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Brace yourselves, because this one is a lot . On Tuesday, Netflix dropped its trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners , an upcoming anime series about a kid who's forced to become a mercenary in order to survive the dangerous, futuristic city where he lives. The show is being produced by the company behind the video game Cyberpunk 2077 , and judging by the trailer, the series will be just as much of a



Ammonia might seem like an unlikely fuel to help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Best known for its odor, the gas can be dangerous and toxic. But it could also play a key role in decarbonizing global shipping, providing an efficient way to store the energy needed to power large ships on long journeys. The American Bureau of Shipping, which sets safety standards for global shipping, recently granted



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The G.O.P. candidate for governor of Pennsylvania deftly used Facebook to build a loyal right-wing fan base at the height of the pandemic. Will it be enough to win a competitive general election?



“Circular manufacturing” has the promise to reduce waste by reusing parts to make new cars. There are glimmers of hope, but they are currently outweighed by challenges.



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Last call, folks: The federal government is ending its free at-home COVID-19 test program this week. U.S. households have until Friday, Sept. 2 to claim their self-administered rapid antigen tests (up to three rounds per residential address, or 16 tests total) at special.usps.com/testkits . Consumers can also place orders over the phone by calling 1-800-232-0233; that hotline is open from 8 a.m.



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Have you ever had a boss that would cut off their nose to spite their face? So has Beckett Mariner, the Starfleet ensign in the above clip. In the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, "The Least Dangerous Game," she's under the command of arrogant Jack Ransom (voiced by Jerry O'Connell), whose bad calls push her over the edge. Specifically, they push Beckett (voiced by Tawny Newsome



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TL;DR: As of August 31, you can get the Skadu Power Scrubber Two-in-One for just $59 instead of $79 — that's a 25% discount. Just because making the mess was easy doesn’t mean cleaning it will be. Cleaning can be frustrating, especially in the kitchen , where you deal with burned food, grease buildup, and other grime. However, it may be easier to clean it up if you don’t have to put all that elbo



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TL;DR: As of August 31, you can get the Premium Microsoft Office Training Bundle and Lifetime License of MS Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 for just $79.99 instead of $1,549 — that's a 94% discount. Over one billion people use Microsoft Office in one form or another. Though it may be some of the most popular software worldwide, how many people actually use the entire suite? And of those, how



Mashable / 43min
TL;DR: As of August 31, you can get the Four-in-One Smart Flash Drive for just $22.99 instead of $29.99 — that's a 23% discount. Nowadays, there are a lot of ways for you to store your files. But, between cloud storage and external hard drives, you could almost forget how convenient it is to have a compact file storage device that doesn't require any fuss. If you're an iPhone or iPad user , this



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It's been a long, hot summer, and we're longing for the fall. Bring on the cooler temperatures, the cozy knitwear , the pumpkin spice everything, and perhaps our favorite aspect of autumn — a flood of movies that are playing to win big audiences and Oscar attention! Fall movie season means big stars, bonkers spectacle, and a dizzying array of genres to choose from. Craving a crunchy comedy with a



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .



Cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean has announced that it will equip its fleet with SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellite internet service. The dishes are designed to provide a "better onboard experience for guests and crews fleetwide," and will be installed on its Royal Caribbean International, Silversea Cruises and Celebrity Cruises ships. Earlier this year, SpaceX unveiled Starlink Maritime for



The process of sending and receiving payments in a $1.5 trillion B2B payments market in sub-Saharan Africa is one where merchants commonly use manual invoices and inefficient processes that burden merchants and make them struggle with their businesses. Duplo , a B2B payments startup that solves these issues by enabling African enterprises to collect payments from their clients and partners and ma



Soundbar maker Nakamichi has announced a pair of systems that go heavy on the bass – really heavy. The ShockWafe Elite 7.2 eARC soundbar system ($1299, available end of September) is notable for its dual 8-inch subwoofer configuration, while the ShockWafe Elite 7.1 eARC ($899, available now ) features a similar feature set but comes with a single, yet sizeable sub with a 10-inch woofer. Bass exte



