Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Tuesday Technology News and More...

Technology News and More...





8KEngadget / 20h
London has the oldest underground railway in the world, and on May 24th, it will welcome its newest addition to the family. Crossrail is the realization of a dream first mooted in 1941, but one that would only start being built in 2009. It is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the western world, arriving several years late and several more billion pounds over budget. But it’s hoped tha



It’s been one of the biggest pain points for flyers as air travel has rebounded over the last year. Looking for a cup of coffee or a quick bite to eat? There’s a good chance you’ll have to search for a short line or wait in a long one. Now, though, at least one airport is pushing back. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has warned its vendors, beginning June 1, they could face penalti



300+Lifehacker / 16h
Retirement is supposed to be a final reward for a life spent working hard and living right. You pursue a career, pay your taxes, save some money, and then you’re able to relax and enjoy those last few decades in relative comfort and security. Increasingly, however, retirement is seen as a myth: When nearly a quarter… Read more...




Engadget / 3min
Street View for Google Maps launched 15 years ago this week, and Google is taking advantage of the anniversary to drop some updates , including a major update to the Street View mapping hardware. The one most people can immediately enjoy, though, is the ability to “go back in time” on Street View using Google Maps for Android or iOS. This feature has been available on the web for a while now, but



Engadget / 3min
Logitech’s MX Master mice are simply unmatched when it comes to premium productivity (despite what my colleague James says ). However, while I like the Craft and MX Keys , the company’s keyboards don’t enjoy quite the same level of dominance. But after testing out the new MX Mechanical, it’s clear Logitech finally has a high-end option to match its mice. The big upgrade is that, instead of using



Logitech continually targets professionals with its “Master” series of keyboards and mice. And now, Logitech is expanding its reach with the first MX Mechanical keyboards, plus a brand new MX Master mouse that offers small improvements over its predecessor. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Logitech released its MX Mechanical keyboard on May 24, 2022—with features like a nearly year-long battery life, low-profile keycap design, wireless connectivity, and Smart Illumination backlighting, this board looks great on paper. But it doesn’t feel so good under your fingertips. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



French startup moka.care has raised a new $16 million Series A funding round (€15 million). The company is focused on mental well-being in the workplace. It offers a full-fledged service that sits in between employees and HR departments. Left Lane Capital is leading today’s funding round. Existing investor Singular is participating once again. VC firm Origins (co-founded by Blaise Matudi, Ilan Ab



South African edtech startup Foondamate has secured $2 million seed funding in a round led by LocalGlobe, the UK-based venture capital firm, to drive uptake of its Whatsapp and Facebook-based learning chatbot across the globe. Foondamate helps students with their revision by giving them immediate answers to questions and access to revision papers, while also guiding them in responses to questions



Actiondesk is a new spreadsheet solution for the software-as-a-service era. It connects with the databases, CRMs and SaaS tools that you already use so that you can build dashboards and generate reports without having to manually import data. The startup raised a $3.9 million seed round from Tiger Global, Bling Capital, Y Combinator, Speedinvest, FundersClub, Liquid2 and others. “Actiondesk is re
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Kirby Nintendo Switch•
Nintendo is slowly rolling out N64 games onto its Switch Online Expansion Pack and each month brings new additions. Following April’s pick of Mario Golf, last Friday saw Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards make its way onto the subscription service. Unfortunately, this re-release introduces a new game-breaking bug on Switch. Spotted not long after launch, this new problem occurs in Kirby 64: The Crystal



Airbnb Business China•
Airbnb will terminate its domestic business in China, marking the partial retreat of another Western tech giant from the country. Like most of its peers, the home sharing titan is shifting its focus to China’s outbound business. Google, Facebook, Twitter and the likes don’t offer services to Chinese consumers but they are important advertising channels for the country’s booming export-oriented e-



Two Elden Ring players have answered the age-old question that has plagued popular culture for decades: who would win in a fight between Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Star Wars’s Obi-Wan Kenobi? This clash of Disney intellectual property was brought to a head in a video shared on the Elden Ring subreddit, in which user Dramatic_Ad_7938 duked it out with another Tarnished in a PvP duel. One characte



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Ivacy VPN is on sale for £32.30, saving you 97% on list price. Protecting your physical home with a security system can cost thousands of pounds. Protecting your digital home, on the other hand, is much more affordable — especially with this lifetime subscription deal for Ivacy VPN . Ivacy VPN protects your digital footprint by securing it with 256-bit encryption



