Monday, July 04, 2022

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Xiaomi 12S Ultra Leica•
2KEngadget / 7h
Merely six months after its previous flagship launch, today Xiaomi announced a trio of familiar-looking smartphones to mark the beginning of its partnership with Leica . The new 12S Series features MIUI 13 based on Android 12, and it runs on Qualcomm's allegedly more efficient Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 flagship processor, with the headlining 12S Ultra packing a massive 1-inch, 50.3-megapixel Sony IMX98



Meta Novi Wallet September•
500+TechCrunch / 8h
Three years after Facebook announced its ill-fated push into cryptocurrency , aka the Libra project, the tech giant has signalled another scaling back of its activity — announcing Friday that Novi, the digital wallet payments pilot it launched last October , will be ending on on September 1. In a statement provided to CoinDesk , the tech giant that’s now known as Meta suggested it has plans to re



300+Mashable / 8h
Photographs from space are currently nothing like we've seen before. With the James Webb Telescope taking unprecedented images of the deepest we've seen of the universe, the Hubble Telescope snapping colliding galaxies , NASA's Mars rover Perseverance peering into new parts of the planet , and astrophotographers looking up just at the right time , astronomy photography is at its best right now. A




Engadget / 18min
The music of Crosby, Stills and Nash is once again available to stream on Spotify. In February, the supergroup left the platform to protest Spotify’s inaction against Joe Rogan, who was accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation through his podcast. According to Billboard , the trio plan to donate their Spotify earnings to COVID-19 charities for “at least a month.” Crosby, Stills and Nash were



Gizmodo / 46min
It isn’t just Transformers that’s celebrating a milestone this holiday weekend. Back in 2012, Sony returned to Marvel Comics’ most popular hero with The Amazing Spider-Man , a reboot completely separate from the original Sam Raimi trilogy , for better and for worse. And ten years later, the two-film franchise (well, … Read more...



An important milestone has been reached in the newly launched CAPSTONE mission, as the tiny probe, moving in excess of 24,000 miles per hour, has escaped low Earth orbit and begun its four-month trek to the Moon. Read more...



Apple makes it easy to pay for gas, food, and other items using your Apple Watch or iPhone, but you have to set it up with your info before it will work.



NASA Earth CAPSTONE Moon•
69Engadget / 1h
NASA's grand plan to take humans back to the Moon for the first time in over half a century has taken another step forward. The 55-pound CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) cubesat has broken free of Earth's orbit and is on its way to the Moon. Rocket Lab launched CAPSTONE on an Electron rocket from New Zealand last week. Following six



It’s easy to use your Windows 10 PC remotely thanks to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which is built into Pro or Enterprise versions of Windows 10. By default, the RDP port is 3389, but you might need to change it. Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



After two years, the COVID-19 testing requirement for travel to the U.S. has finally been dropped , which means there’s one less hurdle for international travelers. However, if you’re like me, you still have several unused eMed proctored tests. Is it time to stash them in the back of the closet? That’s not what I’m doing. Here’s why: For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up



Normally I'd be inclined to pick up Qantas tickets in coach for the short 1 hour 20 minute flight, using my American AAdvantage status for priority check-in and boarding, lounge and extra baggage. But those were pricing at around $300 in economy for the one way trip while Virgin Australia was asking $200 for business class. And I was really curious to see what Virgin Australia was like after havi



Taika Waititi has made it his goal with his Thor movies to Do The Most Possible with his take on the God of Thunder, in a way few other Marvel movies do with their own heroes. Love and Thunder appears to be following on from Ragnarok in fine form in this regard, with both its Thors —and if this taste of the soundtrack… Read more...



You’ve planned your cruise, and now it’s embarkation day. You just can’t wait to get on board your ship and relax, sip a tropical drink and stare out to sea. You’re on vacation – woohoo! Not so fast. You might be ready to cruise, but the ship’s crew still is getting the ship ready, having just disembarked last week’s passengers. You have to go through the ship’s pier-side check-in process, which



Army Twitter YouTube•
Over the weekend, while many in the United States were pre-gaming today’s Fourth of July holiday celebrations, in the UK, the British Army was scrambling to regain control its Twitter and YouTube accounts that had both been hacked to promote NFTs and other crypto investment scans. Read more...