As the mom of an 8-month-old son, it’s hard to imagine getting anything done without the assistance of a video baby monitor. The ability to watch him while he’s sleeping (or supposed to be) is as sweet as it is practical, and I find myself compulsively checking on him the way I used to with email or Instagram . In addition to the Google Nest Cam I used during his first few weeks of life, I’ve tes



It's not just you. Today's Quordle is difficult, or the Quordle itself is easy, and the world is too difficult to make this Quordle possible. Either way, the effect is the same. But it's not hard to find the answers to today's Quordle in this article. They're right at the bottom. But are you absolutely sure you need them? Or do you just need a strategy guide. Once again, either way, the effect is
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Meta has started notifying users of its standalone Facebook Gaming app that it will soon no longer be available. In an in-app notification (as shared by social media consultant Matt Navarra and other publications ), the company has announced that both iOS and Android versions of the application will stop working on October 28th. Meta is also giving users the chance to download their search data a



The process of finding job candidates often entails a lot of tedious manual work for recruiters, like sending versions of the same email over and over again. That’s Kula was created. The platform not only automates tasks like sending introductory messages, but also surfaces promising leads from the first-degree connections of an organization’s existing employee base. Kula announced today it has r




The official trailer for South Korean drama Little Women has arrived, giving us a look at the upcoming series loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's classic American novel . And when we say loose, we mean loose. Set in modern-day South Korea, Little Women follows the three Oh sisters: diligent eldest sibling In-ju (Kim Go-eun), headstrong journalist In-kyung (Nam Ji-hyun), and sensitive young artis



Google says Truth Social violates the company's policies on prohibiting incitement to violence



It is Wednesday, my dudes, and you know what else starts with W? Wordle ! If you're struggling to remember what letters even are, or just a bit stumped, Mashable's daily Wordle hints and tips might be the help you need. The answer to the August 31 Wordle, puzzle #438, 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 it do



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Speakly is on sale for £59.07, saving you 82% on list price. It may be harder to learn a language as an adult than it was when you were a kid, but it’s not impossible by any means. Experts tend to recommend immersion in the language as the fastest and most reliable way to learn, but that’s not the only way. If you want to learn a language right from home, then yo



A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. While companies such as Klarna and Affirm have been pushing payment services that help consumers procure goods without having to pay for everything up front, Berlin



Royal Caribbean says it will use SpaceX's Starlink internet system for its entire fleet.



A Japanese hotel's experiment with robotic staff showed that the world isn't quite ready to do away with a human touch yet.



Google just made it easier to take notes directly on Wear OS, though only a small number of smartwatch owners will be able to take advantage of it for now.



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NASA plans to make another attempt at launching the Artemis 1 Moon mission on Saturday, September 3rd, after it scrubbed the planned launch on August 29th due to engine problems. The Space Launch System was supposed to go on its first test flight and kickstart the Artemis program that day. However, its ground teams were unable to chill down one of its RS-25 engines that exhibited temperatures hig



Despite serving as the online watercooler for journalists, politicians and VCs, Twitter isn’t the most profitable social network on the block. Amid internal shakeups and increased pressure from investors to make more money, Twitter reportedly considered monetizing adult content. According to a report from The Verge, Twitter was poised to become a competitor to OnlyFans by allowing adult creators



LG has announced its next OLED TV , the LG Flex, at IFA 2022 in Berlin. The Flex is designed to double up as a big curved 4K monitor , and you can choose how much it curves, based on your setup. The stand includes motorized arms that push the edges of the OLED panel, curving them forward up to a maximum curve of 800R (which is very curved) for if you’re sitting right in front of it at a desk, or



A new leak claims Microsoft has discontinued its Surface Pro X line, but that doesn't mean it is done with ARM-based models. Here's what we know so far.



