Saturday, September 03, 2022

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1KMashable / 21h
When you returned home from summer vacation, your dog might have leapt out the door, jumped on you, and licked your face. And that's not all. The emotions gushing inside your dog could make its eyes wet, says a new study recently published in the science journal Current Biology . Researchers suggest the love hormone oxytocin drives this tear secretion. Mammals, like dogs, release oxytocin while b



200+SlashGear / 12h
The new Lincoln L100 is a wildly futuristic concept car that pays tribute to the automaker's 100-plus years of existence. Here's what the L100 has to offer.



500+Gizmodo / 14h
Indiana Jones 5 was always fated to be a big deal, both for being the potential swan song to Harrison Ford’s adventurer, and for featuring the final film score by composer John Williams. (He’ll continue to compose independent orchestras and symphony pieces.) Williams turned 90 back in February, and has done the music… Read more...




SAVE 49%: Watch every episode of The House of the Dragon with a subscription to ExpressVPN. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £88.35 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. The third episode of House of the Dragon will drop at 2 a.m. on Sept. 5 in the UK, and even though this popular series has been running for a few week now, there are still a



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Sunday, at last. End of the week. The day also brings with it a new Wordle word puzzle for you to solve, and we're here to help with some tips and hints. Anyone who just wants to find out the answer can jump to the end of this article for September 4's Wordle solution revealed. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to figure out today's Wordle yourself, keep reading for a few tips, clues, and strategies



Websites, blogs, tour guides and books — they’re all part of the travel arsenal to help you plan your adventure and maximize your travel time. Before venturing to a new city, check for smartphone apps designed to help you connect with the destination on a deeper level, especially if the spot is known for a particular experience. Taking a barbecue pilgrimage to Austin? There’s an app for that. Loo



90Mashable / 6h
NASA will not slingshot a spacecraft around the moon this week following two previous called-off launch attempts, officials confirmed at a news conference Saturday evening. That means the team will likely haul the gigantic, 322-foot Space Launch System rocket back to its hangar , the Vehicle Assembly Building, and perhaps take another shot at the moon in October. The U.S. space agency is bumping



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. It’s official: Fall is here, and if you want to see the leaves change color, you need to plan your leaf-peeping trip now. Recent reports suggest that drought conditions across more than two-thirds of the country will severely affect fall foliage this year, meaning you may need to travel farther to see the most vivid seasonal hues. Fo



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. This summer’s busy travel season has included the biggest surge in U.S. travelers taking international trips since before the COVID-19 pandemic. With trips abroad now back in full force, undoubtedly many more U.S.-based travelers are again looking to drive while overseas. That means following the correct requirements when it comes to



I recently stayed at a brand-new Hyatt property: the first-ever Caption by Hyatt hotel, located in Memphis, Tennessee . I was happy to check out this new hotel and also earn credit with another Hyatt brand, as this would give me a free night award from the Brand Explorer perk . I was also happy to book some relatively inexpensive nights toward requalifying for World of Hyatt Globalist status . Si



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. On the outside, credit cards and debit cards look a lot alike: Both have 15-16 digits, expiration dates and security codes. New to The Points Guy? Sign up for our daily newsletter and check out our beginner’s guide . But in reality, credit cards and debit cards are not the same, and there’s often debate in the financ



For the first time ever, there are more iPhones in use in the US than any other type of smartphone. Citing data from analytics firm Counterpoint Research, the Financial Times reports the iPhone overtook the entire Android ecosystem in June to claim 50 percent of US market share. In doing so, Apple achieved its highest-ever share of the American smartphone market. Apple achieved the feat on the ba



A serious and unmanageable hydrogen leak prevented NASA from launching its SLS rocket on Saturday. Teams continue to evaluate the reason for the second failed launch attempt, but NASA says the rocket will have to return to the Vehicle Assembly Building to undergo safety checks. Read more...



100+Wired / 8h
The uncrewed mission, the first major launch of the Artemis program, suffered a setback after a liquid hydrogen leak.



The demand for the Ford F-150 Lightning started on a high note with the car company closing pre-reservation orders after it was overwhelmed by the demands.



