Tuesday, February 01, 2022

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500+Mashable / 4h
Do you miss homework? SAME. Perhaps you're someone who craves constant learning and upskilling, pursuing knowledge with the library-smashing ferocity of Evie Carnahan (that's Rachel Weisz in The Mummy , keep up). Perhaps you're someone who feels they could benefit from understanding things a little better, even if it's just learning how the hell HTML works. Perhaps you're just very into the back



500+Gizmodo / 5h
Mad about Spotify’s handling of the whole Joe Rogan situation ? Want to put your dollars elsewhere but don’t know how to export your well-curated Spotify library to another service? We’ve got you covered. Read more...



FBI Beijing Olympics•
The new advice comes ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.




Mashable / now
On Feb. 26, many will stop, mourn, and honor the 10th anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death. The day was a central moment in racial justice organizing , propelling the Black Lives Matter conversation forward into public consciousness. But it was also the day a mother lost her teen son. Those feelings are captured in a new essay, "Trayvon's: Ten Years Later: A Mother's Essay," written by Martin's



Mashable / now
Ad Content by Sony Sony’s innovative technologies are fusing virtual reality and the “real world” — and leveling the playing field for young creatives. by Mashable BrandX and Sony The start of the new year makes for big tech announcements at CES 2022 , and leading innovators can own the conversation by launching major tech initiatives. This year, Sony brought serious heat to 2022 with UNLOCK wit



The new MGM Rewards program launches today, Feb. 1, 2022, replacing the old M life Rewards program. One perk of the new program that should excite World of Hyatt elites is waived resort fees for MGM Rewards Gold members. After all, World of Hyatt members can match their status to MGM Rewards, with Explorists and Globalists matching to MGM Rewards Gold. MGM Rewards isn’t the only way to get waived



We've been seeing loads of new foldable phones recently, and one we're expecting to show up before too long is the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2. As the name reveals, this is the anticipated follow-up to the original Mi Mix Fold from 2021. There's been a recent foldable phone gold rush, with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 , followed by the Huawei P50 Pocket , Honor Magic V , Oppo Find N , and likel



The Realme 9 series could bring us some of the best cheap phones of 2022, as Realme's numbered series has established itself as a great collection of affordable mobiles, which sit below the GT line like the upcoming Realme GT 2 . We know that the Realme 9 series coming, particularly Pro and Pro Plus versions, and that's because Realme hasn't exactly been quiet about the series. In fact, Realme ha



kabuki-akuma : Happy Lunar New Year/ Year of the Tiger! 🧧🐯🙌🏼



SlashGear / 8min
Chris Davies/SlashGear It seems that the expected revival of the iMac Pro brand is not as close as we initially thought. According to display analyst Ross Young, the new Apple iMac Pro is not likely to launch until later in the summer or even the fall of 2022. It is now expected that the iMac Pros may start shipping around August or … Continue reading



Lifehacker / 8min
Have you ever been enjoying a sleeve of Oreos when someone decides to chime in with the fact that, actually , a serving size is only three cookies? We hear about “serving sizes,” “portions” and often “portion control” all the time, but what do they actually mean? Is there a meaningful difference, or do they all end up… Read more...



Gizmodo / 9min
Facebook’s long-term stablecoin project, Diem, is finally shutting down. On Monday, an outside investment firm, Silvergate Bank, confirmed it was buying $182 million worth of Diem assets from the tech giant, marking the end of a long-coming—and pretty tumultuous—exit. Read more...



How-To Geek / 10min
Recently, it seems like Microsoft and Sony are on purchasing sprees. Could either company look to buy Nintendo next? Believe it or not, Microsoft tried a long time ago, and Nintendo didn’t even consider it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The question of who created Bitcoin has been a mystery ever since the iconic white paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System , was published by the pseudonymous "Satoshi Nakamoto" in 2008. No one has ever come forward with legitimate proof it was them and until that happens, the mystery persists. One thing is for sure, though: Satoshi isn't Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux , who s



Experimentation is great, yada yada. But it costs us when influential companies change their mind.



AMD-exclusive board partner ASRock is working on a new RX 6400 graphics card, according to a new regulatory filing, though you likely won't see it on store shelves any time soon. In a newly published Eurasian Economic Commission filing dated February 1, 2022, and originally flagged on Twitter by Komachi_Ensaka , ASRock listed several new AMD Big Navi graphics cards, including an RX6400 CLI 4G. Th



Spotify Years HiFi•
According to Spotify itself, high-quality music streaming is time and again the most requested feature users want to see - yet in 2022 we’re still stuck with the same standard definition playback we’ve had for years. It wasn’t meant to be this way though - almost a year ago in February 2021, the company unveiled Spotify HiFi , a new benefit for Premium subscribers to upgrade their sound to a loss



Apple Foundation Season•
Major spoilers follow for Foundation season 1. You have been warned. The first official image for Foundation season 2 has been revealed – and it teases a tense reunion between two of the show's most prominent characters. Unveiled as part of an Apple TV Plus press release about the sci-fi show's next instalment, the official still reveals that Lee Pace's Brother Day is set to lock verbal horns wit



Gizmodo / 27min
Marvel’s merry mutants have spent the past few years since their excellent new genesis in House and Powers of X largely keeping to themselves on the living island Krakoa. Their interaction with the wider world of Marvel’s heroes has been limited, and when it does happen, it’s strictly on their own terms . That’s… Read more...



Engadget / 27min
The first major update to Ableton Live 11 is now available to all users, bringing with it native support for Apple's M1 chips . Ableton had been beta testing the update and Apple silicon support since September . The popular music production suite should run more efficiently on M1-powered Macs after users update to Live 11.1. The DAW will no longer need to use Apple's Rosetta 2 emulator , so user



Mashable / 28min
If you've ever watched a Studio Ghibli film (and yes, I am questioning your taste if you haven't), then you're familiar with the empty feeling of knowing that you don't live in a fantastical world full of forest spirits, teenage witches, and giant Totoros. Ghibli Park is here to change that. Inspired by the beloved films of the Japanese animation studio, Ghibli Park is finally opening its gates o



Mashable / 28min
Have you ever wondered what Guy Fieri is up to when he's not rolling out looking for America's greatest diners, drive-ins, and dives? You may assume he's chilling at home with his family, but he's not. A new 60-second Super Bowl LVI ad for Bud Light Seltzer reveals that Fieri spends his downtime performing important mayoral duties in Flavortown, of course. Or as the company calls it here, "The La



Mashable / 28min
Love or hate it, Valentine’s Day is the ideal time to right the gift-giving wrongs of the holidays. Were you sure your husband would love that faux-vintage, Bluetooth-compatible turntable, only to find out later that what he really wanted was a weighted blanket? Did you misinterpret his months of hint-dropping about homebrewing, ponying up for the perfect craft beer kit, when he was actually talk




How-To Geek / 32min
Changing your “My Eyes Only” password in Snapchat is as easy as entering your current password and then choosing a new one. Here’s how to do that in Snapchat on your iPhone or Android phone. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



How-To Geek / 32min
Tesla must issue a recall and release an over-the-air software update to remove a feature from its highly controversial “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) mode. Late last year, Tesla recalled nearly 500,000 vehicles for several safety reasons, but this latest issue is a small software change that will let your EV break traffic laws. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



How-To Geek / 32min
By Grabthar’s hammer—hold on, that’s not the right reference. I guess I’ll just cut to the chase; LEGO just opened pre-orders for its Thor’s Hammer kit. The 18-inch-tall Mjölnir model comes with a classy information display and includes a bundle of cute miniatures, including a mini Infinity Gauntlet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Battlefield 2042 DICE•
SlashGear / 37min
DICE/Electronic Arts Battlefield 2042 has not had the best couple of months. Ever since the game launched in November, 2021, Battlefield 2042 players have been voicing their opinions on the game, and most of them have been pretty negative. The game has a lot of issues and today DICE outlined what it and other studios within Electronic Arts plan to do to … Continue reading



SlashGear / 37min
ibreakstock/Shutterstock The blue bubble vs green bubble messaging debate is raging on, stronger than ever, but Google is working to eliminate one of the biggest pain points of cross-platform messaging between Android and iOS: Tapback responses. Tapbacks are a way for iOS users to tap and hold on a text and react to it with a heart, like, dislike, laughter, exclamation … Continue reading



noelcollection : Happy Chinese New Year! In honor of the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, here is a colored engraving of the majestic feline from a Noel Collection favorite, William Jardine’s The Naturalist’s Library (1843). Jardine describes the tiger as thus: He possesses no trace of the shaggy mane which adds so much to the bold and majestic-looking front of the lion, and his countenance sc



