Friday, July 15, 2022

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Editor’s note : This post has been updated with the latest information. It turns out that Apple AirTags are an affordable — and effective — bag tracking system. This is especially relevant in a summer that is proving to be problematic for checked luggage , especially at certain airports. I recently put them to the test during an international flight when my bag ended up going missing temporarily.



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It's been theorized that a lack of charging stations has contributed to fewer electric vehicles on the road. Here's how GM plans to change that.



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Most Linux servers, including virtual private servers, will come with a public IP address for you to connect to. However, the physical network card used to carry the connection can support any number of IP addresses. Here’s how to add a new one to your server. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Jillian Michaels Fitness App is on sale for £126.65, saving you 66% on list price. If you’re looking for a one-stop-shop for getting in shape this summer, consider the Jillian Michaels fitness app. It offers long-term workout plans, workouts on demand, and easy meal plans. Plus, it’s on sale for 66% off for a limited time. Everything in the Jillian Michaels f



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong files comes this: An industrial control engineer recently made a workstation part of a botnet after inadvertently installing malware advertising itself as a means for recovering lost passwords. Lost passwords happen in many organizations. A programmable logic controller—used to automate processes inside factories, electric plant



If you’re feeling confused about the state of startup investing, join the club. Public company shares have been relentlessly hammered in recent months amid rising fears of a recession, yet startup funding seems as brisk as ever and, more surprising, to us, VCs are still routinely announcing enormous new funds as they have for many years. To better understand what’s going on, we talked this week w



Welcome to the weekend. It's Saturday, you did it! What better way to ease into some good ol' leisure time than by tackling the latest Wordle . If you're having a hard time finding the solution, though, we've got you covered. The answer to the July 15 Wordle, puzzle #392, can be found at the end of this article, or you can simply read on for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you ev



Amazon, the second-largest employer in the United States, has made plain its desire to keep its workforce from unionizing. In one of its warehouses, ALB1 in upstate New York, that message has become crystal clear: "Don't sign a card." Photos of the new digital signage were sent to Engadget by an employee at the facility. Their presence was confirmed by a second employee, David, who claims to have



Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys on the internet. This week, it’s a veritable Spider-smorgasbord, as both Hasbro and Hot Toys get in on the No Way Home hype. But there’s also Lego hot rods, cool G.I. Joe rides, and perhaps the coolest ride of all: Yoshi ? Check it out! Read more...



Enlarge / A vial of the Monkeypox vaccine is displayed by a medical professional at a vaccination site at the Northwell Health offices at Cherry Grove on Fire Island, New York, on July 13, 2022. (credit: Getty | James Carbone ) US monkeypox cases hit 1,470 this week , and federal officials reported Friday that they expect the tally to continue rising amid expanded testing, continued community tra



The James Webb Space Telescope can see clearer and farther than Hubble, but its up-close imagery is special too.



Heads up: when you log into your American Express Membership Rewards account, you may not be able to transfer Membership Rewards to one international airline’s loyalty program. Thankfully, this isn’t a major change in transfer partners — it’s a technical glitch that should be fixed soon. The outage prevents Amex members from moving to the Etihad Guest program , an Amex spokesperson told TPG Frida



Imagine if Batman had an Iron Man suit, as well as a son, and that his son and his friends discovered the Bat Cave . That’s the general setup of Secret Headquarters , a new movie coming to Paramount+ on August 12, and the first trailer is here. Read more...



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With Twitter pressing for a quick trial , Elon Musk’s lawyers are making a case to slow things down. In the lawsuit Twitter filed against its would-be owner, the company argued that it would only need four days to prove that the court should require Musk to follow through with his agreement to buy it for $44 billion. Twitter took the SpaceX and Tesla CEO to task in the lawsuit, not just for tryin



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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is joining the ranks of games with more inclusive character generators . Both Wowhead and Polygon note the expansion's new alpha release has dropped gendered language from its character creator. Instead of the male and female options you frequently see in these tools, they're now divided into respective "Body 1" and "Body 2" sections. While they effectively offer t



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 . Time to do the Friday dance! We’ve mentioned our virtual TC Sessions: Robotics event a few times, but we’ve got some good news for events fans. Hang on to your blockchains and sharpen those crypto wallets — we’re doing a TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto in November as w



An anonymous letter allege that the General Motors-owned Cruise has rushed in the process of fielding its robotaxis.



