Thursday, July 14, 2022

Thursday Technology News and More...


Technology News and More...




300+Mashable / 1h
Your phone number was never meant to be an all-access pass to your life. That 10-digit string has likely followed you worldwide and across the internet for years. Over the course of that time, you've almost certainly handed it out — willingly or otherwise — to every person, restaurant , social media platform , or online store that's asked. That's a problem. For someone with the right motivation,



100+Gizmodo / 43min
French fries and ketchup are a perfect culinary pairing, but have you ever struggled to get enough of the condiment during a dip, given fries are nothing more than a potato stick? Apparently it’s a problem, and one that Heinz has endeavored to solve by way of spoon-shaped french fry. Read more...



1KFuturism / 52min
Fresh Hell As American dystopia levels reach record highs, proposed solutions reach grim new lows. Case in point, we regrettably introduce the Hideaway Tornado Shelter and Safe Room , made by a company called National Safety Shelters. According to a press release , these grayish, shed-like people boxes are apparently the "ultimate solution" to school safety, constructed from bulletproof, tornado-




Gizmodo / 3min
Mission controllers with the European Space Agency were forced to relocate a science satellite upon detecting a threatening piece of space junk, and they did so with very little time to spare—just 8 hours notice, which isn’t a lot of time when it comes to managing objects in space. Read more...



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Kraig Swensrud Contributor Kraig Swensrud is the founder and CEO of Qualified , a pipeline generation platform for Salesforce. As a founder, it’s easy to say, “Of course, we’ll pivot!” But actually pulling a pivot off is no easy feat. How do you set yourself up for success in this new world? Which levers should you pull first? How do you ensure you can secure capital when needed or that your comp



Nintendo has entered an agreement to acquire CG animation company Dynamo Pictures in order to develop visual content using Nintendo IP. The gaming company is buying 100% of outstanding shares of Dynamo Pictures and rebranding it as Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd. The deal is expected to close on October 3. According to a regulatory filing , Nintendo stated: Nintendo has decided to acquire 100% of the



Gizmodo / 9min
Ah, Uber . Love it or hate it, the ride-sharing company has revolutionized the way we travel so much so that the word “Uber” is the eponym most people use to refer to any ride they’ve hailed via smartphone, regardless of the actual brand. One thing about Uber, however, is that prices have gone up—point, blank, period.… Read more...



Mashable / 11min
In 2017, the New York Times published a bombshell investigation into allegations that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed and paid off a dizzying number of accusers over the course of decades. The article was catalyst for reigniting the #MeToo movement, and Weinstein was arrested in 2018. Now, the process of investigating and writing that story is the subject of the drama She Sa



Wysa , a popular mental health app originally founded in India around an AI chatbot that helps users talk through their feelings, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round to expand its business on the heels of hitting 4.5 million users in 65 countries. The all-equity round is led by India’s digital health-focused venture capital fund HealthQuad, with participation also from British Inte



Gizmodo / 21min
A massive, $4 billion Panasonic electric vehicle battery factory is coming to Kansas. The Wednesday announcement followed about 45 minutes of closed door discussion between company and state stakeholders, where media were excluded, according to a report from the Topeka Capital-Journal. Read more...



Wired / 22min
A few of our favorite things are still on sale, like robot vacuums, laptops, phones, and espresso machines.



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Engadget / 24min
It may be too early for you to think about the upcoming school year, but it can’t hurt to get a jump-start on planning. We don’t mean to take away from the myriad beach days and barbecues you have planned for the rest of the season – we merely want to help you prep for school as efficiently as possible, so you’re not scrambling as we get closer to that return date. Enter our annual back-to-school



No merchant likes a bad customer review and Okendo , a customer marketing platform, announced $26 million in Series A funding today to continue developing its customer review tools for e-commerce brands. Base10 Partners led the funding round and was joined by Craft Ventures and existing investor Index Ventures. It gives the company $33.5 million in total capital raised to date. Matthew Goodman, c



As I speak to Tong Pow over Google Meet, he appears as a cartoon medieval-helmet-clad cat that talks and bobs its head, mirroring Pow’s movement behind the webcam. The visor may be hiding a Cheshire cat grin because Pow has raised $6.5 million for his San Francisco-based startup Hologram Labs, just seven months after launching. NFT avatars have become a common sight on social media platforms, rep



Lithium-ion batteries are one of the driving forces behind the transition away from fossil fuels, but the rechargeable battery that started it all — lead-acid — has received very little attention. Invented over 160 years ago, lead-acid batteries have been upgraded a few times, but today’s cells are largely unchanged from those sold in the ’70s and ’80s. Gridtential, a Santa Clara-based startup, i



Italy’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Google over concerns it has abused a dominant position by hindering data portability rights which are afforded to individuals under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The procedure follows a complaint made to the authority by the operator of a direct marketing platform called Weople . The Weople app, which



Google announced today that Chrome OS Flex, its operating system for old PCs and Macs that can be loaded on a thumb drive, is now out of beta with support for more than 400 devices . The company first announced Chrome OS Flex’s preview back in February with support for more than 250 devices. Now, it releases a stable version of the operating system for people to use on their old machines. Google



On a day when Netflix said it would launch an ad-supported service with Microsoft , it would appear the streaming world may, in fact, be poised to compete in popularity terms, as consumers begin to realise they can own digital assets, not merely rent or stream them. Based on a new survey of 2,000 Americans (so statistically relevant), a new study found that 77% of Americans would rather own digit



24TechCrunch / 42min
India has proposed to introduce a right to repair law, aiming to provide consumers the ability to have their devices repaired by third parties to fight the growing “culture of planned obsolescence” in a move that follows similar deliberations in the U.S. and the UK. The Indian Department of Consumer Affairs said Wednesday that it had set up a committee to develop a right to repair framework. The



In 2021, buying a house felt like war. In 2022, it’s hell. Though the madness of last year—when the pandemic sales boom coupled with record low mortgage rates led to massive price spikes and cutthroat competition among buyers —has eased somewhat, inventory is still historically low and prices are still elevated (if … Read more...




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After just a few months of Early Access, the Chrome OS Flex software is graduating to Google’s “stable” release channel. It’s now certified for over 400 devices, and businesses hit by ransomware can now join a “rapid release program” to install Chrome OS flex on affected machines without losing access to Windows apps. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Google released the first preview version of Chrome OS Flex earlier this year, which is a customized build of Chrome OS that can run on traditional PCs (and some old Mac computers). Starting today, Chrome OS Flex is ready for everyone. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Gizmodo / 57min
Utah’s Great Salt Lake isn’t looking so great. Read more...