Long-running Docker containers can rapidly accumulate a large number of log lines. These consume storage capacity and reduce performance when accessing and filtering the data. While Docker includes integrated tools for viewing the logs, there’s no built-in mechanism for cleaning them up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



California lawmakers have passed a bill that seeks to make apps and other online spaces safer for kids in the absence of robust federal standards. The bill, if signed into law, would impose a set of new protections for people under the age of 18 in California, potentially punishing tech companies with thousands in fines for every child affected by any violation. The bill, the California Age-Appro



Few startups in the crypto world boast the market dominance that OpenSea currently enjoys, but numerous venture-backed startups are looking to chip away at their lead. Welcome back to Chain Reaction, where we unpack and explain the latest in crypto news, drama and trends, breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For our Tuesday episode this week, we talked to Jack Lu, the co-fo



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Forced to leave her young son behind in Senegal to build a better life, a woman takes a job caring for the daughter of a rich New York City family. But there’s no American dream present in The Nanny , the first horror film to win the Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. A new trailer is here to rattle your… Read more...



A fan illustrated their modification for a one-handed Switch controller adapter on YouTube, which can be used either left or right.



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EVs have come a long way. A few decades ago, they were impractical fringe models, but now these vehicles are practical and pushing the limits of performance.



The Pontiac Aztek looks like it fell on its face – literally and figuratively — in sales and in the way that it was designed.



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Pop culture’s next journey into Middle-earth is almost upon us, in the form of Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . At a recent press day for the series , io9 talked to showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay and executive producer Lindsey Weber about diving back into J.R.R. Tolkien’s world—and… Read more...




While abortion is no longer a federally-guarded American right, contraception — albeit flimsily — still is. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion-legalizing Roe v. Wade precedent, however, is now threatening contraception access across the country, especially in areas where it was already hard to access family planning services. Consequently, according to new reporting by Vice New



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Potty Mouth It's been over four months since SpaceX launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of space company Axiom Space's Axiom-1 mission. That means the crew of four wealthy entrepreneurs — and one retired NASA astronaut to babysit them — have had plenty of time to reflect on the once-in-a-lifetime experience, especially when it comes to



In these financial times, anything you can do to make a bit of extra cash probably feels worth considering, whether that’s yet another side hustle or a foray into the sharing economy, which allows you to capitalize on renting out your home, spare room, swimming pool , RV , or personal vehicle. Read more...



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Hello and welcome back to Max Q. I’m writing to you from Florida, where NASA scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the Artemis I mission. In this issue: NASA’s Artemis I launch is scrubbed T-Mobile and SpaceX’s new partnership News from Astrobotic, Violet Labs and more By the way … TechCrunch Disrupt finally returns — live and in person — to San Francisco on October 18-20. We’re excited to share th



Following a test of the feature, Twitter has officially rolled Circle, its solution for providing users with a more private experience under a single account.



AMD has taken the wraps off its Ryzen 7000 series chips and Zen 4 architecture, revealing when the new CPUs will arrive and how much they will cost.



Enlarge / A sign announcing monkeypox vaccination is set up in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022, in Miami. A severely immunocompromised adult who tested positive for monkeypox has died in Texas, marking the first US death connected to the global outbreak, state health officials said Tuesday. Such deaths have been a rarity in the public health emergency . While



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Today’s kids, more online than any generation before, are paradoxically beset by a digital world that isn’t the most kid-friendly. From creeps to depression-spurring algorithms to cyberbullying , experts often link web use to skyrocketing mental health issues in young people. Read more...



