Friday, July 01, 2022

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Apple Samsung iPhone•
Some wounds never heal. Just ask Apple, the new champion of grudge holders. As we were all celebrating the 15-year anniversary of the original iPhone , Apple took a moment during a rather extensive and fascinating interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern to once again call out rival Samsung for allegedly copying iPhone technology. Apple’s current head of Marketing Greg Joswiak, an am



4KGizmodo / 12h
Two orcas named Port and Starboard seem to have developed a taste for great white sharks. Since 2017, eight great white sharks have washed ashore in South Africa, with signs of having been attacked by orcas. Seven of the sharks—typically apex predators—were missing their livers, and some didn’t have their hearts… Read more...



300+Lifehacker / 15h
While we might try our hardest to always keep our tools clean and dry, they may still battle rust. When your prevention methods fail, common wisdom might be to toss out the damaged tools—and sometimes that’s inevitable. But before you junk your metal implements, there are a few things you can try to salvage them and… Read more...




Ruja Ignatova is accused of defrauding victims out of $4bn (£3.2bn) through a cryptocurrency scam.



Engadget / 24min
In a weekly employee Q&A session, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said the company is experiencing "one of the worst downturns [it has seen] in recent history." According to Reuters, the executive has revealed that Meta has slashed its target number for new engineers hires this year by about 30 percent. Meta previously said that it's slowing its hiring plans due to weak revenue forecasts, but



Samsung Hub Xbox 2022•
Having come a long way since 2013 , the revamped Samsung Gaming Hub is bringing the hottest games to the company’s 2022 line of Smart TVs and monitors. People see the Samsung Gaming Hub as the start of a new era in cloud gaming and it’s easy to see why. The platform allows gamers to access all of the major cloud gaming services without the need for a PC or an expensive console. And there’s been a



Meta’s main subcontractor for content moderation in Africa, Sama, will retain its BCorp certification until the case against it in Kenya, over claims of union busting and exploitation, is determined. The referenced case, which also includes allegations against Meta, was filed in May this year by Daniel Motaung, a former content moderator in the East African country. The corporate responsibility g



At June’s WWDC , Apple launched a slew of new and exciting products, only to mention that they’d be available to order at some point later this month. Well, as the end of the month draws closer by the minute, it looks like Apple is updating its store, presumably to make some of those tasty morsels of carved-out-of-aluminum goodness available for ordering. So, what are we expecting? As Greg summar



Razer has officially announced its acquisition of Interhaptics, a.k.a. Go Touch VR SAS, a company well known for its haptic feedback products. Razer has developed products with Interhaptics before, including the Nari Ultimate headphones back in 2018 and even a haptic gaming chair called the Enki Pro HyperSense . And in the press release announcing the acquisition, Razer stated that Interhaptics w



YouTube Comment Spam•
Spam comments on YouTube have been getting worse recently and the platform has decided to fight back. Via a Twitter thread , YouTube revealed it’s working on three new tools to combat spam comments and the bad actors who impersonate content creators. As it currently stands, the update includes removing the ability to hide subscriber counts, improving comment moderation, and changing the rules on



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the iScanner app is on sale for £32.94, saving you 79% on list price. Snapping a shadowy photo is hardly the most effective way of sending critical work documents, financial information, or schoolwork. And yet, it’s become the norm since the death of the scanner. If you’re seeking a more professional solution, consider a subscription to iScanner . With iScanner,



The future of non-fungible tokens is getting more clarity in China as the country’s tech giants come together to formulate standards for the nascent industry. The China Cultural Industry Association, along with Tencent, Ant Group, Baidu, and others, jointly issued a “self-disciplined development proposal” for the “digital collectible industry,” a rebranded term for NFT in China to do away with th



Do you want to play retro video games from your youth, but can't find a console to buy? It's easy to make your own alternative using a cheap Raspberry Pi.



The 24-inch iMac is attractive, but that beauty comes at a cost: there may not be enough ports to satisfy your needs. That's where this accessory comes in.



