Saturday, April 09, 2022

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1KMashable / 13h
From over 100 miles above the surface, a NASA satellite spotted dry ice and gullies inside a Martian crater. It gets quite chilly on Mars during its winter — NASA's rovers contend with temperatures of -140 degrees Fahrenheit , though it gets much colder at the poles — allowing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to condense into dry ice. In this image, wintertime CO2 frost is found closer to the equ



1KWired / 19h
When the world wishes you didn’t exist, sometimes you find your true self in the most unassuming places.



It’s no secret that a car rental can be expensive . It’s not just the rental rates themselves that can sting — once you pile on all the added fees, the true sticker shock can really sink in. Some of those car rental fees can’t be easily avoided, but others can. One fee that is actually pretty easy to avoid — at least if you are heading to Orlando — is the daily toll convenience fee. On a recent t

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SAVE 82%: CyberGhost VPN is a streaming-friendly service that can unblock BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world. A three-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £68.25 and includes an extra three months for free — save 82% for a limited time. BBC iPlayer is jam-packed with high-quality content. This popular streaming platform hosts massive hits like Peaky Blinders , Killing Eve , and



When Irish Spring announced the “Gamer Shower” on April 1st, we assumed that it was a joke. Everybody knows that gamers don’t bathe, and all that. But it turns out that the 2-in-1 body wash company actually made an elaborate shower for gamers, complete with a gaming massage chair, giant TVs, and thankfully, soap. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN is a streaming-friendly service with an intuitive app and beginner-friendly interface. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £78.51 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. You can be subscribed to a streaming service without access to everything hosted by the site. How is that fair? It's not, but there is something you can do a



TL;DR: The Freesumes Ultimate Job Search Asset Bundle is on sale for £22.18, saving you 87% on list price. If you’re a recent graduate jumping into the wild ride that is job hunting, or if you’ve recently started looking after years out of practice, there’s a good chance you’re already feeling overwhelmed. While being able to apply to lots of jobs in just a few clicks is convenient, it’s also a b



When it comes to household cleaning products and devices, most people would agree that you’d be hard-pressed to name a more revolutionary concept than the robotic vacuum — even the dishwasher doesn’t really compare to the convenience of a device that handles your floors without you ever having to lift a finger. And it’s not just the ease of use or satisfaction of watching a robot do the work for



Good morning, Wordlers. It's Sunday and today's Wordle is new again. You'll find today's Wordle answer at the bottom of this post, but if you want to try and work it out yourself first, you'll find a few clues as well as general Wordle tips, strategies, and info as you make your way down. Created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, and later bought by the New York Times , Wordle ha



Fed up with getting followed by some weirdo or spam account on Twitter? Because same. What you might not know is, aside from blocking and reporting somebody, you can also remove them from being your follower — extremely helpful for cleaning out your followers list and making sure the only people on your list are people you want to be there. So creeps, bots, and clout chasers — this is your stop.



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It’s been five years since that now infamous 2017 ‘ Bumpgate ’ event when Dr. David Dao was involuntarily bumped and dragged off of United Airlines Flight 3411 from Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD) to what is now Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Kentucky. The incident took place when United Airlines needed seats on a fully booked plane for four crew members who needed to get to



Twitter Deleted Tweets•
300+Engadget / 8h
Twitter has temporarily walked back a controversial change that made it difficult for people to preserve deleted tweets. On Wednesday, writer Kevin Marks pointed out that the company had recently tweaked its embedded javascript so that the text of deleted tweets was no longer visible in embeds on third-party websites. By late Friday evening, however, one Twitter user noticed the company had rever



Axiom Space ISS NASA•
49Mashable / 9h
The astronauts who will fly on the next mission to the International Space Station must love vintage nostalgia. NASA recently released a new poster to celebrate the upcoming SpaceX Crew-4 launch to the orbiting laboratory, and it's got a distinct retro flavor. Astronaut Bob Hines, who will pilot the flight, said in a tweet on Wednesday that national parks posters from the 1930s and 1940s inspired



Before the pandemic one of the American Airlines breakfasts on regional jets was a smoked salmon plate. American's regional jets don't have ovens in the galleys so it was a perfect meal to serve cold. I always thought that it was a better choice than an egg dish with sausage on mainline. In the fall I had a smoked salmon plate on my Los Angeles - Honolulu flight. I was thrilled at the choice, but



31Futurism / 9h
Human are eating a startling amount of microplastics every week because our oceans are full of the nearly indestructible waste particles sloshing around in huge gyres and killing fish and animals. The problem is part of a warming and polluted climate many governments simply aren’t addressing. That’s pretty dark, but they say laughter is the best medicine. Here’s our favorite memes about microplas



Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I’ve noticed that the long-awaited re-correction of private tech startup valuations and fundraising expectations has a web3-sized asterisk next to it. While many funds are returning to more conservative check writing, with a focus on profitability and business fu



I hope everyone is having a nice weekend! I’m back in Florida after returning from a lovely trip to Italy and France. I’m hoping to finish that trip report in the coming days, and then am off to the Maldives, so I look forward to sharing the details of that trip. On the points & travel front, this week Thai Airways took delivery of Boeing 777s with a new first class, the Amex Platinum’s digital e



The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered its Level 4 “very high” COVID-19 travel warnings for 14 countries including Canada and Argentina. At the same time, Jamaica is among five countries previously listed as “moderate” risk and now designated as “low” risk for contracting COVID-19. The warnings are based on the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 while traveling. At



Google Cuts Unlimited•
31Engadget / 10h
Google Fi is making its unlimited data plans more affordable. In an email the MVNO sent to Engadget, it shared it was reducing the monthly cost of its Simply Unlimited and Unlimited Plus plans by up to $10 and $5 respectively, with the former starting at $50 per month for one line and the latter at $65 every 30 days. Moreover, both plans now come with additional high-speed data. With a Simply Unl