Canon EOS R10 APS RF•
The Canon EOS R7 and EOS R10 have finally arrived after weeks of leaks and rumors – and the two mirrorless cameras are the affordable all-rounders that amateur photographers have been waiting for. (Looking to jump to our early verdicts? Check out our hands-on Canon EOS R7 review and our hands-on Canon EOS R10 review ). Unlike the rest of Canon’s EOS R series, the EOS R7 and EOS R10 have APS-C sen



Nvidia Liquid A100 GPU•
300+Engadget / 3h
Starting later this year, NVIDIA will begin selling a liquid-cooled version of its A100 GPU for data centers. The GPU maker is positioning the video card as a way for cloud computing companies to make their facilities more energy-efficient. It may seem unintuitive, but by adding a water block to the component, data centers can reduce their dependence on inefficient air- and water-based chillers.



Thor Love Thunder Trailer•
If you thought last month's teaser for Thor: Love and Thunder was hype-inducing, wait until you check its first official trailer, which premiered tonight during game 4 of the NBA Playoffs. The new trailer gives fans plenty to chew on, offering a more significant look at Jane Foster's Mighty Thor, while also finally revealing the film's terrifying villain Gorr the God Butcher, played by Christian



Thor Love Thunder Trailer•
Move over, America's ass : We might be about to see Asgard's ass. (Assgard? I'll workshop it.) Of course, there's more going on in this new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder , the fourth and likely most unhinged instalment in the Thor series. We get some voice-over from director/co-writer/star Taika Waititi, explaining how Thor (Chris Hemsworth) went "from dad bod to god bod" (so we're still fat



Why hydrogen might be one route for Germany to move away from dependence on Russian imports.



Nvidia Computex 2022•
Welcome to TechRadar’s ongoing coverage of Computex 2022 with our Nvidia Computex 2022 Keynote liveblog! Earlier today, we covered the AMD Computex 2022 Keynote that opened up the hybrid conference in Taipei, and now it’s Team Green’s turn to try and wow us with its plans for the rest of the year. Radeon RDNA 3 graphics were a no-show at AMD’s keynote, so it’s an open question what Nvidia might h



Today Wordle Answer•
Another day, another dollar, another Wordle to solve! If you're here, that must mean you need a little help with today's Wordle , puzzle #339 — or you just want to know today's word. If you haven't found today's answer yet, we're not spoiling it... yet. But you can find it down the bottom of this post (scroll carefully to avoid the clearly marked spoilers). If you just want a few clues to help yo



Better Call Saul Lalo•
36Mashable / 4h
SPOILER WARNING: We cannot emphasize enough how spoilery this post is. Proceed at your own risk. In Saul Goodman's world it's all...bad, man. Halfway through Better Call Saul 's sixth and final season circumstances have never been more grim for our favorite Albuquerque lawyers. The Breaking Bad prequel's farewell season was sure to be a wild ride, but nothing could have prepared me for the depths



Airbnb Business China•
The home rental service is the last remaining large U.S. internet business in China.




MediaTek Dimensity 1050•
MediaTek is back with another Dimensity system-on-chip, this one packing mmWave 5G to target the U.S. market and take on competitor Qualcomm.



400+Gizmodo / 5h
Each new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie has a big hook to draw audiences in, and for Thor: Love & Thunder , that hook comes in the form of one Jane Foster. Natalie Portman’s scientist hasn’t been seen since 2013's Thor: The Dark World, but here she is, wielding Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) old hammer Mjolnir and beating… Read more...



Though it took longer than users had hoped, Samsung has announced that Google Assistant is finally available on its Galaxy Watch 4 wearable.



New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General has launched a probe into Twitch and Discord to see if the platforms broke laws on hateful and extremist content following a recent mass shooting in Buffalo. In an announcement published Monday, New Jersey's Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin wrote that the purpose of the investigation was to find out if policy or moderation failures allowed the platforms



Andrea D'Ambra Contributor Andrea D'Ambra is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and the U.S. head of Technology and the U.S. head of eDiscovery and Information Governance. Susana Medeiros Contributor Susana Medeiros is an associate in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and member of the information governance, privacy and cybersecurity group who counsels clients on informat



Rodecaster Pro II R.•
Rode has today officially unveiled the successor to its ever-popular audio streaming and recording hub, the aptly-titled RodeCaster Pro II. As with its predecessor, this device is promised to be both an intuitive and exhaustive solution to recording or directly streaming multiple sources of audio at once – whether it be for podcasts, gaming streams or multi-track recording for musicians. The Aust



Rodecaster Pro II RØDECP•
It sounds like the RODECaster Pro II could be the next big hardware upgrade for streamers and podcasters, offering key improvements over the 2018 model.