Today Wordle Answer July•
It is somehow now July, but let's not dwell on the relentless passage of linear time when we could be doing our daily Wordle together instead. It's certainly more satisfying when you work it out all by yourself, but sometimes you just get stuck — and that's where we come in. The answer to the July 1 Wordle can be found at the end of this article, with the spoiler clearly signposted, or you can ma



Visby Medical Series•
Medical diagnostics company Visby Medical raised $100 million in a Series E round earlier this year . Today, the company told me it extended that round by an additional $35 million at the same valuation as the rest of the round. This financing will enable Visby Medical to scale production capacity from tens to hundreds of thousands of monthly tests. It will also further expand its product lineup



FCC Small•
Starting today, small phone carriers must implement a special caller ID authentication tool that will help identify robocallers, the Federal Communication Commission announced . Known as STIR/SHAKEN, major carriers such as AT&T and Verizon — due to an FCC rule adopted in 2020 — have had the same tool in place since last year . The agency initially gave small carriers a more generous deadline of J



Guests aboard Disney Cruise’s newest ship The Wish will be the first to experience Avengers: Quantum Encounter , a Marvel Studios dinner theater show. In it, actors from the films virtually reprise their roles for an in-universe dining experience where cruisers get a curated, themed meal—and some banter over a key… Read more...



Today's Wordle solution is a pretty familiar word, but your familiarity with it is likely hinged on where you're from. Fortunately, we have multiple hints.



FDA Covid Boosters Omicron•
Enlarge / Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | Pool ) On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration advised vaccine makers t



When I went hands-on with Roland's SP-404 MKII back in October I said it was "becoming" my favorite sampler. Fast forward a few months and it is firmly entrenched in that spot. Of course, no piece of gear is perfect, and there's always room for improvement. So Roland is pushing out a 2.0 firmware update that only further cement's the 404's place at the top of my list. Perhaps the biggest addition



Kenya's flower exporters are switching to sea freight as new tech helps keep flowers fresh at sea.



Stanford Solar Light•
Stacks of teeny lenses that look like inverted pyramids could juice up solar panels, helping them capture more light from any angle on both sunny and overcast days. Solar panels perform best in direct sunlight, which is why some solar systems track the big fireball across the sky, turning to face it for maximum light. Unfortunately, such tracking tech is pricey and moving parts can break. Shortco




Supreme Court EPA tSC•
Enlarge / A man walks up the steps of the US Supreme Court. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Thursday's Supreme Court decision regarding the use of the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants comes down to two specific issues: Should the Supreme Court take the case at all; and did Congress delegate sufficient authority to the EPA for it to implement a specific regul



Yet another Raspberry Pi model has hit shelves, this one offering enhanced Pico capabilities with a price tag that remains insanely affordable.



NFT OpenSea Data Breach•
30Engadget / 8h
NFT marketplace OpenSea shared today that it’s the victim of another data breach — though this time the target is one of its vendors. An employee of its email delivery vendor, Customer.io , allegedly downloaded and shared stored email addresses associated with OpenSea accounts and newsletter subscriptions with an unknown third party. Any OpenSea account holder or newsletter subscriber should assu



200+Futurism / 8h
Panel Prices One of the most important materials used in solar panel manufacturing has gone up in price — the biggest jump in eight months — just as demand soars. Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that polysilicon , heavily used in solar panel production, rose nearly 5 percent in cost on Wednesday, marking the highest price for the stuff since late 2011. As companies work to lessen their reliance on



Whether it’s beat-making, EDM production, multi-track recording, or critical audio editing, finding the best music production software for your creative endeavors is all about ensuring that you have the required tools to optimize your workflow without getting bogged down in the details. Some music production software is incredibly simple and best suited for beginners and simple creative tasks, wh



1KFuturism / 8h
It looks like algorithms can write academic papers about themselves now. We gotta wonder: how long until human academics are obsolete? In an editorial published by Scientific American , Swedish researcher Almira Osmanovic Thunström describes what began as a simple experiment in how well OpenAI's GPT-3 text generating algorithm could write about itself and ended with a paper that's currently being



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. One of these things is not like the other. Disney Wish just joined Disney Cruise Line ‘s fleet as its fifth ship and the line’s first new ship in a decade. While the first four ships — Magic, Dream , Wo



Bo has introduced a new electric scooter designed for adults who want a simple, environmentally-friendly way to commute in big cities without a car.