100+The Points Guy / 10h
Calling all train and history buffs: Now’s your chance to take a journey along the Hudson River aboard one of two restored railroad cars dating back to 1948, and once part of the “Most Famous Train in the World.” For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Starting in June, travelers can board the Hickory Creek or Tavern-Lounge No. 43, both departing



Editor’s note: This guide has been updated with the latest information. Consider two scenarios for booking an award flight to Europe: In the first, you pay 60,000 miles for a round-trip United award in economy class. In the second, you pay 70,000 miles for a one-way United award in economy class, and you still have to sort out how you’ll get home. Which should you book? You may be inclined to say



If you print frequently with different paper sizes on a Mac, you might get frustrated if the system is stuck on the wrong paper size that you don’t want to use. Luckily, it’s easy to set the default paper size for all printers on your Mac. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




100+Futurism / 11h
Authorities won’t say whether a Texas woman was arrested for performing an abortion on herself or helping another resident get one, but they set a $500,000 bond on her all the same. The 26-year old was arrested on Thursday, according to the Guardian , and remains in jail today. Texas has some of the strictest abortion laws in the country that all but erase the constitutional right to choose, and



Lens American Alphabet•
40Mashable / 11h
Want to practice American Sign Language? There's a Snapchat lens for that. On Tuesday, Snapchat released a new lens that teaches ASL, in partnership with SignAll , which designs AI technology for sign language translation. Called the ASL Alphabet Lens, it teaches you how to fingerspell your own name, practice the ASL alphabet, and play games to test your skills, all using hand-tracking technology



74Gizmodo / 11h
The Jurassic World movies love to bringing in new dinosaurs to terrorize civilians and potentially eat lead characters Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard). 2015's Jurassic World introduced us to the aquatic Mosasaur and genetically engineered Indominus Rex (or iRex, get it?), which was made from the… Read more...



Apple the App Store•
94TechCrunch / 11h
Hello readers, and welcome back! Last week, I wrote about the issues facing Axie Infinity in the wake of a $625 million heist. This week, I’m talking about Apple and crypto. If you like my ramblings, follow me on Twitter and subscribe to my new crypto newsletter Chain Reaction Image Credits: Apple the big thing This week my colleague Sarah wrote an interesting story on an “NFT” app in the App Sto



Axiom Space ISS NASA•
100+Mashable / 11h
The largest orbiting laboratory in the sky just got a lot more crowded. The Axiom Space mission, the first all-private astronaut expedition to the International Space Station, made its arrival Saturday morning. While the ISS was flying 250 miles smack-dab above the Atlantic Ocean, private astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy successfully docked the SpaceX C



Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's the weekend, which means the time has come for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a discount on Nintendo eShop gift cards. As of this writing, you can get a $50 digital gift card to Nintendo's online game store for $45 at Amazon . We saw this same deal pop up last month; it's still not a massive price drop



23How-To Geek / 11h
YouTube playlists aren’t meant to be kept forever. If you’ve finished watching all contents of a playlist, you can delete the playlist so your list is not cluttered. Here’s how to do just that on YouTube from your desktop or mobile phone. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



STLD Trek Lower Decks•
1KEngadget / 11h
Amid the deluge of all the Star Trek shows CBS has produced since bringing the franchise back to TV in 2017, Lower Decks has stood out for its fun and smart take on Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi universe. Last October, season two ended on a cliffhanger with the Federation arresting Captain Freeman for allegedly destroying the Pakled planet. An ominous “To be continued…” left the fate of the loveable



As you can see from this chart, only Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta has changed pricing, going from 20,000 points per night to 25,000 points per night. Hyatt tells me, though, that Hyatt Ziva Puerto Vallarta will be moving to Category B at 20,000 points in the next week. I have to give Hyatt a lot of credit here. My first instinct is to wonder whether assigning existing all-inclusives to a new award



Sonic Director Movie•
49Gizmodo / 12h
The theatrical success of Sonic the Hedgehog and its now released sequel seem to be breaking the cursed streak of video game movies. The Blue Blur and his friends are due to have more live action adventures ahead of them, but Sonic as a character has a gaming history that goes far beyond fighting Dr. Robotnik and… Read more...



100+The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. With more than 4,000 flights scheduled every day, Southwest’s route network is quite extensive — and it continues to expand . Since Southwest is such a popular choice on domestic routes , you might not realize it also offers service between the U.S. and 10 countries throughout Central America and the Caribbean, along with Puerto Rico



26TechCrunch / 12h
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports . Global spending across iOS, Google Play and thir



Anybody can film something digitally on a cheap smartphone, but you’ll need some serious (and seriously expensive) equipment to film a big-budget movie on, well, film. One filmmaker is looking to make film cameras more expensive, and just made one with a 3D printer. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



If you need to capture what’s happening on your iPhone 13’s screen in motion, don’t take a screenshot—grab a screen recording video instead. Luckily, your iPhone 13 (regular, Mini, Pro, or Pro Max) makes it easy with a Control Center shortcut. Here’s how to use it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



I’ve had the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard® both recently and in the distant past, and it’s spending on this card that largely accounting for my first lifetime elite status with American Airlines way back in 2006. American’s miles are the currency I’ve spent the most over the years, and there’s no longer a great way to earn miles through another credit card besides an Am



58Futurism / 12h
Tall and Skinny There’s a new neighbor in town and it’s 1,428 feet tall. New York City’s newest skyscraper is also the world’s skinniest and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1. According to a report published earlier this week


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