Thursday, April 07, 2022

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Better Origin AI Waste•
20TechCrunch / 1h
Take a shipping container, add a helping of AI and a boat-load of black soldier flies, fold in a small mountain of food waste, sprinkle in $16 million of investment led by Balderton Capital, and call in the Michelin reviewers, because om nom, you’ve got yourself a delicious dish called Better Origin . The company is using what it calls “mini farms” that turn expiring fruit and veggies into tasty



Mario Golf Nintendo•
You can already play Mario Golf on the Switch thanks to Super Rush , but soon you'll also be able to play the original game that started the series if you're feeling nostalgic. Nintendo is giving Switch Online subscribers paying extra for the Expansion Pack tier access to the first Mario Golf published in 1999. Get into the swing! ⛳ Tee off with Mario and friends when Mario Golf comes to #Nintend



Ramadan is a great time to get in touch with your spiritual sense, and thanks to modern technology and a smartphone, there are plenty of apps to help you during this holy month. We have selected five apps that are available for both iPhone and Android phones that help with everything from prayer times to Quran and Duaas recitals to help you on your Ramadan journey. Pillars: Prayer Times & Qibla (




Engadget / 20min
Google has pulled dozens of apps used by millions of users after finding that they covertly harvested data, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Researchers found weather apps, highway radar apps, QR scanners, prayer apps and others containing code that could harvest a user's precise location, email, phone numbers and more. It was made by Measurement Systems, a company that's reportedly linked t



Mashable / 52min
If you’re looking for a bathroom scale simply to stay on top of your body weight, there are countless of affordable options at your disposal, none of which will offer a markedly different experience from any of the others. If, however, you want a scale that can measure not just body weight but also your body composition — through the breakdown of fat mass, muscle mass, bone mass, and water mass —



Mashable / 52min
Roll up, roll up, it’s 2022 and sexual liberation is here. Or at least, a watered-down version of it. Female sexuality continues to have its moment. We have campaigns encouraging women and femmes to talk about wanking. There are ads for vibrators and posters for Viagra on the Tube. You can probably take an online quiz to find out which high end sex toy you’re most like based on your favourite Net



TechCrunch / 59min
The gig economy is experiencing profound growth in Africa . Yet, all that growth hasn’t changed the status of workers who are seen as contractors rather than employees . Because many of them, particularly in the two-wheeler space, lack access to some financial services, being contractors is disadvantageous. Some gig platforms have tried to embed financial services into their systems, but they are



The success of an independent drive has organized labor asking whether it should take more of a back seat.
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Samsung First-Quarter•
Samsung Electronics released Thursday its preliminary earnings for the first quarter of 2022. The company said it forecasts to report consolidated revenue of $63.1 billion (77 trillion KRW) and an operating profit of about $11.6 billion (14.1 trillion KRW) for the quarter ended March. Those numbers are up from the first quarter of 2021, which generated sales of $53.6 billion and an operating prof



All Nippon Airways’ Mileage Club program is offering a status match promotion specifically targeting those in North America, which could be a great way to earn Star Alliance Gold status . All Nippon Airways’ status match promo As reported by Loyalty Lobby , All Nippon Airways Mileage Club is offering a status match promotion : This is valid for applications through September 28, 2022 Matched stat



Coinbase India UPI•
30TechCrunch / 2h
Coinbase is adding support for the popular UPI payment instrument in India, making its eponymous cryptocurrency exchange functional in the world’s second largest internet market for the first time. The publicly listed firm, which began testing UPI payments a few weeks ago , made the official launch at its maiden event in India on Thursday, saying that it is working to broaden its product offering



Parentinc East Ventures•
22TechCrunch / 2h
Roshni Mahtani Cheung, group CEO and founder of The Parentinc The Parentinc , a Singapore-based startup that runs a parenting community and direct-to-consumer product line, announced today it has raised $22 million. The round was led by East Ventures with undisclosed investors and included participation from Central Retail Corporation, a new backer, and returning investor WHG Holdings. Part of th



Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and other FromSoftware titles are beloved for their penumbric narrative style, trademark grimdark settings, and their incredible sense of scale and opportunities for discovery. They are also infamous for being punishingly hard. For some dedicated players, this last part is all that really matters. The difficulty, and their subsequent investment of time and ener