Emirates first class is a bucket list experience for many award travelers. And while it’s easy to rack up the miles for Emirates first-class awards thanks to the fact that you can transfer several different kinds of credit card points to Emirates’ Skywards mileage program , it is often difficult to snag an award reservation. However, If you want to try Emirates first class for yourself and are ju



It doesn’t take much to make a car dirty, even when you have the best of intentions. All it takes are a few spilled crumbs from that Starbucks pastry you ate, some muddy shoes or a coffee spill on your way to work, and before you know it, you need to vacuum cleaner. And that’s before you factor in kids who love spilling their snacks or dogs that shed all over the backseat. But the truth is, it’s



Leaders from the airline industry and the Federal Aviation Administration met on Thursday as both sides continue to point fingers at each other for recent operational issues. The virtual meeting took place just a day before millions of Americans are expected to take to the skies during what could be the busiest travel period since the COVID-19 pandemic began over two years ago. It also comes as t



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Greetings, everyone, on this fine day. If you haven’t had the chance yet, please give a shout to our newest reporter, Andrew Mendez , who wrote today about Twelve capturing carbon and turning it into things like sunglasses. We also have a couple of submission reque



El Al is spinning off its frequent flyer program at a $500 million valuation. The entire airline, including the frequent flyer program, has a market cap of less than $180 million. They're not alone. American's frequent flyer program was appraised at up to $30 billion (and they borrowed $10 billion against it) while their market cap is less than $9 billion. Continue reading ...



3 TTPs•
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have identified stealthy new malware that threat actors have been using for the past 15 months to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers after they have been hacked. Dubbed SessionManager, the malicious software poses as a legitimate module for Internet Information Services (IIS), the web server installed by default on Exchange servers. Organizations often



Image Credits: TechCrunch Apple’s relative hostility to the desires of crypto developers hasn’t gone unnoticed, and as the industry buckles down for a bear market, some of its proponents are pushing forward plans to rebuild the iPhone with their own industry’s best interests at heart. Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama a



39Gizmodo / 9h
Bring on the Titans in this Godzilla spin-off from Legendary Television and Apple. Variety announced the ensemble for the untitled series will be led by The Flash ’s Kiersey Clemons and Pachinko ’s Anna Sawai, and will also feature Ren Watabe, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski. Read more...



Instagram has finally made it possible to delete - not just deactivate - your account using its mobile app, though the feature comes with one big limitation.



200+Futurism / 9h
Pain Suit Last summer, VR social platform startup Somnium and VR suit maker Teslasuit unveiled a "human-to-digital interface designed in the form of a full-body XR suit" — a suit that can literally electrocute you all over the body. And according to a recent review by TechRadar , the experience sounds absolutely wild. The haptic suit's 90 electrodes are designed to fool its wearer into thinking t



Dating when you're 40 or older can be intimidating — unlike when you're in your 20s or 30s, you can't assume everyone your age is single and looking. If you've found yourself "on the market" again, it's important to remember that half of U.S. marriages do end in divorce, so the dating pool isn't as small as you might think. Meeting people organically out in public still happens, but sometimes it'



Book within the next one to three days and score tickets to Zurich for ski season at ultra-discounted rates. Round-trip flights from New York City , Baltimore, Boston , San Francisco , Chicago and Washington, D.C. , are available for less than $510. Flights from Denver and Minneapolis to Zurich are also available for closer to $600. Expect to fly Icelandair for all routes excluding San Francisco,




Uber Says Sexual Assaults•
The company’s second safety report, delayed by the pandemic, is part of a campaign to assure customers that its rides are not dangerous.



