Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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Super Bowl Halftime•
6KMashable / 1d
The Super Bowl LVI halftime show was a nostalgia bomb for Millennials and Gen Xers. The internet was loving it — while also grappling with the fact that we're old, now. The show featured a whole bevy of performers associated with Dr. Dre, who produced the show, including Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. So of course, when 50 came out and performed "In Da Club," or D



Swappie European Verdane•
TechCrunch / 58min
Finland-based Swappie refurbishes and resells used iPhones, taking care of the entire process, and selling the refurbished devices via its own marketplace, with a 12-month warranty. Back in 2020, it closed a €35.8 million ($40.6M) Series B to expand into new markets in Europe. It’s now raised a $124M (€108M) Series C funding round led by growth equity firm Verdane, alongside existing investors Li



Gizmodo / 50min
Projectors were once the exclusive choice of home theater enthusiasts happy to plunk down tens of thousands of dollars for a 100-inch screen. But projectors have since dropped in price significantly, thanks in part to companies like Epson whose new 4K laser projector uses cheaper high-def components in a clever way to… Read more...




TechCrunch / 16min
During the worst throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, very few people could travel. Meanwhile, both 2021 and 2022 were predicted to be the years of “revenge travel” where people would do a great deal more. Or at least plan more. In the background was a site that allowed people to travel virtually, either out of sheer interest, or to plan their own travel. Heygo’s live tours are live-streamed by, it s
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One week after sharing a supercut of podcaster Joe Rogan repeatedly saying the N-word , India.Arie has joined Daily Show host Trevor Noah for a serious talk about Rogan, racism, and removing her music from Spotify. In a 30-minute interview, the singer-songwriter and Noah discussed everything from responding to racist behaviour, to Spotify's abysmal compensation for artists, to personal truths. "I



Large merchants, particularly those that operate in more than one geography, have to support an array of payments methods. Each payment integration requires in-house technical work and the remodeling of one’s platform to fit their plugins. It’s an extensive process that has seen some Big Tech companies build dedicated teams to manage different connections, data and cycles with the payments gatewa



Lenovo is working accelerating opportunities for students in the UAE in gaming through the rollout of the Lenovo Esports program – a bespoke gaming solution for K-12 and university institutions with an interest in advancing their gaming offering. As part of the collaboration, Lenovo has launched its first ‘Legion Gaming Zone’ at GEMS Modern Academy in Dubai powered by Legion PCs and monitors for



Tower Semiconductor•
Intel could soon announce a nearly $6 billion acquisition that would give its fledgling foundry business a boost, according to The Wall Street Journal . The chip giant is reportedly close to clinching a deal to purchase Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor, and it could be announced sometime this week unless the talks suddenly fall apart. Tower, which has a market value of around $3.6 billion



Companies with more than one million users’ data must undergo a review before listing overseas.



37Mashable / 2h
No, you're not going mad. The splintering of Wordle has arrived. As the clock hit midnight around the world on Feb. 14 and a new Wordle refreshed itself on browsers everywhere, players discovered that for the first time, that day's answer wasn't the same word for everyone. (Don't worry — I won't spoil the solution until the end of the post.) Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted



System OM Olympus•
The OM-1 is back – almost fifty years after the arrival of Olympus' classic SLR, the OM-1 name has made a surprise return on the debut mirrorless camera from OM Digital Solutions. It may have the OM-1 name, but the new Micro Four Thirds camera is really a sequel to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III from early 2020. This means it lacks the vintage styling of its trailblazing predecessor, but the new



Missouri Parson CC•
25Gizmodo / 2h
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s wacky but chilling public persecution of a journalist he accused of “hacking” a state education website has thankfully been put to an end. Despite all the ruckus, apparently Parson still does not know what hacking actually means. Read more...