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



Berlin Grover Consumer•
A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it. Today, a startup called Grover that has built a business around one aspect of that — enticing people to buy and eventually discard less consumer electronics such as phones, monitors and electric scooters by offering them attractive sub



SEC Amazon Use Data•
21Engadget / 3h
Back in 2020, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that Amazon employees routinely used data collected from third-party sellers to launch competing products for the company's private-label business. The US Congress is already investigating the e-commerce giant over that practice, and according to The Journal , so is the Securities and Exchange Commission . Apparently, the SEC is looking into how



Minaj Carpool Karaoke•
Six years after Adele delighted the internet by crushing Nicki Minaj's verse on Kanye West's "Monster", Minaj has returned the favor — and gone her one better. Late Late Show host James Corden took Minaj for a ride for the latest episode of Carpool Karaoke , and for some reason, Minaj conducted half the segment in a rough approximation of a broad London accent. "You know you just sound like Adele



Uber Trains UK App•
Uber is expanding its travel options by giving people the opportunity to pay for car rentals and purchase tickets for trains, planes, and coach buses, but only in the United Kingdom. Uber states the reason for this change is to make cross-country travel easier to plan as it’ll serve as a central hub of sorts instead of dealing with numerous apps and websites. You can just have everything on one a



Although most people know to be on the lookout for phone calls from unknown numbers , the caller identification company Hiya has identified a new scam call tactic that uses voicemail as a lure to get potential victims to call back. Dubbed the ‘Eavesdropping Scam’, this new tactic used by scammers begins with vague voicemail messages left on a victim’s smartphone where an unknown voice is heard ta



Meta Facebook Zuck Bucks•
34Mashable / 4h
Meta is reportedly exploring the idea of introducing "Zuck Bucks," a virtual currency that the company's customers can use across its apps. I guess they heard we like capitalism. As reported by the Financial Times , tech giant Meta is reportedly looking into introducing a central in-app currency system which will be shared across its various platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. I




TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the iScanner app is on sale for £30.48, saving you 79% on list price. Finding a friend with a printer and scanner is tough. And trudging to the library to find a scanner, only to realise you need an active library card, change, or a pass just to use it is maddening. The scanner is going the way of the fax machine in that it’s basically obsolete — until you’re swi



Since Windows 10 , Microsoft has had a consistent plan of updating Windows every six months with bug fixes and updates. This carried on for Windows 11 until Microsoft's recent event when it announced a bunch of features, such as tabs in File Explorer . Four months into 2022, we've already seen two major updates. Normally, these would have arrived six months apart, usually named '2H22' to help ref



Dynabook PX Portégé Intel•
Dynabook has unveiled the latest business laptop in its Portégé line which features an all aluminum chassis and comes in a Dark Tech Blue finish. The 14-inch Portégé X40-K is powered by the latest 12th generation Intel Core processors and runs Windows 11 Pro to meet the demands of today’s hybrid work environments. Dynabook’s latest business laptop also features a host of connectivity options incl



Remedy Max Payne 2•
It's time to grab your best leather jacket and leopard-print shirt, because Remedy Entertainment has announced it's remaking the first two Max Payne games for next-gen consoles and PC. Announced via Remedy's investor website , the Finnish game developer has entered an agreement with publisher Rockstar, which still holds the copyright to the series, to remake the original Max Payne and its sequel,



A record-breaking 200TB solid state drive could be announced by Nimbus Data before the end of the year. In an email exchange with TechRadar Pro , CEO Thomas Isakovich revealed the existence of the next-generation drive. “We are working on a successor to the 100 TB SSD that will deliver even more capacity, performance, and energy-efficiency than the ground-breaking 100 TB, and expect to deliver th



Fujitsu Service CaaS•
In an effort to help accelerate digital transformation , Fujitsu has announced its new Fujitsu Computing as a Service (CaaS) offering which will provide global customers with access to some of the world’s most advanced computing technologies via the cloud. The Japanese company’s new service portfolio encompasses advanced computing resources including its quantum-inspired Digital Annelear technolo



I’ll be honest, massage guns have always been one of those things I thought would be too good to be true. As someone with chronically tense shoulders who loves challenging herself at the gym — whether that’s hitting a new deadlift PR or pushing myself in a brutal kickboxing class — I’ve tried plenty of gear and gadgets to treat my sore muscles at home. From at-home shiatsu massagers to vibrating



A new Doctor Strange trailer has arrived, and though it's only one minute in length, there's a lot to take in. Here are some details you may have missed.