Nikola Shareholder July 18•
Troubled electric truck maker Nikola adjourned its annual meeting to July 18, giving the company time to lobby shareholders to pass a money-raising measure to issue more shares of common stock. Nikola said the proposal is crucial to support the growth of the business. The company has been slowed in bringing its Tre semi truck to market by a string of controversies stemming from its founder Trevor



Instagram Reels Meta•
Instagram is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The company says the change, which is currently being tested with select users around the world, is part of Instagram’s plan to simplify video on the app. “We’re testing this feature as part of our efforts to simplify and improve the video experience on Instagram,” a spokesperson from Meta said i



Somehow June is over in just a few hours, meaning that we are trotting toward the third quarter’s starting line. Leaving aside the uncomfortably rapid pace at which time is flying past us, entering a new financial reporting period is an excellent moment to pause, reflect and work out the key questions for the upcoming quarter. After all, we’ve seen so very much change on a quarterly basis lately



Fleetzero has an ambitious goal: to compete with global shipping companies with its own boats, powered entirely by electricity . The company just secured $15.5 million in new funding and is looking for the first ship to convert to run on its shipping container-shaped batteries. The company’s plan, described in detail here , is to convert existing ships to electric propulsion, replacing the diesel



If you're in the market for a weird and humourous car that is either incredibly efficient or totally useless, these 3-wheeled cars are right up your alley.



Uber Sexual 2019 2020•
The company’s second safety report, delayed by the pandemic, is part of a campaign to assure customers that its rides are not dangerous.



Windows 11 Microsoft•
Enlarge / The Rufus tool will offer to modify your Windows 11 install media when you create it. The workaround for the Microsoft account requirement is new to the 3.19 beta. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) One of the new "features" coming to the Windows 11 22H2 update is a Microsoft account requirement for all new installs , regardless of whether you are using the Home or Pro version of the operating



I was skeptical of Nordic Walking when I first heard of it. It seemed like a try at commodifying taking a stroll, like, “You’re not really walking until you’re doing it with these expensive walking poles,” but after looking into the research behind it, my mind was changed completely. Read more...



OneCoin FBI Ignatova•
100+Gizmodo / 10h
Ruja Ignatova, who in the past dubbed herself the “Cryptoqueen,” is now sitting with a fancy crown in a new royal court: the FBI’s top 10 most wanted . Read more...



100+Gizmodo / 10h
Does it feel like we’re getting too much Marvel? It feels like we’re getting too much Marvel. Read more...



Samsung Hub Xbox 2022•
The Samsung Gaming Hub was released for new Samsung smart TVs. Gamers can play using their own controllers on a variety of cloud-based gaming services.



Rapper Travis Scott, the subject of a $750 million lawsuit, has been in the news over his seemingly new Bugatti because of its massive price tag.



It’s no secret that AWS’s pricing is high, and data in particular comes at a premium. The compute may be cheap, with services like Lambda functions and EC2 instances, but if you’re transferring out a lot of data, you’re gonna be paying for it. Here’s how to reduce that bill. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Cruise San Francisco•
56Engadget / 10h
A small fleet of Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco suddenly stopped operating on Tuesday night, effectively stopping traffic on a street in the city's Fillmore district for a couple of hours until employees were able to arrive. TechCrunch first noticed a Reddit post that featured a photo of the stalled driverless cabs at the corner of Gough and Fulton streets. Cruise — which is General Motor’s AV



GM EV General Motors•
73Gizmodo / 10h
More firefighters and EMTs will soon be able to pry you out of your burning Prius and maybe even save the car. General Motors announced Thursday it was expanding its training program on rescues involving electric vehicle crashes. Read more...



Berlin Germany Heat•
100+Futurism / 10h
Warming Up Countries reliant on Russia's fossil fuel industry for energy and utilities are starting to look for alternatives as President Vladimir Putin continues to wage bloody war on Ukraine . Today, the Associated Press reported that Germany is creating a giant thermos to heat homes in the winter, in just another example of a changing European energy landscape. The tower is nearly 150 feet tal



Sooner or later, you’ll need a charging station to refuel your countless devices. Phones, tablets, portable gaming consoles, watches, gamepads, keyboards, cameras, remotes, and just about everything under the sun charges via USB nowadays. A dedicated charging station is perfect for topping off the battery on not only your devices, but anyone. Sharing is, after all, caring, and nothing says “I che



NFT Bored BAYC June•
2KFuturism / 10h
BAYCrash Web3 assets continue their impressively catastrophic nosedive today, as NFTs — you know, those extremely expensive digital artworks that celebs have both loved and lost — reach remarkably new lows in value. Bloomberg reports that this will likely be the first month since June 2021 that NFT sales will have failed to reach $1 billion overall. Meanwhile, well known high-dollar NFTs, includi



