Thursday, February 03, 2022

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Rotterdam Bridge Bezos•
Rotterdam says the world's richest man will foot the bill to remove part of the historic bridge.



Rotterdam Bezos Dutch•
The middle section of the Dutch port’s historic Koningshaven Bridge will be temporarily dismantled so that a boat being built for Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, can traverse the city.



500+Mashable / 6h
UK pharmacy Boots has lowered the price of emergency contraception following a campaign sparked by a Black Friday deal. The pharmacy will now sell the morning after pill for £10, the lowest price of all major UK high street pharmacy chains. In Nov. 2021, Boots unveiled a 50 percent off Black Friday deal on the morning after pill, lowering the price of the generic version of Levonorgestrel 1500mcg




The Super Bowl is one of the last truly communal events in this country. Where other forms of entertainment, from music to television, are increasingly divided into specific niches with small audiences, sports retains its universal appeal, and football reigns supreme. How supreme? In 2021, more than 91 million people… Read more...



UEFI firmware from the software company Insyde carries 23 flaws, many of which are critical and would allow malicious actors to persist in a target device, install malware , steal sensitive data, all while accessing the endpoint remotely, experts have warned. The flaws were discovered by firmware protection company Binarly, which claims more than two dozen hardware manufacturers are affected, inc



United Airlines is considering selling a minority stake in its MileagePlus frequent flyer program, according to a new report from Bloomberg . The sale would be for a stake of up to 15% of the program, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviation newsletter! Under such a sale



Mashable / 4min
FREEBIE ALERT: You'll get a free ticket to see the Uncharted movie at participating theaters when you buy Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection ($49.99) for the PlayStation 5. This deal expires today (Thursday, Feb. 3), so make it snappy. 2022 is panning out to be an excellent year for Uncharted fans. Not only did Sony finally remaster two of the beloved series' best games for the PlayStation 5



99Futurism / 5min
Oil Explosion An oil production and storage ship exploded off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday morning, Reuters reports . The condition of the ten crew members on board is still unclear, as well as how much of the vessel’s two million barrel capacity of oil was on board at the time of the catastrophe. It’s yet another oil vessel disaster that will likely result in huge amounts of toxic oil being r



Gizmodo / 15min
Amazon has spent years being very cryptic about just what its Lord of the Rings streaming show was going to be about. We got a rough time period, give or take a few thousand years . Hell, we very recently just got a name— The Rings of Power —which only tells us that this Lord of the Rings show will be about rings ! And… Read more...



Lifehacker / 23min
I don’t mean to be alarmist, but you really need to stop throwing your coffee grounds away. Like, now. Do you know how wildly versatile they are? How many glorious, non-intuitive ways you can repurpose the remains of your morning cup of joe around your home, your garden—even your body? Their microbial,… Read more...



TechCrunch / 24min
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor A lean startup’s growth marketing tech stack 5 common growth marketing mistakes startups make Someone clicks your ad on Facebook, and they choose to purchase the item for sale. We’d be in Uto



How-To Geek / 29min
When you start typing a query in your web browser’s address bar, the browser displays your past searches as suggestions. You may not want certain suggestions to appear for privacy reasons. In that case, here’s how to selectively remove those suggestions from your browser. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



How-To Geek / 29min
While gearheads love the smell of burning gasoline and the roar of a high-performance engine tuned to perfection, the EV revolution is here. And while some enthusiasts will say an EV conversion steals the heart, soul, and heritage from a classic car, fans should also be excited about going electric. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Australia New Zealand•
New Zealand is putting an end to its quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and will start reopening its borders with a five-phase plan in March. The island nation, which has implemented some of the toughest border restrictions in the world since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Thursday it’s going to begin a phased reopening of its borders, the AP reported . The news brings



Steam Finally Install•
SlashGear / 39min
viewimage/Shutterstock It’s a small thing, but it’s bound to make many users happy — Steam is finally updating its client to show the required disk space for each game. For users who are running low on storage, this can be a bit of a game-changer. In any case, it’s certainly going to save us all a little bit of time. The … Continue reading



Google Workspace ES•
TechCrunch / 46min
Google today announced a new version of Workspace , the company’s productivity service that you probably still refer to as G Suite . With the new — and free — Google Workspace Essentials plan, Google wants to bring more business users onto the platform by offering them the basic Workspace productivity tools — with the exception of Gmail. Until now, in order to use Workspace with a non-Google emai



Five superpower companies — yes, even Facebook after recent news — are completely enmeshed in our world.



Gizmodo / 51min
The end of the International Space Station is finally approaching, with NASA declaring the retirement of the orbital outpost in 2030 and a dramatic deorbiting early in the following year. Read more...



iPad deals on Apple's latest 10.2-inch tablet have been scarce, but we've just spotted the 256GB version on sale for $449 (was $479) at Amazon . That's the lowest price we've seen for the larger storage variant and a fantastic deal for this powerful tablet. The 2021 iPad includes Apple's powerful A13 Bionic chip and packs up to 256GB of storage, which allows you to store plenty of movies and down



90The Points Guy / 54min
Travel is amazing and filled with adventure, but you have to get to your destination before the fun can begin. As hard as we try, life sometimes gets in the way, and you don’t get to the airport in time for your flight. So, what steps should you take to minimize the damage when you miss a flight? It largely depends on who is at fault. When you miss a flight, it’s either your fault or the airline’



Lifehacker / 59min
Wordle has become a daily obsession for many of us; it’s nice to take a few minutes out of the day to attempt to decipher the Wordle word in six guesses or less (today’s took me five, to my great shame). While the game has been free to play thus far, its recent acquisition by the New York Times raises concerns about… Read more...



This week's gaming laptop deals at Best Buy offer the excellent Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 for just $1,249.99 (was $1,549.99) . That's the lowest price yet for what's arguably the best small-form-factor gaming laptop on the market. With an RTX 3060 graphics card, Ryzen 9-9500H processor, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD, this machine is incredibly competitive for the price - especially when you consider all t



Amazon Rings Power•
The first Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power character posters have dropped online – but, perhaps unsurprisingly, they don't give much away. Released on Prime Video 's official Twitter accounts on Thursday (February 3), the 23 posters are a glorious example of how to tease a fanbase that's ravenous for more information on an upcoming TV show. Indeed, The Rings of Power 's numerous one sheets s




CSRB DHS Review Board•
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has assembled a review board that will be tasked with investigating major national cybersecurity incidents in an effort to “meaningfully improve” the nation’s cyber resilience. The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), whose creation was set in motion by a May 2020 executive order signed by President Biden in response to the SolarWinds attack , will be tasked



Purdue Google Android•
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Fresh legal trouble is brewing for Google after Purdue University filed a lawsuit against the tech giant alleging a smartphone-related patent violation. According to Reuters, Google has allegedly violated one of Purdue University’s patents that detects power management-related bugs within written code. The lawsuit filed by the Purdue Research Foundation alleges that G



Adidas Fwd 02 Sport•
Last October, Adidas partnered with Swedish headphone maker Zound, best known for its work with Marshall , to announce three sets of new true wireless earbuds . One of those was the FWD-02 Sport earbuds, which were supposed to launch last year. Following a delay, however, they’re finally available starting this month. Adidas As a refresher, the FWD-02 Sport are a pair of runner-friendly earbuds w



Don’t miss this excellent external PS5 SSD deal at Amazon right now, which is perfect for PlayStation 5 and PS4 owners alike. The Samsung T5 2TB SSD is one of the best external hard drives on the market, and it’s now down to its lowest-ever price of just £195 . That’s a huge saving of £102.99, and with 2TB of space, you’ll have plenty of room to store your favorite PS4 titles. You can also use an



Roland Emmerich's new blockbuster Moonfall is in cinemas from today (February 3), but critics were only given the chance to see the film last night – perhaps because producers knew what was coming. The disaster movie stars Halle Berry, Aquaman key man Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, who you might know best from his role as Samwell Tarly in Game Of Thrones, Michael Peña and Donald Sutherland. The bl



Netflix Movies 2022•
Just like it did last year, Netflix will release at least one movie a week in 2022. There are currently more than 70 films on the docket for this year, and the company offered a peek at some of them in a teaser. The three-minute sizzle reel is packed with footage from upcoming films, including a first glimpse at Knives Out 2 , the sequel to Rian Johnson's terrific 2019 comedy-mystery movie. There



Gizmodo / 1h
In what could be a prophecy for the future of this year’s Academy Awards , Dune: Part 1 has conquered this year’s nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards like a potential Kwisatz Haderach might conquer fear, aka the Mind-Killer. The sci-fi epic will be featured in 11 categories, more than… Read more...



