed legislation to make willfully unvaccinated people pay COVID-19 hospital bills out of pocket after he received violent threats that also targeted his family,
SlashGear / 12h
Image: TCL TCL launched its new 5-Series and 6-Series smart television models back in August, all of them made notable by the inclusion of Google TV. These lines, which include 50- to 75-inch models, are sold through Best Buy in the US, joining the similar TCL models running Roku OS. Unfortunately, early buyers were hit with a number of software problems, prompting … Continue reading
Mashable / 12h
The latest Twitter meme "we used to be a proper country" pokes fun of conservative language and ideals while also fulfilling our need for nostalgia. "We used to be a proper country" repurposes typical conservative language to reminisce about iconic pop culture moments and collective memories such as the combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell and the original Four Loko recipe. This type of rhetoric is of
500+Mashable / 12h
Keanu Reeves knows an agent of oppression when he sees one. The star of The Matrix trilogy and upcoming sequel, Resurrections , made that clear in a recent interview with The Verge , which touched on technology topics du jour like NFTs and the metaverse . And when it comes to the latter, Reeves has a very specific take: keep Facebook out of it. "Can we just not have metaverse be like invented by
A new zero-day vulnerability in the popular Java logging framework Log4j has been discovered which has the potential to affect Minecraft, iCloud, Steam and numerous other software products that use Java in their code. Tracked as CVE-2021-44228 , this type of vulnerability is especially dangerous as it can be exploited to run any code and requires very low skills for an attacker to pull off. Since
Emirates Nigeria EA•
21View from the Wing / 12h
Nigeria has banned Emirates from flying to Lagos and will only allow the Dubai-based carrier to fly to Abuja once a week. This is protectionist retaliation against the U.A.E. because Nigeria’s own Air Peace is not being granted its requested slot
