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500+Engadget / 11h
One of the world’s largest airlines has placed a big bet on supersonic jet startup Boom. On Tuesday, American Airlines announced that it had recently agreed to buy 20 Overture aircraft from Boom, with the option to purchase an additional 40 planes if all goes well. The deal is one of the strongest shows of support for Boom yet, surpassing the potential 50-jet commitment United Airlines made last



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NASA has never stopped sending probes into the cosmos , but it is about to renew its legacy as human deep space explorers. The U.S. space agency will take its mega moon rocket out of storage on Tuesday before its inaugural Artemis I mission, an uncrewed expedition around the moon, which is scheduled to leave Earth as early as Aug. 29. The first leg of that trip, which NASA hasn't undertaken since



Last summer United Airlines placed an order with Boom Aerospace for supersonic jets. Now American Airlines has placed an order, too. American claims they’ll have the biggest fleet of supersonic jets since their order is for 5 more planes than United's. American made a non-refundable deposit on the first 20. It’s unclear what non-refundable means: probably non-refundable in the case Boom Aerospace




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The biggest selling point of a wireless Bluetooth speaker is that it can be used anywhere, with 2019's Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 2 taking that to the extreme with full waterproofing and even the ability to float when dunked. As tiny speakers without smart assistants go, the UE Wonderboom 2 is one of our favorites, but… Read more...
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Processes in a Docker container should not be run as root. It’s safer to run your applications as a non-root user which you specify as part of your Dockerfile or when using docker run. This minimizes risk by presenting a reduced attack surface to any threats in your container. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you cast your mind back to May of this year, it was announced that older Amazon Kindle ereaders will be losing a key feature in the future; we’re sorry to say that this ‘future’ date has finally come to pass. This key feature is the ability to buy books on the device – yeah, it’s a pretty major feature – though you are still able to send files over to the ereader, so it doesn’t make your Kindl



Bangalore-based Exponent Energy might have come up with a way to deliver 15-minute rapid charging for electric vehicles. The startup, which just raised a $13 million Series A, relies on a combination of its proprietary battery pack and charging infrastructure to achieve such a feat. Exponent Energy’s business model is geared towards OEMs building commercial EVs for fleet purposes. Ideally, the co



Airbnb is making it harder to party in the U.S.A. The company has announced it will begin trialling "anti-party technology" in the U.S. and Canada, which will identify and prevent users from making "high-risk reservations." The new anti-party system will consider various factors to determine whether a booking might be a rager in disguise, including the renter's review history, how old their accou



Nintendo is famous for having a family—friendly image and game that people of all ages can enjoy. But a report by Kotaku paints the picture of a company that's not so different from other gaming giants that had previously been accused of fostering a "frat boy" workplace culture. The publication talked to several female game testers who recounted how they were harassed by colleagues and how they w



It is Wednesday, my dudes (and non-dudes!) — and yet again the Wordle has reverted from solved to unsolved at the stroke of midnight. Our daily Wordle help is here, just in case you need a nudge or two in the right direction. The answer to the August 17 Wordle, puzzle #424, can be found at the end of this article. Before you get there, though, there are a couple of subtle clues to help you narrow



The latest batch of games heading to Xbox Games Pass has been revealed, alongside the roster of titles that will be leaving the subscription service later this month. Chief among the soon-to-be-gone Xbox Game Pass games is Hades. The Grecian roguelite made quite a splash when it was released back in 2018, and made its way onto our best roguelike games list. It puts you in the shoes of Zagreus as



Details about the next major Windows 11 update have surfaced, teasing some huge changes, including ones many users have been requesting for quite some time.



China is a notoriously difficult market for international startups to crack, but one company seems to have found the recipe for wooing the country’s picky consumers. Three years after Eat Just launched in China , the San Francisco-based company is ready to put more alternative protein products on Chinese people’s plates. Formerly Hampton Creek, Eat Just has secured $25 million and a strategic par



Wednesday stress can really sneak up on you. It feels like one minute you're just starting the week, and the next minute, people are saying, "Happy humpday!" and your to-do list is still packed. And to make matters worse, you can't seem to solve the Wednesday Quordle puzzle. Fortunately, you can knock one thing off your to-do list immediately by jumping to the bottom of this page and getting the



Google has announced a couple of big changes to its Meet app for web browsers, and one of them will go live for everyone, not just Workspace users.



