Tuesday, September 06, 2022

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Southwest Airlines has launched a new status challenge promotion that gives registered Rapid Rewards members the Companion Pass for two months by completing two one-way flights or one round-trip flight by Nov. 17. The Companion Pass is a 2-for-1 that lets you bring a friend with you for “free” when you travel — you just have the pay the taxes on your friend’s ticket. With the Companion Pass being



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Summer flew right by and here we are again staring down the busiest time of year. If you’re thinking about getting a jump-start on fall and spending the weekend happily swapping your sweaters out of storage, we urge you to consider hitting pause and packing a bag instead. Taking your sweaters out of storage can wait another week when there’s still plenty of time for getting the last taste of summ



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The Brazilian government’s going to battle with Apple over its chargers, or more aptly, its lack of them. On Tuesday, Brazil’s Justice Ministry reportedly hit the smartphone giant for 12.275 million reais (or around $2.38 million) and ordered Apple to cease selling models that don’t ship with a charger. That sudden… Read more...




Brazil dropped quite the bomb on Apple this week when that nation’s government told the tech giant that it can no longer sell iPhones within its borders without a wall charger. The order comes from Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security who claims that Apple is selling an “incomplete product” to people. The Ministry even goes as far as to call the lack of chargers a “deliberate discrimi



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TL;DR: Lifetime access to StackSkills Unlimited is on sale for £30, saving you 98% on list price. 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 looking for somewhere to learn that



When you delete a photo on an iPhone, it's not gone forever... at least, not for the next 30 days. If you move quickly, it's easy to recover deleted images.



Last October, Google added new, eco-friendly driving directions to Maps. In the US, you could pull up a driving route that would take into account things like congestion and incline to find you the directions that are best for your fuel economy. As part of a handful of Maps announcements today, Google says the feature will be available in "nearly 40" European countries, though we didn't get a lis



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a Curiosity Stream HD Plan is on sale for £155.70, saving you 28% on list price. At the end of the day, you might not have the energy for really active reading, but that desire to learn is still there. Whether or not you're currently in school, documentaries might be your best friend, and Curiosity Stream is a great place to watch a lot of them. A lifetime subscr



SAVE UP TO 30%: Find the best deals on great brands in eBay's refurbished store , including popular products from the likes of Apple and Samsung. We get that you already know all about the benefits of shopping for refurbished products. You already understand that you can bag premium brands and the latest products at great prices by shopping for refurbished items. We know that we don't need to pro



It is Wednesday, my dudes, and we've woken up to an unsolved Wordle once again. If you get stuck, our daily Wordle hints and tips might be the help you need. The answer to the September 7 Wordle, puzzle #445, 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 see we've gathered a sele



Google announced today it is expanding its options for eco-friendly routing on Google Maps to 40 more countries across Europe. Eco-friendly routes, first introduced to U.S-based users last year, offer to show more fuel-efficient routes instead of the fastest ones. Users can see the eco-friendly route marked with a leaf label. To adjusts settings for eco-friendly routes, users can tap on their pro



Hamburg-based Localyze is gearing up to launch in North America in the coming months — powered by a fresh raise of $35 million in Series B funding that’s being announced today, a little over a year after it disclosed a $12M Series A . The Series B is led by US VC fund, General Catalyst. Other investors in the round include Visionaries Club, Web Summit Fund and Frontline Ventures, along with Job v



The US has barred chip companies that get federal funding from building advanced facilities in China.



Anyone who’s seen the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies will recall that for all their creatures and battle scenes, one of their niftiest special effects—showing the height difference between wee Frodo and towering Gandalf —was always one of the most visually striking. That’s also the case with Prime Video’s new… Read more...



Corporations have been dealing with IT operations and security management since the coronavirus pandemic that has changed the way in which people work — remote or hybrid work — and accelerated the market opportunity. Josys , spun off from its parent company Raksul last year, launched its automated management IT devices and SaaS application in September 2021 that reduces IT operation costs and enh



A lot of important data gets lost along the sales pipeline because sales teams use multiple tools, including email, Zoom and WhatsApp, to talk with buyers. Nektar.ai wants to solve the problem of data leakage with its sales productivity platform, which helps SaaS revenue teams manage information across different channels by integrating with different apps and delivering key information to the mos



(Image credit: Future / Apple) It barely feels like we've come off WWDC when straight away, it's time for the (highly likely) iPhone 14 launch at the Apple 'Far Out' Event happening at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT on September 7, live from the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. And the rumors regarding the iPhone 14 have been coming thick and fast - the 14 is hugely likely to be joined by the iPhone



If your iPhone isn't charging, the problem is likely related to the charging cable, and there's a decent chance you'll be able to easily fix it yourself.



You've probably heard about text bugs that can make phones unresponsive, but what about a music video that can crash a laptop, including ones located nearby?



Germany’s entry for the 2023 Academy Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front , promises a visually stunning, gripping tale of loss and war. Adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s best-selling novel — the first time it's been filmed in the source text's original language — the film follows a group of young soldiers on the Western Front throughout World War I. Daniel Brühl, aka Marvel's Baron Zemo, app



A publication that shall not be named ( merely linked to ) published an opinion piece that is the latest in a string of false narratives around EVs. This opinion (I mean act of subterfuge ) couches EVs as a luxury item in cold-weather countries because the batteries don’t work as well as on the balmy shores of California. Please join me on this debunking tour. Sure, many EVs are, in fact, luxury



Can't Phone Home If a medical emergency occurs on the International Space Station, it'd be more than 240 miles and a spaceship ride from the nearest doctor. Luckily, astronauts like the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti practice life-saving procedures ahead of time. Cristoforetti posted a video of herself practicing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on board the ISS last week, show



Laser Mower YouTuber Daniel Riley unleashed his inner mad scientist by building a laser-powered lawn mower — the epitome of something you shouldn't try to replicate at home. His terrifying invention makes use of a 40-watt CNC cutting machine laser that's roughly 8,000 times as powerful as a laser pointer, as well as a 3D-printed gimbal to blitz unsuspecting grass blades into oblivion. Blinding Li