It’s pretty awesome to have the ability to record 4K videos with your Android phone, but sometimes the highest quality is just too much. To reduce the size of a video, your best option is to compress it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you’re waiting for Rivian to announce Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, don’t hold your breath. In an email to a customer, Rivian explains that its bespoke software platform is “the better path,” and that future updates will focus on improving the current Rivian software experience. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Fantasy, especially secondary world fantasy , is a genre about imagination, creating new worlds with different views of everything from culture to economics to the limits of physics, and in many respects, presuming no limitations at all. In that imagining (to paraphrase Max Gladstone ), it implies a critique , a… Read more...



Earlier this year, Google announced ChromeOS Flex , a tool that lets anyone take an old Windows or Mac laptop and give it new life by installing Chrome OS. After launching ChromeOS Flex in “early access,” Google now says that Flex is ready to “scale broadly” to more Macs and PCs. The basics remain the same. You can visit the ChromeOS Flex website to make a bootable Chrome OS installation on a USB



Apple revealed the new MacBook Air during last month’s WWDC event, with a larger screen, faster M2 chip, and a MagSafe connector. However, it does fall short of the model it replaced in one critical area: the SSD. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



SAVE $100 : The Bose QuietComfort earbuds are still on sale following Prime Day for just $179 — that's 36% in savings and an all-time low price for the noise-cancelling buds. Noise-cancelling headphones are a traveling must-have and the very effective Bose QuietComfort earbuds are still on sale after Prime Day. Shut off crying babies, snoring neighbors, and pretty much everything else going on ar



Save $149.94: As of July 14, this LG 34-inch Curved UltraWide QHD Monitor is on sale for an all-time-low price of $349.96 at Amazon, saving you 30%. At this point in the WFH saga, many of us have likely upgraded our monitors in some capacity. But if your once game-changing dual monitor setup is testing your patience with random screen shutoffs and a web of cords, it could be time to rethink thing



This week Hyundai hosted its global premiere event for the Ioniq 6 electric vehicle, and there’s a lot to like. The South Korean brand revealed several impressive specs, including its Tesla-challenging range, not to mention a “personal mobile studio” inside that’ll double as a home office. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



General Motors wants to end any Little Red Riding Hood situations for electric vehicle owners, hoping you’ll not have to stray too far from the well-trodden path when taking your EV long-distance. Read more...



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Regular TechCrunch readers might recall that, roughly two years ago (in June 2020), Salesforce made waves with the announcement of Code Builder, a web-based integrated development environment (IDE) modeled after GitHub Codespaces. Mum had been the word since then, but today, Salesforce unceremoniously dropped the beta for Code Builder, which the company describes in a blog post as having evolved



Mike Greene founded Hi Marley in 2017 and has since raised $41.75 million to fund the AI-powered insurance chat platform. Hear how the company — which was designed as an SMS texting platform — is finding product market fit as the insurance landscape rapidly changes, and how Underscore VC Lily Lyman provides support for the company. This TechCrunch Live event opens on July 27 at 11:30 a.m. PDT/2:3



Eurowings Discover seems to be having some issues operating its new flight between Salt Lake City (SLC) and Frankfurt (FRA) reliably, as it has now repeatedly stopped in Canada. I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss on a couple of levels. Eurowings Discover having issues in Salt Lake City Eurowings Discover is Lufthansa’s long haul low cost carrier. The airline flies to several



A friendly solar-powered glow is a welcoming addition to any porch or patio—and since the components of solar LEDs have become relatively cheap, it’s not hard to find affordable solar walkway lights, string lights, or other small solar fixtures. They often don’t come in a lot of varieties, though, beyond the usual… Read more...



Delta CEO Ed Bastian raised eyebrows and made headlines on Wednesday when, during an earnings call with analysts, he said Delta had commissioned an aircraft entirely to retrieve customer luggage that had piled up at London’s Heathrow airport. So yes, this week an Airbus A330-200 flew back to the U.S. from Heathrow with 1,000 bags and no passengers, but that’s only part of the story as it wasn’t i




Between Alien: Isolation , Aliens: Fireteam Elite and the upcoming Aliens: Dark Descent , fans of Aliens games already have a number of titles to enjoy or look forward to. Now, Survios is adding another one to the mix. The studio is working with 20th Century Games on an untitled Aliens game for PC, consoles and virtual reality. It will be a single-player, action-horror game. The developer will re



The agency questioned whether a tweet Mr. Musk sent in May about the acquisition of Twitter should have been disclosed to the agency and investors.



Alex Jones has a lot to say—just not on the topic of white supremacy. In a Connecticut court document filed Wednesday, Jones’ legal team motioned to limit expert testimony on white supremacy and far-right extremism as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Jones in response to his comments surrounding the Sandy Hook… Read more...



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Black founders raised 1.3% of last year’s $330 billion worth of U.S. venture investment, totaling just over $4.3 billion. So far this year, Black founders have raised a smaller 1.2% of the $125 billion invested. The past few months have seen private market investors reduce their investment pace as a possible recession looms, but that 1% figure has barely budged, meaning economic rain or shine, it



Google has released the fourth and final Android 13 beta ahead of its official launch, which the company says is “just a few weeks away.” There aren’t many changes with this latest update, as Google already reached platform stability with Android 13 beta 3 last month. The company released the first developer beta in February and made notable announcements with the release of the second public bet



SAVE $51 : The Shark Wandvac is on sale for just $79 at Walmart as of July 14 — that's 39% in savings and $11 cheaper than you'll find it at Amazon. Prime Day may technically be over, but the deals are still live. And they're not all at Amazon. Check out this deal on a Shark Wandvac at Walmart — it's 39% off and beats Amazon's price by $11. One of our top picks for a handheld vacuum for pet hair



Produced by Katherine Wzorek. Edited by Louis Lalire and Ron Douglas. Click here for transcript . (video link) The public has a very strange relationship with science. On the one hand, scientists have been among the most trusted figures in US society, and the same holds true in many other countries. On the other hand, there’s widespread mistrust in many of the conclusions scientists have reached.



Enlarge / Google Chrome OS Flex. (credit: Google ) Google today announced in a blog post that ChromeOS Flex, a version of its Chromebook operating system suitable for most hardware, has moved from early access to general availability. It also said it certified "over 400" devices, including systems from Apple, Dell, and HP, to run the OS smoothly and stably. Google announced ChromeOS Flex in Febru



Commercial lobster diver Michael Packard claims he was scooped up by a humpback whale while he was out for a dive last summer in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Speaking about his experience, he told a local Boston television station, “I felt this huge bump and everything went dark. Then I felt around, and I realized there… Read more...