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postcardtimemachine : Happy Year of the Tiger!



talonabraxas : The New Moon Aquarius: The Space between the waves February 1st, 2022 at 5:46 GMT 12° Aquarius “Two oscillating wavelengths, parallel to each other, the Nada or invisible vibration that permeates all of Creation, mirrored in the material world; and the vibration of the physical plane, mirroring the vibration of the cosmic rhythm!” Black Cat, Oliver Clegg



talonabraxas : Lunar New Year 2022: The Year of the Tiger Tiger by Arianna Doyle



histsciart : Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Tiger Tiger ( Panthera tigris ) SciArt from the Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and of the Physical Sciences , Vol. 2 (1839-40). View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library ( @biodivlibrary ) with thanks to the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology for digitizing.



othmeralia : Happy Lunar New Year! We are entering the Year of the Tiger, according to the lunar calendar. Tigers are strong, confident, enthusiastic, and courageous animal that represents strength and helping others for the greater good. Lunar New Year began over 3,800 years ago as a way to pay respect to deities and ancestors. The color red is the color of joy, also representing virtue, truth,



todaysdocument : Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing everyone a great Year of the Tiger. Chinese Ambassador to the United States Chai Zemin handles a baby tiger, 6/1/1980. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6369015?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=todaysdoc&utm_id=TodaysDoc Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007 Record Group 330: Records of the Office of



mtaartsdesign : Happy Lunar New Year! In Chinese culture the tiger is known as the king of all beasts and a symbol of bravery, confidence, and strength. This cool cat in Maria Berrio’s “There is Magic Underneath it All” (2019) at Fort Hamilton Pkwy (N) Station in Brooklyn is ready to celebrate the #YearoftheTiger.



amnhnyc : In celebration of the #LunarNewYear and the #YearOfTheTiger, we’re sharing the Museum’s Tiger Diorama!🐅 In this scene, a female tiger enjoys a drink while her cubs relax, hidden from predators by the tall grass. Tiger stripes are good for camouflage. And like human fingerprints, each set of stripes is unique. In fact, researchers can identify individual animals by their stripes! See th



thechildrensmuseum : 2022 is the Year of the Tiger, and will favor action and courage. Change may be on the way. Happy Lunar New Year!



brooklynmuseum : Happy #LunarNewYear! 2022 is the #YearoftheTiger. 🐅 In many East Asian cultures, tigers are considered guardians, which is why they commonly appear on children’s clothing and in temple architecture. The person who used this ceramic head rest may have hoped that the tiger would ward off bad dreams or disease. People born in the years of the Tiger (2022, 2010, 1998, 1987, 1974, 19



jinxysmidcentury : Happy Lunar New Year!



Lifehacker / 37min
Tarts are the rich, European great-aunt of the American dessert pie. Dainty, refined, understated, and a little pretentious, usually boasting ingredients so rich that a tiny sliver is all you need. You can bet that the scalloped crust of such a tart is super tender and crumbly, too. Besides flavor and texture, part of… Read more...



TechCrunch / 41min
Rising pressure on big business to address the threat of climate change by decarbonizing their ops has, in recent years, led to huge demand for carbon offset schemes — enabling companies to buy carbon credits to ‘offset’ emissions so they can claim to be ‘greening’ their activities, without having to make more substantial changes (like, say, an airline running fewer planes). Unsurprisingly this h




Gizmodo / 45min
If you’re a person who likes barbecue, few things are more disappointing than biting into tough, desiccated brisket. Now, new scientific observations suggest that some spiders might feel the same way about their nuggets of bugs. Read more...



Sony Destiny Bungie•
Gaming has officially entered an arms race. With Sony’s proposed acquisition of Bungie , after Microsoft picked up both Bethesda and Activision Blizzard , it’s clear this isn’t just a pattern - this is the new normal in the games industry. It feels like for as long as there are major video game developers and companies to be bought, history’s most expensive game of Hungry Hungry Hippos will conti



Gizmodo / 51min
Both Haiti and Brazil weathered torrential rains earlier this week. The rain caused floods in the city of Cap-Haitien , killing at least 3 people and displacing thousands of families. In the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the heavy rainfall caused landslides and floods leading to more than 20 deaths and thousands of… Read more...



Spotify Years HiFi•
Ars Technica / 52min
Enlarge / Spotify is in the middle of a transformation—it just may not realize it. (credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Spotify probably didn’t realize it, but it ceased being a tech company a few years ago. It was excelling at all the tech startup things—attracting users and losing money—but like most businesses, it eventually wanted to make a profit. The company was having a tough time doing that s



Firewalla Launches•
TechCrunch / 56min
Over the course of the last few years, Firewalla ‘s combined firewall and router devices have made a name for themselves as the go-to hardware security tools for many enthusiasts and small businesses. Today, the company started shipping its newest device, the Firewalla Purple , a diminutive gigabit firewall and router that is currently retailing for $319. With the Purple, Firewalla, which was fou



Pendo Mind Product•
54TechCrunch / 56min
Last year product analytics and digital adoption platform Pendo pulled in $110 million investment from private equity firm Thoma Bravo, and that was not long after a $150 million tranche of funding. So the company — which allows companies like Okta, Salesforce, and Zendesk to onboard new customers or get employees to adopt new software as well as revealing analytics on that uptake — has been in a



SAVE $30: Listen to music, get help from Alexa, or call loved ones (safely) with the Amazon Echo Auto . It's on sale as of Feb. 1 at Amazon for just $19.99 instead of $50. That's a discount of 60%. Missing Alexa when you hop in the car? Amazon's Echo Auto might be for you. The Echo Auto functions just like any other Echo device, except that it plugs into your car's 12-volt outlet or USB port. You



The first trailer for the thriller No Exit presents a scenario that will make your blood run cold. Literally. Darby (Havana Rose Liu) is on her way to deal with a family emergency when a blizzard strands her at a highway rest stop. She soon finds out that the blizzard is the least of her concerns. As Darby prepares to ride out the storm with a group of strangers, she finds a kidnapped girl in a v



Save $100: One of the most lightweight iPads just got some heft shaved off its price. As of Feb. 1, the iPad Air (WiFi, 64GB) is on sale for just $499.99, a 17% savings, at Best Buy. Apple deals can be hard to come by in the best times, and like the rest of us, most of the brand's best discounts have settled into the mid-winter-post-holidays-limbo. Basically, they haven't been all that exciting.



Balcony cabins are popular accommodations on cruise ships, affording the luxury of an outdoor space where you can take in the sea breezes, read a book, have breakfast or a drink and stare at the waves without distraction. These spaces vary widely in size, so it pays to study your ship’s deck plan before booking. Affordable balcony cabins may come with a veranda so small your knees rub against the



Reddit is one of the few social media websites that allows you to develop full-fledged apps for the service. That’s why you’ll find lots of high-quality Reddit apps on the App Store and the Google Play Store. And in many ways, these third-party apps are better than the official Reddit experience. Read more...



Google Gmail Workspace•
You'll soon have a chance to try Google's simplified, integrated Gmail update in the (virtual) workplace. Google is making the new "integrated view" available to Workspace users as an opt-in choice starting February 8th. Don't expect to hold out for long if you prefer the existing view, though. Users will start seeing the new look by default no later than April, and by the end of the second quart



Neil Young Spotify Rogan•
44Engadget / 1h
The host and editor of Science VS , a podcast owned by Spotify , are no longer making episodes of the show — save for those "intended to counteract misinformation being spread on Spotify." In a letter to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, Wendy Zukerman and Blythe Terrell said their policy would remain in place until "Spotify implements stronger methods to stop the spread of misinformation on the platform."



Amid the growth in web3, NFTs, DeFi and tokens, institutional investors are also looking at how they can leverage another crypto structure called DAOs to build a new model for community action on the internet. DAOs — or decentralized autonomous organizations — are at a very weird place in 2022. The crypto collectives theoretically are designed around allowing groups to make decisions and operate



Tesla Full Self-Driving•
Tesla told the federal regulator that rolling stops were allowed only at intersections when no cars, pedestrians or bicyclists were detected but agreed to disable the feature.



