Friday, February 18, 2022

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Meta Facebook Miles•
1KTechCrunch / 13h
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has confirmed to TechCrunch that Jeren A. Miles, who had been a manager of global community development, is no longer employed by the company after a video went viral on YouTube , which was then reposted on Reddit and other sites , featuring him in a sting operation conducted by amateurs with the intent of catching paedophiles. The two-hour video, posted by a



Kanye West Donda 2•
Kanye West has announced that his forthcoming album, Donda 2, will launch exclusively on his own Stem Player device. In an impassioned Instagram post , the rapper shocked fans with the revelation that his new music – which he intends to debut at a February 22 launch concert – wouldn't be releasing on streaming services such as Spotify , Apple Music , Amazon Music or YouTube. “Today artists get ju



1KGizmodo / 9h
In a time when Star Wars had all but faded away , Tom Veitch helped keep the Force alive. Veitch was one of the leading comic book writers for the Star Wars Dark Horse line in the 1990s and introduced stories and concepts that still resonate today. In sad news for Star Wars fans everywhere though, the author passed… Read more...




Mashable / 21min
SAVE 84%: CyberGhost VPN is a high-speed service that can reliably unblock top streaming sites like Netflix. A three-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £62.01 with an extra three months for free — save 84% for a limited time. Looking for the best VPN for streaming? Aren't we all. There are plenty of VPNs that claim to be the best for unlocking top sites like Netflix and Prime Vide



Many people know BlackBerry as the company behind the iconic range of mobile devices, which were as beloved among regular consumers as they were the professionals they were built for. However, BlackBerry hasn’t been a hardware company for more than half a decade now. Although the firm has licensed its branding to other manufacturers, it hasn’t launched a smartphone of its own since 2016. The comp



Mashable / 28min
SAVE 20%: The Lego Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina set is on sale for £247.99 at John Lewis, saving you over £60 on list price for a limited time. The final episode of The Book of Boba Fett has been and gone, but we're not ready to let it go just yet. If you feel the same, you might be interested to know that the Lego Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina set is on sale for 20% off. This absolutely stacked s



Mashable / 28min
TL;DR: The Beginner's Guide to Cryptocurrency Trading, NFTs, and the Metaverse is on sale for £15.46, saving you 98% on list price. Why is Reese Witherspoon talking about cryptocurrency? What is John Legend’s new NFT platform all about? Trying to keep up with the ever-evolving digital times we live in is not always easy. But this Beginner’s Guide to Cryptocurrency Trading, NFTs, and the Metaverse



Mashable / 28min
TL;DR: The 2022 Premier Adobe Photoshop Master Class Bundle is on sale for £18.41, saving you 98% on list price. With Adobe Photoshop, there's nothing you can't move from your imagination to the screen. You just need a working knowledge of the intricate program in order to make it happen. If you're sick of having to hire expensive graphic designers for basic business branding, or you just want to



Mashable / 28min
So you’ve always loved taking photos with your iPhone — who doesn't? A lot of the new models already produce incredible photos. But now you want to take the plunge and buy a real camera, like a seriously real camera. There are the classic point-and-shoot cameras of course, but you already have that with your phone. It’s important that you buy a camera that allows you to grow and gain confidence i



Mashable / 42min
Keeping your garden and outdoor space squeaky clean is a job in itself. And what do you need to do a good job? The right tools. That means it’s time to tool up with a high-performance pressure washer. To maintain your outdoor area , a standard garden hose just isn’t going to cut it. Buying something like a pressure washer isn’t easy, of course — especially if you’re a pressure washer newbie. Ther



Wordle The New York Times•
Following its recent acquisition of Wordle , The New York Times has apparently added ad trackers to the hit web-based word game. The news outlet acquired Wordle for a 'low' seven figure sum and the game has now joined The New York Times Crossword and the rest of its online games. However, unlike Vertex, Spelling Bee, Tiles and its Crossword, Wordle can still be played for free without a subscript



35TechCrunch / 5h
Things are getting worse at Better. More executives have resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage lender laid off 900 employees via Zoom and as the company prepares for more layoffs, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal happenings at the company. Those sources include both current and former employees. The latest events at the company involve the



Whether you're constantly mining for hidden gems or just looking for a change of pace, Sundance Now is an excellent option for when you want a great movie you haven't seen before. The streaming service boasts a collection of artful titles in a wide array of genres. There are as many intimate family dramas as there are thrilling true-crime documentaries and deeply quirky comedies. So where should



50Mashable / 5h
Looking to fuel up your Netflix queue with some high-octane action? Whether you're a fan of science fiction or secret intelligence, car chases or rooftop combat, The Old Guard or James Bond, there's an action movie for every kind of adrenaline seeker now on Netflix. The streaming service has classics as well as fresh installments — plus a smattering of original projects all their own. With so muc



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Omicron Subvariant BA.2•
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) A sub-lineage of the omicron coronavirus variant, dubbed BA.2, continues to increase steadily around the globe as scientists and health officials are still working to understand the risk it poses to public health. So far, the overall data has been a mix. Some recent laboratory and animal data have suggested that BA.2 can cause more severe disease than



Gizmodo / 5h
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy and merchandise news. This week, The Book of Boba Fett ’s end means merchandise a-go-go with Star Wars toys from Lego and Hasbro (and more, for good measure), and Playmates boldly goes forward with Star Trek: Prodigy toys and back into the past with r… Read more...



