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Though the rollout of Amtrak’s next-generation high-speed Acela trains has suffered from lengthy delays, progress is finally being made. The new trains were initially set to debut in the Northeast Corridor in early 2021, but have since been delayed until fall 2023 due to pandemic-induced challenges and the need for more testing. In addition to being 10 mph faster and more efficient than current c



Shotwell Elon Musk•
1KGizmodo / 13h
SpaceX’s COO defended Elon Musk in an email to all employees after an allegation of sexual misconduct against the CEO surfaced last week. Read more...



CA DC Facebook Zuckerberg•
Enlarge / Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies via video conference during a House antitrust subcommittee hearing on online platforms and market power on July 29, 2020. (credit: Getty Images) Mark Zuckerberg was sued Monday by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, who says the Facebook founder should be held financially responsible for the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The laws




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After Uber announced that it was cutting back on hiring and other expenses due to the economic slowdown, rival Lyft is doing the same, according to The Wall Street Journal . "Given the slower than expected recovery and need to accelerate leverage in the business, we've made the difficult but important decision to significantly slow hiring in the US," Lyft President John Zimmer reportedly wrote in



Walmart DroneUp Six•
Walmart is growing its drone delivery service to 34 locations across six states with the intention of reaching four million American households. The retailer is teaming up with DroneUp to extend the service to people living in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. For seven days a week from 8 AM to 8 PM, according to Walmart, the drone will deliver anything out of a list of thous



Democrats Google Location•
Senator Ron Wyden and 41 other Democratic lawmakers are urging Google to stop collecting and keeping location data that could be used against people who've had or are seeking abortions. In a letter (PDF) to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, the lawmakers referenced the Supreme Court draft obtained by Politico in which SCOTUS justices have voted to reverse Roe v. Wade . The landmark case protected the f



TL;DR: A one-year subscription to LastPass Premium is on sale for £20.18, saving you 30% on list price. Unless you have the memory of an elephant, creating and remembering strong, complex passwords for every single account is a huge pain in the butt. That’s why there are password managers. If you still haven’t signed up for a password manager, it’s long overdue. Lucky for you, you can get a year



It’s time for Apple’s lightning port to die. You know it, I know it, and Apple knows it. Nobody likes change, even though change is a fundamental, almost DNA-level part of technology and innovation. However, a decade after Apple unveiled the lighting port and associated cables with the iPhone 5, we’re ready for a more universally accepted port and plug. The lightning port is now a decade old and



Amazon's new cheap tablet is here, with the Amazon Fire 7 (2022) being the newest refresh of the company's smallest and most affordable line of slates – but it brings a few more upgrades than you may expect. The headline changes here from the Amazon Fire 7 (2019) are upgrades to the performance and battery life, and that's not exactly a major revolution, but there are actually some more changes t



You probably know Dyson for their vacuums, or maybe that too-powerful dryer you’ve tentatively stuck your hands in while waiting for a flight. Maybe you’ve seen their hair dryers or fans. Dyson is a company that develops premium products that move air around. Basically, if they don’t suck, they blow. Recently, the firm expanded with a very strange face-mounted air purifier . While showcasing the



Electronic Arts EA•
Major tech companies have explored the idea of buying game publishing giant EA, according to sources. Whether one will follow through is another matter.



A new industry report has leaked details about an alleged Samsung plan to catapult its Exynos hardware to the top of the market - with one big catch.



Whether you're looking to spend the day at the park or a weekend camping, Bluetti's new EB3A Portable Power Station packs the features that'll keep you charged.



Sequoia Capital, the storied, 50-year-old venture firm, has become known over the years for using sweeping memos to warn the founders in its portfolio about market shifts after the shift has become somewhat obvious. Still, while it’s tempting to poke fun at these missives — its “ R.I.P Good Times ” in 2008 and its “ Black Swan ” memo in March of 2020 have become legendary — many teams are wonderi



Wordle Today May 25•
What's up, word nerds? A new Wordle puzzle is ready for you to flex your brain on, providing you the opportunity to earn both a sense of satisfaction and Twitter bragging rights. To help you along, here are a few tips and hints that might nudge you toward the solution. If you'd rather have the answer to today's Wordle delivered straight, skip to the end of this article for May 25's solution revea



One Amazon Delivery 2021•
Drivers for Amazon’s rapidly growing third-party delivery partner network are being hurt on the job with shocking frequency according to data compiled in a new report by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) — and the rate of injuries increased dramatically between 2020 and 2021. Among the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers it found OSHA data for, SOC claims there was "nearly one injury per f



Enlarge A hack on police servers in China’s Xinjiang region has yielded thousands of graphic images and videos of Uighur detainees suffering in detention camps in one of the starkest accounts yet of the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the country’s persecution of ethnic minorities. The images are accompanied by training manuals, detailed police work rosters, and instructions for guarding th



Paris AC Avengers Campus•
Disneyland Paris is celebrating 30 years in a big way, announcing the opening of its own Avengers Campus this summer. The Marvel Studios -themed land in France joins its West Coast counterpart on July 20, expanding the theme park cinematic universe. Check out the announcement below delivered by Iron Man, who’ll be… Read more...



The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked Pony.ai’s permit to test its autonomous vehicle technology with a driver on Tuesday for failing to monitor the driving records of the safety drivers on its testing permit. “While reviewing Pony.ai’s application to renew the testing permit, the DMV found numerous violations on the driving records of active Pony.ai safety drivers,” a spokesperson



A draft document contains the names of dozens of hedge funds and others behind the $1 billion private investment announced in December.