After being delayed last summer, we've now been given an idea of how Intel's upcoming Sapphire Rapids processors will compare against its own Ice Lake Xeon Platinum 8380 and AMD's EPYC 7773X (Milan-X) chips. As reported by Tom's Hardware , hardware leaker YuuKi-AnS tested the three processors in dual-socket configurations and posted the benchmark results on Twitter. Intel's upcoming Sapphire Rapi



TL;DR: The 2022 Complete Digital Advertising Bundle is on sale for £22.19, saving you 98% on list price. Some things never change. Advertising is not one of those things. In fact, the advertising industry has changed more over the past 40 years than most of us even realise. And due to the ever-changing shift in media consumption, it’ll likely look drastically different in the next 40. If your adv



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Sticky Password Premium is on sale for £22.19, saving you 85% on list price. We all have our own individual goals for 2022, and if yours was to be more organised, there's no better place to start than cleaning up your digital footprint. It's so easy to lose track of all of the information you're constantly loading into your devices and all of the passwords you ha



SAVE 85%: ZenMate VPN can reliable access the American version of Prime Video. A three-year subscription to ZenMate VPN is on sale for £51.84 — 85% off list price for a limited time. Please take a seat, because we're about to blow your mind. You know you shell out for an Amazon Prime subscription? Well, your subscription doesn't grant you access to all the content hosted by Prime Video . We know



The Conrad Bora Bora is one of my favorite Hilton properties in the world ( read my review of the Conrad Bora Bora )… it’s one of the things Paris Hilton and I have in common . The catch is that for the past few years, saver level free night availability at this hotel has been very hard to come by. When there has been availability, it has often only been for a week or so over the course of the en



LG is back with two new CineBeam laser projector models packing high peak brightness, including one that can be placed very close to a wall or screen.



Instagram Stories Likes•
Instagram is rolling out simpler Story likes from today, allowing users to show their appreciation for others' Stories without having to send them a DM. The new feature should make interacting with Stories much less messy — at least, from an aesthetic point of view. Once the update hits you, you'll be able to find the private Story like option between the "Send message" text box and the paper air



Gizmodo / 5h
The awkward tech couple accused of trying to launder billions of dollars in stolen Bitcoin has been temporarily split up. Jailed since their early February arrest, the husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, remains behind bars, while his wife, 31-year-old Heather Morgan, has been granted bail by a Washington D.C. judge, the… Read more...



A BBC investigation has found virtual sex parties are taking place in a popular online children’s game.




Whether you're a serious enthusiast or a professional photographer, removable-lens cameras have been the tool of choice for the better part of a century.



Uber and Lyft drivers in New York City are about to get a boost in their paychecks. Last week NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city would increase its minimum driver pay rate for both Uber and Lyft, the second such move since 2018. Both ride hail apps will have to pay their NYC drivers a minimum of $1.161 per mile and $0.529 per minute, which amounts to roughly a 5.3 percent raise. It’s th



An OpenAI scientist recently claimed some artificial intelligence may be "slightly" conscious, kicking off a firestorm of controversy among experts.



Opera Yat Emoji Web•
The humble browser address bar just got an emoji-forward glow up. Opera announced Monday that it has fully integrated with Yat , an emoji-based identification system that involves people buying and selling emoji . The latest version of the Chromium-based browser now lets users enter emoji in place of standard domains in the web address bar. If the string of emoji corresponds to an existing Yat, t



MindFi $2M Seed Mental•
34TechCrunch / 7h
Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. To do that, it develops programs for its app, available as an employee benefit, with local providers that take into account religion, gender stereotypes, racial representation, communication style and values, co-founder and CEO Bjorn Lee told TechCrunch. Today the Sing



68TechCrunch / 7h
Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, Reebelo wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. “What we have seen is that many younger generations are very much open to the idea of sustainable consumption,” co-founder Philip Franta told TechCrunch. “We see a lot of growth and momentum in the space globally, but also here in this region, because I th



Enlarge / A rendering of a spacewalk happening outside of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. (credit: SpaceX ) One of the most visually appealing Super Bowl advertisements on Sunday night starred Matthew McConaughey dressed as an astronaut. The advertisement begins with suggestive images of McConaughey in space only to find him in a hot air balloon. "It's not time to escape, it's time to engage," McConaug



Google has updated its VoIP service in an effort to make it cheaper for those using Google Voice in Europe to call other countries in the continent. First launched back in 2009, the search giant's VoIP service came about as a result of its $50m acquisition of GrandCentral in 2005. While Google Voice has long allowed American users to call mobile phones and landlines in the US and Canada for free,



87Gizmodo / 8h
After years of waiting and wondering, this weekend Amazon finally gave us a look at what it’s been working on in Middle-earth. The first teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is here, and it’s filled with familiar faces , dire portents, and a few hints at what we can expect from the show—here’s all the… Read more...



