Friday, September 09, 2022

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6KGizmodo / 18h
Tesla CEO Elon Musk ’s excuse for trying to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter—too many bots, he says—is gaining steam. First, it was the Twitter whistleblower’s claims. Then, on Wednesday, Musk received an assist from former Disney CEO Bob Iger, who had wanted to buy Twitter for the House of Mouse years… Read more...



2KEngadget / 20h
At the 2022 Code Conference, Tim Cook responded to a journalist's question about RCS text messaging by suggesting they buy an iPhone, The Verge reports. Asked how Apple could improve communication between iPhone and Android users, he said "I don't hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy into that." When the journalist replied that he couldn't send certain videos to his Android-using mot



500+Mashable / 13h
Queen Elizabeth II — sovereign of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — has died at age 96, the Royal Family has confirmed. On Sept. 8, the Royal Family released a statement that "the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision." She was said to be comfortable and at Balmoral, the




The third episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power introduces what might be this season's Big Bad: a menacing figure named Adar. If you're a massive Middle-earth aficionado but find yourself flummoxed at this most recent development, don't fret. Adar is not a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's works — he's an entirely new creation for the show. He appears in one of The Rings of Power 's



65Engadget / 1h
More Uber Eats customers would be getting their orders from vehicles with no delivery personnel in sight. That's because Uber has signed a 10-year partnership with Nuro to use its autonomous, electric vehicles to deliver food orders in the US. They'll start in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California this fall before eventually expanding their service to the greater Bay Area. According to Tec



Disney loves a Disney reference and its latest live action remake, Pinocchio , basically spits them at you. Well, they pop out of cuckoo clocks made by woodcarver and Pinocchio's dad, Geppetto (Tom Hanks), and it's a rather blink-and-you'll-miss-it montage of Easter eggs. At the beginning of the film, inside Geppetto's house there are two moments involving his staggeringly large collection of clo



So you're considering investing in a VPN ? That's the first step. The second step is somewhat harder. Deciding to invest in one of these powerful cybersecurity services is the easy part, but actually picking the right VPN for you and your tech is tricky. But do not fear, because we can help you make an informed decision. Here's everything you need to know before subscribing to a VPN. What is a VP



Electrify America, which aims to have 1,800 charging stations under its belt by 2026, posed a solution to the charging speed dilemma.



Bethesda has reactivated Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory’s dedicated multiplayer servers, granting players another chance to interact with the classic 2003 FPS. While not one of the best FPS games around, it still stands out for its intricate map design and class-based gunplay that encourages tight teamwork. The free-to-play shooter was added to Steam for the first time back in April, but up to now



L.A.-based entrepreneur Brian Lee, who previously co-founded and ran The Honest Company, ShoeDazzle.com, and LegalZoom, has launched a new sports card collecting platform that’s likely to make a splash, not least because his cofounder in the endeavor is Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter. Backed by $9 million in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Defy.vc and BAM Ventures (also cofounded by



100+SlashGear / 4h
Queen Elizabeth II got behind the wheels of some truly impressive vehicles during her 70-year reign, and she even owned some of them herself.



Big changes happening in the world this Friday, but Wordle still remains a comforting constant. A new daily word puzzle has arrived for you to solve, and as always, we're here to help with some tips and hints. If you don't have the time, patience, or inclination to puzzle it out for yourself, you can jump straight to the end of this article for September 9's Wordle solution revealed. If you'd rat



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Cryptocurrency analytics firm Chainalysis said on Thursday that it helped the US government seize $30 million worth of digital coins that North Korean-backed hackers stole earlier this year from the developer of the non-fungible token-based game Axie Infinite . When accounting for the more than 50 percent fall in cryptocurrency prices since the theft occurred in Mar



Queen Elizabeth II notoriously traveled around in a custom Bentley, one that cost millions of dollars and was equipped with one-of-a-kind features.



Docker caches image build results to accelerate subsequent rebuilds. While this mechanism is generally reliable, sometimes you’ll want to rebuild an image without using the cache. This could be to diagnose issues or check the complete build procedure will be reproducible in a clean environment. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



87Gizmodo / 6h
With Black Adam now just a few weeks away, it was about time for another trailer to get unleashed on the world. This new trailer makes the upcoming film look much different from its previous teases . Yes, Black Adam (played by Dwayne Johnson) is at the forefront, but now the Justice Society —the super team tasked with… Read more...