Enlarge (credit: Anton Melnyk ) Misinformation posing as news has been a problem that only got worse with the ease of publishing on the Internet. But the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have raised it to new levels, driving lots of attention to rumors, errors, and outright falsehoods. Given the magnitude of the threat, there would seem to be a premium placed on ensuring the accuracy of any pandemic in



Modern Warfare 2 October•
The next hotly anticipated installment in the "Call of Duty" franchise will be a sequel to 2019's "Modern Warfare," and we finally know when it'll arrive.



Rings Gollum September•
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a stealth action-adventure game. [credit: Daedalic Entertainment ] It's been quite a while since we've had a new, triple-A Lord of the Rings game, but that's going to change on September 1, according to developer and publisher Daedalic Entertainment. "Story-driven action-adventure game" The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will ship this fall on PC, PlayStation 4, PlaySt




Harley-Davidson 1 Davidson•
Harley-Davidson's Serial 1 brand unveiled its latest ebike model on Tuesday, and it's something of a head-scratcher. The company describes the Bash/Mtn as a mountain bike, but unless you have the technical skills to go under-biking , you probably don’t want to take its newest ebike on anything but the most forgiving single-track. That’s because the Bash/Mtn features a fully rigid aluminum frame a



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . It’s the 24th of May, 2022, and today Amanda made us laugh with her “Welcome to Hell, we all drive Teslas,” subhead to her story about Everything you wanted to know about Elon Musk and Twitter (but didn’t want to ask) . Masterful. — Haje and Christine The TechCrunc



2023 BMW iX M60 EV•
Enlarge / We've come to expect controversial styling from BMW, but the iX's face is starting to grow on me. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) BMW provided a flight from DC to Berlin and a flight from Milan back to DC, plus nights in hotels in Berlin, Munich, and Como, so we could drive the iX M60 and attend the Villa d'Este concours. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. These days, carmakers are i



Hyundai 239000 Seat•
Seatbelts essentially have one job: To keep the humans inside a vehicle safe. Typically that means ensuring that drivers and passengers remain relatively stationary during a crash, but in light of the latest recall from Hyundai , we’re going to add “does not explode” to our seatbelt wishlist. Read more...



Activision Blizzard•
A dozen current and former Activision Blizzard employees have formed a committee aimed at protecting workers from discriminatory practices at the studio, outlining a list of demands for CEO Bobby Kotick, newly appointed diversity officer Kristen Hines and chief human resources officer Julie Hodges. As detailed by The Washington Post , the group's demands include ending mandatory arbitration in di



100+Gizmodo / 8h
NASA has shared the final self-portrait that will be taken by the InSight Mars lander, showing dust-caked solar panels that blend into the surrounding regolith. The InSight mission is expected to end this year, and the lander will need all of its remaining power to gather as much scientific data as possible. Read more...



Is anyone else weirded out by the fact that we’re now multiple seasons deep into series that debuted during the pandemic? Because I am not OK with the fact that Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building is already back for a second season on June 28, since I’m pretty sure season one only came out about five months ago (it… Read more...



Adam Neumann Flowcarbon•
100+Gizmodo / 8h
Yes, that sub-hed sounds like gibberish to us too. Read more...



Dating platform Bumble is looking to enhance its non-dating social features with a further investment into its Bumble BFF feature, first launched in 2016. This friend-finding feature currently uses the same swiped-based mechanics to connect people looking for platonic relationships but will soon expand to include social networking groups where users can connect with one another based on topics an



Amazon Warehouse Space•
Amazon may now have too much warehouse space, as the pandemic fuelled enthusiasm for ecommerce has slowly cooled off. The retail giant could be set to start subletting over 10 million square feet of space and could potentially even vacate more by ending leases with landlords, according to sources reported by Bloomberg . The excess space issues are affecting warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Sou



Audi Apple Music Waze•
Waze is adding the long-awaited Apple Music integration for iPhones, which will allow you to control the service’s music via the app’s built-in player. This new integration with the navigation app will let you play a song, pause it, or switch to a new track on Waze without opening anything else, and while keeping your eyes on the road. The update gives access to over 90 million songs on the platf



Memorial Day is for barbecues, reflection on the American spirit, and mattress sales. Buying a new mattress outside of Memorial Day is almost criminal, considering the deals you can typically nab, and this year is no outlier. Here are some of the can’t-miss deals from some of the best brands in sleep. Save $500 or More on a Purple Mattress and Stand Purple mattresses feature inspired design, with



60Gizmodo / 8h
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced Tuesday that Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, an Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, was charged with participating in a conspiracy to murder former President George W. Bush. Read more...



Kardashian Beyond Meat•
Beyond Meat has some new star power behind its plant-based meat brand in Kim Kardashian. The entrepreneur and influencer extraordinaire came on as the company’s first “chief taste consultant” and will be featured in a new campaign touting her recipes for using Beyond Meat and other creative content. Kim Kardashian is Beyond Meat’s new chief taste consultant. Image Credits: Beyond Meat “I’ve been



Google has introduced a new Street View feature that makes it easy for anyone to take a look into the past. The feature is heading to desktop and mobile.