Every month I post what I find are the biggest credit card offers out there. Some of last month's biggest credit card offers are gone or changed. Here's the current up to date list of biggest credit card offers right now - the most lucrative bonuses available. Continue reading ...



Is there anything better in life than spending a lazy day lounging in the sun by a pool? Probably not, unless your idea of the perfect pool day is floating in a larger-than-life lazy river or chasing your kiddos around a pool with a kid-friendly splash pad or wave pool. Whatever your version of an ideal pool day is, it all starts with the swimming pool. Thankfully, here in the U.S., we have more



Inconsistent Wi-Fi performance is a frustrating problem to have. With so many variables, it can be hard to know where to begin. Here are some things you can try to rid yourself of dropouts and unresponsive wireless networking. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



After losing a massive number of subscribers earlier this year, Netflix is finally trying to launch a cheaper ad-supported plan. And the streaming service is fast-tracking this new membership tier with a new advertising partner—Microsoft. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Last summer, a TikTok creator named Ziggi Tyler posted a video calling out a disturbing problem he found in the app’s Creator Marketplace, a tool that matches creators with brands looking to pay for sponsored content. Tyler said he was unable to enter phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “supporting Black excellence” into his Marketplace profile. However, phrases like “white supremacy” and “supp



cac-bgsu : ALT ALT By 1897, The French Revolution by Bertha Meriton Gardiner, part of the Epochs of Modern History series was already in its 9th edition. This edition includes three colorful fold-out maps and a red leather binding. The cover is embossed with “Gillingham Grammar School Dorset.”



Not sure if it's a dead pixel or just a piece of dust inside your Oculus Quest 2? Here's how you can test it and find some ways to fix the issue.



100+Futurism / 2h
A team of surgeons at NYU Langone successfully transplanted genetically engineered pig hearts into two patients who had recently been declared deceased from brain death. The procedures, known as xenotransplants, were performed June 19 and July 9, and marked an important step forward in animal-to-human transplantation. Neither of the recipients displayed any signs of rejecting the new hearts over



The invasion of Ukraine has taken a toll on Russia’s ongoing partnerships with the U.S. and Europe in space. Yesterday, the European Space Agency announced that it’s fully terminating its cooperation with its Russian counterpart on an upcoming mission to Mars, prompting Roscosmos to threaten access to Europe’s new… Read more...




Nintendo’s surprise collaboration with Illumination to bring about a new animated Super Mario movie a few years ago signalled a major sea change for a games publisher that has, for the most part, largely been reticent to bring its gaming icons to other media after an explosion of tie-ins in the ‘90s. Now, that might… Read more...



Amazon is making some significant commitments in an attempt to escape EU fines for allegedly misusing seller data . The European Commission is asking for public feedback on Amazon proposals that theoretically give third-party sellers a better chance of competing with Amazon's direct sales. The company has pledged to avoid using private seller data in situations where there's competition with Mark



Sony has announced its first PlayStation loyalty program. PlayStation Stars will be free to join and you can earn points by playing games and making purchases on the PlayStation Store. You'll be able to redeem those points for things like PSN wallet funds and certain products from the store. There will be a "Monthly Check-in" program that will enable you to earn a reward by playing any game. Sony



SAVE $302: Amazon has the 55-inch Samsung The Frame QLED 4K smart TV on sale for just $1,197.99 as of July 14. That's 20% off its $1,499.99 MSRP and a match of its all-time low Prime Day price. Public service announcement: One of the best TV deals of this week's massive Prime Day event is still alive and kicking. As of July 15, Amazon was maintaining its all-time low price on Samsung's 55-inch Th



This week, NASA released the first images from the Jame Webb Space Telescope, giving us a never-before seen view of the cosmos. This towering achievement for humanity allows us to see further out into space, and further back in time, than we have ever been able to before. We can now see the first stars to ever exist,… Read more...



Icelandair has taken the staffing crisis at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) into its own hands — by sending staff members from its homeland to personally unload passengers’ luggage at the troubled hub. The Icelandic flag carrier said it had been sending teams of luggage handlers into the Dutch airport all weekend to help ease pressure on the staff there; this is also to ensure its flights and pa



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Prime Video has released a second trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which is actually longer than 60 seconds this time. The new two-and-a-half-minute trailer is more in-depth than the two other short teasers, including the exclusive sneak peek only given to Prime members last week. Amazon Prime members get exclusive sneak peek of ‘Lord of the Rings’ series “You have not see



Microsoft has been testing a few possible design changes for Windows 11 recently, such as widgets on the desktop, and now the company is experimenting with bringing back a feature from Windows 10. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



I read a lot of audiobooks, usually two or three a week. I’ve waded through reams of questionable analysis, mediocre prose, and unsatisfying conclusions. But, I occasionally come across a book that blows my mind and think it was all worth it for that knowledge. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



SAVE $5: As of July 14, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate three-month codes are still on sale for Amazon Prime Day — save $5 off the original price, just $39.99. Amazon Prime Day may officially be over, but here's a little secret: A lot of the sales and discounts are still up for grabs. So is Prime Day really ever over? No, Prime Day is forever. Prime Day never ends. Here's a sale you should take advantage



Apologies in advance for the person I will become when The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power comes out, because I am already losing my mind at this teaser. The upcoming series looks absolutely gorgeous (it helps that it's the most expensive season of television ever produced). We get glimpses of lush elven forests, ornate dwarven mines, and the peaceful, well-tended lands of the hobbits. We a



SAVE $40: Learn about your cat's breed and health with the Basepaws cat DNA test , which is on sale following Amazon Prime Day. As of July 14, grab one for $89 — a 31% savings. If you missed out on the two-day Prime Day extravaganza, you're not completely out of luck. We're still finding plenty of deals and discounts leading out of Amazon's yearly shopping holiday , including this Basepaws cat DN



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with the latest information. There are two types of travelers: those who carry on all their baggage, and those who prefer to check a bag . If you check a bag, you’re familiar with the downsides. Waiting at baggage claim can delay the start of your trip, and careless bag handlers could result in damage. And then, sometimes your luggage isn’t there when you



In an apparent effort to compete with creator subscription services like Patreon, Instagram began an alpha test of a subscriber feature in January. Today, Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced an expansion of the test features, along with some updates around how the last six months of development have gone. When the feature began testing in January, only 10 creators had access to the feature,



The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express ( review ) has no annual fee ( Rates & Fees ), and is a pretty compelling cash back card. It even has a welcome offer of a $200 statement credit after spending $2,000 within six months. Amex has just made some significant improvements to the card, all while maintaining no annual fee. Even if you wouldn’t have considered this card in the past, it



My life is built on a house of carbs. I love them all and don’t plan on stopping, but sometimes when my precious breads and cakes go stale or get monotonous I try to renew them for a second life—not just to reduce waste, but because of French toast. It’s sweet, custardy, satisfying, and works best with stale bread. … Read more...