Google Android Apps•
Google has announced a new Play Store security policy that will target old, possibly abandoned apps. Soon enough, those listings will no longer appear.



We may only be a couple of years away from Oppo launching its own SoC, one that may follow its first application processor reportedly arriving in 2023.



GM Chevy Bolt EV Chevrolet•
After recalling 14,000 Bolts due to a fire risk, GM wants U.S. customers to know that Chevrolet is back in business. Chevy is announcing the return of the all-electric Bolt sedan and utility vehicle with a pair of national ad campaigns set to debut on Thursday to coincide with Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. General Motors announced that retail production for both the Bolt EV and SUV restart



Google Apps Harvesting•
37Gizmodo / 7h
Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia… Read more...



Headphones and earbuds used to be pretty simple. They had just one task—playing music. But a relatively new feature called ANC or “active noise cancelation” has turned everything on its head. It’s now impossible to shop for headphones without running into this feature, which claims to cut background noise in any environment. And let me tell you, ANC is awesome. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Wordle Today April 7•
21Mashable / 7h
On the seventh day of April, my Wordle gave to me... a new game to solve! 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 in a s



Lead Edge Capital Fund VI•
It used to take a while to amass $5 billion in assets under management. Not so for Lead Edge Capital , a 12-year-old California- and New York-based growth-equity firm that just surpassed that amount, closing its sixth and newest fund with a whopping $1.95 billion in capital commitments from roughly 500 investors. The pool follows a $950 million fund that Lead Edge closed in October 2020 — also fr



400+Engadget / 8h
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — a real, human man who works — understands the plight of those who work remotely. The 37-year old founder of one of the world’s largest companies is actually working remotely as you read this. But unlike you or me, Zuckerberg’s home office is in the metaverse. Zuckerberg on Facebook today teased an upcoming software update to the Quest 2’s Horizon Home that includes a ho



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Security vendor WatchGuard quietly fixed a critical vulnerability in a line of its firewall devices and didn’t explicitly disclose the flaw until Wednesday, following revelations hackers from Russia’s military apparatus exploited it en masse to assemble a massive botnet. Law enforcement agencies in the US and UK on February 23 warned that members of Sandworm—among



Opera VPN Pro Android•
After becoming the first major browser to include a free built-in VPN five years ago, Opera has announced its new VPN Pro subscription service. Unlike its browser’s existing free VPN , Opera VPN Pro is a premium device-wide VPN that provides users with additional security and privacy protection for their entire Android smartphone . While standalone VPN services require users to install an additio



A new report out of Asia claims Samsung may make a big mobile hardware change starting with the S22 FE, bringing the future of its Exynos into question.



Insanely hot exoplanets tend to vaporize the elements in their atmospheres, so why do some of them also rain rocks? The answer is fairly simple.




Enlarge / Image of the AB Aurigae system, with details of the object shown at the right. (credit: NASA, ESA, Thayne Currie ) On some levels, forming stars and planets is simple: They form where there's more stuff. So, while the raw material for a star may be a diffuse cloud of gas, the distribution of that gas isn't entirely even. Over time, the gravitational pull of areas that had somewhat more



100+Gizmodo / 9h
It’s not every day that you wake up knowing you’re going to get exciting news about the future of your favorite franchise , but that’s exactly what’s going to happen on May 26, 2022. Lucasfilm just announced that on that day, which just so happens to be the first day of Star Wars Celebration, a panel will open the… Read more...



Anker, the company best known for its charging accessories, is back with a full 3D printer, one that boasts everything from an AI camera to fast speeds.



In the latest spark from its fast evolving tech ecosystem, Spain’s scale-ups are banding together to lobby lawmakers and press the economic case for their high-tech, high-growth business model more broadly. The new lobby group, called EsTech (aka ‘Es’ for España), had its official launch last week — when it unveiled nine founding company members spanning a range of industries, including gig platf



This past weekend American's operation melted down, along with other airlines including Southwest, Delta, and JetBlue. Once again the flight attendants union reports that crew had no hotels, and even worse that the airline - which was cancelling flights due to lack of crew - didn't even keep track of where their flight attendants were to reassign them to trips to get customers home. Continue read



Rejoice, oh frugal ones, for it is Telstra Day once more, granting those who are pure of heart (and everyone else) the opportunity to save hundreds of dollars on a veritable sundry of discounted tech items. Clearly, the goddess Fortuna smiles upon us on this glorious day! For today only (April 7), Telstra is slashing the prices of some of the best handsets currently available, such as Samsung's G



Says Secretly Russian•
The operation is the latest effort by the Biden administration to thwart actions by Russia by making them public before Moscow can strike.