Following weeks of occupation that have paralyzed the nation’s capital and other cities throughout the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act to respond to the “Freedom Convoy” protests. The act grants the federal government additional temporary powers to deal with critical situations and has never been used since its creation in 1988. In a press conference



27TechCrunch / 8h
According to eMarketer , Japan and Korea’s e-commerce markets were estimated at $144 billion and $121 billion, respectively, in 2021. Despite the large e-commerce market size, both countries have fewer e-commerce aggregators than other countries with smaller markets, South Korean e-commerce aggregator New Vessel said. The startup announced today it has raised an undisclosed seed round co-led by S



CDC Omicron COVID Booster•
Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination center. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images ) COVID-19 booster doses are largely holding up against the ultratransmissible omicron variant, despite the fact that protection inevitably wanes over time, according to a recent study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Still, with the boosters' inevitable



It turns out the space object destined to crash into the moon is related to a Chinese rocket launch, not the DSCOVR mission as first claimed.



Childcare centres have embraced apps to monitor kids but not all parents are convinced of the benefits.



Credit cards can often provide opportunities to rack up travel rewards like airline miles or hotel points. But if simplicity and a solid return on spending are your top priorities, you can’t go wrong with a cash-back credit card . For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for TPG daily newsletter . Before you start shopping for a new card , though, it’s a good idea to think



Areas of New York City with higher rates of “stop-and-frisk” police searches have more closed-circuit TV cameras, according to a new report from Amnesty International ’s Decode Surveillance NYC project. Beginning in April 2021, over 7,000 volunteers began surveying New York City’s streets through Google Street View to document the location of cameras; the volunteers assessed 45,000 intersections



Horizon Forbidden West•
The first round of "Horizon Forbidden West" reviews are live, and they have gamers excited. Should you play "Horizon Zero Dawn" first or keep putting it off?



40TechCrunch / 9h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here . Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, February 14, 2022! Oh, what we have for you today. If you wanted mega-rounds, Apple’s latest hijinks, and even some political-hacker drama, TechCrunch has your back! Before we dive in, tickets for our Sessions: Mobility



IBM Dinobabies Older•
Enlarge / Earl Sinclair and Baby Sinclair (not actual IBM employees). (credit: Disney ) A former high-level IBM executive wrote an internal message calling older workers "dinobabies" who should go "extinct," according to a plaintiff's filing in an age-discrimination lawsuit against IBM. "In arbitration, Plaintiff's counsel have obtained evidence showing high level executive communications demonst



55Gizmodo / 9h
If you’re excited about Prime Video’s lavish Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power TV series, chances are you’re also excited by Warner Bros.’ The War of the Rohirrim anime movie, announced last summer. Unfortunately, you’ll be waiting quite a while for the horse-lords of Middle-earth to come trotting onto movie… Read more...




Enlarge (credit: Lee et al.) Most muscles in our bodies only act in response to incoming nerve signals, which have to trigger each individual muscle cell to contract or relax. But heart muscle is different. The impulses that trigger contraction in heart muscle are passed from one muscle cell to its neighbors, leading to a rhythmic wave of contractions. This is so thoroughly built into the system



Since January, a host of countries have relaxed COVID-19 restrictions to make the experience for incoming travelers easier. Some countries like Sweden have eliminated protocols altogether, while others like Australia have kept some safeguards in place. At the same time, a few countries, primarily in Europe, have made it more difficult for Americans to visit by requiring a booster shot. For more T



