Monday, July 25, 2022

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David Warner , a British acting icon who’s genre roles are almost innumerable to count, has passed away at the age of 80. He passed from a cancer-related illness, according to the BBC . Read more...



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A new splitscreen multiplayer mod for recently released adventure game Stray lets you buddy up with a feline friend. After working out how to swap Stray's silent protagonist for their own pets, modders have found yet another way of adding even more cats to the game. Modder KangieDanie has released a splitscreen mod for the hit platformer, letting you and your buddies play simultaneously as your o




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Earlier this month, a Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space showed off one of the strangest rocket designs we've ever seen. Adding to the general sense of eccentricity hovering over the project, it says the venture will be funded by selling crypto tokens that can later be exchanged for ore that — we're serious, this is the pitch — it'll obtain via asteroid mining. We should emphasize that the



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FraughtSpotter Upon exoneration after nearly a year in jail , 65-year-old Chicago resident Michael Williams has filed a lawsuit against the city on grounds that a controversial AI program called ShotSpotter led to his essentially evidence-less arrest, The Associated Press reports . Filed by Williams in cooperation with human rights advocacy group The MacArthur Project, the federal suit alleges th



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Apple and Koss have ended their feud over wireless headphone patents shortly before trial. As Reuters notes , the two told a Waco, Texas-based federal court on Saturday that they had reached a settlement over Koss' claims Apple had infringed on patents for wireless audio technology. The terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but the two firms said they made peace on "all matters in contr



From something as simple to adding a dollop to your tea, to glazing over potatoes to make honey tots in your air fryer , there is no shortage of dishes that can be spruced up with a dash of this natural nectar. But honey’s usefulness expands beyond the kitchen: A handful of studies have found honey as a useful tool in … Read more...



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Comic-Con’s first in-person event since 2019 is over, and we’re had so much news to sift through, trailers to watch, and cosplay to delight in. After all the hype is said and done, who came out the cream of the nerd crop in San Diego this weekend? Who got lost in the crowds and con-crud? Here’s our picks for the… Read more...



Faraday Future has delayed production of its FF91 flagship electric vehicle due to lack of money and supply chain issues, the company said in a regulatory filing . The troubled EV startup-turned-publicly-traded-company said start of production and first deliveries of its FF 91 EV in the United States is now expected in the third or fourth quarter of 2022. It’s possible that the company’s lack of



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The Asian giant hornet, popularly known as the murder hornet, is getting a new moniker. This week, the Entomological Society of America announced that it will officially adopt the term “northern giant hornet” as the common name for Vespa mandarinia . The change was implemented to avoid the use of a potentially… Read more...



The volatility of China’s pandemic recovery might leave some companies and investors looking for a way out — and several have. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Airbnb is leaving the domestic Chinese market at the end of the month. While the vacation rental platform gave no specific reason, the Global Times reported it was too expensive to



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Developed by EV Safe Charge , ZiGGY is a robotic mobile EV charging platform built to serve parking spaces for electric vehicles. ZiGGY can charge your electric car and even reserve a parking space for you in advance.



I, of all people, got a fresh new user interface in Instagram the other day. Although the company has not rolled it out to all users yet, the changes seem in line with its intention to move away from its original model of photo sharing among friends, to the one pioneered by Tiktok: showing as much algorithmically targeted video content as possible and juicing engagement wherever practical. The ne



Have you ever been about to smash that “tweet” button, but the fear of being called to HR stayed your hand? It’s a reasonable fear: It may seem unfair that your bosses should be able to control how you present yourself and what you do when you’re engaging in non-work activities, but to a degree, they can. In fact, the… Read more...



A “physical fiber networking event” has caused a major outage to Microsoft 365 - including its Office software - that has raised concerns among cloud users. According to the company’s “ Preliminary Post Incident Report ,” the outage lasted around 45 minutes between the hours of 11:05 AM and 11:50 AM UTC. The report reads: “This may have affected any user in Southern India trying to connect to Mic



LG’s A series OLED TVs are the company’s value-focused line, with models in all screen sizes priced substantially lower than its more performance-oriented C series, a perennial top choice in our Best OLED TV buying guide. The new A2 series is sold in 55- and 65-inch screen sizes in the US, with the 55-inch model priced at $1,299 / £1,078. A 48-inch model is also available in the UK for £999. As t



Enlarge / A Core i5-12400 CPU based on the Alder Lake architecture. Intel's next-gen desktop CPUs will be compatible with almost all of the same motherboards as Alder Lake. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel's next-generation desktop CPUs haven't been released or even announced yet. Codenamed "Raptor Lake" and likely to be branded as 13th-generation Core chips, rumors suggest we'll see them someti



Enlarge (credit: tupungato | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus ) When T-Mobile compromised the sensitive personal information of more than 76 million current, former, and prospective customers in 2021 , plaintiffs involved in a class action lawsuit complained that the company continued profiting off their data while attempting to cover up “one of the largest and most consequential data breache



The U.S. government imposes numerous rules to keep commercial airline pilots scarce. This is done under the guise of safety, but the rules don't actually have anything to do with safety. The problem is that more available pilots means less leverage for pilots unions, and since union contracts determine who flies which aircraft, which routes, and which schedules - and therefore how much a pilot ge



When you go into the App Store to download the Peech app, you’ll notice right away that the app’s icon displays the Ukrainian flag along with the company’s simple logo. But this is more than just a show of solidarity. With three Eastern European founders, the team behind this text-to-speech app has been harshly impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. TechCrunch spoke to co-founder and CEO Andre



World of Warcraft Classic will return to the Wrath of the Lich King era on September 26th, Blizzard announced on Monday . WotLK is widely considered one of the best expansions in World of Warcraft’s nearly 20-year history. Even if subsequent releases went on to expand the game’s mechanics in more interesting and creative ways, few hit thematically in the way that WotLK did. For those who loved Wa



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We’ve gotten our first look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , and now it’s time to break down the trailer ! Honestly, Marvel should just send me second-by-second frames at this point, but I’ve taken a million screenshots and I have a dozen wikis open, so let’s get into what we learned about the superhero sequel. Read more...



Windows 11 has been available for almost a full year, but surprisingly, it hasn’t been officially available to purchase as a digital product key from Microsoft. Now, that has finally changed. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a LEGO minifig, it’s time to pull out your credit card. The LEGO website now features a Minifigure Factory that lets you customize and order a LEGO minifig for just $12. It’s still in beta, but it’s already a load of fun. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



While iPads may be nearly synonymous with tablet computers, nothing beats the versatility of Android tablets. Google-powered tablets aren’t bogged down with rules or roadblocks when it comes to taking full advantage of the specs within these slim powerhouses. But which Android tablet is right for you? The answer may not be so clear-cut, but we’ve compiled the best for every use and every audience



Whether or not climate change ends all life on this planet or not remains an open question (I hope), but the fact is that no matter where you live you’re going to be dealing with higher temperatures at least part of the time. If you have air conditioning in your home, that means figuring out how to make it work better… Read more...



Grocery delivery lovers now have a credit card designed just for them. The first credit card from Instacart is now available . This is a new concept for credit cards and food delivery companies. Let’s take a look at the card’s details to see what it offers and help you make an informed decision about whether it deserves a place in your wallet. Want more credit card news and advice sent to your in



Florida ‘s Walt Disney World Resort , roughly the same geographic size as San Francisco , consists of four theme parks, a couple of water parks, around two dozen on-property hotels and almost too many restaurants to count. By contrast, California ‘s Disneyland Resort features just two theme parks, three hotels and a more limited but still solid selection of eateries nestled within a much smaller



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Elon Musk’s private space company broke its own record for most launches in a single calendar year—and 2022 isn’t even close to being over yet. The company completed its 32nd successful launch of the year, beating its 31 successful launches in 2021. Read more...