Nord Security Lithuania•
400+TechCrunch / 10h
VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations like people wanting to access content otherwise blocked in their regions — driving an estimated 30% of all internet consumers globally to use a VPN at some point this year. Now Nord Security , the startup behind one of the bigger paid VPN providers,



200+Gizmodo / 10h
It’s impossible to watch Grindhouse the same way today as we did 15 years ago because of two names: Rose McGowan and Harvey Weinstein. In 2017, McGowan, who stars in both halves of the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature, accused Weinstein, one of the film’s executive producers, of raping her in 1997, 10… Read more...



“By the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch,” the president said. But the White House quickly said his remarks did not mean the government would get formally involved.



SlashGear / 10h
Ahead of the model's release, OnePlus has officially shared some details about its upcoming Nord N20 budget handset, one that'll pack an AMOLED screen.



100+Gizmodo / 10h
Some of the U.S. drinking water supply contains unsafe levels of uranium, new research out this month shows. The study analyzed data from the Environmental Protection Agency on drinking water systems across the country and found that uranium was frequently detected during compliance testing, and that a small… Read more...



38TechCrunch / 10h
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 . Welcome to the Daily Crunch for Wednesday, April 6, 2022! Today, Pinterest announced it was banning all climate change misinformation on its platform , and can we just say … about time! May all other platforms follow. Also, while we’re on our little soapbox: The ear



SlashGear / 10h
Apple has, according to a memo leak, finally rolled out a big Face ID repair change for the aging iPhone X, one that comes years too late for many owners.



Remedy Max Payne 2•
97Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge / Max is back. (credit: Take Two / Remedy ) Remedy Entertainment and Max Payne are together again—and the reunion is coming in the form of a full-blown remake of the hard-boiled series' first two action games. The news arrived on Wednesday in the form of a press release signed off by both Remedy, the series' creators, and Rockstar Games, the franchise's current rightsholder after the lice



100+Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge / Illustration of a Oestrus ovis, sheep botfly (credit: Getty | Nastasic ) On Wednesday, doctors in France reported a rare case of tiny sheep bot fly larvae—aka maggots—infesting the outer surface of a man's eyeball. The small, spiky larvae were seen slithering around the man's peeper, which explained the redness and itchiness he was experiencing. Doctors counted more than a dozen of the



Now that Ireland has eliminated most of its pandemic-related travel restrictions , including mask mandates, there is nothing holding you back from a visit. Throw in some truly magical fare sales that have just popped up, and it’s time to start planning your Irish itinerary. Right now, flights to Dublin, Shannon and Donegal from dozens of U.S. cities are on sale. Most of the best fares we saw were



Remedy Max Payne 2•
200+Engadget / 10h
Remedy is remaking Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne . In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, the Finnish studio said it was working with Rockstar Games to fully remaster the first two games in its cult classic third-person shooter series for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. We are pleased to announce that we will remake the iconic Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max



If you ever thought Wordle was way too easy and want something that’s punishingly difficult, then Semantle will easily meet the challenge. Like Wordle, Semantle has you guessing the secret word of the day, but instead of basing the game on correct spelling, it’s on meaning. You have to narrow the correct word down by using other words that have a similar meaning. Since the game doesn’t give any s



NFL Fanatics MLB Digital•
20TechCrunch / 10h
Fanatics, the 20-year-old, Jacksonville, Fla.-based sports merchandising giant, revealed today that the NFL was the “single biggest investor” in the latest round announced by the company, a $1.5 billion round at a whopping $27 billion valuation that reportedly closed last month . The deal marked a 50% increase from the $18 billion valuation assigned to Fanatics during its previous raise last Augu




Block Cash App Users•
The stolen information included the value of some customers’ portfolios and details of their stock trades, but did not involve the company’s personal payments system.