74Futurism / 1h
Neft the Chat NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have been around for quite a while now. From banal pixel “art” to somebody’s farts , the trend has attracted a substantial audience — even A-lister celebrities including Post Malone and Kim Kardashian are getting sucked in these days. And while not everybody agrees the tokens are a scams-riddled Ponzi scheme headed for a massive collapse or the future o



Enlarge / System76 Kudu. (credit: System76) System76's latest Linux laptop combines one of AMD's most powerful 5000 series mobile CPUs with Nvidia's mid-range RTX 3060. Configurable to up to $3,442, the Kudu targets Linux users who have a lot of work to do, while quietly nodding at those who like to play games every now and then, too. The 15.6-inch Kudu is the second-priciest offering in System76



DeepMind AlphaCode AI•
Artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepMind has developed a new coding engine capable of outperforming many human developers, called AlphaCode. As explained in a paper published by the firm, AlphaCode is able to write computer programs at a “competitive level”, ranking among the top 54% of humans in a competition setting. The performance of the AI model was assessed using ten challenges hosted



Gizmodo / 1h
As predicted, Winter Storm Landon™ is making life and travel miserable for Americans in a dozen states as it delivers ice, snow, and bitter cold across much of the eastern half of the United States. Read more...



Rotterdam Bezos Dutch•
Need proof Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a disconcertingly large fortune ? Just ask Rotterdam. Rijnmond and The Washington Post have learned the Dutch city has agreed to temporarily dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge (often called De Hef) to let his upcoming superyacht, Y721, pass through this summer. City spokeswoman Frances van Heijst didn't yet have a cost estimate, but stresse



Nokia Year Q4 2021•
Nokia is entering 2022 in a bullish mood, increasing its targets, reinstating its dividends, and initiating a share buyback programme after a successful ‘transformational’ year under the leadership of CEO Pekka Lundmark. The Finnish telecoms equipment manufacturer posted full year had warned investors to expect a transitional year during 2021 as it did “whatever it takes” to win the 5G radio mark



Australia and New Zealand are two of the countries that have taken among the strictest approaches toward managing coronavirus, with both countries more or less having kept their borders closed for the past two years. Australia recently outlined its plans to reopen borders to visitors, and now New Zealand has outlined its plans to reopen borders to visitors… but don’t get too excited. New Zealand’



App Analytics 2022•
A true “metaverse” may not yet exist , but that hasn’t stopped marketers from adopting the buzzword to promote their apps and games on mobile app stores. According to new data shared today by Sensor Tower , there are now 552 mobile apps that include the term “metaverse” in their apps’ titles or descriptions, in hopes of capturing consumer interest in this next evolution of the web. And many of th



El Al is working hard to rebrand itself as the airline of choice when flying to Israel. The latest move comes as the country’s flag carrier begins to retrofit its Boeing 777 fleet with new cabins, as confirmed to TPG by Amit Sagi, the airline’s chief marketing and digital officer. El Al has six Boeing 777-200ERs in its fleet, three of which it started flying over 20 years ago. Now, the planes are



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GM Soelect General Motors•
41TechCrunch / 1h
Soelect, a battery technology startup based in North Carolina, has closed an $11 million Series A round. It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles. Alongside lead investor Lotte Chemical and investment company KTB Network, General Motors’ corporate venture capital arm, GM Ventures,



Nintendo Switch Wii•
Eric Abent/SlashGear Nintendo has revealed its financial results for Q3 of its 2022 fiscal year, and with those results, the company has announced new sales figures for the Switch. Not only has the Switch joined the 100 million club – selling more than 100 million units worldwide since its introduction – but it has now surpassed the Wii in terms of total … Continue reading



I continue to believe that The transportation mask mandate will end before election day . However restrictions on foreigners are politically stronger, so it takes real lobbying by the industry (it would help to get Sara Nelson on board) to move the needle. And it would be especially awkward to drop a testing requirement right after the Biden administration started mailing tests to everyone. Leave




If Focus Mode sounds familiar, the iPhone and iPad have a feature with the same name. On both platforms, Focus Mode is a sort of a spin-off of Do Not Disturb. It works slightly differently depending on the Android device you have. We’ll demonstrate for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you’d like to show your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5‘s activity in your Discord account, link both your Discord and PlayStation Network accounts together. Here’s how to do that on your desktop and mobile device. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Automakers want electric cars to feel futuristic, and they often meet this goal by cramming new and unfamiliar features in their EVs. Unfortunately, only a handful of dorky drivers will take the time to learn these new features. That’s why Ford hopes to “gameify” the new car experience with an educational escape room game. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Got some industry news, made a new appointment or signed a new partnership? Then we want to hear from you - get in touch ! (Image credit: GSMA) GSMA appoints Telefonica CEO as new chair Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete is the new chair of mobile industry body the GSMA. The Telefonica chief executive replaces former Orange CEO Stephane Richard who was forced to vacate the post after receiving a suspende



Jones Chris Eubank Jr•
There's nothing like a fight between two boxers with a grudge, and Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams really don't like each other. They've spent weeks trading insults but now it's time for them to start trading blows. Read on as we explain how to watch a Eubank Jr. vs Williams live stream and catch all the boxing action online from anywhere in the world. Eubank Jr. vs Williams live stream Date:



It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. Next thing you know, Novi comes bursting through the wall holding a freshly squeezed pitcher of solutions to all your problems, newly backed by a $40 million bundl



Save $30: Yes, you can snag a Dutch oven without spending hundreds of dollars. As of Feb. 3, the Lodge 6.5-quart Dutch oven is on sale for just $49.97 at Walmart, a 37% markdown from its usual $79. It is early February, which means you have the right — no, the moral obligation — to cook yourself a comforting meal. And there is no better piece of cookware to make yourself the stew, the roast chick



Joe Kate McKinnon Carole•
If you watched Netflix's Tiger King or listened to Wondery's podcast about the subject, the story will never leave you. Peacock enters the zoo of stories about Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin with the trailer for JOE vs CAROLE , starring John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon. Mitchell and McKinnon play, respectively, Joe and Carole, alongside a cast that includes Kyle MacLachlan, Brian Van Holt, S



Google Pixel 6 Italy•
Enlarge / The Pixel 6. (credit: Google) Hot off the announcement that Google is seeing record sales for the Pixel 6 , the company is expanding the distribution of its flagship smartphone ever so slightly. The Google Store is now selling the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in Italy and Spain , taking the total Pixel 6 country distribution from nine countries to 11. Google's vice president of Devices & Ser



We’re well into 2022, and a brand new line-up of Samsung TVs won’t be too far away. The South Korean brand is bound to introduce both new 4K and 8K QLEDs and if its CES 2022 presence was anything to go by, brand new TVs potentially featuring hybrid QLED-OLED tech and new features like Shape Adaptive Light Control for near pixel perfect contrast. Sadly, we don’t have specific model numbers to delv



The Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card was introduced over five years ago, and has become the gold standard for premium credit cards. Before the Sapphire Reserve was introduced, premium cards were thought of as only being for the wealthy, while Chase created a product that truly had mass appeal, by offering a lot of value to cardmembers. In 2021 Chase made some positive changes to the Sapphire Reserve



Microsoft HoloLens•
Gizmodo / 1h
One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world. Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3—what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset—and infighting within the mixed reality division has fueled… Read more...