CDC US UK Monkeypox•
Enlarge / A negative stain electron micrograph of a monkeypox virus virion in human vesicular fluid. (credit: Getty | BSIP ) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today provided an update on the monkeypox situation in the US, which is connected to a growing multinational outbreak. It also used the time to address open questions and calm some unfounded fears. To date, there are five co



A man says he lost millions, and then was arrested for trying to talk to crypto boss Do Kwon.



Rodecaster Pro II R.•
When Rode unveiled the original Rodecaster Pro it was something unusual: a capable mixing desk with a singular focus on podcasting. It made it easy to record multiple guests in person or over the internet/phone, while adding background music and audio enhancements in real time or with minimal processing in post. A mini radio station in a box if you will. Today, Rode is announcing its successor, t



Airbnb China Chinese•
Stays in China made up only 1% of Airbnb's revenue for the last few years, a source said.



Spacex Shotwell Musk•
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, addressed sexual harassment allegations against Mr. Musk in a company email last week.



Snap’s announcement comes amid a slowdown for tech start-ups, as venture capital funding has fallen and young companies have been cutting costs and laying off employees.



Snap Revenue Slow Hiring•
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in an internal memo that the company will miss its revenue goals for this quarter. Snap will also slow its pace of hiring, a tactic that companies like Meta and Uber have employed as a way to cut costs. Though Snap continues to grow year over year, Spiegel says the company is growing more slowly than expected due to the overall economic environment . Snap confirmed the



The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2’s ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything … but OpenAI isn’t the only one working on something like that. Google Research has rushed to publicize a similar model it’s been working on — which it claims is even better. Imagen (get it?) is a text-to-image diffusion-based generator built on larg



The contract workers are resisting a plan to resume in-person work, citing health concerns and commuting costs.



SwipeRx , a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and existing backers. Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known



Black holes are a popular trope in science fiction, but what would actually happen if you fell into one? The consequences would be both dramatic and immediate.



Bionic Reading will allow readers to consume content very quickly and still retain all the information they need.



The world’s largest hotel companies are pouring into Saudi Arabia with plans to introduce their many brands across the country. The seismic expansion plans — which focus on the luxury market — arrive after the Saudi minister of tourism’s pledge last year that the country would spend more than $1 trillion to boost its tourism appeal. Hyatt announced earlier this month it would bring its Miraval we




Stranger Things ST4•
Netflix has dropped the final trailer for Stranger Things S4 (Volume 1). The fourth season of Stranger Things is almost here—at least the first seven episodes since the release is split in two. So Netflix released a spooky final trailer, chock full of 1980s horror tropes, on the heels of the revelation last month that the season's Big Bad will be a Dungeons and Dragons villain named Vecna. We've



This Volvo P1800, purchased in 1966 has accumulated more than 3 million miles and still manages to run today.



Android Clear Cookies•
Are web pages loading improperly in Firefox? If so, it may be time to clear your cookies, a process that is very simple and takes only a minute or two.



Monday May 23, 2022, and we’re listening to our brand-new podcast called the TechCrunch Podcast . In it, we talk to TechCrunch writers about the stories they’re most excited about. The first episode is live now, featuring Darrell and Taylor talking about … UFOs ‽ — Haje and Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Hey, you, get into my car : Automotive marketplace newcomer Sylndr is parking itself in a pri



94Gizmodo / 9h
A shady private surveillance company sold access to nearly half a dozen powerful security flaws in Chrome and Android last year to government-affiliated hackers, Google revealed Monday. Read more...



Sonic Hedgehog 2 Scenes•
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Hello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: Boeing’s make it or break it launch Fresh funding for SpaceX News from Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab and more Don’t forget to sign up to get the free newsletter version of Max Q delivered to your inbox. Boeing’s make it or break it Starliner launch Nearly two and a half years after the first botched flight test, Boeing successfully launched its Starliner



We spend a lot of time talking about things like how to avoid red flags with banks and why you should never close a credit card within one year of opening it . Recently, Chase added new warnings into the terms and conditions of select sign-up bonuses, underscoring why these strategies are so important. However, if you follow our advice, these new terms shouldn’t affect you at all. Here’s the newe



Let me start off by saying sponges are generally bad. Sometimes they smell. Sometimes they’re not up for the task. But love them or hate them, they’re a necessary part of keeping a clean kitchen. If you feel like you’ve been spending more money on sponges recently, you’re not alone. According to the Consumer Price… Read more...