Being able to pin messages in Microsoft Teams should be possible very soon, the company has confirmed. In the official entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap , the software giant confirmed that the ability to pin chat messages to the top of the Teams communications service is planned for February 2022. The ability to pin messages, similar to that offered by the likes of Slack and Telegram already off



Bloodborne PSX Demake•
FromSoftware’s gothic horror RPG Bloodborne has come to PC as a fan-made PS1 demake. BloodbornePSX recreates a portion of the Soulslike in the style of classic PlayStation games, deliberately downgrading its graphics to include all the low-res textures, sparse polygons, and blocky environments you would expect from a game that released in the late ‘90s. Lilith Walther , the demake’s creator and l



I often get asked how much I value various miles & points currencies, including those issued with credit cards, airlines, and hotels. The truth is that there’s no valuation for these currencies that everyone will agree on. That’s because the value that you’ll get from rewards points will vary significantly based on how you redeem them, and that’s also largely based on your travel goals. Nonethele



Cruise San Francisco•
21TechCrunch / 1h
Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps towards commercialization with a fresh $1.35 billion investment from Softbank Bank Vision Fund. Softbank had previously committed to investing an additional $1.35 billion, on top of its initial $900 million investment, once Cruise was ready for commercial deployment. For now, these ride



Google is making it easier for domestic violence survivors to get help. As of today, people who search for domestic violence and abuse terms in the US will see a box that provides direct contact info for The National Domestic Violence Hotline's 24-hour phone (1-800-799-7233) and chat services. The move is meant to help survivors quickly get assistance, particularly when there's only a brief oppor




Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new card details and information. No matter the size of your company, a business credit card can be a valuable tool to help you earn rewards and manage expenses. But not all business credit cards are created equal. Different business cards are best suited for different types of business owners and entrepreneurs — what is most valuabl



Another month, another Chrome update. This time around, we get Chrome 98, which will be rolling out today, Feb. 1 to Chrome users everywhere. Once updated, you can take advantage of fun new features and changes, like a built-in screenshot tool and upgraded emojis. Some changes, however, won’t be obvious out of the… Read more...



There’s an annoying thing that happens if you use Google Photos on non-Pixel phones. You have to give the app permission to delete photos every single time you do it. Thankfully, you can put a stop to this. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Messaging iPhone users from your Android phone is about to get a lot less annoying. We’re talking about those iPhone reactions that appear on Android as long and annoying text responses. With the latest Google Messages beta, you’ll no longer get a huge text for those “Liked” iPhone reactions. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The follow-up to Dynalink’s affordable 4K Android TV box will feature the beloved Google G10 “Reference” remote, according to an image on the company’s website. This simple, 22-key remote was designed by Google and is a serious upgrade over the remotes that are included with most Android TV and Google TV products (including the Chromecast). Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Marriott Bonvoy Breakfast•
The hotel investor CEO complains about breakfast, which he sees being worth $7. So he’s only going to give $7 worth of breakfast even though his total costs for the program are lower since the launch of Bonvoy and even as he noted that he was promised additional cuts. Continue reading ...



Mozilla Rolls New VPN•
Mozilla is rolling out new updates to its mobile and desktop VPN offerings, the company announced on Tuesday. With the launch of Mozilla VPN 2.7, the company is bringing one of Firefox’s popular add-ons, Multi-Account Containers, to the desktop platform and also introducing a multi-hop feature to the Android and iOS version of the VPN service. Firefox’s Multi-Account Containers allow users to sep



Last November, Apple announced the launch of Self Service Repair — a surprising addition for a company that has notoriously lacked such capabilities. Those changes didn’t happen in a vacuum, of course. The president and Congress have both been pushing to open the so-called right to repair. There are plenty of reasons for this, from consumer choice to sustainability concerns. But even as once-resi



500+Futurism / 1h
Prepare for Take Off When you think of going to space, images of powerful rockets taking off from a launch pad probably come to mind. Now, one startup wants to change that by developing a spacecraft that would take off directly from a runway like an airplane . Radian Aerospace, a Washington-based aerospace group, announced last month that it had secured $27.5 million in funding to develop the “fi



500+Futurism / 1h
Boot Up NASA is finally making moves to boot up its James Webb Space Telescope, according to a NASA statement — a historic moment and the culmination of billions of dollars spent and over three decades of work. The observatory recently reached its orbital destination , called the Lagrange Point 2 (L2), a point at which it can keep the Earth exactly between it and the Sun at all times. Now, the te



Valentine’s Day is a time when romance is in the air, roses are sold by the dozen, and everything from chocolates to rib-eye steaks becomes heart-shaped. But February 14 isn’t just a time for lovers. Even if you’re single, the day opens up an opportunity to make significant others in your life feel a little more special — and depending on your love language, expressing your affection to those you



Olympus cameras may have been consigned to history, but their spirit is expected to live on with the launch of the first OM System camera – and that symbolic event has just been given a likely launch date. As spotted by 43 Rumors , a new teaser image from OM Digital Solutions – which is the new owner of Olympus's camera division – shows its upcoming camera on a poster for the CP+ 2022 camera trad



Sarasota Austin Nashville•
Allegiant Air is adding nine new routes to its map — including three new routes from both Austin (AUS) and Nashville (BNA). The new routes include service from Austin to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. (IAD), and the relatively short hop from Nashville to Roanoke, Virginia (ROA). Flint, Michigan (FNT), also sees new service to Savannah, Georgia (SAV), and Des Moines, Iowa (DSM) g



Pfizer BioNTech Vaccine 5•
Gizmodo / 2h
A covid-19 vaccine for the youngest American children may be here sooner than expected. This week, Pfizer will reportedly apply for an emergency use authorization of their low-dose vaccine for children under five. Should the Food and Drug Administration grant the authorization, the vaccine could be available as a… Read more...



If I’m not careful, the late afternoon “hangries” have a way of sneaking up on me during that in-between time when lunch is a distant memory but it’s not yet time for dinner. When it happens, rather than taking some extra time to prepare a healthy snack, I find myself rummaging through the cupboards in search of… Read more...



Final Fantasy 7 2 2022•
If you’re eagerly awaiting the next chapter of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake (and have somehow managed to dodge 25 years worth of spoilers, and haven’t just caved and played the PS1 original again), there's some potentially good news. It seems the second part of the game may be revealed before 2022 draws to a close. Producer Yoshinori Kitase (who was also director of the original game) revealed that



Gizmodo / 2h
Critics have been buzzing about After Yang , the second film by the acclaimed and mysterious director Kogonada, ever since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. That buzz restarted a week and a half ago, when the movie debuted at Sundance . Thankfully, since we commonfolk will be able to watch the sci-fi… Read more...



SiriusXM SXM Media•
The use of tracking cookies is winding down , and Apple’s anti-tracking privacy update has impacted mobile apps’ advertising revenues. But these changes have only prompted the adtech industry to get more creative with its solutions. The latest example comes from Pandora parent company, SiriusXM, which this week rolled out a new way to identify and track its listening audience across apps, which i



Android users have long hated when iPhone users utilize the Tapback feature in text messages, but Google’s fix is rolling out now to beta users. However, Google made some odd choices in the emoji translations. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Smart fridges do some things refrigerators have always done, only better, but they also fold the hulking kitchen appliances into the growing high-tech world of the smart home and the WiFi-connected Internet of Things (IoT). On the very practical end, they can help you save energy and cut down on food waste, and on the luxury side of things, they’ll … Continue reading




Tesla Full Self-Driving•
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Tesla's controversial hands-free driver-assistance system is the subject of yet another safety recall. In November, the automaker had to recall nearly 12,000 cars after a software update affected some of the cars' forward-looking safety systems. Now, Tesla wants to recall 53,822 cars to remove a "rolling stop" feature that flouts traffic laws . The i



Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think tanks in the US, as they seek to advance the argument that stricter competition rules will benefit China. Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are behind an increase in funding to four of Washington’s most prestigious research groups: the Center for Strategic and Inter



SpaceX Falcon Italian•
Launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite on January 31. [credit: SpaceX ] For a few days there, it sure seemed like a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite for the Italian air force would never get off the ground from Florida. On January 27 and 28, poor weather scrubbed the rocket's launch during the countdown. On January 29, foul weather precluded pre-launch activit



Microsoft wants to help us all feel a little more organized and ready for the day ahead, and it's offering a free experience of one of its least well-known productivity apps to do so. The company has revealed users with a Microsoft account (MSA) can now try a new lightweight version of its Microsoft Lists app at no charge, to see just how it can help them. Microsoft Lists is designed for small bu



Gizmodo / 2h
Gmail’s current user interface is claustrophobic—icons, tabs, and chat boxes suffocate the screen, drawing your eyes away from your email inbox and often pushing you to leave the page altogether. Google, it seems, is aware of the chaos and is cleaning things up with a new Gmail view designed to make it easier to swap… Read more...