100Mashable / 6h
Did you enjoy glamming up your Facebook photos with profile frames ? Those graphics and slogans you could embed over your circular Facebook profile image were a great way to customize your page for a holiday or show support for your favorite sports team. Users could even get creative and create their very own custom frame images. Well, you won't be able to do that anymore. Facebook is removing pr



For years, NBC’s tagline has been "Comedy starts here." After a deep dive through Peacock’s streaming catalog, it’s clear that their investment has paid off. We’ve put together the best TV shows to stream on Peacock, and a large majority of the top options are comedies. It can’t be helped! NBC has been putting out some of the best comedies of the last 40 years, and they all deserve a shout-out. H



To end the week, here’s a roundup of some of this week’s best domestic business-class fares across the United States, thanks to our friends at Scott’s Cheap Flights . This batch of deals features several nonstop business-class routes departing to and from Los Angeles and other cities, including San Diego and San Francisco, starting under $200 round-trip. For more TPG news delivered each morning t



28TechCrunch / 6h
Do you have recent experience recruiting talent for pre-revenue startups? If this describes you — or someone you know — please read this important announcement . TechCrunch Experts is recruiting recruiters Growth marketing (TechCrunch+) Create a social media punch list for cryptocurrency marketing: Facebook began allowing crypto companies to advertise on its platform last December, but marketers



Open source code repositories PyPI, NuGet and npm have been polluted with a flood of junk packages relating to popular online games like Roblox and Fortnite, recent analysis shows. As explained in a report from cybersecurity firm Sonatype, the junk packages do not contain malicious code. Instead, their associated README files direct visitors towards spam domains that claim to offer free in-game c



51TechCrunch / 6h
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 Friday, February 18, 2022! First, a note that much of TechCrunch is off Monday for a U.S. holiday, so some regular stuff might land a day later than usual. But we’re a global team, so we will not be quiet to start next week. Th




Peacemaker Enlarge / John Cena shows he has some dramatic chops as well as comedic timing in Peacemaker . (credit: HBO Max) We had our doubts about Peacemaker , the HBO Max spinoff series based on John Cena's character from 2021's The Suicide Squad . But I'm happy to report that those doubts were entirely unfounded. Series creator James Gunn has successfully taken a seemingly irredeemable charact



Apple Store Unionize•
23Engadget / 6h
It's not just Amazon and Google workers hoping to organize. Sources speaking to The Washington Post claim workers at six or more US Apple Store locations are quietly planning to unionize, with "at least" two stores already garnering the support of national unions and prepping submissions to the National Labor Relations Board. As you might guess, the central issue is pay. Employees talking to The



Gizmodo / 6h
The Center for Disease Control released a study yesterday that the 2021 Anime NYC convention was not a superspreader event, despite the attendance of one of the first known people in the U.S. to have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. But this wasn’t just luck—the event had several measures in… Read more...



It’s Friday and what better way to celebrate than with cheap flights to the Caribbean, specifically Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with roundtrip flights under $300 to both. New York City has the widest availability to both destinations, and there are flights from various U.S. cities heading to San Juan. You’re welcome. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for



Texas Chainsaw Leatherface•
Despite what some Tobe Hooper scholars will tell you, a good Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel doesn’t have to do or be anything. A good movie is a good movie — and the latest Leatherface outing just isn't that. Directed by David Blue Garcia and written by Chris Thomas Devlin, based on a story by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues, Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) is a modern-day follow-up to th



Podcast-derived true-life crime dramas? Hulu’s got ‘em in March, as the streaming service launches a pair of star-backed miniseries exploring the sordid deeds of two women, one of them a convicted fraud and the other a convicted killer, and both of the shows based on popular podcasts. Read more...



Just yesterday, I wrote about the ever-changing entry protocols for France, namely the dropping of the arrival testing requirement for travelers from certain countries, including America. Since this is the first time (thus far) that France has actually made it easier for travelers to enter, I thought we would use this week’s column to answer more questions about how this affects travel to the cou



Tesla Lucid Porsche•
30Engadget / 7h
Now's your chance to see how three of the highest-end performance EVs fare in a straight-line brawl. DragTimes has followed its previous Lucid-versus-Tesla match (among others) with a three-way drag race between the Tesla Model S Plaid , Lucid Air Dream Edition and Porsche Taycan Turbo S . As you can see in the video below, horsepower only matters to a degree — and the outcome doesn't tell the wh



FBI US DOJ Monaco NCET•
Following the rise in cryptocurrency crime and ransomware attacks, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed its plans to launch a new unit dedicated to stopping cybercriminals that abuse digital currencies. At this year's Munich Cyber Security Conference, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the formation of the Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit (VAXU). According to Mon



30Gizmodo / 7h
The flood of well-known people rushing to sell out to the blossoming crypto industry are legion. Shills, shills, as far as the eye can see! The fallen include former CIA killing machine Matt Damon , former NSA spy turned NSA whistleblower turned NFT peddler Edward Snowden, director of a lot of good movies Spike Lee ,… Read more...