Welcome 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 Thursday episode this week, we discussed the latest drama surrounding crypto mega exchange Binance, which is shaking up the stablecoin ecosystem as it looks to muscle its way to supremacy. We also covered: Sorare gets into NBA fan



Home security brand Ring is expanding end-to-end encryption (also known as E2EE) support to more devices while also introducing a new data transfer feature. It's a welcome security update, but it also forces the deactivation of some useful Ring features. Previously , E2EE was only available to wired products like the Ring Video Doorbell Pro and Floodlight Cam. Now that support is migrating over t



The latest evidence in court suggests the Elon Musk might have backed out of the Twitter deal not because he believed World War Three was imminent.



Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery . We loved director Rian Johnson's delightful 2019 hit film Knives Out as much as anyone. So we've been eager to learn more about the upcoming sequels commissioned by Netflix. Fortunately, the streaming platform just dropped the first teaser for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Myster y —and per Johnson, it's less of a s



Enlarge / "You do you" when it comes to masks on NY transit. (credit: MTA ) New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority faced immediate backlash Thursday after unveiling a new mask-optional policy featuring the tagline "You do you" below a silly cartoon of a person improperly wearing a mask over just the nose, not the mouth. Generally, the new policy lifts the MTA's previous requirement that



Enlarge (credit: FBI) The Federal Bureau of Investigation has added GirlsDoPorn founder Michael James Pratt to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, nearly three years after he was charged with sex trafficking in a US federal court in California. The FBI is now offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to his arrest, up from $10,000 it offered in September 2020. Pratt is wanted "for his



300+Mashable / 8h
Always just a tweet away from the spotlight, Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX and Apple talked about satellite connectivity. A day after Apple announced the iPhone 14's emergency SOS via satellite feature, Musk said that SpaceX and Apple "[have] had some promising conversations" about Starlink connectivity. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Apple isn't the first to announce a smartpho




200+TechCrunch / 8h
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 . Helloooo! Since our last Daily Crunch, our adrenaline-fueled TechCrunch team has added more than 70 stories to the site. We’re picking out some of the best below, but we’ll almost certainly miss a story you wish you’d read. Give our homepage a quick scroll to see w



While this was first rumored back in early August, it has now officially been confirmed by Airbus… Airbus cancels Qatar Airways A350 order As reported by Reuters , Airbus has officially canceled Qatar Airways’ outstanding order for 19 Airbus A350s. A spokesperson for the aircraft manufacturer has stated that “Airbus confirms that it has removed 19 Qatar Airways A350s from the backlog.” This is co



20Gizmodo / 8h
Twitter agreed to pay whistleblower Peiter Zatko about $7 million dollars in settlement money back in June. Zatko also signed a non-disclosure agreement, as part of the settlement, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, which is based on an unspecified number of anonymous “people familiar with the matter.” Read more...



Wired / 9h
The once dominant ecigarette company faces more legal challenges and FDA scrutiny after a probe into whether it deceptively marketed to children and teens.



61Futurism / 9h
New Look Jason Momoa, of "Baywatch," "Game of Thrones," and, um, cruel pranks fame, has taken to Instagram to ferociously protest single-use plastics by... shaving his hair off? "Aloha everyone," Momoa said in the now-viral video. "I'm shaving off the hair. Doing it for single-use plastics. I'm tired of these plastic bottles, we gotta stop, plastic forks, all that shit, it just goes into our land



200+Futurism / 9h
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has passed away at the age of 96 after a brief illness . A noted omission from any official communication or reporting on the death so far, though lingers: the cause of her death, even in approximate terms. On its own, that's not entirely unusual. The medical condition of British monarchs has historically been kept under tight wraps. For a pro



One of the upcoming iPhone 14’s new capabilities is satellite connectivity, a feature that may just save your life. Apple showed off the new phone earlier this week during its live streamed “Far Out” event, and explained how the new feature can help you communicate with emergency contacts in various life-threatening… Read more...