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When they examined decades-old blood samples from 14 NASA astronauts who flew Space Shuttle missions between 1998 and 2001, researchers found that samples from all 14 astronauts showed mutations in their DNA. While these mutations are likely low enough not to represent a serious threat to the astronauts' long term health, the research underlines the importance of regular health screenings for ast



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Sleep Mode The energy crisis in Europe has gotten so bad that CERN is considering taking its particle accelerators offline — including the famous Large Hadron Collider. As the Wall Street Journal reports , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which is better known by its French acronym CERN, is currently drafting plans to shut down its particle accelerators in response to high energy d



Google will announce its new additions to the Pixel family, including the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro, during a live broadcast event on October 6. The company has provided a link to watch the live event , and there will be a recording available after the event if you miss the fun as it happens. Google hasn’t been shy about the announcement, and it told us earlier this spring at the Google I/O eve



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 James Zhang, a 24-year veteran of the video game industry — first as an artist, then as a founder and investor. Zhang, founder and CEO of NFT art consultancy Concept Art House, started h



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People are ready for Brendan Fraser to make his comeback. By all accounts, that will happen with The Whale , Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film starring Fraser as a 600-lb. English teacher trying to reconnect with his daughter, which buzz suggests has already put him in contention for a Best Actor nomination. But what… Read more...



In a new paper this month, doctors describe how a 32-year-old man’s habit of inhaling nitrous oxide via “whippits” left him partially paralyzed. Following treatment and the end of his nitrous oxide use, the man did eventually regain the function of his legs. But the medical tale is perhaps a timely reminder of why… Read more...



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The whistleblower complaint from Twitter’s former head of security is already complicating the company’s legal battle with Elon Musk. Lawyers representing Musk and Twitter met in court Tuesday for a hearing that will determine whether the claims made by Pieter “Mudge” Zatko can be added to Elon Musk’s legal case to get out of his $44 billion commitment to buy Twitter. Notably, the hearing was one



Juul has long argued that it’s trying to save lives; meanwhile, its own existence seems precarious at times. Right now is one of those times. As reported earlier today by numerous outlets, the once high-flying e-cigarette company just agreed to a $438.5 million settlement with 33 states that alleged the company marketed its product to underage users. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong anno



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Good news for fans of Star Wars ’ Dark Side. It seems Leslye Headland’s High Republic-set Disney+ show , Star Wars: The Acolyte , is currently casting up beyond just its star, Amandla Stenberg . Now actress Jodie Turner-Smith is reportedly joining the mix in an undisclosed role. Read more...



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House of the Dragon , following in the footsteps and long shadow of its predecessor, wasted no time in giving itself a meaty battle scene this week . But its first major skirmish marked a noted difference—beneath the blood and guts, a sort of grimly hilarious mythos plays out. Read more...



Enlarge / Volkswagen won't reveal the US-spec ID Buzz for another year, but it invited us to drive the European version, which it has just launched. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Volkswagen provided flights from Washington, DC, to Copenhagen and back, plus two nights in a hotel so we could drive the ID Buzz. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Few vehicles in the time we'v



Enlarge / Dave Grossman (L) and Ron Gilbert (R) joined Ars Technica for a rare interview in Seattle at PAX West 2022. (credit: Sam Machkovech) SEATTLE—Longtime game designer Ron Gilbert has repeatedly suggested that a sequel to his beloved Monkey Island series would arrive how fans want it: unspoiled. It's a major reason why the point-and-click adventure's pre-release period has been devoid of ga



Enlarge / Dell's XPS 15 9520 is nearly identical to the last-gen 9510, albeit with improved processor performance. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Even as an iterative update to an existing computer, Dell's XPS 15 9520 is pretty mild. It's super-iterative. The only thing that separates it from the XPS 15 9510 we reviewed last year is that it swaps the 11th-generation Intel processors for 12th-gen ver



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Aurora Vision NASA has shared an absolutely gorgeous time lapse filmed from the International Space Station and showing off a rare display: an aurora, following a massive solar storm hitting the Earth's atmosphere, as viewed from above instead of below. The video shows the station pass over the Indian Ocean, with the Moon rising in the background as a bright beacon of light hiding behind the spac



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Close Calls Shelling and fighting near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant — the largest in Europe — are making locals increasingly nervous. More than half the residents of the nearby city of Nikopol residents, Euronews reported Sunday , have evacuated and are living in tents. "So far, the house is intact, but whenever we leave [Nikopol], we are worried," one evacuee told the publication. "I'm p



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A bipartisan investigation is shutting down the Juul party like a cranky dad who's had it up to here. The e-cigarette company has agreed to pay a $438.5-million settlement for aggressively marketing its vape product to teens. The Juul empire made its multi-billion-dollar fortune on the lungs of young consumers (although the current valuation has tanked ). In a statement from Connecticut Attorney



All is not what it seems in Mike Barker’s upcoming thriller, Luckiest Girl Alive . Adapted from Jessica Knoll’s New York Times best-selling mystery, this Netflix movie has Black Swan 's Mila Kunis at the forefront of success, secrecy, and bucket loads of trauma. In an almost Gone Girl -esque monologue, Ani FaNelli (Kunis) takes us through her perfect life of weddings, wealth, and working at "The



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 . Hey, hey, hey! It’s going to be a busy week for the TC crew this week. We’re excited about the Apple event, and Y Combinator has its demo day. Alex welcomes you to YC and Apple week on the Equity podcast, and your trusty Daily Crunch team is poised at our laptops t



Visitors to Orlando International Airport (MCO) — particularly international visitors — are in for a big upgrade. MCO’s new Terminal C is set to open Sept. 20, and features 15 new internationally-capable gates and a new federal inspection station that will bring modern touches to America’s theme park capital. The bright and airy $2.8 billion, 1.2 million square foot facility is a stark contrast t



Some automakers are still pushing the boundaries of petroleum power. In fact, Chevrolet has a car with an engine so big it's not allowed on the road.




