Friday, April 22, 2022

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Elon Musk $46.5B Twitter•
Elon Musk now has the funds to buy Twitter outright. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is hellbent on adding another notch to his entrepreneurial belt, making a cash offer of $46.5 billion for the remaining Twitter shares he doesn't own . Musk laid out his new plan in a Thursday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The tender offer, which would pay shareholders $54.20 per share, comes af



Tesla Elon Musk Twitter•
15KFuturism / 14h
Funding Secured? In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims to have secured $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter. It’s yet another surprising twist in the billionaire’s quest to take over the platform and turn it into what he says will be an “inclusive arena for free speech.” Almost half of that amount, $21 billion, will come out of his



Tesla Elon Musk Twitter•
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Duncan Hull / Getty) Elon Musk is continuing his pursuit of Twitter. In an SEC filing [PDF] Thursday, Musk revealed that he has $46.5 billion in financing lined up to close the deal. The Tesla and SpaceX founder would cover $21 billion of the purchase price himself. A consortium of banks will loan him $12.5 billion against his shares of Tesla along with an additio




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Engadget / 7min
HBO Max and HBO picked up 3 million subscribers in the same quarter that Netflix lost 200,000 of them for the first time in years, Variety reported. The streaming/cable service reported earnings under former parent AT&T for the last time, as it's set to become part of the new Warner Bros. Discovery media conglomerate. The lion's share of new HBO/HBO Max subs were in the US (1.8 mllion), and the s




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It started when I felt a tiny ridge – an imperfection – on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra's perfect plane of glistening Gorilla Glass. My finger caught on something I couldn't see. I absentmindedly ran my finger back and forth over the screen, which was currently displaying my Twitter feed. Did I feel something? Nah...no, wait...there is it. I stopped reading angry tweets and started examining the



MadEats , Y Combinator alum, claims to be the first “‘full-stack’ delivery-only startup in the Philippines,” with their own virtual storefront, ghost kitchens and fleet of drivers. More than that, they also conceptualize and launch their own brands, making them a delivery-only restaurant group. The company announced today it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding led by JAM Fund, Crystal Towers



Discovery CNN+ Month•
It comes as Netflix has reported a plunge in subscribers in the face of stiff competition from rivals.



Questions are being asked about a scene in The Kardashians, when Kim's son finds a sex tape ad on Roblox.



Tales Gearbox Borderlands•
2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Borderlands fans. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has announced at PAX East that the developer will be releasing a new entry in the Tales from the Borderlands series this year. While it's technically a sequel to the first Tales game, it will feature all new characters in a brand new story and adventure. New adventure, new characters, new tales. An all NEW



SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN is the best option for anyone looking to watch more movies and shows from around the world. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £79.02 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. Netflix has been a hot topic recently. News of a price increase was quickly followed by a potential crackdown on password sharing as subscriber numbers



TL;DR: The Designers Productivity Bootcamp Bundle is on sale for £19.19, saving you 98% on list price. Not knowing your way around the software you’re using is an infallible way to fall behind on a design project. So, when it comes to productivity, the ultimate hack is to learn the tools you’re using like the back of your hand. The Designers Productivity Bootcamp Bundle can help familiarise you w



SAVE UP TO 50%: Lovehoney is one of the best spots to find heavily discounted sex toys. Lovehoney is offering up to 50% off many best-selling sex toys and popular lingerie sets in its Big Brand sale . Lovehoney is pretty fond of a sale. The popular online sex toy retailer regularly offers deals on its wide range of products, but the latest sale is a bit different. The Big Brand sale includes many



Spotify Video US Anchor•
Spotify is expanding its Video Podcast feature to all creators across the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In recent years, Spotify has been experimenting and expanding its video support. The first iterations came out in 2020, around the time the company signed an exclusivity deal with The Joe Rogan Experience. Since then, the feature has been rolled out to podcasts like The WA



Getting eight glasses of water a day is challenging at the best of times — but it’s made even more of a challenge when traveling abroad or heading out into the wilderness . Of course, It can be tempting to load up on single-use water bottles to ensure you’re staying hydrated while flying or hiking through the woods, but a compact and portable water purifying system is a much more sustainable and



Long before his TV show, books, and huge Twitter presence, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson met one of the world's most popular science communicators.