Jar Tiger Global Indians•
29TechCrunch / 1h
A seven-month-old fintech app that is helping millions of Indians to begin their investment and saving journeys for the first time in their lives has attracted the attention of Tiger Global. The Bengaluru-based Jar said on Thursday it has raised $32 million in its Series A financing round, just months after securing its seed funding . The New York-headquartered investor led the new round, with pa



Facebook Daily Users•
Enlarge / A worker picks up trash in front of the new logo in front of Meta's headquarters on October 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) If last year was bad for Meta, this year might be worse. The company’s earnings call last night painted a dismal picture. Its flagship Facebook platform lost about a million daily active users last quarter, the first time that



Biohacking is, in a way, lifehacking’s bizarro-world twin. (“Bio” means “life,” after all.) “Lifehacking” isn’t an organized movement or even really a word, never mind the name of the website you’re reading right now; biohacking has cult status and people will identify themselves as followers of the practice. Life… Read more...



Building a startup doesn’t come cheap, and that’s true whether you’re working on it full time, as a side-hustle to your day job or still contemplating how to convert your idea into a viable product. So, what’s a budding entrepreneur to do? Step one: Attend TechCrunch Early Stage 2022 , which takes place — live and in-person — on April 14 in San Francisco . Step two: Take action and snap up one of



Although 2020 and 2021 were difficult for the hotel industry (along with the rest of us), many exciting new properties opened not just across the country, but around the world, in the past two years. While I probably won’t be getting to shining stars like The Ritz-Carlton Maldives or the Four Seasons Napa Valley anytime soon, I do always keep an eye out for new hotels to try when traveling. (Phot



Covid Two UK Study•
Gizmodo / 2h
The first results from a UK trial that deliberately exposed people to the coronavirus are finally here. Among other things, the research found that people who caught the infection became symptomatic within two days and remained infectious for longer than a week. None of the volunteers became severely sick, though a… Read more...



SAVE $51 : As of Feb. 3, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 is back down to its sale price of $179 at Walmart — that's 22% off its usual price. If you're looking for a new tablet, this one's definitely a contender. Sometimes you just want a tablet that does what it's supposed to do: entertain you. And for that, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 continues to stand out. Equipped with Dolby Atmos surround sound spea



22Mashable / 2h
A new Wordle challenger approaches: Taylor Swift. Josh Wardle's wildly popular word guessing game has spawned several clones since its meteoric rise to Internet fame. There's Lewdle (NSFW words), Absurdle (adversarial Wordle ), Primel (prime numbers), and Dordle (double Wordle ), to name a few. Now we can add to that list Taylordle , aka Wordle (Taylor's version). Taylordle comes to us courtesy o




You probably don’t print as much these days, but you likely still need hard copies of documents from time to time and may be in the market for one of the best cheap printers. The technology for home printers has evolved from inkjet printers to sophisticated 3D models. The first home laser printers used mixed text and graphics, similar to dot-matrix printers. Until that point, home printing had be



1KFuturism / 2h
Meta Collapse Bad news, Mark Zuckerberg. People aren’t really interested in Facebook anymore — let alone your metaverse fever dream. Stock prices for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook , took a swan dive on Wednesday after the company revealed both a profit decline and, for the first time in its history, a shrinking userbase — leading to a sell off that resulted in a $195 billion stock



Tesla Vehicles Seat Belt•
A total of 817,143 Tesla vehicles are being recalled for a fault with the seatbelt warning system, which could fail to activate in certain situations. The start of has been 2022 a busy period for Tesla. In between shipping record numbers of cars, the automaker is dealing with a few investigations and recalls, the latest of which was issued on February 1 in regards to the firm's seat belt warning



Gizmodo / 2h
Though at times it seemed unlikely this day would ever come, the Facebook era of unrelenting user growth has finally come to an end. For the first time in its nearly 18-year-history, Facebook’s users have actually declined. Read more...



100+Ars Technica / 2h
Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches on a pillar of fire in January 2022. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX has been launching Falcon 9 rockets thick and fast of late. With 10 launches since the beginning of December, the company has flown rockets at a rate greater than one mission a week. And another launch could happen as soon as today, shortly after noon (18:13 UTC), with a Starlink satellite launch pla



Google Workspace W&AA•
Tracking down that elusive Google Docs or Sheets file could soon get a lot simpler thanks to a new search upgrade. The company has revealed it is adding a new setting to its search history tool specifically designed to find files created in its Google Workspace office software suite. The new addition will hopefully be able to track down and display those hard-to-find files directly in your search



400+Gizmodo / 2h
It’s no surprise that after the massive, massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home that Sony would want to fast-track other Spider-adjacent movies for its Spider-Man Universe. For reasons I cannot personally fathom, that seems like it’s going to be Madame Web , as Deadline reports that The Social Network and 50 Shades … Read more...



NFL Super Bowl 2022•
If you’re not into it, a room full of football fans watching a game can seem like a confusing rite from a strange cult. Still, there’s no reason to make everything awkward or make yourself look like a jackass on football’s biggest night of the year. If you’ve chosen to attend a Super Bowl party, here’s a guide for… Read more...



GameStop NFT Immutable•
As reports suggested last month, GameStop is getting into NFTs (non-fungible tokens) . The company has partnered with Immutable X to build a marketplace for NFTs, which they expect to open up later this year. People will be able to buy and sell NFTs linked to digital assets for use in various games. The items will include things like virtual real estate, character skins and weapons, according to



EPA Biden USPS tPS•
Oshkosh Corp The new US Postal Service fleet would be less efficient than a Hummer H1, and barely more frugal than the aging outgoing vehicles, the EPA has warned, throwing an EV roadblock into the multi-billion revamp of how Americans’ mail is delivered. Though the USPS had settled on a 10 year agreement for as many as 165,000 of the distinctively designed … Continue reading



36TechCrunch / 2h
California-based “XR wellness and digital psychedelics platform” Tripp continues its acquisition path to growth with its acquisition of the world’s largest VR meditation community, EvolVR , following its purchase last year of PsyAssist , a mobile app used by people to keep their psychedelic experiences on track. The acquisition comes alongside the company revealing it is working on an alternate r



Functions are key components of spreadsheet applications like Google Sheets. But if you seldom use them, or you’re just beginning, they can feel overwhelming. For the most basic actions you’d perform, here are several simple Google Sheets functions. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