45Gizmodo / 8h
For much of Star Wars’ existence, the various heroes we’ve watched and played have been good people trying to make the galaxy a better place in some way, or at the very least, find their own place in the universe. The larger conflicts have always put our heroes up against seemingly insurmountable odds, be it an… Read more...



Smart phones can do a lot more than call, text, and email. These widely unknown abilities make your smartphone the most powerful tool you own.



Microsoft Windows 11•
Enlarge / Microsoft will allow third-party apps to bundle their own widgets starting later this year. (credit: Microsoft) When Windows 11 did away with support for Live Tiles, Microsoft attempted to relocate some of that quick, glance-able information into a new Widgets menu that lives in the taskbar alongside the Start and search menus. Our main issue with widgets in our Windows 11 review was th



I’ve had passengers tell me they’ve arrived at their boarding gate in Charlotte more than 15 minutes to departure only to find their boarding door closed. And I’m told by employees on the ground there that at least some managers are enforcing 20 minute door closes when no more passengers are boarding (even if checked-in passengers haven’t yet boarded). Continue reading ...



There are a lot of ways to pack your carry-on bag , but sometimes the “what” is more important than the “how.” To be blunt, traveling on an airplane can be both gross and boring. When I’m flying the friendly skies, I have a personal checklist of items that are “must-haves” for my carry-on bag, in my attempt to feel a… Read more...




Both large and small companies are retaining their crypto optimism despite the recent market correction in the developing technology space. Mass adoption of blockchain technology and digital assets is going to happen sooner rather than later, according to Mastercard’s VP of new product development and innovation, Harold Bossé. There are millions of individuals today consuming and sending digital



Microsoft confirmed last year that it was merging the modern (“OneNote for Windows 10″) and classic (Win32) OneNote applications on Windows into one combined application, and now the company has detailed its recent and upcoming changes. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



University of Oregon researchers are teaming up with Google to conduct a study on digital wellbeing using the Google Health Studies tool Dr. Nicholas Allen said in a Google blog post today . Read more...



A new Google Chat update looks to help users never forget a project by turning messages into personal tasks. The chat software is getting a new feature that will allow users to automatically create a new task from individual or group messages in a Google Chat. The new "Add to Tasks" option will appear when hovering over a message in a Google Chat window, alongside with the current ability to add



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Apple Watch Pride Bands•
With the start of June a week away, Apple has announced two new Pride-themed Watch bands. The first one is a take on the company’s classic sport loop style . The design features a color gradient that incorporates the iconic rainbow colors seen on a variety of Pride flags with the addition of light blue, pink, white, brown and black. The first three colors symbolize transgender and non-binary indi



SAVE 31%: As of May 24, you can snag the Logitech G PRO Wireless Gaming Mouse for its lowest price ever: $89.99 (original price: $129.99). Calling all Shroud fans and League of Legends players: Two special themed editions of the Logitech G PRO Wireless Gaming Mouse are on sale at Amazon as of May 24. Logitech produces reliable gaming accessories, including headphones, keyboards, streaming cameras



Gun Maverick Cruise•
Enlarge / Tom Cruise, still crazy after all these years. (credit: Skydance Productions) As I walked out of my review screening of Top Gun: Maverick , coming down from its adrenaline-filled finale, a small part of my brain began looking for dents in the film's armor. Maybe it's the critic in me, but my thoughts didn't need long to land on stuff from the original film—a plot point, a stylistic choi



Have you ever wanted to feel like James Bond? Good news - you can feel like him every day, provided you can afford to buy Sean Connery's 1964 Aston Martin DB5.



Editor’s note: Delta provided TPG with a complimentary ferry flight. The Points Guy paid for all travel to and from the flight departure and arrival cities. The opinions expressed below are entirely from the author and weren’t subject to review by Delta or any external entity. Airlines typically only make money when paying passengers or pallets of cargo flying above or below the wing. Yet, there



Xiaomi today revealed the Mi Band 7, and the new fitness tracker seems to improve on last year's Mi Band 6 in several significant ways.



100+Futurism / 9h
Wake Up, Beeple After selling an NFT for a cool $69.3 million — sigh, nice — last year, digital artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann has fallen victim to hackers who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crypto and NFTs from his followers. As first noted by crypto security analyst Harry Denley , it appears that the miscreants made off with approximately $438,000 in assets after hacking the a



Boeing Starliner Earth•
400+Futurism / 9h
Nice Surprise After years of delays and narrowly avoiding a catastrophe during its inaugural launch , Boeing’s second attempt to dock its Starliner with the International Space Station is going pretty well, actually. Despite two of the capsule’s thrusters failing after last week’s launch, Starliner is having much better luck as of late, successfully completing several mission objectives while doc



When Wenbo Shi started Singularity Energy , a carbon intelligence platform that today raised a $4.5 million seed round , he never thought he would focus the company on a greenhouse gas. But one conversation with a customer changed the way he viewed his product and, ultimately, his company and the type of customers it now serves. “The journey was really customer driven, to be honest. When I starte



Netflix Exploding Kittens•
Netflix has announced four more games that are launching on its platform this month, including a new Exploding Kittens game that is based on a popular card game and will also be tied to an upcoming Netflix series premiering in 2023. The four new titles bring Netflix’s gaming catalog to 22 games in total. The Exploding Kittens game, which was developed by Direwolf Digital, retains the classic game



Stellantis Indiana•
Automaker Stellantis and Samsung SDI are teaming up to build a $2.5 billion EV battery plant in Indiana, reported CNBC. It’ll be the first US-based battery plant for Stellantis, which has an umbrella of 16 brands that include Jeep, Maserati, Dodge, Fiat and Chrysler. Construction on the lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility is set to begin later this year, with a projected launch date for th



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After 15 years, Google Street View has become the defacto destination for people trying to get a feel for where they’re going. If not for Street View, I would have spent countless days and nights wandering around foreign locales, wondering where my hotel was or which side to cross the street to enter the train station. Read more...