REvil TOR Ransomware•
The Tor sites of the infamous REvil ransomware group have suddenly come back online following months of inactivity. While the group took down all of its websites and essentially shut down its operations back in September of 2021 before being dismantled by Russia’s FSB at the beginning of this year, its sites on Tor now redirect to a new ransomware operation that launched only recently. Share your



Mercedes-Benz has shown off some stunning concept vehicles over the past decades, not the least of which is the C111 sports car with gullwing doors.



Wordle Today Hints•
It's the best of times, it's Wordle time. A new Wordle puzzle is now live for you to crack your cranium on — and even take your time now that it's the weekend. But if you have errands to run and want help finding the solution fast, here are some hints and tips to assist you. If you just want the answer without the effort, scroll to the bottom of this article for April 23's Wordle solution deliver



Both American Express and Chase issue co-branded Marriott credit cards . The market is split between them — American Express issues the ultra-premium personal card and business card, while Chase issues the mid-range personal card and no annual fee personal card. In this post, I wanted to take a closer look at the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express ® Card , which is the most premium credi



Twitter Toolbox BP•
Twitter is turning to outside developers for help in preventing harassment on its platform. Under a new experiment, the company will recommend third-party moderation apps as an additional measure users can take on top of the app’s built-in tools, With the update, which was first reported by TechCrunch, Twitter will surface recommendations for a series of third-party apps when a user blocks or mut



Amazon may be attempting to take on Shopify in the west, but in India, it is gearing up to explore social commerce. Amazon India has acquired the social commerce startup GlowRoad as the e-commerce giant makes a bigger push into one of its key overseas markets, a source directly familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. In a statement, Amazon India confirmed the acquisition, saying the move will h




The computer has been around for a long time, but you'd hardly recognize the earliest versions. The first computer was mechanical, and it started a revolution.



One Fallout fan, well known for his collection of merchandise from the franchise, has created a truly unique PC from an already unique piece of memorabilia. The Fallout Collector transformed a 'mini-nuke' model – which came with the Fallout Anthology limited edition back in 2015 – into a functional PC, but unlike the heavily modified build from Linus Tech Tips this build instead is based on budge



OnlyFans has temporarily paused accounts and payments for its Russian creators, reported Motherboard . The UK-based platform — up until now — was one of the few Western tech companies to keep its door open to Russian users. Although OnlyFans momentarily blocked access to Russian creators in February, it soon restored the accounts , saying that full functionalities would be available “as long as w



53Gizmodo / 8h
Stranger Things is a certified phenomenon—the nostalgic, coming-of-age sci-fi show show is a huge hit for Netflix and has made stars of its leads like Millie Bobby Brown. Before the first half of Stranger Things season four arrives next month, series co-creators the Duffer Brothers confirmed to SFX Magazine (as… Read more...



Luke Hutchison didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do as a graduate of West Point in 2013 — only that, ever since the 9/11 attack in New York, he wanted to serve his country. Certainly, he never imagined launching a private event management platform for restaurants and venues, but that’s what he is building, and VCs think enough of it that they just seed funded the company to the tune of $3.6 m



Some will call this offer 'up to 101,000 miles in value' but here's the real breakdown on the newest offer for Air Canada's U.S. credit card, one of the better new entrants in to the rewards space over the past six months. Continue reading ...



Google Messages Bug•
A new Google Messages bug is causing the app to repeatedly access phones' camera apps, causing the handsets to lose battery life and even overheat.



The nation that has seen economic trauma is open to the possibility of alternative money like Bitcoin.



A seemingly futuristic type of aircraft known as eVTOL aims to revolutionize travel in big cities, and Rolls-Royce is at the forefront of the market.



Obama Social Media•
Tech companies’ power has “turbocharged” political division and requires government scrutiny, former President Barack Obama said at Stanford.