Windows 11 Microsoft•
Microsoft has updated its free Windows 11 virtual machines (VMs), which could give users the perfect way to sample the new operating system before making the switch. The previous Windows 11 VMs, due to expire on July 10, have been replaced with a new set with an expiration date of September 11. The offering is designed to give developers a way to toy around with the OS, but the downloads are avai



Amazon Store Analytics•
The new tool will allow companies to access anonymous information about shoppers through the analytics tool. From here, brands sold at Amazon locations can see how often products are taken off shelves and whether it’s purchased or put back. Additionally, if put back on the shelf, Amazon will note if the specific item gets purchased later on Amazon’s website. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



If you need several more rows in your spreadsheet, don’t waste time adding one row at a time. Google Sheets offers a few ways to add multiple rows, even between your existing rows, in your spreadsheets. We’ll show you how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



As the crypto markets continue to trend downward, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, remains undeterred. “Our priorities have not changed,” Mark Wetjen, head of policy and regulatory strategy at FTX, told TechCrunch. “Markets will do what they do, but the reality is that the digital asset marketplace and digital asset ecosystem, we believe, is here to stay.” If anything, the exchang



Far too many home cooks are more obsessed with hardware than they are about software. What good is a $700 knife if your ingredients are sub-par? Half the battle of making your meals taste good has to do with how you flavor everything from skinless chicken breasts to chopped dinosaur kale. I’m willing to bet that the spices and seasonings in your pantry haven’t been replaced since the tail end of



Elvis Presley was a prolific collector of cars, especially Cadillacs. His collection included a number of rare vehicles now found at Graceland and in museums.



Data Chinese China•
62Engadget / 3h
A hacker (or group of hackers) claims to have stolen data on a billion Chinese citizens from a Shanghai police database. According to Bloomberg , the hacker is attempting to sell 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin, which is worth just over $198,000 at the time of writing. The data includes names, addresses, birthplaces, national IDs and phone numbers. The Wall Street Journal reports that the hac



The Sony Xperia 1 IV is in many ways one of the most interesting phones of 2022 so far, as it has features that you won’t find anywhere else. But it’s also a flawed phone and one with an extremely high price, so there are certainly changes that we want to see for the Sony Xperia 1 V, and we’ve listed these below. Before that though we’ve included details on when the Sony Xperia 1 V might launch,



After an incredible week in Sylt , it was time to fly to Dusseldorf, our next destination in Germany. We flew via Frankfurt, so I wanted to review the business class experience on the Lufthansa CityLine Embraer 190. For those not familiar, Lufthansa CityLine is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary that primarily operates short haul flights. How I booked our Lufthansa business class tickets To depa




DB German Star Alliance•
Star Alliance became the first international airline alliance a full 25 years ago, celebrating its birthday just last month . Until now, none of the major alliances (the other two being SkyTeam and Oneworld) have had a non-airline alliance. That’s changed. Deutsche Bahn (the German railroad company, often referred to as ‘DB’) is officially joining Star Alliance as the first non-airline partner of



Losing the data stored on your Android device is a scary thing to think about -- so take these steps to prevent it from happening.



Our cybersecurity needs are constantly evolving, with brand new threats and nefarious malware showing up every day. The more our everyday lives become interconnected with our online profiles and digital identities, the more compelling targets we become for bad actors, identity thieves, and ransomware schemes. Opens in a new tab Credit: norton Norton 360 (opens in a new tab) Norton 360 brings mult



Google Chrome Password•
Apple makes it easy for its users to see whether their account passwords have been leaked, but the process varies depending on whether you're on iPhone or Mac.



One solo Elden Ring player is setting an example of how to pull off the perfect invasion – and by golly, if they aren't just the hero we need in Soulslike games. Elden Ring , like other games in the Soulsbourne series, is tough going at the best of times. Throw in invasions – where players can sneak into your game and murder you while you're distracted fighting the AI enemies –, and Elden Ring ca



With Westworld now two episodes into its fourth season —and its seven-year time jump established—it’s clear that the HBO Max sci-fi series is navigating some fresh terrain as far as its setting goes. But for all the newness , there’s no escaping a certain... familiarity that hovers over certain scenes. Read more...



Every digital photo on your iPhone has a resolution defined by the number of pixels in the image. The more pixels each images has, the more detail the photo can potentially store. If you’re running iOS 15 or higher, here’s how to see the size of an image (in pixel dimensions) in the Photos app on your iPhone. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



While movie theaters and Disney’s Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel can be fun, when you have millions of dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you might as well combine the two and make your own. Right? Right! Read This Article on Review Geek ›



For more than two years, there has been no shortage of well, shortages. From toilet paper and hand sanitizer in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, to baby formula and tampons now, supply chain issues and labor shortages have made some essential products difficult to find. Read more...