67Futurism / 9h
Im-Paul-sible YouTuber and public menace Logan Paul is starting his own NFT marketplace — because we live in the absolute worst possible timeline. According to early February filings , the YouTuber-turned-boxer will be granted the trademark for “Originals by Logan Paul” and “Originals DAO,” referring to a a blockchain-based entity, known as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization in which members



200+Futurism / 9h
The BBC reports that a team of Australian researchers gave a small flock of sheep “exceptionally sharp eyesight” — at least for sheep — using bionic eyes surgically implanted behind their retinas. The idea behind the wooly experiment was to make sure the implants didn’t cause undesirable side effects. Now, the team from the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales say they’ve fi



NFT OpenSea Cent Fraud•
1KFuturism / 9h
A marketplace best known for selling a non-fungible token (NFT) of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet has had to “pause” nearly all sales because they were being used to break the law. As first reported by Reuters , the NFT marketplace Cent has had to shut down almost all sales because, as CEO Cameron Hejazi admitted, “there’s a spectrum of activity that is happening that basically shou



RedLine Windows 11•
If you're planning on updating your PC, make sure you only follow official methods, as there's new malware in the wild pretending to be a Windows 11 installer.



26TechCrunch / 10h
When SpaceX’s first paying space customer flew on a Crew Dragon with a handpicked crew of three last year, it had all the markings of a one-and-done stunt kind of thing. Billionaire Jared Isaacman was the driving force behind the trip, which spanned a few days and saw them spend their time in low Earth orbit. But Isaacman seems to be interested in more than just a few photo ops (oh, and there was



Tesla Netherlands Evs•
Tesla said Monday that non-Tesla owners can charge their electric vehicles at all Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. The announcement marks an expansion of a pilot program that kicked off in November 2021 with 10 stations. CEO Elon Musk had initially expressed interest in opening up the Supercharger network to other EVs in the summer of the same year. Unlike other automakers, Tesla operate



Isaacman Three SpaceX•
Billionaire Jared Isaacman apparently hasn't gotten enough of space with last year's Inpiration4 mission. He's agreed to underwrite three more SpaceX flights – including the first crewed Starship mission – under the banner of the "Polaris Program." Isaacman, who funded and commanded the Inspiration4 mission aboard a modified SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule, is set to command the first of three mission



Iberia is offering discounted flights to the historic city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain from major U.S. cities. Sign up for our daily newsletter for more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox. (Domingo Leiva/Getty Images) Secret Flying reported the basic economy fares to Spain, which can be booked from March to December, excluding the summer months. Deal basics Airline: Iberia. Rout



BlockFi SEC Crypto•
31TechCrunch / 10h
Crypto lending platform BlockFi will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $100 million in a settlement over claims that the company violated securities law through its interest account offering, the regulator announced today . The settlement represents the largest recorded penalty incurred by a crypto firm, Axios first reported . BlockFi will pay $50 million of the penalty direct



100+Gizmodo / 10h
When it’s looking like a Wonder Twins movie might actually become a reality, it’s OK to question reality. But yes, you are alive, you are reading this, and Warner Bros. has hired someone to write and direct a movie based on DC’s Wonder Twins . Read more...



Volcanic eruptions are more than juicy fodder for middle-school science fair projects. When hot gasses and molten rock spew from openings in the earth, it can quickly alter landscapes, level buildings, and kill a lot of people. Just ask the citizens of ancient Pompeii (if you can find anyone.) Read more...



Devaluations are an inevitable reality in the world of loyalty programs. But when one program that has long been a standout in terms of value loses some of its luster, it stings just a bit more than usual. Earlier, we learned of Hyatt’s annual award chart update , a rejiggering of the categories to which Hyatt properties are assigned. In early 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Hyatt shifted on



Several firms are working on artificial eye tech that incorporates wireless, embedded sensors.