Cyberattack Unemployment•
A cyberattack on a third-party vendor has impacted employment services, including unemployment benefits, in several states, according to the Associated Press . Some state employment websites have been offline since Sunday, including the ones in Tennessee and Nebraska. “We recently identified anomalous activity on our network, and immediately took [Tennessee's] Jobs4TN system offline to halt the a




When the U.S. ended a policy earlier this month requiring travelers on inbound international flights to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, hotel industry chatter focused on a key question: Who was most likely to benefit ? On one hand, removing the testing requirement could be a boon for major U.S. cities that rely more on international travelers to fill up hotel rooms. On the other, remov



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | grinvalds) The Federal Communications Commission today said it closed a robocall loophole by requiring small phone companies to implement the caller ID authentication technology known as STIR and SHAKEN. Large voice providers were required to implement STIR/SHAKEN a year ago . But there was an exemption for carriers with 100,000 or fewer customers that would have g



Grayscale SEC Bitcoin ETF•
As governments worldwide continue to eye the crypto industry, some digital asset managers are pushing back against regulators in an effort to provide more legal investing opportunities. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday rejected Grayscale Investments’ application to convert its bitcoin trust (GBTC) into an exchange-traded fund (ETF). Shortly thereafter, the firm — one of th



100+Gizmodo / 10h
For the past three years, a tiny loaf-of-bread-sized spacecraft with gigantic wings has been sailing on sunbeams in low Earth orbit. LightSail 2 has far exceeded its life expectancy and proven that solar sails can indeed be used to fly spacecraft. But its journey around our planet is sadly coming to an end, as Earth’s… Read more...



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Space suits started from humble beginnings and have evolved over the decades to become modern marvels of research and development.



Bilt Travel Expedia•
One piece of coverage of the new Bilt Rewards travel portal struck me as an odd stretch, that Chase's travel portal is better because of Chase statement credits that have nothing to do with their travel portal. Say what? Continue reading ...



The "Carolina Squat" is a dangerous truck modification that has prompted lawmakers in multiple states to take action.



It looks like OnePlus is gearing up to launch the OnePlus 10T smartphone, a model that has appeared in detailed renders as part of a major leak.



Yesterday, I read an article that claimed brie was the “best” cheese to put on your burger. I was, frankly, a little stunned. I’m a big fan of brie, and a big fan of a big pan of brie , but the “best” burger cheese it is not. Read more...



TBC Musk Las Vegas•
100+Engadget / 11h
The walk from the Las Vegas Convention Center to Tacos El Gordo may only be seven-tenths of a mile but under the blazing sun of a Nevada winter, the trip can seem an eternity. Lucky for us Al Pastor enthusiasts, this traditional CES taco trek is now far more convenient as the Boring Company and Resorts World Las Vegas announced the official opening of the latest Loop station at Las Vegas Conventi



31Gizmodo / 11h
The marketing for Westworld season four made it clear that Evan Rachel Wood—whose formidable Host character , Dolores, was obliterated at the end of season three —would return. Now that the first episode has aired , we’ve met Wood in her new role: Christina, a shy single gal in the big city. Westworld is known for… Read more...



TV and projector maker Hisense announced that its flagship line of L9G Laser TV projectors have received a free Dolby Vision upgrade. The upgrade was supplied this week via an automatic firmware update, allowing L9G owners to immediately experience the benefits of Dolby Vision high dynamic range. While Hisense isn’t the first company to announce a projector with Dolby Vision – Xiaomi has released



Raspberry Pi Pico Board•
500+TechCrunch / 11h
Everyone’s favorite versatile microcontroller maker, Raspberry Pi, just unveiled a handful of new, budget-minded products. The company is building on the success of its $4 Pico board, which has thus far moved just under two million units since its January 2021 launch. The new Pico W is launching today for $6 — the “W” (and additional $2) brings 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity to the system. The $5 Pico



Equity service platform Carta has acquired Vauban, an online platform that helps investors back private companies from end to end. As first reported by The Information , the deal was framed by Carta as a way to support investors of all sizes, from the sub-million-dollar level into the billions of dollars worth of dry powder. Carta said that it is not disclosing any details beyond what it wrote in



Harvard Scientists•
54Gizmodo / 11h
Experts at Harvard and elsewhere are proposing a new type of bank be set up nationwide: a poop bank. In a paper this week, they argue that it should be possible for people to deposit a fecal sample relatively early on in life, which can then be stored indefinitely and later used to restore their unbalanced gut… Read more...