MLB Peacock Sunday•
500+Engadget / 10h
Major League Baseball and NBCUniversal's Peacock have reached a deal that will see 18 games throughout the 2022-23 season broadcast on the streaming service, per the latter's tweet Thursday . BATTER UP! You can officially catch @MLB Sundays on Peacock ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/7XEYoYlKh6 — Peacock (@peacockTV) April 6, 2022 The listed Sunday games will start between 11:30 am and noon ET, earlier than th



SlashGear / 11h
Robots can flip burgers and fry chips, but neither of those tasks is as complex as peeling a banana...without, of course, destroying the banana in the process.



200+Gizmodo / 11h
Sam Raimi ’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is on the way, and we get more excited with each trailer that drops for a glimpse at what’s coming in Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated reunion with the director. To celebrate ticket release day, Raimi chatted with Fandango to tease what to expect in his first… Read more...



Twitter Deleted Tweets•
58TechCrunch / 11h
The edit tweet button isn’t Twitter’s only new feature that can rewrite history. The company has apparently changed the way it handles embedded tweets that were deleted after the fact, littering web pages across the internet with holes. Previously, a deleted tweet embedded in a web page would still display the text content of a tweet. Now that text is gone, showing only a blank box. Twitter is al



100+Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) The FBI remotely accessed and disinfected US-located devices running a powerful new strain of Russian state botnet malware, federal authorities said Wednesday. Those authorities added that the Kremlin was using the malware to wage stealthy hacks of its adversaries. The infected devices were primarily made up of firewall appliances from WatchGuard and, to a lesser e



SlashGear / 11h
Photographer Anthony Schmidt, who is only 14, has been captivating audiences on TikTok and Instagram with his images and he even held his own gallery show.



42TechCrunch / 11h
It’s my pleasure to announce FabuLingua won today’s City Spotlight: Austin pitch-off! The company competed against knowRX Health and Vertikal X on today’s TechCrunch Live episode and won free exhibition space at TechCrunch Disrupt this October. Mark Begert pitched his company to three Austin-based investors who found his messaging and pitch to be clear, concise and easy to follow. Mark explained



100+The Points Guy / 11h
Wall Street and aviation insiders reacted with skepticism Wednesday following the surprise news a day earlier that JetBlue planned to make a bid to acquire ultra-low-cost Spirit Airlines . JetBlue held a conference call with analysts and media Wednesday morning to provide initial details surrounding the bid and the airline’s vision for the proposed merger. “JetBlue and Spirit will be better posit



92Futurism / 11h
All-Seeing Orb As if things in the crypto space weren’t already weird enough, BuzzFeed News reported yesterday that a startup promising users $20 worth of its crypto hasn’t actually paid anything out, or even completely launched, nearly a year after its launch . People across Africa were offered the Worldcoin payment at mall booths where employees would use a spherical silver “orb” to scan their



Openai Dall 2 AI Images•
47Futurism / 11h
DALL-E2 OpenAI has released its latest product , dubbed DALL-E2, an impressive piece of machine learning tech that can turn simple text descriptions into photorealistic images, say, of bandana-wearing pandas riding motorcycles or an astronaut riding a giant turtle in space . But the company has wisely anticipated the potential misuse of its advanced AI as well, given there’s plenty of precedent f



Star Alliance member ANA Mileage Club has a rare status match offer to make competitor program members elites through March 31, 2023. This will be useful for many members because mid-tier status with ANA is Star Alliance Gold status, and that comes with lounge access when flying Star Alliance airlines – even when flying United Airlines domestically. Put another way, it’s akin to a free United Clu



Google Android Apps•
Google is preparing to clear its Play Store of outdated apps. The company warned Android app developers that starting on November 1, 2022, it will hide apps and block their installation to users’ devices if developers haven’t kept up with the latest Android OS releases. Specifically, Google said apps that don’t target an Android API within two years of the latest major Android release version wil



I’m sure you’ve heard it everywhere: Check with a doctor before beginning any exercise program. This is the standard disclaimer on fitness advice of any sort, which most of us probably ignore. But should you? Not necessarily, it turns out. Read more...



Not every image in your slideshow has to be a plain rectangle or square. You might want to spruce up the presentation by giving your picture some shape. You can easily crop an image into a shape in Google Slides. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



SlashGear / 12h
The Biden administration plans to use TikTok as a way to get the word out to Gen Z voters who may not pay much attention to other, more traditional platforms.