Apple is facing another legal spat in Brazil, this one with far bigger consequences: the nation has banned the sale of certain iPhones lacking an accessory.



If you manage to buy one, don't try to paint your Ferrari pink, any shade, because it won't end well for you.



The first Saturn cars rolled out in 1990, and the last of them came just two decades later. Now, cars like the Vue, Sky, and L-Series are no more. Here's why.



Prepare yourselves! Today's Wordle answer is a tricky one, and there's a good chance you'll get uncomfortably close to running out of guesses.



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In and around Jackson, Mississippi, more than 180,000 people have been without running or drinkable water for over a week. Flooding from heavy rainfall damaged water treatment plants and other infrastructure, exacerbating existing issues of an old and poorly maintained system. Though water pressure was restored over… Read more...



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AT&T is suing T-Mobile. On Tuesday, the carrier filed a complaint with a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas, accusing its rival of false advertising. T-Mobile’s recently launched “ Verizon and AT&T Ban Senior Discounts ” campaign is at the center of the lawsuit. The activation includes a website that claims “92 percent of seniors in the US can’t get a wireless discount from Verizon an



A former housekeeper for Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz will spend three years in prison for allegedly attempting to infect the official’s computer with malware in exchange for cash from Iran-linked hackers. The cleaner, the BBC notes , agreed to a plea deal to avoid being prosecuted under espionage charges which… Read more...



With Labor Day unofficially heralding the end of summer, you may be dreading the cold weather. Or, maybe you’ve now started contemplating your next big summer trip. Rather than bear the chilly temperatures or procrastinate planning for the next summer, you can book a flight to Costa Rica — round-trip fares to Costa Rica from multiple U.S. cities start at $296. GONZALO AZUMENDI/GETTY IMAGES Fly to



On August 9, Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 . The move marked a victory for a presidential administration in dire need of a win and the culmination of a hard-fought, months-long battle that ended with broad bipartisan support. Among the chief criticism leading up to the bill’s passage were questions surrounding precisely where the money would go. Today, the U.S. Depar



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Elizabeth Holmes—the founder of blood testing startup Theranos and the poster child for misleading investors, media, and innocent people looking for medical care through a web of deceit—wants a do-over. She is requesting a new trial, according to a document filed Tuesday in the Southern District Court of California. Read more...



A fun bit of news to get us started: the DIE RPG has an actual play(test) available on YouTube featuring writer/designer Kieron Gillen . Also, a fun little note, we’ve got some great magazines publishing RPG content —check out the new issues of Indiepocalypse and Arcadia for that sweet sweet game content! Read more...



There’s a diamond shaped hole in the earth that’s getting unknowingly deep, and we’re all staring into its depths with minds grown ragged with questions. “The Merge,” which promises a move from the old proof-of-work consensus model to the proof-of-stake, is coming on in a week’s time, if promises from a notoriously… Read more...



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MMArk Watch out, metamates. Your Eye of Sauron , Facebook-turned-Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, has been doing some serious martial arts training. And considering past Facebook employees' accounts of, uh, katanas being brandished at them in-office , y'all might want to code with your head on a swivel. Over the weekend, Zucko took to Instagram to show off his mixed martial arts moves. Hones



Link: Apply now for the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card has so many awesome perks , including a huge welcome bonus , a $300 annual travel credit , 10K bonus anniversary miles , a Priority Pass membership , access to Capital One Lounges , access to Plaza Premium Lounges , cell phone protection , and awesome authorized user perks . I applied f



Here's an adorable little dog flying American Airlines. But there is no way it is a service animal, and a pet in cabin (that requires paying a pet in cabin fee) must remain in their carrier under the seat for the duration of the flight. Service animals aren't 'pets for someone with emotional challenges' they are trained working animals . Continue reading ...



This morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a smiling photo of himself sporting a slim virtual reality headset to Facebook. It was Zuck's way of announcing the ninth annual Meta Connect conference, slated for October 11, 2022. The virtual event is open to all and will be available to stream from the Reality Labs Facebook page beginning at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET. The device Zuck's sporting in th



The Sawyer Cobot from Rethink Robotics was developed to take on tasks that are less practical to automate using traditional industrial robots. The bot is equipped with a robot arm featuring 7 degrees of freedom and a reach of roughly 50 inches for maneuvering in tight spaces. Sawyer can also handle more fragile objects without damage using a SoftGripper made from materials certified to handle foo



Last week I asked you to share the last time your rose-colored glasses lost their rosy tint. Because as the early stages of dating turn into the harsh realities of a serious relationship, certain behaviors go from endearing to downright irritating. Innocuous examples include constant humming, clinical-level snoring,… Read more...



The near-future of hair loss treatment seems to be quite promising. Recent research in mice points to a potentially new way of restoring hair, while other approaches are set to undergo clinical trials in humans soon. Read more...



A new hacking tool can supposedly beat any security protections set up to prevent cyberattacks, and gain access to some of the world's most popular websites, reports suggest. The operator behind the EvilProxy tool says it is able to steal the authentication tokens needed to bypass the multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems used by the likes of Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter. T




Not to be forgotten in the maelstrom of the Apple event news, Google has officially announced the next Made By Google launch event. The event is happening Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET in Brooklyn, NY. Google will stream it for those who plan to follow along at home. Read more...



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CNN has announced a new hire: John Miller, the former head of the New York Police Department’s intelligence unit. Read more...



It’s a carnival goers’ worst nightmare come to life. A drop tower ride at a carnival in India plummeted to the ground, dropping 50-feet before crashing at the bottom. Several people suffered injuries from the drop, and were rushed to nearby hospitals. Read more...



Deadlifts can be intimidating. If you’re the type to overthink the details when you’re anxious, then, you’ve probably studied everything about the deadlift—except for one technique that you can’t see so much as feel . That is: pulling the slack out of the bar. Read more...