Grafana is a popular open-source observability solution that lets you visualize metrics on graphical dashboards. Grafana has connectors for a broad selection of data sources including time series databases, search engines, and individual applications. In this article you’ll learn how to use Grafana to set up simple monitoring for a MySQL database server using the official Grafana Cloud integratio



For those unaware, the electric vehicle tax credit is officially back and bigger than ever. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 changed which new EVs get a tax break and adds a federal tax credit on select used EV sales, but the requirements are more strict than ever. It’s a big complicated mess. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The Inflation Reduction Act , which President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday, says that if automakers want their electric vehicles to be eligible for tax credits, they’ll need to have final assembly in North America. The law, which takes effect immediately, ends credits for about 70% of the 72 models that were previously eligible, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation . About 20



Universal Studios Orlando just unveiled its full slate for Halloween Horror Nights 2022 , and it’s scary good. This year includes 10 haunted houses, five scare zones, two live shows, as well as an after-hours selection of the theme park’s ride attractions (Petition to keep E.T. Adventure open during the event). Read more...



Reddit’s new favorite meme stock is doing what meme stocks do: spiking to an unsettling degree. This time the stock symbol riding the r/wallstreetbets roller coaster is "BBBY," for Bed Bath & Beyond, the brick-and-mortar chain store where you can pick up a Keurig machine and some candles, and save big with one of their famous 20-percent-off coupons. As of Tuesday afternoon, BBBY had skyrocketed 6



Dodge has announced it's launching its first-ever electrified performance vehicle, and it will come in two varieties with a wide array of features.



The U.K. water processing industry produces a godawful amount of biogas annually. The gasses are primarily used to generate operational heat and power on-site, or they can be turned into biomethane and injected back into the national gas grid. New research funding is going to see if United Utilities can use Levidian’s Loop system to turn these waste gases into carbon-negative hydrogen (which can



QuotaBook , a Seoul-based equity management platform, has raised $11 million in funding led by Elefund, with participation from Access Ventures, Hana Securities and South Korean fintech company Viva Republica. Some of its previous backers, including Draper Associates and Capstone Partners, joined the round. The Korean startup, which graduated from Y Combinator (YC)’s Winter 21 batch, was founded




American Airlines will buy up to 20 jets from Boom Supersonic, an aircraft maker that aims to commercialize supersonic, and super-fast, flight. Boom’s Overture four-engine jets promise speeds of up to Mach 1.7 over water, which is twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft — meaning the jet can fly from Miami to London in just under five hours, rather than the standard nine hours. Abo



As Inu-Oh rocks theaters, I keep thinking about Tomona Dan-No-Ura, whose narrative ostensibly begins and ends the film . As he passes through all the stages of his life, becoming Tomoichi when he joins the Biwa priests and then Tomoari when he begins his own musical theater sect, his art becomes intimately tied to his… Read more...



If you’ve used a smart voice assistant such as Alexa, Siri and whatever-Google’s-smart-assistant-is-called, you’ll probably have noticed that the tech is getting smarter every day. Google can wait on hold for you , Siri can speak in a gender-neutral voice and Alexa can read you bedtime stories in your dead grandmother’s voice. Robotics is evolving in leaps and bounds as well , as we explored in o



The film and TV industry is switching towards greener energy sources but the transition has challenges.



Enlarge / Digging into bleeding-edge Chrome code has made some bloggers hopeful, but Google has been focused on its own feeds for a while now. (credit: Getty Images) Does Google enjoy teasing and sometimes outright torturing some of its products' most devoted fans? It can seem that way. Tucked away inside a recent bleeding-edge Chrome build is a "Following feed" that has some bloggers dreaming of



If you ask me, climate tech investor Contrarian Ventures isn’t so contrarian anymore. The five-year-old firm is targeting $100 million for its second seed-stage fund, and it’s doing so smack in the middle of a climate-tech dealmaking boom . So, if anything, it’s trendy. But when the seed-stage VC — a backer of e-bike maker Zoomo and solar data firm PVcase — debuted with a $13.6 million fund in 20



A known threat actor has hacked his way into notorious revenge website ShitExpress and leaked the company's secure data, including customer email addresses and the messages they sent through the platform. ShitExpress is an online service that allows people to send actual faeces, through the post, to whomever they desire. It’s designed to be a prank site, where people can purchase a piece of anima



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It’s no secret that despite the massive boon in online shopping and packages needing delivery, traditional mail service is struggling. No one writes nice letters to each other any more, but that could soon change as the Royal Mail in the UK is about to introduce some truly amazing postage stamps featuring heroes that… Read more...