Every month I make a post with what I consider to be the best credit card offers at the time, with a particular focus on the best travel credit cards . With it being a new year, it’s a great time to start getting your points earning strategy in order, so you’re ready to plan your dream trip when the time is right. That’s especially true when you consider that we’re currently seeing some of the be



Everyone knows it's J.Lo's world, and we're just livin' in it. But apparently, it's also J.Lo's metaverse. The release of the rom-com Marry Me is coming soon, and targeted ads have already been feeding me trailers, sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes interviews, and songs. On Thursday, the promotional campaign will reach peak intensity, as Jennifer Lopez and co-star Maluma put on a promotional concert



Jennifer Lopez Snap•
23Engadget / 2h
Snap may not be particularly keen on the metaverse — at least, not as it’s been articulated by Mark Zuckerberg — but the company’s latest experiment certainly sounds a lot like a version of one. The company is teaming up with Universal to host a virtual concert featuring Jennifer Lopez and Colombian pop singer Maluma, which viewers can watch as their Bitmoji avatars. The concert itself won’t take



“Cuck” remains a common insult these days, though it really peaked as a pejorative around 2016 or so. It’s one of those words that has kind of lost its meaning and is now used any time a person wants to convey that someone else is somehow a “beta”—secondary to or beholden to something or someone. But what if you’re… Read more...



Battlefield 2042 DICE•
The first season of Battlefield 2042 DLC has been delayed to early Summer while its developers fix the game’s existing bugs, introduce new features, and add several quality-of-life improvements in response to player feedback, according to an official blog post. The bug fixes and gameplay improvements are scheduled to release across the next few months in a set of updates. It will include a refres



34Gizmodo / 2h
In December 2020, astronomers stumbled upon an object that seemed to be traveling a bit ahead of us in our orbit around the Sun, but they weren’t entirely sure. New observations now confirm this suspicion, revealing the asteroid to be just the second known Earth Trojan. Read more...



Netlify, the well-funded company that, in many ways, started the Jamstack movement, today announced that it has acquired Quirrel , an open-source service for managing and executing serverless functions. Founded by Simon Knott , who is also the maintainer of the popular Blitz.js React framework , Quirrel never raised any outside funding before the acquisition, which quietly happened in the middle



29TechCrunch / 2h
Regardless of your perspective on blockchain-centered projects, venture capitalists appear to have made up their minds about the sector: Investments into crypto-themed companies — the web3 space, as its supporters call it — set records in 2021, records that could be beaten in 2022 if early data indicates where capital will flow this year. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it



If you’re like many spreadsheet application users, you might feel intimidated by pivot tables. But if you start with the basics and learn how to build a pivot table in Microsoft Excel, it can become your favorite feature. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Thinking of upgrading your phone? Verizon is running a killer BOGO deal on select 5G devices, including the iPhone 13 and Pixel 6. Plus, you can get up to $1,000 in credit when you switch plans to meet the requirement for this promotion. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The PS5 ships with a paltry 667GB of built-in storage—barely enough for more than a few games. You’ll need to buy an SSD for your PS5 at some point, and thankfully, Corsair now sells fast and affordable SSDs that are ready-made for the PlayStation. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



A new month means a new full moon. If you missed January’s Full Wolf Moon, you can catch the new one in just a few weeks. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



Tesla Full Self-Driving•
52Gizmodo / 2h
Tesla will have to recall 53,822 of its U.S. vehicles equipped with its Full Self Driving beta over concerns the software may encourage vehicles to engage in rolling stops at intersections. According to the recall, software functionality in FSD in some cases could allow vehicles to travel through intersections at up… Read more...



Game Pass February•
Studio Wildcard Microsoft has revealed the first batch of games heading to Xbox Game Pass in February, and there are a lot of indie titles this time around. While that might seem like a knock against Game Pass, it isn’t, because oftentimes indie games can offer a lot more value than their AAA counterparts. There’s a healthy mix of indie titles heading … Continue reading



Kanye West Asking NFT•
500+Futurism / 2h
My Beautiful Non-Fungible Fantasy Ye has spoken: He doesn’t want anything to do with NFTs, and would like you to stop asking him about it. The hip-hop superstar and designer of hideous-yet-inexplicably-successful clothes made a post on his Instagram account to let the world know where he stands on NFTs — and, notably, bucking the trend of celebrity cash grabs around the controversial blockchain t




WhatsApp Google GD•
Google may soon place a limit on the size of WhatsApp backups housed in cloud storage service Drive , reports have suggested. Currently, WhatsApp backups do not count towards a user’s Google Drive capacity limit. However, a snippet of code from the latest WhatsApp beta accessed by WABetaInfo suggests this may not be the case for much longer. The screenshot appears to show that Google Drive will b



In the Middle East, there are gyms and there are fitness facilities. Here in Dubai, there is a new concept that has opened up in Circle Mall located in Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) called Wellfit. The gym not only tests the traditional fitness business model but leverages technology to create one of the most immersive fitness experiences available. We sit down for a chat with Nikesh Naik, Genera



Yang Colin Farrell•
22Mashable / 2h
Examining our humanity through machines, androids, and replicants is a long-trodden path in sci-fi, but it's one littered with frantic, panicked portrayals inevitably leading to the singularity and our own constructed doom. A24's After Yang is seemingly not that. Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein, the Kogonada-directed sci-fi drama centers around an android named Yang (Justin H. Min),



Gizmodo / 3h
In just a few short years the smartphone has evolved into a surprisingly capable tool for videographers, but for creators looking to improve the videos they shoot but don’t have the budget to pay for a talented camera operator, Joby is introducing two relatively affordable devices that can help make any video appear… Read more...



Battlefield 2042 DICE•
36Engadget / 3h
Battlefield 2042 is flawed , to put it mildly, and the developers are rethinking their schedule to address to address those shortcomings. DICE and EA have officially delayed the game's first season to early summer, and will use the extra time to fix the core experience. The next BF2042 update will bring a revamped, easier-to-digest scoreboard, while better player profiles and long-awaited voice c



Like human children, your canine kids are not immune to cuts, burns, sprains, and other injuries, ranging from very minor to life-threatening. Because dogs can’t actually tell us what hurts and how much, it’s up to us to be on the lookout for issues and know how to manage them. This includes having first aid supplies… Read more...



The Air France-KLM Flying Blue program has just published a new Promo Rewards list. While there are some routes to the United States on the list, they’re all for travel in economy. That still might be useful for some, and for that matter there are some business class awards for travel on short haul routes. What are Flying Blue Promo Rewards? I’m a big fan of the Air France-KLM Flying Blue program



HBO Max 15 European•
38Engadget / 3h
HBO Max will soon be available in 15 more countries as part of the platform's gradual global rollout. Folks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia can start using the service starting on March 8th. Once WarnerMedia flips the switch in those locations, HBO Max



If you're still longing for the days of the Nintendo Wii's Shop Channel, or you have the iconic tune stored in your music app as you walk through a shopping mall, you can experience the same track and others in your web browser thanks to a web extension. Found on GitHub and compatible with the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers, the extension plays one of the iconic tracks whenever you



Koenigsegg Quark EV•
Images: Koenigsegg Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg recently spilled the beans on its newest and most significant innovation to date. Meet the Quark, a compact and lightweight electric motor that weighs just 63 pounds (30 kg). Despite this, Koenigsegg’s Quark EV drive unit pumps out 335 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque, and you’ll find three of them under the upcoming Gemera four-s



Just yesterday a reader asked about the Aeroplan Credit Card from Chase, suggesting that it had a great initial bonus offer, came with elite status, and let you earn higher status through spending on the card - but that it was difficult to earn elite qualifying miles and dollars for a U.S. resident outside of the card . After all, Air Canada isn't an option for everyday domestic travel (though yo



United Club Infinite Card overview The United Club Infinite Card is the ideal card for United lounge access — bar none. For any loyal United flyer who spends a significant amount with the airline each year, this card would make a great addition to your wallet. Card rating*: ⭐⭐⭐ *Card rating is based on the opinion of TPG’s editors and is not influenced by the card issuer. Editor’s note: This is a



29TechCrunch / 3h
The Great Resignation led tech workers to realize their power. Salaries are increasing, demand for talent is high and if you’re an engineer at Stripe, there are probably at least three investors who would back your pre-seed company before it even has a kernel of an idea. However, the hiring market’s heat doesn’t make it any easier to navigate. If you’re the creative director at Shopify or the hea



21TechCrunch / 3h
It’s a familiar problem to anyone following the category. Investors and companies are largely on the same page when it comes to robotics and automation — such technologies are going to be mandatory for staying competitive in the future. They’re also broadly seen as the key to addressing some widespread staffing shortages in the short term. But the question of deployment remains. Larger firms like



Your accent says a lot about you: It tells someone where you were raised, hints at your ethnicity, and gives out clues about your social class and economic circumstances. Even though the details of your life obviously change long after your accent is “set,” there is still a lot people can guess about you from the way… Read more...