Prior to my FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX business class flight to Belgrade, I had the chance to check out the Emirates business class lounge located in Concourse B of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB). This is one of Emirates’ two biggest business class lounges at the airport (along with the one in Concourse A, which I’ve reviewed ), and it was fully renovated in 2016. There’s a lot to l



Netflix has made a small tweak to its iOS app that will now take people from the app to its website to finish signing up for a subscription. Upon tapping the new signup button on the Netflix app, a new window appears informing people that they’re going to an external website and “will no longer be transacting with Apple”, as first spotted by 9to5 Mac . The message adds that Apple will not be resp



Microsoft has released a number of interactive guides and experiences in an attempt to help reassure users about moving to Windows 11 . It's no surprise that the tech giant is hitting the gas pedal when it comes to encouraging customers to make the switch, Windows 11 adoption is currently still pretty low compared to past iterations of the operating system. The lack of adoption could simply come



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new card offers and information. Credit card welcome offers are the fastest way to increase your points and miles stash. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of seeing a massive bonus post to your loyalty account. From there, you can start dreaming about using your travel rewards to explore the world. Some of the best travel rewards



Traditionally, U.S. private market investors who adopted environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks — the very few thus far — did so to evaluate a potential company or investment on how it approached areas like sustainability or diversity. But now, in the post-Roe era, as controversial conservative legislation sweeps the nation, some VC investors and founders believe the soc



The loan will help the automaker and its supplier build electric vehicle battery factories in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.



We tend to think of hotels as fancy places to hang out in while on vacation, but historically, they haven’t always been only for short-term stays. As far back as the 1870s , residential hotels in New York City served as permanent addresses for families and single men who unable to afford their own servants; according… Read more...



News out of Russia reveals a robotic chess-playing arm grabbed and broke a young player's finger, renewing discussions about AI and its role in everyday life.



Facebook is attempting to pay video creators to use music from a pre-approved list of licensed tracks, turning the content licensing business on its head.



If you've long been a "Halo" fan, you may be disappointed by the "Halo Infinite" campaign co-op mode when its final version launches in the coming weeks.



Those old hard drives in your out-of-date computers don't have to go to the junkyard. These projects put them to good use throughout the home.



With the latest update to the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, boot times have the potential to be cut by a potentially significant amount.



This wasn’t a story you were expecting to read today, nor was it one I was expecting to write. Heck, judging from their interviews on the subject, it’s probably fair to say the team of mechanical engineers at Rice University weren’t expecting for their work to take them down this path, either. And yet, here we all are, discussing dead spiders as “necrobotic grippers.” Image Credits: Rice Universi



A new wildfire exploded in Mariposa County, California on Friday and quickly spread over the weekend. The damage caused by what is now being called the Oak Fire has shut off power for about 2,000 homes and businesses. Read more...




US operator T-Mobile has promised to pay out $350 million to fund claims, legal fees, and administration costs following 2021's gargantuan data breach. The company also said in an SEC filing that it would fork out $150 million on “data security and related technology” over the next two years. However, T-Mobile maintained that the settlement "contains no admission of liability, wrongdoing, or resp



In spite of what the word may suggest, cream is not the key to creating “creamy” pasta dishes. That distinction belongs to pasta water, the starchy elixir with the power to thicken sauces and help them cling to and coat noodles with tenacity. Reserving a cup before draining the pasta an important step, but accidents… Read more...



China’s space agency performed a successful launch of a Long March 5B rocket on Sunday, delivering a new module to its fledgling space station. Similar to previous launches, however, the rocket’s core stage remained in orbit and is now set to perform an uncontrolled reentry. Read more...



The call for climate action is coming from the inside the House. More than a dozen congressional staffers occupied the Washington D.C. office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today, in a protest demanding that Congress pass policy to combat climate change. Less than an hour after the demonstration began,… Read more...



We’re probably all feeling some burnout from the ocean of streaming services currently available, but just in case you need one more, the National Football League has launched its own service called NFL+. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The Energy Department's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program (ATVMP) hasn't offered a loan to an electric car maker since 2010 , but it's ready to offer money once again. As Reuters reports , the Energy Department is providing a $2.5 billion loan to the GM and LG joint venture Ultium Cells for the sake of constructing EV battery cell factories. This is the government agency's first



Hundreds of young children around the world have developed severe cases of hepatitis with no obvious cause, leaving doctors baffled. But two new studies reveal the potential culprits: a combination of genetic factors, lockdowns, and at least two viruses working together. Doctors first noticed a strange cluster of hepatitis cases in young children in Scotland in April this year. By April 8, 60 cas



Chartbeat, a website that tells publishers about their readers, is getting the private equity treatment. Launched out of Betaworks in 2009 , the service offered real-time analytics back when Google Analytics made you wait 24 hours to see who was clicking around your site. Eons later, private equity firm Cuadrilla Capital has swooped in to buy it, Chartbeat chief executive John Saroff said on Twit



Tons of capital has been raised across the crypto industry in recent months, but there has been a noticeable pause in deployment. That might change in the coming months. As it’s taken longer to close crypto VC deals, valuations across the industry have dropped, according to David Nage , venture capital portfolio manager at Arca . Some VCs are taking advantage of this time as the market remains in



From castles to beer to museums (including museums about beer!) there are a number of reasons to visit Prague . Even before the dollar grew stronger against the euro, Prague was distinctly more affordable than other parts of Europe for U.S. travelers once on the ground. For that reason, it’s always exciting when you can find a good deal on airfare. For those travelers who are thinking ahead to ea



When we have been wronged by someone, common advice usually includes us forgiving the wrongdoer. As we know, that means we must seek to “cease feeling resentment against (an offender)” or “to give up resentment of or claim to requital.” Many times, our collective imagination about what forgiveness looks like includes… Read more...



uwmspeccoll : Milestone Monday A MAXFIELD PARRISH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY On this day, July 25 in 1870, the American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was born in Philadelphia to Elizabeth Bancroft and artist Stephen Parrish . Maxfield Parrish’s work, especially his distinctive saturated hues and luminous colors, defined popular tastes in the post-World War I period with millions



Are you a Microsoft Office user who’s interested in quickly creating a web-based presentation, interactive report, or personal portfolio? PowerPoint can be intimidating to learn and put to use, so consider using the lighter alternative, Microsoft Sway. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



As if crazy-fast charging wasn’t enough, Anker’s new line of GaN charges come in some of the most bizarre form factors imaginable. And I mean that in a good way—if you’ve ever wanted a wireless charging power strip or a wall wart that turns into a portable battery, you’ll go crazy for this stuff. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



When Charles Onu’ cousin was both born with birth asphyxia and later developed a hearing condition, the seed for Ubenwa , an audio biometric company geared at identifying neurological disorders in infants, was also planted. Onu, CEO and co-founder, said he hopes Ubenwa will change the way physicians provide care to infants. “We’re trying to bring the world to a point where infant cries are consid



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With the Ms. Marvel show on Disney+ bringing Kamala Khan to new audiences worldwide (and hopefully encouraging them to check out her comics), it has been a landmark moment for Muslim, Pakistani, and South Asian representation in popular media . Muslim and South Asian superheroes remain scarce across the landscape; Ms.… Read more...



