Saturday, January 15, 2022

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World of Hyatt has today launched its first major promotion of 2022. While we learned the details several weeks back, I wanted to recap the offer and remind people to register. Earn 2,022 bonus points every two nights World of Hyatt’s new Bonus Journeys promotion is valid for stays between January 15 and April 20, 2022. With this promotion, World of Hyatt members earn 2,022 bonus points after eve



NFT Gaming P2E WildWorks•
Since making major headlines near the start of 2021, NFTs have evolved from the fad everyone expected would die off to become the latest unstoppable arm of the crypto-driven machine. NFT s are creeping into everything, with all forms of art and entertainment at risk of becoming yet another commodity. The latest casualty in what is becoming NFT big business is the video game industry: every week,



Mashable / 37min
TL;DR: The Blade Bone Conduction Speaker is just $34.95 in black on the Mashable Shop as of Jan. 15. By now, you're likely already hip to bone conduction headphones — as in those earpieces that sit atop of one's cheekbones and use your bones for sound transmission. They're popular with runners and cyclists because they allow them to be aware of their surroundings while jamming out to their favori




Mashable / 37min
TL;DR: As of Jan. 15, you can get The All-In-One 2022 Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle , worth $3,284, for just $42.99 — that's over 98% off. There are tons of high-paying IT skills you could chase, but none have more potential than cybersecurity. Whether you’re looking to change fields completely or simply add some new tools to your toolbox, you could end up with a salary boost by turning your



Mashable / 37min
TL;DR: As of Jan. 15, you can get The 2022 Ultimate Finance & Accounting Certification Bundle — valued at $1,600 — for just $29.99 (that's a discount of 98%). Whether you're trying to get ahead of your personal finances or running ship for an entire business, bookkeeping is key to keeping things organized and on track. The 2022 Ultimate Finance Bundle is the easiest way to learn the things about



Mashable / 37min
TL;DR: As of Jan. 15, you can take 10% off the Brrrn Board (6-Foot Adjustable Slideboard) with the code SLIDE6 and get it for $269.99 instead of $299.99. Looking to change up the way you get your heart pumping in 2022? The Brrrn Board is probably the most interesting equipment you'll find. The Brrrn Board is a six-foot adjustable slideboard made with a custom polymer blend and natural rubber wood



Mashable / 37min
Looking for an excuse to spend money this week? How about 25 random deals on everything from furniture to drones ? Your wish is our command. Here are deals ranging from under $25 up to $2,500, depending on what your wallet can handle. Who said you can’t find sales after the holidays? Deals under $25 Crave 4Ft Lightning to USB Cable Replace the crappy cable that came with your phone with this high



NFT Gaming P2E WildWorks•
Game publishers are offering NFTs, but skeptical gamers smell a moneymaking scheme and are fighting back.



Young fans are messaging social media creators and entrepreneurs seeking experience. But the terms of the arrangements can vary widely.



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



Samsung Galaxy S22•
The Samsung Galaxy S22 range is probably almost here, with rumors suggesting the phones will be unveiled in February. But even without those rumors it would be clear that they’re coming soon, as almost every detail about the phones has now been leaked, including the colors they’re likely to come in. From what we’ve heard so far, it seems that the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus may



Apple 14 iOS 15 iPhone•
iOS 15.3 is expected to land soon, hot on the heels of iOS 15.2 , an update which brought a Legacy Contacts feature, App Privacy Reports, and a number of other additions. Yet so far iOS 15.3 looks to be a much smaller update than its predecessor – one which might mostly be limited to bug fixes. Still, it’s possible that Apple is just keeping things quiet, and there are a couple of noteworthy feat



Most people will say that a blender is an absolute kitchen essential, but won't think twice about buying a food processor unless they're a real cooking fanatic. The reality is that oftentimes food processors are more versatile than their blender counterpart. Blenders are ideal for mixing things with a lot of liquid (e.g., smoothies and soups) but food processors can chop, slice, puree, and so muc



When it comes to indulgent treats, there’s nothing tastier than a cinnamon roll. Made with enriched dough (which contains fat), these sweet bread-based snacks are filled with butter, along with sugar and cinnamon, and topped with a rich cream cheese icing. As a keen baker, they are one of my favorite pastries to make, even if they are time-consuming. While you can purchase ready-made dough from t
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SAVE 50%: TunnelBear is a lightweight VPN that's suitable for total cybersecurity beginners. For an unlimited plan, a one-year subscription to TunnelBear is on sale for £3.69 per month as of Jan. 15 — 50% off list price for a limited time. Looking for a lightweight and easy to use VPN? You've come to right place. TunnelBear offers a great introduction to VPNs , with intuitive apps, customer suppo