200+Mashable / 9h
There are few who have been portrayed on the big screen more times than the late Queen Elizabeth II. Britain's longest ever serving monarch, and the second-longest reigning monarch in world history, the Queen died on Thursday, aged 96. In a statement, the Royal Family announced , "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon." SEE ALSO: Queen Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, has



Thor: Love and Thunder is now streaming on Disney+, and if you can't get enough of the God of Thunder, I've got even more good news for you. Marvel has released four deleted scenes from the film! If you want more Guardians of the Galaxy, or more Zeus, these scenes are right up your alley. Check them all out below. Looking for Zeus Wish you'd gotten more of the gods of Omnipotence City ? Well, thi



NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference goes down this month and the company has revealed when CEO Jensen Huang's keynote will take place. You'll be able to watch it on NVIDIA's website at 11AM ET on September 20th. The keynote will kick off with a GeForce Beyond special broadcast, which will also stream on Twitch and YouTube . The company says the event will include "the latest breakthroughs in gamin



39Gizmodo / 9h
Like a student late to submit an assignment, NASA has requested an extension from the Space Force that would allow the space agency to perform a third launch attempt of its mega Moon rocket later this month. Read more...



lesterpubliclibrary : Orange in the Morning by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: Library Gardens in September, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin



A live stream of an old interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook made its way onto the YouTube front page by masquerading as an official company cryptocurrency event. As reported by The Verge , cybercriminals used the buzz around Apple’s latest product launches to trick victims into thinking they were watching Tim Cook talking about the current state of Web3, with the end goal of peddling a crypto scam.



We’re finally witnessing the death of physical SIM cards. The new iPhone 14 requires eSIM for mobile networking, and it’s only a matter of time before other smartphones follow suit. Unfortunately, your carrier may not support eSIM yet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Most car makers are now fully embracing electric cars, with electric versions of existing cars and all-new EV lineups. Jeep revealed today that it’s working on four all-electric SUVs, which will all arrive by 2025. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



29Gizmodo / 9h
A health and fitness app launched by a popular social media influencer suffered a glitch that may have shared users’ intimate workout photos and other personal account information with the wrong users. Read more...



400+Gizmodo / 9h
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds brought a first-look clip for season two and some exciting casting news to its segment of Star Trek Day. Carol Kane (whose dozens of credits include The Princess Bride , Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , Scrooged , and Broadway’s Wicked ) is coming aboard the USS Enterprise . Read more...



The passing of Queen Elizabeth II is an unprecedented event. The 96-year-old was older than most people ever hope to be, and was both the oldest living monarch (as of 2015) and the second longest-ruling sovereign monarch of all time. What is also unprecedented is the infinite number of ways people heard about her death. Between official publications and tweets to text messages and even the radio,



Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, known for arriving at the airport “hours early for flights to avoid mishaps and to ensure choice space in overhead compartments,” was spotted today flying coach on Delta to Detroit today to give a speech. She was relegated to row 19. Continue reading ...



The Dodge Viper was discontinued over an airbag issue, but enthusiasts remain ever-loyal to this speed demon.




The Volkswagen ID.4 is a highly anticipated entry into the EV crossover market from the popular automaker. Here's how the battery performs.



Doorbells that do nothing more than chime when pressed are a thing of the past. Ring doorbells can be a firm part of your home security system.



Ford BlueCruise and Lincoln ActiveGlide are about to advance beyond the bounds of their earlier iterations with features that'll make them feel more natural.



Google has been pestering Apple to add RCS support to its iMessage platform, and after weeks of campaigning, Tim Cook finally has a response.



The Chevy Corvette C8 may boast a steal on a supercar price tag, but you're certainly getting the bang for your buck.



Mercedes and Rivian are making a big play for the future of electric vehicles -- here's why this partnership makes a whole lot of sense.



Wordle offers up a puzzle that, if you can guess the double vowels early on, won't be too hard to solve. We have some other hints, too, to help you out.