Travelers still looking to book a last-minute trip for this summer, perhaps even for Memorial Day weekend , should consider booking a room at a Graduate Hotels location in the U.S. or the United Kingdom, since nightly rates start at just $30 for a limited time. In case you are unfamiliar, Graduate Hotels is a boutique hotel chain showcasing some of the country’s best colleges with university-them



Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is something I look forward to every year. The students and young entrepreneurs who submit their extremely early-stage projects to this global competition are like the seeds of future startups and potentially world-changing projects. This year’s winner, V Bionic , created a robotic glove to help patients with neurological damage recover faster at a fraction of the price of



Pre Online Accounts•
Thanks to a few features that weren’t well thought-through, cybercriminals can break into online accounts on some of the internet’s biggest platforms, without ever knowing the passwords. All they need to know, according to researchers investigating the matter, is the victim’s email address, and that is hardly a problem these days. Cybersecurity researchers from the Microsoft Security Response Cen




67Gizmodo / 9h
This unicorn may look cute—and he certainly is—but don’t let his whimsy fool you. Unico was created by Osamu Tezuka , the legendary “god of manga” and creator of Astro Boy , who gave this adorable unicorn an edge that captivated Japanese readers of the ‘70s—as well as author Samuel Sattin. Now Sattin, working with the… Read more...



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Tesla Sexual California•
Enlarge / Tesla cars in a lot at the company's factory in Fremont, California. (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan) Tesla can't force a woman who sued the company over sexual harassment into arbitration, a judge ruled on Monday. Jessica Barraza sued Tesla in November 2021 in Alameda County Superior Court in California, alleging that she and other women working in the carmaker's Fremont factor



Meteors aren’t rare: There are space particles falling toward Earth constantly, and if you look closely for long enough on any given evening, you’re likely to see one or more streaking through the darkness. However, meteor showers that light up the night sky for minutes or hours at a time are much less common, and… Read more...



Gone are the days of the boring nightstand alarm clock. These smart clocks do everything including track your sleep habits to improve REM.



Canon has taken the wraps off its new EOS R7 and R10 mirrorless cameras, two models that pack APS-C sensors. They're joined by new lenses, as well.



56Gizmodo / 10h
Californians may be headed towards mandatory water use restrictions. In a Monday meeting, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned many of the state’s big municipal water suppliers that, if their current local strategies don’t work to bring water demand down, he would introduce statewide orders. Read more...



Is the beauty industry ready to wean itself off single-use plastic? Shellworks is betting on it. Targeting cosmetics brands, the London-based biotech startup has scooped up a $6.2 million seed round to prove it can scale its petroleum-free, compostable packaging, which “performs like plastic” but breaks down in about a year, the company claims. Shellworks’ first plastic-like product was developed



Microsoft Windows W11•
Windows 11 widgets could become more useful in the coming months. Microsoft revealed at its Build developer conference that the operating system will start supporting widgets for third-party apps later this year. Developers will be able to create widgets for their Win32 apps and progressive web apps using Microsoft's Adaptive Cards platform. "We’re energized by the customer feedback on widgets to



Some of the more interesting Wordle variants have come from treating the green and yellow squares not as hints at a single solution, but as defining a pool of possible words. Absurdle looks like it’s changing its “mind” as you play, but it’s really narrowing down the pool of possible answers until only one is left. … Read more...



The app store on Windows, known as the Microsoft Store, received a much-needed overhaul just in time for Windows 11. Soon, it will become even more like the app stores on iPhone and Android — to a fault. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Every few months we see the same story floating around on social media that electric cars are more likely to die and get stuck during a traffic jam. Suggesting they are dangerous, have no heaters, or will run out of battery in around three hours. So, are EVs a danger in traffic jams? Absolutely not. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



It’s shaping up to be a “sold-out summer.” With record numbers of travelers expected to take to the skies, experts warn of full flights, crowded hotels and packed tours once you’re finally at your destination. While the increased demand is undoubtedly good news for airlines’ bottom lines , considerable headwinds are facing the industry. Perhaps the biggest question is whether the carriers can ope



British supercar manufacturer Lotus has crafted some of the most high-performance vehicles ever made. These are the best of their lineup.



othmeralia : May 24 is National Escargot Day It’s a little morbid, I guess, but we thought we would celebrate this little holiday by showcasing one of the few snails in our collection. Seen in this image, in the bottom right, is a land-snail with a solid view of the foot, mouth, and tentacles. Photo credit: Steele, Joel Dorman, and Jenks, J. W. P. (John Whipple Potter). “Figure 62. Dorid Nudibran



American motorists are now paying an average of $4.59 per gallon at the pump, according to AAA . And in states like California and Hawaii, you’re lucky to find gas under $6 per gallon. As many people prepare to hit the road for spring vacations, costs can add up quickly. For example, a driver of a vehicle that gets 25 miles per gallon would have paid $60 to fuel up for a 500-mile road trip back w