We surveyed 620 people to find the Apple products customers would least likely purchase, and the answer might surprise you.



What's more shocking than the prices of these apps is the fact that some of them have a significant amount of positive reviews from customers.



After a lot of build up, Amazon has slowly been rolling out its drone delivery service. Here's where Amazon's drones will begin making their deliveries next.




Start off the weekend as you mean to go on: with another winning word in ever-popular game Wordle. If you're stuck on the July 16 puzzle, we've got you covered.



Black holes remain largely mysterious parts of our vast universe: Here are 10 things we believe we know, and a few notes about what's still missing.



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In a recent interview with Variety , The Boys ’ showrunner Eric Kripke was very clear: he makes television , not movies. Read more...



The MacBook Air M2 has finally arrived in the hands of those who preordered it, at least those who weren't hit with pre-order delays. And so far the reception has been pretty positive, with owners taking to social media and showing off their new laptops in some gorgeous photos. There are major differences between the old M1 Macbook Air compared to the new M2 MacBook Air, including the loss of the



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Mr. Musk formally responded to Twitter’s attempt to force him to buy the company, arguing that there was no reason to hurry the case.



Citing “disturbing” levels of power used by cryptocurrency miners, a group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy to crack down on the controversial industry. The letter , signed by four senators and two representatives, calls on regulators to compel cryptominers to disclose their carbon emissions and energy use. Enviro



The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may well have produced some of the most awe-inspiring images in the history of deep space photography since its launch, however, even the most modest modern laptop might beat it in the storage stakes. The world's most advanced telescope only sports a 68GB Solid State Drive (SSD) , though this still beats out the modest 2GB utilized by the Hubble telescope (th



ESPN+ is Disney’s sport-focused streaming service, commonly used in the bundle alongside Disney+ and Hulu. However, if you pay for ESPN+ by itself outside of the Disney+ bundle, your monthly bill is about to go up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Philips Hue is the most well-known smart lighting brand. But when shoppers realize that Philips Hue costs two or three times the price of its competitors, they often walk away thinking that its products are overpriced. And that’s a shame—Philips Hue is prohibitively expensive, but its pricing makes sense. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



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NASA is hoping to send scientists to the International Space Station on private missions, but the space agency says it'll need more money to make it happen. Yesterday, SpaceNews reported that Craig Kundrot, NASA’s biological and physical sciences division director, told a National Academies committee this week that the agency wants more funding in the fiscal year 2023 to send specialized research



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After somehow losing a human skeleton in transit, FedEx used perhaps the milquetoast possible way to apologize for the loss — a generic Twitter reply. This bizarre story begins three year ago, when per an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation a Georgia medical examiner attempted to send the remains of one Jeffrey Merriweather to a lab in St. Louis to try to determine how he went from full-bo



EA will release the 12th expansion pack for The Sims 4 on July 28th. Starting on the same day, all players (including those who don't buy the High School Years DLC) will be able to change their Sims' sexual orientation, as part of the developers' efforts to bolster LGBTQIA+ representation in the game. "Between this update and the recent pronouns update , we’re taking several strides forward into



Enlarge / Apple's App Store. (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images ) Throughout the short history of smartphone apps, games have consistently driven more revenue than non-gaming app categories. But that has finally changed in the United States, according to new data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The shift began in May 2022. By June, 50.3 percent of US consumer spending



Enlarge (credit: MONEY SHARMA / Contributor | AFP ) Throughout the pandemic, the world’s richest men added about a trillion dollars to their net worth. The Washington Post reported that SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pocketed a fifth of that. But while some billionaires spent the pandemic getting richer, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates looked at the world crumbling around him and deci



Some of the stories from this group are shocking (though admittedly no less shocking than stories we've already heard). Cars that had been reported stolen but were still in Hertz's possession and being rented , handcuffed in front of their kids, and perhaps most shocking - a Hertz platinum member who was arrested four times . Continue reading ...



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A Chinese software developer is facing backlash after a writer accused its word processing software WPS of locking her out of a novel draft, claiming that the document contains “sensitive content.” WPS has denied the claims, but more users have come forward with similar experiences, raising concerns over the extent of… Read more...



