Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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23Mashable / 52min
Amazon Prime is getting pricier in Europe in a big way. On Tuesday, Amazon started sending users notifications in several European countries that prices for Amazon Prime are going up. For example, in the UK, the monthly Prime subscription will increase from £7.99 to £8.99, while the yearly Prime subscription has gone up from £79 to £95, which is roughly a 20 percent increase. A message sent to Pr



Krafton, the brand behind some of the world’s most popular video games, says it has already deployed the $100 million it had committed to the Indian market two years ago in the South Asian nation and is gearing up to launch several new titles in the country. The four-year-old South Korean firm, which went public last year, gained popularity with its shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds — co



Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, TBS' late-night talk show, has been canceled after seven seasons on the air. The show's seventh season came to an end on June 23, and it has now been confirmed that it will not return for an eighth run. Samantha Bee began her TV career as a correspondent on The Daily Show, where she served for 12 years. But, when host Jon Stewart announced he was leaving and Bee wa




Wired / 4min
As psychedelic therapies for mental health go mainstream, companies are recruiting chemists to create patentable versions of hallucinogens. Critics say it’s all a bad trip.



Mashable / 8min
In fairness, Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn does look pretty different without the wig. Making his late night debut on The Tonight Show on Monday, the British actor who plays everyone's favourite metalhead, Eddie Munson, explained that he'd had a little trouble getting into America. Quinn told host Jimmy Fallon his tale of being taken into a side room by airport security and asked why he was v



Mashable / 8min
It's a win for insects. The large two-inch hornet Vespa mandarinia , which is an invasive species in North America (it likely unwittingly hitched a ride in shipping cargo multiple times), has been popularly — and problematically — called both "murder hornet" and "Asian giant hornet" for the last couple of years. Now, that's changing. The Entomological Society of America announced on July 25 that



The white frame, large black cushions, and detachable microphone of the Razer Kaira Pro gaming headset could belong to any brand—though the black-on-white aesthetic tie into the PS5 compatibility. However, Razer didn’t skimp on the inner workings of this dual wireless headset. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Engadget / 9min
After hiking US Prime prices earlier this year, Amazon is doing the same across Europe. According to emails received by Engadget staffers and a Reuters report, it's raising the cost of Prime in the UK from £79 to £95, in France from €49 to €69.90, in Spain and Italy from €36 to €49.90, and Germany from €69 to €89.90. Those increases are the first in several years and quite significant, ranging fr



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



Mashable / 51min
They called it the "Instarrection." On Saturday, July 23, meme page creators took to the streets to demand more transparent community guidelines outside Instagram's New York headquarters. As expected, the admins and their followers came prepared with dozens of meme-inspired cardboard signs. One read, "What if we kissed in IG banned hell." And another offered support with a simple message: "In sol



Mashable / 51min
We can now see the (previously) unseeable. NASA tweeted a GIF comparing the James Webb Space Telescope's new view of the Carina Nebula — a turbulent region of dust and gas where new stars are born some 7,500 light-years from Earth — with an image snapped by the legendary, over 30-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. The comparison underscores how the powerful Webb observatory can peer through once-im



Mashable / 51min
TL;DR: As of July 26, you can get the Mentorist Pro: Lifetime Subscription for just $49 instead of $490 — that's a 90% discount. Self-improvement is hard. You may have goals for your job, but finding the energy to work toward them is tough. You may know what books to read to get some direction in life, but finding the time for it could be a challenge if you’re already working. Instead of waiting



Mashable / 51min
TL;DR: As of July 26, you can get the Mbeat Hi-Fi Turntable for just $279.99 instead of $369.95 — that's a 24% discount. Probably the moment after vinyl stopped being the most popular format for listening to music, people have been arguing about the “true” way to listen to music. Arguments can be made in either direction, with records representing the chance for a 100% analog audio experience and



Mashable / 51min
TL;DR: As of July 26, you can get a 3-in-1 USB-C, iPhone & Apple Watch Lightning Charging Cable for just $16.99 instead of $39.99 — that's a 57% discount. How often do you actually manage to pack light when you’re traveling? You might start with a few things, but those bags get fuller every time you remember something else you need. The 3-in-1 USB-C, iPhone & Apple Watch Lightning Charging Cable