Minecraft Enlarge / An example of an NFT world token that the NFT Worlds team says will be playable in their own Minecraft clone in the future. (credit: OpenSea ) Last Wednesday, Microsoft-owned Mojang announced that NFTs and blockchain technology would no longer be allowed to "integrate" with Minecraft . That was bad news for NFT Worlds , which has spent months building an entire crypto-economy



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, endangering companies’ ambitious plans to roll out state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure. Europe, India, and China are among the regions most affected by the crunch, with prices for fiber rising by up to 70 percent from record lows in March 2021, from $3.70 to $6.3



Enlarge / Former Google engineer Blake Lemoine. (credit: Getty Images | Washington Post) Google has fired Blake Lemoine, the software engineer who was previously put on paid leave after claiming the company's LaMDA chatbot is sentient. Google said Lemoine, who worked in the company's Responsible AI unit, violated data security policies. "If an employee shares concerns about our work, as Blake did



Enlarge (credit: NFL) A report this weekend from The New York Times says that YouTube is the latest bidder for the NFL's flagship content package, NFL Sunday Ticket. There's still no winner in the bidding process, but Google's video division is jumping into the fray to do battle with Apple, who, the Times says, is "considered the front-runner" in the deal. The winning bid is expected to run upwar




Official trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods . The DC panel at San Diego Comic-Con highlighted the first official trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods , the sequel to 2019's Shazam! , both starring Zachary Levi. As a bonus, Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) wowed the crowd by making a grand entrance in full costume to introduce exclusive new teaser footage from his (related) upcoming film Black Adam



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You gotta hand it to some people for being impetuous even in the face of extraordinary odds. Imagine looking for a single hard drive amidst a literal heap of trash. Well, that’s been one UK man’s goal for nearly a decade after he accidentally lost the chance of being an early crypto millionaire by chucking the wrong… Read more...



Last week I shared my own experience learning how to benefit from meditation , even though I feel like I’m pretty bad at it. But what makes someone “bad” at meditation? Many people who try to meditate feel as if they failed. A lot of “failures” in meditation are in fact completely normal and a part of the process.… Read more...



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Colorado's Jason Crow, US House Democrat and member of the House Intelligence Committee, really wants you to steer clear of DNA testing platforms. Axios reports that the lawmaker made his feelings clear during an appearance at the Aspen Security Forum on Friday, where he urgently warned that DNA-based bioweapons, created to "target specific people" on a battlefield, are on the horizon — and that



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Last year, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California announced they had achieved a major breakthrough: they produced fusion energy by heating up a peppercorn-sized sample of two hydrogen isotopes well past the temperature of the Sun's core using a massive laser, a process known as inertial fusion. At the time, scientists called it "a huge advance for fusion and for the ent



Right now, t here’s a targeted Chase Offer for 5% back on purchases with United Airlines . If you plan to purchase a United Airlines flight within the next week, this offer could be an easy way to save. There are some restrictions you need to know, however. Here are the offer details. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Earn 5% back on United



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The latest news from the parched West is unsurprising but still shockingly bad: One of the region’s most important rivers is running dry in places where water is usually plentiful. Following a period of incredibly hot days in July, a stretch of the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque, New Mexico is nothing more than a… Read more...



The captain said he couldn't control the plane during takeoff. He veered left and hit a runway sign. The first officer grabbed controls and the plane climbed out. They lost a $100 million aircraft, but all of the passengers were safe. And both pilots still fly for American Airlines. Continue reading ...



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For students at a boarding school in Switzerland, the curriculum now includes extraterrestrial architecture. The school has installed a 23-foot-tall, 3D-printed prototype of a space habitat that was designed with SpaceX rockets in mind. Read more...



Your chance to step into a huge spotlight of opportunity and industry, investor and media exposure comes to a screeching halt this week. I’m talking about the Startup Battlefield 200 , a handpicked cohort of companies that will take TechCrunch Disrupt by storm on October 18–21 in San Francisco. If you think you have what it takes to become part of the exclusive SBF 200, get moving because the dea



heaveninawildflower : Art Deco style front cover of ‘The Garden Book’ (1934) by Porter-Walton Co. Salt Lake City, Utah. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. archive.org



Daedalic Entertainment has delayed The Lord of the Rings: Gollum a little more than five weeks before it was due to debut on September 1st. The studio took to Twitter on Monday to announce it would need more time to complete work on the game. “In order to deliver the best possible experience, we have decided to push the release of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum by a few months,” Daedalic said. The



Looking at Latin America’s socioeconomic conditions these days, you can find plenty of reasons to be pessimistic, or at least daunted by how much is left to improve. Sure, problems are also opportunities, but what if there are just too many hurdles to overcome in the near future? And yet, despite the worsening global and local macroeconomic climate, unicorns keep being minted in the region. For i



OnePlus seems to have revealed the OnePlus 10T via a similar device by another name -- likely a case of international miscommunication leading to a leak.



Anker is back with a new series of GaN chargers, promising high-powered charging (and a full charging station) in various small form factors.



The word “phobia” is often used frequently to describe a general fear, in the same way “bipolar” gets thrown around to describe someone’s mood swing or “OCD” is used to reference someone’s dedication to cleaning. Like bipolar or obsessive-compulsive disorders, however, phobias are actually serious, diagnosable, and… Read more...



Want to see what date it will be after you’ve a certain number of months have passed? Using Microsoft Excel’s EDATE function, you can add (or subtract) months to a specific date in your spreadsheets. Here’s how to use it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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You can now purchase a Windows 11 license and download it directly from the Microsoft website, instead of upgrading from a version of Windows 10, the company has confirmed. According to PCMag , the change appears to have occured at some point in May 2022, however a lack of any press release or communication from Microsoft meant this change slipped through the net. For many PC users, Windows 11 wi



Microsoft is working on many improvements in Windows 11’s Start Menu and taskbar for future updates, but in the meantime, the company accidentally broke the Start Menu on some people’s PCs. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




Earlier this year, we reported on the NFL’s plans to eliminate its free out-of-market and primetime streaming options on Yahoo! Sports and other apps and replace them with a paid service. Today, the “Shield” officially announced and launched NFL+, its first streaming service. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



San Diego Comic-Con is over, but cosplay is forever! If you’re experiencing withdrawals now that Comic-Con has closed its doors for the year, we’ve got you covered with one last hit of cosplay awesomeness from the last day of the convention. Read more...



Google announced today that it’s updating some of its apps to work better on tablets. Google introduced Android 12L earlier this year to make tablets easier to use, and at I/O, the company announced plans to update more than 20 Google apps on tablets to optimize them for larger screens. Today, Google said it’s adding several new features for Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep to get started on



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If there’s one thing we can trust Martin Shkreli to do, it’s revolutionize the healthcare industry. The disgraced pharmaceutical executive is now behind a Web3 based drug discovery platform called Druglike, that seeks to increase the accessibility of drug discovery through decentralized computing. Read more...