100+Gizmodo / 3h
Sun-Man the hero has a pretty wild origin story, but Sun-Man the action figure’s origin story is better. After her three-year-old son Menelik told her he couldn’t be a superhero because he was Black, Yla Eason created Sun-Man and the Rulers of the Sun , a group of multi-ethnic heroes whose toys were bestsellers in the… Read more...



Vinyl is making a resurgence, and while it doesn’t put a dent in streaming numbers, records are outselling CDs. If you’re building a vinyl collection, you’ll need a great turntable, and these are some of the best. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Dungeons & Dragons•
The new live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series has found itself a new dungeon master. The series, which was first confirmed at the start of 2022, h ad originally been expected to be developed by John Wick writer Derek Kolstad , but he's now out and Rawson Marshall Thurber is in. Deadline reports that Thurber, whose most recent gig saw him write and direct Netflix' s hit action romp Red Notice ,



Realme 9 India Heart•
You might not need to buy a fitness tracker or smartwatch to get a portable heart rate monitor soon, because Realme has confirmed that one of its next phones will feature beat-counting tech built in. This comes from the company's Vice President Madhav Sheth, who Tweeted to say that the Realme 9 Pro Plus will get a heart rate monitor, along with a video of how this would work on the phone. The int



Facebook Diem Silvergate•
Assets of the cryptocurrency project, launched two-and-a-half years ago as Libra, are sold.




JOBY Launches New Wavo AIR•
Joby Joby has developed a reputation as one of the “go to” brands for content creators. Its range includes the popular Gorillapod flexible tripods that can double as mobile vlogging grips, regular tripods, lights and ring lights and a wide range of other accessories that help creators get the job done. It also makes microphones, five of which it has just … Continue reading



German Cyber Attack•
Reports suggest loading and unloading systems are paralysed but extent of the issue is not yet known.



IHG Rewards has today launched its first global promotion of 2022, the details of which were announced a couple of weeks back. 2x points with IHG Rewards global promo With IHG Rewards’ new global promotion , members can earn 2x IHG Rewards points on all stays, and those bonus points even count toward elite status . Here are the details to be aware of: The promotion is valid for stays between Febr



ENLIL is a roadside turbine designed to capture wind power from highway traffic.



Tesla Full Self-Driving•
25Mashable / 4h
Tesla is issuing a recall of 53,822 vehicles in the U.S. due to an experimental feature that may be dangerous. The recall boils down to the removal of the "rolling stop" feature in the optional Full Self Driving software package , introduced as a beta feature in October 2020. Tesla will disable this functionality with an over-the-air software update. According to the National Highway Traffic Safe



Images: Dartz Motorz We can’t blame you if you haven’t heard of Dartz Motorz before. The Latvian automaker and tuning house has been creating the world’s most opulent bulletproof conveyances for “billionaires, tzars, superstars, generals, and the dictator since 1869,” said Dartz at its official website. As to who the dictator Dartz is referring to, we don’t know. What we do know is … Continue rea



Last week we asked you what you wish you had known before adopting your pet, and as always, Lifehacker readers delivered. (I also asked for some cute pet pictures; sadly, you did not deliver nearly as many of those as I would have liked). Read more...



Google is making some significant changes to Gmail with Workspace. With this tweak, the company will make it easy to move between Gmail, Chat, and Meet from one screen. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



February is filled to the brim with monumental events in tech history. Three services you probably use daily launched this month, along with two of the most beloved game series of all time, plus a seminal moment in the development of artificial intelligence. Keep reading to learn the details. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



23Gizmodo / 4h
Laura Dern, Benedict Cumberbatch and Noah Jupe will get sleepless for Justin Kurzel’s next sci-fi movie. New Book of Boba Fett posters welcome back a familiar face . Plus, American McGee’s riff on Alice in Wonderland is heading to TV, and even more new pictures from The Batman . To me, my spoilers! Read more...



In early January, MGM Rewards announced it would replace its M life Rewards program with a new MGM Rewards program on Feb. 1, 2022. The launch date of the new MGM Rewards program is finally here, and we have you covered with the inside scoop. “The enhancements we’ve introduced with MGM Rewards are rooted in feedback shared by our members and allow us to invest in providing members progressively m



Google Gmail Workspace•
Your work Gmail client is set for a major makeover within the next few weeks as Google begins to roll out its new view of the future of working. The company has announced that its new approach to email will be available for users to experience from the end of February 2022, ahead of a wider release by April 2022. The approach looks to provide users with a one-stop shop for all their communication



Proxima Studio/Shutterstock The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has paved the way for new requirements that will force internet service providers (ISPs) and broadband companies to provide “nutrition labels,” clearly describing their services and fees to existing and prospective customers. Nutrition labels are a requirement for most food items in the US. A nutrition label gives the custome



Shopping for Valentine's Day gifts isn’t easy, no matter how long you’ve been dating. It’s not like a Christmas gift you generally pick off a list or base off of someone’s needs. It’s more sentimental, romantic , or sensual than that. If you’re struggling to find a V-Day gift this year, here’s a fancy shmancy one to consider: a rose that never dies. Hear me out. These necklaces from Eternal Rose



For one day only, Hopper is offering discounts on both flights to and hotels in various domestic and international destinations when you book through the travel app on Wednesday, Feb. 2 . Customers can expect to see savings ranging from $22 to $220 on trips to Hawaii, Las Vegas, London, Paris and more. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . (Scr



68TechCrunch / 4h
Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. soft drink industry . In Olipop ’s case, the three-year-old brand is going after function, with a line of sodas aimed at supporting digestive health. The company is the second venture in the realm of “functional soda” for co-founders Ben Goodwin and David Lester,



21TechCrunch / 4h
As more software companies shift to more flexible pricing models based on consumption, many are choosing to charge customers on a per-use, or usage, basis. While this is easier for customers, it has created headaches for many software, or SaaS, businesses that are not equipped with billing systems that can easily charge customers on a usage basis. Enter Metronome . The startup claims to have deve



100+TechCrunch / 4h
Metafy , a startup that operates a marketplace for video game coaching, announced this morning that it has closed a $25 million Series A. Tiger Global and Seven Seven Six led the funding round. This publication last covered Metafy in May 2021 , when the company raised a $5.5 million extension to its preceding $3.15 million seed round. Since that funding event, Metafy acquired rival games coaching



57Wired / 4h
If you suffer from ringing in your ears, tech can provide some relief.




Buying games from an online marketplace like Steam has a lot of advantages. It’s instant, there are frequent discounts, and the data is a lot easier to manage. But it has one major downside: You can’t lend your copy to a friend, and you can’t borrow a game from a family member. Read more...



Microsoft Blizzard•
Microsoft has announced its intention to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, ushering in the largest single acquisition in video gaming history. So what could the deal ultimately mean for people who enjoy games? Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



French all business class airline La Compagnie has just launched a potentially lucrative companion fare sale for travel over the coming months. While La Compagnie doesn’t have any loyalty program partners, this is ideal for anyone looking to travel nonstop between the New York area and Europe. La Compagnie’s transatlantic companion fare sale To celebrate Valentine’s Day, La Compagnie is offering



It’s not a secret that the restaurant industry was a late adopter of technology, a move that unfortunately left many restaurants unprepared when online ordering and delivery became the norm during the global pandemic. Those that did embrace delivery found out quickly that the fees tacked on by food delivery companies were difficult to maintain for restaurants, which traditionally have thin profit



Bose's QuietComfort family of headphones is a safe bet for those who want both great sound quality and strong active noise cancellation. You'll have to shell out quite a bit of money for a pair, however right now one of the latest models is back down to a record low. The QuietComfort 45 wireless headphones are on sale for $279, or $50 off and a return to their Black Friday price. Buy Bose QuietCo



Microsoft has rolled out a new version of its PowerToys utility suite for Windows 10 and Windows 11 that contains a handful of fresh tools for advanced users. The most notable addition is the mouse crosshair tool that lets people quickly identify the location of their cursor using a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Alt + P), creating a simple solution to an all-too-common frustration. Also bundled with



Google Messages Reactions•
200+Engadget / 4h
Pretty soon, you'll no longer have to see those weird reaction texts from your iPhone-using friends. Google has started rolling out a feature for Messages that translates iMessaging "Tapbacks" as emojis, according to 9to5Google . The publication first discovered the experimental feature in a deep dive of the Google Messages beta app last year. It's unclear where it'll come out for the stable vers