You may have to wait in long lines (with all other passengers) to get the room - if you can get an employee to help you, and if the systems they use have any rooms to offer. And when you finally get the room that's being offered, it may not be up to your standards. Here's a better way. Continue reading ...



Interested in anime? Then Netflix is the perfect place to dive in, boasting a massive library of terrific titles. The sheer quantity of these offerings can be daunting when looking for something to start watching, but have no fear! We've put together a list of the best anime currently on Netflix in order to satisfy any and all of your streaming desires. The following anime selections cover severa



100+Gizmodo / 7h
At mysterious biotech company Lumon Industries, certain employees are given a brain implant that keeps their work selves completely separate from their personal selves, with no shared memories between them. The procedure gives Apple TV+ ’s new thriller its name, Severance , and it puts in motion the show’s excellently … Read more...



Everyone wants to eat healthy, but “healthy” doesn’t have a specific meaning. Neither do lots of other food-related buzzwords that are used on packaging or by influencers. These words and phrases are meant to make you feel good (or bad) about your choices, while giving you little to no useful information. Read more...



As a 30-something, there are fewer and fewer things in life that I am doing for the first time. But there’s one thing I’ve always wanted to do and never got the opportunity to try growing up in Missouri — ski. So when the opportunity presented itself for me to learn how to ski later this month along with two colleagues on TPG’s dime, I couldn’t say no. However, as I’m quickly discovering, there’s



SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has a few things to say about the possibility of sending a starship to the planet Mars with humans aboard in our lifetime.



33Gizmodo / 7h
A major milestone in the commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope has been met, as engineers continue to bring the observatory’s view of the universe into focus. Read more...



Apple Oscar CODA Free•
If watching Apple's CODA on the small screen warmed your heart, imagine the elation of seeing it on the big screen – and for free, no less. CODA tells the story of Ruby (Emilia Jones), the only hearing person in a deaf family, and her quest to break away from a hard-scrabble home life and to become a singer. It was nominated last month for Best Picture in the Academy Awards. The film features a p



Delivery has become one of the fastest growing verticals for robotics investments amid pandemic-related shutdowns. There’s been plenty of interest in the category over the years, but COVID-19 has accelerated interest on all sides of the equation. Among this category, however, Agility stands out — in more ways than one. Born out of research from Oregon State University’s Dynamic Robotics Laborator



48SlashGear / 8h
NASA revealed the first image captured by the x-ray observatory IXPE. This first image is a portrait of a supernova remnant called Cassiopeia A.




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Alaska Malaysia Airlines•
When Alaska joined Oneworld in 2021, it came with the promise that Mileage Plan members would be able to earn and redeem their hard-earned miles throughout the alliance. This process, admittedly, hasn’t been a fast one . We’ve seen more Oneworld partners being added to Alaska’s list of redemption partners over the last few weeks, and now there’s another one — Malaysia Airlines . The Kuala Lumpur-



Porsche Cargo Atlantic•
300+Futurism / 8h
Coming Up Aces A giant cargo ship carrying luxury cars including numerous Porches is now adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, burning after its crew evacuated, according to the Associated Press , which reports that 22 crew members were evacuated on Wednesday and the ship is now just kind of… floating and on fire. Which is relatable, frankly. “We are aware of an incident today involving a cargo ship tran



500+Futurism / 8h
Forget About It It looks like historical preservation won’t be a priority for NASA after the International Space Station shuts down, according to a new piece published by collectSPACE this morning. NASA’s January ISS Transition Report , collectSPACE pointed out, includes plans to bring down the ISS in 2030 in an uninhabited part of the Pacific Ocean known as “Point Nemo” but doesn’t seem to make



Download Netflix Video•
Taking a peek at a few services that allow Twitter video downloads from your iPhone, iPad, Android device, or desktop computer with MacOS, Windows, or Linux.



Gizmodo / 8h
Reaching 36 miles above Earth, the Tonga plume is now the highest to ever be recorded by satellites. Read more...



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Millions of WordPress sites have received a forced update over the past day to fix a critical vulnerability in a plugin called UpdraftPlus. The mandatory patch came at the request of UpdraftPlus developers because of the severity of the vulnerability, which allows untrusted subscribers, customers, and others to download the site’s private database as long as they ha



Amazon Fallout Goggins•
300+Engadget / 8h
Production on Amazon's Fallout series is set to start later this year, and the cast is taking shape. Walton Goggins is taking on one of the lead roles, according to Deadline . Amazon Studios hasn't revealed which character Goggins is portraying, but reports suggest he's playing a ghoul. A ghoul, in Fallout parlance, is someone who was mutated due to radiation exposure as a result of a nuclear war



83Gizmodo / 8h
Apple retail employees at a number of stores across the country are quietly planning to unionize, according to a Washington Post report —spurred on by pay that hasn’t kept up with inflation even as the tech giant posts record-setting profits. Read more...



The public markets may have cooled on fintechs in recent months, but for entrepreneurs who are still considering starting up, “outlook good,” says the Magic 8 Ball. In 2021, one-third of all unicorns created were fintech companies: investor FOMO, increased use of digital payments, BNPL, and other financial services created a gravitational field that attracted more than one out of every five dolla



The image of flying first class is one of comfort, privacy, and luxurious leg room. Unfortunately, the average passenger’s price range more often involves the sound of crying babies than the soft clink of champagne glasses. Read more...