BattleFly NFT Gaming•
Blockchain games and NFTs in video games were a hot topic toward the end of 2021, and they continue to be so, spurred by the early success of Axie Infinity’s play-to-earn (P2E) model. After all, it’s hard to ignore a sector that’s playing with billions of dollars. The potential of Axie’s P2E model, which gives players ownership of collectible in-game items (tokens) that they can sell for actual m



Breaking up, as they say, is hard to do. Everyone needs guidance when it comes to ending things, but usually, advice focuses on how to know you want to break up or how to cope with all the emotions afterward . One of the worst parts, though, is actually doing the damn thing. According to stats culled by Preply , a… Read more...



Drako Dragon Suv 2000•
The electric SUV segment is getting a buzzy new entrant, the Drako Dragon, a 2,000-horsepower beast that can outpace many of the true-blue supercars out there.



The 2022 Bentley Bentayga S proves that while the models from this automaker aren't cheap, they do offer ample value -- inside and out.




Nerf Gjallarhorn Destiny•
NERF created their own real-world version of Destiny's Gjallarhorn rocket launcher with a size and price matched only by its odd acquisition process.



Belief AI Sentience•
300+Futurism / 11h
Eye of the Beholder AI chatbot company Replika has had enough of its customers thinking that its avatars have come to life. According to CEO Eugenia Kuyda, the company gets contacted almost every day by users who believe — against almost all existing evidence — that its AI models have become sentient. "We're not talking about crazy people or people who are hallucinating or having delusions," Kuyd



It’s been a bumpy couple of years for international travel, what with the global pandemic we’ve been living through , and while some countries have completely reopened their doors, many haven’t. Flight and vacation restrictions continue to change on a regular basis, but at the time of writing, these are the places… Read more...



Lenovo's Yoga 9i combines the flexibility of a 360-degree hinge with a choice of up to 4K OLED touchscreens and a frugal Intel P-Series processor.



200+Gizmodo / 11h
Strange New Worlds has prided itself in its first season on a somewhat sense of ephemerality —that even at its direst of stakes , our enterprising heroes would come out the other side and move on to the next big adventure. This week’s penultimate episode of the season proved just how scary and incredible the series can… Read more...



42Gizmodo / 11h
Coinbase Tracer, the analytics arm of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has signed a contract with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement that would allow the agency access to a variety of features and data caches, including “historical geo tracking data.” Read more...



39Engadget / 11h
Roughly 25 percent (23.4 percent to be exact) of the Earth’s sea floor has been mapped, thanks to an international initiative known as Seabed 2030 . Relying largely on voluntary contributions of bathymetric data (or ocean topography) by governments, companies and research institutions, the project is part of a larger UN-led initiative called The Ocean Decade . Seabed 2030 hopes to map 100 percent



Have you ever been annoyed with yourself for rushing out to buy something, knowing there’s an inevitable update around the corner? You might have done it with a smartphone or gadget before; get the older model before the new one comes, only to find that the new version is faster and doesn’t eat up battery in a matter… Read more...



So far there are at least 351 confirmed cases of monkeypox in humans in the United States, with more than half of states reporting at least one case. Given existing barriers to diagnosis and testing , it’s likely that there are a lot more cases out there than have been documented. So how do you protect yourself? Read more...



Do your formatting requirements call for a specific amount of space between your document’s content and the page’s border? If you use Google Docs, it’s easy to change your document‘s margins and set them to your liking. We’ll show you two ways to do that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Jonathan Martinez Contributor Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor How to improve retention, growth marketing’s golden metric When and how to hire your startup’s first growth marketer If you search for “growth marketing” roles on LinkedIn these days, it’s li



The 2022 Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid showcases many facets of the good life, exactly why electrification will mean so much to the luxury car market.