TL;DR: The Cryptocurrency with Ethereum and Solidity Blockchain Developer Bundle is on sale for £21.91, saving you 97% on list price. Is everyone you know investing in cryptocurrency? The Cryptocurrency with Ethereum and Solidity Blockchain Developer Bundle can help you learn what's up. This online course bundle contains 35 hours worth of instruction and training on useful topics that will help y



SAVE 76%: Ivacy VPN is one of the best services for unlocking top streaming sites. A one-year subscription to Ivacy VPN is on sale for £1.91 per month as of Jan. 16 — saving you 76% for a limited time. Whether you're looking to protect your online data or access top streaming sites from around the world, Ivacy VPN should be something to seriously consider. It's an impressive VPN with a wide range



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to SelectTV Streaming App is on sale for £73.04, saving you 79% on list price. Most streaming platforms come with a monthly fee, but the SelectTV Streaming App by FreeCast offers a huge library with a one-time payment. SelectTV combines content from broadcast, internet, on-demand, and streaming platforms on one unified interface. You’ll get access to more than 150 l



Most music fans can agree on one thing: Some music just sounds better on vinyl. This is a large part of why record players have not disappeared, even as music has gone more digital. In fact, sales of vinyl records are at the highest rate since the early '90s. Of course, record players aren’t just popular with audiophiles willing to spend hundreds (or thousands) of pounds on a luxury record player



Raspberry Pi Eben Upton•
Since the very first model was released almost a decade ago, the Raspberry Pi has tempted and tortured me in equal measure. As someone with almost no programming expertise and equally few engineering skills, the elaborate creations people come up with (like this Raspberry Pi Pip-Boy or this GLaDOS voice assistant ) have made the Pi feel completely inaccessible. I’ve also been paralyzed by the pos




Japanese tape drive vendor Unitex has unveiled the first ever LTO-9 tape drive with a USB connection. The aptly named UNITEX USB LTO-9 drive offers a native capacity of 18TB on one tape with transfer rates of up to 300MBps, far more than any cloud backup or cloud storage service could ever reach. The inclusion of a USB port, albeit a Type-A 3.0 model, means it has near universal compatibility, ei



Russia FSB REvil US•
Russian authorities have announced that they have dismantled the infamous REvil ransomware gang and arrested several of its members. As reported by the BBC , the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation or FSB for short said in a statement that the cybercriminal group had “ceased to exist” following a recent law enforcement operation. Although the US was ready to offer a reward of up to



Netflix Prices US Canada•
Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock As of January 14, Netflix in the United States now costs at least one dollar more for each of the three plans offered, meaning the company’s 4K customers are now paying $20/month for the service. The company has also increased its plan prices in Canada. Netflix has been steadily raising its prices over the past several years, slowly climbing from … Continue reading



The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.



US Russia Colonial•
The hacker behind the ransomware attack that took down the Colonial Pipeline last year has been apprehended by Russian authorities, according to US officials. Russia’s FSB intelligence agency said Friday that 14 people associated with the REvil ransomware group had been arrested, according to The Wall Street Journal. The group has taken responsibility for numerous cyberattacks in the US. Official



Madridav/Shutterstock The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published its latest mask guidance update, stating that the public can wear high-filtration respirators like N95 and KN95 masks. The agency didn’t go so far as to advise the public to specifically seek out and use these respirators, though it did note that these products offer the greatest level of … Continue readin



Iran Trump Soleimani•
88Gizmodo / 10h
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, recently posted an animated video to his website depicting former President Donald Trump getting nailed by a drone strike. Read more...



Microsoft Walkie Talkie•
The wait is finally over as Microsoft has announced that its walkie talkie feature in Microsoft Teams is now generally available. The feature, which was first announced two years ago and has been in preview ever since, lets users of the software giant's video conferencing software use their smartphone or tablet as a walkie talkie that can work over both a cellular or wireless connection. While Te



Gizmodo / 10h
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news around the internet. This week The Book of Boba Fett meets Nerf, McFarlane dives deep into the Batman rogues’ gallery, and EXO-6's latest Star Trek figure takes a trip to the Q Continuum. Check it out! Read more...