When you buy the latest iPhone or Samsung Galaxy device, you expect it to pack new features that its predecessor lacked. You may also find yourself paying more money for those improvements. But Motorola is turning this common wisdom on its head with the latest iteration of its Moto G Stylus smartphone. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The BAFTA 2022 nominations have been announced – and Netflix, HBO Max and other streaming giants have more than held their own once more. Released on Thursday (February 3), this year's nominees list is as diverse as any we've seen. And with few nailed-on winners among this year's nominations, the race for the ceremony's top prizes is as open as it's ever been. Based on the sheer number of nominee



norazaminayob/Shutterstock Science VS, a Spotify-owned, award-winning podcast, will only release new episodes targeting the platform’s own misinformation problems until it enacts tougher rules. Host Wendy Zukerman and editor Blythe Terrell said the decision was in direct response to Spotify’s support of Joe Rogan, a move that “felt like a slap in the face.” Spotify found itself mired in controver



Zero Grocery is on a mission to deliver your groceries in two hours and in a way that doesn’t hurt the planet. The plastic-free grocery, home and personal care delivery startup is one of the companies we featured two years ago when discussing venture capital interest in businesses focused on reducing waste. At the time, founder and CEO Zuleyka Strasner, who started the company in 2019, had just r



Tesla Seat Belt NHTSA•
Enlarge / South Korean safety researchers discovered a bug that can prevent a Tesla's seatbelt chimes from chiming. (credit: Getty Images) Tesla has issued a new recall this week. On Tuesday it notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that some new Models S and X, as well as potentially any Models 3 or Y, might not sound the required chimes if the vehicle starts and the driver



AMD has revealed its fourth-generation EPYC server CPUs are on track to launch later this year as planned, despite supply chain disruptions. Speaking on an earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company feels “very good” about its position and has already begun sampling the new EPYC chips (codenamed Genoa) with customers. Su also confirmed that AMD’s Bergamo CPUs , a cloud-optimized offshoot bas



Australia and New Zealand are two of the countries that have taken among the strictest approaches toward managing coronavirus, with both countries more or less having kept their borders closed for the past two years. Australia recently outlined its plans to reopen borders to visitors, and now New Zealand has outlined its plans to reopen borders to visitors… but don’t get too excited. New Zealand’




Maserati Fuoriserie•
Maserati S.p.A Italian automaker Maserati (now under the helm of Stellantis) has launched its Fuoriserie customization program for 2022 Levante, Ghibli, and Quattroporte variants. The brand’s updated Fuoriserie styling collection offers new colors and materials than ever before, enabling owners to create their one-of-kind Maserati vehicle – including the all-new MC20 V6 supercar. Celebrating the



20TechCrunch / 2h
The pandemic trade ended a little while ago . The COVID-induced boom that powered a host of tech companies is also fading quickly . The results are showing up in Big Tech earnings. For startups, it’s bad news — the good times of the last few years appear to be in rapid decline, with many startups holding onto speculative valuations and revenues more nascent than impressive. The question before us



EPA Biden USPS tPS•
The Biden administration is determined to eliminate combustion engine vehicles from federal fleets, and it's not thrilled that one agency might be holding it back. According to The Washington Post , the Environmental Protection Agency and White House Council on Environmental Quality have sent letters to the US Postal Service urging it to rethink a proposal to mostly buy gas-powered next-gen deliv



Earn Act Section 230•
The EARN IT Act is a piece of legislation, first introduced in 2020 by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. Its sponsors, of which there are many, say that the bill will tackle the proliferation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) posted online. Its critics say that the bill uses an emotive subject as cover to force tech companies to further erode online



This month American Express increased their initial offer for The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card. In correspondence with readers this has proven especially popular. It’s a really undervalued card in a lot of ways – great value for the price, and not only because of the bonus. There are 9 reasons, I think, to consider getting this card. Not least of which is 130,000 points and a free



NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid that follows the same path around the Sun as Earth. Dubbed 2020 XL5, the newly discovered Trojan is the second such asteroid that has been discovered, with both discoveries occurring over the past ten years. The asteroid is shadowing Earth and as it is in the same general orbit, there is no danger … Continu



Mozilla Firefox Reality•
25TechCrunch / 3h
A top VR web browser is closing down. Today, Mozilla announced it’s shutting down its Firefox Reality browser — the four-year-old browser built for use in virtual reality environments. The technology had allowed users to access the web from within their VR headset, doing things like visiting URLs, performing searches and browsing both the 2D and 3D internet using your VR hand controllers, instead



82Futurism / 3h
New Great Wall just dropped. China is building a massive system of barriers along its 3,000 mile southern border with the supposed goal of keeping COVID-19 at bay, The Wall Street Journal reports . The decidedly Trumpian move has already reportedly disrupted day-to-day travel and trade for those living along its path. Some state media outlets have even dubbed it the “Anti-COVID Great Wall,” accor



100+Mashable / 3h
Remember how stacked Netflix's original movie slate was last year ? Well this year they've gone one (or rather 15) better, upping their movie count from 71 to 86 and teasing the lineup in a hectic (not to mention mildly cheesy) trailer. Turning to speak to the camera mid-scene are the likes of Ryan Reynolds in family film The Adam Project , Chris Hemsworth in sci-fi action Spiderhead , Halle Berr



Fortnite Anderson BM•
88Mashable / 3h
It's about to get a whole lot funkier in the wilds of Fortnite 's Battle Royale Island. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, the modern music superstars bringing classically funky vibes back to the modern soul scene as Silk Sonic, are officially joining the game with an outfit pack based on their collaboration. The '70s-inspired looks that have been such a staple of their music videos are what you can



Airstream eStream Trailer•
Enlarge / This looks much like any other of Airstream's "silver bullet" travel trailers, but the eStream is a new battery-powered concept. (credit: Airstream) Concepts—mocked-up products of the future—aren't unique to the car industry. Today's vision of an electrified future comes from a car-adjacent manufacturer: the travel trailer and coach builder Airstream. Together with its parent company, T



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Valheim Steam Deck•
As Valve’s Steam Deck prepares for launch later this month – it starts shipping at the end of February – some very positive comments have been forthcoming from game developers who’ve been playing with pre-release dev (testing) units. As PC Gamer reports, a good example is the maker of Valheim, the popular survival game (still in early access). Jonathan Smars, a programmer and designer at Iron Gat



BA Tata Cruz Air India•
I’m simultaneously amused by this concept, and also think it might not be the worst idea ever? Who will be Air India’s next CEO? Air India has finally recently been privatized , after being government-owned and losing money for years. The airline has been purchased by Tata Group, which also holds majority stakes in both Vistara and AirAsia India (and was the original owner of Air India many years



I wish I were the kind of traveler who never checked a bag. In this travel fantasy of mine, I’m also petite and svelte — the type of person who shows up at the airport in an outfit that perfectly blends fashion and comfort for a 14-hour transatlantic flight. I roll my wheelie carry-on in one perfectly manicured hand; on the other arm, a chic laptop tote bag dangles effortlessly, as if it didn’t c



Last week British Airways CEO Sean Doyle pledged to restore the airline’s reputation for premium service. Now, in a leaked memo to staff, we have a window into changes that BA is making. And so far they seem to amount to fairly weak sauce. Continue reading ...



Silent AirTags eBay Etsy•
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To make it harder for stalkers to abuse them , Apple included (and has since upgraded) several safety features that will alert someone to the presence of a nearby AirTag that’s not their own, including an audible beep. But according to PCMag , one Etsy seller was, up until very recently, selling AirTags with the speaker… Read more...



Microsoft Nadella AB•
Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) Not long after being promoted to the role of chief executive at Microsoft, in 2014, Satya Nadella had faced calls to ditch the tech group’s Xbox games division and concentrate its resources on cloud computing—to compete with rivals, such as Amazon. But instead, Nadella saw an opportunity to build new customer bases through online gaming communities. His first dea



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Halle Berry still has hope she can get her own John Wick spinoff. Legends of Tomorrow recruits a mystery new character for its season finale—who could return for more adventures. Showtime’s Let the Right One In expands its cast. Plus, new looks at Uncharted and Naomi . Spoilers now! Read more...