EasyJet Peter Bellew•
EasyJet’s chief operating officer has resigned amid mounting pressure over the turmoil that has engulfed the airline in recent months. Peter Bellew fell on his sword Monday, July 4, as anger grows over the way the low-cost carrier handled a pandemic staffing strategy that has led to thousands of flight cancellations in recent months. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up



Happy Monday. It’s Independence Day here in the United States, which means that much of TechCrunch is on holiday. But as last week came to a close, several important pieces of data dropped that are worth our consideration. Let’s not let that opportunity pass, day off or not. (Also, this is the last day of our Fourth of July sale , so, you know, feel free to contribute to, ahem, TechCrunch’s finan



Nina Freeman, a leading indie game designer, infuses her work with a poetic sensibility far from the tone of mainstream shoot-’em-ups.



Tesla Potholes Avoid•
Tesla has launched a new feature that aims to give Model S and Model X drivers a much smoother ride. Courtesy of the latest Tesla software update , both models can now scan for potholes and other road defects to generate "rough road map data" and adjust suspension accordingly. Rather than adjusting ride height in response to specific pot holes, though, Tesla says that region-wide data gathered by



A website color scheme is a set of colors used together on a website, which can include the colors of the text, background, links, and other visual elements on the site. Creating a color scheme for your website can help create a certain mood or feel for your site. It can also make it easier for visitors to navigate and understand your content. When choosing colors for your website, consider both



Missing phone calls is quite annoying. The good news is that there's likely a specific reason why this is happening, and easy steps to fix it.



Mexico is always an appealing vacation, especially when you can travel in style. Right now you can book business-class seats to cities like Mexico City, San Jose del Cabo and Heroica Veracruz at a significant discount. This new deal includes round-trip fares from departure cities like Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Orlando from the low $500s. That’s a stellar price for business travel to Mexico



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an extension of this promotion. It was originally published on Jan. 15, 2019. British Airways Executive Club may not be the most popular among miles collectors, due to the high surcharges it charges on award flights . However, BA’s many U.S. gateways and European destinations make it a great airline for getting a deal to Europe and booking cheap BA p



Nvidia Rtx 4090 GPU•
We’ve been treated to a fresh update on higher-end Lovelace graphics cards from a regular source of Nvidia leaks on Twitter, who provided a few more specifics, including some eye-opening info on the RTX 4090. This comes from Kopite7kimi, who gave us a whole bunch of details on these incoming GPUs only a week and a half ago. Continue to update. RTX 4090, AD102-300-A1, 16384FP32, 384bit 21Gbps 24G



Xiaomi 12S Ultra Leica•
There's a curse among the best Xiaomi phones , and that's that many of them don't go on sale globally, with the company opting to only launch them in its home country. That's the case with the brand's newest series, which includes a flashy-looking Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra rival. This is the Xiaomi 12S series, consisting of a standard, Pro and Ultra model - as you can guess, it's the Ultra that we



Nintendo Switch Japan•
Nintendo finally has a solution to fixing dreaded Joy-Con drift by way of a staggeringly cheap repairs service. The new Nintendo Switch repair service, known as Wide Care , covers the consoles as well as the infamously finicky Joy-Con controllers. The controllers, packed in with new Switch systems, have landed Nintendo in hot water before . That's largely due to their relatively poor build qualit




A password manager is a great thing to use if you want to keep your passwords secure and easy to remember. Google’s Password Manager built-in to Chrome is a popular option and it works on Android too. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



An international team of scientists has shown that two species of giant water lily are actually three, and that the newly discovered species, at 10.5 feet across, is the largest of the bunch. Read more...



Amazon Cargo UK London•
73Engadget / 4h
Amazon has started delivering packages by cargo e-bike and on foot in the UK for the first time as it makes more progress toward its climate goals. The company has opened a micromobility hub in central London. The company says the walkers and e-bikes will make more than a million deliveries a year from the hub in Hackney. It claims those trips will replace thousands of van deliveries. At the outs



A Canadian startup is betting on city dwellers realizing that they don't need a large SUV for their daily commute, nor the price tag of high-end EVs.



danskjavlarna : From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1921. My collection of vintage mythology imagery isn’t fictional. Wondering about this post? Wait for the dissertation (TBA). For now: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy



Siri called the wrong phone number when a passenger tried to reach Delta. And it wasn't just a wrong number, it was a scam number for someone impersonating Delta. They trusted it because they trusted Siri - and it cost them a fee. This reinforces my priors that digital assistants don't add as much value as people addicted to them think they do. Continue reading ...