If you try to book a hotel room or reserve a flight these days, the prices are a clear indicator people are traveling. The recovery adage in the hotel industry for much of the pandemic has been that leisure travel would bounce back first followed by corporate travel and then groups and conventions. Leisure travel certainly rebounded the quickest, but there has been debate on if group travel — any



Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express overview The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express offers several bonus cash-back categories and some new benefits, making this card a decent option in the crowded field of cash-back cards. Card Rating*: ⭐⭐⭐ *Card Rating is based on the opinion of TPG’s editors and is not influenced by the card issuer. Editor’s note : This is a recurring pos



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Jane Foster stands at the gates of Valhalla, having earned a warrior’s rest after making a sacrifice so worthy that even she, a mortal, had gained the respect of Asgard’s fallen heroes. But she waits a moment, turning from the gates of eternal paradise. All she can say is “I wasn’t ready to die.” Read more...




Sims 4's latest expansion pack, "High School Years," is launching on July 28, but it's also getting a free update with a variety of features, chiefly a new set of sexual orientation options. Over its history, The Sims has been a haven for many LGBTQIA+ people , and earlier this year they became the face of its "Wedding Stories" expansion with a queer couple featured heavily in the marketing. Whil



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In the mid-1990s, one of the most popular magazines around was George , a monthly founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. that focused on politics and pop-culture, and featured big, glossy images of celebrities on its covers. After Kennedy died in a plane crash in 1999, however, the magazine went downhill and ultimately ceased… Read more...



Web security experts Cloudflare have recently spotted a new botnet which it claims is probably the most powerful ever seen. Dubbed Mantis, the firm is claiming it evolved from a previously-known botnet - Meris. There are a few things that make Mantis exceptional, according to the researchers. First - it has fewer bots in its network, compared to its counterparts - around 5,000, but it is capable



There is a lot of mythology baked into drinking culture. You might believe, for instance, that once you pee during a night out, you’re doomed to make nonstop trips back to the bathroom because you “ broke the seal ,” but that’s not true. You might also believe that the “hair of the dog” will help you get over a… Read more...



Is it really written in the stars? This week, Bumble launched weekly customized astrology content in-app, with astrologer Aliza Kelly taking on the task of helping you find a star-crossed soulmate. Dubbed “ Astrology Tuesdays ,” Bumble users in the U.S. can go to the new astrology channel within the conversations screen in Bumble’s Date mode. There will be weekly updates giving users content such



Spotify’s hip-hop playlist “RapCaviar” will now be a new documentary series on Hulu. The eight-episode docuseries “RapCaviar Presents” aims to address “today’s most provocative issues” through stories of top hip-hop artists like Tyler the Creator, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Saweetie and Roddy Ricch, according to Spotify. The show will premiere on Hulu later this year, but an exac



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When crypto transactions remain transparent on the blockchain, just how hard is it to conceal when digital currency is trading hands in a not-so-legal fashion? Read more...



It's OK if you don't remember Skate . The series debuted 15 years ago and Skate 3 , the last one we got, was released in 2010. Now, the skateboarding series is set to return. Fans in the lively Skate community who have been hanging on every tease and rumor for the past 12 years had their wishes answered on Thursday when Electronic Arts revealed the return of Skate, with the upcoming when-it's-rea



Your web browser is your window to the outside world, but it goes two ways—it’s also the window through which viruses, malware and other nasties can get access to your computer. With that in mind, it’s vital that you take some time to lock down your browser of choice as much as possible from a security perspective,… Read more...



The best electric bikes under $500 was a price point that simply didn’t exist just a few years ago. It used to be that even an affordable e-bike would set you back a few thousand dollars. But with improving battery and e-bike motor technology, those prices have come down, creeping below (or at least close to) the $500 mark. Though e-bikes at this price point may not offer the range and features o



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Winter Blues The crypto winter has apparently reached the high seas. OpenSea, the world's most popular NFT marketplace, has announced widespread layoffs, joining several other industry leaders which have had to make major workforce cuts amid the cryptosphere's catastrophic slump . OpenSea CEO David Finzer announced the culling of 20 percent of company staff in a Thursday tweet , which included an



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Guests on board Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville at Sea Paradise cruise ship were forced to return to dry land this week when the U.S. Coast Guard issued a no-sail order for the recently christened cruise ship. The Margaritaville at Sea Paradise is a 30-year-old ship (previously run by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line) that recently underwent a multimillion-dollar Margaritaville-themed refurbishment. Fo



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Even the most open-minded person might be skeptical about buying a ticket to see a live-action movie about a talking shell with a one googly eye wearing tiny tennis shoes. It’s just not an image one easily gets their head around. And yet, about 45 seconds into that movie—appropriately titled Marcel the Shell With … Read more...



