Monday, August 22, 2022

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Socar , South Korea’s largest car-sharing startup, tumbled in its Seoul stock market debut Monday even after pricing shares below the bottom end of a marketed range. Shares of Socar rose 1.25% from its IPO price of 28,000 won ($21.10) in the initial minutes of the debut, before tumbling to 26,300 won and giving the firm a market cap of $642 million. Last week, Socar cut its targeted IPO offering



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Mashable / 15min
After a long wait, House of the Dragon is finally here to fill the Game of Thrones -shaped hole in our lives. And after the series' first episode filled with the usual recipe of scheming, violence, dragons, and more scheming, HBO has dropped a "weeks ahead" trailer that promises plenty more where that came from. In the two-minute clip above we get a sense of what's to come, from the tensions surr




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Engadget / 21min
A group of Apple employees is pushing back against a looming deadline demanding they return to working in the office. The Financial Times has seen a petition, circulated by employee group Apple Together, requesting more flexibility around remote work. It’s in response to an edict that demanded workers return to working in the company’s Santa Clara Valley offices for at least three days a week sta



The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra was in some ways a big upgrade on the S21 Ultra , offering a new design and an S Pen slot, among other changes, but by the sounds of things the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra could be more just a tiny tweak on the current model. That’s according to reputable leaker @UniverseIce , who on Twitter claimed that based on what they’ve heard so far, the S23 Ultra will be the “smal



Mashable / 35min
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get a refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Air for just $250 instead of $1,199 — that's a 79% discount. Having one computer that runs all of your apps, manages all of your streaming, and shoulders all of your gaming might cause a lot of wear, even on a new machine. Instead, you could offload some of your lighter computing onto a refurbished computer . This refurbished Mac



Mashable / 35min
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get StackSkills Unlimited: Lifetime Access for just $34.99 instead of $1495 — that's a 97% discount. There are so many ways to be a lifelong learner . You could pick up new hobbies, skills, and passions, or maybe you just get on a documentary kick and learn everything there is to know about large fish. You don’t have to be in school to keep learning, but if you’re



Mashable / 35min
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the Samsung Chromebook 4 for just $179.99 instead of $399 — that's a 54% discount. Fall is on the way, and along with it comes the start of school. If you’re heading back to the classroom, whether online or physical, you need a reliable computer that can keep up with your needs. This brand new Samsung Chromebook has been marked down to $179.99 from $399 for our



Mashable / 35min
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the CrowPi L Basic Kit with Real Raspberry Pi Laptop for Learning Programming & Hardware for just $270.99 instead of $279 — that's a 2% discount. Want to help foster a love of technology and guide your child’s natural curiosity? You might be able to do both by plopping your kid in front of the right kind of computer. Specifically, the CrowPi L Basic Kit. This R



For transgender and nonbinary people like me, a society organized into only “male” and “female” makes us feel excluded. And it’s something that happens frequently, especially online. Take Gmail. There are three gender options when you register. If you choose “other,” you can write in any gender identity. But first you must choose how you’d like Google to refer to you—as “male,” “female,” or “othe



We’ve often thought about muscle as a thing that exists separately from intellect—and perhaps that is even oppositional to it, one taking resources from the other. The truth is, our brains and muscles are in constant conversation with each other, sending electrochemical signals back and forth. In a very tangible way, our lifelong brain health depends on keeping our muscles moving. Skeletal muscle



As anxiety and depression soar among adolescents, researchers struggle to understand how exactly social media affects mental health.



The bill President Biden signed into law recently will greatly expand government loans and loan guarantees for clean energy and automotive projects and businesses.



Tesla's FSD (Full Self-Driving) Beta software , while still far from perfect, is getting a lot pricier soon. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that after the wide release of the latest FSD Beta, the price for FSD will go up from $12,000 to $15,000 in North America. This will happen on Sept. 5, Musk tweeted, adding that the current price will be honored for orders made before that date. Tweet ma



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Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Since its launch in March 2019 , the accelerator has helped its participating startups collectively raise over $1.7 billion in follow-on funding, the v



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Would you consider Quordle a trivia game? Okay here's some trivia: Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth Field and the death of Richard III, the culminating event of the Wars of the Roses. Didn't help? I guess it's not a trivia game. If you want help with Quordle , you can either scroll to the bottom of this page, where you'll find all four Quordle answers, or read the whole Mashable



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The streaming media device company wants to attract more viewers and advertisers to its channel. A coming biopic of “Weird Al” Yankovic is its most ambitious project to date.