Funko , which is best known for its Pop vinyl figurines, is about to venture into new territory. It's making video games with the help of developer 10:10 Games. The studio is led by Jon Burton, the founder of Traveller's Tales and TT Games . “By partnering with 10:10 Games and utilizing the best creators in the business, we will have the talent to deliver games that reflect Funko’s unique look an



Link: Apply now for the Instacart Mastercard ® Chase has just launched the Instacart Mastercard ® , which is an intriguing no annual fee card from the grocery delivery service. While I don’t think it’s for everyone, it’s at least worth being aware of. Let’s cover some of the important details of the card. Instacart Mastercard no annual fee Let’s start with a huge positive of the Instacart Masterc



The first-ever American Airlines airport lounge opened in 1939 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport — and now LGA is home to the carrier’s newest. Late last year, American opened a brand-new Admirals Club in the new Terminal B at LGA to coincide with the carrier consolidating operations into the terminal’s Western Concourse . While the new space was undoubtedly an improvement compared to the original



In late June, Blizzard delayed Diablo Immortal’s Chinese launch mere days before the game was set to debut in the country after co-developer NetEase seemingly drew the ire of government censors over an ill-advised social media post. The episode was a reminder of the tightrope act foreign game developers often have to pull off to release their games in China. Now, newly published documents by Moth



With over 3 million annual visitors in pre-COVID times, there’s no denying that Maui has long been one of Hawaii’s most popular destinations — in part because it caters to all types of travelers. Sun-seekers and surfers can kick back on over 30 miles of beaches, while nature lovers trek the Valley Isle’s mountainous interior and the jet setters live their best lives at the island’s exclusive, fiv



The idea that your grandparents can’t adapt to new technology is as old as a flip phone. According to Pew Research , the number of people 65 and older who are now using technology like smartphones, email, and social media has only grown over the past 10 years. But while there are plenty of grandmas racking up the followers on TikTok, even before the pandemic, isolation was a serious concern for l



Using one of the best Ethernet cables for gaming is essential if you regularly play PC or console games online. Having the fastest-possible connection to the internet will lower the latency (lag) between what you’re seeing on your screen and what’s happening in real time. A very slow internet connection will allow fellow gamers to attack you (in player vs. player games) without you even realizing



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Glamor Shot China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has taken an incredible image of Phobos , one of the two moons orbiting Mars, from just 3,160 miles away — and the level of detail is breathtaking. Tianwen-1's shot of the seven-miles-across natural satellite is so detailed, you can spot individual craters on its surface, including Öpik, an impact crater named after the Estonian astronomer and astrophysici



At the internal company 'state of the airline' meeting after Thursday's earnings call (a recording of which was reviewed by View From The Wing ), Chief Operating Officer David Seymour argued that it doesn't make sense to upgrade baggage tracking technology until their airline partners have done so first. And CEO Robert Isom says that lagging technology at some of their hubs makes it harder to do



Windows 11 supports rotating your screen just about any way you want it. If you’ve got an extra monitor you want to use in portrait mode, it can be especially useful. Here are the easiest ways to change your screen orientation in Windows 11. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Several members of the Xbox Insider test program have noticed significantly faster boot-up times on the Xbox Series X and S, and now, a Microsoft employee has confirmed the change. The company cut the start time by more than half, letting gamers get into the action faster than ever. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Samsung will reveal the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 smartphones in just two weeks. But customers hoping for a deal may be disappointed—new leaks indicate that these phones are more expensive than their predecessors. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Exactly one decade ago, Google transformed its Android Market into the modern Play Store. And to celebrate this anniversary, Google is offering 10x the Play Points rewards for all purchases. The company is also updating Play Store’s logo, which now matches the color scheme of other Google app logos. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The great “iPhone vs. Android” debate could very well rage on forever, with neither side claiming total victory. There are pros and cons to both platforms, as well as the companies that make the hardware and software. However, there is one feature Apple can claim exclusivity over, now that its only competitor has… Read more...



Bennett Carroccio Contributor Bennett Carroccio is the co-founder and CEO of Canal , the connected commerce platform transforming the way products are sold online. The biggest startups in the world are laying employees off. The yield curve has become inverted , inflation is at 8.6%, and economic pessimism is the highest it’s been since 2009 . For e-commerce brands, the wave of bad economic news i




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The 2022 San Diego Comic-Con was held in person last week for the first time since 2019, and exhibitors made up for the long time away with a huge number of new movie and TV show trailers. The big comic book movie news came when Marvel returned to Hall H and debuted trailers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and She… Read more...



If you have a backyard and a desire to make passive income, there is an app for you: Sniffspot connects dog owners with people with fully-fenced yards who are willing to rent their land on an hourly basis. Described as “Airbnb for dog off-leash areas,” Sniffspot has about 7,000 hosts in more than 1,500 cities in the United States, and offers their services in Canada,… Read more...



Keeping your devices juiced on the go is a perennial challenge for the road warriors among us. Today, Anker is revealing a lineup of chargers that is promising to keep even the most power-hungry sated. The new series uses Gallium Nitride (GaN) for its silicon, which promises much higher power outputs at far lower heat loss. In other words: Smaller chargers, less heat. The GaN tech isn’t new, exac



A mattress trial is a specific period of time (set by the manufacturer) within which you can test your new mattress at home. Some of them are described as risk-free, which means there are no shipping or returns costs to you, while others aren’t. So those mattress trials will incur a returns or processing fee if you change your mind during the trial. 100 day mattress trials are the most common, an



Anker has revealed its third-gen gallium nitride ( GaN ) chargers, just over a year after the previous batch. The company is branding the new lineup of power bricks and portable chargers as GaNPrime. Anker said it worked with several partners to create products that last longer and are more sustainable. It claims the GaNPrime is the "most intelligent, most powerful and greenest multi-device charg



Years ago, I wouldn’t consider a mid-range smartphone, because I knew the concessions I’d have to make. It used to be that you could only find one flagship-level feature on a smartphone under the $500 price point. Fortunately, things have grown exponentially in the past five years. Read more...



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Tech and manufacturing workers will once again be barred from leaving their employers’ facilities for a period of time in a Chinese city, in an attempt to keep production going, while stymying the spread of covid-19, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The newest round of lockdowns is in Shenzhen, where the… Read more...



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You might not expect injuries during a chess match, but it seems robot players are changing the game At the Moscow Open last week, a chess-playing robot grabbed and broke the finger of its opponent — a seven-year-old boy. A video which was published by the Telegram channel of Russian media site Baza and then picked up by The Guardian , shows the robot reaching for the child's hand across the ches



u-mspcoll : Marbled Monday lining the boards of the cover on Isl. Ms. 87, a 17c copy of al-Taʻlīqāt al-mutaʻallaqah bi-Durar al-ḥukkām fī sharḥ Ghurar al-aḥkām — gloss (possibly also entitled Naqd al-Durar) by Vankuli Mehmet Efendi (Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá al-Wānī, al-shahīr bi-Wānqūlī, d.1000/1592) on the Durar al-ḥukkām, the commentary by Molla Hüsrev (Muḥammad ibn Farāmurz, d.885/1480) on his Ghu



For those in the United States with good credit, the best way to rack up points is through credit cards. This can include the welcome bonuses offered by cards , the points offered for spending on cards , and all kinds of other offers . I’ve written in the past about the credit cards I use for each major bonus category . Nowadays it’s possible to earn 2-5x points on many of the things we spend mos



One of the most annoying parts of video calls could soon finally be fixed for Microsoft Teams users. The company has announced it is working on a new update that will make it more straightforward for users to turn their webcam on or off when on a call. Although this sounds like an obvious feature, Microsoft Teams users have long struggled with an unnecessarily complex process to turn their camera



The Play Store is officially 10 years old, and Google is eager to mark the occasion. On top of a new logo in line with the tech giant's current aesthetic (see above), there's a promotion starting July 25th that offers 10 times the usual Play Points to rewards program members who make purchases. Google launched the Play Store in 2012 to unify all its online stores of the era under a single umbrell



Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieves movie has been receiving a steady drip feed of information in recent years. This weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con gave us our first extensive look at the film, which stars Chris Pine as a bard leading an adventuring party who find themselves tasked with saving the world… Read more...