To celebrate new routes to Las Vegas , low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is offering one-way fares to Sin City from 11 different U.S. cities, starting at just $29. Though you can find flights from the Provo-Salt Lake City area for that $29 price tag, half of the flights in this deal are between $69 and $99 one-way, while the others top $100. Even so, this deal is worth searching if your specific ro



46Engadget / 9h
Paramount has announced a new scripted Star Trek podcast detailing the exploits of arch-villain Khan Noonien Singh. Star Trek: Khan - Ceti Alpha V will cover the period of time after Khan and his cohort of genetically-engineered villains were exiled during the classic episode Space Seed and before Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . More importantly, the long-mooted miniseries will be written and d



30Engadget / 9h
Overwatch 2 is just a few weeks away and more details are trickling out about what to expect from the sequel. It’s been known for a while that there will be three new heroes at launch, the first fresh faces for the series in over two and a half years. But there will be significant changes to how Blizzard introduces new playable characters — you’ll need to unlock them through a battle pass . “Addr



38Gizmodo / 9h
Five of the world’s biggest fossil fuel giants aren’t putting their money where their mouths are. Shell, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies are all spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to look better on climate change—while at the same time investing a relative pittance in their own… Read more...



100+Gizmodo / 9h
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came out in 1982. Now, 40 years later, its writer-director, Nicholas Meyer , returns to Star Trek to tell the story of Khan and his followers on Ceti Alpha —before the events of the film—in Star Trek ’s first scripted podcast. Meyer announced the podcast alongside Paramount+’s Star Trek … Read more...



Tesla said Thursday it is turning to the public to help determine where to locate its next Superchargers as the automaker continues to expand its network of EV fast-charging stations in North America, Europe and Asia. The company’s @TeslaCharging account wrote in a tweet on Thursday: “Supercharger Voting coming soon. Reply with location suggestions — replies with the most likes will be included i



And we’re back! Yes, today was the second day of pitches from Y Combinator , a U.S. startup accelerator with global outreach that conducts demo days twice a year. This year’s Summer 2022 cohort gave us hundreds of batch companies to consider. For participating founders, it’s a critical day; for investors, it’s a buffet; for us in the media, it’s a chance to look at lots of companies, each hoping



Rocket Lab and Sierra Space have signed separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to explore how their respective flight systems — Rocket Lab’s Electron and Neutron rockets, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane — could be used for superfast cargo delivery on Earth. The agreements are what’s known as Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), a vehicle to facil



Lawyers for Elon Musk mentioned a $7 million payment to Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former top security executive, in a court hearing this week.



1KFuturism / 9h
Slow Your Roll Today in news that seems stranger than fiction: a possibly out-of-context text message, sent by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in which the mercurial billionaire claims he was reconsidering his deal to buy Twitter because of the possibility of "World War III." As the Wall Street Journal reports , Musk made the comment to one of his Morgan Stanley lenders in early May — a mere two



Mini projectors let you enjoy a smack of movie magic literally anywhere. Any bedroom, living room, and in fact, backyard can instantly turn into a theater with just a little imagination, a bucket of buttery popcorn, and one of these incredibly portable devices. Unlike the massive home projectors that will run you thousands of dollars, many of these mini projectors scream “impulse buy,” and let yo



Ever since I've posted a photo of the Apple Watch Ultra on my wrist , I've been getting questions from concerned smartwatch/fitness aficionados who worry that the new outdoor enthusiast smartwatch is simply too bulky. While I cannot say whether the Ultra will comfortably fit every wrist, I can assure you Apple's new wearable is just the right size. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)



Masks are no longer required during New York City Uber rides and it appears other cities, including Washington D.C., are next. After New York Governor Kathy Hochul dropped the statewide mask requirement on public transportation on Sept. 7, Uber updated its policy in New York City, making mask-wearing optional for riders and drivers on Sept. 8. Some users in the area received emails from Uber abou




27Gizmodo / 10h
The USS Protostar crew is back just in time for Star Trek Day, debuting a look at the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Prodigy , the animated kids’ show set within the Trek universe . Read more...



29Gizmodo / 10h
If the lexicon of the modern day Internet has left you scratching your head, don’t fret, Internet culture evolves at a breakneck speed, with apps like TikTok and platforms like Twitter serving as petri dishes for the next handful of buzzwords. Merriam-Webster is trying its best to recognize this, and is officially… Read more...



55Gizmodo / 10h
Star Trek Day rolls on with a spotlight on Star Trek: Lower Decks , offering a glimpse at the episode arriving October 13: “Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus.” It’s a follow-up to “Crisis Point,” a season one standout that paid delightful tribute to Star Trek movies . Can the sequel live up, under what looks like Boimler ’s… Read more...