Peloton Heart Rate•
Peloton is once again expanding its fitness equipment , but this time it's focused on tracking your workouts. PCMag and The Verge note Peloton has unveiled a $90 Heart Rate Band that, as the name implies, moves monitoring to your arm. The optical sensor-based wearable is theoretically more comfortable and easier to use than a chest strap (which typically requires precise positioning and a moisten



View of a Singer Manufacturing Co. calendar for 1901, featuring depictions of birds. Printed on front: “American singers. Compliments of the Singer Manfg. Co. 256 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. J. Ottmann Lith. Co., N.Y.” Printed on back: “The Singer, the universal sewing machine, all over the world.” Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library



Bloodborne PSX Demake•
Bloodborne , a game famous for being notoriously difficult to beat, was released in 2015 for the PS4 with modern graphics and visuals. Over the past 13 months, though, game programmer Lilith Walther created a version of the title that makes it look like it was released way back in the 90's for the first PlayStation. Bloodborne PSX reimagines the Victorian city of Yharnam in the art style commonly



PLAY New York Stewart•
Back in December, Iceland’s new low cost carrier announced its first two routes to the United States, to Baltimore and Boston. Now the airline has announced a third route, to the New York area. PLAY Iceland routes to the United States PLAY will be launching flights between Iceland and the United States as of the spring of 2022, including to Baltimore, Boston, and New York. PLAY will use Airbus A3



Microsoft Game Pass•
100+Mashable / 5h
Gaming used to be simple. Not long ago, a few major companies would have competing consoles on the market at the same time and, by and large, the biggest selling point for each was a roster of exclusive games. But with Microsoft's shocking acquisition of Activision Blizzard, that might not be the case anymore. Truth be told, it still feels like total nonsense to even type those words, but there’s



The Apple AirPods Pro are among the most popular Bluetooth earbuds on the planet - but their successors, the so-called AirPods Pro 2 , could swap Bluetooth for a proprietary wireless streaming technology in a bid to bring lossless to its true wireless earbuds . According to a patent spotted by Patently Apple , the company is working on a new optical audio transmission technology - and based on th



NVIDIA GeForce RTX•
Nvidia’s reveal of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti , which will be the most powerful consumer GPU the company has ever made, was one of the highlights of CES 2022 – but where is it? We only got a quick glimpse of it at CES in Las Vegas, with Nvidia promising that more information would follow towards the end of January. There were even rumors that there may be an official launch on January 27. However, w



Withco Small Years•
28TechCrunch / 5h
Growing up, Kevin Song witnessed his Korean immigrant parents build and grow a grocery store business in Brooklyn, New York. To the family, he recalls, the business was more about making a living. It was about being an integral part of the surrounding community — from sponsoring Little League games to serving as ambassadors for the neighborhood. So when, after two decades of being in business, hi



88Engadget / 5h
It's now been three months since Apple brought its own silicon to its pro-grade laptops. As we said in our review , the M1 Pro and Max are fantastically capable chips that offer more than enough performance for the vast majority of users. But for our explainer show Upscaled, we wanted to go a little deeper, with a suite of benchmarks that really push the Pro and Max to their limits, as well as so



Airlines are all promoting enhanced cleaning standards but the truth is often that may just mean a weekly spray of the cabin. Airline 'deep cleans' used to happen just every year or year and a half which is just gross. But what about those airline blankets? A blanket in sealed plastic should be clean . However dog poo on a Delta blanket made it onto the Conan show a few years back. And this Ameri



The Linux cut command lets you extract portions of text from files or data streams. It’s especially useful for working with delimited data, such as CSV files. Here’s what you need to know. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



PlayStation Bungie•
56Gizmodo / 5h
Sony acquired Bungie on Monday in yet another colossal acquisition between two gaming giants. While the advantages of owning a triple-A developer with a popular IP would seem obvious, the specifics of the deal have led to questions about Sony’s strategy in the intensifying war against Xbox. Read more...




One Two The Games Years•
100+Wired / 5h
Players generate a wealth of revealing psychological data—and some companies are soaking it up.



Hotel L7 Chicago One•
Every day here at TPG, we do our very best to bring you the most important news you need to be a well-informed traveler, from keeping you up to date on the latest hotel openings and changes in elite status requirements to unexpected fees showing up on hotel bills . But between all the big news we cover, there are smaller things happening in the hotel world that you should know about. We’re one mo



Aston Martin The performance truck rankings are shuffling again, with the new Aston Martin DBX707 promising to be the most powerful luxury SUV when it arrives in the US later in 2022. Though feedback on the original DBX – Aston Martin’s first entrant into the SUV segment – was hardly “it’s too slow,” the DBX707 will push power to 697 horsepower and … Continue reading



26TechCrunch / 5h
As more companies become software companies, what is being created still needs to align with business objectives. Jellyfish believes this can be done by giving software engineering leaders the data and insights they need to do that. “The way that engineering teams are led, managed and tied to the business is still the same as it was 20 years ago,” Andrew Lau, co-founder and CEO of Jellyfish, told



24TechCrunch / 5h
As our working world sees more shifts to the metaverse, Pesto , formerly known as Pragli, is jumping in with its avatar approach to making remote work a little less lonely. “Zoom fatigue” was real for Doug Safreno and his co-founder, Vivek Nair, who started batting around the idea for a company in 2019 and made it official a year later. Their idea is a digitally native human workplace where emplo



Deals are rare on recent Apple devices, but the latest 2021 MacBook Pro 14-inch is now back down to its cheapest price yet. You can currently pick up the MacBook Pro 14-inch at Amazon for £1799 (was £1899). A £100 saving isn't huge but considering the 2021 MacBook Pro has only been available for a little over three months, any discount right now is welcome. It briefly dropped to this price over B



Tesla Full Self-Driving•
100+TechCrunch / 5h
Steve Dent Contributor Steve Dent is an associate editor at Engadget . More posts by this contributor Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance confirms plans to build 35 new EVs by 2030 Kia’s EV6 pricing will start at $42,115 when it goes on sale in the coming weeks Tesla is issuing an over-the-air update to recall a “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) beta feature that allowed cars to roll through stop signs, A



21TechCrunch / 5h
Earlybird , best known as the Berlin-based VC which has backed myriad German and European startups such as SoundCloud and N26, is today expanding its reach in Europe with the creation of a team and adjunct fund based out of Paris, France. The timing is decent. According to most annual European surveys, France regularly appears as the third biggest startup ecosystem in Europe, (behind first the U.



Tesla Full Self-Driving•
200+Engadget / 5h
Tesla is issuing an over-the-air update to recall a "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) beta feature that allowed cars to roll through stop signs, ABC News has reported. The function first appeared in FSD 10.3 with the addition of the so-called Assertive profile. It allows vehicles to illegally roll through stop signs at 4-way intersection at speeds of up to 5.6 MPH, according to ABC . Tesla reportedly agr



Windows 11 has finally cured all of the serious problems with drive slowdown that have been plaguing some users for a good while now, according to a new report. While these issues were supposedly fixed with the December cumulative update for Windows 11, as we reported at the time , even after that patch went out, some folks were still complaining about drive sluggishness. However, Windows Latest



Intel's developers are working on bringing Resizable BAR (or ReBAR) to its upcoming ARC graphics cards for Linux, which is great news for PC gamers who are looking to jump ship from another operating system like Windows 11 . As reported by Phoronix , DG2/Alchemist support has already been spotted within the Linux kernel and Mesa drivers already, but performance optimization is still a bit shaky.