300+Gizmodo / 8h
Although various people have been trying to make some form of live-action entertainment out of the hit Fallout video game series for years , none of these projects have even gotten far enough along to ever hire someone to star in the dang thing. Well, until today, when it was announced that Walton Goggins will be… Read more...



Car internet systems are becoming more common by the day, and once your free trial expires, you may be asking yourself if car Wi-Fi is worth the price. It’s important to know how it works, how it differs from sharing your phone’s connection, how fast your car’s internet will be, and what to expect before paying up. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The Google homepage is one of the most comfortable places on the internet. You go there, and you’re greeted by a simple search box with nothing else. But that might be changing, as some users are spotting significant differences on Google.com. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



23TechCrunch / 9h
LG’s innovation center — LG Nova among friends — today announced that it has selected the first 50 companies for its Mission for the Future global challenge competition. From 1,300 applicants, the company picked its first cohort to start building opportunities with the startups. Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities



The core pillars of dental hygiene are widespread and well-known. Brush twice a day, floss daily, avoid sugary foods and drinks and—don’t rinse your mouth out after brushing? Read more...



Iberia Washington SF•
Iberia’s U.S. route network is getting a big boost on June 1. The Spanish flag carrier will begin service from Madrid (MAD) to Washington Dulles (IAD) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) that day, along with restarting service from Madrid to San Francisco (SFO). Service to all three destinations will operate with the Airbus A330. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviati



Microsoft released a new support document that explains the system requirements for running Android apps on Windows 11. If you’re curious whether your PC can handle the Amazon Appstore, you don’t need to wonder any longer. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



With solid cameras and great performance, the Galaxy S22+ might just be the best choice for most people in 2022. Here's our full breakdown.



The best home Bluetooth speakers provide a compact and convenient way to fill any space with music without sacrificing sound quality. By connecting wirelessly to any smartphone, tablet, or computer, home Bluetooth speakers can receive and play audio at ranges of up to 100 feet, making them a reliable solution for controlling your playlist from almost anywhere. Some home Bluetooth speakers feature




200+Futurism / 9h
A former executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has left the company after video emerged of him allegedly attempting to solicit sex from a minor. Jeren Miles, Meta’s former head of global community development, can be seen in a viral YouTube video posted on the channel of a vigilante group called PCI Predator Catchers Indianapolis. In the two hour video, two people interrogate Miles for attempting,



Apple Oscar CODA Free•
Audiences will get another chance to watch CODA , the first Apple Original movie nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, in theaters. Apple is re-releasing the film, which is about a deaf family, in a limited run of free screenings with open captions. Directed and written by Sian Heder and featuring a primarily deaf cast, the film received three Oscar nods in total. Heder, who adapted the movie



200+Gizmodo / 9h
Poor performance and even poorer public perception have forced Elon Musk’s Boring Company to largely pivot away from its most ambitious projects and opt instead to prioritize more politically friendly locals. Now, Musk reportedly has his sights set on Texas and Miami for the company’s near future. Read more...



I fully confess I was a skeptic when Samsung unveiled the first Note . And I certainly wasn’t alone among the crowd at the Messe Berlin that IFA. The 5.3-inch display was unimaginably large in a year when the average screen measured a hair over 3.5 inches. The stylus graced the phone like a vestigial organ — some strange and unnecessary relic from the days of the Palm Pilot we’d collectively (and



43SlashGear / 9h
NASA explains why the James Webb space telescope isn't outfitted with the sort of tiny cameras that would allow us to see the craft in transit.



One thing I noticed during my cocktail training is that a lot of bartenders are super horned up over the Dark ‘n Stormy. Pre-shift, mid-shift, after-shift, a Dark ‘n Stormy—or Frothy Boi as I have heard them called—seems to be the go-to for many of my favorite cocktail professionals. This has always been curious to… Read more...



Your iPhone automatically adjusts the time and date depending on your current location. However, if you want to manually change these settings, you can do so. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



You might think Hulu's Pam and Tommy miniseries is about a stolen sex tape. It is, but that Hi-8 video cassette tape is ultimately a kind of kindling for the dawn of the Internet age. This fact isn't lost on the producers who fill the tale of a stiffed handyman's quest to make money off Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue's Tommy Lee's stolen tape with countless period tech touches that



American Boeing 787•
American Airlines’ long-haul wings have been clipped once again due to a further delay in receiving new Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing. The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier announced that it’s pulling back four long-haul routes, and delaying the introduction of a fifth, due to delayed 787 deliveries, according to an internal memo that was viewed by TPG, and first reported by The Wall Street Journ



This week's science news was a little less earthy and a lot more spacey than usual, starting off with a couple of SpaceX news developments. First, we had news of a trio of new privately-funded SpaceX missions in the works, including the first crewed flight of Starship. Meanwhile, we learned that it isn't a SpaceX booster that's set to hit the Moon, but that doesn't make it better in the least bit