After Sony released the A7 III way back in 2018, I wondered if Canon and Nikon could ever catch up to its autofocus and other technology. With the launch of the 24-megapixel EOS R3 , however, it’s Canon that’s on the cutting edge with its “eye control” AF that lets you focus on a subject just by looking at it. The R3 is also Canon’s first camera with a backside illuminated, stacked sensor. That g




2022 Olympics WO NBC•
Due to the delay of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics , we’re getting two installments of the international games in quick succession. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics begin this week, bringing all of the excitement of cold-weather sports to the warmth of your living room. Every event will be available to watch or stream, and we’re here to help you find them. When do the Olympics start? NBC’s full p



AT&T Beach Pro-Am 2022•
Part elite tournament, part Caddyshack, the Pebble Beach Pro-Am is one of the most fun events on the PGA Tour, as the world's top golfers buddy up with a host of famous faces. Gophers beware, Bill Murray and Canelo are two of this year's headliners. Read on as we explain how to watch a 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am live stream online from anywhere in the world, with or without cable. AT&T Pebble



Internet Explorer may soon be set for a passage to the graveyard, but developers will be able to feel like they are still using the iconic software thanks to a new launch from its successor, Microsoft Edge . Microsoft still offers an "Internet Explorer mode" in Chromium-based Edge, but has now released a new tool to allow developers to check whether their legacy websites will still work in the mo



Toyota Supra TRI Drift•
Toyota Research Institute As the automotive community awaits the dawn of a fully autonomous, self-driving car, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has other things in mind. Care for a self-drifting vehicle, specifically a new Supra with Toyota’s Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) autonomous drifting technology? The genius minds at TRI successfully pre-programmed a Supra to drift autonomous



HBO Max's new dramedy deals with the emotional aftermath of a school shooting, a tragedy all too common in the United States.



Tesla Seat Belt NHTSA•
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Jon Fingas Contributor Jon Fingas is a contributing writer at Engadget . More posts by this contributor Facebook and Instagram may help you create and sell NFTs FCC proposes stricter requirements for reporting data breaches Tesla is once again grappling with large-scale software quality issues . The Associated Press reports Tesla has issued a recall for 817,143 cars over a flaw in seat belt chime



Musk Sweeney Twitter•
Jack Sweeney, a freshman at the University of Central Florida, said that Mr. Musk raised privacy and security concerns about his popular Twitter account, @ElonJet.



Tesla Seat Belt NHTSA•
Tesla is once again grappling with large-scale software quality issues . The Associated Press reports Tesla has issued a recall for 817,143 cars over a flaw in seat belt chime functionality. All Model 3 and Model Y cars, as well as 2021 and newer Model S and Model X cars, have a "software error" that prevents the chime from sounding on startup if the chime was interrupted and the seat belt wasn't



Motorola Stylus 2022•
A new Moto G Stylus has been announced, and the 2022 version is set to land in the US soon with a huge 5,000mAh battery, a 6.8-inch Full HD display, and a built-in stylus, much like the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is rumored to have. Unlike that Samsung phone, this is set to be a cheap phone as it's set to cost $299.99 in the US. Motorola has confirmed to TechRadar that this produ



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Rumor has it Samsung is getting ready to reboot the Galaxy Note in the form of a Galaxy S22 Ultra with built-in stylus, but Motorola has a new option for those who want to draw on a screen but don’t want to pay Samsung flagship phone prices. Read more...



Want to customize your mechanical keyboard? You have a lot of options then, but new switches will make the greatest impact. Your switch choice almost entirely dictates what your keyboard feels like to type on, so let’s go in-depth on the best switches available today. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



TVs with a 120Hz refresh rate have become sought after thanks to the latest consoles offering a 120 frames per second mode in select games. However, 120Hz TVs also solve a fundamental problem 60Hz have with cinematic content frame rates. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



We’ve all been there: we pour the perfect cup of coffee, take a few sips to wake up, and then get so distracted by morning tasks, we forget all about that gratifying brew. But have you ever wondered if your forgotten cup is safe to reheat and drink? Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



The following contains minor spoilers for episode ten of ' Star Trek: Prodigy .' One thing that’s become increasingly common among genre shows is the idea of the “mid-season finale,” where a program goes on hiatus for a bit, but not before shaking things up for the rest of the year. Even children’s shows like Star Trek: Prodigy can’t escape from this phenomenon, as the Paramount+ cartoon takes a



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. We talk about travel credit cards quite a bit here at TPG. Applying for and utilizing these cards strategically can unlock incredible travel experiences like premium-class flights or luxurious hotel rooms. However, there are a number of misconceptions out there when it comes to credit cards, so it’s important to separate fact from fi



Virtual CISO Startup•
Cynomi, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that has built a virtual CISO platform for SMBs and service providers, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Flint Capital . Typically, virtual CISO — or vCISO — services take the form of an outsourced or on-demand security practitioner that works as a remote, part-time contractor to offer cybersecurity expertise and guidance to organizations. Cyn



The next time your doorbell rings, it might be a DoorDash delivery, or one of a handful of startups all vying for grocery delivery supremacy . Or it might be a phlebotomist, ready to do your blood work in the comfort of your living room. That roving phlebotomist is the heart of Getlabs, a startup which just closed a $20 million Series A, following a seed round announced less than a year ago . Fou



Lula Delivery Convenience•
Convenience stores are typically places people run into while gassing up or if they need a quick snack, but when the global pandemic hit and no one wanted to go indoors with others, some could not survive. That was the case with Adit Gupta’s parents, who owned a convenience store in New Jersey that began struggling due to lack of business. Gupta and Tom Falzani, whom he met while at Drexel Univer



Synthetic aperture radar imaging startup ICEYE has raised $136 million in a new Series D funding round, bringing its total raised to date to $304 million and making it one of the most well-capitalized space startups outside of SpaceX. ICEYE’s focus is on remote sensing, i.e. capturing images of Earth from space, and the technology it uses to do so, with its ability to easily peer through cloud co



Web3 NFT Cameo Pass•
From Lamborghini to Twitter , everyone and their mother is dipping their toes into the tempting, chilly waters of web3, to varying degrees of success. Now, Cameo’s joining the club. Today, personalized video app Cameo announced Cameo Pass, an NFT-based community “of Cameo talent and fans along with web3 enthusiasts,” the company says. Starting on February 17, fans can mint a Cameo Pass for 0.2 ET




Digibee $25M Series•
Digibee , a low-code integration platform, is doing what all low-code integration platforms are apparently doing right now: raising funding. The company today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A round led by SoftBank Latin America Fund. Brazil-based Kinea and G2D Investments also participated in this round. Launched in 2017, Digibee makes it easy for businesses to build and deploy



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The design of the internet lets you harass and harm people without ever once interacting with them directly. Even if you're trying to defend them.



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For prospective home buyers who weren’t lucky enough to get into the game before the pandemic, the hope of a housing market crash may be the one thing to hold onto following month after month of rising prices and quick sales. Maybe prices will bottom out, we think, suddenly making homeownership more affordable and… Read more...