Sharkcano’s Revenge As if we needed anything else to worry about, a Pacific underwater volcano that’s home to a bunch of sharks has erupted. As NASA’s Earth Observatory announced , the Kavachi Volcano, located in the Solomon Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, has been erupting since October. In case you were worried about a B-movie scenario featuring ferocious lava-infused sharks, the rea



If you like saving money, here’s a question you may be asking yourself right now. What’s the deal with Walmart+ Weekend? Firstly, Walmart+ is a membership that entitles you to free shipping with no order minimum* , free grocery delivery at the same prices as in-store**, and so much more. It makes ordering stuff online and having it “magically” appear on your doorstep that much easier. For Walmart



Former PlayStation employee Emma Majo has filed a new lawsuit against the company after her previous complaint was dismissed by a federal judge in April. According to Axios , Majo’s new filing includes many of the same gender discrimination allegations found in her original one, but the scope of the lawsuit is more limited. Rather than seeking to represent all women employed by Sony’s PlayStation



PW Google Pixel Watch•
While it’s not slated to work with the iPhone or iOS devices, this next bit of Google Pixel Watch news is interesting if you’re hoping for a quality build akin to the Apple Watch. Read more...



21Gizmodo / 9h
Last week some of the biggest financial institutions in the world came together to talk ethics and socially conscious investment at the Financial Times’ Moral Money Summit . And it went great, no notes. You guys, banks are going to fix it. The free market is gonna solve climate change. Read more...



Walmart Symbotic 42•
The push behind the massive influx of warehouse robotics funding is largely driven by one entity: Amazon. There are other factors driving the industry, of course, including the pandemic, labor shortages and supply chain constraints, but Amazon is forever looming in the corner, forcing companies to adopt creative and innovative ways to remain competitive. Not even a force of nature like Walmart is



Instagram Refresh New•
Instagram is rolling out new brand identity materials for users and influencers to use as part of a “visual refresh” that it hopes will foster creativity in the platform’s various communities. The refresh is split into three parts: a brand new font for the app called Instagram Sans, a new layout and design system, and a new logo with moving gradient colors. Admittedly, it’s a little confusing as



GameStop NFT Wallet•
GameStop has officially thrown itself headlong into the web3 vipers nest with a new app release, though it’s hard to say whether its proposed population of gamers and game developers will take up the company on its belated, head-first jump into the crypto sphere. Read more...



An original 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster with all black body-on restoration was just sold for a hefty sum at Mecum Auctions' Indy 2022 event.



An Indy car once driven by Mario Andretti was recently sold at auction for more than $2 million. What's so special about it that someone paid millions?



Have you ever seen that sign at the grocery store counter that reads “ten items or less” and sputtered, “It should say ‘ten items or fewer !’” and had your monocle fall off in a spasm of self-righteousness? Well, don’t call the manager yet, Professor English, because it’s not that simple. I’m gonna blow your mind right… Read more...




Whether you’re venturing out to visit the amusement parks for the season or are an enthusiast who holds passes for multiple themed destinations, here’s essential gear to show your love for places that provide escapes to other worlds. Check out the latest in streetwear style for a day out at Six Flags, Universal Studios Read more...



Belgium has become the latest European nation to ease coronavirus-related travel restrictions. Not only have authorities lifted a ban on nonessential travelers from outside the European Union, but they have made it so visitors to the EU’s administrative heartland will no longer be subject to any entry restrictions, such as passenger locator forms, proof of vaccination or negative tests. Get the l



Mission Tom Cruise One•
Tom Cruise and his plucky team are back to save the world (again) in Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One . The official trailer for Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One (aka Mission: Impossible 7 ) is here and chock-full of the kind of global intrigue and jaw-dropping stunts fans have come to expect from this hugely successful franchise. The trailer was shown in April exclusively a