Joby ANA US Bring Japan•
28TechCrunch / 10h
Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation will be partnering with the two companies, as well, in order to explore ways to connect the air taxis to ground-based transportation. Joby’s intent to start up operations in Japan comes to light a week after the company announced plans to launch an air taxi service in Sout



25Ars Technica / 10h
Blade Runner 2049 Enlarge / An image from 2017's Blade Runner 2049 . (credit: Warner Bros. ) Amazon Studios has begun developing a live-action TV series set in the Blade Runner universe, according to reporting from entertainment industry publication Deadline . The series will be titled Blade Runner 2099 , and it will follow 2017's Blade Runner 2049 , which was directed by Denis Villeneuve ( Arriv



54Mashable / 10h
Sure, romantic nights out on the town for Valentine's Day are great and all. But have you tried staying indoors to cuss profusely at video games you're bad at together? In all seriousness, the act of play can be essential to maintaining a healthy, loving, long-lasting relationship. The right cooperative video game often helps players strengthen our bonds to one another, test our ability to commun



38Lifehacker / 10h
No matter your opinion on Dr. Gary Chapman and his “5 Love Languages,” (some say it revolutionized their marriage ; some say Chapman, a Baptist pastor with a Ph.D. in adult education, is a “ therapeutic fraud ”), you can’t deny that the idea he made mainstream—focusing on showing love and affection to our romantic … Read more...



Opera Yat Emoji Web•
Following the release of its dedicated crypto browser , Opera is innovating once again by becoming the first browser to enable emoji-only based web addresses. This marks the first time in the history of the internet that users will be able to navigate to websites by entering a string of emoji into the URL bar instead of letters and words. The addition of emoji in Opera was made possible through a




There’s a good chance that your credit card has some valuable benefits you might not know about. Most cards come with additional features like extended warranties , zero liability and identify theft protections, free credit monitoring, and even roadside assistance . These benefits sometimes fly well under the radar of the more popular options like no foreign transaction fees or a credit for Globa



42Futurism / 10h
As tensions mount between NATO forces and Russia as Moscow continues its saber-rattling outside of Ukraine , some are beginning to fear that geopolitical conflict might pose an existential threat to the International Space Station (ISS). In fact, the British tabloid The Daily Express even speculated today that if things get really bad, Putin could end up instructing cosmonauts to decouple Russia’



Bill Franke is a name that should make airline passengers shudder and yet it's hardly known. He ran America West and hired Doug Parker to be his cost-cutting CFO. Franke is responsible for turning Spirit Airlines into an ultra low cost carrier. He divested there and bought Frontier Airlines, turning it into a Spirit clone. And now he's merging the two . And another one of his airlines is looking



Ads Stories Snap Creators•
Engadget / 10h
Snapchat is introducing a new way for some of its most popular users to earn money. Starting today, you’ll begin seeing mid-roll ads in public Stories from Snap Stars. Those are individuals with verified accounts that have a large number of followers. In introducing mid-roll ads, Snap has also decided to share ad revenue with creators, marking a first for the company. How much someone will earn o



88Gizmodo / 10h
The brutal American Southwest megadrought responsible for conjuring up these horrific images of dried-up lakes and reservoirs is officially one of the worst prolonged droughts in recorded human history, one built largely on the backs of human-induced climate change. Read more...



DeLorean DMC 2022 Electric•
DeLorean is back at it again, this time with a teaser for a vehicle that really could move it into the future. In a tweet posted shortly before the Super Bowl kickoff, DeLorean Motor Company showed off a darkened profile of what appears to be its iconic car, proclaiming that “The Future was never promised.” There are no other visual hints that the car will be an EV, other than the hashtags DeLore



SlashGear / 10h
Jared Isaacman announced Polaris Program with an aim to "ultimately culminate in the first flight of SpaceX's Starship with humans on board."



SlashGear / 10h
While the bar is ever-increasing, these 10 cars are the fastest vehicles, according to the manufacturers' websites, currently available for sale today.



100+Gizmodo / 11h
A remote seed vault on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen is receiving new deposits this week from gene banks in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Vault,’ the depository is opened only a few times a year for seed withdrawals and deposits; it will be sealed again on February 18. Read more...