MTA Exchange Online•
Microsoft has added a new security layer to its Office 365 email service as it looks to improve the integrity of the messages going in and out. The company says its new protection, SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS), a feature it first announced in H2 2020, will solve problems such as expired TLS certificates, problems with third-party certificates, or unsupported secure protocols. "We



Xavier Cruells Aguilar/Shutterstock Faces come in many shapes and sizes, unlike most face masks. As a result, many people struggle to find a mask that fits properly, particularly when using the highest quality options available: N95/KN95 and surgical masks. This issue has led to what researchers are calling face mask “hacks” — essentially workarounds to get a mask to fit properly. While these … C



Nowadays most major credit card companies have online travel portals, through which you can book travel (for example, I’ve written about the Capital One travel portal ). These are worth being aware of, especially for those looking to maximize points. In this post I wanted to take a closer look at the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal. What is the Chase travel portal? Chase Ultimate Rewards has



The AirPods Pro may not have received the major update that the standard earbuds did last year, but they're still the model with the best sound quality. Plus, they now come with a MagSafe charging case, which is a great perk. Today only, you can grab a pair of AirPods Pro for $180, or 28 percent off their normal price. While not the all-time low we saw last Black Friday ($159), it's still a good



Super Bowl party fare is traditionally salty, cheesy, greasy, and meaty . Wings, pizza, burgers, dogs, and bacon-flecked, creamy dips—all delicious, but not exactly friendly to vegetarians. Read more...



I live north of the equator — and always have. Whenever I travel south of that imaginary line bisecting the globe, it feels like entering a different world. After all, the Southern Hemisphere is not only more remote, but it also has less landmass, more ocean and fewer people. Not to mention, there are fewer flights to the region . As a child (and yes, even now), it fascinates me that there is som



The venerable Garmin Forerunner 245 is approaching its third anniversary, and is definitely due an upgrade as the company begins refreshing its lineup of sports watches – but do we really need it? First, it's worth taking a moment to explore the current lineup of Forerunners. At the bottom, we have the entry-level 50 series. Above this, we have the 250 series. These are running watches for athlet



Amazon Staten Island•
Workers at LDJ5, an Amazon warehouse facility on New York's Staten Island, have filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board. It's the second facility Staten Island to make an attempt at forming a union after JFK8, and it's also seeking to be represented by the Amazon Labor Union, an independent group comprised of current and former company employees. According to CNBC , t



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The UK government has said that at-home early medical abortions can continue to take place in the country, a decision that abortion campaigners have been pushing for particularly during the pandemic. At-home early medical abortions, or telemedicine abortions, were granted temporary approval in March 2020. This method means medication can be taken at home to induce a medical termination of pregnan



Africa-focused payments startup PalmPay raised a $100 million Series A round last year. TechCrunch spotted this news in Partech Africa’s latest end-of-year report on venture capital investments in Africa. Further checks in Crunchbase and Tracxn — platforms that track funding rounds in startups and private companies globally — reveal that the company closed the round in August 2021. PalmPay came i



Twitter Articles Feature•
Since its inception, Twitter has been about content that's short and sweet. Originally capped at 140 characters, the maximum length of tweets was doubled to 280 in 2018. While this gives a little more breathing room to express opinions, the limit still forces users to be concise – or resort to tweet threads. But a new option could be on the horizon. Evidence has been unearthed that Twitter is wor



Fans are back, long-suffering France and Scotland could hardly be in better shape, plus Ireland, England and reigning champions Wales aren't looking bad either. This year's Six Nations tournament has all the ingredients of a comeback to remember. Read on as our guide explains how to watch a 2022 Six Nations live stream - including free-to-air coverage in the UK and Ireland . Six Nations free live



If you're in the market for a big-screen 4K TV and you don't want to break the bank, this incredible deal from Amazon on a Sony 65-inch panel is well worth snapping up. Amazon has slashed the price of the Sony X86J 65-inch 4K TV from $1199.99 to just $798 – that's a saving of over $400, and the lowest price we've ever seen for this model. (Not in the US? Scroll down for the best prices in your re



Portrait of soprano Ethyl Wise. Handwritten on front: “Ethyl Wise, coloratura soprano, 1946.” Handwritten on back: “Ethll [sic] Wise.” Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library



It’s been getting harder to enjoy the American Express Centurion Lounge network. What was once a quiet oasis in the bustling airport has turned into a place that some are actively avoiding. Between waitlists and limited operating hours, many cardmembers of Amex’s premium cards (and TPG staff alike) have complained in recent months about the Centurion Lounge. While the experience vastly differs ba



United’s financial advisors “have begun contacting potential investors including private equity firms” about a sale of less than 15% of the MileagePlus program. The buyer may be a strategic partner “to help better monetize data from the business.” A sale could bring over $3 billion in cash. Continue reading ...



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With toilet paper and kitchen rolls in its product portfolio for now, and a lot more coming down the pipe, Cloud Paper is a sustainable, bamboo-based alternative to toilet paper made from whatever toilet paper is usually made from. The company raised a $5 million round from an impressive cadre of investors to expand its product line and start going after more commercial applications for its produ




ISO 2022 ELEVEN Payments•
Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. General Atlantic and Endeavor Catalyst joined existing backers Piton Capital, Global Founders Capital, InQLab, Kingsway Capital, Solid Ventures, Grupo Auteco, Amador and Condor Inverlink in participating in the round,



Here in the U.S., the corporate spend space is getting increasingly competitive, with several startups clamoring to gain market share. But in the Middle East, the market is far less crowded. And one new startup, Pluto , is hoping to gain traction in the region in the same way its counterparts here in the U.S. have in their home countries. In fact, Pluto’s self-proclaimed mission statement is that



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When Vincent Jiang was working as a software developer, his daily job was to build tables for financial analysts so they could create financial reports on trading strategies. He thought that in some cases, the analysts could do that themselves rather than relying heavily on the engineering workforce — they just needed the right tools to get them up-and-running. That’s how the idea for Acho , a su



Need a way to play your collection of MP3, OGG, and FLAC music files right from the Linux command line? Here’s how to do it with a competent, lightweight terminal-based player. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



UK Energy Ofgem April•
UK energy regulator Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will rise by a whopping £693 on 1 April. The energy price cap, which restricts how much energy suppliers can charge, will increase for 22 million customers across the UK. If you’re on a standard default tariff and pay for your fuel via direct debit, then you will see an increase of £693, from £1,277 to £1,971 per year, on average.



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Are you considering the switch to YouTube Music? We've got everything from plans to playlists.



Google Workspace ES•
Google thinks it has a way to break the lock rivals like Microsoft have on the office landscape: let employees take (some) matters into their own hands. The company has introduced a free Workspace Essentials Starter Edition you can use just by signing up with your work email. You won't get Gmail services, but you will get access to Chat, Docs, Drive, Meet, Sheets and Slides. There's no subtlety i



Microsoft HoloLens•
Microsoft has reportedly scrapped work on the HoloLens 3 mixed reality headset, leaving workers furious. A report from Insider speaking to more than 20 current and former workers on the Hololens team added that a potential partnership with Samsung has also inflamed divisions within the company, with some workers feel that scrapping the next generation of the headset is the beginning of the end, d



A new prosthetic hand from Ukrainian startup Esper Bionics is among the lightest on the market yet. During tests, volunteers managed to easily perform tasks, like opening cans and bottles, cutting fruit, and using digital devices. The creators claim that the hand's self-learning technology can improve user experience with time. It is still unclear when the prosthesis will become commercially avai



Every so often you watch a fight scene that is so awesome, so face-meltingly epic, that you have no choice but to freak out and cheer. That was my reaction to the climactic battle of The Legend of Vox Machina 's second episode, "The Terror of Tal'Dorei — Part 2." I laughed, leapt out of my seat, and vigorously punched the air as (spoilers) the band of mercenaries known as Vox Machina took down th