Enlarge / An ion trap, the quantum hardware that was used for this work. (credit: Honeywell ) You can almost hear the indrawn breath from newsrooms around the world. Specialist science journalists have hidden themselves in the bathroom to weep quietly. The cause of such despair? Someone has released a paper containing the word "topology"—something no one knows how to explain, which forces people



Enlarge / A shiny black panel instead of a front grille, and more aero-efficient wheels are some of the subtle clues that this is a Mercedes-Benz EQB and not a Mercedes-Benz GLB. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Mercedes-Benz provided flights from DC to Stuttgart and back, plus two nights in a hotel so we could drive the EQB and the Vision EQXX . Ars does not accept paid editorial content. IMMENDINGEN,



Believe it or not, Google's Play Store is 10 years old today. OK, not really. The original Android app store was actually launched as Android Market in August 2008, just a month after Apple introduced its App Store. But Google Play came to be as a combination of several other services, including Google Music and Google eBookstore. The company rebranded all of the above into a single service calle



Friendship is important, no matter what stage of life you are in. A good friendship can enrich your life in countless ways, creating a support system of people who will be there for you during good and bad times. And as important as friendship is, the relationships formed during the teenage years are especially… Read more...



If you’re considering a cruise with Royal Caribbean or Carnival Cruise Line, you’re looking at an affordable big-ship experience with lots of activities. These two companies are the largest in the cruise industry, each with two dozen ships carrying millions of passengers a year. They are popular for a reason: Their ships offer something for everyone, from kids to seniors. Let’s go head-to-head, C



Doug Petkanics Contributor Doug Petkanics is the co-founder and CEO of Livepeer , an open video infrastructure for livestreaming. More posts by this contributor Web 3.0 can repair the attention-driven digital economy What’s your web3 strategy? I doubt it’s the first time you’ve been asked that question. It’s been on the lips of a growing number of investors on the hunt for disruptive opportunitie




Google has started making good on its promise to update and optimize 20 of its apps for tablets . The tech giant has rolled out a number of new features for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep , which all take advantage of tablets' larger screens. They're tools you can use to make it easier to juggle multiple tasks and to transfer content from one app to another when you have two windows



Assembling a professional slideshow can be intimidating if you don’t feel creative or artistic. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make an appealing and successful presentation. Google Slides provides features to help you design an attractive slideshow. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Following years of neglect, Google is finally starting to improve its apps on the best Android tablets and folding phones. Several new features are now coming to Google Docs on Android specifically for large devices. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Google Play is the one-stop shop for apps, games, movies, TV shows, and other digital content on Android. Now the store is officially 10 years old, and Google is celebrating the occasion with a deal and a new logo. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Apple’s M1 and M2 MacBooks are amazing pieces of technology. They run cool, get amazing battery life, and are some of the best laptops you can buy. So why do so many technology websites not brand them the “best laptop?” Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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The batteries in your mobile devices continue to be disappointingly limiting, but at least the technology in chargers continues to rapidly evolve so you can quickly top up your gear when you find a power outlet. Anker’s new GaNPrime chargers now promise up to 150W of power delivery from a relatively small brick,… Read more...



Adobe Photoshop has a simple tool that allows users to create animated GIF files. This is the most bare-bones step-by-step way to make that happen.



This BMW supercar concept appeared to be several years ahead of its time, but only a few were ever made. Here's why the car is worthy of coveting.



We take a drive in the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQB SUV, an EV with a solid balance of performance, range, and price.



SAVE 25% : The Ninja Nutri-Blender 600 is just $29.97 at Walmart as of July 25 — that's $10 off its usual cost of $39.99. Whip up your own smoothies and shakes and bring them on the go with this powerful personal drink maker. Buying smoothies regularly can get expensive. Why not whip up your own smoothies at home and bring them with you on the go? As of July 25, the Ninja Nutri-Blender 600 is on



Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and markets news. Sitting as we are on the precipice of a huge data dump, we had lots to chat through! Stocks are mixed around the world, while crypto selloff modestly after s



During Hall H’s presentation at Comic-Con this Saturday, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced “Daredevil: Born Again,” a new series for Disney+ that stars Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin. “Born Again” will get an 18-episode first season and will stream on Disney+ in the spring of 2024. It’s unclear at this time who else will be cast in the series, but it would



Apple is reducing the price on a number of its biggest mobile products in the next few days - including the iPhone 13 series. These discounts will only be available to customers in China, though. Although we're used to seeing reductions from third-party retailers, Apple is famously resistant to offering price drops on its own wares (outside of a recurring student discount in select markets), maki



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When Google engineer Blake Lemoine claimed an AI chat system that the company's been developing was sentient back in June, he knew he might lose his job . On July 22, after placing him on paid leave, the tech giant fired Lemoine for violating employment and data security policies. Lemoine, an engineer and mystic Christian priest, first announced his firing on the Big Technology Podcast . He said



SAVE $110.99: As of July 25, the student-friendly Samsung Chromebook 4 (Intel Celeron Processor N4000, 4GB RAM 32GB eMMC) is on sale for only $119 at Amazon and Walmart . That's 48% off its suggested retail price of $229.99. It's easy to get suckered into impulse-buying one of Apple 's MacBooks for school, especially now with the arrival of the showy M2 generation . But before you drop over a gra



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Here’s a life lesson I never thought I’d write about: Beware of robots when playing chess. Seriously. Take it from one 7-year-old chess player in Moscow, who learned (the hard way) that robot chess players can get testy and lash out. Read more...



Cybersecurity researchers at AhnLab have detected a new version of an old malware strain, known as Amadey Bot, being distributed through software cracks and keygens. Many people around the world would rather download a cracked version of expensive software (for example Windows, the Adobe Suite, or similar) from a torrent site, and follow up with a crack/keygen, than purchase a legitimate version



Windows has become better and better at stopping viruses and malware, even if you don’t have the best antivirus software installed. Malware developers have to get creative to infect systems, which now includes utilizing the Windows 7 Calculator application. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Google’s Pixel phones have some amazing camera features, and for the last several years, “Frequent Faces” has been one of our favorites. However, we recently learned that Google quietly disabled it despite still being highlighted as a feature on phones, including the new Pixel 6a. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Leaks hinted towards it, but now the company has confirmed it: the upcoming OnePlus 10T will be the first main-series OnePlus phone to arrive without an alert slider. It's an intriguing shift of focus for the company. The news comes directly from OnePlus, which has been frantically detailing information on its new phone ahead of the official launch on August 3. In a forum post , OnePlus defended




Airline travel has been notoriously challenging this summer. If you find yourself among the many travelers who are dealing with delayed or canceled flights, the airline may offer you compensation in the form of either miles or cash back. But which one is the better option for you? Read more...



Tesla said it expected capital expenditures to be $6 billion to $8 billion in 2022, up from an April forecast of $5 billion to $7 billion.



Calculator, one of the most basic (and most useful) Windows tools, is being abused to load malware onto target endpoints , researchers have found. ProxyLife experts discovered the Windows calculator tool can be used to infect the device with Qbot, a known malware dropper used to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons on targeted devices, which is often the first step in a ransomware attack. As usual, the



Editor’s note: This article was first published on Dec. 26, 2021. It has been updated with new reports from TPG readers. Late last year, TPG started receiving reports of erroneous redemption surcharges on select stays booked with points or free night certificates from the Marriott Bonvoy program . And unfortunately, reports continue to come in from readers with additional properties that have imp



If you haven’t noticed, Instagram is pushing Reels—its in-app TikTok clone— very hard. Since Reels rolled out in 2020, the Meta-owned picture-sharing app has been all but begging people to use the feature (and not just repost their own TikToks there). Whether or not you’ve actually created any Reels, you soon won’t… Read more...