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There’s good news for Sega fans stressing over potentially having to pay steep import fees to bring the recently announced Mega Drive Mini 2 Console to the US . Yesterday, the company revealed the mini console would be coming to North America too on the same day, but will be called the Sega Genesis Mini 2 here. Read more...



Large-scale machine learning models are at the heart of headline-grabbing technologies like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and Google’s LaMDA . They’re impressive, to be sure, capable of generating images and text convincing enough to pass for a human’s work. But developing the models took an enormous amount of time and compute power — not to mention cash. DALL-E 2 alone was trained on 256 GPUs for 2 weeks, w



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UnCaged Studios, a web3-focused gaming studio, has raised $24 million in a Series A equity funding round to continue growing the crypto gaming industry. The raise includes investors from Griffin Gaming Partners, Vgames, Maverick Ventures Israel, Drive by DraftKings and 6th Man Ventures. The Series A follows a $4 million token presale for its Solana-focused game, MonkeyLeague. There was no valuati




Home theater systems are great, but they’re usually not ideal for listening to music. If you take your audio seriously, you’re going to want a dedicated stereo amplifier. We’ve gathered some of our favorites, ranging from budget to boutique. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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Get a look at the return of Esther in the first footage from Orphan: First Kill . Jeff Goldblum joins Olympus in some Kaos casting reshuffling. Plus, what’s coming on Evil and What We Do in the Shadows , and... zombie dogs, anyone? Spoilers go! Read more...



General Motors is teaming up with Pilot Flying J to build a national fast-charge network for EVs. The partnership between GM and Pilot will help accelerate EV sales by filling in gaps along the charging infrastructure. Access to charging stations remains American drivers’ top concern over buying or leasing an EV, according to a July Consumer Reports survey. Plans call for 2,000 charging stations



Researchers at cybersecurity company Proofpoint said they have observed the China-backed advanced persistent threat group, TA412, also known as Zirconium , engaging in several reconnaissance phishing campaigns since early last year. Proofpoint says it witnessed five separate phishing campaigns in January and February 2021 targeting U.S.-based journalists, notably those covering U.S. politics and



I take wedge salads seriously and treat every ingredient with the respect it deserves. I’m usually not opposed to a store-bought bacon bit or tub of pre-crumbled blue cheese, but that all changes when I build a wedge. I cook and crumble bacon, pull some chives from my garden, and crumble blue cheese that I buy from a… Read more...



Windstar Cruises has a surprisingly varied fleet for a cruise line with only six small ships. The cruise line was known for years for its fleet of three-masted sailing yachts (imagine a hybrid of a small cruise ship and a large four- or five-masted sailing vessel). But in the mid-2010s, in a bid to expand without building new ships, the line acquired three small, aging cruise ships from luxury li



Since the start of the pandemic, Hong Kong has taken a “zero COVID” strategy to managing the pandemic, despite several huge infection waves. Hong Kong continues to have a quarantine for visitors, but could that finally be changing? Hong Kong may eliminate quarantine by November The South China Morning Post reports that Hong Kong’s new Secretary for Health, Lo Chung-mau, has hinted that Hong Kong



Glassy-eyed Twitter addicts on Thursday morning were shocked to find the site down and out of commission. Read more...



Google Meet has teamed up with online visual collaboration platform Miro to improve brainstorming and collaboration sessions on its video conferencing platform. The interface is called a ‘Miro board,’ and runs alongside the existing Meet window which shows active participants and other features, like chat and hand-raise. New or pre-made Miro boards can be displayed in a call, and existing boards



If you've already decided you want to go big on your next laptop, consider the 16-inch MacBook Pro . We gave it a score of 92 in our review, and we didn't find too much to knock it for. However, it's pretty pricey with its $2,499 starting price. But right now you can pick it up for $250 less at Amazon as the online retailer has knocked the price of the 512GB version down to $2,249. That's the bes



The new MacBook Air is one of Apple's most important computers since Steve Jobs pulled the original Air out of an envelope. It shows what's possible when Apple builds an ultraportable entirely around its mobile chips, instead of lazily sticking them in old laptop designs, like with the recent 13-inch MacBook Pro. The Air is impressively thin and light, but it also has a bigger and better screen,



I have lots of different Nanoleaf sets in my home. I’ve tried the Canvas sets, Shapes, Elements, and more. So I say this with no small authority: Nanoleaf’s limited edition Shapes Ultra Black Triangles is the best-looking set ever from the company. Buy them right now while they’re still available. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



In celebration of its 10th year anniversary, Nanoleaf today announced an all-new set of limited-edition Nanoleaf Shapes Ultra Black Triangles. While Nanoleaf makes some of the best smart light products, some don’t like the weird white shapes on the wall when they’re turned off, but now you don’t have to. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



If your bag fits in the sizer at the gate, you can take it on board, because its dimensions are within the rules your airline has set for carry ons. At least that is how it is supposed to work. Passengers bring things that don't fit all the time, and gate agents don't enforce the rules until they do. But if challenged, the sizer is supposed to be a neutral arbiter. One passenger decided to take t



If you had trouble loading tweets this morning, you’re not the only one. Starting around 8 AM ET, tens of thousands of users reported outages on Downdetector , a site chronicling web outages. About an hour later, the outage seems to be resolved. The outage extended to mobile, iOS and Android, also affecting services like TweetDeck. While Twitter’s status page indicated that the site was fully ope



When Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical in 2015 he couldn’t have predicted that telehealth would go from niche to norm or that a pandemic would inspire entrepreneurs to launch a new fleet of digital health startups that needed fresh infrastructure. He just knew he wanted to build software for physicians like his wife, who wasted hours a day on data documentation. “I thought there has got to be a



Hivery , a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global, the embattled private equity firm, with participation from Blackbird Ventures, AS1 Growth Partners and OneVentures. CEO Jason Hosking told TechCrunch via email that the proceeds will fuel the growth of products designed to help brick



There’s a growing appetite for alternative search engines. At least, that’s the crux of the argument Richard Socher, the former chief scientist at Salesforce, likes to make. In 2020, Socher co-founded You , a search engine that uses AI to understand search queries, rank the results and parse the queries into different languages (including programming languages). You summarizes information from ac



Our MacBook Pro review felt strangely incomplete when it dropped roughly two weeks back. In many ways, my experience with the laptop was defined as much by the product I was reviewing as it was by the absence of one I’d only briefly interacted with during a hands-on scrum at WWDC some weeks prior. In many ways, the 13-inch 2022 MacBook Pro was a casualty of timing, a product of an earlier era, wi



I’m going to cut to the chase. The MacBook Air 2022 is, currently, the M2 Apple device to get. Not only does it boast the same internals as the MacBook Pro 13-inch, save for a fan, but it’s also got a redesigned look and feel that makes it stand out from prior Air devices and feel truly modern. Its biggest drawback is… Read more...