86Ars Technica / 10h
A demonstration of the late 1990s dialup experience using nearly period-accurate hardware, connecting to modern websites using outdated browsers over a 31.2kbit/s dialup connection. Be forewarned: page loads are in real time. We all found our coping strategies for riding out the pandemic in 2020. Biomedical engineer Gough Liu likes to tinker with tech—particularly vintage tech—and decided he'd tr



Mashable / 10h
Welcome to AirFryDay, where — you guessed it — every Friday Mashable covers the latest trends, dispenses advice, and reviews recipes for your air fryer. Let's get this out of the way: This isn't really a recipe for an air fryer hot pocket. It's called that by the recipe creator, but think of it more as a sandwich pocket. The term hot pocket conjures up images of greasy pepperoni, melty cheese, an



33Mashable / 10h
If you’ve already blown through your Netflix and Hulu libraries, maybe it’s time to give Paramount+ a spin. Since Paramount has been making movies since 1916, its catalog of films is deep. Seriously. Imagine John Wayne Westerns on the same streamer as Sonic the Hedgehog ! It’s madness, and we love it. Movies forever! Below, 14 of our favorite movies from Paramount's library to watch now on Paramo



The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.



Final Fantasy 14 January•
After heavy delays, Final Fantasy XIV will be getting some sparkling new servers. Digital sales will also be making a return on Tuesday, January 25 at 5 pm JT / 3 pm ET / 9 am CT. Director Naoki Yoshida announced the additional servers in an official blog post , after weeks of congestion due to the launch of the new expansion Endwalker. These server expansions will come to Europe, North America,



44Gizmodo / 11h
The Black Panther sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , will resume filming next week after a two-plus month shutdown . The shutdown was primarily because actress Letitia Wright, who plays Shuri, was badly injured during a stunt and could no longer perform. She’s now said to be healthy and ready to resume filming… Read more...



One of the most premium business rewards cards on the market, The Business Platinum Card® from American Express , just made one of its best benefits even better. American Express quietly doubled the maximum number of points Amex Business Platinum cardmembers are rebated each calendar year when redeeming for flights through Pay With Points from 500,000 to a cool 1 million. Unlike some of the other



Google Facebook Deal•
Gizmodo / 11h
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton first spearheaded a blockbuster multistate antitrust case against Google towards the end of 2020, it included some (heavily redacted) allegations of a secret agreement with Facebook that let the duo squash fellow competitors in the advertising space and lord over the lion’s share… Read more...



200+Gizmodo / 11h
If you live in Windcrest, a city northeast of San Antonio, the days of getting pulled over by the cops for breaking certain traffic laws—shame on you, but no judgement here—are over. Police will just text you a warning or ticket. And hey, if you’re a good driver, they may even send you a thumbs up. Read more...



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 January 14, 2022! I suppose that this has been the week of Wordle, in that everyone and their dog are tweeting their scores and results. A small bit of camaraderie for those of you out there who are not good at the game: I am a



Google Pixel 6 January•
Engadget / 11h
Google has begun rolling out the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro’s latest update following a delay in December . As may you recall, the company “paused” the release of the OTA after there were reports of the software causing calls to drop and disconnect. The issue was such that Google took the nearly unprecedented move of removing the associated factory images for that update from its developer website. In Dec




Netflix Prices US Canada•
32Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Friday, Netflix confirmed plans to raise prices for its video-streaming services in North America for the seventh time in 11 years. Unlike many previous Netflix price hikes, this year's bump hits all three subscription options. In the United States , the "basic" tier, which is capped at 720p and includes other limits, receives its first increase i



300+The Points Guy / 12h
As much as I tried to escape it, I am compelled to continue writing about the French health pass thanks to all of the TPG readers who anticipate traveling to France and don’t know what to do with the new COVID-19 booster shot requirement starting this weekend. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . While I usually answer five questions in my wee



Fitbit FaceBit Mask•
SlashGear / 12h
Image: Northwestern University Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen several companies try their hand at “smart” face masks. The most useful of the bunch may have just been revealed not by a company, but by engineers at Northwestern University. Dubbed “FaceBit” – the engineers behind this project describe it as “Fitbit for the face” – this is not a full mask, but rather a … Continue reading



Gizmodo / 12h
We’ve had movies to look forward to , streaming faves to plan binges around, but what’s good and on broadcast in 2022? io9's got your look ahead out of what to expect from the first few months of 2022 in sci-fi and fantasy TV—and taste of a few things we know are coming later this year. Read more...