Vodafone European Cevian•
Vodafone has confirmed it is holding talks with rivals in several European markets about possible mergers and has urged regulators to keep an open mind when it comes to such transactions Market consolidation has been a long-term ambition for the sector, with operators arguing that this would help cut costs and fund investments in full fibre and 5G infrastructure. However, some regulators, includi



Ucl London Scooters•
Researchers are working with e-scooter hire companies in the UK to develop a distinctive noise that will warn pedestrians about approaching vehicles. As The Guardian explains, Dott, Lime, and Tier are collaborating with a team from University College London to create a noise should be particularly helpful for people with sight loss. There are already similar rules in place for electric cars in ma



New Zealand has announced its 5-step plan to re-open borders and it includes welcoming American tourists without quarantine starting in July – or earlier. This upgrades the chances that Australia's plan to re-open to tourism before Easter will hold. If New Zealand's Prime Minister can talk about re-opening publicly, then the politics of re-opening across the Tasman have a greater chance of workin



Wordle Years Daily•
While Wordle has been bought by the New York Times for an undisclosed amount, a method has been discovered to play the game offline for years to come, while still being able to share your daily results as normal. Since the debut of Wordle in November 2021, which was meant by Josh Wardle to be used as a way of keeping in touch with his partner , it’s grown into over 300,000 users playing a day. Sh



A quality home theater setup can make a huge difference to your movie nights, but getting the latest and greatest kit can be pricey. Thankfully, this amazing Polk Audio React soundbar deal at Amazon means you can enjoy impressive cinematic audio even on a budget. Amazon's latest deal brings the Polk Audio React back down to $179 , the lowest price we've seen and a saving of $90. We're yet to see



While we’re all waiting for the Galaxy S22 to break cover, Samsung’s latest Fan Edition smartphone seems a little late to the party. The Galaxy S21 FE lands a full year after the original S21, with similar looks and specs — if a reduced price of entry. The camera isn’t quite as capable as the S21, but the FE has a bright 120Hz screen and decent battery life. You win some, you lose some. Engadget



Crypto DeFi Wormhole•
Wormhole , a popular cryptocurrency platform that offers bridges between multiple blockchains, announced on Twitter that it noticed an exploit. The attacker apparently exploited the bridge between the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. It redirected around $320 million worth of ETH to crypto wallets that don’t belong to the Wormhole team. A bridge is a combination of smart contracts that facilitate



Hopper $5B Secondary•
Hopper , the mobile travel booking startup and app that lets users book flights, hotels, cars, and — most recently — short-term home rentals a la Airbnb and VRBO, has been on a fast pace of growth in the wake of Covid-19 travel restrictions loosening up in the last year, with 70 million downloads to date and $2 billion+ in travel sales last year. Now the company is gearing up for its next steps.



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The country’s new government is struggling to assert its authority over the messaging app, which officials believe has been used to organize violent incidents.




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Workers say the shortened workweek is a success, but the reality is more complicated.



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In the wake of a voter-approved law, Subaru and Kia dealers in Massachusetts have disabled systems that allow remote starts and send maintenance alerts.



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If you're shivering and shaking outside this winter, there's still time to score a discount on insulated jackets and warm base layers.



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Human rights activist and Mos founder Amira Yahyaoui couldn’t afford to go to college, so when she first launched a platform to connect students to scholarships, the innovation felt full circle. Since its 2017 inception, Mos has opened access to a pool of over $160 billion in financial aid to the more than 400,000 students within its community. Now, hoping to tear down yet another financial barri



Email is more like physical mail than we might like. You probably get tons of unwanted emails, but unlike physical mail that can literally fill your mailbox until you dispose of it, you can let unread emails pile up forever. Don’t let that happen to you. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Link: Apply now for the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card (this is the best publicly available offer for the card, and we appreciate your support if you use our link) In late 2021 we saw the introduction of the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card , which is Capital One’s new premium credit card . This card builds on the basics of the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card ( review



Apple Yas Mall Abu Dhabi•
Apple today announced the opening of its brand new store at Yas Mall Abu Dhabi. Nearly doubling the size of the original location that opened in 2015, the store serves as a reimagined space for customers to browse Apple’s latest products and services, receive the best support from knowledgeable team members, and participate in free Today at Apple sessions. “With the opening of the newly expanded



Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford MBE knows a thing or two about how to sleep better, because if he doesn’t, his performance takes a hit. “Sleep is our superpower. Without the correct amount of sleep, performance goes down, and that’s a fact for everybody,” Rutherford tells TechRadar. “It’s very rare to come across an athlete who is able to train well and perform well if they are sleeping badly. An



People Covid 42 Hours•
The news: People who’ve caught covid become infectious far more quickly than previously believed, according to the world’s first “human challenge” study in which healthy young volunteers were deliberately infected with the virus. The study, carried out by a team led by researchers at Imperial College London, is the first to watch what happens from the moment someone is infected with SARS-CoV-2. T



Twitter Articles Feature•
Twitter increased its character limit over the years from 140 to 280 to give users more leeway with what they want to say. That's not always enough, though, which is why the term "tweetstorm" to indicate a series of interconnected tweets was coined. People also sometimes post images of lengthy statements instead. Based on a new discovery by Jane Manchun Wong , though, Twitter is working on a new



Studytube Dutch Springest•
Studytube , a Dutch online learning platform, has acquired Springest , a European training-booking marketplace. Simultaneously it’s closed a $30 million Series B investment round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and existing investor Verdane Capital. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Studytube offers mid-sized and large enterprises an online learning and development platform through



Nvidia RTX 3090 GPU•
Nvidia’s RTX 3090 Ti was revealed at CES 2022 and confirmed to be incoming, but despite rumors of a launch at the end of January, the new flagship graphics card hasn’t turned up yet – and the GPU grapevine is now rife with speculation about why that might be, and a potentially ‘indefinite’ delay. As we pointed out recently , Nvidia has been frustratingly silent on the issue of the launch timefram



2022 Sony XR OLED QD-OLED•
As we lean further into 2022, we're starting to hear details from all the big TV brands about their line-ups for this year, including Philips and Samsung. Naturally, Sony is no different, having just announced the A75K OLED TV, which will offer some pretty premium features at an "affordable", mid-range price point. As reported by FlatPanelsHD , the A75K follows the announcement of the high-spec A



Murderville is like an episode-length version of that pregnant pause you get right before someone breaks in a Saturday Night Live sketch. You know it's coming. So do they. They're still trying to keep it professional, but we all know they're going to fail. There is joy in that failure. I love this show for the same reason we all love an unexpected SNL break. Will Arnett is perfectly cast as the l



Xiaomi 12 Mini Render 6•
Although the Xiaomi 12 is a relatively compact phone compared to its Mi 11 predecessor, with a display just 6.28 inches diagonally, we've actually been hearing about an even smaller member of the family called the Xiaomi 12 Mini. The latest information on this device comes from a leaker called @Shadow_leak , who has an admittedly dubious track record - they shared an image labeled 'Xiaomi 12 Mini



HitPiece NFT Music•
A website called HitPiece that has been selling music-related NFTs has temporarily closed after artists accused it of appropriating their work without permission, Rolling Stone has reported. Outraged social media posts were issued recently from artists including Jack Antonoff, Eve 6, and Sadie Dupuis. "Any [Bleachers] NFTs are fake," Tweeted Jack Antonoff. "I do not believe in NFTs so anything yo



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When my mom fell victim to a phone scam, we learned a painful truth: The explosion of personal finance apps makes it all too easy to target vulnerable people.