Wired / 3h
Whether you’re an experienced photographer or just starting to learn about off-camera lights, this guide is filled with illuminating essentials.



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Nothing will improve your craft more than an understanding of lighting and the ability to control and create it artificially.



The official trailer for The Rings of Power has landed online – and the latest teaser proves that Amazon isn't willing to give up many of the show's secrets pre-release. Released on July 14, the newest trailer for Amazon's Lord of the Rings is packed with stunning shots, dramatic and thrilling moments, and snippets of fantasy-based action. The upcoming Prime Video series looks like its eye-poppin



The social networking site went offline on Thursday morning, affecting users worldwide. The interruption comes as the company is fighting Elon Musk over a proposed acquisition.



I’m always on the lookout for new technology that’ll enhance the travel experience. When Apple unveiled the new MacBook Air in early June , I immediately thought the device could become my go-to travel laptop. With a revamped design focused on portability along with other improvements, the tech giant seemed to have built a computer that deserved a spot in my travel backpack. (Photo by Zach Griff/



We’ve been there many times: You need cash to make a purchase (especially internationally), but there are no in-network ATMs nearby. Now what? We have some tips for how to save as much as possible the next time you’re caught in this situation. Read more...



Enlarge / The Cadillac Lyriq is one of a new range of EVs built by General Motors using a new common battery and motor platform. (credit: General Motors) General Motors is in the process of transforming itself into an electrified automaker, as entire brands like Cadillac and Hummer switch their lineups to entirely electric vehicles. To help the process of EV adoption, the automaker is also invest



ExpressVPN is one of the best VPNs out there, largely because of how fast it is. This is due to several factors, not the least of which is the server technology the company employs. Called TrustedServer, it promises not just greater speeds than the competition, but also superior privacy. Let’s take a look at how it works. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Twitter's recent troubles include more than its battle with Elon Musk . The social media giant has suffered a global outage that started shortly after 8AM Eastern. Users reported a variety of glitches, including generic "error" messages and even broken website alerts. The issue affected both Twitter's web version as well as apps, including third-party clients. The service appeared to be recoverin



Google Cloud has announced its first line of ARM-based virtual machines (VMs). The new Tau T2A chips will join Google's existing line of Tau VMs, which were launched in June 2021. Google says the new chips will be appropriate for scale-out workloads including web servers , containerized microservices, data-logging processing, media transcoding, and Java applications. How much do they cost? A 32vC



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A former Central Intelligence Agency computer engineer has been convicted of leaking a large tranche of classified material that revealed some of the agency’s most powerful hacking techniques. Joshua Schulte, 33, worked for an elite software team within the CIA when he stole a cache of documents in 2016 and shared… Read more...



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Sprawling vistas, snowcovered mountains , epic battles on horseback, villains made of deadly fire, creatures with large feet taking a leisurely stroll across the field. Yup, this is Lord of the Ring s all right. Read more...



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Twitter is down , and the issue appears to be global. UPDATE: Jul. 14, 2022, 3:08 p.m. EDT Twitter is back and working normally for us. There has been no official word from Twitter about the outage yet. The social media site hasn't been loading for any of us at Mashable, and Downdetector indicates a lot of users have issues accessing it as well. (Editor's note: Downdetector is owned by Mashable's



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The defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull isn’t He-Man, at least not today. That honor currently goes to PJ Lewis, who’s been leading the Masters of the Universe franchise into multiple toylines and animated series over the past few years. He-Man is presumably taking a well-deserved break for his 40th birthday,… Read more...



On July 12, Heathrow Airport (LHR) rocked the aviation world when it placed an unprecedented cap on passenger numbers and asked airlines to stop selling tickets in an effort to cope with surging demand. The cap, in place until Sept. 11, will limit the number of passengers permitted to pass through the airport to 100,000 a day. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for ou



It wasn't just you – Twitter went down today, but the social network now looks likely it has mostly recovered for users across the world. The issue began around 5am PT / 8am ET / 1pm BST on Thursday July 14 2022, with a huge spike in reports on services like DownDetector. However, around an hour later the service appeared to have almost fully recovered. We're still waiting for Twitter to confirm



Electric vehicle adoption has reached its tipping point in the US. With more and more EVs appearing on American roadways, automakers and charging networks alike are working to build out increasingly critical power infrastructure to keep those EVs moving. On Thursday, GM announced that it is partnering with Pilot Company and EVGo to construct a coast-to-coast national DC fast charging network. "Th



Chinese Wikipedia had a robust collection of detailed and authoritative articles on medieval Russia, thanks to a user called Zhemao who claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat assigned in the country. Zhemao wrote 206 articles for the website since 2019, the longest of which, according to Vice World News , is almost as long as The Great Gatsby . It detailed Tartar uprisings in 17th century Russi



Many of us into points love the Park Hyatt brand , since it’s a luxury brand that allows us to earn & redeem points, and take advantage of elite benefits . We now finally have a new opening date for a highly anticipated Park Hyatt. Park Hyatt Marrakech opening December 15, 2022 Morocco has become an increasingly popular tourist destination in recent years, though Marrakech lacks good points hotel




Sony has revealed a slate of new games heading to PS Plus Extra and Premium as part of the revamped subscription services' first major content update. Leading the pack of new PS Plus titles is Stray. An upcoming third-person adventure game, you’ll play as a cat exploring a cybercity populated by robots, lots of neon lights and seedy mysteries. It’s the first project from studio BlueTwelve, which



The Sega Genesis Mini 2 is coming soon, and its roster of games is a bit more unorthodox than the original Mini console. The first Sega Genesis Mini launched in 2019, and was a surprise hit thanks to a wide selection of games, accurate emulation and affordable price. Now, Sega has announced on Twitter that the follow-up console will launch in the US on October 27. This follows its initial Japanes



Windows 11 is getting some mixed reviews from its userbase right now, and it looks like issues caused by the latest security update aren't going to sway opinions in a more positive direction. As reported by Windows Latest , Windows 11 update KB5015814 has been released onto the public build of the current Microsoft operating system in order to address existing problems and introduce some new feat



American Express continues to add monthly perks and benefits to its credit card lineup. The newest card to join this list is the Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express , which now has an improved earning structure and a pair of new monthly credits that you can use. But most importantly, these updates are being implemented without any change to the card’s $0 annual fee (see rates and fees



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From fruit-only diets to to dopamine fasting, Silicon Valley founders flaunt self-deprivation like a misguided pursuit of wellness. But there’s more to it.