Mashable / 51min
TL;DR: As of July 26, you can get a Curiosity Stream HD Plan: Lifetime Subscription for just $179 instead of $250 — that's a 28% discount. Looking for something to watch that could teach you something or let you take a deep dive into a new niche interest? With Curiosity Stream, you can join millions of subscribers in getting access to a massive growing library of documentaries about nature, histo



Engadget / 59min
Logitech has launched the Aurora Collection , a line of "gender-exclusive" gaming accessories including a mouse, keyboard and headset. The devices are built around "comfort, approachability and playfulness" based on "feedback from women gamers across the community," the company said. They have all-new designs and some interesting features, but also carry high prices suggestive of a "pink tax" on



Amazon has announced that it’s increasing the prices for its Prime subscription service in Europe, with fees rising by as much as 43% in some markets. The announcement comes some six months after the ecommerce giant announced a similar price increase in the U.S. , where the annual price jumped 17% from $119 to $139. The latest Amazon Prime price hikes vary greatly between countries in Europe, wit



Logitech's newly introduced Aurora G collection of gaming accessories abandons the stereotypical "gamer" design to appeal to a wider customer base.



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .




The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



I don't think it's a reach to say that robot vacuums are approaching upright vacuum-level ubiquitous. Much like 4K TVs have gone from being a big cinephile splurge to the norm, the robot vacuum's novelty wearing off has made them more affordable — at least in terms of baseline features like app connection and suction power. This means that manufacturers have to push the envelope on things a robot



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Working with archives is a common task in Linux, but sometimes, you may not know what the contents of the archive look like. If you want to take a peek at the inside of a ZIP or TAR file without extracting it, there are tools that can help you. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The Fashion Kingdom (TFK), an Egyptian e-commerce marketplace for fashion, beauty and home accessories items, announced today that it has raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by CVentures, a corporate venture capital firm based in Egypt. A15 , an early-stage VC in the MENA region that has backed the likes of Esaal , Paymob and Helios Investment Partners subsidiary, TPay, made a follow-on inves



With the after-effect of the pandemic set to play out for years, VCs specializing in health, wellness, and general ‘joy’ would appear to have rising fortunes. Funds such as Able Partners and Joyance have appeared in recent years to invest in startups that make people’s lives healthier, or at least more fun. In Europe this sector has taken off with Nina Capital in Barcelona, Heal Capital in Berlin
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The auto industry’s woes are far from over, but the second half of the year represents a return to planning for the future rather than responding to short-term supply chain crises. General Motors, which reports its second-quarter financial results Wednesday, is ready to roll into the third-quarter with an eye toward long-term strategy. The automotive juggernaut is building new battery plants , ex



Appsmith is a low code platform for assembling complex line-of-business software from pre-built UI components. It connects to your existing data sources such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, REST APIs and GraphQL endpoints. You can wire these information repositories up to rich widgets including tables, lists, and charts. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Windows 10 still has its share of bugs and breaks with each new update, with the latest update released on June 28, 2022, breaking USB printer functionality. According to Microsoft , there are two main symptoms of this Windows 10 bug: “Windows might show duplicate copies of printers installed on a device, commonly with a similar name and the suffix ‘Copy1’” and “Applications that refer to the pri



Insightly Analytics helps engineering teams stop problems before they happen, like slow release cycles, bottlenecks and uneven workload distribution that can lead to employee burnout. The San Francisco and Hyderabad-based startup announced today it has raised $1 million led by Together Fund, which it will use to expand its product, engineering and marketing teams. Founded in 2022, Insightly’s tar



31Engadget / 5h
Back in February, Faraday Future presented the production version of its FF91 electric SUV at its California plant and said it would start manufacturing its long-delayed vehicle in the third quarter of 2022. Now, according to Bloomberg , the embattled company has revealed in a filing for investors that it has to push back the EV's production yet again and that it needs more cash for its commercia



It is, once again, inevitably, Tuesday. But never mind! There's a fresh new Wordle for you to solve. And if you're feeling a little stuck, we can help with a nudge in the right direction. The answer to the July 26 Wordle, puzzle #402, 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? F



SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN can reliably access the UK Netflix library from anywhere in the world . A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £86.62 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. The second half of the final season of Better Call Saul has launched on Netflix in the UK, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday until the finale on Aug. 16. We don't wa



When it comes to maps and navigation, you probably want something that gets you from point A to B as quickly as possible and avoids traffic, police, or accidents. And while there are many options available, I switched from Google Maps to Waze this year, and I’m not switching back. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Jaka Robotics, a Chinese startup that makes collaborative robots, has just pulled in a hefty Series D funding round of over $150 million from a lineup of heavyweight investors to help it expand globally. The round is led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek, TrueLight Capital, Softbank Vision Fund II, and Prosperity7 Ventures, a growth fund under Aramco Ventures, which is an investment su



Access to the internet has transformed the lives of millions in India.



The £1-a-month rise comes after years in which the streaming service paid millions for football rights.



It looks like Samsung's not quite finished pushing the envelope when it comes to ultra-high-resolution camera sensors - at least based on a new trademark.



The next-gen Galaxy Z Fold and Flip foldables aren't expected to deviate too far from the current models. Despite that, leaked prices indicate you'll pay more.



Enlarge / Liver lesions in patient with chronic active hepatitis C. (credit: Getty | BSIP ) Researchers in the United Kingdom have come up with the most detailed, complex hypothesis yet to explain the burst of mysterious cases of liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—in young children, which has troubled medical experts worldwide for several months. The cases first came to light in April, when doctors




The potential for a major rockslide is threatening one of Alaska’s busiest and most storied cruise ports, geologists say, and local leaders are scrambling to devise a plan to ensure cruisegoers aren’t seriously injured while on land. The port at the center of concern is in Skagway, Alaska, where multiple ships from numerous major cruise lines stop each day, and passengers frequently disembark to



The next Wordle solution is a word you've probably spoken many times, but likely don't use in written conversation. Need some more hints? We've got them.



The Tempest fighter jet will have artificial intelligence tech to monitor and help the pilot.



After last year’s (understandably) lackluster showing, it felt like San Diego Comic-Con roared back to life in 2022. Although the con was certainly bolstered by Marvel Studios’ return and its decision to announce basically everything , so many trailers, announcements, and more were revealed over the last four days. So,… Read more...



Enlarge (credit: Layland Masuda ) Not for nothing, but when it comes to bodies of water and climate change, the ocean gets the (sea) lion's share of attention. But on land, around 117 million admittedly smaller bodies of water play necessary ecological, social, and economic roles. Lakes are relatively tiny, but "relative" is a key term there—for instance, the Great Lakes of North America account



Enlarge / The NFL is hugely popular in the US, but the streaming and broadcast rights are uniquely complicated. (credit: velo_city ) After months of rumors and teases, the National Football League has launched a new streaming video service . Unfortunately, the new service has limitations, as it's caught up in a tangled mess of arrangements with different services. NFL+ replaces NFL Game Pass, whi



Evolve Enlarge / Evolve 's unique 4v1 battling is now back online—and while access is limited, we still count this as a victory for game history preservation. (credit: 2K Games / Turtle Rock) From a preservation standpoint, the modern shift to "always-online" video games has been a disaster. We've seen it repeatedly: A developer stops "supporting" an online game, and then the rug is pulled out fr



Can this man not just leave us all alone? Following a too-short stint in prison for running a " Ponzi-like" securities fraud scheme, cursed "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli — the infamous pharmaceutical exec known for purchasing a life-saving drug and subsequently raising its price by 5,000 percent — is unfortunately back in business , just months after his May 2022 release from jail. His new venture?



500+Futurism / 11h
A NASA-funded project aims to use the Sun as a gigantic lens to peer into the far reaches of the cosmos — and search them for extraterrestrial biosignatures. The project, led by Slava Turyshev at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, received $2 million in funding from the space agency's Institute for Advanced Concepts back in 2020, an initiative that has supported plenty of other outlandish Moonshot



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 . Happy new week! Christine went on a well-deserved break, so you’ll have to deal with a double dose of my awful puns and worse headline shenanigans for a bit. Oh! And we have a live Q&A session tomorrow at noon PT on Twitter Spaces about what a 409A valuation is and



27Gizmodo / 11h
What We Do in the Shadows closed out San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H programming Sunday with a preview of this week’s “Night Market” episode and a lively discussion among the cast and creative team of what to expect this season . Showrunner Paul Simms and writer Stefani Robinson teased that not only are we getting that … Read more...