21TechCrunch / 12h
There have been many headlines in the past few weeks surrounding the choices of Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, which created the crypto tokens LUNA and stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). Kwon previously announced plans to obtain $10 billion in bitcoin for reserves to “open a new monetary era of the Bitcoin standard.” The funds will be used to back UST in a decentralized foreign exchange reserve



200+The Points Guy / 12h
Travelers are heading to Hawaii in droves thanks to the state finally removing its remaining COVID-19 protocols at the end of March, making travel to the 50th state easier than it’s been throughout the pandemic. Those wishing to visit the Aloha State can take advantage of $89 one-way flights to Hawaii from various cities via Hawaiian Airlines and from West Coast cities via Southwest Airlines . In



TikTok CAP University•
22TechCrunch / 12h
TikTok is launching a new Creative Agency Partnerships (CAP) University program that is designed to help creative agencies become “TikTok experts,” the company announced on Wednesday. The company says the five-week program will teach enrollees what they need to know about getting started on TikTok and how to use the platform to up their marketing game. “The goal of CAP University is to inspire ne



300+Gizmodo / 12h
Yesterday’s shock news that Star Trek: Picard ’s third and final season will reunite Patrick Stewart with Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, and returning Picard guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner had the heads of Next Generation fans spinning. But after the initial excitement wore… Read more...




69Lifehacker / 12h
“Everybody loves baseball,” an aunt once told me. I don’t know about that. Lots of people really like baseball, but I think she was delusional about the sport’s power to win over every audience. What can be said with certainty is that baseball is inextricably linked with American history, particularly in the 20th… Read more...



100+The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is The Points Guy’s permanent page about United Airlines Premier status, so you can bookmark it and check back regularly for the latest information. When selecting an airline to earn most (or all) of your business, many factors come into play. Fee waivers, upgrades, lounge access and other valuable perks can turn a stressful travel experience into a smooth one, but have you cr



Southwest One JetBlue•
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. March and April have been challenging months for air travel in the U.S. More than 550 flights were canceled across the United States the first Monday in April as airlines worked to mend the weekend’s operational chaos when carriers canceled more than 1,900 flights around the country, according to FlightAware. Another



Although Hyatt enthusiasts were largely let down by this year’s category changes , there are still many ways to maximize the free night certificates earned with the World of Hyatt Credit Card . With the card (which has an annual fee of just $95), you earn a free night every year, valid at Category 1-4 properties across the entire collection of brands under the World of Hyatt umbrella. You can als



Google Docs Lets Emoji•
Collaborating with others in Google Docs is about to look a whole lot different especially when it comes to giving and receiving feedback. While Google’s office software already allows users to highlight sentences and paragraphs to leave comments, the search giant will soon be rolling out reactions to provide a less formal alternative to comments. According to a new post in the Google Workspace b



We often think of NASA as an agency that looks outward into space, but it’s the agency’s position in space that makes it such a powerful tool for observing the Earth itself. Today NASA announced the results of two space-based studies observing climate change across the planet. The first is a dataset from the ​​Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission, a high-resolution lidar instrum



Mashable / 12h
Researchers created a four-legged robot that can stand on two legs , designed as a solution for the last leg of delivery journeys.



SlashGear / 12h
Tremendous strides have been made in terms of fuel efficiency, and these days a gallon of gas will get you further than you might think.



Tesla 3 Europe tME•
Tesla will start delivering Model Y and Model 3 vehicles without radar to customers in Europe and the Middle East, a continuation of the company’s plans and CEO Elon Musk’s desire to only use cameras combined with machine learning to support its advanced driver assistance system and other active safety features. Tesla first started to build its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without radar in May 20



Halo Cookbook August•
SlashGear / 12h
"Halo" is the latest video game universe to get its own official cookbook, one that'll guide fans through recreating the meals found in the sci-fi world.



43Gizmodo / 12h
Ti West ’s current hit X follows the cast and crew of a late-1970s porn film whose dreams of home-video glory are gruesomely waylaid while filming in rural Texas. The movie pays homage to horror notables, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , but it’s also part of a subgenre that’s basically “film shoot gone… Read more...



Apple Repair Face iPhone•
63Engadget / 12h
Apple debuted a program in March that let it repair Face ID on newer iPhones without replacing the whole device , but it left the iPhone X out of the equation — frustrating if you're determined to use that 'classic' handset for a while longer. This shouldn't be a problem for now on, though. Mac


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