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As the world converts to electric vehicles and renewable energy, molecular tweaks to aluminum could improve its conductivity.



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This week, we look at how regulatory pressure might deflate—or even kill—the nicotine vaping industry in the US.



Powin , an energy storage technology developer, said today it has raised $135 million in funding led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, with participation from existing investors Trilantic Energy Partners North America and Energy Impact Partners (EIP). The investment comes on the back of the recent funding from Samsung Venture Investment and a strategic partnership with Samsung C&T , an en



Plaid, the company building data transfer technologies to power fintech and digital finance products like smartphone-based wallets, today announced that it’s adding support for leading crypto exchanges to its data network. While Plaid previously integrated with large exchanges on an ad hoc basis, the move is an indication that the company sees crypto as important to its growth. “This is something



Souvenir postcard from Petersburg, Michigan, depicting a man standing on riverbank, man diving, boater and railroad bridge. Printed on front: “Greetings from Petersburg, Mich. Old friend, I dream again the skies are blue; the sound of rippling rivers fills my ears; and borne upon the current of past years; my thoughts are drifting back again to you.” Handwritten on back: “Hello Maude, Arrived hom



Many notebooks no longer come with USB-A ports, having already transitioned to the USB-C standard now favored by most USB and Thunderbolt devices. This can be an issue if you have older cables and flash drives that you want to use, but there’s a simple solution that will save them from the landfill. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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. The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole world is built on top of the Linux kernel—although most people have never heard of it. It is one of the very first programs that loa



Modern life just isn’t complete without a Bluetooth speaker — an essential device for music lovers who like to stay smart and connected. A Bluetooth speaker can integrate perfectly into a smart ecosystem, allowing you to pump up the volume from your phone, or speak to Alexa — not to mention handy portability for taking on your holidays or even your daily commute. There are absolutely loads of top



Amazon has offered to limit its use of marketplace seller data and makes changes to ‘Buy Box’ rankings in a bid to settle antitrust concerns in the European Union, the Commission confirmed today. It has also offered to revise how sellers can quality for inclusion to Prime; and allow them to choose their own delivery firm and negotiate terms directly with the carrier, as well as committing not to



Samsung has announced that its new GDDR6 RAM, which runs at a faster speed of 24Gbps, is now ‘sampling’, meaning being tested and run through its paces by partners. In a press statement , the company boasted that the new 24Gbps memory modules will be 30% faster than their predecessor, which was GDDR6 that ran at 18Gbps. The new RAM is capable of transferring 1.1TB of data per second (and as Samsu



In September 2021 we learned how Hilton’s luxury Conrad brand would be making its debut in California in 2022. Well, this hotel is open as of this month, so I wanted to recap all the details of this new points option. Conrad at The Grand LA details The Conrad Los Angeles at The Grand LA has opened as of July 2022. The hotel is located in downtown Los Angeles, and features 305 guest rooms spread a



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 ...



Nintendo has acquired the Japanese CG production company Dynamo Pictures and plans to rebrand it as "Nintendo Pictures," the company announced . Its aim with the new subsidiary is to develop visual content using Nintendo IP and focus on "the planning and production of visual content including CG animation." Dynamo worked with Nintendo before on the Metroid: Other M game also has credits on anime



The Hasbro Selfie Series is a collaboration between the toy maker and 3D printing specialists Formlabs, can customize an action figure with your own face. Hasbro You can scan your face with a smartphone and get a custom-made, look-a-like action figure with opposable limbs: AKA the dream. At launch, options include Star Wars X-Wing pilots, Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, Snake Eyes from GI Joe and a



The next Assassin’s Creed game is rumored to be set in Baghdad, returning Ubisoft’s sneaky action series to the Middle East for the first time since its initial installment in 2007. That’s according to investigative journalist Jason Schreier, who said the next Assassin’s Creed title – codenamed Rift and thought to be a spin-off game – will be set in the capital city of Iraq. Schreier revealed the




Unfortunately Emirates Skywards’ one useful premium cabin partner award redemption option has been discontinued… You can no longer redeem Emirates miles for JetBlue Mint Emirates and JetBlue have a partnership, and as part of that they’ve offered reciprocal points earning & redemption opportunities. Arguably the best opportunity available was being able to redeem Emirates Skywards miles for trave



In the creation of a new drug, there comes a point where you have to finally put the molecule in a real creature — one at a time — and see if it actually does what you think it does. Manifold Bio’s molecular machinery could let a hundred molecules be tested simultaneously in a single living system, potentially upending the whole process. The drug discovery space has advanced a lot in the last few



Thanks to the pandemic, teams are more distributed than ever. For some companies, that’s led to a disconnect between lower-level employees and leadership, the latter of whom are generally skeptical of remote work. According to a survey from GoodHire , 75% of managers want workers in the office, citing the potential lack of focus and loss of company culture. But in a separate poll by McKinsey , 87



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The new game is great at capturing the excitement of motor racing. It's even better at mirroring the sport's rampant commercialism.



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Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.



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An electric hydrofoil ferry could be the future of public transportation in Stockholm—and beyond.



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As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting back.



Text-to-image generation is the hot algorithmic process right now, with OpenAI’s Craiyon (formerly DALL-E mini ) and Google’s Imagen AIs unleashing tidal waves of wonderfully weird procedurally generated art synthesized from human and computer imaginations. On Tuesday, Meta revealed that it too has developed an AI image generation engine, one that it hopes will help to build immersive worlds in t



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Three years in, the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic continue to reverberate around the world. The widescale, if unequal, distribution of vaccines has surely saved millions of lives and lessened people’s misery since the beginning of 2021. But thousands of people worldwide are still dying, and millions are getting… Read more...