Creator economy startups are tricky. It can be risky to ask creators to rely on a possibly precarious, pre-seed company to power an important aspect of their business — if you fail, as most startups do, you might inadvertently end up hurting other independent entrepreneurs, which is (hopefully) the last thing a founder wants. But some startups in the sector have had the opposite effect, making cr



Google introduced Thursday a bevy of new features for Android devices, including an upgrade to a self-share option that works like rival Apple’s AirDrop and lets users transfer files across its ecosystem of phones, tablets, and Chromebooks. The wide range of upgrades — from the self-share feature and redesigned widgets to sound alerts, audio descriptions for Google TV, and live-sharing on Google



Airlines are a mess in the post-COVID world, with flight cancellations, rescheduling, and last-minute gate changes becoming more common. A number of apps are available to help travelers keep up with flight tracking and alerts — but when you’re in a rush, even opening an app can take up precious time you may not have to spare. That’s where Flighty’s iOS 16-ready app can help. This top-ranked trave



Instagram is gearing up to give users the ability to repost other users’ posts, the social network confirmed to TechCrunch. Although the Meta-owned company hasn’t released the repost feature publicly yet, it plans to begin testing it with select users soon. “We’re exploring the ability to reshare posts in Feed — similar to how you can reshare in Stories — so people can share what resonates with t



NASA’s new High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC) will be powered by a custom RISC-V-based processor , it has been revealed. The product of a collaboration between SiFive and Microchip, the chip will feature twelve RISC-V cores and is expected to offer 100x the performance of the BAE RAD750, the CPU used by NASA in previous missions. According to Jack Kang, SVP Business Development at SiFiv



Our shoulder blades can move in multiple directions. They can slide up and down, toward each other or apart from each other, and they can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise. When you’re doing an exercise that involves your upper back, instructors will sometimes boil down all this complexity to “squeezing” or… Read more...



24Engadget / 10h
Why screencap when you can simply share? Twitter Support announced on Thursday that its Android app will soon receive the same functionality that its iOS alternative already enjoys: the ability to share tweets directly on Instagram or Snapchat. We enjoyed the Tweet. Now everyone should enjoy it too. Sharing a Tweet directly to Snapchat and Instagram Stories is now available on Android (already on



61Engadget / 10h
Meta’s “Responsible Innovation Team,” a group meant to address “potential harms to society” caused by Facebook's products, is no more. The Wall Street Journa l reports that the team was recently “disbanded” though “most” members will stay on with other teams at the company. A Meta spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal the company was “committed to the team’s goals,” but didn’t provide a reaso



During the global live stream of Star Trek Day , Paramount+ showed off a behind-the-scenes set tour of Star Trek: Discovery —hosted by Wilson Cruz, Dr. Hugh Culber himself. Paramount+ also revealed a dusty first look at star Sonequa Martin-Green in the season five premiere, which you can see at the top of this post. Read more...



500+Gizmodo / 10h
We knew they were coming , but now we’ve got an idea of the threat that is going to reunite Captain Picard with his classic TNG crew —and they’re going to need a new ship to boldly go in. Read more...



Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Over Labor Day weekend, one of the biggest online security services providers, Cloudflare, made what it called a “dangerous” decision to block access to one of its most controversial customers, an increasingly violent alt-right web forum called Kiwi Farms. The decision came two weeks into a pressure campaign dubbed "Drop Kiwi Farms," which was launch



Enlarge / A Firestone race tire made from guayule plants, pictured next to the little woody shrubs that made it possible. (credit: Bridgestone) There's still a lot of petroleum hanging onto electric cars, specifically around the rims. It takes about seven gallons of oil to make each standard car tire , and the world produces more than 2 billion tires every year . Now, some tire companies are turn



Enlarge (credit: Getty ) Apple will no longer limit how frequently AppleCare+ owners can pay Apple for supported product repairs. As spotted by MacRumors yesterday, the company updated the AppleCare+ subscription support service to offer "unlimited" repairs across its current product line. That's much more flexible than the two repairs per year previously offered, as per the Wayback Machine . Acc