OceanGate Expeditions captured the very first 8K video footage of the world's most iconic shipwreck. Titanic is by far the most famous historical shipwreck, still holding an enduring fascination for the public 100 years after the "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg and sank in April 1912. We've seen images and video footage of the wreck since it was discovered in the mid 1980s. That includes the



Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto ) Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal this week told Politico that he expects that diminished access to technology will be the driving force staving off Russia's ongoing attacks. Since invading Ukraine, Russia has spent months burning through nearly half of the critical military technology in its arsenal, and now Politico has shared a leaked "



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Matt Anderson Photography) The Federal Communications Commission has collected precise broadband availability information from Internet service providers for the first time and aims to release a first draft of a new broadband map in November, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wrote Friday . The FCC last week "completed the first filing window for submitting data o



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Google engineers have issued an emergency update for the Chrome browser to fix a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited with code that’s already available in the wild. The vulnerability, which Google disclosed on Friday , is the result of “insufficient data validation in Mojo,” a Chrome component for messaging across inter- and intra-process b



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For a moment it seemed as if DC Films might have its leader, but alas, the ship remains without a captain. Late last month, there were conflicting reports that producer Dan Lin, who helped bring both It films , The Lego Movies , and the Aladdin remake to fruition, was being eyed as the new head of DC Films. One trade … Read more...



The chain, run by Intercontinental Hotel Group, said their online services were facing disruptions.



The release of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus were possibly the most comforting release ever. Sure, the iPhone X's changes are insanely cool — but a huge part of Team Apple was intimidated by the thought of making the leap to such a fancy spaceship phone. (An iPhone without a home button? What is this blasphemy?) For those still stuck with an iPhone 6 or 7 but who aren't ready to convert to the X



The 1995 Craig Craft 168 Boss is a 16-foot, Porsche-inspired speed boat built 27 years ago. After its initial construction the boat was moved to storage where it has apparently stayed put for nearly three decades. The boat only recently made a public appearance again when listed for sale and sold at auction for $39,000.



The iPhone X is Apple's most advanced smartphone ever. It's a technological marvel inside and out. It's also extremely slippery and you definitely should get a case ( even if it's a cheap one ) to protect your $1,000+ device. There are a zillion cases you can buy. Which one is right for you and your lifestyle? Here are 10 of the best we recommend. Featured Video For You This iPhone case reminds y



Looking for something to do with that cartoon ape JPEG you bought for six-figures earlier this year? You're not alone! Various Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT holders have recently launched project after project — ranging from pop-up restaurants to cartoon series — in an attempt to utilize their high-priced blockchain investment. And that brings me to the latest one which recently hit the Mashabl



After nine months of pregnancy, shower planning, and nursery decorating, your little one has finally arrived. From the moment you leave the hospital though, there’s something very important on your mind: to keep them safe at all times. Caring for your newborn isn’t always an easy feat, considering that you’re constantly on the move, running on little sleep, and attending to their needs around the



If you spend a lot of time playing the hottest games online, you're bound to run into some network connectivity issues now and then. You could experience the frustrating lag that comes with a slow or weak wireless connection, or you could be booted from your favorite game just as you're winning, causing a stain on your otherwise impeccable win record and leaving you red in the face. If you alread



The most powerful phones you can buy today are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, but Qualcomm makes mobile platforms at a variety of prices and power levels. Only the series 8 and series 7 platforms had gotten the new “ Gen 1 ” designation, but today the company unveiled the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1. The announcement comes only a day before Apple is



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The Thwaites Glacier, one of the most unstable parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet, could be gearing up for even more rapid changes than we previously thought. In a study published this week in Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers have published new images of the ocean’s floor that they say provide valuable… Read more...



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Juul’s 2022 just went from bad to worse. The e-cigarette maker somehow managed to narrowly survive (at least for now) a Federal Drug Administration effort to ban its products nationwide only to get smacked with a settlement worth nearly half a billion this week. Read more...



A far-right politician in Italy made waves online Monday after posting a video of himself walking up to a Roma woman and telling Italians that a vote for his party in this month’s elections will ensure they “never see her again” in the city of Florence. Read more...




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I spend way too much time on the internet, and this morning I found that social media’s newest obsession is the drama surrounding Olivia Wilde’s psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling. Read more...



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NASA’s Space Launch System is powered by a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Together, these elements provide for a compact and extremely powerful rocket propellant, but these same attributes are also what make this fuel a liability. Read more...



Needless to say, a lot has changed in aircraft technology since the Wright brothers’ first flight more than 100 years ago. Advances in science have led to modern-day aircraft, such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which uses electricity to power more systems than any other aircraft in history. However, with such a reliance on this power, what happens if there is a failure? What happens if the aircra



Whether you’re a fitness fanatic looking to examine your health data, a business person who needs to keep track of endless meetings, or just someone looking for some extra help to stay on top of it all, a Samsung Galaxy Watch can help you get the job done. Although the Apple Watch is an excellent wearable, it’s no longer the only high-quality option on the market. In recent years Samsung has rele



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Bad Time To some, colonizing Mars with billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a lifelong dream. To others, including longtime NASA astronaut Stanley Love, it sounds like pure misery. "Do I think it’s possible? Yes," Love told the The US Sun . "Do I think it would be enjoyable? No." "I think it would be horrible," he continued. Wormy Apples Love told the outlet that his feelings are informed by an ex



The Pixel 6a was Google’s last big smartphone launch, but if you were awaiting the company’s next flagships, you won’t be waiting much longer. The next “Made by Google” event finally has a date, so get your calendars, and wallets, ready. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Startups and their investors love to talk about big markets and how they are going to go about tackling them. Total addressable market, or TAM, refers to the dollar value of what a startup wants to sell to a certain population. If you make a widget that plugs into a browser, your TAM might be the total number of users of that browser, cut down to the fraction that might use your technology, multi



Ticket revenue is way up after the lull caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns. We may never want to take live events for granted again, and it seems like every major artist is touring now to make up for lost time, so we have plenty of opportunities to see our favorite acts, teams, or entertainers. With all this fun… Read more...



Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, sells the popular Meta Quest VR headsets, which used to be called Oculus Quest. Meta has now set a date for its next big VR event. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Why work with brands like Hollister and Dunkin’ Donuts when you can just sell your own clothes and coffee? For most influencers, that’s not a serious consideration — you need quite a bit of capital and a dedicated audience to churn out high-quality products that sell well. But the D’Amelio family aren’t just any social media personalities. Powered by top-earning TikTokers Charli and Dixie D’Ameli



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Solar Orbiter has been traveling through space for more than two years, making several close flybys of Venus as it steadily inches closer to the Sun. On September 4, the small spacecraft was in the midst of its most recent gravitational assist when it felt the violent wrath of our host star. Read more...



Since its debut eight years ago, the face of the encrypted messaging app Signal has been its founder Moxie Marlinspike. In January, Marlinspike said he’d be stepping down as CEO. And while Signal hasn’t found a permanent replacement for its top executive, it’s starting to round out its leadership bench. On Monday, the… Read more...



Ever wanted a vacation that combines the bustle of a cosmopolitan city and historic neighborhoods with easy access to the beach and verdant rainforests? Well, you’re in luck — right now nonstop, round-trip fares to Panama City are as low as $272 from select cities. For more TPG news delivered to your inbox each morning, sign up for our daily newsletter . The streets of Panama City. JOHN PIEKOS/GE



Hackers are targeting members of the ever-repressed minority Uyghur community in western China by trying to get users to download a fake app version of a book released by a prominent Uyghur activist. Read more...



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Was TikTok hacked? According to the company itself, the answer to that question is: definitely not. And security researchers who have looked into the matter seem to agree. Read more...



Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards is offering a promotion on purchased points . While there has long been value in strategically buying points , the concept of a revenue based frequent flyer program selling points has always been strange to me, especially for an airline like Southwest. So let’s take a look at the details, but I’ll say upfront that this is an offer you probably shouldn’t take advan



One of the worst ways to promote your work online is by exhibiting a god complex . Sure, it pays to celebrate what makes your work valuable. At the same time, you don’t want to annoy your potential (or existing) audience along the way. On the other end of the spectrum, some talented artists struggle with the inherent… Read more...



Microsoft has told customers it will no longer be accepting payment by check as it looks to modernize its accounting systems. The Register uncovered an advisory from the computing giant issued to direct-bill partners transacting through its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program in the US and Canada confirming that it would not accept check payments from the end of this month. “Effective October 1



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. One of the ways to ensure that you’re getting continuous value from your rewards credit cards is by taking advantage of the targeted promotions available to you. You may be most familiar with Amex Offers , which provide some excellent discounts on travel, retail and other transactions. However, other issue



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Garbage Patch Kids The more we learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — that unappealing soup of mostly-tiny, partially submerged plastic particles stuck in a gyre of ocean currents — the less we seem to know. Last week, a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup published a study in the journal Scientific Reports finding that surprisingly, the horrid patch doesn't appear to be comprised mainly of




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After announcing that it would be releasing a non-fungible token (NFT) line, the estate of David Bowie has deleted its initial post about the project — and it's unclear what's going to happen next. "On September 13th, David Bowie’s undying influence will impact yet another new frontier as nine of the world’s leading crypto-artists come together to celebrate his legacy and put #BowieOnTheBlockchai



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Finding a PlayStation 5 may be as difficult as ever, but that’s not stopping Sony from adding more customization options for those who already own the console. This fall, the company will release the Gray Camouflage collection . It consists of a new set of plates for the console, as well as a matching DualSense controller and Pulse headset. “The PlayStation design team reimagined our camouflage p



Apple is taking small steps toward India. But the production of its latest phone, set for introduction on Wednesday, shows how difficult it will be to make big changes.



Steam is a household name, at least among gamers, and it has been around for years. As such, its youngest users may not realize just how much it has changed.



Sony announces a change-up in leadership in their PlayStation division as gaming hardware veteran Masayasu Ito leaves the company.



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If you’ve read Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s award-winning, New York Times-bestselling fantasy comic Monstress , you know two things. First, it’s an incredibly rich world as epic as Game of Thrones but even more imaginative, and second, it is gorgeous . Now Liu and Takeda have combined their immense talents again for a… Read more...



Have you ever gone to karaoke and watched enviously as others took the stage while you were too trapped by your own anxiety to give it a shot? Or, worse, have you actually conquered your fear of getting up there only to discover in real-time that you cannot sing a note, and you have the stage presence of soggy pasta?… Read more...



Dates in Microsoft Excel are useful for tracking finances, orders, and sales. So, there may come a time when you want to pull a month or year out of a date entry. Functions and formulas make this an easy task. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



We’re finally entering the “comically tiny and fast” era of mechanical gaming keyboards. SteelSeries just launched the new Apex 9 TKL and Apex 9 Mini, two compact keyboards that boast custom optical switches and a surprisingly customizable design. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Is it just me, or is the premium Dolby Atmos soundbar category exploding? Last week’s IFA 2022 in Berlin was a literal showcase for upscale, full-featured soundbars, with Philips unveiling the powerful and stylish Fidelio FB1 ($899 / €899 / $1,316 AU) and Sennheiser the Ambeo Plus ($1,499 / £1,297), a compact version of its regular Ambeo offering (now upgraded in name to Ambeo Max). Based on spec



Comcast’s Sky and Paramount announced the official launch date for SkyShowtime , a new European streaming service. It will initially launch in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden on September 20, 2022. The content lineup for the service includes a combination of titles from Paramount+, Showtime and Peacock, giving subscribers more than 10,000 hours of content all on one platform. At launch, the S



Instagram disabled Pornhub’s account on the platform for undisclosed reasons. The NSFW website’s Instagram account had amassed 13.1 million followers and 6,200 posts. It’s not clear whether or not this ban is permanent. Instagram’s content guidelines prohibit nudity and sexual content , but Pornhub’s Instagram account didn’t share pornographic posts. According to Motherboard , a Pornhub spokesper



We’ve come to rely on reviews when researching what products to buy. After all, everything’s getting more expensive ( or getting smaller ), and you want to be sure the purchases you make are smart. Reviews offer you real-life experience from someone who bought the item you’re looking at, and help inform you whether or… Read more...