Microsoft Outlook Android•
Microsoft engineers are busy developing Outlook Lite, a new Android app designed for cheaper, lower-spec smartphones and tablets . Information on the upcoming release is limited, but it's described in a new roadmap entry as follows: “An Android app that brings the main benefits of Outlook in a smaller app size with fast performance for low-end devices on any network.” According to the roadmap, th



Stranger Things Season 4•
Major spoilers follow for Stranger Things season 4's finale. Stranger Things star Sadie Sink doesn't know if her character – Max Mayfield – will be back for the series' fifth and final season. Speaking to Deadline , Sink confirmed that she hadn't been told whether Max lives or dies after her fateful encounter with Vecna in Stranger Things season 4 's final episode. The character was last seen in



Microsoft Raspberry Robin•
A dangerous Windows worm has found its way into hundreds of corporate networks, Microsoft has discovered. As reported by BleepingComputer , the Redmond giant privately notified companies subscribed to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint of its findings. The security advisory explained that, although the malware (named Raspberry Robin) had not yet been leveraged, it has been observed connecting to mul



This week the Dutch government announced plans to cap flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS). The nation’s busiest airport aims to severely reduce its flights from 500,000 to 440,00 annually from 2023 in order to combat air pollution. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . In case you’ve not done the math, that equates to 60,000 flights. Ri



100+Gizmodo / 5h
Star Wars might have only just got done with one TV series , but it’s already on to the next—and Andor might be one of the most intriguing shows in the galaxy far, far away so far, if only for the immense span of time it’s going to cover. Read more...



The 4th of July mattress sales are live right now and there are some big savings on a wide range of top-rated mattresses from the likes of Purple, Casper, Nectar, Saatva and Tempur-Pedic. We're casting our expert eye over the deals as they arrive and are including only the very best ones right here. So if you’ve been holding out for a comfy new mattress at a much cheaper price, you’re in luck as



In a time where internet users know how to use security tools like VPNs and the Tor browser to bypass censorship, banning a news site might end up generating opposite outcomes - the censored platforms could even acquire more popularity as a result. This seems happening now in Turkey. Following the news that Turkish authorities blocked German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) on June 30 amid licensi



PayPal Friends Family•
PayPal business users will now have to pay transaction fees on all their transfers, regardless of whether they are sending payments to friends and family. All PayPal payments are currently classified into either “Goods & Services” or “Friends & Family”, with the latter not being subject to fees However, the party is over for businesses using this loophole to bypass fees; from July 28 only persona



Not only are window air conditioning units crucial for keeping cool during the hot summer months (at least for those who don’t have central AC), but they can also provide the soothing white noise some people like to have in the background while working or sleeping. Read more...



Some of the best hacks don’t solve any real world problems or reinvent the wheel. They’re usually nothing more than an exercise in trying to make something work that is either seemingly impossible or pointless: such as getting YouTube to work on a 40-year-old computer with a hideously outdated display . Read more...



Laptops pick up dust, grease, and grime since they’re constantly in contact with your hands. But due to the way modern MacBooks are designed, cleaning them isn’t a simple case of turning the machine off. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



For guests who spend $20,000 and 100 nights annually with Marriott , you would expect nothing but the very best from the Ambassador Elite program. Contrary to what you might expect, though, Ambassador Elite doesn’t deliver the significant value above Titanium Elite status, the tier just below Ambassador Elite . In fact, there are only two benefits of Ambassador Elite status that Titanium Elite do



A lot of pitch decks I review have a slide that really shouldn’t be there: the exit strategy slide. Your slide deck should only have an exit strategy slide if you’re running a very late-stage company that’s about to IPO, and even then, you probably wouldn’t have it as a slide on a funding deck but as a whole, separate IPO plan. As an early-stage startup, it’s downright nonsensical, and it shouldn



A classic BMW model got a very modern makeover courtesy of a Tesla-caliber upgrade. The result is one of the world's most impressive cars.