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Active noise cancellation has become one of the most useful features in modern wireless headphones, and thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Washington , the technology that intelligently silences unwanted background noises during a conversation could soon take a giant leap forward. Read more...



There once was a time when Internet users occupied what was once “Ask me anything” and “Like for a truth.” These anonymous confession trends have basically become NGL, which is an app where users receive anonymous questions from friends, but a recent lawsuit alleges that might not be the case. Read more...



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Baseball isn’t exactly a sport known for its technological innovation but new data suggest fans, or a sizable chunk of them at least, are ready to embrace automation. Read more...



One corner of the Caribbean is getting with the times: Earlier this week, the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda overturned many anti-LGBTQI+ laws in its Sexual Offences Act. The law decreeing that intercourse must be between “a male person and a female person” was replaced with the word “persons” after the country’s High Court ruled much of the legislation was unconstitutional. “The Eastern Ca



TikTok's global chief security officer (CSO) will step down from that position and shift into a strategic advisory role. Roland Cloutier's change in duties follows concerns about how the company is handling US user data. TikTok recently admitted that employees outside of the country were able to access that information, although "robust cybersecurity controls and authorization" from its US securi



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Redecorating a room is a big commitment, but one of the more intriguing uses for augmented reality is letting users preview new furniture pieces in a space. Thanks to a new feature Apple introduced to developers last month, you won’t have to move a single item before dropping a new virtual couch or coffee table into… Read more...




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Can a smartphone still be cool? They were, once upon a time, in those days when they were more luxury than ubiquity. But what happens when everyone has one — and, more to the point, we all pretty much have the same one? Phones aren’t fashion. They’re not clothes or shoes or even cars. Chances are probably roughly equal that you’ve got the same one as the world’s richest billionaire or the person



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In less than a week, Comic-Con is back in San Diego , California. That’s right. After three full years away , San Diego Comic-Con returns on Wednesday night, and with it comes the usual battery of panels, booths, merchandise , and more, covering all manner of popular culture. Truly, you can go to Comic-Con as a fan of… Read more...



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Jupiter So Bright NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope. One new infrared image of the gas giant is so detailed, the telescope even managed to get Jupiter's moon Europa in the frame. The shots are also notable for what they represent: that the new telescope could be capable of such detailed observations that they could answer



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Sleep It Off The workforce in Japan is apparently so overwhelmed that two companies are partnering up to create new upright "nap boxes." Illustrations of the new design show neutral, innocuous-looking tubes with midcentury-inspired wooden legs. The shelves inside act like full-body armrests, Bloomberg reported today — helpful for preventing users from falling over as they doze off between meeting



In a bid to bring people back, Facebook is letting a limited number of users have up to five different profiles as part of a new test. Initial reports come from Bloomberg where it says the test is only available to certain users in a select few countries, including the United States. One profile on the account will need to serve as the core with the user’s real name attached to it. The additional



The ink is dry on Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, the gaming company that created sci-fi hits Halo and Destiny. Both companies announced the news on Twitter Friday, confirming that the $3.6 billion deal had gone through without any surprises. The agreement to acquire Bungie has closed. So now we can officially say… welcome to the PlayStation family, @Bungie ! pic.twitter.com/x5jVmelaxl — PlayStatio



Steeped in history and central to several of the world’s major religions, Jerusalem has been on my “must visit” list for several years. Once I started making my plans, however, I quickly noticed that hotel prices in the city can be expensive. Options for using points exist, but they aren’t numerous and don’t include any Marriott or Hyatt properties — and, just like paid rates, points rates can be



BMW's subscription-based heated seats have caused quite a stir, but now the company has responded with new details about microtransactions in the US market.