(credit: Matteo Ianeselli ) The adorable avatar of the "insider" account that fooled thousands. (credit: Jon Cartwright / Twitter ) Last week, shortly after the latest Nintendo Direct presentation , fans around the web started stumbling upon a seemingly prescient Twitter account called WaddleDeeKnows (named after the ever-present and adorable Kirby enemy ). In a series of tweets with an authentic



Intel Core PBP i3-12100•
A recently leaked retail listing has detailed more information about the upcoming Intel Core i9-12900KS, the upcoming special edition version of the Alder Lake flagship. This comes from two undisclosed listings found by Twitter user @momomo_us , which can be found by searching for the product code: “BX8071512900KS.” It’s not clear which retailer these listings have been taken from, but @momomo_us



There’s nothing quite like a proper shower after a long day. But if weak water pressure and irregular spray patterns are preventing you from washing away your troubles, then it might be time to give your shower head a deep clean. Read more...



Microsoft Washington•
Engadget / 11h
Microsoft is finally ready to reopen key offices after two years of pandemic-related closures and numerous delays . The company now plans to enter the "final stage" of its Washington state return-to-work plan starting Feb 28th, at which point facilities (including the company's Redmond headquarters) and services will be completely open to workers and visitors alike. From that day forward, staff w



100+Gizmodo / 11h
A data set leaked by an unknown hacker appears to show that Americans comprise a vast majority of the users donating to Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” protest via the website GiveSendGo, a Christian-oriented platform that’s raised more than $8.3 million to support the movement in opposition to public health measures… Read more...



SlashGear / 11h
Nintendo revealed a selection of photos of what appear to be delicious Switch controller chocolates for Valentine's Day 2022. Then they dropped the bad news.



vintageeveryday : Cupid angels in Valentine postcards from the early 20th century.



1 Fukushima Nuclear•
100+Gizmodo / 11h
Images captured by a remotely operated probe appear to show mounds of melted nuclear fuel at the bottom of a Fukushima reactor core that experienced a meltdown 11 years ago. Read more...



British Airways Avios•
Without notice, British Airways has increased the cost of its surcharges on some long-haul redemptions in premium cabins by more than $135 (or about 100 pounds sterling) per person — about a 15% hike on select routes. As first reported by Turning Left For Less , the copay element of your next Avios redemption for long-haul flights (especially to North America) may come as a shock, with some round



Gizmodo / 11h
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Convoy GiveSendGo Canada•
A close look at donor data — from crowdfunding campaigns to Bitcoin fund-raisers — reveals a cross-border mix of motives in support of the Canada convoy.




Isaacman Three SpaceX•
200+Futurism / 11h
Add to Cart Talk about an expensive hobby. Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who flew to orbit on SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission last year, has purchased three more flights with the company as a part of a series of missions known as “Polaris,” The Verge reports . The first launch, dubbed “Polaris Dawn,” is slated for late 2022. It’ll take a Crew Dragon capsule to the “highest Earth orbit ever flown” and



Musk Tesla Boombox•
300+Futurism / 11h
Sound Off Tesla CEO Elon Musk is unhappy with regulators yet again after they forced his car company to roll back a software update that allowed drivers to use the vehicles’ outward facing speakers as a “Boombox” that projected animal noises and even sounds of flatulence . When asked about the recall, a miffed Musk tweeted : “the fun police made us do it (sigh).” It’s the eleventh recall in less



Futurism / 11h
There’s a quote that summarizes the internet that’s often misattributed to Andy Warhol: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Even Warhol couldn’t have predicted Jake Paul, though. And while YouTube views are coveted by everyone from large corporations to humble beauty bloggers, the process of editing video is enough to squash many dreams of e-stardom. Luckily, Mac has so



Lost Ark Twitch Helgaia•
SlashGear / 11h
After Lost Ark's official release in February, 2022, Twitch streamers are on the verge of the final unlock drop for in-game gear and mounts.



100+Gizmodo / 12h
The word “Madness” is right there in the title. And yet, we almost weren’t prepared for just how mad things get in the latest trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . After debuting its first trailer at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home , this second trailer debuted during the Super Bowl and raised the… Read more...