Studying a fossil from a private collection, scientists have confirmed the existence of a controversial physical feature of the flying reptiles.



Sharing files on Windows 11 will soon be even more secure as Microsoft has announced its plans to finally disable the SMB1 protocol in all editions of its operating system. For those unfamiliar, the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol was originally developed by IBM back in the 1980s to make it easier to share access to files, printers and other resources on a network. SMB1 meanwhile is a dialect



Chase H. R. I. Airport•
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Credit card issuers compete on a lot of fronts, but one area that has been heating up the most is airport lounges . TPG was the first to report last year that Chase would wade into the fray with its own branded lounges, dubbed “Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club.” At the outset, there were four planned locations: New York (LGA), Bosto



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PT, subscribe here . On this fine day of April 21, 2022, we celebrate a shiny new podcast from our crypto team: Chain Reaction . Q: Why is the podcast so loud? A: Because it’s immutable. This is why we don’t get to write the crypto puns on the site. Come as you are, as you were, as I wa



Amazon Launches $1B Fund•
Amazon launched Thursday a $1 billion fund focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment with focus — at least in this first batch of investments — on wearable technology that improves safety in its fulfillment centers and robotics. The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund follows other investment activities by the company aimed at finding, backing and sometimes acquiring companies



Months after cutting half its staff, edtech startup Flockjay has landed on a new vision for how to disrupt tech sales: start from the inside, out. The startup is building Flockjay Elevate, a platform for sales teams to use within their companies to get better at their jobs. The Elevate platform has a host of different features, from a live feed that highlights wins and losses, to a library of bes



Obama Social Media•
100+TechCrunch / 9h
After an era of open affection for Silicon Valley followed by an era of relative quiet, former President Barack Obama is tearing into tech. The former president spoke Thursday at an event co-hosted by Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and the Obama Foundation , and this time he didn’t mince words about the toll that social media companies’ decisions have taken on the social order. Obama called the p



Google’s been cleaning house in the Play Store to weed out bad apps, but it’s breaking some features in the process. If you relied on a particular third-party app to do call recording, you might not have access to it soon. Read more...



Snap released its first quarter financial results for 2022 today, affirming that it’s growing faster than its fellow U.S.-based competitors Facebook (now Meta) and Twitter. Meta reported its first loss in daily active users (DAUs) last quarter, while Twitter’s monetizable DAUs grew by 2% in the U.S. and 15% internationally. Snap, parent company to Snapchat, grew its DAUs 18% year over year to 332



The James Webb Space Telescope mission is now underway, marking the end of more than two decades of effort and billions of dollars spent making it happen.




Natasha Lyonne, Chlöe Sevigny, Charlie Barnett, and Greta Lee play a wrong-answers-only version of Know Your Role.



Doctor Who has a long fabled history of actors—from Julian Glover to Carey Mulligan —showing up in the series before they went on to explode into international stardom, and Doctor Who as a veritable who’s who (sorry) of famous stars before they really started shining is a concept as old as the show itself. But now, 15… Read more...



No two Mediterranean cruises are the same. Some bring travelers to the French and Italian rivieras for food, wine and cultural pursuits. Others head east to the Greek Islands, where passengers alternate days sipping ouzo at a beachfront taverna with trips to ancient sites. Each itinerary is a mix of urban tourist capitals — Barcelona! Rome! Istanbul! Jerusalem! — and sleeper gems, such as Portofi



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100+Futurism / 10h
Lil Yachty Ever wanted to soar high over the Earth in a yacht attached to a zeppelin? If you’re of the “superyacht” class, you may soon get the chance. Created by Swiss designers Guillaume Hoddé and Matthieu Ozanne, the “AirYacht” combines a 197-foot superyacht, alongside a 656-foot helium blimp to transport the luxury seafaring vessel to any destination of its well-heeled potential clients’ cho



Sonos Soundbar June•
It looks like the next Sonos product due out this year is the new Sonos S36 Soundbar - a budget soundbar that’s smaller than the Sonos Beam and could cost $250 (around £190, AU$340). Information about the soundbar was delivered to The Verge confidentially, which was then disseminated to the public. We’ve reached out to Sonos to confirm these reports but have yet to hear back. According to the pub