Televisions are becoming more and more affordable, but a meager investment in one of the best TVs under $1,000 can nab you some seriously flashy devices. For anyone looking for an eye-catching living room screen, or perhaps a show-stopper for a home theater, spending a little more than usual isn’t just prudent, it’s necessary for big, bright screens with fantastic audio and immersive picture qual



500+Futurism / 10h
Left Behind It turns out that a March rumor that the Russians might abandon an American astronaut aboard the ISS made its way to the astronaut in question in a roundabout fashion. In an interview with the Washington Post , NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said he learned of the rumor through his spouse. “I heard about it from my wife,” Vande Hei, who holds the American record for the longest consecu



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In 2008, tech entrepreneur Christopher Wilson came across an old cruise ship for sale on Craigslist that would change his life. Now, a decade and countless hours of renovations later, Wilson hopes The Aurora can make its way back to the public.



Gravity Industries has created a jet suit that allows rescuers to fly up to 50mph, to a height of over 3,000 feet in just minutes.




General Motors GM Attack•
A large number of General Motors (GM) user accounts have been breached, and their personally identifiable information stolen, the company has confirmed in a recent announcement sent to affected customers. What’s more, the cybercriminals behind the attack tried to redeem rewards points found on those accounts, for gift cards. GM users have had their accounts compromised with a credential stuffing



23Gizmodo / 10h
You might think that you need to spend money to fill up your e-reader with great literature, but that’s not actually the case. If you know where to look, you can find a host of free e-books out there to add to your collection, and you’ll find plenty of them are better than the paid stuff, too. No matter what model of… Read more...



40Gizmodo / 10h
More than 17 million Americans, including nearly 4 million children, are currently living within half a mile (0.8 kilometers) of an active upstream oil and gas facility and could be at risk of health impacts, an exhaustive new geospatial analysis released Tuesday finds. An updated interactive map , called the Oil and… Read more...



General Motors GM Attack•
95Gizmodo / 10h
General Motors suffered a hack that exposed a significant amount of sensitive personal information on car owners—names, addresses, phone numbers, locations, car mileage, and maintenance history. Read more...



Last year Universal Audio decided to make the leap from plugins the pedal with the UAFX line . Then it got into the mainstream audio interface game, launched a series of high-end modeling microphones , and even a subscription plug-in service . But, UA isn't doesn't appear ready to slow down yet. Now the company is expanding its line of stomp boxes with a trio of amp modelers. The Dream '65 Reverb



100+Lifehacker / 10h
A tragic T-boning incident in my post-college years sent me to a junkyard searching for a replacement door for the Sky Blue 1978 Chevy Nova I’d purchased from a friend for one dollar and named Laverne. Through my love for Laverne, a deeply flawed car even before the collision, I learned that a door from a Nova or a… Read more...



An alternative to Appointment Slots in Google Calendar, the Appointment Schedules feature lets you create schedules allowing clients and colleagues to book appointments with you. What’s nice about the feature is that it offers flexibility to completely customize your availability. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Apple Wwdc 2022 June 6•
86Gizmodo / 10h
Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, better known as WWDC, will take place on June 6 with a keynote set for 10am PT/1pm ET. The event is meant for developers, but the rest of the world will be tuning in as Apple reveals the latest on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS and potentially debuts new hardware. Read more...



Google Maps Street View photo capture system just got an upgrade -- if you'd like to see one in the wild, here's what you're going to be looking for, soon.



Apple Music Google Waze•
Five years after Waze first added Spotify integration , Google’s navigation app finally supports Apple Music . Starting today, you can use Waze’s built-in audio controls to play, pause and switch between songs in your iPhone’s Apple Music library. That means you don’t need to switch between apps when trying to drive to a destination you haven’t been to before. Before today’s announcement, Apple M



A chill has descended onto the global startup market , albeit not evenly . Venture capital totals are sagging in most geographies, and falling share prices for tech companies large and small have soured sentiment on the future value of high-growth and often cash-hungry startups. The end of the lengthy startup boom that first formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and largely powered thro



Twitter Marketing 2022•
Twitter announced today that it has rebranded its Twitter Media website to “Twitter Create. ” The social media giant says the website is a new hub for creators to access resources, product information and tips for getting the most out of Twitter. With this new rebrand, the company says it wants to make it easier for creators to understand how they can use Twitter’s creator products and connect wi



Are you the type of person that slathers on lip balm throughout the day, almost as a reflexive habit? The kind who only uses it occasionally, when your lips are cracked into oblivion and close to bleeding? Or the type who avoids it judiciously because you once heard it actually makes chapped lips worse ? I am the third… Read more...



A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...



McGregor Kenobi Star Wars•
74Gizmodo / 11h
From day one, Star Wars made it very clear there’s no love lost between Owen Lars and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Lars calls Kenobi a “crazy old man” and tries to get Luke Skywalker to pay him no mind. Which, of course, doesn’t work . But that relationship got a fun new twist in the most recent trailer for Disney+’s Star Wars: … Read more...