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Major companies have begun accepting cryptocurrency tokens as payment for their goods and services. Is it worth the hassle, or is this just a phase?



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While inspired by its past, Hyundai is also marching straight into the future with zero-emissions sports cars. Here are some they recently unveiled.



The developer behind Destiny is now a part of the Sony universe. Sony Interactive Entertainment officially closed on a $3.6 billion deal today to buy the independent game studio and publisher Bungie, according to tweets from both Bungie and PlayStation Studios. Under the terms of the acquisition, Bungie will still maintain creative control over its operations and independently develop its games.



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The FedEx Help Twitter account just wants to help. It’s in the name, after all. But the official customer service page of U.S. FedEx apparently isn’t equipped to manage every situation that arises. The shortcomings of the account became apparent when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweeted out an article late… Read more...



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Rhys Spence Contributor Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where he works with portfolio companies to help address priorities, with a focus on internationalization and HR. More posts by this contributor European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021 The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education These



When you have a workbook with many sheets, it can feel tedious to scroll between them. In Google Sheets, you can hide your sheet tabs to see only those you need. Then, unhide them when the time comes to view them again. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The latest LEGO crossover may be the best one we’ve seen yet. The official LEGO Twitter account just confirmed a new The Office set based on the critically acclaimed NBC show everyone loves. If you’re a fan or know someone that is, this would be the perfect gift. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



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Google’s Chrome OS Flex has officially arrived to rejuvenate old PCs and Macs, by turning them into Chromebooks. Eventually, your Mac or PC will struggle to run after being bogged down with software or crippled from wear and tear following extensive use. It could take a few years or a decade, depending on various… Read more...




You now can travel all the way to the North Pole on a luxury cruise ship. France-based cruise operator Ponant this week proved it was possible by taking dozens of paying passengers to the ice-bound destination on its new luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot. Named after a famous French explorer, the super-hardy, 245-passenger vessel is the first upscale cruise ship to make it all the way to t



If it’s been years since you’ve broken out the first aid kit, let me congratulate you on your long string of good fortune. But in an attempt to help your good luck streak continue, let me also say this: You should go check your kit and make sure none of its items have expired. Several products in a standard first aid… Read more...



Air travel connects the world. People fly for a purpose. They’re visiting friends and family, attending to important business, and connecting. Sometimes they connect with each other, through the randomness of seat assignments. And sometimes it’s the little connections with employees along the way, because it’s one human helping out another and taking a moment engage as people. Seven moments share



Airline startup Connect Airlines is making a pretty tempting offer to prospective pilots, which is a reflection of the times. Connect Airlines looking to recruit 30 captains I’ve written before about Connect Airlines , which is an airline startup in the United States. The airline intends to use Dash 8 turboprop aircraft to fly between various points in the United States and Toronto Billy Bishop C



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We already had many questions about Sony’s mysterious Madame Web , and the latest casting announcement makes us even more curious as to what this movie is. Deadline reports that Severance star Adam Scott has joined the ensemble alongside star Dakota Johnson as Madame Web and the “we have no idea what character they’re… Read more...



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The Sims 4 is set to release its most in-depth update for LGBTQ game play on July 28, with an entirely new way to represent the sexual identities of its players and their virtual characters. Designed in collaboration with LGBTQ organizations the It Gets Better Project and GLAAD , the game's sexual orientation update adds two new customization scales for players interested in exploring a more full



After revealing the Arc 3 A380 entry-level discrete graphics cards earlier this year, Intel has finally teased the performance of its highly anticipated Arc 7 A750 Special Edition GPU. A YouTube video (see below) posted today gives us a glimpse at the Arc 7 A750 Limited Edition, a desktop graphics card that will slot… Read more...



The FCC's 25Mbps broadband standard seemed fast in 2015, but that was seven years ago — and the agency's current leadership believes it's time to raise that baseline. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed raising the minimum definition of broadband to 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps for uploads. The previous 25/3 benchmark is both outdated and hides just how many low-income and rural inter



TechCrunch is more than just a site with words. We have a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relating to the startup and venture capital worlds. Embedded below are the latest from The TechCrunch Podcast from Darrell , who talks to TC writers about their own stories of the week; Chain Reaction , our crypto-focused podcast hosted by Lucas and Anita ; Found , a long-form



In order to eat broccoli, one must chop broccoli , and chopping broccoli requires two things: A (sharp) blade and (stable) surface. In addition keeping your knives sharp, stabilizing your cutting board is a key part of a safer slicing, dicing, chopping experience. Cutting on a wobbly, sliding surface is dangerous, but… Read more...