Editor’s note: This post has been updated to reiterate that you should only book Hyatt stays under your name if you intend to stay at the property. Guest of Honor is a unique feature of the World of Hyatt program. Only top-tier Hyatt Globalist elite status holders can use it. Here’s how it works: When you use your points to book a stay for friends and family members, they will be treated as thoug



If you often find yourself making Spotify playlists to get hyped for an upcoming music festival or to relive a favorite past show, a new mobile app called LineupSupply can now help make that process easier. This clever utility allows you to upload a photo of a music festival’s poster to have it automatically transformed into a Spotify playlist in a matter of moments. Alternately, you can use the



Southwest Airlines will give you a companion pass valid for two months at the start of next year for booking just two one way flights or a single roundtrip. Continue reading ...



YouTube was on the precipice of cutting all of its most profitable ads amid fallout from Elsagate, the most bizarre scandal in the history of the biggest video-sharing site on the internet. It’s a silly name, but it hearkens to a time when thousands of disturbing algorithm-driven videos starring popular children’s… Read more...



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I'm just going to be upfront: There is zero way I can tell you absolutely everything about the Don't Worry Darling drama. Even if I managed to fit every last detail into a single document, something new would happen between the moment my finger hit the publish button and when you read the article. But I'll get you as up to speed as possible on this nonsense. Here's what you need to know. The basi



Enlarge / Apple's iPhone 12 Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) The Brazilian government has suspended the sales of iPhones without chargers, it announced today. Apple is also facing a BRL$12,275,500 fine (about $2.3 million) from Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP). This is on top of a reported $2 million fine Apple incurred in 2021 after announcing its first smartphone to ship withou



Enlarge / Porsche knows the road to a Le Mans win involves tens of thousands of miles of testing. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Porsche provided flights from DC to Daytona Beach and back, plus a night in a hotel so we could attend its private 963 test. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.—Car companies like to keep new models far from prying eyes during the development proc




To launch split-screen mode, you can drag an item from the taskbar. (That two-finger swipe gesture looks neat, too.) [credit: Samsung ] Google may have already moved on to Android 13 , but Android's biggest manufacturer, Samsung, is only now getting around to updating devices to Android 12L. Android 12L came out in March, so Samsung's update time is clocking in at around six months. Yesterday, th



Enlarge / Archaeologists discovered what may be the skeleton of a 17th-century female "vampire" near Bydgoszcz, Poland. (credit: Mirosław Blicharski/Aleksander Poznań) Vampire folklore across cultures is filled with various tips on how to keep a recently deceased person from rising from the grave as an undead fiend who preys on the living. Now archaeologists have uncovered an unusual example of p



Enlarge / Hyper says its new 140 W wall charger is 24 percent smaller than Apple's original, while also charging two other USB devices (though that drops the fastest charger to 100 W). (credit: Hyper) Fast-charging the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro at 140 W isn't something most people need to do that often, but it stands out as a kind of horsepower test among charging accessory brands. Entering into t



Enlarge / Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a cowboy? Stable Diffusion does. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) AI image generation is here in a big way. A newly released open source image synthesis model called Stable Diffusion allows anyone with a PC and a decent GPU to conjure up almost any visual reality they can imagine. It can imitate virtually any visual style, and if you feed i



Enlarge / Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope continues to provide astronomers with unprecedented views of the Universe. On Tuesday, the space agency released a mosaic image that shows a panorama of star formation stretching across a staggering 340



Enlarge (credit: Helene Rogers/Alamy) At first glance, even the name feels ambitious: Best of 2000 AD . How can anything, even a six-volume collection of anthologies running more than 200 pages each, live up to that ambition? (credit: Jamie McKelvie/Rebellion/2000 AD) After all, it’s not as if 2000 AD is just any comic book series. Launched in 1977, the British weekly has become recognized as one



Enlarge / PRESS START (credit: Steam Deck HQ ) Those who have gotten their hands on the Steam Deck know the portable PC is a handy little emulation machine for the usual range of classic consoles. But the hardware's specific features also make it one of the easiest and most authentic ways to emulate dual-screen consoles like the Wii U and Nintendo DS/3DS lines. True multi-screen emulation of thes



Microsoft has unveiled plans to bring one of its most popular productivity apps to the Apple Watch. The Microsoft To Do tool, which is already available on iOS devices, is set to get its own dedicated Apple Watch app in an effort to take on Apple’s own Reminders service. The company’s new product was announced on its roadmap at the start of September 2022, however we’re in for a long wait. The en



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The Los Angeles Unified School District is navigating a ransomware attack on its information technology systems. The cyberattack originated over Labor Day weekend, starting on September 3rd, though it hasn't disrupted school operations and classes are scheduled as usual. The district says in-school safety and emergency systems weren't affected by the attack, nor were employee payroll and health c



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The Star Trek movies changed the franchise forever, not just catapulting the series onto the big screen and giving a second life to its original heroes, but helping shape its future on the small screen as we gave way to The Next Generation . To celebrate these beloved movies getting a lavish new remastering , let’s take… Read more...



It’s been thirteen years since we first saw a 100,000 mile airline credit card offer. That became the gold standard for Oh My Goodness. We’ve seen bank cards with bigger offers in their own rewards programs, but the United Business Card was the first airline co-brand card ever to have a 150,000 mile initial bonus offer, introduced last year. That offer is back. Continue reading ...