AirTags continue to prove themselves as the heroes we didn’t know we needed in 2022. Apple’s tracking device helped locate a traveler’s missing suitcase and items after failing to arrive at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) earlier this month, due to alleged theft by an airport employee. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . Police success



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 . Hello! Did you know that TechCrunch Live is on a shiny new platform? We’ve even made it easier to enter our two-minute Pitch Practice segment. You can now apply any day, any time for Pitch Practice by completing this form . We’ll select the startups 24 hours before



Worries about battery range and lifespans are one of the biggest reasons consumers avoid switching to EVs, but the concerns may be misplaced.



The RAH-66 Comanche -- a stealth helicopter the likes of which the world had never seen before -- was scrapped before production units could be made.



A new accessibility-focused update should help visually-impaired users navigate Google Workspace much more easily, the company has revealed. Rather than having the same accessibility settings universally across office software products such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings, you’ll now be able to set preferences for each product individually. Google Workspace says it expects the change to hel



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Two top Democrats in the House of Representatives have issued requests to a host of federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, demanding details of alleged purchases of Americans’ personal data. The lawmakers accuse the seven federal agencies of using commercial dealings… Read more...



Unexpected how suddenly the prospect of a Big Thunder Mountain movie has gone from intriguing to very, very much having our attention. Thanks to quite the exciting attachment of Bert and Bertie , who Deadline reports have hopped aboard the train for their take on the classic Disney Parks attraction. Read more...



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Meta , owner of social media platforms repeatedly cited amongst the top purveyors of falsehoods and fake news, wants you to know it’s super serious about combating lies and bogus claims ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Read more...



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Like Blizzard , Rockstar and Ubisoft , Sony may soon require you to download a launcher before you can play its games on PC. Digging through the Windows version of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered , VGC verified code referencing a PlayStation PC launcher. The discovery follows the recent revelation that Sony likely plans to add PlayStation Network integration to its PC titles. If Sony moves forwar



Hackers infiltrated the corporate-side of a utility that supplies water to about 1.3 million people in the United Kingdom. However, the apparent data breach may not have been the one the cyber-criminals were aiming for. Read more...



200+Futurism / 9h
Getting Aid For the millions of Americans with hearing loss, a hearing aid is a life-changing but often prohibitively expensive solution. Neither covered by Medicare nor available over-the-counter, patients currently have to shell out the big bucks and get a doctor’s approval. But not anymore: the FDA says it’s creating a new class of hearing aids that can be bought without a prescription, in a f



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Want further proof that we're living in a sci-fi dystopia? Look no further than New Jersey, where newly-uncovered records reveal that cops used DNA taken from a newborn baby to arrest the child's father for a crime he allegedly committed decades ago. As Wired reports , a public records request filed by the NJ Public Defender's Office and the New Jersey Monitor nonprofit news organization forced t




1KFuturism / 9h
Orbital Greenhouse A private space company called Redwire Corporation has announced plans for what it's calling the "first-ever commercially owned greenhouse" in space. Redwire is hoping to install the facility on the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2023. The startup was awarded a contract with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which manages US lab operations



100+Futurism / 9h
Bot in the Mirror Last year, UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a huge splash with an impressive demo of its humanoid robot with uber-uncanny expressions. Now, it's back — and it's serving up an even wider range of some of the most realistic facial expressions we've ever seen. In a new video, the Ameca humanoid takes 12 new actuators for a spin as it stares into a mirror, contorting i