We are all looking for something a little different when we go on vacation — relaxation, rejuvenation, restoration or maybe a bit of adventure. It’s for that exact reason families need a resort that can be everything to everyone in your travel party, including your kids. That’s why we’ve found the top hotel kids clubs all over the world so you can make your next vacation the perfect mix of family



Xiaomi 12S Ultra Leica•
100+Mashable / 6h
When is a phone no longer a phone, but a camera with a phone attached? Xiaomi might have an answer. On Monday, the company launched the new Xiaomi 12S Ultra, a powerful flagship designed to showcase Xiaomi's new partnership with imaging specialist Leica. And showcase it will, as every conversation about that phone is going to start with, "Holy crap, look at that camera!" The 12S Ultra has a tripl



Google US Privacy Abortion•
Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images ) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also took a further step on Friday to limit the risk that smartphone data co



21Gizmodo / 6h
July’s hefty pile of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror releases brings lesbian vampires , politically motivated magic, interstellar bounty hunters , a jazz musician who teams up with mecha pilots , mermaids, robots, fairy-tale riffs, and so much more. There’s still plenty of summer reading time left, so what are you… Read more...



Data Chinese China•
Personal information relating to roughly one billion Chinese citizens has reportedly been stolen in what could be one of the largest cyber heists in history. An unknown threat actor has taken to underground forums to advertise a batch of 23TB of sensitive data, allegedly stolen from a database belonging to a Shanghai police department. The data is said to contain people’s names, addresses, birth



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



My overall Hyatt Regency Sydney review is that everyone was friendly, and service was fine. It's in a good location, with small rooms, but the ability to upgrade to a suite here was a real advantage. Sadly the club lounge was still closed. Continue reading ...



You may wonder whether it’s possible to keep amassing points and miles if you move out of the U.S., whether temporarily or permanently. To be clear, the best opportunities for racking up lots of points and miles via credit cards exist in the U.S. The sign-up bonuses are juicier, and both the transfer rates to loyalty programs and the earning categories for your everyday spending are typically str



The best camera straps keep your gear secure, are well made, and show off your personal style. They’re perfect for when you don’t want to carry a camera bag around, as well. Here are our favorite ones you can buy. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Whether you work from home or in an office, a mousepad is a must. And in my opinion, the bigger, the better. If you want something large and made of fine materials, it can get expensive quickly. But why buy a fancy felt desk pad when you can make your own? Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Unfortunately, Stranger Things Season Four has come to an end. That doesn’t mean Netflix is lacking in new content, though. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



The Internet makes it easier than ever to communicate with others. Within seconds, you can be chatting with someone on the other side of the planet. But what if you want to communicate or send files privately? You need to make sure that you’re using encryption. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Microsoft Defender Android•
Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft’s enterprise-grade endpoint security platform , has received new features to help better protect Android and iOS-powered mobile devices. As reported by BleepingComputer , MDE now comes with Mobile Network Protection for the two biggest mobile operating systems, a new feature that will not just protect the devices, but also send out notifications to system ad



100+TechCrunch / 7h
WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that exposed the personal information and selfies of tens of thousands of people who visited WeWork India’s coworking spaces. Security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia found visitor data spilling from the check-in app on WeWork India’s website, used by visitors to sign-in at the dozens of WeWork India locations across the country. A bug in the app meant it was p



It’s always exciting when airlines add new route-map pins, especially when the new destination is thousands of miles away. American Airlines recently inaugurated service to its newest destination , Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha, Qatar, just a few weeks ago, on June 3. The airline began connecting John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and the Gulf city with daily service aboard a



A new study carried out by project management company Wrike suggests operational inefficiencies are leading employees to waste vast amounts of time. According to the study, companies with circa 3,000 employees are losing up to $52 million annually in wasted time as a result of unproductive meetings, duplicated efforts, information seeking and status check-ins. A further $8.2 million was found to



ROMA Risc NFT Laptop•
A new laptop billed as the first ever to run atop RISC-V-based silicon is now available to pre-order online. The product of a collaboration between DeepComputing and Xcalibyte, the new ROMA laptop will be powered by a mystery quad-core RISC-V processor and companion GPU, Arm security enclave, up to 16GB LPDDR4/X RAM and as much as to 256GB on-board storage. ROMA, which will support most Linux dis



26Wired / 7h
I texted her Joni Mitchell, she sent me songs of her own. Slowly, my daughter began to open up to me again.



32Wired / 7h
The internet thinks it has discovered the secret to fuel-free perpetual motion. Physics knows better.