If there’s one thing we all love to see, it’s a nice freebie. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Dear Esther, game developer The Chinese Room is offering the game for free on Steam. And as long as you act fast, the game is yours to keep. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Google’s surprise Android 13 Dev Preview launch gave us a ton of early information on the operating system, including some of its crazy new features. But there’s one Android 13 feature that Google hasn’t spent a lot of time talking about—a new, standardized system for virtualization that lets you run Windows 11 on a phone or tablet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



San Francisco BlackByte US•
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) A couple of days after the FBI warned that a ransomware group called BlackByte had compromised critical infrastructure in the US, the group hacked servers belonging to the San Francisco 49ers football team and held some of the team’s data for ransom. Media representatives for the NFL franchise confirmed a security breach in an emailed statement following a post on



Coinbase Super Bowl Ads QR•
93Wired / 12h
If Sunday’s Big Game commercials had any message, it was that corporations have a disconcerting vision for our future.



BlockFi $100M US SEC•
Engadget / 12h
US regulators are making it clear crypto companies must follow conventional rules . Crypto lender BlockFi has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges the company allegedly offered interest accounts without registering them under the Securities Act. The company will pay $100 million in penalties, including $50 million to settle charges from 32 states. BlockFi has also agre



We planned our trip to Turks & Caicos pretty last minute, just a couple of days before departure. I wanted to share my experience with the entry requirements, since they’re kind of simple, but also kind of complicated. I didn’t see a whole lot about this online before our visit, so hopefully my experience can help others. Turks & Caicos entry requirements At the time we planned our trip, there we



SlashGear / 12h
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that the first month of this year was the 6th warmest January in recorded history.



SlashGear / 12h
Concept cars are built to incorporate the best of beauty, design, and technology, all distilled into hunks of fiberglass and steel. This batch is incredible.



Mono is a disease best known to afflict teenagers and young adults, with the main symptoms being excessive fatigue and getting teased about who you have been kissing. But anyone can get it, and it’s worth knowing the rest of the symptoms. Read more...



200+The Points Guy / 12h
Since last Friday, first- and business-class passengers on Emirates A380-operated flights have an excellent reason to uncork the Champagne and the ideal place to do it. On Feb. 11, the Dubai-based carrier brought back one of the world’s most exclusive inflight experiences for the second time in the last two years. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsl



Instagram Stories Likes•
Engadget / 12h
Meta’s Instagram is introducing a new way for people to interact with Stories. Starting today, you can send a private like when someone shares an image or video that catches your eye. Previously, the only way to respond to a Story was to either send the creator a direct message or an emoji reaction. In either case, your response would show in their messages inbox, thereby cluttering the interface



58Gizmodo / 12h
Back in 2018, the Academy Awards announced a new Oscar, to be given to the Best Popular Film of the year. The idea was to recognize the blockbusters that typically dominate the box office but never manage to make it to the Best Picture category. It didn’t go over wel l, and now, it’s getting worse. Read more...



SlashGear / 12h
Any BMW designated a flop is still something worth driving, if not still a highly desirable vehicle to own. Nonetheless, here are five that didn't hit the mark.



Engadget / 12h
The last time we looked at one of HP's premium Spectre x360 convertible notebooks , we were blown away by its style, powerful hardware and excellent keyboard. But that was just a 13-inch model — what if HP took all of that goodness and put it in a massive 16-inch laptop? That's basically what the company is offering with its new Spectre x360 16. It's big. It's beautiful. And this time, it comes e



Mashable / 12h
It's been four years since a shooter killed 14 students and 3 staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. And ever since, gun reform activists, survivors, and the students' parents have continued to demand tangible gun reform from their representatives. To honor this mission, the shooting's anniversary, and pressure action from President Joe Biden, a coalition of a




Nvidia RTX 3090 January•
Enlarge / Nvidia showed off the RTX 3090 Ti at CES 2022 in January. At CES back in January, Nvidia announced two new desktop graphics cards . One of them, the lower-midrange RTX 3050, got pricing and a release date, and the reviews have already come and gone . The other, the tippy


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