Apple Reality Headset•
Enlarge / Jony Ive speaks onstage during the 2017 New Yorker TechFest in New York City. (credit: Brian Ach/Getty Images ) A series of reports in The Information paint a detailed picture of progression, politics, and problems facing Apple's plan to develop a virtual, augmented, or mixed reality headset since the initiative picked up steam back in 2015. Citing several people familiar with the produ



Airbnb China Chinese•
1KEngadget / 9h
Airbnb is shutting down its business in mainland China this summer due to mounting costs and domestic competition, reported CNBC. The online vacation rental platform first launched operations in China in 2016, spurred by enthusiasm from Chinese tourists who frequently use it while traveling abroad. But according to sources who spoke to CNBC, Airbnb’s China segment became too complex and expensive



25Gizmodo / 9h
The Steam Deck is a sturdy piece of kit, but it’s always nice to have peace of mind that should something stop functioning—be it the screen, joysticks, or buttons—it can be easily replaced. Early adopters of this handheld console now have that reassurance, as iFixit has officially started to sell official replacement… Read more...



Even as Netflix cuts jobs and cancels one show after another in its apparent shift to an “ all Stranger Things , all the time ” business model, HBO Max is still living like streaming never peaked. In June, it will premiere Irma Vep, a miniseries remake of the same-named 1996 art film that was itself a self-aware… Read more...



Meta Facebook Political•
100+Engadget / 9h
Meta is finally peeling back the curtain on how political and election ads are targeted on Facebook. The company is making information about how political and “social issue” ads are targeted available to researchers and the public, Meta said in an update . Researchers who are part of the company’s Facebook Open Research and Transparency (FORT) program will get access to the most detailed informat



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This is a little bit insane. In 2015 Austin entered into a 30 year lease so that a private company could build a second airport terminal. The 'South Terminal' also has two 5 year extension options built into the lease. But the city wants to use eminent domain to terminate the lease, because it now prefers to expand the main terminal. They've offered to compensate the builders less than $2 million



I’ve been dipping my toes into the world of all-inclusive accommodation. I started with an adults-only four-star hotel in Mallorca, Spain, before the pandemic. Then, because of the brutal winter 2020-2021 lockdown, it was eight months before I set foot outside of Central London to embark on my next all-inclusive excursion. Once the lockdown lifted, I spent an amazing week at a gorgeous five-star



LG is getting ready to launch an addition to its family of 4K Laser TV ultra-short throw projectors. The forthcoming HU915QE is the company’s brightest offering yet, spec’d to produce a 120-inch image with 3,700 ANSI Lumens when placed 7.2 inches from a wall-mounted screen and a 90-inch image from 2.2 inches away. The projector’s prodigious light output makes it a compelling alternative to ultra-



Shell Consultant Dennett•
100+Futurism / 10h
Ouch A just-departed consultant for the fossil fuel industry has harsh words for her former employer. As Politico reports , former Shell safety consultant Caroline Dennett sent a strongly-worded missive to the company’s executive committee — and more than 1,000 of her ex-coworkers. In the email, obtained by Politico , Dennett accused Shell of “failing” on a “planetary scale” to live up to its pur



Florida Social Law•
200+Gizmodo / 10h
In a major win for social media companies, a court of appeals upheld an order to block a Florida law that would’ve allowed politicians to sue online platforms if they were to get banned or have their content moderated. Read more...



Android devices have several different relatively simple ways to record and share on-screen gameplay, assuming your device isn't as old as dirt.



A new startup lifting elements of competing businesses is far from unusual in today’s venture world, but sometimes competing founders don’t find the imitation all that flattering. Andy Bromberg, CEO of the a16z-backed startup Eco, is claiming that Pebble , another fintech startup that came out of stealth this morning, “plagiarized” Eco’s materials and business model. Bromberg posted a Twitter thr



One of the most irritating parts of Microsoft Edge is finally being fixed after the development team apparently gave in to user complaints. Much of the Chromium-based Edge browser had been redesigned in recent months, including the context menus that appear when a user right-clicks somewhere in a window. However, users have long complained that this menu is far too large when it appears, and is c



Corsair is best known for its PC gaming accessories and hardware, like RAM and keyboards, but the company has also sold pre-built PCs in recent years. Corsair is now expanding into gaming laptops, and its first model has a mechanical keyboard and MacBook-like touch bar. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Corsair, the popular PC accessory manufacturer, has finally announced its first gaming laptop, and it has a touch bar. This powerful new gaming machine has a lot to offer in a sleek package, plus it stole the Macbook’s worst feature and made it better. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Meta MyoSuite AI Help•
Meta unveiled their new AI platform, called MyoSuite , in a press release today. The software is aimed at modeling complex human movement to help develop prosthetics and, potentially, metaverse avatars. Read more...