500+Engadget / 7h
HBO Max is halting original productions across much of Europe, Variety has reported. The streaming service confirmed that it will no longer produce originals in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Central Europe, the Netherlands and Turkey, leaving only Spain and France untouched. The news is part of a plan from parent Warner Bros. Discovery to cut some $3 billion in costs following its split from



TikTok China US Chinese•
Over the weekend, TikTok wrote to Republican Senators to assure them that it’s working on a program called “Project Texas” to bolster data security for U.S.-based users. This was in response to the Senators’ letter to the company dated June 27 that questioned its data access policy after BuzzFeed News reported some China-based employees had access to U.S. TikTok users’ data. “The broad goal for P



Gurman Apple Watch 8•
Over the course of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of us finally upgraded from an old-school “where do I stick this?” glass thermometer to an easier to use infrared model for detecting fevers. But those hankering to upgrade their Apple Watch in the Fall could end up with an ever easier fever-detecting tool. Read more...



When we decorate our homes, we tend to focus on areas we can reach. That’s at least in part because unless you have one of those fancy library ladders that glide around a room, you probably try to minimize the amount of time you spend having to use one to reach the higher parts of a room. Read more...



Editor’s note: TPG writer Summer Hull sailed on Disney Wish on a free trip provided by Disney Cruise Line. The opinions expressed below are entirely hers and weren’t subject to review by the line. A slice of a galaxy far, far away is now sailing the waters of the Caribbean thanks to the new Disney Wish . That’s right, Disney’s newest cruise ship — its first in over 10 years — is home to the world



Let’s pretend, for a moment, that you’re a Delta SkyMiles member who’s putting a large haul of points toward a summer trip. However, you have a handful leftover or maybe you’re expecting to earn a bunch of points while spending on a summer trip. Here’s an option for parlaying those miles into a post-summer trip to the Caribbean. Right now you can find round-trip tickets to the Bahamas for as low



Meta Novi September•
Meta is set to shut down its Novi digital wallet on September 01, the company has announced, effectively drawing a line under the Libra project. Novi, which underwent a small pilot in the US and Guatemala towards the end of last year, used Paxos Trust Co’s USDP stablecoin to enable users to make transfers to each other via a mobile payment app . The project has received a huge degree of regulator



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China wants to control how its famous livestreamers act, speak, and even dress For Zeng, a young Chinese woman, an hour scrolling Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok, has become a daily ritual. Livestreaming took off in China in 2016 and has since become on



View of fireworks at Palm Beach boat carnival. Stamped on back: “Photo by N. Lazarnick, 29 West 42nd Street, New York.” Handwritten on back: “Boats and boating–Palm Beach water boat carnival, 1905.” Lazarnick Collection National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library



After a lovely week in Sylt , it was time to fly to Dusseldorf via Frankfurt on Lufthansa. In this installment I wanted to review the Sylt Airport Lounge (located on the island of Sylt in Northern Germany). Sylt Airport is tiny, and has a strange lounge. If the Sylt Airport Lounge were any more sponsored, it would be an Instagram influencer. Yet somehow I found the whole experience to be kind of



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 ...



Wired / 8h
With friends like these, you definitely won't need enemies. Or the main story campaign, for that matter.



21Wired / 8h
The first generation to grow up on Instagram and Snapchat is already taking stock.



Enlarge (credit: Julius Csotonyi) A group of researchers has recently made an astounding discovery. Using an innovative imaging technique, an international team of scientists has uncovered remarkable details of a pterosaur's soft tissue. Despite an age of approximately 145–163 million years, the wing membrane and the webbing between both feet managed to survive fossilization. Armed with new data,



China is now one step closer to eliminating Windows from its government endpoints, an effort it has been pursuing for more than two decades now. As reported by The Register , the country has been laser-focused on switching to Linux entirely amid conflict with the US, but has thus far lacked the support of developers. But now, all of that might change with the launch of the openKylin project . The



Tesla Potholes Rough•
100+Engadget / 9h
Tesla has introduced a software update that allows its vehicles to scan for potholes, broken pavement and other defects, Electrek has reported. It can then use that to generate "rough road map data," and trigger the adaptive suspension in supported vehicles to adjust the ride height for more comfort. Back in 2020, Musk tweeted that such a feature was coming, and this appears to be the first step.