HBO Max 15 European•
HBO Max will expand to 15 more European countries from March 8, WarnerMedia has confirmed. The move marks the second phase in the streamer’s staggered international launch, which will see territories including Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands and Croatia gain access to HBO's streaming platform in the coming months (we’ve included the full list of new regions further down this article). The expan



Superpedestrian Pedestrian•
Shared e-scooter company Superpedestrian is gearing up to deploy its Pedestrian Defense safety system at scale, a feature that allows the company’s e-scooters to detect and correct in real time unsafe riding behaviors, like riding on sidewalks or the wrong way down a one-way street. Superpedestrian aims to build and roll out new scooters equipped with Pedestrian Defense to 25 cities across the Un



PlayStation Discord•
Discord integration is finally rolling out to PS5 and PS4 players, starting in the US and gradually coming to other countries over the next few weeks. This follows Sony's May 2021 announcement that PlayStation will be partnering with Discord, and it looks like that partnership is finally bearing fruit. As reported by Eurogamer , the PlayStation and Discord partnership was – until now – something



It’s another big game studio deal. Sony has announced plans to acquire Bungie, the studio behind the hit sci-fi MMO shooter Destiny , in a deal worth $3.6 billion . Bungie is positioning the acquisition as the start of a new era for the company — one focused on global multimedia entertainment, not just games. One notable point: Bungie will continue to develop for multiple platforms, not just Play



Denmark is often at the top of the list of countries in the World Happiness Report. There’s plenty to smile about in this Scandinavian country from visiting famous canals and gardens to eating delicious Danishes. Tap Air Portugal is offering affordable flights to Copenhagen, Denmark, starting at $355 round-trip from five U.S. cities. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up



The pandemic has changed the way Brits purchase mobile phones and contracts, with a new study suggesting consumers are holding their devices for longer, are more likely to bypass the high street, and more comfortable with participating in the market for refurbished devices. Four fifths of respondents to CCS Insight’s mobile buying survey said they intended to keep their current phone for as long



Two Record Lightning•
30Mashable / 6h
It's not quite the right time to debunk that myth about lightning never striking the same place twice, as an enormous bolt has set a new global record. The longest single flash of lightning has been captured by satellites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recorded and announced by the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday. The "megaflash" stretched 768 kilometr



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .




Battery Electric 500•
100+Wired / 6h
The lithium-ion battery is good for moving cars short distances, but aviation requires longer-lasting power. Maybe we need to try other elements.



Wired / 6h
We tested a sensor-packed ski boot insole to see if it really could perfect our parallel turns.



Trickbot Russia WIRED•
76Wired / 6h
Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets.



VendorPM Property Vendors•
24TechCrunch / 6h
VendorPM , a Toronto-based marketplace that connects property managers with reputable vendors, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The software-enabled marketplace aims to modernize the way property managers manage, source and procure service vendors. The startup currently manages a two-sided marketplace across Canada in support of both property managers and se



Island Fey Browser•
Island, a Dallas-based startup that has built a Chromium-based browser for the enterprise, has emerged from stealth with almost $100 million in funding. Island claims its aptly-named Enterprise Browser, which has been in development for almost two years, aims to eliminate the gaps between current consumer-focused browsers and the increasingly complex IT and security requirements of the enterprise



We’re kicking off February 2022 with a new release of Google Chrome. Version 98 of the popular browser brings a new “Privacy Guide” for checking up on some important settings, cleaner emojis, and a new screenshot tool. Let’s take a look. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Ethiopian Airlines•
Every so often you hear of stowaways who hide in airplanes, attempting to travel to another country in pursuit of a better life. You wouldn’t expect those people to be aircraft technicians with access to planes, but that’s exactly what’s going on at Ethiopian Airlines. CNN reports that 16 Ethiopian Airlines aircraft technicians have recently escaped the country via a variety of means. This specif



Takes Two Hazelight•
It Takes Two , last year's big co-op gaming success story, is being adapted for film and TV, according to an exclusive report. As reported by Variety , developer Hazelight Studios has teamed up with production company dj2 Entertainment to bring the game to both the silver screen and small screen. "Creating the world and story in It Takes Two was so much fun for me and the team," developer Hazelig



FTC Microsoft AB Blizzard•
Microsoft’s agreed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is to be subject to an antitrust review by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC will lead the investigation to determine whether the proposed deal will substantially undermine market competition, Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the matter. Typically, the FTC or US Department of Justice will review acquisitions that a



HBO Max Like Documentary•
88Mashable / 7h
And Just Like That ..., HBO Max is releasing a documentary of the Sex and the City reboot , diving into the making of the show with behind-the-scenes footage and cast interviews. The documentary will debut on Feb. 3, timed with the finale of the HBO Max show, with a trailer released Monday. Fans of the original have certainly had thoughts on the reboot . Still, considering it's been 20 years sinc



PLAY New York Stewart•
Just over a month after announcing its first service to the U.S., Icelandic low-cost carrier Play is back with an expansion. The airline said today it will fly to New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) in Newburgh, NY, marking its third U.S. destination, alongside Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) . Want more airline-specific news?



iOS 15.4 Apple Safari•
Another day, another hint that Apple is not-so-secretly working on its own VR / AR headset. The latest evidence comes courtesy of the iOS 15.4 beta – in particular, the latest version of Safari . As spotted by Maximiliano Firtman , the current version of Safari has adopted several new experimental WebXR features. WebXR was created to make it possible for web developers to more easily deliver virt



Wayflyer eCommerce•
21TechCrunch / 7h
E-commerce has continued to boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but running an e-commerce business has also become significantly more chaotic, with unpredictable supply chains, logistics hiccups and overall higher costs upending even the best-laid plans. To underscore the demand for solutions to address this, today a startup called Wayflyer — which has built a new kind of financing platfor



On #BimboTok, Chrissy Chlapecka is queen. The TikTokker, who joined the platform in 2020 and currently boasts over 4 million followers, is known for her unapologetic attitude and no-filter comments. In recent months, bimbofication has become a focus within feminist communities, especially on TikTok, with creators like Chlapecka helping bring the topic into mainstream discussion. "Bimboism means l



HBO Max 15 European•
46Mashable / 7h
HBO Max is continuing its Europe rollout, planning to launch in 15 more countries on March 8. The streaming service initially launched its European presence in October 2021, arriving in Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Andorra, and Finland. This March, Central and Eastern Europe will be covered: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, N



Sigma's long-awaited debut lenses for Fujifilm X-series cameras still haven't materialized, but fresh speculation suggests that Fuji fans won't have to wait much longer for new glass from the Japanese lens maker. According to the reliable Fuji Rumors , "Sigma will start its X mount adventure by launching three X mount autofocus lenses". And while no exact time frame was given, the rumor's headlin



Vodafone Europe Open RAN•
Vodafone is partnering with more than 20 chip vendors in a project designed to advance the development of Open RAN processors at the firm’s new European R&D centre in Spain. The facility in Malaga will specialise in developing new services based on Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, Mobile Private Networks (MPN) and, of course, Open RAN. Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, ARM and Lime are among th



Budget 2022 India EV•
21Engadget / 7h
India is introducing a battery swapping policy as part of a push to boost EV sales, Reuters has reported. "Considering the constraint of space in urban areas for setting up charging stations at scale, a battery swapping policy will be brought out," said India's Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman. The idea is change out depleted batteries for freshly charged ones, potentially saving time compa



Nestcoin Web3 Africa•
Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Computers, the internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, any tech you can name ( except mobile tech) people in these regions have always had to play catch up. But new technologies such as crypto and web3 provide hope to Africans to play a massive role in def



75Wired / 7h
Can a scrappy team of robotics undergrads play to win against the best-funded labs in the world? At the Darpa Challenge, it’s anyone’s game.




Emirates Skywards seems to have just devalued miles without any advance notice. Business class award costs have definitely gone up, and I’m trying to piece together if there were any other price increases. Emirates increases business class award costs For some context, Emirates Skywards doesn’t have an award chart, but rather has a mileage calculator on its website. Emirates charges different mil



AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card has been pushed to 3.3GHz with a monster overclock that has set multiple new records for 3DMark Fire Strike. The card in question was a Navi 21 XTXH GPU (the pre-binned model built on chips able to reach faster clock speeds), and the overclock was achieved by Team OGS from Greece (specifically, Stavros Savvopoulos). Team OGS used liquid nitrogen cooling to hi



Philips Hue is offering smart home users in the UK the ability to customise their smart lighting starter kit. The Philips Hue starter kit usually comes with three smart light bulbs, which come in either bayonet, screw or GU10 fitting, along with a Hue bridge. The bridge enables the bulbs can be controlled even when you’re not close by, and also lets you create routines that see lights switch on a



The shipping business in Africa has for years been inefficient and costly due to the traditional ways of managing operations – traditional in the sense that a shipper has to physically look for a transporter, sometimes through a middle-man, and often, once goods are delivered, the trucks almost always make the return trip empty. For a continent like Africa, where roads are heavily used to ferry g



RenoRun Tiger Global•
50TechCrunch / 7h
When it comes to construction projects, any type of delay can result in increased costs both for the contractor and their customer. Shortages of certain materials and supply chain constraints in recent years haven’t helped. So it’s not a huge surprise that Canadian construction tech startup RenoRun , which has built an e-commerce platform for construction and building materials, is today announci



Apple has released an update for iOS 15 that allows to to store and share verifiable records of Covid tests and vaccinations using your iPhone . Apple itself never has access to your health records, and there's no centralized database that the company can access. Instead, your data stored on your device, and can be presented as a Smart Health Card in the Health app or your Apple Wallet whenever y