DJI's Action 2 is an option worth paying attention to if you're in the market for an rugged camera, and now might be the time to scoop one up. It's currently on sale as part of a bundle on Amazon for $279 , which is a third off the regular price of $419. Buy DJI Action 2 power combo at Amazon - $279 What helps set the Action 2 apart from other rugged camera options is a magnetic modular mounting



Whether you want to wire your entire house or are just looking to run a cable to the next room, you are bound to wonder about Ethernet cable length limits, and whether you’re risking connection problems. Here’s everything you need to know. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Building a startup takes money. Not exactly a newsflash, is it? At a time when every dollar counts, this is a reminder that you have only five days left to take advantage of early-bird pricing on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20. The early bird flies the coop on July 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT . Buy your pass before the deadline expires and save up to $1,300. Disrupt amounts to three days o



Meta announced today that creators on Facebook can now earn money through their Facebook videos that use licensed music. The company is launching “Music Revenue Sharing” to allow video creators to include licensed music in their videos on Facebook and earn a share of in-stream ad revenue. The company says this opens up a new way for both creators and music rights holders to earn money. Although c



Intel’s ongoing push to regain traction in chip manufacturing scored a nice vote of confidence this week, as Taiwan’s MediaTek agreed to a “strategic partnership” with the company. The deal finds MediaTek utilizing the Intel Foundry Services process to produce future chips, as the company looks to broaden its global manufacturing footprint. Intel has been pushing to increase its own chip producti



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It’s one of the most horrifying representations of the 9/11 terror attacks, and somebody thought it could make them a quick buck. Users on GameStop’s fledgling NFT marketplace were flabbergasted over the weekend when they saw somebody was selling a non-fungible token evoking The Falling Man , a photo of a man jumping… Read more...



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Tuned , Meta’s social app for couples, is winding down a little over two years after it launched. Users, including this reporter, began receiving a notification about the impending shutdown last week, advising them to download their data before September 19 when the app will cease to work. Tuned was a project under Meta’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) Team, which was originally formed to buil



Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media service, reported earnings last week that investors rejected . In the wake of its second-quarter financial reporting , shares of Snap cratered from $16.81 Thursday afternoon, before its earnings report, to around $10 per share as of this morning. Snap was not the only victim of its lackluster earnings digest — other companies that make



Today, the National Football League launched its streaming service NFL+ which has been officially priced at $4.99 per month or $39.99 per year. However, with this launch, the outgoing NFL Game Pass will no longer be offered in the United States. The NFL+ subscription will include all live out-of-market preseason games, live local and primetime regular season and postseason games (mobile devices o



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2022 may be remembered as a turning point for social media regulation, or maybe more aptly, failed social media regulation. Though Texas and Florida managed to dominate headlines recently for their constitutionally questionable deplatforming laws, they’re far from the only states trying to get creative with managing… Read more...



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Certain chips have caught up with demand, thanks to stockpiling and reduced consumer spending, but the semiconductor supply chain is still snarled up.



After visiting Bali for the first time in 2017, I had been itching to return. So, once COVID restrictions were dropped in the region, I booked a four-day trip to Bali as a part of a larger itinerary in Asia. I stayed in the Ubud area, toward the jungle-covered center of the island, as my partner and I were looking for a quiet sojourn away from parties on the beach. There’s no shortage of points h



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Monday begins the second week of the U.S. Travel Association’s annual multiweek Daily Getaways promotion , which features daily deals from major travel brands offering discounts of up to 50% off hotel points, theme park tickets, vacation packages, hotel stays and more. This sale is much anticipated by thos



Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) bigwig Matt Garman has fired shots at Microsoft regarding recent changes to its cloud licensing practices. In a LinkedIn post , Garman, a senior vice president for sales and marketing at AWS, said: "Customers and policy makers around the world increasingly see Microsoft's recent licensing rhetoric as a troubling admission of the same anti-competitive tactics that many




An upcoming Android update will make the process of switching your Pixel Buds Pro between different devices simpler – and it’ll be coming to other wireless headphones soon too. When the Google Pixel Buds Pro go on sale on July 28 (alongside the Google Pixel 6A ) they’ll be sporting a new feature: automatic device switching. As Google explains in its blog post , if you’re listening to one of the b



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. Wastewater could help us more accurately detect monkeypox The news: Last month, Stanford’s Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network, or SCAN, added monkeypox to the suite of viruses it checks wastewater for daily. Since then, the virus has been detected in 10 of the 11



I recently wrote about the summer’s best Pop-Tart prep technique– freezing them –and it seems like that just wasn’t cold enough for Lifehacker readers. Frozen Pop-Tarts are deliciously cool, but never freeze to an icy state. This makes it tough to challenge ice cream for the top spot in the imaginary rankings of cold… Read more...



Big technology companies including Facebook’s parent Meta and Google have signed a pact to self-regulate themselves over harmful content shared across digital platforms in New Zealand. The move comes as regulators across the globe grapple with ways to make the internet a safer and less hostile place for users. Indonesia last week pushed a strict new online content law into force , while the Europ



Summer 2023 is shaping up to be pretty great time for Berlin Airport when it comes to transatlantic flights. United launching daily Washington to Berlin flights As of May 25, 2023, United will be launching flights between Washington (IAD) and Berlin (BER). The new flight will operate daily during the summer season with the following schedule: UA234 Washington to Berlin departing 5:45PM arriving 8



After months of teasing , the NFL has launched its expected streaming service . The newly available NFL+ gives you access to live football streams and ad-free library content through the NFL App and the web starting at $40 per year or $5 per month. Spend $80 per year or $10 per month on NFL+ Premium and you'll also get ad-free match replays (both full and condensed) across devices as well as Coac



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 ...



The Mercedes EQB holds a unique place in the automaker’s US lineup: unlike other EQ vehicles, it’s built upon a platform that supports gas, hybrid and electric drivetrains. If you’re familiar with Mercedes vehicles, you’ll see it’s unmistakably the electric-powered version of the GLB SUV, but it’s had a small makeover to make it fit better with the rest of the EQ line. Those tweaks are mostly sav



If you have plans for international travel in the near future, you’re not alone. June figures released by the federal government provide some context on just how much busier this summer has been than the past two when it comes to international trips, and there’s every reason to believe June was just the beginning. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials screened more than 9.7 million p



Curved monitors aren’t just stylish—they offer substantial benefits, from a more immersive media experience to wider display resolutions for productivity. We’ve hand-picked the best curved monitors you can buy. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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The ChronoSwoop company has appeared out of nowhere and dropped an addictive new app, with “Swoop left/Swoop right” functions.



Popcorn is a lot like pasta: It’s a fairly neutral tasting carb that takes well to seasoning and salting, and most people have pretty strong opinions on the “right” way to make it. But cooking popcorn is a little more forgiving than pasta—which lets you focus in on toppings with gusto—and I have some tips and tricks… Read more...



Ever since a group of chronically online crypto enthusiasts tried to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution in a high-profile bidding war, DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) have been at the forefront of discussion in the web3 world. How are they different from companies, you ask? DAOs have been lauded for their ability to give everyone in a community a voice by involving them in decision



The cast of Netflix’s Spy Kids reboot expands. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is getting an animated adaptation. Chukwudi Iwuji teases Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 's High Evolutionary. Plus, a look at Dan Harmon’s next animated series , and a new trailer for See ’s final season. Spoilers away! Read more...



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Lufthansa is ending its decades-long practice of giving German politicians free elite status. German Bundestag members no longer get Senator status For many years now, Lufthansa has awarded members of Germany’s Bundestag Miles & More Senator elite status. This is Lufthansa’s status that ordinarily requires 100,000 elite qualifying miles in a year. It offers perks like first class check-in, Senato



There is a big sale on flights to Panama happening now. It’s a great time to plan a visit to the Central American country and enjoy its beaches and lush rainforests. This deal involves nonstop airfare from several U.S. departure cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York City as low as $252 roundtrip. There are lots of regular economy fares to Panama in this sale, which means y



The worst heat wave in human history is still frying the United Kingdom, and in all likelihood, it’s not an anomaly. Climate changes means this is almost definitely the new normal (until it gets worse), so let’s review how to keep cool—or at least not die—during a heat wave. There were over 1,500 heat-related deaths… Read more...