RPG Robodog Russian developers showed off a frightening new creation at the country's arms fair this week: a robot dog with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher strapped to its back. State-owned news agency RIA Novosti shared a video of the abomination on Telegram earlier this week. The little robot can be seen tiptoeing around the expo and effortlessly squatting down to the ground — a bizar



I have a Carnival Cruise Line ad from the 1990s stuck in my head, and it’s starting to be a problem. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit all of this, but here goes nothing… I used to be obsessed with cruise ship When I was a young kid I used to love cruise ships (in addition to airplanes). I always dreamed of the next cruise my parents would take me on. I even remember when I’d go out to dinner with



At this point, it’s obvious that our smartphones and computers are data-leakers. Plenty of us now cover our laptops’ webcams (although we always forget about the mics), while our smartphones track our locations with us wherever we go. Unfortunately, these tools are so indispensable in modern life, we accept the… Read more...



The Federal Aviation Administration just gave Delta Air Lines a big break — by allowing it to fly less. The issue has to do with FAA slot rules. The Atlanta-based carrier maintains hub operations at two airports with FAA slot controls, LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, and a sizable presence at a third, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (



Enlarge / A hunger stone in the Elbe River in Děčín, Czech Republic. The oldest readable carving is from 1616, with older carvings (1417 and 1473) having been wiped out by anchoring ships over the years. (credit: Dr. Bernd Gross/CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Stories have been circling around the Internet this past week about the re-emergence in certain Czech and German rivers of so-called " hunger stones "—rock



Enlarge (credit: Nintendo) Through the first half of 2022, Nintendo of America has been in the crosshairs of critics and the US National Labor Relations Board thanks to reports and formal complaints about working conditions for its contracted employees, all brought into the spotlight after a reported layoff allegedly involved pro-union sentiment . In the months since that story broke out publicly



SAIC Mobility Robotaxi, an arm of state-owned Chinese automaker SAIC that aims to launch a commercial robotaxi service, raised $148 million (RMB 1 billion). The funds will be used to scale its robotaxi service in China, which it will operate in partnership with autonomous vehicle company Momenta . SAIC Group led the Series B round that also saw participation from Momenta, Gaoheng Management Consu



100+Gizmodo / 9h
Roscosmos just revealed a model of its own space station to rival the International Space Station (ISS) in a move that outlines the Russian space agency’s plans following its debated departure from the orbiting station. Read more...



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She-Hulk comic book fans might be a little confused later this week when the character finally makes her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . In the comics, the character’s origin happens when Jennifer Walters, successful lawyer and cousin to Bruce Banner , is shot in a mob hit. Her cousin tries to save her but… Read more...



Creating the monster Microsoft Excel workbook of your dreams could soon be a lot easier thanks to a new update. The spreadsheet software can often be cumbersome to use, especially when teams of people are all feeding into a central or main file that changes often and requires constant attention. Now, Microsoft Excel has revealed it is rolling out a new feature that will make collaborating on your



My spam folder currently contains over 500 emails of incomprehensible phishing attempts, newsletters from companies I didn’t know I subscribed to, and a variety of unsolicited messages. I’m grateful that there’s a spam filter checking for certain email traits so my inbox isn’t entirely clogged. But what about the… Read more...



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With its recent high profile PC releases of formerly exclusive games like God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn , Sony seems to be making a shift to marketing its video game arm as a hybrid console-PC company. Now, newly datamined files pointing to a PlayStation PC game launcher could mean the company wants to ape Xbox in… Read more...



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23Engadget / 10h
Activision Blizzard is still receiving complaints over alleged labor violations . The Communications Workers of America union (CWA) has filed an unfair labor practice charge accusing the game developer of illegally surveilling workers during a July walkout protest over gender inequity. The company also denied access to a chat channel discussing working conditions and otherwise cut off internal av



It was the fundraise heard around Twitter. Adam Neumann, the infamous entrepreneur behind WeWork, raised a stunning $350 million from Andreessen Horowitz for a yet-to-launch real estate company called Flow. The investment gave Neumann’s latest venture a more than $1 billion valuation , as reported by The New York Times, and came amid what is supposed to be an investor pullback in a bear market. I



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Mars: If the extreme temperatures and exposure to cosmic radiation don’t kill you, the unbreathable air certainly will. Now, a team of researchers has proposed a method of addressing the latter issue, by using plasma to split carbon dioxide—of which Mars has plenty—into carbon and oxygen. Read more...