Users are complaining that their Google Nest Doorbells are dying far too quickly when outside in the cold, even when hooked up to wires. As it turns out, a new support page from Google revealed that its Nest Doorbells (Battery) and Nest Camera (Battery) can’t charge in cold temperatures. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The main Admirals Club in Charlotte is closed for renovations. Some travelers had hopes this would mean improving the club, still in US Airways-style, but it doesn't. American - which has been somewhat cagey about the work that's happening - says the updates which will take several months are about bringing the space up to fire code. Here are permitting details for what renovations will actually



Instacart SkyMiles•
It’s always great to see airline loyalty programs team up with other companies to offer perks and points earning opportunities for members. Delta SkyMiles is launching a partnership with grocery delivery service Instacart next week. With this, all SkyMiles members can earn miles for grocery deliveries, while SkyMiles elite members can receive a complimentary premium membership. Earn Delta SkyMile



32Gizmodo / 10h
Tobe Hooper’s 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a horror masterpiece—a gruesome, chilling exploration of why you shouldn’t poke around other people’s property, especially in rural Texas. It’s a story other filmmakers haven’t been able to resist revisiting, with diminishing returns . The latest example of this hits… Read more...



Cory Lee, known on social media as Curb Free Cory Lee , has utilized a powered wheelchair since he was four years old, but that has not stopped him from becoming a leader in the travel industry and visiting all seven continents. He is a member of the TPG all-inclusive advisory panel and already shares his travel tips on his own site , as well as publications like this one . Now Cory Lee has also



In the spirit of the latest Halloween reboot, there’s a new straight-to-Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie out this week that, like the 2018 Michael Myers movie, ignores all of the intervening films and re-introduces the original’s lead (in Massacre ’s case, that involves recasting Sally Hardesty—as Marilyn Burns… Read more...



Facebook Haugen Meta SEC•
21Engadget / 10h
Whistleblower Aid says it has filed complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission that accuse Meta of misleading investors about efforts to mitigate climate change and COVID-19 misinformation across its platforms. The nonprofit, which represents Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen , claimed the company made “material misrepresentations and omissions in statements to investors” over how it



1KFuturism / 10h
Chinese Starship If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, SpaceX must be very pleased with the Chinese space program. Wang Xiaojun, president of the nation’s Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), gave a presentation earlier this month showing off a concept for a two-stage methane-liquid launch system that looked suspiciously familiar, as SpaceNews pointed out . To wit, the images us



300+Gizmodo / 10h
The nearly extinct disease polio has made an unexpected and unwelcome reappearance in Africa. This week, health officials in the country of Malawi reported a case of wild polio in a young child—the first spotted in the continent in more than five years. World Health Organization officials are now monitoring the… Read more...




36SlashGear / 10h
A cargo ship is in trouble near the Azores islands, Portugal. The crew has evacuated safely, but a fire threatens thousands of high-end vehicles still onboard.



SlashGear / 10h
Here, we look into the positive and negative aspects of Hisense TVs, so you can decide if that tempting price tag is actually worth it in the end.



Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again? Returnity ‘s bet is the latter, and the company just raised $3.1 million from Brand Foundry Ventures , with additional investments from XRC Labs and others , to continue the work the company has been doing with Estée Lauder, New Balance, Re



Crypto investment firm Revix did a simulation where they ranked the top 50 internet companies by market capitalisation (which is just a fancy word for the company's total value). They then invested in each company equally, right at the peak of the internet bubble in 2000. After investing 2% into each of these top 50 companies, Revix’s simulation left these investments untouched until 2017. During



Mashable / 10h
Dogs can be one of the best natural remedies for anxiety in humans. But experienced pup parents know that anxiety can also be just as big of a problem for our four-legged friends, too. Lots of products — from supplements to calming beds — sell themselves on helping to manage dog anxiety. But there's also a lot of misinformation and pseudo-science being sold, which is why we asked three veterinary



At the start of the pandemic, airlines closed virtually all of their lounges, both due to the lack of passengers, and due to a need for updated policies. While airlines have started to reopen lounges, many premium international lounges have remained closed due to lack of demand. In the fall of 2021, American Airlines slowly began the process of reopening its Flagship Lounges. There’s now a furthe



SlashGear / 10h
Coca-Cola has a new sort of flavor for a limited time - one that they suggest tastes like space. Coke Starlight appears in both original and Coke Zero forms.



Uncharted Review 2•
200+Engadget / 10h
There are worse movies than Uncharted , especially when it comes to the seemingly cursed genre of video game adaptations. But as I struggled to stay awake through the finale — yet another weightless action sequence where our heroes quip, defy physics and never feel like they're in any genuine danger — I couldn't help but wonder why the film was so aggressively average. Sony Pictures The PlayStati



Extreme E xtrm H Hydrogen•
Kris Holt Contributor Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget . More posts by this contributor Meta adds ‘personal boundaries’ to Horizon Worlds and Venues to fight harassment Bird will expand access to electric scooters for public transit in Nashville An off-road racing series that uses hydrogen cars is expected to debut in 2024. Extreme H will be a companion championship to Extreme E , a



Cash-back credit cards can be great. You know exactly what you’re getting in return every time you swipe your credit card: an almost instant bonus for your purchase and no need to worry about the valuation down the road (as you would with many travel rewards credit cards ). But even though cash-back credit cards are supposed to be the simpler option, there’s still some complexity. This stems from



The life of a “morning person” sounds so peaceful and organized. Imagine waking up on time—even early—to make breakfast, do yoga, plan an outfit, or otherwise calmly get ready for the day. Must be nice. The reality is that plenty of us wake up in a panic after oversleeping, completely tuning out our alarms until the… Read more...