When Helbiz chose its name, did it know that its business would eventually so aptly resemble its moniker? That’s an easy jab to make, but one that feels fitting after reading through Helbiz’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 earnings report, which was released well into the second quarter of 2022. Some say companies either go public too early or too late. Helbiz’s own public-market debut was per



FCC Montana Russian•
The FCC's crackdown on Russian ties to US telecom is making headway. The agency voted today to fine Montana-based wireless carrier Truphone for not disclosing that it is indirectly owned by Russian oligarchs, reported Reuters . Any company with an FCC common carrier license has to receive approval from the agency before letting a foreign entity hold more than 25 percent of its equity or voting in



We’re in the grip of the worst inflation the U.S. has seen in 40 years. Experts say it could be some time before prices for just about everything stop rising. The budget airline Avelo is taking action: It’s offering what it calls an “inflation-busting fare sale,” slashing ticket prices 30% across its network of 27 cities across the country. Get more travel news and fare deals delivered every morn



Andreessen Horowitz•
In the world of crypto, where vast amounts of investment are pouring into young and scrappy teams building uncharted technology, it’s increasingly the VC firms who are investing heavily in research to sweeten their sell to early teams with plenty of offers on the table. On Thursday, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz announced that it was building out a dedicated crypto research team led by faculty



United Airlines renewed calls on Thursday for the federal government to address congestion problems plaguing Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), warning that the airport’s unique scheduling system is once again becoming a problem for United Airlines and all air travelers. During the airline’s first quarter earnings call on Thursday, CEO Scott Kirby accused the FAA of failing to enforce ru



Having a high-quality, durable power supply can make or break your gaming setup. It can also work to keep your setup safe during use.



If you’re in the market to buy a soundbar, you might want to save your cash for what Sonos has coming up. Read more...



The cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has updated its VPN service with new features designed to bolster privacy, identity protection and security. Bitdefender Premium VPN now includes new ad blocker and anti-tracker models alongside whitelisting capabilities to provide users with secure and private web browsing on all of their devices. According to recent research (PDF) from Bitdefender, most consum



Iron Mike Tyson was once the 'baddest man on the planet.' Based on his behavior on a recent JetBlue flight, he's still at least second behind Bill O'Reilly . On Wednesday evening Tyson flew JetBlue from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale. The man sitting behind him in business class wouldn't stop talking with him. It began with Tyson agreeing to take a selfie, but when passengers wouldn't leave him



Accessibility features in games are becoming far more common these days, led by some particularly forward-thinking developers, but it’s still nowhere near common enough. Fortunately Quake is getting several helpful new features , just 26 years after its original release. The latest version of Quake — to be specific, the official multi-platform “enhanced edition” — now has a high-contrast, more re



Delta United Banned•
At least three major U.S. airlines are preparing to welcome back unruly customers who were placed on no-fly lists for refusing to wear masks. The rapid reversal comes just days after a district judge struck down a federal mask mandate. Read more...



Being “short” is sort of subjective. Medically, a person is considered short if they’re more than two standard deviations below their population’s mean for age and gender, whatever the hell that means. If you’re short, you know it. You don’t need to do a bunch of math. People will tell you, first of all, and you’ll… Read more...



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NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a lucky cosmic event on April 2: Mars’ distinctly potato-shaped moon Phobos eclipsing the Sun. This new video comes fresh off the heels of NASA’s InSight lander capturing a wistful Martian sunrise . Read more...



If you’re a dark mode fan using the Brave browser, you’ll appreciate its ability to not just make the browser interface dark, but also force all websites to use a dark theme—even those that don’t officially support it. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




An eco-friendly bathroom is more than a fleet of bamboo countertop organizers. These are great if you genuinely need to re-furnish, but they don't tackle the reason why bathrooms are inherently one of the least-sustainable rooms in the house: disposable products. You know how quickly that bathroom trash can fills up. Between toothbrushes, Q-tips, razors, and more, our morning and nighttime routin



With each season, Young Justice has incorporated more and more of the DC Comics universe into its broader story to help give the idea of a living, breathing world. Through its arc-based storytelling , the current season of Phantoms has widened the scope of the comics history it’s pulling in, such as the Legion of Super… Read more...