Veronica Risinger made a little online spot for neighbors to share information on abortion. Then 30,000 people joined.



Windows Defender Intel•
22Gizmodo / 12h
Your Intel-powered PC might not be running at full speed right now, and you can blame Windows Defender, the anti-malware tool that is preinstalled on your system. A bug, discovered by TechPowerUp associate software author Kevin Glynn, causes Windows Defender to “randomly start using all seven hardware performance… Read more...



23Gizmodo / 12h
Meta is testing out a version of Instagram where all video content is posted as a Reel, the company confirmed to Gizmodo on Thursday in an email. Read more...



Audi has become one of the most sought-after German carmakers in recent decades, and these models prove why that success continues.



400+Futurism / 12h
Fraud Peddlers For an industry so obsessed with peer review, it appears that academic journals are mighty reticent to retract or even warn readers about fraudulent articles. As Science magazine reports in a fascinating story , a recent study found that although journals were made aware of nearly 90 instances of papers that had cited work that was documented to be fraudulent in the field of nutrit



56Futurism / 12h
For the vast majority of people who tinker with machine learning technology, the best they can hope for is that others in their community will recognize their work. Which was why it was so shocking to Boris Dayma, the creator of the AI formerly known as "DALL-E Mini," when his went viral. Now, a chaotic few weeks and one name change later — Dayma changed the name to Craiyon after OpenAI, the crea



5KFuturism / 12h
Anti-Productivity Icon As of October 1st, 2022, please do Jupiter Fund Management CEO Andrew Formica a favor and leave him alone! He's quitting his job and logging off, thank you very much. "I just want to go sit at the beach and do nothing," Formica told Bloomberg in an interview this week. "I'm not thinking about anything else." Company Troubles As far as CEOs and investors go, Formica, at 51,




Welp. Three straight weeks of work travel amid a seemingly endless pandemic finally caught up with me. Forgive me, as I’m writing this under the influence of green tea and antivirals, so thank you in advance to the regularly Herculean efforts of our copy editor, David. Apparently the old adage of things happening in Vegas staying in Vegas doesn’t extend to viral loads. After managing to stave off



Google Pixel iFixit•
45Engadget / 12h
If your Pixel is in need of some care, you can now buy official parts to try and fix the problem yourself. Parts and detailed repair guides for Pixel 2 and above are now available from iFixit . The parts include screens, batteries, rear cameras and charging ports. They're available à la carte and iFixit plans to offer more types of parts in the future. You can also buy Fix Kits, which iFixit says



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 ...



100+Lifehacker / 12h
Not to be too alarmist, but the economy isn’t looking super great at the moment. For starters, don’t look at your 401(k) right now. From crashing stock markets to spiking consumer prices , a recession seems to be looming . Although the news is troubling, there are steps you can take to stave off panic and protect… Read more...



500+Gizmodo / 12h
Philip K. Dick is one of the most important and influential science fiction authors of all time, having written masterpieces like The Man in the High Castle, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly , and the novels that inspired the movies Blade Runner , Minority Report , Total Recall , and more. Dick was also a very troubled man who… Read more...



Binance TikTok Lame•
100+TechCrunch / 12h
Khaby Lame is quite literally on top of the world (if TikTok follower counts are the world). After attending his first VidCon and surpassing Charli D’Amelio as the most followed TikToker, the Italian-Senegalese comedian signed on as an ambassador for Binance , the world’s largest platform for buying and selling cryptocurrencies. Just last week, Binance snagged a partnership with soccer star Crist



NASA Develop Flight•
Air travel remains one of the largest contributors to global warming in the transportation sector, producing 915 million tonnes of CO2 worldwide in 2019, per ATAG . In an effort to usher in a more sustainable era of flight, NASA announced Thursday that it is seeking partners "to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could s



Facebook Groups have been a popular way to connect with people about a specific topic or interest for years. Facebook is now allowing Groups to enable new communication features that mimic Discord and Telegram. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Although your mind may already be on the upcoming Fourth of July weekend , with that “out of office” message at least mentally set, we interrupt your holiday mindset to inform you of a wide-reaching sale to the Caribbean. Round-trip flights are hovering around $300 to


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