The default Samsung home screen launcher on the Galaxy S22 series has a “media page” on the left-most page of the home screen. On some models, it’s Google Discover, on others it’s Samsung Free. The steps below will remove the page no matter which one is enabled on your particular device. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



SlashGear / 10h
Researchers have identified a material that they believe makes a good candidate for use in quantum computers as it defies the normal laws of physics.



55Gizmodo / 10h
Michael Bay blows a lot of shit up. He may not single-mindedly hate the Earth like his co-master of cinematic disaster Roland Emmerich , but he loves destroying things on the planet and putting them on film, and he takes a great deal of care when doing so. In fact, he cares so much , he can’t help but equate his… Read more...



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100+Gizmodo / 11h
A team of researchers recently X-ray scanned an iron dagger found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to figure out how the object, the metal of which came from a meteorite, was made. They suspect the dagger was created through low-temperature forging—but they don’t think it was crafted in Egypt. Read more...



Google Search Discover•
Enlarge / Whoa, there are cards at the bottom of the Google homepage! (credit: 9to5Google ) Check out this totally wild Google homepage experiment spotted by 9to5Google : the search page suddenly has a row of cards at the bottom. If this design is widely adopted, it would easily be the biggest google.com design change ever. In the experiment, Google.com has a row of six cards at the bottom of the



23How-To Geek / 11h
Adaptive Driving Beams are finally coming to the United States, as the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a final ruling that lets automakers add them to cars. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Tesla’s long-awaited Holiday 2021 update enabled a ton of new features, including a blind spot camera. Unfortunately, it also changed the Tesla infotainment center UI, tucking essential controls like A/C fan speed behind a flurry of annoying menus. To address the issue, designer Hans van de Bruggen made a now-viral concept Tesla UI with a much simpler interface. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Many award travelers overlook the IHG Rewards program. But, even if you don’t frequently use the IHG Rewards program , you may want to quickly earn IHG Rewards points for an upcoming redemption. After all, it’s easy to get good value when redeeming IHG points regardless of whether you’re staying at your local Candlewood Suites or an aspirational InterContinental resort. If you want to quickly ear




It’s been a rough few months for some of the biggest manufacturers of health and beauty products—specifically, those in the form of aerosol sprays. First, Procter & Gamble (P&G) issued a voluntary recall of a number of their aerosol spray antiperspirants in November, then followed it up with a similar recall of… Read more...



500+Futurism / 11h
Of Mice and Munger Billionaire Charlie Munger has no problem with college students not seeing the sun for days. He describes his windowless dorms as being a “mouse trap” and believes the design will be copied all over the country, according to a new CNN Business report following one of Munger’s annual business calls on Wednesday. Munger, who has no formal architectural training, donated $110 mill



ghettogotth : Black Gibson Girl: Aida Overton Walker “The Queen of the Cakewalk” (1900’s)



Mashable / 11h
SAVE $200: The latest MacBooks rarely go on sale. As of Feb. 18, though, the 14-inch version of the 2021 MacBook Pro is $200 off its original price at Amazon. You'll pay as little as $1,799 and save up to 10%. We can't resist a good Apple deal, and we know that you probably can't either. Us Apple fans are truly built different. This time around, it's the shiny new 2021 MacBook Pro that's on sale.



Mashable / 11h
While many are familiar with postpartum depression , the depression faced by people who've become new parents, prenatal depression , which occurs during a pregnancy, is far less spoken about. A new documentary short on streaming platform Waterbear is shining new light on prenatal depression and a niche, helpful ritual some pregnant people are wading into: cold water swimming. Cold water swimming



Two Energy April British•
Research from Cornwall Insight has revealed that the cost of energy supplier collapses will add £34.36 to the energy bills of each household for 2022-23. Last year, 27 of the UK’s energy suppliers collapsed. In addition to this, Bulb went into special administration . This happened because these suppliers became caught between surging wholesale costs and the energy price cap. Effectively, this me



Windows 11 Pro Microsoft•
50Gizmodo / 11h
Microsoft will soon force Windows 11 Pro users to create a Microsoft account and be connected to the internet for the initial setup process. The new requirements mirror those for Windows 11 Home, which has required an internet connection and account since it launched in October of last year. Read more...



Gizmodo / 11h
It’s finally here. The day many have been awaiting for five years. The release of Horizon Forbidden West for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn , Forbidden West picks up where that story left off, as the hunter Aloy discovers that journey to save the world from evil machines was… Read more...



Mashable / 11h
Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome and Diana Silver hilariously remix the plot of "Space Force" on Netflix by playing Mash Libs. Like the popular game, the cast gives us silly words to make their logline ridiculous.