Sony Microsoft Xbox•
Microsoft might not be the only console maker hoping to place more ads in games . Insider sources (sub. required) say Sony is testing an initiative that would sell and place ads in free-to-play PlayStation games through a private marketplace. This would include billboards and other environmental ads, but also character skins and similar collectible items. Some details are reportedly in flux. Sony



Moderna Covid Omicron•
Enlarge / A tray of prepared syringes for booster vaccinations with Moderna's vaccine. (credit: Getty | Picture alliance ) A COVID-19 booster targeting two versions of the coronavirus in one shot offered stronger and broader protection than the current booster, which targets only one version, according to clinical trial results released this week by vaccine maker Moderna. The results are prelimin



The Razer Leviathan V2 sound system brings THX Surround Sound and positional audio tech to gaming PCs with plenty of Chroma RGB lighting for good measure.



Apple Store Atlanta•
Apple retail workers at the Cumberland Mall store in Atlanta, Georgia became the first group of U.S. Apple store workers to reach a crucial step in the formal unionization process: filing for a union election. Over 70% of the store’s 100 employees signed union authorization cards, demonstrating their interest in moving forward with formal recognition. The body is represented by the Communications



Quality Life Long Study•
1KFuturism / 11h
Scientists still don’t know exactly how depression works — and, as it turns out, we might not really know how effective antidepressants are, either. A new study published in the open-access PLOS One journal found that although lots of people take antidepressants and say that they help with their mental health, there’s not much quantifiable improvement in antidepressant users’ quality of life. The



The best portable jump starters are a modern wonder. Ranging in size from a paperback book to a large purse, these devices store enough power to boost a run-down car battery allowing you to get home or to a repair shop. The simplest of these devices provides enough power for five or six jump-starts and can charge cell phones and other small electronic devices. Larger ones are available with featu



Intermittent fasting was once hailed as a powerful strategy for weight loss, but the latest science shows it’s not exactly a miracle solution after all. Read more...



For those looking to work out at home , elliptical machines are the top choice for many fitness fanatics who prefer to keep the gym as close to them as possible — AKA their home. Most ellipticals don’t take up that much space, and they provide really comprehensive cardio workouts for even the most dedicated gym rats. But for some reason, ellipticals aren’t as well-respected as other cardio-based



Razer Leviathan V2•
Razer has released its newest gaming soundbar, the Leviathan V2 , complete with two full-range drivers, a down-firing subwoofer, THX Spatial Audio, and the company’s signature Chroma RGB lights. As the name suggests, this is a follow-up to the Leviathan soundbar which was released back in 2014 to critical acclaim. Since then, Razer made a number of improvements in terms of performance and the sig



uwmspeccoll : A Peregrine Feathursday The Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) has made a remarkable comeback here in Wisconsin since its precipitous decline starting in the 1950s. While they are still endangered, they are gracing our skies in slowly increasing numbers every year, and they are no longer an uncommon neighbor. In Milwaukee we have several mating pairs and our tall city structures



retropopcult : “Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard.” Photographed April 1900 in Detroit, Michigan.



SpaceX is preparing to launch NASA’s Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, where the astronauts will spend the next six months running a diverse selection of scientific experiments in the microgravity environment. Read more...



US California Net Court•
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) The broadband industry has lost another attempt to block California's net neutrality law. After ISP lobby groups' motion for a preliminary injunction was denied last year in US District Court for the Eastern District of California, they appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A three-judge panel unanimously upheld the ruling again



Ravn Alaska is one of Alaska’s main regional airlines, connecting smaller cities in The Last Frontier with turboprop aircraft. The airline has long had a partnership with Alaska Airlines for mileage earning. And now, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can redeem miles for flights on Ravn flights, making it cheaper and easier to travel around the state. Mileage Plan members can redeem miles on a



Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the latest information. When it comes time to apply for your first (or fifth) premium-ish rewards card, don’t ignore the American Express® Gold Card . Interested in more credit card news and advice from The Points Guy? Sign up for our daily newsletter. The Amex Gold has an annual fee of $250 (see rates and fees ), which effectively drops to $10 in t



Smart cars are becoming more common -- but we bet you have never heard of anything like what the Peterson Museum has up for grabs right now.



