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If you’re dual-booting Windows and Linux, you’ll probably want to access files on your Linux system from Windows at some point. Linux has built-in support for Windows NTFS partitions, but Windows can’t usually read Linux partitions without third-party software. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Southwest Airlines is known for its fun, memorable, and Instagrammable moments at their gate and on their planes. There are corny jokes galore. Snack crowns and toilet paper bouquets for brides. Shark Week flights . Entire weddings saved . That time in 2019, when passengers headed to San Diego for a comic-themed convention received Nintendo Switch systems. And who can forget the rapping flight at



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Prolific New York actor Henry Silva passed away earlier in the week. Per the Hollywood Reporter , he passed just a day before he would’ve turned 96 years old. Read more...




everythingstarstuff : John Rego



alizabug : the cat who lives inside sneaks out because it has fallen in love with a cat who lives outside collage



Google has announced that the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro handsets are on the way, and has set a date of October 6 for the big reveal – but there's still plenty we don't know about these phones. A new benchmark that's leaked out on the web may have filled in a few details for us though. As per Android developer Kuba Wojciechowski (via 9to5Google ), who spotted a Geekbench listing for the Pixel 7 Pro:



The Plymouth Prowler only had a five-year manufacturing run, and only sold 12,000 models before beign discontinued.



Virtual and augmented reality have led to some undeniably cool tech. But, there were missteps along the way. These are the biggest VR and AR flops of all time.



File Explorer apps are fairly common on Android, but if you have this one installed on your phone, you probably want to remove it sooner rather than later.



Astronomers believe the object, dubbed 'Oumuamua, came from the general direction of the Lyra constellation



Has your GPS ever acted up for no apparent reason? You may be able to blame that on the sun's activity, which can also impact other things on Earth.



Today's Wordle answer is not what you do with a firearm at a range, but it rhymes with the word you're now thinking of. You'll need one to jump out of a plane.



TL;DR: The Premium Microsoft Office Training Course and Lifetime License of MS Office Home and Business for Mac 2021 bundle is on sale for under £69.46, saving you 94% on list price. 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 many know how to use



SAVE 49%: Watch season five of The Handmaid's Tale with a subscription to ExpressVPN. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £88.68 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. The Handmaid's Tale is back for its fifth season. Well, that's not strictly true, because fans in the UK are set for a long and painful wait. The good news for anyone in the UK is



Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's the weekend, which means it's time for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a small but noteworthy discount on a one-month Disney+ subscription. If you're a new or lapsed subscriber to the streaming app, you can currently grab a month of service for $2 , down from the usual $8. Disney technically kicked off



Enlarge / Dell's XPS 13 Plus clamshell laptop. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: Dell XPS 13 Plus (9320) Worst Best As reviewed Screen 13.4-inch 1920×1200 IPS non-touch screen 13.4-inch 3840×2400 IPS touchscreen or 13.4-inch 3456×2160 OLED touchscreen 13.4-inch 3456×2160 OLED touchscreen OS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home CPU Intel Core i5-1240P Intel Core i7-1280P RAM 8



Enlarge / Teenager playing fetch with her dog (credit: Anchiy via Getty Images ) Three years ago, Valli Fraser-Celin adopted a blonde husky mix puppy, whom she named Husk. Fraser-Celin soon started looking for ways to curb Husk’s “totally wild” behavior, she said, like stealing food from the kitchen counter and barking incessantly at strangers. Based on the advice of a YouTube trainer, Fraser-Cel



Enlarge / Kate Beaton (credit: Corey Katz / Kate Beaton) For those who paid attention to the webcomics scene of the 2010s or simply enjoy good humor writing, the name Kate Beaton is likely a familiar one. The Canadian cartoonist’s Hark a Vagrant —a dizzying mix of the literary and historical references, lack of respect for institutions that didn’t deserve any, and gleeful silliness that ran throu



Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor | Archive Photos ) For the past year, Texas has been fighting in court to uphold a controversial law that would ban tech companies from content moderation based on viewpoints . In May, the Supreme Court narrowly blocked the law , but this seemed to do little to settle the matter. Today, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower Texas



Enlarge / Oral swaps and a Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit (rape kit). (credit: Getty | MediaNews Group ) Seeking emergency medical care in the US after a sexual assault can incur hefty hospital bills that may deter assault reporting and compound victims' trauma, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine . On average, hospital emergency departments charged $



Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. (credit: SpaceX / Flickr ) A Russian diplomat said civilian satellites could be legitimate military targets in a statement that seems to refer to Starlink providing broadband access in Ukraine. Civilian satellites "may become a legitimate target for retaliation," the Russian official said in a statement to the United Nations' open-ende



Enlarge / Georgia Tech scientists found that the so-called "Cheerios effect" is the mechanism by which fire ants cluster together to form rafts. (credit: Hungtang Ko) Fire ants might be the scourge of southern states like Georgia and Texas, but scientifically, they are endlessly fascinating as an example of collective behavior. A few fire ants spaced well apart behave like individual ants. But pa



Ladies and gentlemen (and everyone who's neither): The weekend. Or at least the weekend's relaxing closing chapter, Sunday — and what better way to wind down than with a fresh Wordle ? Whether you're smashing it or struggling, we're here to help every day . If you just want the answer, you can jump straight to the end of this article for September 18's Wordle solution. If you'd rather work throug




The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max may have only arrived yesterday but developers are already dreaming up fun and interesting use cases for Apple’s new Dynamic Island interface . Take Apollo creator Christian Selig , for instance. On Friday, he updated his Reddit client to implement support for “Pixel Pals.” The feature adds a Tamagotchi-like critter that does cute things on top of your phone’s Dynami



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It's a known fact to anyone who has traveled outside the country that U.S. Customs and Border Protection are exempt from needing a warrant to access phones and other electronic devices. But in a shocking report from The Washington Post , US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders have admitted to lawmakers that CBP agents have been copying some travelers' personal data and storing it in a mas



beyourselfchulanmaria : Cat - Hishida Shunso 菱田 春草 (1874 – 1911, Japanese)



jareckiworld : Christopher A. Klein — Cat as Catch Can (oil on canvas, 2019)



Tesla has crossed another significant manufacturing milestone. As caught by Electrek , the automaker shared on Saturday that its Texas Gigafactory recently produced its ten thousandth Model Y SUV . The achievement could be good news for those hoping to buy a Cybertruck next year. Tesla plans to build the pickup truck primarily in Texas. The automaker initially expected to begin volume production



The Virgin Atlantic lounge at Washington Dulles uses a QR code for ordering plated meals, and that code is given only to Virgin's own passengers - and not to guests entering the lounge via American Express or Capital One credit card - creating two levels of service for passengers who are visiting. Is that acceptable? And is there a better way to handle the economics? Continue reading ...



“Can I cash out my points?” is not an uncommon question. We recently looked at what the options are for cashing out points and whether it’s worth doing so in terms of the value you’ll get. Any discussion on cashing out points leads to a follow-up question: Are there tax implications in doing so? We consulted with a tax specialist to discuss what — if any — tax implications there would be for peop



I hope everyone is having a nice weekend! As you know if you’ve been reading this week, I’m in the middle of a review trip, and I look forward to continuing to share updates from the journey. It’s exciting to be back in the skies taking a trip like this! On the points & travel front, this week RwandAir revealed its intentions to join oneworld, Lufthansa brought back Oktoberfest flights, Emirates



As anyone who spends any semblance of time on the internet is well aware, the racists have been, uh, being racist again. With the recent release of a teaser trailer for Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey, people who have likely never had any interest in Disney films before in their lives were suddenly enthralled by the fact that Ariel was played by a Black act



Hello, friends! Welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we quickly sum up the most read TechCrunch stories from the last sevenish days. The goal? Even if you’ve had a busy week, a quick skim of WiR should keep you in the (tech) loop. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week was a bit all over the place, with another big story breaking every couple hours. Let’s j



spaceballricochet : Marc Bolan with his pet cat, Lo-og (named after record producer Andrew Loog Oldham), 1965 .



artist-rackham : She went away accompanied by the Lions , Arthur Rackham



Want to check a bag on your upcoming Delta Air Lines flight? That’ll cost you $30. Or, if you go with a new option, it’ll cost 3,000 SkyMiles. While the $30 fee for a checked bag has long been a staple in the industry, Delta this month is rolling out the ability to pay luggage fees with SkyMiles. Delta first trialed this offering back in late 2019 for flights departing from Columbus, Ohio, and Gr



huariqueje : Cat and birds. - Inari Krohn , 1995. Finnish, b,1945- Colour lithography, No. 62/100. 16.5 x 12.5 cm.



blondebrainpower : Family of Eurasian Lynx in the Bavarian Forest, Germany The Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) is a medium-sized wild cat occurring from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an altitude of 5,500 m (18,000 ft).