Netflix Prices US Canada•
Mashable / 12h
Bad news for Netflix fans. The streaming service is increasing prices in the U.S. and Canada. On Friday, Netflix quietly changed the pricing for all three subscription plans: Basic plan increases $1 per month from $8.99 to $9.99 Standard plan increases $1.50 from $13.99 to $15.49 Premium plan goes up $2 from $17.99 to $19.99 According to the company’s website, the new prices will immediately appl



Martin Shkreli Industry•
100+Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge / Martin Shkreli. (credit: Getty | Drew Angerer ) A federal court on Friday banned convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli from ever working in the pharmaceutical industry again in any capacity and ordered him to pay back $64.6 million in profits from his infamous scheme that raised the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim more than 4,000 percent. US District Judge Denise Cote issued the lif



100+The Points Guy / 12h
If you’ve had your head in the clouds, imagining yourself in France with croissant in hand before heading to the Louvre, then you might be in luck with this deal. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and partner airlines are offering flights starting below $500 round-trip to Paris from major U.S. cities. If you’re going to blow off your New Year’s resolutions of “Dry January” and h



Singapore-based industrial robotics firm Sesto this week announced a $5.7 million raise, featuring TRIVE, WTI GmbH and SEEDS Capital (Enterprise Singapore’s VC wing). The round follows a similarly sized $4 million Series A, back in 2018. Sesto has had a busy few years since that round — as have many in the industrial robotics category, as more companies have looked toward automation during the pa



Gizmodo / 12h
American Olympic athletes heading to Beijing for this year’s 2022 Winter Olympics are being advised to pack a disposable burner phone and get familiar with virtual private networks to avoid potential Chinese government surveillance. Read more...



MIT Hybrid Particle•
SlashGear / 12h
Christine Daniloff/MIT Physicists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have published a new study detailing their discovery of a hybrid particle, one comprised of an electron and phonon combined together in a way that allows them to behave as a single particle. The team refers to this bond between the two particles as “glue,” explaining that it is 10 times stronger … Continue read



Gizmodo / 12h
A decades-old pipeline spilled 315,000 gallons (1.2 million liters) of diesel into an environmentally sensitive area in Louisiana last month, killing thousands of animals, the AP reported Thursday. The spill happened a little over a year after a safety inspection found that the pipeline was severely corroded—but the… Read more...



1KGizmodo / 12h
It seems we can add sexual dysfunction to the long list of unexpected and unpleasant effects of the coronavirus. Thankfully, this doesn’t appear to be a common occurrence, and there are some potential remedies that those afflicted can try. Read more...



Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of “news” articles and Reddit posts claiming that LastPass intentionally prevents free users from exporting their password vault. And although the LastPass export process is a bit confusing, these claims are completely false. LastPass isn’t holding your data hostage. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



63How-To Geek / 12h
You can get buy with very old and banged up tools in the kitchen, but it’s not an ideal way to cook. Here are some essentials you should upgrade today! Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



FTC Meta Oculus VR•
100+TechCrunch / 12h
Following news that the FTC’s antitrust suit against Meta cleared a critical hurdle earlier this week, the agency is apparently also taking a sharp interest in the company’s VR business. Bloomberg reports that the FTC and multiple state attorneys general are probing Meta’s virtual reality division for “potential anti-competitive practices.” New York reportedly leads the state-level investigation,



LG Incubator•
46TechCrunch / 12h
Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. LG Nova is the pointiest tip of the spear for LG, the company’s experimental playground to work with startups to explore spaces where the corporation has spotted areas ripe for future growth. Backed by a relatively large — and rapidly growing — team and a healthy budget, LG Nova is rolling



LG Incubator•
36TechCrunch / 12h
Korean technology giant LG makes everything from televisions ( they announced some new ones at CES ), washing machines and fridges, to, well, it’ll probably take less time to list the things they don’t get involved in . It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company has a robust interest in innovation, then, and LG Nova is its relatively new North American Innovation Center. Based out of Santa



Google White House•
After attending the recent White House Open Source Software Security Summit , Google is now calling for a public-private partnership to not only fund but also staff essential open-source projects. In a new blog post , president of global affairs and chief legal officer at both Google and Alphabet, Kent Walker laid out the search giant's plans to better secure the open-source software ecosystem. F



39Mashable / 12h
Emily St. John Mandel did not set out to kill 99.99 percent of the human race when she began writing Station Eleven . The 2014 bestseller, on which the acclaimed (and now complete) HBO Max series is based, started as a series of scenes about a traveling band of performers much like her real-life friends from dance theater school in Toronto. She pictured them performing Shakespeare in rural Canada



45Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg ) Intel is reportedly planning to build a large chip facility in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, the state capital. An official announcement is expected on January 21. The company reportedly plans to invest $20 billion in the site,


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