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Chef's Kiss NASA's beloved Perseverance Mars rover discovered something particularly strange as it traversed the Red Planet — a coiled mess of unidentified, string-like material that almost resembles a swirl of noodles. Alas, while we wouldn't be surprised to learn that extraterrestrial life also enjoys a delicious linguine, ramen, or any other pasta-centric meal, it's most likely that this oddit



Enlarge / Intel's 12th-generation Core CPUs use different types of CPU cores for different tasks. That hybrid architecture continues to cause problems for some software. (credit: Intel) Earlier this week, some people waiting to take the bar exam received a message from ExamSoft, the company that makes the Examplify software that many states use to administer the exam: PCs with Intel's latest 12th



How do I do this without a touchscreen? [credit: NYT / Hasbro ] On Thursday, The New York Times and Hasbro announced Wordle: The Party Game , a $20 physical version of the viral web game hit that will be available starting in October. But this new game is far from the first to allow players to essentially "play Wordle in real life," as the marketing copy promises. Aside from the obvious change in



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Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Kevin Dietsch ) Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is aiming to increase the agency's broadband speed standard from 25Mbps to 100Mbps on the download side and from 3M



Scroll down on a Google Play app listing and you'll soon see this new privacy section. [credit: Google ] Google's developer deadline for the Play Store's new "Data Safety" section is next week (July 20), and we're starting to see what the future of Google Play privacy will look like. The actual Data Safety section started rolling out in April , but now that the developer deadline is approaching..



Enlarge / If you live in the West, it's difficult to maintain denial about fires and drought. (credit: Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images ) There are many dramatic contrasts between the Biden administration and its immediate predecessor, and climate policy is high on the list. After four years of promises to restore coal use and claims that windmills caused cancer, we have an administration that p



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The Kremlin has abruptly ended Dmitry Rogozin’s tenure as the head of Russia’s space agency, forcing us to wonder if the introduction of a new space chief might change Roscosmos and the way it handles other space agencies. Sadly, there’s good reason for pessimism. Read more...



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It's a formative, and sometimes traumatic, time in many people's lives. So why do so many video games want to revisit it?



Netflix recently made news for something aside from its plunging subscriber base or more positive developments like the success of Stranger Things season 4: the addition of Spatial Audio to select shows on its platform. Similar to the Spatial Audio tracks on streaming services like Apple Music, Netflix Spatial Audio aims to provide a realistic sense of immersion, one that can bring scenes to life



Using Microsoft Excel macros, you can run a prerecorded set of steps to automate many of your repetitive tasks. You’ll have to turn on the feature before you can use it. We’ll show you how to activate macros on a per-spreadsheet basis as well as for all spreadsheets in Excel. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




After years of working on its self-driving Robotaxi fleet of vehicles, GM’s Cruise recently received regulatory approval to drive on select streets in California and charge customers for taxi rides. However, things aren’t off to a good start, and now the platform is under review. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Nucleus Genomics , a genetic testing company focused on calculating a patient’s risk of certain diseases, is adding $14 million to their initial seed funding round. With this round the company has raised, in total, $17.5 million. This “seed plus” funding round was led by Alexis Ohanian’s 776. Ohanian is joining investors like Founders Fund, Adrian Aoun (CEO at Forward Health), Brent Saunders (for



Julie Gionfriddo Contributor Julie Gionfriddo is director of advisory services at accounting and advisory firm Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP . Prior to joining FML CPAs, Julie spent nearly 20 years at PE and VC firms rising to the level of principal. If an early-stage startup is ready to raise money but its valuation hasn’t been established yet, a convertible note can serve as a good fundrai



This week the Hellfire Gala—Emma Frost’s now-annual championing of Mutant diplomacy and an excuse for gorgeous, gorgeous fashion—returned to Krakoa, and although this time the splashy soiree wasn’t the multi-comic event it was in its debut, that doesn’t mean the X-Men and their many... uh, allies didn’t find a way to… Read more...



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