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A week after the extraordinary seizure of classified documents from the former president’s private Mar-a-lago residence , top congressional Democrats are vowing to take aggressive measures of their own to pry loose documents from a combative Trump-era official whom they’ve accused of impeding investigations into… Read more...




Meta loosely outlined how it plans to brace its platforms for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, starting with political ads . In November, the nation will decide a number of key congressional and gubernatorial races in the midst of worsening political polarization that the social network has become synonymous with in recent years. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, deta



The latest tale from the Tolkienverse, “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” takes us all back to a world unspoiled by the ravages of man. You know, New Zealand. Set thousands of years before “The Hobbit” or “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “The Rings of Power” shows just where the Middle Earth legend of magical rings began. In a time of relative peace, the Second Age, the many races of Middle



The electronics of John Deere tractors can be hacked, and what better way to demonstrate this than to have them run a corn-themed version of Doom on the display. An Australian hacker going by the name Sick Codes has shown off their work, which has motives dating back more than a year. Last year, during DEF CON 29, Sick Codes said he wanted to explore vulnerabilities in agricultural equipment, as



With polio in the news lately, many people are wondering if they were vaccinated against polio as a kid. Fortunately, if you grew up in the U.S., there’s a good chance you were. Read more...



When disasters related to climate change, such as hurricanes or extreme floods hit and power goes off, fossil fuel-based nanogrids often act as temporary relief. In reality, they contribute to the climate crisis ultimately causing other disasters. Solutions as simple as nanogrids powered by renewable sources can help those affected while also helping our transition into a renewable future. ' Sesa



If you are still holding any pandemic-related travel vouchers with British Airways , there is now a very simple way to view all of your vouchers in one place. First, head to this new landing page . All you need to do is enter the email address associated with your vouchers and click on “Remind me.” The relevant email address will usually be the one saved in your Executive Club account. If you boo



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Leonardo DiCaprio may have a set trailer like any other actor, but his takes luxury to a whole new level.



The Overture projects a five-hour flight time between Miami and London, less than half the flight time of current airliners flying the route.



There's a good chance you use your Android device more often than a PC or Mac, and that's a solid reason to make sure you protect it from viruses.



Eric Velasquez Frenkiel had a seemingly simple thought when visiting his family in the Philippines, impressed by the cashless economy that had formed. Instead of sending money to his family once a year — a costly, fee-heavy affair — why can’t he just leave his credit card there? As with many things in fintech, it wasn’t that simple. But the seed of the idea made the former enterprise chief execut



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President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The sweeping $750 billion legislation includes $369 billion in investments toward climate and clean energy programs. Following months of infighting, House and Senate Democrats passed the bill along party lines last week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia struck a compromise deal on



Summer may feel like it’s winding down, but that doesn’t mean there’s not enough time for another drink or two. Is there a better summer spirit than rum? Luckily, the key ingredient in so many tropical cocktails — including rum punch, mojitos and mai tais — gets its day to shine on Aug. 16. That’s National Rum Day, in case you missed the memo. It’s rare that a hotel has a dedicated in-house rum b



I try hard not to take the dreaded red-eye flight. Not only is it a miserable way to get a few hours of fitful sleep, but it also puts me at my destination well before I have access to a real bed. Hotels and short-term rentals usually have afternoon check-in times, so what to do with those hours of exhaustion in… Read more...



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President Biden just signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which allocates hundreds of billions to fight climate change. Here’s how to get your share.



President Joe Biden signed the climate-and-energy-focused Inflation Reduction Act into law today, a turn of events that just a few months ago seemed impossible. The move will undoubtedly bolster the United States’ stance in the next round of climate negotiations. And by the end of the decade, it’s expected that the law will reduce the country’s emissions by 40% below 2005 levels. That’s enough to



Microsoft is preparing to release a new cloud -based workstation service for developers, dubbed Microsoft Dev Box. The new managed service will allow developers to create a pre-configured machine in the cloud, without the need to set up a physical workstation. The new service has been in private preview since May 24, but is now widely available in public preview. Microsoft Dev Box Microsoft Dev B



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Two Russian cosmonauts are preparing to venture outside of the International Space Station to continue setting up a giant robotic arm , despite recent threats from Roscosmos to withhold access to the handy machine . Read more...