Kubernetes API Servers•
Hundreds of thousands of endpoints running Kubernetes API have been exposed to the internet, and so could potentially be vulnerable to virus deployment and other cyberattacks, new research has found. A report from nonprofit organization The Shadowserver Foundation recently scanned a total of 454,729 systems hosting the container orchestration system, and found 84% to be accessible via the interne



World of Hyatt has been busy lately, adding all-inclusive properties around North America and the Caribbean , expanding the Brand Explorer perk to include these new additions and working to add all-inclusive hotels and resorts in Europe to its growing portfolio. And now you can redeem your Category 1-7 free night award at a growing number of all-inclusive properties. Given everything that’s happe



Modern Warfare 2 MW2•
Call of Duty fans might want to start looking into taking some time off around Halloween. The next entry in the franchise, Modern Warfare II , will be released on October 28th. It's the sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare , which was a reboot of the blockbuster series. Activision Blizzard released a teaser video that doesn't show any gameplay. Instead, it reveals artwork for some of the characters wh



allmichigan : Mapping the Murals in Detroit Mapping the Murals in Detroit Info about @detroitaces project to identify public art photo: The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth by Derek Farr The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth by Derek Farr The Detroit Free Press had a recent feature on a new digital map of the city of Detroit’s murals: Detroit’s office of Arts, Culture & Entrepreneurship (Detroit ACE) anno



DDG Bing Microsoft•
DuckDuckGo, the self-styled “internet privacy company” — which, for years, has built a brand around a claim of non-tracking web search and, more recently, launched its own ‘private’ browser with built-in tracker blocking — has found itself in hot water after a researcher found hidden limits on its tracking protection that create a carve-out for certain advertising data requests by its search synd




Navin Chaddha Contributor Navin Chaddha is managing partner at Mayfield , an inception and early-stage investor with more than 50 years of a people-first investing philosophy. More posts by this contributor Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? I have looked at tech from both sides now (h/t Joni Mitchel



500+Futurism / 11h
Space Cremation Space company Celestis is getting ready to shoot the cremated remains of 47 individuals from five countries into orbit this week, in perhaps the most Florida way to say goodbye to a loved one. The company is attaching the remains to a telecommunications satellite that’ll launch from Florida’s Space Coast, which effectively means they’ll be orbiting the Earth for another decade. In



Lewis Hamilton suffered a major set back the first lap of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, but despite wanting to quit, he managed an impressive recovery.



Particle accelerators have gone from niche scientific communities to the mainstream in recent decades, and technology keeps improving.



Microsoft Windows PV•
At its annual developer conference, Microsoft doesn’t typically announce new hardware. But at Build 2022 the company made time to unveil Project Volterra , a PC Microsoft designed to assist developers with building native ARM apps that employ AI-accelerated workloads. While we don’t have all the details on Project Volterra just yet, what we do know is that it will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon ch



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China’s Zhurong rover is currently in safe mode as it waits out a Martian dust storm, according to Chinese state-run media , and it may remain in safe mode until the end of 2022. Read more...



Microsoft AI Windows•
Enlarge / Microsoft's Project Volterra is an Arm-powered developer desktop launching later this year. This image depicts two Volterra boxes stacked on top of one another. (credit: Microsoft) Windows on Arm is arguably as successful as it has ever been—you can buy multiple Arm-powered Windows laptops and tablets, and those devices can run nearly the entire range of available Windows apps thanks to



Sometimes your mind is all over the place, and you can’t seem to pinpoint why. You’ve tried all sorts of productivity hacks . You’ve tried approaching relaxation as a skill that requires practice . Still, you’re struggling to stay on top of a nasty case of scatterbrained madness. Read more...



Why do I not have Global Entry? It’s a long story, but it starts with a banana. Actually, a phantom banana — the lingering essence of which I mentioned at a customs checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The short version goes something like this: I confessed to having a non-existent banana. This, in turn, led to more than a year of secondary searches, long waits in U.S. Depar



Chase has increased the initial offer for the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card to 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. This is clearly one of the best card deals out there right now. The offer at this link will be removed by the end of the day on 5/31/2022 . Continue reading ...



Niantic AR Lightship•
Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling Campfire, a social app designed to help mobile augmented reality (AR) gamers connect. Niantic’s games incentivize people to use their technology to go outside and meet others — that’s why it calls its AR de



PlanetScale Database•
PlanetScale , the highly scalable MySQL database service founded by the co-creators of the increasingly popular Vitess open source project, today announced a series of updates that push the platform beyond its basic database features by adding new enterprise features and new tools to improve the developer experience. The first of these new features is PlanetScale Portals, a new multi-region read-



MetaMask is a popular cryptocurrency wallet that you can download to your phone for free. Once installed, you can connect MetaMask to all kinds of DeFi applications (dApps) to easily send and receive cryptocurrency. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Modern Warfare 2 October•
Infinity Ward's latest game in the reimagined Modern Warfare series has a release date: Modern Warfare 2 will be released Friday, October 28. The official Call of Duty twitter account announced the date with a weird video following a container ship with a mural of the masked series protagonist/mascot Ghost on the deck. Zooming around while vaguely tactical pronouncements follow the camera, we get



Apple Watch Pride Bands•
Apple continues its tradition of releasing Apple Watch Pride Bands in vibrant twists of bright color in order to support and honor the LGTBQ+ community.



Panasonic TOUGHBOOK•
The Panasonic Toughbook 40 continues the company's legacy of hardcore notebook devices made to withstand all work environments -- with a new slimmer figure.