Suicide Squad 2023•
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League , the next superhero action game from Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady, has been delayed to 2023. Originally scheduled to release sometime later this year, Bloomberg reports that publisher Warner Bros. has quietly delayed the upcoming video game, citing people familiar with its development. Rocksteady’s first title since wrapping up the acclaimed Batman Ar



Nintendo Switch Wii•
Nintendo Switch has now surpassed the Wii’s lifetime sales in just under five years, making it the fastest home console to hit the 100 million sales mark. Nintendo announced that the Switch had shipped 10.67 million units between October and December 2021, despite ongoing complications due to the global semiconductor shortage. It means the Switch has now shipped 103.54 million units, overtaking t




Samsung Galaxy S22•
Samsung isn’t announcing the Galaxy S22 Ultra until February 9, but some lucky people are already getting access to it, and one of those people has shared their impressions. A Verizon sales rep posted on Reddit under the name iSmokeGSCookies, claiming that they’ve seen and held the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and answering questions. They claimed that the phone looks a lot like the Samsung Galaxy N



Toyota Supra TRI Drift•
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When we talk about autonomous driving today, we typically mean cars that can drive by themselves on the highway, recognize some of the dangers on the road, and perhaps do a few advanced tasks such as autonomously change lanes or park themselves. But advanced stunts like drifting are still firmly in the realm of human driving...or are they? Toyota Research Institute has released a video showing a



TL;DR: As of Feb. 3, the VVFLY Smart Snore Eye Mask is on sale for just $64.99 — that's 34% down from its regular price of $99. Blackout curtains usually aren't the most fashionable decor you can choose for your home. Instead of darkening the vibe of your entire space, why not just grab a sleep mask that allows you to catch some extra z's as the light starts to peek through the windows? The VVFLY



TL;DR: These Bamboo Smart Pocket Sheets are on sale as of Feb. 3 — get twin , full , queen , or king sets for up to 73% off. Your sheets might be past their prime. If you don’t notice visible signs of wear-and-tear — thinning, fading, discoloration — you may be able to feel the decline. Either way, crappy sheets could lead to crappy sleep . If you’re overdue for a new set, these Bamboo Smart Pock



TL;DR: As of Feb. 3, the 10-Ft Cloth MFi-Certified Lightning Cable from Aduro is on sale: get one cable for $14.99 (regularly $39, savings of 62%), a two-pack for $23.99 (regularly $79, savings of 70%), or a three-pack for $39.99 (regularly $199, savings of 66%). There’s a lot to be said about Apple’s stock Lightning cables. But it's not very common that you hear rave reviews about their durabili



New Moon Knight and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailers will air during this year's Super Bowl, according to reports. Ahead of this year's NFL Championship game, Deadline has claimed that Marvel Studios' next TV show and movie will form part of the Super Bowl's TV commercial line up. Deadline's report seems pretty believable too, with prominent Marvel leaker DanielRPK (per the Do



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Kyoto Fusioneering•
With startups getting into nuclear technology, it’s no surprise to see more fund-raising happening. Now, Kyoto Fusioneering , a fusion energy startup based out of Japan but increasingly expanding abroad, has raised 1.33 billion yen (US$ 11.7 million) in its latest round of funding. The company has now raised 1.67 billion yen (US$ 14.7 million) to date. In 2020 the U.K. government-backed STEP, a p



Realme 9 Pro India•
Realme's numbered series of cheap phones were always interesting budget blowers, but the company rarely made a song and dance around them like it did its GT series of mid-rangers - that seems to be changing though. The brand has been gradually building hype about the Realme 9 Pro series of phones, with a series of teases and feature announcements, and it's now confirmed that the line will debut o



Nintendo Switch Wii•
While Sony's holiday console sales were down due to parts shortages, Nintendo managed to have a strong quarter with the Switch. Thanks to what it called a "good start" by the OLED Switch , it sold 10.67 million units in Q3 (October to December), far surpassing the 3.9 million PS5 units sold by Sony. That takes total Switch sales to 103.54 million since it launched in 2017, allowing it to surpass



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There are many reasons to think the traditional venture industry may be at a tipping point after a very good run. The most obvious indication are the sizzling returns private investors have made in recent years, while public shareholders haven’t fared so well. Consider data published yesterday by the WSJ, showing that venture-backed darlings to go public over the last 13 months, including DoorDas



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TL;DR: As of Feb. 3, The Ultimate Project Management Bundle — worth $1,752 — is on sale for $29.99. That's savings of 98%. In today's economy , businesses are trying to be as efficient and cost-effective as possible. But that can feel downright impossible for new business owners . Understanding and employing project management techniques could help you out — and this affordable training from Alph



Microsoft HoloLens•
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The future of Microsoft's HoloLens is reportedly uncertain as the company struggles to put together a coherent mixed reality strategy. According to Business Insider , the tech giant has scrapped its plans for what would've been the HoloLens 3 in recent months. At least one of the publication's sources believes it's the end for the headset. In addition, the sources said Microsoft inked a deal to t



Snapshift Highland Europe•
With the so-called “Great resignation” many frontline workers (nurses, truck drivers etc) are re-assessing their lives in the wake of the pandemic, while older companies are struggling with this new world order. Employees also also now demanding better communication, so appy-fying those comms makes sense. France-based Snapshift started out as a staff management web solution for restaurants and ra
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More than 80% of the world’s workforce, some 2.7 billion people , do not spend their days in front of computers, and that has led to a strong disparity when it comes to technology, with some 1% of IT investment targeting them as users. That’s been changing very rapidly with the rise of smartphones and apps, and today, one of the startups that’s seen its business boom as a result of that trend is



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Ozark actor Julia Garner dropped by The Tonight Show to demonstrate the accent she used to play the titular Anna Delvey in upcoming Netflix series Inventing Anna . Speaking to host Jimmy Fallon, Garner stated that the unconventional mix of different accents was "probably the hardest accent [she'd] ever done." "This is a girl who is saying that she's German but she's really Russian, so she's not g



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Video is the beating heart of the most popular content online these days, and it’s not just because it’s entertaining. It’s also because of how accessible it is: it’s become incredibly easy for anyone, whether you’re technical or not, to make, post or watch video. Today, a London-based startup called Veed that’s built an online-only, web-based platform for all those video creators to edit and pub



Annotell Raises Autonomous•
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As the automotive industry inches slowly ahead on the road to self-driving vehicles, we’re seeing the emergence of startups aiming to fill in some of the technical gaps in autonomous systems as they exist today. In the latest development, Annotell , a startup out of Sweden that makes software to assess the performance of autonomous systems’ perception capabilities, and how to improve that, is tod



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YouTube is a dark place filled with misinformation and radicalisation rabbit holes , so it isn't a great idea to spend a lot of time following its breadcrumb trail of suggested videos. But if you or a loved one still insist on doing so — or are brashly confident in your unique ability to resist the YouTube algorithm Pied Piper — dimming the video streaming platform's background by turning on its




Raising By Wolves returns - beware false prophets, hidden treasures and the giant serpent that's now roaming the forests of Kepler-22b in the second season of Ridley Scott's surreal and visually spectacular sci-fi drama. Read on to find out how to watch Raised By Wolves season 2 online wherever you are in the world. In the US? Sign up to HBO Max and save 20% on annual plans Watch Raised By Wolves



Lami Bluewave Africa•
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Kenyan insurtech startup Lami Technologies has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency for an undisclosed amount as it seeks to make insurance covers accessible to more people across Africa. Bluewave insurance, also a Kenyan startup, was founded by Adelaide Odhiambo, who now joins Lami as the head of commercial partnerships. Since its launch in 2016, Bluewave has built an online platform that allows c


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