Raspberry Pi owners will soon be able to use an updated OS, one that looks to bring significant updates in a number of areas on this highly customizable computing device. The latest version of the Debian-based operating system brings an improved camera interface and better tools to help you turn your Raspberry Pi into a wireless access point. As ever, there are plenty of other upgrades, including



Frontier Airlines is running a one-day promotion, with one-way flight prices beginning at $19. These rock-bottom fares come with plenty of terms and conditions, however. To take advantage of the fares, you must travel on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday from Sept. 29 through Dec. 14, excluding Thanksgiving week. You must also be a paid member of Frontier’s Discount Den membership program. Surchar



You’ll find an impressive amount of talent during the legendary Startup Battlefield throw-down, and we’re not just talking about the competitors. We have a mighty slate of seasoned VCs stepping up to the plate to judge the pitches. We’re ready to announce the final group of investors who will determine which standout startup will earn the title of Startup Battlefield champion and take home the gl



Mullen Automotive has acquired a controlling interest in Bollinger Motors, a move intended to strengthen the two EV companies’ positions within the fast-growing electric sport utility and commercial vehicle markets. The $148.2 million acquisition announced Thursday gives Mullen a 60% controlling interest in Bollinger, as well as an opportunity to expand into the “high-demand commercial EV space,”




Do bigger checks lead to bigger swings? Y Combinator’s latest participants are the second batch to land a $500,00 check as part of the accelerator’s recently refreshed standard deal. And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. With t



1KFuturism / 11h
No Fly Zone The Pentagon has halted deliveries of the F-35 — the nation's most expensive jet, used by the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps — after discovering that a component of its engine is actually made in China. That component, according to Politico , is a metal alloy that makes up part of an important magnet, embedded into the F-35 turbomachine's pumps. As far as Things That You Hope Work g



The opening of Star Trek: Lower Decks ’ third season has so far tackled the question of whether or not it’s time to knock our heroic ensigns down a peg or two, to get them back to the hapless nobodies they started the series as lest the whole premise fall apart. But three episodes in, its messaging is getting a bit… Read more...



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100+Engadget / 11h
In what has become a much less shocking announcement in the automotive industry over the past few years, Jeep revealed on Thursday its plan to release four new EV models in the US and Europe by 2025 as the company seeks to "become the leading electrified SUV brand in the world." Furthermore, Jeep has set a goal for 50 percent of US sales and 100 percent of EU sales to be battery electrics (BEVs)



The amount of money spent using Apple Pay has reportedly reached a new high as consumers increasingly use their smartphones to buy goods and services. New data from TradingPlatforms.com suggests that the mobile payments service processed over $6 trillion over the last twelve months - a greater amount than that spent using Mastercard. Citing data from Statista, the report says that Apple Pay is no



100+Mashable / 11h
Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96 , the Royal Family has confirmed. Bringing a close to 70 years of service, the Queen was Britain's longest ever serving monarch, and the second-longest reigning monarch in world history. In a statement on its official website , Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday, "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon." The Royal Family added, "The King an



100+Gizmodo / 11h
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, monarch of the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth realms, which includes England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, huge swathes of the internet have become a field of tributes. Read more...



Minneapolis-based Branch was founded in 2015, and it’s now one of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest. Its founder, Atif Siddiqi, is a Southern California transplant who first relocated to the Twin Cities to participate in the Target Techstars accelerator program. He hasn’t looked back since. Siddiqi has spent the past seven years building up Branch from its roots as a Midwestern upstart



There are more navigation apps available than ever, but many people only know about a couple of them. Which app has won over the most mobile users?



Technology impressed more than ever in 2022. Updated offerings from computers to speakers to smart lightbulbs help keep our lives running smoothly.



Microsoft ripped out many tablet-specific features from Windows with the release of Windows 11, but the company has shown interest in bringing some of them back. There’s now a tablet-friendly taskbar in testing ahead of the big 22H2 update. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you’d like to track your AirPods’ location when you lose them or when you can’t find them, add your AirPods to Apple’s Find My feature. You can then use your iPhone as well as the iCloud website to find your AirPods’ whereabouts. Here’s how to do that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you’re accident-prone with your iPhone, Apple may have just made your life a bit less expensive. MacRumors reports that the company updated the AppleCare page on its website to state, “AppleCare+ now includes unlimited repairs for accidental damage protection.” Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Apple has a habit of aggressively removing features in the name of progress. They killed the DVD drive from the Mac while discs were still popular, removed HDMI and MagSafe from MacBook Pros (before subsequently bringing them back), and, of course, are responsible for the death of the headphone jack. Apple’s decision… Read more...