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An Indian upstart, co-founded by a group of journalists, that seeks to disrupt how people follow news and what they consume has raised funds as it prepares to accelerate its growth and broaden its offering. The Signal is aiming to serve a need for the modern pace of life where everybody is busy, said Dinesh Narayanan , its co-founder and editor in an interview. “People still want to keep up with



HBO Max has released a compilation trailer of its upcoming shows, including the first tease of its much anticipated new series The Last of Us . It seems as though Pedro Pascal will once again be a reluctant single dad taking his child on a very dangerous road trip . Adapted from the popular 2013 video game of the same name , The Last of Us follows Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (fellow Game of Thrones a



TL;DR: Lifetime access to the 2022 CompTIA & AWS, Cisco Certification Paths Bundle is on sale for £29.03, saving you 92% on list price. If you’re looking for a job in IT, then there may be an alternative to the traditional four-year schooling route. IT certifications like CompTIA could give you the hands-on experience and content knowledge to eventually earn your first IT position. CompTIA is jus



Manufacturers operating self-driving vehicles in the UK will be liable for a vehicle’s actions when in autonomous mode, according to the country’s new roadmap to achieve a widespread rollout of self-driving vehicles by 2025. The British government unveiled the roadmap over the weekend, announcing $119 million in funding for AV projects and an additional $41 million for research to support safety



New week, new day, new Wordle ! If your brain's functioning in a distinctly Mondayish kind of way and you hit the dreaded Wordle wall, our daily Wordle help is here to break it down. The answer to the August 22 Wordle, puzzle #429, 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 down, and as you scroll down, you'll se



The Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon is finally here, bringing George R.R. Martin's massive fantasy tome Fire & Blood to the small screen. Fire & Blood tells the history of House Targaryen as they ruled over Westeros, including events like Aegon's initial conquest and the civil war knowns as the Dance of the Dragons. House of the Dragon focuses on the Dance and the events leadin



There’s something particularly apt about the first episode of House of the Dragon , the much-anticipated prequel series to Game of Thrones , being about the indecisiveness of King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) regarding who will succeed him on the Iron Throne. Like its lead character, House of the Dragon is… Read more...



It's no secret that Netflix plans to introduce a cheaper ad-supported tier, but the announcement led to some big questions, including how those ads will work.



Samsung will launch the Galaxy S23 lineup in early 2023, but rumors point toward the model largely remaining unremarkable except for one major change.



The wildest, most memorable cars of Monterey Car Week 2022 make lofty promises of speed, style, and a gasoline-free future.



Hacking a satellite to send out a broadcast sounds like a plan ripped from a spy thriller, but it's actually something you can do in your spare time.



100+Engadget / 9h
HBO has shared the first footage from its upcoming live-action adaptation of The Last of Us . In a trailer the streamer published on YouTube before the premiere of House of the Dragon , we see about 20 seconds of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie. Despite the short length of the clip, it's filled with moments fans will recognize. We see an exchange between Joel and Ellie that's lift



A school for tech entrepreneurs will open its doors in April 2023 in the Tokushima town of Kamiyama.



YouTube removed two videos from its platform showing Tesla drivers using their own children to conduct vehicle safety tests. The tests were meant to prove that Tesla’s Autopilot and “full self-driving” (FSD) beta software — the automaker’s advanced driver assistance systems which have automated driving features but do not enable the cars to drive themselves — would automatically detect pedestrian



If you pick the right starting word, you'll probably figure out today's solution. Not sure which word to pick? We've got some tips and hints.



I fell in love with Italy on my first visit 14 years ago. I know it’s a bit cliche, but it’s true. I remember staying in a tiny apartment behind Piazza Navona in Rome . It was summertime, and the Romans looked impossibly glamorous in their white linen attire and high heels. Wandering around the cobblestone streets, looking up at the weathered ochre buildings covered in ivy and listening to what s



Link: Apply now for the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card The Capital One Venture X Credit Card is Capital One’s ultra-premium credit card, which entered the market in late 2021. It’s not often I give advice this generalized, but I think just about everyone looking to earn travel rewards should pick up this card, as it’s almost too good to be true . I wanted to take an updated look at the



200+TechCrunch / 12h
Tesla will increase the price of its “full self-driving” beta software, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), in North America to $15,000 on September 5, CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday. The celebrity executive said the current price of $12,000 will be honored for orders made before September 5, but delivered later. Musk also tweeted Tesla owners can upgrade their existing car to



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20Engadget / 12h
Apple could integrate ads into Maps as early as next year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman . Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says the company’s engineering team has already begun preparing the software to support search ads. Consumers will reportedly see Apple begin integrating that work starting sometime in 2023. Gurman previously reported that the company had recently tes



I have offered many focused criticisms of American Airlines over the past several years. I've long been of the belief that there is no U.S. airline with more potential to be better than it is today. But in the interest of fairness and balance I wanted to offer 5 reasons to be genuinely excited about American Airlines. They are the airline I fly most, and I've been at least an Executive Platinum m



Android packs a bunch of useful features, including one that takes advantage of larger screens by letting you open two apps at the same time.



26SlashGear / 12h
The Volkswagen Beetle is one of the most iconic cars ever made, but that didn't stop the automaker from bringing it to an end after decades on the market.



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