Whether you’re working from home all day, gaming hard after hours, or both, your computer adds a measurable amount of heat to your home. Here’s why and how to calculate exactly how much it’s heating the place up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



In the rush to build, test and deploy AI systems, businesses often lack the resources and time to fully validate their systems and ensure they’re bug-free. In a 2018 report , Gartner predicted that 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms or the teams responsible for managing them. Even Big Tech companies aren’t immune to the pitfalls — for one client, IB



Accessibility is an important aspect of technology, and it's only in the last few years that companies have taken it seriously. That's why a new reminders feature from Twitter is great, but also strange in how it's being introduced to users. Adding descriptions to images has been available on Twitter for a while. It allows someone with a visual impairment to read a small block of text explaining



The DJI Air 2S has topped our guide to the world's best drones since it launched last April and it could soon get a welcome boost in the form of compatibility with DJI's new RC controller. According to regular DJI leaker @OsitaLV on Twitter, the DJI Air 2S bundle with the older Smart Controller "has stopped", and "a new SKU with DJI RC should be near". A SKU (stock keeping unit) is the industry t



Joshua Schulte, the former CIA engineer arrested for what's being called the biggest theft of classified information in the agency's history, has been convicted by a federal jury . Schulte was arrested in relation to the large cache of documents that Wikileaks had published throughout 2017. That string of CIA leaks known as "Vault 7" contained information on the tools and techniques the agency us



grep is a Linux utility for searching text files. By default, it will print out the results of the search, but it can also be used to match and print file names that contain the search result, which can be useful when connecting it with other scripts. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Cyberattacks against Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices, as well as operational technologies (OT), are widespread, with almost no companies being immune, a new report from Barracuda Networks has claimed. Polling 800 senior IT managers, senior IT security managers, and project managers responsible for IoT and OT in their organizations, the company says 94% of organizations confirmed suffe



Earlier this week, Heathrow Airport informed airlines that they’d need to reduce the number of passengers they book through the airport for the next two months, because the airport simply doesn’t have the capacity to handle the increase in demand. Heathrow estimates that as of now, an average of 101,500 daily passengers are booked through the airport for the remainder of the summer, but the airpo



It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole world is built on top of the Linux kernel—although most people have never heard of it. It is one of the very first programs that load when most computers power up. It enables the hardware running the machine to interact with the software, governs its use of resources, and acts as the foundation of the operating system. It is the core building



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Anime has a strong track record in transporting us to new and mysterious worlds , and it looks like Netflix 's new movie Drifting Home will be no exception. The film follows two childhood friends who go to play in the now-abandoned apartment building where they grew up, only to suddenly find themselves floating through a watery world with their old neighbourhood no longer in sight. Like Bubble ,



The public beta of tvOS 16 – the next software update for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD – is now available to download in the form of a public beta. That means you could get early access to the new features that are coming in an official release later this year. However, the operative word there is 'could' – yes, you could get early access to the beta, and those features. But you shouldn't. Softwar




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What do a Real Housewife, an Olympic athlete, and a doula have in common? They’re all being paid by an ad-tech startup as influencers—peddling not products but ideologies.



iPhone users, get ready to say goodbye to texting typos forever. With the latest iOS 16 software update , iMessage users can easily edit a text after they've sent it. Yup, after sending that hastily typed text into the ether and immediately regretting the way you worded it, you now have to power to change it. It's a power to be wielded carefully, though, because there is a loophole: Your edits wi



South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk from issuing updates. Kakao continued using an external payment link in its Android app against Google’s new in-app payment rules. While the app’s updates were suspended on June 30, the local reports about the KakaoTalks’ updates being blocked



Some of the world’s most productive agricultural regions from India to the US Midwest have already broken temperature records this year, with potentially worrying implications for food supplies . Hot days and nights can make drought conditions worse, and that’s not the only way rising temperatures can hurt crops. In extreme conditions, the molecular machinery inside plants can even shut down, lea



I’ve never desired a home projector primarily because of the category’s reputation for high prices and poor resolution. But after testing the XGIMI Horizon Pro 4K projector, I finally found a smart projector with impressive picture and sound quality that’s almost affordable. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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Celsius filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Wednesday, leaving users wondering if they’ll ever again see the money they put into the crypto platform. Unfortunately for the average user, they’ll have to wait in line with the company’s other creditors, something that was made explicit in the platform’s… Read more...



Lightyear , a U.K. fintech startup that promises consumers commission-free trading on U.S. and European stocks, is officially extending into Europe from today. To power the expansion, which will see Lightyear land in 19 new markets including the Baltics and much of Western Europe, London-based Lightyear has also raised $25 million in a seres A round of funding led by U.S. venture capital firm Lig



Killing Eve may have finished, but diabolical female assassins are here to stay. On Thursday, Netflix dropped its trailer for Kleo , a new thriller series about a former spy (Jella Haase) hellbent on revenge after she's imprisoned following the fall of the Berlin wall. With its strain of dark comedy mixed with some fairly brutal violence, this one looks like it'll channel some serious Villanelle



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Nintendo plans to buy CG animation company Dynamo Pictures , which will be rebranded as Nintendo Pictures. Announced by Nintendo on Thursday, the gaming company has agreed to buy 100 percent of outstanding shares of Tokyo-based Dynamo Pictures — so yes, own it entirely. The deal is expected to close on Oct. 3 if all conditions are met. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Dynamo was e



A major populist but controversial piece of UK legislation to regulate Internet content through a child safety-focused frame is on pause until the fall when the government expects to elect a new prime minister, following the resignation of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader last week. PoliticsHome reported yesterday that the Online Safety Bill would be dropped from House of Commons busine



Uber is facing a lawsuit filed by more than 500 women who allege they were assaulted by drivers, CNBC has reported. The complaint states that "women passengers in multiple states were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked," by Uber drivers. The San Francisco law firm that filed the suit said it has about 550 clients w



Netflix has announced that it will be teaming up with Microsoft as it gears up to launch an ad-supported subscription tier on its platform. The streaming giant has spent the last three months ramping up its plan to add a ad-supported cheaper subscription tier, and has met with the likes of Google, Roku, and Universal's parent company Comcast as part of its search for a partner in that process. No



Period sex can be messy, but it actually has its benefits — like reduced stress and period cramps due to endorphins. If you're new to period sex or just want to brush up on the basics, we've asked sex and health experts for their top tips. As always, get consent Period sex can be intimidating for beginners, said sex educator and chief brand educator at CBD intimate product brand Foria Kiana Reeve