If you've been perusing the Fourth of July sales for ways to get the iPad mini (2021) for cheap, then you may have spotted the 64GB version on offer, as it's newly down to $409. However, we're here to tell you to avoid it. This deal is live on Amazon and Walmart , including other places, but it's actually nothing new - we've been seeing the tablet go down to this price many times before, includin




Apple 2 VR Headset Meta•
If you’ve bought a Meta Quest 2 (or an Oculus Quest 2 back when it was called that ) sometime in the past year or so, you aren’t the only one who has. Meta’s best VR headset has been hugely popular over the last two years, rising to the top of the Steam users’ hardware survey stats , and (according to the latest IDC report ) given Meta near-total dominance of the VR market. The International Data



Peacock has canceled its planned TV adaptation of bestselling and award-winning fantasy trilogy, The Green Bone Saga. The Universal-owned streaming service revealed in 2020 that it had begun developing the show, which was due to be based on the first novel in the series, Jade City. Dave Kalstein, who'd most recently overseen Bourne spin-off Treadstone, and Breck Eisner, director of Vin Diesel-led



Google Location History•
A blog post by a senior Google exec has revealed that Fitbit will soon be rolling out an update to allow users to delete their menstrual tracking logs more effectively. The blog entry, published on July 1 by Jen Fitzpatrick , Google’s senior vice president of core systems, is titled “Protecting people’s privacy on health topics” and details changes Google is making to protect and remove personal



Enlarge / The California condor is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor became extinct in the wild in 1987, but the species has been reintroduced in California and Arizona. (credit: OldFulica/Getty ) T he first California condor to reach Yurok ancestral land in over a century arrived by plane and car in late March of 2022. The small plane that carried Condor 746



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The next Apple Watch may have a body temperature sensor to warn you when you’re coming down with a fever , according to Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman. The Series 8 won’t provide an exact reading, but it could notify you to see a doctor or use a dedicated thermometer. The feature has been a rumor for a while now but is more likely to appear than a blood sugar monitoring, which uses more elaborate senso



AMD Ryzen 3D V-Cache•
Back in April, AMD launched the Ryzen 7 5800X3D - a modified version of the solid 5800X CPU that came equipped with the manufacturer’s impressive new ‘3D Vertical Cache’ technology, also referred to as 3D V-cache. Now, fresh leaks are suggesting that AMD might be planning on bringing this technology to new CPUs in the Zen 3 line. The V-cache chiplet design, in layman’s terms, allowed AMD to ‘stac



The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox . Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Happy July 4th for all Americans, in the U.S. and abroad. On this independence day, I’ve been thinki



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Microsoft’s updated midrange model is a top-tier student pick and cheaper MacBook alternative, but its battery leaves much to be desired.



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Powering plant growth with solar panels instead of photosynthesis could be a more efficient way of using the Sun’s energy for food. But it’s not all good news.



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From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the year’s first half.



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Quick-delivery empires are crumbling across Europe as investors put an emphasis on profits.



You’re having a great day at the beach or on the ocean, but your fingers slip, and splash! Down goes your smartphone into the briny deep—or hopefully, just into a few inches of salt water. Either scenario can be devastating, so here’s what you should do. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



OneDrive Windows 11•
It looks like Microsoft is set to redesign OneDrive integration in Windows 11, which would be the first time in several years that its cloud storage app has seen a major visual update. As Neowin reports , the settings section of the OneDrive client has been redesigned to better match the overall look of Windows 11 . OneDrive is built into Windows 11, and allows you to save files on both your PC a



AMD Nvidia GPU 14%•
Graphics card prices have sunk again, albeit by a more modest amount in the case of retail price tags, with the bigger drops still being witnessed in the second-hand market. This is going by the latest figures from Tom’s Hardware , our sister site which scouts retail and eBay pricing on a regular basis . Current-gen GPU prices (Nvidia RTX 3000 and AMD RX 6000) at retailers have dropped 3% over th



While I wouldn’t say this is the most exciting offer ever, I’m sure it’ll still come in handy for some. Chase Sapphire Reserve Marriott Gold fast track At the moment the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card ( review ) is offering Marriott Bonvoy Gold status, with the opportunity to extend it in conjunction with stays: Register between July 1 and September 30, 2022, by logging into your Chase account and



Sony PlayStation Patent•
We hope you kept your old PS3 controllers and peripherals, because it's possible the PlayStation 5 might support them in future. A recently published PS5 patent shows that Sony could be planning to make older PS3 peripherals compatible with its latest flagship console. The new PS Plu s includes a slew of older gen games from the original PlayStation to the PS4 . Sony wasn't overly concerned with



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The British Army faced a breach of its YouTube and Twitter accounts, as confirmed by the Army on Sunday . An investigation is now underway. The military force's Twitter account was reportedly hacked , replaced with the name of NFT group Bapesclan with their signature cartoon monkey as a profile picture. The description was changed to "#1 metavesto clan on the ETH chain with multi-billion dollar e