Whether you're new to "Pokémon Go" or have been playing for a while, some monsters are more desirable than others, and we've listed the best of them.



22Engadget / 10h
Former Activision Blizzard employee Jessica Gonzalez is appealing the publisher’s recent $18 million settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On Monday, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced Gonzalez is challenging the settlement on the grounds that it prevents workers who apply as claimants from suing Activision Blizzard in the future. When the settl



32Gizmodo / 10h
In this day and age of TV and movies, nothing stays dead for long, especially if it’s a superhero show. Late last week, it was reported that Charlie Cox’s Daredevil was due to receive a brand new show for Disney+, this time set in the actual MCU and following the character’s brief cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home .… Read more...



Rumors swirled in 2021, claiming that World of Hyatt was finally launching a luxury credit card. Instead, Hyatt surprised us with a card geared toward small businesses: the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card . Now that the dust has settled, Hyatt still doesn’t have a luxury credit card on the market, despite the fact that Marriott and Hilton both do (the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Expre



WhatsApp is the most popular chat app in the world , hosting over two billion active users. A lot of us rely on the app’s fun and unique features to communicate with friends and family across the globe, so it’s imperative the service continue to work on our iPhones. Unfortunately, WhatsApp is preparing to stop support… Read more...



The long-awaited successor to the Nvidia Ampere series of graphics cards is almost here, with the next generation being teased for release in mid-to-late 2022. Codenamed 'Lovelace' after British mathematician Ada Lovelace (who is considered to be the first computer programmer), you might better recognize these GPUs as the GeForce RTX 40 series. With the Nvidia hack earlier this year, we have more



In a year where many travelers finally feel confident booking bucket list-type trips that might not have been feasible over the last couple of years, we’ve got a great deal to put on your radar…but you’ll want to act fast. Delta Air Lines has some great mileage deals available right now on flights to Sydney Airport (SYD). While the best deals involve flights out of Los Angeles International Airpo



Windows 11 Microsoft•
White hat hackers have managed to compromise Windows 11 three times in a single day during a recently held hacking contest, raising questions on the software's security. The third and final day of the 2022 Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking contest saw three separate participants used zero-day vulnerabilities to crack open Microsoft’s latest operating system. The first contestant was nghiadt12 from Viette



300+Gizmodo / 10h
After 15 years of selling coffee and baked goods in Russia, Starbucks has announced that it has suspended all business activity in Russia. Following the steps of McDonalds, which announced last week that they would begin “de-arching,” or removing all its brand elements from Russia. McDonalds had more than 800… Read more...



The new union affects only a small group of workers — 28 quality-assurance workers at Activision’s Raven studio.



Spend a little time on social media and you’ll be sure to come across a post that tries to diagnose you with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). As we’ve covered previously , the trend of pathologizing every little behavior is a dangerous one, and it should go without saying that ADHD is not simply being… Read more...



Venice has postponed plans to charge visitors a “tourist tax” in its fight against overtourism, according to reports. Earlier this year, Venetian authorities announced that tourists heading to The Floating City would, starting next month, have to buy tickets for between $3.14 and $10.56 (£2.50–£8.40) per day. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter



Do your car's headlights look a bit faded and foggy? If so, you can restore them to their original clarity with some elbow grease and a few tools.



Your smart home might be about to get even smarter -- if you're on top of it enough to stock any of these unusual but handy smart devices.



It’s been a hard month for the global cryptocurrency market. And yet, community members continue to gather nonstop to network, learn and party at what feels like a seemingly endless loop of crypto conferences. But there seems to be a slight vibe shift between just a few weeks ago, when I attended FTX and SALT’s joint conference, Crypto Bahamas , to last week, when thousands of people gathered in



Activision Blizzard•
49Engadget / 11h
Quality assurance workers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software have voted to unionize, becoming the first group to do so at a major gaming publisher in North America. The National Labor Relations board counted the ballots on Monday — 19 workers voted in favor of the union and three voted against. Two ballots were challenged, though they weren't sufficient enough to affect the result. Ther