Tuca & Bertie has never shied away from exploring difficult topics. In Seasons 1 and 2 , the cartoon/buddy comedy navigated questions of mental health, codependent relationships, coming of age, and sexual assault. With the premiere of Season 3, Lisa Hanawalt's audacious animated series introduces another seldom-covered topic on television: menstrual health. The recently premeried Season 3 episode



TL;DR: As of July 14, you can get a MILANO Stovetop Espresso Maker and EZ Latte Milk Frother Bundle Set for just $49.50 instead of $55 — that's a discount of 10%. It doesn’t have to take a fancy digital coffee maker to brew a beautiful cup of coffee. In fact, you could make a delicious cup of espresso using a pot that refines a nearly-100-year-old design . The MILANO Stovetop Espresso Maker is a



TL;DR: As of July 14, you can get an EvaChill EV-500 Personal Air Conditioner + Cartridge for just $99 instead of $128 — that's a 22% discount. The summers may be hotter than normal , but that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck sweating it out. You also may not have to decide between a cool living space and a hefty bill at the end of the month. With a personal air conditioner like the EvaChill EV-



TL;DR: As of July 14, you can get a DIY Building Block STEM Drone for just $49.99 instead of $129.95 — that's a discount of 61%. Your child might have something to learn from their toys . When you and your little one are walking through the toy aisle, it might be worth it to delay that gratification a little and check out a STEM toy instead. This DIY Building Block STEM Drone, for example, could



TL;DR: Through July 14, you can get a Smart Neck Massager for just $19.99 instead of $59.99 — that's a 66% discount. If you wake up with a crick in your neck, you’re not alone. Neck pain is incredibly common, with estimates that about one in three people suffer from it at least once a year. If you regularly suffer from neck pain, you may want to try out the Smart Neck Massager. This ergonomic mas



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Less than 10 minutes into Netflix's The Sea Beast , we're treated to a battle of absolutely epic proportions. The crew of the monster hunting ship the Inevitable takes on a sea beast known as the Brickleback. There are harpoons, there are heroic deeds, and there are many, many tentacles. The sequence, which lasts about eight minutes, is the kind of showdown you'd expect to see in a film's climact



Twitter is testing a new feature that will show users custom timelines built by developers that will merge Tweets and other media around specific themes or interests based on an amalgamation of content pulled from accounts, hashtags, and more. The company’s head of product for developer platforms, Amir Shevat, announced this experiment on the platform by tweeting a photo of a custom timeline made




A scarcity of semiconductors and raw materials held back production, but buyers remain enthusiastic.



From what we’ve heard so far, it sounds like the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be very different phones to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max, with more changes than we usually see on Pro models. But with the iPhone 15 line, Apple might significantly differentiate between the Pro and the Pro Max as well. That’s because, according to Ming-Chi Kuo – an analyst with a great track record for



While the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 only came in three, pretty business-like color options, it sounds like the Galaxy Z Fold 4 could branch out and get some more interesting shades - maybe it'll finally appeal to people who like fun mobiles. This comes from prolific leaker Evan Blass , who Tweeted out a list of storage and color options for the upcoming foldable phone . Blass is one of the most rel



Before we get into this review, there's something you should know about me. I don't have a green thumb to save my life. In fact, every plant or flower that has come into my home has had a sad future. I'll admit, this is partially due to laziness, but a lot of what intimidates me about real plants is that every one of them has unique nuances you have to remember for it to thrive (how much water do



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Andrej Karpathy, Tesla's head of artificial intelligence and leader of the company's Autopilot team, is leaving the company. Karpathy announced the departure on Twitter on Wednesday. "It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways. In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seein



Docker is a tool that makes it easy to run apps in portable containers. One of the primary benefits of containerization is easily managed updates—all you need to do is restart with a new container, and there are tools that can automate this entire process. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Amazon has ordered a remake of British comedy Friday Night Dinner for its recently rebranded Freevee service. Formerly known as IMDb TV (which itself was rebranded from IMDb Freedive in 2019), Freevee is Amazon’s free, ad-supported video channel, available to Amazon account holders in the US and UK through the Prime Video website or app. Amazon began ordering shows for the service back in the spr



Thursday! What a concept! And what a day to get stuck into a fresh Wordle . But if you just get plain stuck, we're here to nudge you in the right direction. The answer to the July 14 Wordle, puzzle #390, can be found at the end of this article, or you can simply read on for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you every day. Where did Wordle come from? Wordle 's sudden explosion at th



Celsius has filed for bankruptcy protection a month after it paused all customer withdrawals and transfers, according to The Wall Street Journal . The crypto lending giant left almost two million users unable to access their funds back in June due to what it described as "extreme market conditions." Back then, the company said that freezing withdrawals would help stabilize the liquidity of its as
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Celsius Network, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection, a month after freezing customer assets in the wake of a sharp turbulence in the crypto market that has toppled business models of several firms. The New Jersey-headquartered startup, which was valued at $3.25 billion when it extended its “oversubscribed” Series B financing round to $750 millio



Krew is a package manager for Kubectl, the official Kubernetes CLI. Using Krew you can find, install, and update Kubectl plugins that extend the CLI with additional functionality. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Kindly His’ at home semen test kit Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, since it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home diagnostic tests (including semen tests and tests for polycystic ovary syndrome), telehealth consultations and supplements. The Bangalore-based startup, which has ambitions to expand i



After flagging concerns over the financial risks associated with non-fungible tokens, some of China’s authorities are putting forward guidance on how to best make use of the novel technology. The government of Shanghai says it supports “leading companies to explore building NFT exchanges,” according to the city’s 14th Five Year Plan on the digital economy published this week. Though the directive



TL;DR: The Complete 2022 CompTIA Certification Course Super Bundle is on sale for £41.79, saving you 99% on list price. Looking for a way to cure your summertime boredom? Consider getting CompTIA-certified. And with the Complete 2022 CompTIA Certification Super Bundle, you can get started for only £41.79. The Complete 2022 CompTIA Certification Bundle offers 15 courses and over 500 hours of lesso



A moose, a donkey, and a pair of maracas; this is not the start of a bad joke but rather some of the emojis that may be coming soon to a smartphone near you. Emojipedia is previewing Emoji 15.0 which is a group of 31 emojis that are in the running to be added to the massive catalog. This particular group doesn’t really have a cohesive theme but is more of a filling-in-the-gaps. Some were highly r



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Men living in the United States are far sicker than men in similarly wealthy countries, a new report has found. Among other things, American men are more likely to die early from preventable causes than those living in 10 other countries, including Canada, Australia, and th


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