An acute shortage of fiber optic cabling is set to create significant bottlenecks across critical communications infrastructure projects worldwide. Analysis from market intelligence firm Cru Group shows the price of fiber has risen 70% over the last 18 months or so, as demand for internet-based services rises and countries press ahead with their respective 5G rollouts. “Given that the cost of dep




General Motors launched a program Monday to educate car shoppers on electric vehicles and target first-time buyers, as the automaker searches for ways to catch up to and outpace rival Tesla. The automaker hopes EV Live , a digital platform that connects shoppers with EV specialists, will speed EV adoption and create a larger market for its new battery-electric models, including the just-launched



It's been a while since EVs shed their fringe curiosity reputation and become a mainstream transportation technology, but they're still not yet ubiquitous enough that the general public is really comfortable with the vagaries of their day to day use. Basically, EVs are the shiny new toy and people still have questions. GM is here to answer them. The company announced on Monday that it is opening



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Retailers in Australia are the latest companies to back away from facial recognition , albeit under pressure. The Guardian reports Kmart and Bunnings have temporarily halted use of facial recognition in their local stores while the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) investigates the privacy implications of their systems. The two chains were trialing the technology to spot ba



Seagate has announced it is targeting mid-2023 for the launch of its first hard disk drives (HDDs) to exceed a capacity of 30TB. CEO David Mosley explained on its recent earnings call that development is progressing well and Seagate is on track to start shipping its “30TB+ family of drives” to select customers by “this time next year”. Although full specifications have not yet been confirmed, the



The weight loss world can be confusing with all the fad diets and weird exercise equipment on the market. However, by accurately tracking your progress, a smart scale could take a bit of weight off your mind as you attempt to take some weight off your body. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



When it’s hot, you can often still exercise safely— check out our recommendations here —but our bodies have their limits. There really are temperatures and conditions that make it dangerous to exercise for very long. Here are some guidelines for figuring out when to call off your outdoor workout. Read more...



Instacart announced today that Electronic Benefits Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) can now be used to buy groceries online in 10 additional states through its app. The 10 states are Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Instacart says Albertsons Companies and Sprouts Farmers Market are among the first to ac



Given the recent economic downturn, some companies are skeptical that the pandemic-led move to remote and hybrid work will have staying power. According to an April survey by Good Hire, 77% of managers said they’d consider firing employees or cutting their pay for refusing to return to the office. Most expressed concerns about remote employees’ perceived lack of focus, negative impact on company



It’s easy to be skeptical of the big social media giants. They typically sell user data to advertisers and have been mired in controversy for their approach to content moderation. Web3 proponents think they can build a new system altogether that sidesteps the concentrated power of platforms — a decentralized social media (DeSo) ecosystem where users ideally have more ownership over the content th



Editor’s note: This article is part of a series to help you redeem your miles and points for maximum value . If you would like our loyalty experts to rate your redemption, please email ben.smithson@thepointsguy.co.uk with a description of what you redeemed your airline, hotel or credit card points or miles for, and why. Please do not include any personally identifying information like PNRs or pas



With most cables and wires, all you need to worry about is how long they are and the connectors they use. With speaker wire, it’s more complicated, which is why we’re taking a look at speaker wire gauges. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



July has been a big month for Netflix. As the end of the month nears, there are a few more releases for subscribers to watch. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



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I’m exhausted. Years of reviewing laptops and I still eavesdrop on Best Buy employees telling customers to either buy very obscure Windows laptops or to “just go with the MacBook and Surface.” Part of the problem is competition. Hold on now, no reason to start sharpening pitchforks–I’m all for having options,… Read more...



For the next portion of my trip , I flew FlyDubai’s Boeing 737 MAX business class from Dubai (DXB) to Belgrade (BEG). Before actually reviewing the flight, I wanted to talk about how I booked my ticket, which was using FlyDubai’s paid upgrade program. Let’s start with some context. What is FlyDubai? FlyDubai is a low cost carrier based in Dubai, exclusively operating a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraf



Depop, a social shopping app, was a springboard for many young designers during the pandemic. Some are now taking their success elsewhere.



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If you’re having a hard time remembering to run a script regularly or you simply wish to invest your time and energy into something a bit more creative, it’s high time to put cron to good use. However, before diving in you’ll probably want to know what cron is, what exactly a cron job is, and what it can do for you. Cron is a time-based task scheduler in Unix-like operating systems (OS’) and it’s



Stray players on PC are currently living the dream with mods that let them swap their own cats into the game. The game's furry protagonist is an orange tabby whose antics have hypnotized cats the world over . He's partly based on Murtaugh, the cat whose human is one of the cofounders of developer Blue Twelve – you can read more about him and the other feline inspiration over on the PlayStation bl



Several schools and other educational organizations are having to restrict usage of Google's software, including its Chrome browser and Chrome OS offerings over security and privacy fears. The Dutch Ministry of Education has ordered the country’s education industry to implement the changes following over fears that Google’s software is in conflict with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR




Netflix’s app on iOS now has a sign-up button that will redirect you to its site so you can subscribe to one of its plans with the company paying no App Store fees. This change comes after Apple said in March that “reader” apps — ones that provide digital content like books and videos — can offer an external link to their website for account creation. The new sign-up screen, as spotted by 9to5Mac



From our stacks: Frontispiece “Kubla Khan” from Rainbow Gold . Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls By Sara Teasdale With Illustrations By Dugald Walker. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.



Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. For following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spending. The number of bonus points you earn per dollar spent varies greatly by retailer , though in addition to those variable bonuses, there are often promotions that are avail



Does anyone know how Trip.com is able to sell Southwest Airlines tickets, since other consumer travel sites aren't permitted to do so? What's going on here? I never even knew the flights were for sale on this site until now. Continue reading ...



I like my digital devices neat and organized. I keep a clean Mac desktop, and my iPad Home screen is immaculate. But iPhones are a bit different: We usually want your most-used apps to be front and center, but over time, the apps inevitably start to pile up, leaving our phones a cluttered mess. If you feel like you… Read more...



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WIRED spoke with EA's director of inclusive design about the business case for diversity, and how they rolled out Battlefield 2042's first nonbinary character.



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Big vessels spew sulfur, which brightens clouds to produce long “ship tracks.” These emissions cause environmental damage—but also help cool the planet.



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Even if you’re not a developer, this reasonably priced, user-repairable Linux laptop from HP has plenty of attractive features.