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Lightyear Pixar Buzz•
20Engadget / 11h
Pixar has shared a second trailer for Lightyear , and the new clip sheds considerably more light on Buzz's origin story. As it turns out, the explorer turned action figure is the victim of Einstein's theory of relativity. When Lightyear conducts a "hyperspeed" test, he comes back 62 years later — many of the people and places he knows have changed. Naturally, it's up to him to set things right. W




There’s little more frustrating than a device remote not working. If your Amazon Fire TV Stick remote is experiencing issues and you can’t use it to control your Stick, we have a few troubleshooting tips for you. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



DMC created a special edition version of its cult-classic DeLorean in gold, meant to be produced in an edition of 100 -- but just 2 were ever officially sold.



Maserati became an iconic maker of high-performance vehicles through constant innovation and years of revision. These are the best of those efforts.



On Tuesday, April 26, at 2:30 p.m. PDT/5:30 p.m. EDT, I’m hosting a Twitter Space with Sophie Alcorn, an immigration law attorney based in Silicon Valley and author of Dear Sophie, a column that appears on TechCrunch+ each Wednesday. We’ll discuss a number of relevant issues for technology workers and founders who are considering setting up shop in the U.S., including H-1B visas, pathways for int



When the Vietnam-based outfit behind the crypto game Axie Infinity was hacked last month — hackers stole upward of $625 million in Ethereum from its blockchain, with the FBI now pointing fingers at a North Korean state-sponsored group as the culprit — questions quickly arose around who, exactly, would make the company’s customers whole. The outfit later said it would use its own balance sheet fun



47Gizmodo / 12h
Notorious big tech executives Sheryl Sandberg and Bobby Kotick once had a big tech power couple relationship in the late 2010s. A new report shows that, like the wonder twins, with their powers combined, the Meta COO and Activision Blizzard CEO would let no British tabloid leave either of them with a black eye, as… Read more...



Since the moment Natalie Portman first held Mjolnir on stage at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 , audiences everywhere have anxiously awaited the moment we’d finally see her as the Mighty Thor. The moment happened earlier this week with the release of Thor: Love and Thunder’s first trailer and it was everything we wanted and… Read more...



Warzone Godzilla KK•
47Engadget / 12h
Crossovers between gaming and other areas of entertainment are becoming more and more common. On the same day it emerged Wu-Tang Clan is coming to Fortnite (?), Activision Blizzard confirmed a long-rumored crossover for Call of Duty: Warzone . Godzilla and King Kong will arrive in the battle royale on May 11th. The event is called Operation Monarch and it isn't entirely clear just how exactly the



Most people are familiar with THC and CBD, the most popular cannabinoids found in cannabis, but the plant has many other potentially beneficial compounds, too.



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security researchers said they uncovered a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to commandeer millions of Android devices equipped with mobile chipsets made by Qualcomm and MediaTek. The vulnerability resided in ALAC—short for Apple Lossless Audio Codec and also known as Apple Lossless—which is an audio format introduced by Apple in 2004 to deliver lossless



Tesla Solar Australia•
500+Futurism / 12h
Green Tesla A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that’ll be entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports . The solar panel technology being used during their trip could make electric cars a lot more viable, especially in remote parts of the world where access to public, grid-connected chargers isn’t always guaranteed. The team is also h



500+Futurism / 12h
Phone Home One of the world’s foremost believers in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that appears to have crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea last decade — to determine whether or not it was made by aliens. “Our discovery of an interstellar meteor heralds a new research frontier,” Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb wrote in an essay for The Debrief about a