I didn’t set out to spend Valentine’s Day at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic . But fate — or maybe a secret nudge from Cupid himself — intervened, and I discovered my partner, Matthew, and I would be at Secrets Cap Cana for two nights that just happened to include Feb. 14. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . We’ve been toget



51Lifehacker / 11h
We all know video game piracy is illegal, but what about jailbreaking a video game console you personally own? Read more...



Spotify Joe Rogan Podcast•
22Engadget / 11h
Don't panic if you can't play The Joe Rogan Experience or other podcasts on Spotify. The streaming service has confirmed to Engadget that a "technical issue" is preventing users from playing a number of Spotify podcasts, including Joe Rogan's and The Ringer shows like The Bill Simmons Podcast . The company didn't elaborate on what went wrong, but the shows are frequently missing. Spotify didn't s



71Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / The future is now. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Anyone who has been on Twitter in recent weeks is probably intimately familiar with the grids of Wordle solutions clogging up everyone's timelines. But those tweets give more information than it would seem. Collecting and analyzing data from millions of these Wordle result tweets can give us some interesting insights into aggrega



The world of CPUs is undergoing a shift. Not only do we now have many CPU cores in our laptop and desktop PCs, but there’s also now a mix of different core types: the P- and E-cores are here. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



58How-To Geek / 11h
Hunting down Studio Ghibli movies has always been a chore. The company is very protective of its content, and even if you find an old Totoro or Spirited Away DVD, it may cost you a lot of money. Thankfully, you can now stream nearly every Studio Ghibli with an HBO Max subscription. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Control of the internet is increasingly part of any modern conflict.



36TechCrunch / 11h
Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager said in a recent public meeting with state legislators. The autonomous vehicle company, which is a subsidiary of GM , is mostly focused on testing — and eventually launching — a commercial robotaxi service in California. But Cruise also has a small fleet of electr



Mashable / 11h
Put a finger down if you've ever woken up with back, neck, or shoulder pain after watching TikToks in bed. For people like you who spend a good chunk of the night resting or snoozing on your side, a morning without any aches or stiffness can feel as elusive as two pretty best friends when you don't have the right kind of mattress. If that's the case, it's high time to start looking for a better b



500+The Points Guy / 12h
It’s been a rollercoaster month for Delta’s network team. It started in mid-January when the airline added a new vice president of network planning, Scott Laurence, who came from JetBlue Airways. The plan, according to Delta, was for Laurence to strengthen the airline’s network and joint venture partnerships, with a focus on long-term growth opportunities. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up



US China Google Schmidt•
Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has blasted the US government for not doing more to make the country a leader in 5G , claiming that inaction in Washington had ceded the initiative to China. 5G networks promise faster speeds, greater capacity, and lower latency than previous generations of mobile technology. These characteristics will deliver a range of consumer benefits, including supe




Severance Review Apple•
About this episode - 9 (of 9) episodes reviewed - Created by Dan Erickson - Directed by Ben Stiller, Aoife McArdle ★★★★ This classy Apple TV Plus drama was greenlit before the coronavirus pandemic hit, but its offbeat, satirical take on workplace culture couldn’t feel more relevant in a post-lockdown world. Severance’s bleak, comedic vision offers a vaguely dystopian, sci-fi solution to humanity’



Facebook Haugen Meta SEC•
73Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) Since filing whistleblower complaints against Facebook last year, Frances Haugen hasn’t been sitting still. A report today says the Facebook (now Meta) whistleblower has filed two new complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission that allege the company internally acknowledged it was struggling with misinformation even while telling investors it ha



Control of the internet is increasingly part of any modern conflict.



41Gizmodo / 12h
Icy and snowy weather across the Great Plains and Midwest caused a huge car pileup on Interstate 39 in Illinois yesterday. There were more than 100 cars and semi trucks strewn across several hundred yards of the highway. Read more...



89Gizmodo / 12h
Talk of Quentin Tarantino heading to the Alpha Quadrant has swirled around for the past few years, largely focusing on how the iconic director’s take on Star Trek would’ve pushed the franchise into darker, more violent, and more curse-laden material. But new details about the cancelled film seem to suggest something… Read more...



The history of video games is built on pixel art classics like Super Mario Bros. , Super Metroid, and Final Fantasy VI , but the graphical medium has made its way back to the forefront of gaming thanks to a booming interest from indie game creators. Building out of the success of game sensations like Cave Story and Fez ,… Read more...



Canadian James Webb•
1KFuturism / 12h
Guide Star The James Webb Space Telescope keeps trucking along — and it just hit another exciting milestone. As the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) noted in a press release about its contribution to the telescope, the orbital observatory’s Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) has successfully been used to “lock on” to its first star. In a post about the highly sensitive instrument so enthusiastic that the spac



NTSB Joby California•
Futurism / 12h
Crash Landing Flying taxi startup Joby says that one of its experimental vehicles has been involved in an accident, resulting in “substantial damage” to the aircraft — but fortunately no injuries, Bloomberg reports . The accident is now being investigated the National Transportation Safety Board, and the news sent the startup’s stock price on a dive — it’s not exactly confidence-inducing to inves



38TechCrunch / 12h
If you’ve been shopping for a major appliance lately, you might have noticed that everything — from ovens to fridges, TVs, dishwashers and microwaves — is equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity. It’s so popular these days that it’s increasingly difficult to buy appliances without smart features onboard. Smart devices are everywhere, embedded in practically everything — but actually making a smart home