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Slings and Arrows Crypto bros have long been defined by their unshakable belief that the currency will always bounce back — but what happens if they lose that confidence? In interviews with Barrons , multiple financial experts warned that investors are showing serious signs of risk aversion as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to plummet in value. As analyst Craig Erlam told Barrons tha



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Gas prices are finally falling across the country. The average price for a gallon of gas hit $3.78 a gallon, according to AAA . Prices have fallen all through July, August and now into September. That’s good news, but prices are still too high for most consumers. So, how do you save even more? You probably already have coupon codes,



E ditor’s note: This is TPG’s permanent page with all currently available airline shopping portal promotions, so you can bookmark it and check back regularly for updates. Members of the loyalty programs for four airlines have a chance to win big through sweepstakes drawings. Participating airline shopping portals include those for Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Southwest Airlines and Unite



If you use Word’s citation feature for adding sources and creating bibliographies, you can manage those sources so that you can reuse them. This is handy if you use the same or similar sources in various documents. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Q-tips are one of a very short list of products that are routinely bought for a purpose they are explicitly not to be used for (seriously— don’t clean your ears with them ). But if you’re not supposed to use Q-tips to clean your ears, what’s the point of them? Well, they were initially marketed as a safe way to swab… Read more...



Google's next big event has been revealed, complete with a new pair of smartphones, a watch, and a pair of earbuds -- and maybe more.



Smart thermostats can make your home much more energy efficient -- but there is one big thing that you need to be on the lookout for.



The next Apple Watch has the potential to spur a supercycle of upgrades for the masses courtesy of its rumored significant upgrades over its predecessor.



u-mspcoll : Peanuts Lunch Bag Cook Book by June Dutton. San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1970. From the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Gift of Janice Bluestein Longone. Join us for our first After Hours event of the term, online next Tuesday, 13 September, 4-5 pm via Zoom. Curators Juli McLoone and Margaret Carney, PhD will discuss A Perfect Pairing , the current Audubon Room ex




Young people are increasingly at ease consuming culture via digital avatars or made with artificial intelligence. Should the same moral guidelines and laws apply to those works?



The European Commission (EC) has drafted new legislation that would require Android smartphone manufacturers to offer long-term support for their devices. Motivated by a desire to cut back on e-waste and shield consumers against predatory behavior, the proposal seeks to establish a minimum support term that will apply to all Android devices sold in the EU. Under the new rules, vendors would have



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The days where Kiwi Farms is a functioning website appear to be numbered. After Cloudflare cut the forum off over the weekend , other essential internet services, including hCaptcha, followed suit. Kiwi Farms briefly moved to a Russian domain and DDoS-Guard on Sunday, but as of Tuesday morning, visiting the website returns an error page that says it can’t load. “This meme about Russia being a fre



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Night City is going to get bigger next year with Phantom Liberty , an expansion adding new characters and a fresh location to Cyberpunk 2077 . It's a spy thriller starring V, the game's protagonist, and Johnny Silverhand, the ghostly character played by Keanu Reeves, and it involves espionage work for the New United States of America. However, Phantom Liberty is only heading to Xbox Series X and



Several readers asked me yesterday what to make of IHG hotels’ systems being down. I figured “it’s just poor IT” and things will return to normal eventually. That remains true, but the hotel giant acknowledges they’ve been hacked. Continue reading ...



When the CDC was preparing to recommend the new bivalent COVID booster vaccines (speaking of which, most of us should make plans to get one ), they also mentioned that more people should be aware of Evusheld, which can provide extra protection for immunocompromised people aged 12 and up. Read more...



Apple has long supported privacy and shunned those intrusive ads. What happens when it sells more ads, too?



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Meta Connect, the company’s annual event devoted to augmented and virtual reality, is just over a month away. The newly renamed event will take place October 11th, Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on Facebook. As with last year, the event will be virtual and streamed live on Reality Labs’ Facebook page. For now, there are few other official details available. The Meta Connect website says more



The no-annual-fee Hilton Honors American Express Card (see rates and fees ) can be a surprisingly great addition to anyone’s wallet, whether you’re a seasoned award traveler or a complete newbie. Even if you don’t frequently stay at Hilton properties, this card can help you rack up bonus points on your everyday purchases to unlock free nights at thousands of properties worldwide. Factoring in its



There’s a Hyatt property coming to one of my favorite areas of Mexico, and I figured I’m not the only one who finds this opening interesting… Basics of Rancho Pescadero, Hyatt Unbound Collection Rancho Pescadero , a Hyatt Unbound Collection property, is accepting reservations for stays as of October 2022. Rancho Pescadero used to be an independent hotel, but it has undergone a significant renovat



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The latest wonder from the Webb Space Telescope is a new look at the Tarantula Nebula, a swirling mass of infantile and yet-to-be conceived stars. What looks like spider silk surrounds a hollowed-out center, where material has been blasted away by radiation, according to a NASA release . Read more...



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Netflix is catering to the goths again with Wendell & Wild , its upcoming stop-motion tale directed by Henry Selick ( Nightmare Before Christmas , Coraline ), co-written by Selick and Jordan Peele ( Nope ), and co-starring Peele and his longtime Key & Peele collaborator Keegan-Michael Key. We’ve been wanting to see more of… Read more...



Almost one year ago to the day, we published a piece detailing the upward trajectory of Apple TV Plus and its threat to the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney Plus . Apple CEO Tim Cook had just unveiled a showreel of the streamer’s upcoming premieres by way of an introduction to the company’s iPhone 13 launch event. During the brief presentation, Cook also regaled audiences with an account



The biggest iPhone 14 Plus leaks - Apple event confirmed for September 7 - 6.7-inch 60Hz display - Dual-lens 12MP camera - A big 4,325mAh battery - Similar design to the iPhone 13 - A15 Bionic chipset, like last year's models The iPhone 14 Plus is probably about to launch, as Apple’s ‘Far Out’ event is happening tomorrow, September 7, and the iPhone 14 line is expected to be the star of the show.



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Over the weekend, former US president and noted reality TV star Donald Trump went on an unhinged rant about electric cars, presumably to pander to a group of die hard followers in Pennsylvania. His peculiar conclusion? We should get "rid of this stuff," because charging infrastructure is still lacking in the country. If you're scratching your head, us too. It's a bizarre perspective that serves t



If you've ever had a dream about Jeremy Strong calling Ronald Reagan a schmuck, you'll enjoy the start of this trailer. But writer/director James Gray's drama Armageddon Time is more serious than that, examining Reagan-era racism in the '80s. Set in New York, the film sees Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, and Strong leading the cast as family members Aaron, Esther, and Irving Graff. But the story



Our Commanders in Chief have owned a wide range of personal automobiles over the years, ranging from the humble to the overly extravagant.