Nvidia ASUS ROG 500Hz•
Enlarge (credit: Nvidia ) A 24-inch PC monitor with the ability to update its image 500 times per second will be available soon, Asus and Nvidia announced Tuesday. The monitor should boost desktop monitors from the 360 Hz max native refresh rate they see today while putting a mysterious new spin on an old panel technology. Aptly named the Asus ROG Swift 500 Hz Gaming Monitor, it manages high refr



Stellantis Indiana•
Stellantis and Samsung SDI said on Tuesday they will team up to build a $2.5 billion lithium-ion battery plant in Indiana. The project, which will create 1,400 new jobs and could surpass the $3 billion mark once it’s complete, is Stellantis’ first battery plant in the U.S. and its fifth worldwide. The latest factory is slated to open in 2025 near Stellantis’ engine, casting and transmission plant



100+Gizmodo / 12h
Though The Boys loves to take aim at events going on in the United States and with various government figures , it is, at the end of the day, a superhero show. The superhero culture has gone through so much just in the last handful of years since the Prime Video series premiered, with one of the bigger events being the… Read more...



Google TV Profiles•
After being delayed for months, it’s about time that Google rolls out its personalized profiles for Google TV. According to the company , users will get profiles “over the next few weeks.” In October , Google TV announced profiles that will give each user their own tailored recommendations, watchlists and personalized Google Assistant answers. While this was initially supposed to be available for




Microsoft Dev Box Windows•
Microsoft has announced a new service it says will give developers self service access to high performance, cloud-based workstations that are pre-configured and ready-to-code for specific projects. The new service, dubbed Microsoft Dev Box, was announced at Microsoft Build , the company’s annual developer conference. It came alongside the launch of new Azure Deployment Environments, which Microso



Thor Love Thunder CB•
Marvel Studios released the official trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. With the film's release mere weeks away, Marvel Studios finally released the official full trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder last night during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. As I've reported previously , Thor: Ragnorak director Taika Waititi signed on for the



If you have an LG phone and use T-Mobile , you might have noticed your device is, for lack of a better word, broken. Many LG users have reported a recurring error message that reads “Unfortunately, LG IMS has stopped.” The message pops up again shortly after closing it, making these devices virtually unusable. If this… Read more...



About a year ago, I had my first Hilton all-inclusive experience with a stay at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Jamaica. There was room for improvement, particularly in the rooms and food and beverage areas, but I did ultimately enjoy my stay so I was willing to give the brand another shot. My colleague Madison Blancaflor raved about her experience at the adults-only, all-inclusive Hilton Playa de



Microsoft has been working on a Windows Subsystem for Android, allowing Android apps and games to easily run on top of Windows 11. Now the feature is rolling out to more countries. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Adam Neumann Flowcarbon•
In a classic “pivot to crypto to reinvent yourself” moment, controversial WeWork founder Adam Neumann recently launched a startup, Flowcarbon , to sell tokenized carbon credits on the blockchain. Venture capitalists just can’t seem to get enough of Neumann and his spouse/co-founder, Rebekah, who started the company alongside its CEO Dana Gibber and two others, Caroline Klatt and Ilan Stern. Now,



PayPal laid off dozens of employees from its San Jose headquarters, filings show. As first reported by The Information and later confirmed by Techcrunch, the layoffs impacted 83 employees. PayPal’s layoffs, while just now coming to the surface, were conducted around a week before the fintech confirmed that it was shuttering its San Francisco office. When asked about this round of layoffs, a PayPa



mizstorge : detroitlib : Three pictures mounted on one piece of stock. Waves breaking on rocks, printed on photograph: “Mich. Dept. of Conservation photo.” Waves breaking on rocky beach with trees close to shore. Man standing on hill looking out, shoreline and some buildings visible in background. Handwritten on mat: “Isle Royale.” Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Libr



These shows tap into the dangers of our wired life, exploring cybercrime, cryptocurrency and the many flavors of horror that lurk on the dark web.



100+Gizmodo / 12h
The man who allegedly tried to pay a visit the head honcho of the Terra blockchain May 13 finally spoke out Tuesday, telling reporters the crash of Terra and Luna left him financially devastated, and that he wanted to hear directly from Terra’s boss what the man’s plans were for the cryptocurrencies. Read more...



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Cases of monkeypox continue to climb across the globe, with more than 200 confirmed and suspected cases documented in over 20 countries. Scientists are starting to gather their first clues about these outbreaks, including how the virus may have begun spreading farther than it ever has before. Read more...



Microsoft Build took place earlier today, and one of many announcements was that Microsoft will soon allow third-party developers to create widgets for Windows 11. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



DuckDuckGo made a deal with the devil. Due to a confidential search agreement, the DuckDuckGo browser does not block all Microsoft trackers. What’s worse, DuckDuckGo only acknowledged this “privacy hole” after it was discovered by a security researcher. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Tesla Shanghai China•
Mandatory Quarantine Tesla is reportedly isolating thousands of workers at its Shanghai, China gigafactory in an old military camp to make sure they aren’t infected with COVID-19, according to Bloomberg , orders to meet the government’s strict quarantine requirements. The electric carmaker is becoming increasingly desperate to get production back on track amid China’s attempts to suppress any new



Three-day weekends in America mean one thing: go-for-broke sales on everything from mattresses to used cars. Best Buy is offering big savings including induction stoves, smart fridges, and washer/dryers from big brands like LG, Samsung, KitchenAid, and more. Here’s a peek at the can’t-miss Memorial Day home appliance sale. Get a $250 Gift Card When You Buy Four or More Samsung Appliances Why upgr