With high inflation levels and increasing travel demand, travel is getting more expensive. As travelers, our priority is usually to spend the least amount possible while still getting the most out of our travel expenditures. To that end, many travel providers offer discounts to incentivize you to do business with them. This can come in handy when faced with high prices for hotel stays, rental car



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. I’ve traveled with my now-16-year-old kid since they were 10 days old. Throughout the years, as parents, we felt the best way to prepare our child for travel was to practice and model behavior so there were no surprises once we were on board. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . A



Google Chrome Extensions•
Chrome extensions are great . They can help you write better , keep pesky ads at bay , and save you money while you shop , among hundreds of other tasks. However, like Android apps on the Play Store, extensions on the Chrome Web Store aren’t always what they seem. Malware is very much a concern, and you certainly don’t… Read more...



Sonos Fury Soundbar•
Sonos' soundbar range could soon get a far more affordable option, but the new speaker may be appealing to more than just movie buffs on a budget.



Meta Sandberg Kotick•
100+TechCrunch / 12h
Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is now facing “internal scrutiny” at the company after pressuring U.K. tabloid the Daily Mail to kill a story about her former boyfriend, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. The revelations come in an explosive new report from the Wall Street Journal detailing a coordinated campaign to discourage the tabloid from publishing the story, pulling resourc



Volkswagen Group, one of the world’s largest automakers with nearly 9 million vehicles sold last year, ratcheted up an already ambitious strategy in 2021. The target: to transform the company from a maker of cars, commercial vans, sedans and even motorcycles into a global mobility business that will in lead in EV sales, software and future technology like autonomous driving by the end of the deca



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Features like being able to check its charge level right in iOS and charging that automatically starts when the battery’s attached to an iPhone made the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack our top choice last year , but we did lament its slower charging speeds when unplugged: a limitation that Apple has improved with a recent… Read more...




Big box electronics retailer Best Buy announced the launch of a new appliance recycling program Thursday that will allow customers to have up to two large pieces (and an unlimited amount of small items) of unwanted tech hauled away for a $200 fee. Best Buy already operates a number of consumer electronics recycling programs, with customers either dropping off items in-store for gift cards or payi



The Staircase Colin Firth•
The Staircase is back. In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. In 2003, her husband Michael Peterson was convicted of her murder. The case spawned a successful documentary television series (also called The Staircase ) and was dissected over and over again by various true crime programs. Now, HBO Max resurrects the story once more, this time as a narrative limited



Apple Macos Server•
(credit: Aurich Lawson) Apple announced today that it is formally discontinuing macOS Server after 23 years. The app , which offers device management services and a few other features to people using multiple Macs, iPhones, and iPads on the same network, can still be bought, downloaded, and used with macOS Monterey. It is also still currently available at its normal $20 retail price but will no l



Digital creation platform Picsart has launched an integration with Google Drive via the Google Workspace Marketplace. The new integration enables users to edit Google Drive images in Picsart’s web editor and easily save them back to Drive. Picsart notes that creators can now use its editing tools to personalize their content without having to leave the Google Drive workspace. Picsart offers a ran



100+Gizmodo / 12h
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has taken quite the stand trying to get back at Disney for speaking out against the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill—something that only happened after members of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies put pressure on the company through protests which received an outpouring of support… Read more...



The Mazda Lantis is one of the most awesome cars of the 1990s and one of the biggest fan-favorite vehicles made by the brand. So why haven't you heard of it?



Astrobotic has finally offered a good look at the vehicle that will carry scientific payloads to the lunar surface . The company has revealed the finished version of the Peregrine Moon lander ahead of its launch in the fourth quarter of the year. It's an externally simple design that resembles an upside-down pot, but that will be enough to carry 24 missions that include 11 NASA items, a Carnegie



If you’re leaving Gmail for something better, or you simply want to retire an old account, it’s easy to delete your Gmail account and all its data. We’ll show you how to do just that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



You guys know I’m a fan of the devilishly hard Wordle variations, like Antiwordle and Squardle . But sometimes I just want to play a Wordle variation because I like Wordle and would like to have another serving of it, please. Hurdle obliges, with only a slight twist. Read more..

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