The U.S. Department of Energy is reviving an old loan program and its first recipient is the joint battery venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution. The $2.5 billion loan issued to GM and LG Energy will be used to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. Reuters was first to report the news. The loan to Ultium Cells, the name of the GM-L



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. As firefighters in Yosemite National Park get a handle on the Washburn Fire — which has been burning the southern part of the park for more than two weeks — a new and larger wildfire, the Oak Fire, has begun sweeping the forests near Midpines, about 12 miles west of the park. The Oak Fire is currently raging across 16,000 acres (abou



61Mashable / 11h
Disney , with its well-burnished family-friendly image, is no stranger to playing it safe on both sides of the aisle. But after drawing Republican ire earlier this year over LGBTQ issues in Florida, the company's once again in the political crosshairs and now it's the Democrats turn to be angry. This time Disney's in the hot seat over Hulu and its "unwritten" advertising policies. Hulu, one of th



As we get closer to the anticipated launch of Nvidia Lovelace later this year, more spec and benchmark leaks are starting to pop up online, and boy howdy, the flagship Lovelace card could be an absolute monster of a GPU. The latest news comes courtesy of reliable Twitter hardware leaker kopite7kimi , who says that Nvidia is currently testing a variant of its AD102 GPU with an astonishing 18,176 C



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Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. As firefighters in Yosemite National Park get a handle on the Washburn Fire — which has been burning the southern part of the park for more than two weeks — a new and larger wildfire, the Oak Fire, has begun sweeping the forests near Midpines, about 12 miles west of the park. The Oak Fire is currently raging across 16,000 acres (abou



Ride-sharing services like Uber remain a popular way to get around, but they're more expensive than ever. One city in particular costs riders a bundle.



There are trials underway for Mojo Vision's prototype smart contact lens, technology which may one day make phones obsolete.



Buying a mirrorless camera doesn't mean you have to sacrifice quality shots or set yourself back financially. These are the best options.




21SlashGear / 12h
Google is making life a bit easier for users who often reach for their tablets to get work done, adding key new features for Workspace apps on Android 12L.



It would appear that the next big update for Chrome will give users a bit of a nudge toward stronger passwords across the platform -- in early testing now.



300+Futurism / 12h
Earlier this month, a Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space showed off one of the strangest rocket designs we've ever seen. Adding to the general sense of eccentricity hovering over the project, it says the venture will be funded by selling crypto tokens that can later be exchanged for ore that — we're serious, this is the pitch — it'll obtain via asteroid mining. We should emphasize that the



200+Futurism / 12h
FraughtSpotter Upon exoneration after nearly a year in jail , 65-year-old Chicago resident Michael Williams has filed a lawsuit against the city on grounds that a controversial AI program called ShotSpotter led to his essentially evidence-less arrest, The Associated Press reports . Filed by Williams in cooperation with human rights advocacy group The MacArthur Project, the federal suit alleges th



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



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



65Gizmodo / 12h
Comic-Con’s first in-person event since 2019 is over, and we’re had so much news to sift through, trailers to watch, and cosplay to delight in. After all the hype is said and done, who came out the cream of the nerd crop in San Diego this weekend? Who got lost in the crowds and con-crud? Here’s our picks for the… Read more...



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



200+Gizmodo / 12h
The Asian giant hornet, popularly known as the murder hornet, is getting a new moniker. This week, the Entomological Society of America announced that it will officially adopt the term “northern giant hornet” as the common name for Vespa mandarinia . The change was implemented to avoid the use of a potentially… Read more...



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



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



100+TechCrunch / 12h
I, of all people, got a fresh new user interface in Instagram the other day. Although the company has not rolled it out to all users yet, the changes seem in line with its intention to move away from its original model of photo sharing among friends, to the one pioneered by TikTok : showing as much algorithmically targeted video content as possible and juicing engagement wherever practical. The n



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

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