Spacex Elon Musk Sexual•
200+Futurism / 12h
The president of SpaceX is claiming she’s never seen or heard anything like the sexual misconduct allegations against CEO Elon Musk in the 20 years they’ve worked together. In an email to employees at the rocket manufacturer obtained by C NBC , SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said she believes the recently-reported accusations against Musk — that he paid for a flight attendant’s silence



It takes a lot of people to bring a tech conference to life, and we’re looking for a few fabulous volunteers to support our events team and help make TC Sessions: Climate & The Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 Global Finals an awesome experience for our attendees. If you’re fabulous and interested in event planning, tech startups, climate change or all of the above, apply to volunteer at TC Sessions:



GameStop NFT Wallet•
GameStop isn't stopping. While you might think of the retail outlet as the best place to buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X , the company became engulfed in memestock mania last year, driven on by Reddit users. But GameStop seems to have taken its revival to heart and has actually begun to release some interesting products that could turn around the ailing high street game and electronics retai



Google Street View•
Enlarge / The "See more dates" option will soon appear on iOS and Android. (credit: Google) Today is the 15th birthday of Google Maps Street View, Google's project to take ground-level, 360-degree photographs of the entire world. To celebrate, the company is rolling out a few new features. First up, Google is bringing historical Street View data to iOS and Android phones. The feature has long exi



Air France Business Class•
Air France recently unveiled its new business class product with doors , which will be debuting on select Boeing 777-300ERs as of later this year. The airline has now revealed that it will introduce a new first class product, though the details are fairly limited for now. What we know about Air France’s new first class It has been announced that Air France will introduce an all new first class pr




Sims 4 Pronouns Update•
EA and developer Maxis are bringing a welcome inclusivity feature to The Sims 4 . Starting today, you'll be able to customize the pronouns of your Sims. The feature is only available in the English version of The Sims 4 for now. EA and Maxis plan to improve it over time and make it available in more languages. They say it's "one step in the direction of a more inclusive experience for Simmers." A



81Mashable / 12h
If you’ve been itching to learn about the next version of iOS , have we got news for you. Apple sent out the press invite for the 2022 edition of its annual Worldwide Developer Conference, or WWDC, on Tuesday. The invite depicts a row of rainbow-colored Memojis in profile, with the words “Swiftly approaching” beneath them. The obvious joke is that maybe Taylor Swift has something to do with WWDC



TL;DR: You can get an Apple iPhone 13 on sale for up to $200 off with qualified activation (via Best Buy) as of May 24. Take your pick from the iPhone 13 , the iPhone 13 mini , the iPhone 13 Pro , or the iPhone 13 Pro Max . The rumor mill may already be looking ahead to the (still unannounced) iPhone 14, but some new deals at Best Buy have us hung up on Apple's current smartphone lineup. As of Ma



Chinese merchants have been huge on Amazon. But now we’re seeing the trend reverse.



When traveling to a new country, many of us buy a SIM card as soon as we land—but it often turns into a frustrating experience. You have to find the kiosk, provide the right documents, pay, and then wait for activation. What if you could skip the whole charade and get an instant local connection, and reasonable rates,… Read more...



The Canary Islands are a favorite among international travelers, with millions of tourists heading to these popular Spanish islands each year. The archipelago is one of the few places that sun-seekers can count on to have warm rays year-round in Europe . It goes without saying that the best spots to enjoy some Canarian sun are the beaches — and there’s no shortage of sandy shores on these islands



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. In 2015, some applicants with excellent credit who applied for Chase credit cards suddenly found themselves being declined . The reason agents gave was that an applicant had “opened too many new accounts in the last 24 months.” There were enough data points to determine that the threshold for a Chase denial was havin



Today Apple CS Seven•
Apple revealed that it will be expanding its Today at Apple Creative Studios initiative to seven new cities, including Berlin, Miami, Milan, Nashville, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo. It will also return for the second time in Bangkok, Beijing, Chicago, London, New York City, Paris and Washington, D.C. In total, the program will reach 14 cities. The new sessions are all free and open to the public; how



Uber today announced a significant milestone — it has completed 1 billion rides across all its markets in Africa. This feat translates to over 10 billion kilometres in terms of distance covered, according to the company. This milestone for Uber is coming nearly a decade after the mobility tech company set up shop on the continent in Johannesburg, South Africa. It has since established a presence



Tesla Sexual California•
A California county court judge ruled Monday that a sexual harassment suit against Tesla can proceed in court, rejecting the automaker’s request for closed-door arbitration, according to Bloomberg . That means that Tesla must defend itself in open court against claims that female employees face “rampant sexual harassment” at its Fremont, California, factory. Alameda County Superior Court Judge St



It’s Demo Day time! Today marks the 30th Demo Day for Alchemist , the enterprise-focused accelerator that helped grow companies like LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Computing and Privacera early on. As an enterprise accelerator, the companies Alchemist backs generally focus on selling things to other companies as opposed to selling straight to consumers. Some of the companies might have a consumer angle to



If your browser homepage and search engine keep mysteriously changing to Yahoo!, your computer is probably infected with a browser hijacker. While resetting your browser might seem to fix the problem, here’s how to do the job properly. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



ASUS ExpertBook B9•
Asus has revealed a pair of fresh Expert Series laptops over at Computex 2022 , including the lightest 14-inch notebook in the world. That featherweight offering is the Asus ExpertBook B9, a 14-inch business laptop which weighs just 880 grams thanks to a magnesium-alloy chassis. The Exp


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