WhatsApp Time Delete•
Look out, WhatsApp users – the popular messaging service is adding yet another tool to the arsenal of overbearing group chat admins. As spotted by WABetaInfo , WhatsApp is working on a new update that will grant admins the ability to delete any and all messages sent in groups chats they oversee. At present, messages can only be deleted by the users who originally sent them, but this new feature –



The best-rated shows of 2022 have been revealed – and, surprisingly, Stranger Things hasn't claimed top spot. In data supplied to TechRadar, the hugely successful Netflix series only secured third spot in IMDb's top-rated returning series of the year so far . Given how popular the supernatural show's latest entry – Stranger Things season 4 – has been with audiences, that may come as something of



Apple Airpods Pro 2•
Bloomberg reporter, and frequent Apple news source, Mark Gurman has given his two cents' worth on one of the key features expected to debut in Apple's hotly-anticipated AirPods Pro 2 – and it's not good news. What's up? Well, fitness fans had long been hoping for the introduction of temperature-sensing (something which Honor initially reported would arrive for the first time ever in its Earbuds 3




Gurman Apple Watch 8•
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In September 2021, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that a future Apple Watch will come with a body temperature sensor . Now, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the feature is probably ready for Apple Watch 8, which will likely launch this fall. According to Gurman, the feature won't give you a temperature reading, but will warn you if you get a fever. Previously, he also said the feature might be design



HackerOne Employee Reports•
An employee of bug bounty platform HackerOne has been stealing user-submitted reports and disclosing the information to the affected vendors, sometimes in exchange for financial reward. In a blog post , the company revealed the details of the incident, which took place over the course of roughly three months, and confirmed that the employee has since been fired. HackerOne is still considering whe



Apple iPhone 14 Mac•
If you’re up to date on iPhone news, then you’ll have heard the rumor that the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will use the same A15 Bionic chipset as the iPhone 13 line. This would be very unusual for Apple, but we now have an idea of why this might be happening. According to Mark Gurman – a journalist and leaker with a good track record for Apple information – in his Bloomberg newsletter , Apple is



Gurman Apple Watch 8•
According to rumors, there are a whopping three Apple smartwatches destined to launch in 2022, and the Apple Watch 8 is the flagship of the trio. We've heard some leaks on what features it might bring, and one is sounding super likely. This is body temperature tracking, which would be able to tell you if you're too hot or have a fever - while some smaller leakers have been forecasting this featur



For Zeng, a young Chinese woman, an hour scrolling Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok, has become a daily ritual. Among its broad range of videos and livestreams, she particularly likes one creator: “Lawyer Longfei.” Every day, Longfei answers her 9 million followers’ legal inquiries live. Many deal with how women should approach tricky divorce cases. But in May, Longfei’s account went dark f



TL;DR: As of July 4, a four-pack of The 2 Million Dollar Puzzle is on sale for $80 (with the code JULY20) instead of $120, making it 33% off. If you’re going to have a wine and puzzle kind of night, it might as well be with a puzzle that wins you money. With MSCHF’s 2 Million Dollar Puzzle , you can put the pieces together, snap a picture of the result (hint: it’s a QR code), and find out your pr



Spotify wrapped year in review playlists are a popular trend each year, but lately, you’ve probably seen those weird Spotify iceberg images all over Twitter or TikTok. So what is a Spotify Iceberg, and how can you make your own? Read This Article on Review Geek ›



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TL;DR: As of July 4, you can get The 2022 Complete Microsoft Excel Expert Bundle — worth $4,788 — for just $34.99, which amounts to savings of 99%. If you’re spending any time in the professional world, you’re probably going to have to learn to use Excel . Becoming familiar with tools like Excel isn’t just learning one software for one workplace. Like Word , Excel is a multi-functional tool you c



TL;DR: As of July 4, this refurbished Apple MacBook Air 13.3” Core i5, 1.8GHz 4GB RAM 128GB SSD is on sale for just $246.39 with the code JULY20 , aka 83% off its original price of $1,499. If you want the Apple logo without the Apple price tag, buying refurbished is your best bet. For those who just need a computer that can keep up with everyday tasks, consider a refurbished MacBook Air from 2012



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Now that the weather is warm, folks are flocking to the outdoors . Between visiting a national park, state parks, and local trails, there are tons of places to get out and enjoy nature . If you're a pet owner , hiking with a dog is a great way to get some exercise in for both you and yo


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