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It’s been a minute since I’ve written about Southwest Airlines — the airline I grew up flying thanks to its hub at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). This fall, whenever I need to go home, I’ll definitely be flying Southwest because of its cheap one-way ticket options. Whether you are looking to book last-minute travel this fall or anticipate needing a post-holiday vacation, consider




The former president has pushed frenetic and sometimes contradictory claims about the F.B.I.’s search of his Florida home.



As regulation and platform policies make it more difficult to track people across the internet, it has forced companies to rethink how to understand and get to know their customers. If they can’t stalk them surreptitiously, how can they gain a full understanding of their needs and wants? The answer may lie in building or buying communities of individuals whose interests align with your company’s.



Meta has outlined its strategy for combatting misinformation during the 2022 US midterm elections, and they'll mostly sound familiar if you remember the company's 2020 approach . The Facebook and Instagram owner said it will maintain policies and protections "consistent" with the presidential election, including policies barring vote misinformation and linking people to trustworthy information. I



If the Cult of Diet Coke were an actual cult, I would be its Squeaky Fromme (totally devoted, weirdly hot). Some of my earliest foodie memories are of pairing Diet Coke with Oreos at vacation bible school, but I didn’t realize the no-cal beverage and I were so close in age. The silver can turned 4o this week, which… Read more...



Analyzing data generated within the enterprise — for example, sales and purchasing data — can lead to insights that improve operations. But some organizations are struggling to process, store and use their vast amounts of data efficiently. According to an IDC survey commissioned by Seagate, organizations collect only 56% of the data available throughout their lines of business, and out of that 56



Enlarge (credit: Vesnaandjic | E+ ) Twitch has faced scrutiny for how it helps streamers targeted by extreme hate campaigns. Last year, the livestreaming service started suing users conducting “hate raids” that rely on bots to spew a continual barrage of hate speech. These raids, Twitch’s lawsuit says, have been “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist, and other ha



Enlarge (credit: Mark Walton) In a recent interview with Nikkei Asia , Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said the company has no plans "at this point" to increase the price of the Switch. Despite "rising production and shipping costs" for the system, Furukawa said Nintendo wants to "avoid pricing people out" of its console ecosystem (a worry apparently not shared by Meta, which recently raised



Enlarge / A selection of apps from the Microsoft Store. (credit: Microsoft) Windows 11's first major update, also called Windows 11 22H2, is due to be released to the public on September 20, according to separate reports from The Verge and Windows Central . The update has been available in near-final form in Microsoft's Windows Insider Preview channels since May, and we've already covered most of



A new strain of dangerous ransomware has evolved to target Android devices, researchers are warning. Experts from Cleafy have analyzed the fifth and latest version of the popular Android banking trojan SOVA, and discovered multiple new features, including the ability to encrypt locally stored files. According to the researchers, the malware uses AES encryption to add the .enc extension to all fil



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If you grew up on a steady diet of Hollywood blockbusters over the past 40 years, you surely know the work of Wolfgang Petersen. He made us tense up with Das Boo t, made us fly with The NeverEnding Story , made us hate coughing with Outbreak , and made Harrison Ford the president in A ir Force One , to name only a few.… Read more...



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It's Star Wars Day 2015, May the 4th, the greatest non-holiday holiday of the year!



Ford aims to make night driving safer for everyone by projecting key information onto the roadway using these high-tech headlights.



We're cruising into the middle of the week, and Wordle continues to grace us with new puzzles. Today's word is very common but may be tricky to guess.



Your older Apple Watch may still meet all of your needs, but its battery is likely nearing the end of its life. Here's what you need to know about replacing it.



The 2022 Volkswagen Arteon draws comparisons to sedans from high-end makes including Audi and BMW, but at a much lower price point.