Activision Blizzard•
After months of organizing, the quality assurance testers at Raven Software, a division of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, have voted to unionize. This marks the first union at a major gaming company in the U.S. Administered through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the vote passed 19-3 and two ballots were challenged, so a total of 24 out of 28 eligible workers voted. These workers an



Corsair Voyager AMD•
Enlarge (credit: Corsair ) Apple ditched capacitive touch strips along the top of its MacBook Pro decks last year, giving Corsair the opportunity to offer a similar input bar. Corsair seems to think it has found a fitting use for the design, incorporating it into its first laptop, which it built with a heavy focus on streaming. Corsair made a name for itself in gaming desktops, but the Corsair Vo



AMD Ryzen 7000 Computex 4•
Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen 7000 chips are due out in the next few months. (credit: AMD) AMD first teased its upcoming Ryzen 7000-series CPUs and its new Zen 4 CPU architecture at CES in January. The company said that the chips would use the new AM5 CPU socket, that they would be built on a 5 nm manufacturing process from TSMC, and that they would be available this fall. None of those facts has changed



100+Futurism / 11h
Tax Me Millionaires are publicly protesting the gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The Guardian reports — demanding, in a strange twist, that the wealthy need to be taxed more in order to tackle growing inequality. It’s an unlikely and perhaps refreshing line of argument, demonstrating that even some of the rich want to contribute more. Davos Crocket The WEF conference i




Apple HomePod This Year•
It’s not an understatement to say that the Amazon Echo has changed the expectations of what a speaker can do for tens of millions of people around the world. Instead of being limited to playing music, the speaker could control your lights, set timers, play games, and even allow you to make Amazon purchases. The fact that Amazon continues to support the original Echo, which is nearing its seventh



eBay OneOf NFT W. Gretzky•
eBay is the latest company to enter the NFT business, as the online marketplace announced today that it’s launching its first collection of NFTs in partnership with web3 platform OneOf. The company’s new “Genesis” NFT Collection will feature 3D and animated interpretations of the iconic athletes featured on Sports Illustrated covers over the years. eBay says the surge in the collectibles market h



48Gizmodo / 11h
The week is finally upon us. After two years of delays , Star Wars fans are ready to celebrate yet again. The official Star Wars convention, Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, is happening this week, and with it comes four days of non-stop Star Wars news, merchandise, stories, and all manner of general excitement. Read more...



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Tech’s most chaotic CEO saw about $10.6 billion of his personal wealth evaporate last Friday following a report on a settlement over alleged sexual misconduct , according to estimates from the Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index . Musk’s drop in wealth, spotted by Insider, was mainly due to the tanking of Tesla shares in the… Read more...



There’s an old saying in the theater: “Your audition starts the moment you walk through the door.” It means people begin forming a perception of you the second they begin interacting with you, even if you’re not technically “on” yet. This same adage holds true in a job interview—but the interview begins even before… Read more...



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While I wasn't all that impressed with its most recent pseudo flagship phone , it appears Motorola has much bigger ambitions for its next handset thanks to the addition of a super high resolution 200-MP camera. In a post on Weibo (via 9to5Google ), the general manager of Lenovo (Moto's parent company) teased an upcoming device by showing a picture of a massive lens alongside a message about enter



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From smartphone parts to baby formula , the supply chain shortage affects industries in every corner of the world—including inside Apple’s walled garden. A recent report from a Korean trade paper indicates Apple is facing some challenges in securing a supplier for the iPhone 14’s front-facing camera, leading it to opt… Read more...



Corsair is best known for its premium desktops and accessories, specifically gaming headsets, keyboards, and monitors, but now the hardware maker is getting into laptops, and it’s setting itself apart by opting for a gaming touch bar. Read more...



Experts have uncovered a new cryptocurrency scam making the rounds using a deepfake video of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Threat actors have created a fake cryptocurrency exchange platform called BitVex that claims investors can get up to 30% returns on their crypto deposits when, in fact, all they do is steal the money that gets deposited. At press time, the site was still up and running, at bitvex[.]or



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A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board has determined there's "merit to the allegations" that Activision Blizzard violated the National Labor Relations Act. It says there are indications the company and its subsidiaries Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Publishing maintained an "overbroad social media policy" and that Blizzard threatened employees who were exercising their



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The same qualities that make cryptocurrencies go bust also explain why they refuse to die.