The second season of Marvel Studios' Loki will reportedly begin filming in summer 2022. According to Backstage magazine (thanks to The DisInsider for the tip off), principal photography will start later this year. The latest rumor comes after a similar report from The Cosmic Circus , which suggested that pre-production work on Loki season 2 would start in February. Marvel would then start shootin



For someone with a deeply scientific job, Gil Herrera has a nearly mystical mandate: Look into the future and then shape it, at the level of strange quantum physics and inextricable math theorems, to the advantage of the United States. Herrera is the newly minted leader of the National Security Agency’s Research Directorate. The directorate, like the rest of the NSA, has a dual mission: secure Am



Google Pixel 3 Original•
If you own a Pixel 3 or a Pixel 3 XL then you'll have just lost a great feature of your phone, as users across the globe have lost the free unlimited original-quality photo backup feature previously offered by Google. This allowed Pixel 3 owners to back up photos and videos shot using their Pixel devices in their original quality for free in Google Photos, without it counting towards any storage



Samsung Galaxy S22•
Every time the Samsung Galaxy S22 leaks out, we expect there's nothing more to know, then another leak comes along with even more details - that's just happened again, with the Ultra phone being the one we're focusing on. This comes from reliable leaker Evan Blass , who acquired marketing material from Samsung's Italian website. There's imagery for all four phones, and while the S22 and S22 Plus



TL;DR: The TREBLAB HD77 Ultra Premium Bluetooth Speaker is on sale for 17% off as of Feb. 1 — instead of $89, you can nab it for $71.99. You may prefer the stillness and silence of the great outdoors , but it can get pretty spooky out there sometimes. That’s when having a premium Bluetooth speaker handy can really save the day. But not just any Bluetooth speaker can hang in the wilderness — you n



TL;DR: As of Feb. 1, the Amoré Paris White Marble Aroma Diffuser is on sale for $67.99 instead of $99 — that's 32% in savings. If you've ever used one of those plug-in wall scents, you know the smell quickly fades after the first few days of use. Not to mention, the aroma can be quite unnatural smelling. With an aroma diffuser, on the other hand, you can consistently fill your home with fresh, na



TL;DR: As of Feb. 1, the Pivo Pod Red Auto-Tracking Motion Smartphone Mount is on sale for $99.99, which is a 9% discount from its regular price of $109. When it comes to producing high-quality visual content , a tripod is essential. There are plenty of options on the market, but if you’re holding your photo sessions and video shoots yourself, you want something that’s going to improve the proces



TL;DR Lovehoney has up to 50% off sex toys for you and your valentine through Feb. 20. Forget the box of chocolates. Give your boo what they really want this Valentine’s Day — a spankin’ new vibrator or kinky sex toy. Now through Feb. 20, Lovehoney has an impressive lineup of his and hers vibrators and toys at up to 50% off . They also have $25 lingerie sets and free shipping on orders over $49 t



Hello! I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Julian Benson, and I’m very excited to finally be able to say that I am TechRadar Gaming’s, editor-in-chief. It's a pleasure to join team TRG. I’m not a complete stranger around these parts. Back when I was the news editor at Kotaku UK (RIP), I used to sit across from the TechRadar team and occasionally wrote features for the site, like the real-life physi



Resident Evil 4 VR•
The Meta Quest 2 exclusive Resident Evil 4 VR (RE4 VR) is one of the best VR games we’ve played, and it’s about to get even better. Capcom and Armature Studio announced in a blog post that the fan-favorite The Mercenaries mode from the original Resident Evil 4 games will be added later this year as a free update. The return of the exhilarating minigame will give players the chance to gun down wav



28TechCrunch / 9h
Every year, the French government and the government-backed initiative La French Tech shares two startup rankings — the Next40 and the French Tech 120. The startups on these lists are supposed to be respectively the top 40 and top 120 top-performing startups based in France. This is the third time the French government puts together these lists. Out of the 120 startups in the French Tech 120, 84



Wi-Fi Meta Express•
99Engadget / 9h
Meta is ending its Express Wi-Fi program designed to provide low-cost internet in developing countries through partnerships with local communities, mobile operators and businesses. Launched in 2016 , it wasn't free like Meta-owned Facebook's failed Free Basics program, struck down by Indian courts for violating net neutrality. Instead, it was designed to be inexpensive, starting at around 15 cent



Facebook Diem Silvergate•
This is the end of the line for Meta's crypto plans – at least for now. On Monday, the Diem Association announced it has sold its intellectual property (and other assets related to the running of Diem Payment Network) to the crypto-oriented bank Silvergate for $200 million. Diem 's main product was a blockchain and a stablecoin operating on that blockchain, a special type of cryptocurrency tied t



Nigerian AltSchool Africa•
36TechCrunch / 9h
The demand for software engineers is expected to grow by 22% between 2020 and 2030, according to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . This figure is larger than the 4% average for other careers. One would be out of touch with reality to say they haven’t noticed this phenomenon in Lagos, Africa’s startup capital city, where mid to senior-level engineers are leaving in droves to seek b




HBO Max 15 European•
23TechCrunch / 9h
HBO Max is launching in 15 additional countries on March 8th, 2022, WarnerMedia announced on Tuesday. The 15 countries are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The streaming service will expand to six more European countries later this year, including Greece



GWI Raises $180M Series•
22TechCrunch / 9h
GWI , a UK-based tech company — formerly GlobalWebIndex — that’s built up a SaaS business which disrupts traditional offline market research methods with a global network of data contributors, mobile surveys and a self-serve platform for surfacing rich consumer insights to customers that include tech giants like Google, has closed a $180 million Series B at a valuation of more than $850M. The gro



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Microsoft FTC AB Blizzard•
Engadget / 10h
Microsoft was most likely ready for rigorous anti-trust scrutiny around the world when it decided to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is the tech giant's biggest yet, and it's also set to become the largest all-cash acquisition ever. In the US, the proposed acquisition will be reviewed the Federal Trade Commission instead of the Justice Department, according to Bloomberg .



Anireel is a competitively priced animated explainer-video creator/editor, and the latest innovative software package from Wondershare’s plethora of forward facing creative technologies. Already noted for its video-editor Filmora, and host of other apps such as mind mapper EdrawMind, this latest edition is a logical step in terms of offering technology that empowers creatives. Wondershare is defi



Egypt YFS Yalla Fel Sekka•
75TechCrunch / 10h
On-demand delivery in the Middle East and North Africa is estimated to reach $47 billion by 2030. In its largest and fastest-growing economy, Egypt, many platforms operate in different segments of e-commerce and logistics while serving businesses and customers. Today, one of those companies, Yalla Fel Sekka (YFS), whose business involves building a network of dark stores and micro-warehouses acro
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AirTree Three Web3•
39TechCrunch / 10h
AirTree partners (from l to r): From left to right: James Cameron, John Henderson, Elicia McDonald, Jackie Vullinghs, Craig Blair and Helen Norton More money is flowing into Australia and New Zealand’s startup ecosystems. Sydney-based AirTree Ventures , one of the region’s most prolific VC firms, announced it has raised $700 million AUD (about $493 million USD), to be divided between three invest



Mashable / 11h
The opening scene of This is Going to Hurt pretty much sets the tone for the whole show. After jerking awake in his car, acting registrar on the Obstetrics and Gynaecology ward of a UK hospital, Adam Kay (Ben Whishaw), hurries into work only to find a pregnant woman close to giving birth on the steps. He struggles to help her up to the ward in time, nearly gets stuck in a lift, and finishes the w



India 30% Tax Crypto•
400+TechCrunch / 11h
India on Tuesday proposed launching a digital rupee by next year and a 30% tax on income from transfer of virtual digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs in one of the most remarkable tech and business-focused federal budgets presented by New Delhi. India has proposed a tax deduction at source on payments made related to purchase of virtual assets to capture details of all such transacti



Embracing fitness in the new year can be a daunting task for first-timers. There’s so much information available that it can be difficult choosing the right workout plans, nutrition, fitness routines, and so much more. Luckily, investing in a fitness tracker such as the new Fitbit Charge 5 can bring you a world of benefits, especially with the newly launched Daily Readiness Score. The Daily Readi



European Dott Series•
Urban mobility startup Dott has raised an extension to its Series B round. Originally announced in the Spring of 2021, the company raised an $85 million Series B round — it was a mix of equity and asset-backed debt financing. And today, the company is adding another $70 million to this round —once again, it’s a mix of equity and debt. Dott is a European micromobility startup that is better known


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