Chromebooks are portable devices that don’t usually have big screens. However, you may want a big screen from time to time, which is when it’s handy to share the screen to a TV. We’ll show you how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



21Engadget / 12h
Despite some missteps with Instagram , Meta is marching forward with its plan to make Reels a bigger component of its apps in an attempt to better compete with TikTok . It's rolling out several updates to Reels, particularly on Facebook's side. For one thing, everyone can now cross-post Reels from Instagram to Facebook with the tap of a button. Meta suggests that this may help creators to grow th



The U.S. News Travel Rewards program rankings are out and they are a big ‘ol mess, largely because the methodology they use to rank programs makes little sense – which they’ve known for years and haven’t done anything meaningful to improve. This year is worse than ever because they say they didn’t even bother searching award availability to determine which airline programs are best, blaming the p




500+Gizmodo / 12h
Over-the-counter hearing aids in the U.S. are officially becoming a reality. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration finalized the regulations needed for hearing aids to become widely available without a prescription. These OTC aids may save money for millions of Americans with poor hearing and are expected to… Read more...



There’s fruit salad, and then there’s fruit as a main component of salad. The former turns into a soggy, oxidized mess, macerating in its neighbor’s juices. Save it for the 12-year-old after-soccer-practice crowd. For a more grown-up take, use large spears of roasted pineapple to build a sophisticated salad fit to… Read more...



It’s been a while since we’ve seen a great rental car promotion — but Avis’ latest offer is one of them. Right now, you can earn up to 60,000 Etihad miles — worth $840 per TPG valuations — with this deal. And while it initially sounds like a no-brainer, there are some important terms to consider before you get too excited. You’ll have to book your rental car by tomorrow to qualify for the bonus.



3KFuturism / 12h
For the better part of the last century, one question has dogged humanity: what would happen after a nuclear war? Climate scientists devised a terrifying simulation to find answers, published in the Nature Food journal this week , and the results are nothing short of apocalyptic. The waves of terror would be almost impossible to comprehend. Death at ground zero for miles around. Famine. Radiation



400+Futurism / 12h
Name Game Tesla’s "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) package may soon come to a full stop — under its current name, at least, because California authorities aren't fans of what they say is the feature’s misleading name. In a complaint against the electric automaker last month, the California DMV alleged that Tesla put out "untrue or misleading" advertisements on its website in relation to its Full Self-Dr



Apple has become the latest tech company to require its workers to return to the office. As of September 05, the Cupertino-based firm will require its corporate workers visit the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as a third regular day that should be determined by workers and their supervisors. Silicon Valley-based employees will be among the first to be affected, before the company’s pol



London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) has officially extended its 100,000-passenger-per-day cap until late October as it continues to struggle with the return of travel following the lifting of COVID-19-related restrictions. The hobbled hub had planned to end the cap on Sept. 11. However, after reports that Heathrow chiefs were looking to buy more time to fix their issues, an extension became official



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Rain or shine, a new pair of solar-powered wireless headphones by Adidas has you covered. The athletic brand teamed up with Zound Industries to make the Adidas RPT-02 SOL on-ear headphones, which can be charged with either natural or artificial light. We were pleasantly surprised by Adidas’ previously-launched RPT-01 , which features 40 hours of wireless playback. The newer line has a nearly iden



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China recently launched a secretive reusable spaceplane, and the mysterious spacecraft is still flying around with no information on when it is meant to land. The experimental spaceplane missed an opportunity to land early Monday as it flew right over its landing site, and has now flown higher and longer than before. Read more...



Summer holidays may still be in full swing, but hackers aren’t resting - with schools and universities around the world under attack. Check Point Research (CPR) has examined the state of cybersecurity in the education and research sector, finding it has been under increasing attack throughout the year, and is under more pressure than other industries. In fact, every month throughout 2021 and 2022



I love when my credit cards gain new benefits without an increase in the annual fee. If you feel the same and love streaming services, you’ll be doubly happy. Let’s take a look at the new streaming platform included in a monthly Walmart+ membership and how you can get this for free. Want more travel news and advice? Sign up for TPG’s daily newsletter and download the free TPG app ! Walmart+ membe



Faraday Future, maker of the long-delayed FF91 EV, re-upped its commitment to raising funds while reporting Tuesday that its second-quarter operating losses more than quadrupled. The company posted an operating loss of $137 million for the second quarter compared with $28 million for th


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