Maybe you’re using cloud backups or backups to attached media such as an external hard drive or a NAS. But these days, you also need an offline backup: A copy of your data that is detached from your machine and the Internet. Here’s why. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Intel and MediaTek have formed a strategic partnership to build chips for "a range of smart edge devices" using Intel Foundry Services (IFS), Intel announced . The aim is to help MediaTek build a "more balanced, resilient supply chain," with added capacity in the US and Europe. MediaTek is a fabless chipmaker that supplies processors for smartphones made by OnePlus, Samsung and others, with most



There are plenty of autonomous driving vehicles testing on the roads of Shenzhen today: Pony.ai, Baidu, DeepRoute, AutoX, you name it. But these vehicles are not really the unmanned vehicles that tech upstarts envision for the future, as they have been required to operate with a safety driver behind the wheel. A set of provisions introduced by the Shenzhen government is bringing the industry one



A small group of computer science and engineering students at the University of Washington have designed a new set of wireless earbuds that use AI-powered technology to provide a better standard of background noise cancellation during phone calls. The earbuds - which the students have dubbed ClearBuds, an excellent name in our opinion - work by monitoring two separate audio streams from the micro



After previously postponing while it worked on enhancing usability, Microsoft has now finally started blocking macros from running on downloaded Office files. IT admins can now update their productivity suite and prevent their employees from running Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros in the same, simple and convenient way, they used to. In an announcement following the rollout, Microsoft



The rumored DJI Avata drone has appeared in a new leaked photo that gives us a closer look at the indoor flying camera, easing recent fears about launch delays. The photo below, posted by regular DJI leaker @OsitaLV on Twitter, is the first time we've seen the FPV (first-person view) drone in the wild, and shows a very different design from the drone king's existing models. Unlike DJI's current M



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. Last week I noted that July is the summer of the EV truck (for me). When I zoom out though, it’s loo



We’re already in the run-up to Apple’s next hardware showcase, likely centered on its phones and wearables. This could include a shake-up for the Apple Watch — the first since the Series 4 watch back in 2018. The high-end variant of the Apple Watch Series 8 may feature the largest display Apple has ever crammed into its smartwatches, according to Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman. With a bigger battery an



Every TV has a number of different “Picture Modes” to choose from. There’s almost always an “Energy Saver” or “Power Saving” mode that tends to look the worst. How much energy does this mode actually save? Is it worth using? Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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The strategy, which involves inoculating an infected person’s closest contacts, helped beat smallpox. But it requires good contact tracing and enough vaccines.



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The DOJ vows to protect people’s ability to travel out of state for abortion care, but legal experts warn we can’t take it for granted.



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Since Vladimir Putin blocked Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in March, Russia has been pushing away from the global internet at a rapid pace.




Xbox Insiders are discovering their consoles' boot times have drastically improved in the latest build of the program. The Insider program on Xbox Series X |S gives members the chance to road test new features early before they're released to the public. And it's Xbox director of integrated marketing, Josh Munsee himself, who revealed that the latest build has targeted faster boot times (thanks,



In April 2019, an American Airlines plane had a serious takeoff incident at JFK. The incident was so bad that the plane involved ended up being scrapped. Over three years later, there’s an update, as investigators have released their final report, which is pretty damning for the captain. Perhaps the most shocking part is the transcript of what the pilots were saying to one another. American Airli



Ubisoft has reportedly pushed back the release of Assassin’s Creed Rift, the next stealth-oriented installment in the time-hopping action series. The publisher announced Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and a “smaller unannounced premium game” have been delayed during its latest quarterly earnings report . Both games are now expected to release sometime during the company’s next fiscal year beginning



La Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 et la Galaxy Watch 5 Pro seront dévoilées le 10 août, ce qui laisse encore le temps aux rumeurs et aux fuites de circuler. Les dernières en date nous donnent quelques indications supplémentaires sur les prix et l'autonomie de la batterie. Selon les informations fournies par Dealntech , la Galaxy Watch 5 standard coûtera 10 € de plus que sa prédécesseur, tandis que la Gal



Kubernetes has become one of the most popular ways to run containerized workloads in production. It simplifies deploying, scaling, and maintaining the containers that run your service. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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Facebook has finally done it: Last week, the company introduced Feeds on mobile , giving users the option to view their Facebook content chronologically. Now, instead of having Facebook feeding you a salad of things its algorithms think you should look at (that's the Home feed), you can switch to Feeds, and see things as they happen, and you can even take it a step further by only viewing content



It looks like Microsoft has once again shipped dodgy Windows 11 updates, with reports suggesting that the two latest cumulative updates have been causing serious issues with the Start menu. The updates in question are KB5015882 and KB5015814, and it looks like they’ve introduced a bug which causes to Start menu to disappear when you click to open it. That’s a pretty major issue, considering how i



A single line of code - that’s all it took for a massive increase in ray tracing performance on Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs , thanks to Intel graphics driver engineer Lionel Landwerlin. With Intel's new graphics cards floundering somewhat with performance woes and driver teething issues, it’s a welcome sight. Landwerlin describes the change as "like a 100x (not joking) improvement" in the text des



Account details of more than five million Twitter users are being sold on the dark web forums for $30,000. The threat actor, going by the astonishingly creative alias “devil” is selling data on 5.4 million users, apparently obtained by exploiting a vulnerability discovered in January 2022. Twitter has apparently patched the hole, and even compensated the person that found it, going by the name “z



In something out of Black Mirror meets Queen's Gambit , a chess robot accidentally broke the finger of its seven-year old opponent during an exhibition in Moscow, The Guardian reported. The child apparently moved his piece too soon and the robot grabbed his finger and squeezed it, causing a fracture before help could arrive. "The robot broke the child’s finger," said Moscow Chess Federation presi



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Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, according to overnight tweets from the Tesla CEO. The allegations of a relationship were made in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday night and supposedly explains why Brin has been recently divesting from anything to… Read more...



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Rising inflation in the U.S. has, of course, led to a lot of people being blamed, whether its Fox News blaming Biden or Biden blaming Putin . In the latest Last Week Tonight episode, though, John Oliver explains how the whole thing is more complicated than that. "Two things are likely true here: The government stimulus did contribute towards inflation, but it was also a necessary intervention," s



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San Diego Comic-Con 2022 has come and gone. The three-day extravaganza is over for another year and there were tons of announcements – big and small – from some of the world's leading movie and TV studios, comic book giants, and more. With so many reveals taking place over the weekend of July 21 to 24, though, we suspect you'll have missed a fair number of them. Sure, we know you'll have kept up



German leisure airline Condor is going all-in on refreshing its fleet. Condor refreshes narrow body fleet with A320neo family Condor has just placed an order for up to 41 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, in order to refresh its short and medium haul fleet. Condor is placing a firm order for 13 Airbus A320neos and 28 Airbus A321neos, plus additional purchase rights. These planes will be delivered t



TL;DR: As of July 25, you can get the BOSMA Aegis Smart Door Lock for just $79.99 with code SMARTLOCK — that's a 33% discount. Do you ever get to work and wonder if you remembered to lock your front door ? Have you ever actually gone back to check? Usually, your home security is only as good as the person who remembers to actually use it, but there may be a smart solution that could help keep you



TL;DR: As of July 25, you can get the Bionaire Thin Window Fan with Reversible Airflow for just $69.99 instead of $149.99 — that's a 53% discount. If you’ve spent the first half of summer suffering in the heat, then you might be interested in this compact, affordable window fan . Now’s your last chance to save on the Bionaire Thin Window Fan with Reversible Airflow on sale for $69.99 (Reg. $149).



TL;DR: As of July 25, you can get the Chronowatch C-Max Call Time Smartwatch for just $49.99 instead of $159.99 — that's a 68% discount. You’ve got more options than an Apple Watch if you’re shopping for quality smartwatches. Whether you’re looking for a compact wearable that can keep you connected or a feature-rich health monitor, the Chronowatch C-Max Call Time Smartwatch could be an affordable



TL;DR: As of July 25, you can get the DoRoyal Eternal Kingdom Lifetime Website Hosting for just $49 instead of $300 — that's a 83% discount. If you’re making a website, it needs a home to live in. The same principle is true for eShop businesses , blogs, personal portfolios, and basically any web space that isn’t on social media. Whether you’re building your website from scratch or migrating it fr




OnePlus' hype machine is rumbling into action - the company likes to slowly drip-feed information before each phone launch, and the OnePlus 10T is currently getting the treatment. We recently learnt about its launch date (August 3), and now the company has confirmed a load of camera specs for the 10T too. This comes from the OnePlus Community forum, where the company posted a long thread , taking



While few with ties to the conspiracy theory are winning their primaries, themes pushed by QAnon followers have become Republican talking points.


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