felixinclusis : Liu Baojun



It seems that Apple finally gained a bit of sense. The new iPhone 14 has a removable back glass panel, which should drastically improve repairability. It could also open the door to iPhone 14 customization, assuming that users are confident enough to replace their phone’s glass back. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



With Google Calendar’s sharing options, you can share your calendars with specific people or the public. You can also set sharing permissions so people can only do what you allow. We’ll show you how to do that from your desktop, as the mobile app doesn’t allow sharing. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you play video games, there’s a good chance that you play (or are at least aware of) Genshin Impact . The action-RPG from developer HoYoverse that first reminded people of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been a big deal since it first landed in 2020, with players and fans alike falling hard for the game’s… Read more...




If Half-Life: Alyx left you with an itch to revisit its seminal 2004 predecessor, now you can do so in virtual reality. On Friday, a group of fans known as the Source VR Mod Team released Half-Life 2: VR Mod . As long as you own the original, you can download and play the mod free through Steam . While it’s currently in public beta, the mod allows you to play through Half-Life 2’s single-player s



President Biden is taking on U.S. airport modernization with comments this week. His infrastructure bill is pushing out billions to airports. But the CEO of Frontier says stop making them so beautiful. Focus on growing capacity instead. Continue reading ...



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These days, crossovers between IP are all the rage, and it is admittedly a mixed bag. As thrilling as it can often be to see three different eras of Spider-Men hang out with each other or watch Master Chief ride the Iron Giant into a battlefield, that kind of shine does have the potential of losing its luster the more… Read more...



Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by the pandemic has decreased. But overall, the app economy is continuing to grow,



Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I first covered Launch House in Oct 2020, when the co-founders described a strong focus on inclusion when creating hacker homes. A co-founder said then, “I wouldn’t say we’re the next Y Combinator, but the next YC would look something like that.” The company soon



From islands in the Caribbean to Alaska, Mother Nature is making travel difficult in some places this weekend as significant storm systems are packing a dangerous combination of heavy wind and rain. Among the largest concerns is Fiona, which was strengthening Saturday morning in the Caribbean with the possibility of being upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane as it barreled toward Puerto



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To avoid censorship for the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, anti-vax groups on Facebook have begun coding their messages with the carrot emoji, according to a report from the BBC. The emoji is used in place of the word "vaccine" to avoid the wrath of Facebook's automated moderator algorithms. The BBC reports that these groups often share unverified claims of people being killed or injured by t



There's no question that Capital One Venture is the most improved rewards card of the last few years. It's gone from a celebrity endorsed card I didn't used to think about daily, to becoming one that I absolutely love. The card's changes have even made me like Jennifer Garner more. Continue reading ...



If you’ve ever attended a meeting where no one asked a question, you’re likely in the minority. Questions are common during Google Meet calls like any other meeting. So, make it easy for your participants with a Q&A session. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



enchantedbook : Black Cat by Arthur Rackham



indigodreams : Mary Alayne Thomas



japaneseaesthetics : Hishida shunso - “ Cat and Plum Blossoms ”. Early 20th century, Japan sthetics



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Disney’s The Owl House has managed to really find a place for itself in the current era of western animation, and a fanbase that grew as its second season aired (in stops and starts , naturally). The good news is that the show is coming back in October for season three. The bad news is that it’ll be the show’s last… Read more...



On both iPhone and Android, you can dial an extension number without manually going through the main line. You can do this using your phone’s built-in Phone app, and we’ll show you how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



For people with sensitive skin, doing laundry can be a challenge. All you’re trying to do is get your clothes clean, but something so seemingly simple can be much harder than it looks. Read more...



Since 2013, TSA PreCheck has allowed users to avoid the sometimes inevitable hassle of waiting in an airport security line, coupled with the annoying process of removing your shoes, laptop and other items from your carry-on bag. Thanks to a TSA PreCheck-only line, you don’t have to worry about doing any of that, rather you simply load your luggage onto the carousel and pass through the old-style



Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here . Too many subscriptions? Many of us are feeling this way, and so are companies: In a downturn, cutting unnecessary expenses is more important than ever. Is this why SaaS management solutions have bec



The Department of Justice has asked a US federal judge to participate in the upcoming appeals case between Epic and Apple, according to court documents seen by Reuters . The companies will return to court next month to argue over the outcome of their 2020 antitrust case. The Justice

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