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Google has just sent out media invites for its next hardware event . After teasing the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch earlier this year at I/O 2022 , the company will provide additional details about those devices on October 6th, with a live broadcast from New York City starting at 10AM ET. We know from the company's May preview that Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will feature Google's second-gene



It may be September, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still hot out there—you may have heard a heat wave is blanketing the western U.S. The ideal way to beat the heat is by sitting poolside with a something cold to drink. The pool may not be in the cards for you, so the least I can do is help you craft a late summer… Read more...




Using Windows 10 and Windows 11’s split screen feature, you can use multiple apps at once on your screen. You can pin apps to the sides as well as corners of your screen. We’ll show you how to use this productive Windows feature. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



A mechanical keyboard’s “actuation point” describes how far a key needs to be pressed to register an input. This measurement is usually set in stone, but a new 3D-printable keyboard switch, called the MagLev Switch MX, allows you to adjust its actuation point on the fly. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



After a surprise teaser back in May, it looks like Google is finally ready to unveil its new Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, the first Pixel Watch, and potentially more. Today, Google confirmed its “Made by Google” event airs on October 6th. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



If you’re lucky enough to find yourself in a position where you can afford a house, you’ll soon find yourself in the unlucky position of having a yard full of grass and weeds demanding constant maintenance. To simplify the task of keeping their lawn from turning into a jungle, one YouTuber went full supervillain and… Read more...



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Some educators believe social media can help them engage with students, but it also raises questions around classroom privacy.



Hours before a long holiday weekend in the United States, electronics giant Samsung announced its U.S. systems were breached a month earlier by malicious hackers, who broke in and made off with gobs of personal information about an unspecified number of its customers. The data breach is likely significant. Samsung is one of the largest technology companies with hundreds of millions of device owne



Research suggests that most companies want to do the right thing when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Executives certainly understand that bringing in a variety of voices, experiences, backgrounds and cultures can improve an organization in myriad ways beyond the bottom line, making their companies stronger and their products appeal to a broader audience. Yet, as with anything



There’s no denying it — when it comes to e-commerce, Marc Lore delivers. The serial entrepreneur sold Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com, Soap.com and others, to Amazon in 2011 for $550 million. He launched Jet.com in 2015 and sold it to Walmart in 2016 for a tidy $3 billion. Now, Lore delivers a new at-home dining experience through Wonder Group (of which Lore is founder, chairman and CEO



Picture this: You’re in Boston, and it’s early evening. You head to a rail station and board a train. Once it leaves the station, you visit the dining car for dinner before heading to your sleeper car to turn in for the night. After a full night’s sleep, you’re rested for a day’s worth of sightseeing or business meetings when the train arrives at 8 a.m. in the Canadian city of Montreal . It’s a c



American Airlines is making some adjustments to its short-haul network. The Fort Worth-based carrier filed plans over the weekend to cut four routes and add an interesting new domestic flight. The changes were first seen in Cirium schedules and later confirmed by carrier spokesperson Brian Metham. The full list of cuts is below: Charlotte — Puerto Vallarta. Dallas/Fort Worth — Hermosillo, Mexico.



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As io9 co-founders Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders acted as Toastmasters during the Hugo awards ceremony at Chicon , the 80th World Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, they were also awarded with some Hugos of their very own! Read more...



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A huge oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused a hellish fire in the ocean last year , has been releasing massive amounts of planet-warming methane. Reuters reported last week on satellite data that shows that the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield leaked 44,064 tons of methane into the atmosphere over the course of 24 days… Read more...



A new report examing the impact of Apple’s privacy feature, App Tracking Transparency, indicates Apple’s ads business appears to have financially benefitted as a result of the feature’s launch. Now over a year old, App Tracking Transparency , or ATT, reached mass adoption in June 2021, allowing for a comparative year-over-year analysis of the post-ATT mobile ads landscape, which finds how Apple h



Pokémon Go Psychic Spectacular 2022 is here, bringing with it a whole bunch of mind-manipulating goodies and exclusive events. A celebration of all psychically enhanced pocket monsters, Psychic Spectacular is already live. With a new Mega Pokémon to catch, shinies to nab, and research tasks to complete, there’s a lot to keep you busy over the next few days. We’ve rolled up all you need to know ab



Save $110: If you want a sleek computer monitor without the Apple price tag, the Samsung 32-inch M80B UHD 4K smart computer monitor is now $589.99 at Amazon. As of Sept. 6, you save 16% which is just $10 away from its best price ever. Apple iMac desktops are certainly easy on the eyes, but you can't say the same for their price tags . Fortunately, they're not the only option if you want a stylish



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A merger that would’ve made Donald Trump’s social media venture into a publicly traded company, and provided Truth Social with $1.3 billion in cash investment is crumbling, according to a report from Reuters. Shareholders have rejected a one-year extension to finalize the acquisition, “people familiar with the matter”… Read more...



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A heat wave scorched states out West during the Labor Day weekend , sparking heat warnings for tens of millions of people. As of Tuesday, the ongoing heat is fueling wildfires and threatening California’s electrical grid, with officials urging residents to reduce their power use in order to head off blackouts. Read more...



Once upon a time, reaching a $1 billion valuation was a Big Deal. But the shine that a so-called unicorn valuation conferred on a startup eroded as more and more private companies reached the threshold — often with less and less to back it up. TechCrunch, where the term “unicorn” was born , noted the dilution of the denomination by working to collect notes instead on startups that had reached a $




A year after Facebook transformed to Meta at the event , the company is hosting its second Connect conference on October 11 this year. Prior to the Meta rebranding, the company hosted the conference under the Oculus Connect name. The firm is describing this event as a “one-day virtual eve


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