Uber and Lyft say riders and drivers in New York are no longer required to wear masks . "With NYC's updated mask guidance for transportation, masks are now optional in Lyft rides," a Lyft spokesperson told Engadget. "We're in the process of updating the app to reflect this." Uber informed users of the policy change by email. The move follows Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to lift a mask mandate



Link: Apply now for the Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card The Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card is a fantastic airline credit card. This card is offering a limited time welcome bonus at the moment, which is awesome given how valuable Alaska Mileage Plan miles are . On top of that, there are lots of reasons to hold onto this card in the long run. In this post, I wanted to provide a detailed review



Sensory activities are a really important aspect of child development. In particular, activities that incorporate “messy play” are helpful for kids to integrate different sensations into their lives, which helps them with motor skills, language skills, and engages their creativity. For kids with “sensory… Read more...



100+Futurism / 12h
Stake in the Heart Ethereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency in terms of trade volume, is about to implement a huge change dubbed "The Merge" — a shift that has crypto miners shaking in their boots, Gizmodo reports . "It’s a lot of uncertainty," one miner told Bloomberg earlier this summer. "No one really knows what’s going to happen. There are a lot of people who I think are in denial." The Et



400+Futurism / 12h
Target Acquired NASA is planning to smash a battering ram spacecraft into a sizable asteroid to test whether it could deflect any future civilization-killer asteroids from impacting with the Earth later this month. Now, as its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft bears down on its target, the binary asteroid system Didymos — a pair of space rocks classified as "potentially hazardous




41Gizmodo / 12h
Just when we begin to forget about the old Hubble Space Telescope, it comes back with another amazing look at the cosmos. It’s most recent target? Two spiral galaxies, more than a billion light-years from Earth, that appear to be colliding. Read more...



These are the all-electric Jeep Recon and Wagoneer, in all their glory. Do these designs still scream Jeep, or are they further from their origins than ever?



24SlashGear / 12h
U.S. versions of Apple's latest iPhone remove physical SIM card trays, effectively axing access to smaller mobile device carriers in the process.



Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has confirmed the global tech giant doesn’t plan to require its corporate workers to return to the office anytime soon. Following a home working order in early 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon has previously hinted at an “office-centric culture” according to CNBC . Well over a year later, in October 2021, managers were left to decide what their employees’



ScreenKit, an iPhone personalization app that’s topped 12 million downloads to date, is ready to embrace the new Lock Screen customization options shipping with the release of iOS 16 on September 12 . Already a comprehensive solution for theming your iPhone or iPad with wallpapers, custom widgets and icons, the soon-to-be updated ScreenKit app will now expand into Lock Screen widgets, with a siza



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Private aerospace companies Rocket Lab and Sierra Space are joining the U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Cargo project, which aims to transport cargo around the world with space as its highway. Read more...



Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history. But beyond that, she distinguished herself by traveling to all four corners of the globe in her role as head of state and a much-loved ambassador for her country. The queen died at Balmoral Castle on Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. Here, we look back on Queen Elizabeth’s memory with a selection of



Rest days are a commonly used tool to manage your workload in an exercise routine. While they’re not technically necessary , they can be a good idea, giving your body extra time to recover between workouts. Even when I’m doing an intense workout program, I make sure to give myself, at minimum, one full rest day. Or,… Read more...



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The UK's tech-savvy head of state was queen of a thousand memes.



Many readers can get a business card and probably should. Getting a small business card is one of the things you should do as you start your business. It’s often the first resource many business owners look to as they start to grow. A small business card allow you to separate business from personal expenses and builds the credit history and identity of your business. It also opens up a whole worl



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Donkeys are a ubiquitous beast of burden, and are regularly employed to slog materials across long distances, just like they were in the ancient past. Now, a team of geneticists has pinpointed exactly how ancient that past is: They believe they’ve determined when and where the first donkeys were domesticated. Read more...



io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE . Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The CRISPR Cookbook: A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Abortion in a Post-Roe World” by MKRNYILGL

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