Etihad Guest is back with another buy miles promotion, giving you an easy path to discounted flights on airlines like American Airlines , All Nippon Airways and Royal Air Maroc . Etihad Airways is based in Abu Dhabi , but its unique partnerships make Etihad miles extremely valuable no matter your destination. This new promotion offers up to a 45% bonus on purchased miles, dropping the cost of Eti



When prepping for a job interview , the first place I go is Google. After all, the company’s search engine is a launchpad to learn about your potential company, workshop possible questions, and walk away feeling knowledgable and prepared. Now, Google is stepping up its interview game even further—by implementing an… Read more...



After finding box office success , Sonic the Hedgehog 2 arrives on digital May 24, and io9 has an exclusive clip from the special features to share. James Marsden , Tika Sumpter, and other stars discuss the production process for the sequel —with high praise especially for director Jeff Fowler. Read more...



While keeping your data cached makes website loading and usage easier, there are times when it's good to clear your Gmail cache. Here's how to do so.



Windows 11 automatically places a few important icons, like This PC and the Recycle Bin, on your desktop after a fresh install. However, they can be removed. Here’s how to get them back if you need them. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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A team of anthropologists studying Salorno, a stretch of scorched earth in northern Italy, say the site is a Late Bronze Age cremation platform where the remains of at least 172 individuals may have been burned. What’s more, the researchers believe the remains were simply left on the ground for the last 3,000 years. Read more...



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It is possible to forward text messages you receive, both at present and in the past. Here's a detailed rundown of how to do both.



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Hyundai said it plans to invest more than $10 billion toward accelerating electrification and autonomous vehicle technology in the U.S. by 2025. Part of that pot includes the $5.5 billion Hyundai has earmarked for its new EV plant and battery manufacturing facility in Georgia announced Friday. Non-affiliated suppliers are contributing another $1 billion into that project pushing the total cost to



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Meta’s AI division has been busy in recent months finding ways to make concrete production more sustainable and machine translation better . Now one of the company’s ML teams has created a tool that builds realistic musculoskeletal simulations that run up to 4,000 times faster than state-of-the-art prosthetics. According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg , the company can train the models to do things




All that's 'different' to make this is a 'shuttle service' is that the 11:50 p.m. Air France departure from New York and 7:35 p.m. departure from Paris will operate on Friday and Saturday nights, which they do not now. Let's see which travel media get tripped up by just 'publishing the press release.' Continue reading ...



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Baz Luhrmann never does things by halves, and that includes the trailer for his upcoming film Elvis . Clocking in at over three minutes long, the trailer gives us a good look at Austin Butler's portrayal of rock icon Elvis Presley, from the glitzy outfits to the hysteria-inducing hip shimmying to the conflicts with his manager (Tom Hanks). It's honestly a whole journey in itself, taking us throug



SAVE $150: The 2020 iPad Air in Rose Gold (10.9-inch, Wi-Fi, 256GB) is on sale for $599 (original price: $749). That's a discount of 20%. If you're a frequent traveler, an artist, or simply a casual browser, you know that an iPad can come in clutch. And it's much easier to lug around than a full computer. Plus, you can sometimes save a decent chunk of cash by not opting for the absolute latest op



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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) The Florida law that makes it illegal for large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ban politicians likely violates the First Amendment, according to a unanimous ruling by a panel of three federal appeals court judges. The ruling , released today by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, upheld key portions of a preliminary injunct



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Since 2019, Prime Video’s superhero series The Boys —based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comics published by Wildstorm and Dynamite—has been a bloody, anarchic romp that’s built up its own passionate fanbase and critical acclaim. Season three looks to be as bloody and absurd as ever, and adding to the chaos of… Read more...



Demand for travel to Mexico has surged in recent years. Fueled in part by a rise in flights aboard low-cost airlines, the number of U.S. travelers heading south of the border to visit Mexico’s many beaches has grown so much, some domestic airports have begun to re-think how much space they need to keep up with the trends. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our dai



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Following the end of Apple's AirPort in 2018, Apple hasn't had a network adapter for sale. That appears to be changing, according to an FCC filing.



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An error message that reads "LG IMS has stopped" is plaguing LG smartphone users working with T-Mobile carrier services. Here's how to fix it, for now.



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Enlarge / Let's see, you landed on my "Google Ads" space, and with three houses... that will be $1,400. (credit: Ron Amadeo / Hasbro) Google Play's in-app billing crackdown sure is causing a lot of conflicts with Android's biggest app developers. Google recently decided to enforce a long-standing


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