Sam Bowman reports that he was flying Virgin Atlantic in economy. He reclined his seat, he says, in order "to sleep and the grown man behind me started violently shaking and kicking my seat." After the violent passenger was told to stop, "his wife loudly declared that I was a sociopath." The important point to make here, aside from the obvious "don't physically shake the seat of the person in fro



I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and happy Labor Day to those in the United States! It’s hard to believe that the (informal) end of summer is already here, at least as it relates to travel. We’re doing our first hotel staycation in Florida this weekend, so you can expect a hotel review soon. On the points & travel front, this week we learned details of Saudi Arabia’s new mega-airl



Hello again! Welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we quickly recap the last week’s worth of TechCrunch’s most read posts. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign up here. Ready? Let’s just dive right in. most read What to expect from Apple’s iPhone event : Apple events tend to suck all the air out of the room in the days leading up to them because…well, no one wants to



Samsun Samsung brought its recently unveiled Odyssey Ark PC monitor to IFA 2022 and shocked onlookers aplenty.



The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the usage of a COVID-19 booster vaccine dosage made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.



On Thursday morning, Moscow’s busy Fili district became the site of a traffic jam unlike any before it. Motherboard (via The Verge ) reports hackers used Russia’s Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to order dozens of drivers to coverage on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. The act caused traffic on part of the already congested street to come to a standstill for about 40 minute



driveintheaterofthemind : Skeletor Art by Eric Canete




asmeesh : The Prophet. . After losing my job, my creativity took a nosedive. This is the first time I’ve felt prompted to create something in weeks. What a beautiful episode.



In our latest YouTube video , we follow in the footsteps of our previous races to European capitals Amsterdam and Paris — this time racing from the capital of England to the capital of Scotland, pitting train against plane between London and Edinburgh . We start both our journeys from the Tower of London. Liam took the London Underground to Kings Cross, connecting to a London North Eastern Railwa



If you just picked up an Apple Pencil and want to use it with your iPad, you’ll need to connect the devices first. The method for pairing an Apple Pencil to an iPad is different depending on which Pencil you own. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Next month, My Hero Academia will begin airing season six, and it’s shaping up to be a big one. Deku and the rest of the 1-A kids are part of a larger effort by Japan’s heroes to finally put an end to the League of Villains and their leader Tomura Shigaraki. But as is the case with trying to bring down Overhaul in… Read more...



After the incident there was no doxxing required. The man announced that he worked for GlaxoSmithKline. He's been fired, though on the aircraft he said he was going to quit anyway. Maybe the whole thing was a ruse to force the firing and allow him to collect unemployment, which he wouldn't have been entitled to if he'd quit. He does claim not to be racist though - in his defense, he explains, his



500+Futurism / 12h
Memory Leak If you were planning to watch the historic launch of NASA's first Artemis flight to the Moon today, tough luck. The inaugural flight of the space agency's Space Launch System (SLS) — sometimes more colloquially known as its Mega Moon Rocket — was already pushed back last week due to an engine bleed. Now today's launch has been scrubbed as well, after the $23.8 billion piece of hardwar



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,



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Even the most seasoned travelers may find that tipping while traveling can be a complicated and stressful decision. After all, most of us want to thank the right people for great service and don’t want to stiff underpaid employees who might be depending on the gratuities. However, we also don’t want to dou



Amazon’s buyout of iRobot and One Medical may take longer than expected. According to Politico and The Wall Street Journal , the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing both acquisitions. Announced within a month of each other, the deals are valued at $1.7 billion and $3.9 billion, respectively, and have the potential to reshape two markets at the same time. One Medical parent company 1Life Healthc



If you’re experiencing issues with your Alexa device or you want to sell or give it away to someone, it’s a good idea to reset it to the factory settings. We’ll show you how to reset your various Alexa-enabled Amazon Echo devices. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you want an ereader that isn’t locked to the Amazon store, the new Kobo Clara 2E might be your best low-cost option. It packs advanced features, including a gorgeous screen and waterproof design, in a $130 package. And unlike the Kindle, it lets you read any ebook file without a complicated sideloading process. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



wonderful-strange : The Green Millennium by Fritz Leiber. Ace Books, 1969. Greystoke Trading Company.



picklesandolives : St. Martin’s Lane (1938)



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. YC had its biggest news in years this week: Garry Tan will be the new president and CEO of the organization, starting January 2023. Tan co-founded and helped sca

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