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Truth Social is still MIA in Google's mobile app store and it's not because an Android version of the platform doesn't exist. According to a new report from Axios , Donald Trump's conservative social network still has not been approved by Google for its Google Play store due to content moderation concerns from the tech giant. "When are we going to be available on Android? Well, look, that's up to



The people that pick your vegetables and harvest your fruit deserve to vote to unionize without being intimidated — and they want the governor of California to know it. This month, members of the United Farm Workers walked for 24 days, and their grueling 355 mile march in 100 degree weather was documented on TikTok and Instagram . Their destination was the state Capitol building in Sacramento, wh



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Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ subscription service will arrive on September 6th, the publisher announced today . Following a nearly year-long delay, the guitar learning platform will be available on PC exclusively through the Ubisoft Store . With 5,000 songs available at lunch, including tunes from Alicia Keys, The Clash and Santana, Ubisoft claims Rocksmith+ will feature the “largest catalog of official



Statins are a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that are commonly prescribed and likely save a lot of lives. They’re also notorious for being able to cause muscle pain, which leads many people to quit their statins or be hesitant about taking one in the first place. But a new study suggests that most of the muscle… Read more...



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After SpaceX announced its Starlink Maritime service last month, it was only a matter of time before some household name in boat world went all-in on the satellite service. Sure enough, today Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines announced it will be adding the service to its whole fleet, after a pilot service on one of its ships got rave reviews. It should come as no surprise that commercial marine endea



Populus, the San Francisco-based transportation data startup, got its start as shared scooter mania took hold and cities tried to make sense of how infrastructure was being used by fleets of tiny vehicles. Now, Populus co-founder and CEO Regina Clewlow is positioning the company, which collects data on transportation fleets and shares it with cities, to take advantage another hot opportunity: cur



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A Texas resident has died with monkeypox, local health officials reported Tuesday—seemingly the first death linked to the emerging viral disease ever documented in the U.S. The person reportedly had preexisting health issues, and officials are still investigating the extent to which the infection may have contributed… Read more...



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When the first full trailer for Netflix’s anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners arrived at the beginning of the month, my colleague Linda Codega bemoaned how little the plot was revealed in the trailer. And yet, this new and NSFW trailer for the series, based on the world of the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, manages to… Read more...



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A Google worker who spent nearly a decade at the company claims she’s being forced to resign for speaking critically of the company’s secretive $1.2 billion cloud project with the Israeli government. Read more...



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A software engineer spent two years designing a machine learning system to log her cat’s pooping habits, and it involved sensors, an infrared camera, a Raspberry Pi, and about 50,000 pictures of cat poop. The engineer, a YouTuber who goes by Estefanni, posted a video to her channel this week detailing the process of… Read more...



Arturia has been building out its collection of effects plugins over the last few years. One notable blind spot was distortion. It wasn't until FX Collection 3 launched in June that the company would introduce its first dedicated distortion plugins. Dist OpAmp-21 and Dist Tube-Culture are solid, if unspectacular entries in the world of dirt effects. But the new Dist Coldfire is something differen




I love a cheeseball . I love how it looks—kitschy, retro, round—and I love how it tastes—creamy, salty, a little tangy—but sometimes I do not love all the “work” that goes into making one. In fairness to the appetizer, it’s not that much work, but the “rolling into a ball” step can be a little tedious, and I am always… Read more...



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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a dangerous strain of crypto-mining malware , which has made its way onto Windows devices across the globe. As detailed in a report from security firm Check Point, the malware is smuggled inside various legitimate-looking applications distributed via online marketplaces, including one disguised as an official Google Translate client. Once downloaded, the



Taiwan’s StarLux will start flying to the U.S. in April though for now they aren’t saying more than it’ll be a West Coast destination. They have plans to “gradually expand to other destinations” and also fly to Europe. Continue reading ...



The social media app is not available on Google’s app store, and the former president’s company and Google are publicly disagreeing about why.



The 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 scored a rare 10 out of 10 by our reviewer, placing it among the royalty ranks of the high-performance elite.



JBL is back with a new pair of premium true wireless earbuds, and they include an entirely unique feature: a charging case with a touchscreen.



Lamborghini owners are a select group of dedicated petrolheads -- and the privileges of owning a Lambo come with serious responsibility.



BMW has made many cars over its multi-decade lifespan, and while the automaker enjoys a solid reputation, not all of its models have won over the public.

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