We’re well into winter storm season. As you’ve likely seen on social media, London is dealing with major winds right now making for a fascinating look at how planes land in high winds with the arrival of Storm Eunice. Hundreds of thousands of people are watching a live stream on Youtube of London’s Heathrow Airport at Big Jet TV. A jet was forced to abandon its landing at the last minute as Heath



modernizor : Illustrations by Rafael de Penagos via www.nuncalosabre.com



Kanye West Donda 2•
500+Engadget / 12h
Kanye West says fans won't be able to stream his next album on Spotify , Apple Music, Amazon Music or YouTube Music. He plans to release Donda 2 exclusively on his $200 Stem Player , a portable device that makes it a cinch for users to remix music. "Today, artists get just 12 percent of the money the industry makes," West, who claimed he rejected a $100 million deal from Apple, wrote on Instagram



25Gizmodo / 12h
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft had a front-row view this week of the Sun giving out an unusually large belch, resulting in a one-of-a-kind image. Read more...



Heat Pumps UK Energy•
Savings of £211 per year could be made on the energy costs of households that have had heat pumps installed. This is according to new research from a Brussels-based non-profit organisation the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), who study how natural gas and power affects the environment. The potential savings being touted by the RAP are based on the forecasted 84% increase in the price of gas t



Intel ARC GPU 2022•
Enlarge / Intel Arc GPUs. (credit: Intel) Intel's Arc GPUs continue to creep closer to release. At an investor meeting yesterday , Intel reiterated that it would be shipping mobile Arc GPUs based on its Alchemist architecture in the first quarter of 2022 and that desktop GPUs would follow at some point in Q2. Workstation GPUs would follow afterward in the third quarter. Intel has released few off



(credit: OtterBox ) OtterBox is replacing OtterSpot wireless charging battery packs for free after identifying a swelling issue. The OtterSpot wireless charging system is driven by a 36 W charging pad base that can be used for Qi wireless charging, and you can stack up to two 10 W, 5,000 mAH OtterSpot batteries on top to charge them for on-the-go use. Two battery packs on top of the charging base



75Gizmodo / 12h
Throughout the first season of The Legend of Vox Machina , Amazon’s animated adaptation of Critical Role took its time allowing the titular adventuring party to grow into the heroes that millions of fans know from the original streaming show. The first half of the season was a solid adventure for Vox Machina as the… Read more...



Majora Mask Nintendo•
Mashable / 12h
LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be added to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack 's N64 library on Feb. 25. Memberships start a $49.99 for a 12-month individual membership. Sorry, Roland Emmerich: There's only one moon fall we care about right now. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will make its Nintendo Switch debut on Feb. 25. The gaming giant made the a



All Android devices generally can take screenshots the same way, but Samsung phones are a little special. There are several methods you can use to take screenshots on the Galaxy S22 series. We’ll show you all of them. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



29Wired / 12h
The franchise could benefit from going in a new direction.




25Engadget / 12h
One of the reasons I’ve yet to leap head first into the AirTag world is the design of the bloody things. Obviously, as gorgeous as the little white-and-silver discs are, they’re hardly practical unless you’re splashing out on a fancy key fob. The dodgier corners of Amazon, meanwhile, are full of awkward AirTag wallets, with an awkward bulge on one side. So designed to hold the pill shaped AirTag



The Marriott Courtyard Jefferson City in Missouri adds $4.90 onto award bookings, and that’s strange since the hotel doesn’t have a resort or destination fee. The website doesn’t tell you what this fee is for. But it’s really quite interesting – and galling. Continue reading ...



Credit Card One Canada•
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. If you are trying to make a profit by selling goods or services, you have a business. It doesn’t matter if you’re pet sitting, working a freelance job remotely or managing multiple employees and leasing a storefront. And since you qualify as a small-business owner, you are eligible for a business credit card. Still u



If you were hoping to lock in a discount on Amazon Prime as a new member, you’ve officially waited too long, as the price of Amazon’s subscription service has increased to $139 per year. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



100 Chrome Firefox•
100+How-To Geek / 12h
Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge browsers are all old enough that they’re reaching version 100 soon. And while that may not sound like a big deal, that version numbers could cause a Y2K for web browsers and break all of our favorite websites, as the internet isn’t quite ready to handle those big numbers yet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



When Carl Pei founded Nothing, he explained that the company would build an ecosystem of products that work together seamlessly. So, after the launch of the company’s Ear 1 earbuds, a Nothing phone seems inevitable. And thanks to some new Twitter posts, Nothing fans believe a smartphone is just around the corner. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Engadget / 12h
Update 4:30pm ET: Amazon has raised the price of the AirPods Pro from $175 to $190. A number of new tech deals have popped up across the web ahead of the Presidents' Day holiday. Apple's iPad mini with extra storage is $50 off and down to a record low, while the AirPods Pro are on sale for $175. Both the 40mm and 45mm cellular Samsung Galaxy Watch 4s remain $80 off, plus you still have time to pr



73Gizmodo / 12h
Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert wants you to think she’s got the fix for wildfires. Read more...


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