Thursday, September 22, 2022

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Apple began assembling some of its devices in India and Vietnam a few years ago, slowly cutting its reliance on China. The Cupertino-giant is now gearing up to make the two nations key global manufacturing hubs, according to analysts at JP Morgan. In a report they sent to clients Wednesday, JP Morgan analysts said Apple will move 5% of global iPhone 14 production to India by late 2022, and expand



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While promoting Netflix’s upcoming Wendell & Wild , director Henry Selick was featured in conversation with Collider at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he discussed if he and Nightmare Before Christmas creator Tim Burton were ever approached for a sequel to the 1993 beloved stop-motion film Selick… Read more...



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Of all the nearby planets, Saturn is most famous for its prominent rings. But NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope is reminding astronomers that Neptune's got bling, too. A new telescope image shows Neptune , which often looks like a gigantic blue ball on an opaque background of blank space , as a darkened sphere with delicate hoops of dust and a scattering of moons. As with all of Webb's photos in




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It's the first day of fall, and here's your first Quordle hint of the season: None of the words have anything to do with fall. Sorry. Anyway, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll




Companies are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines these days for failing to comply with data protection and data privacy rules, and that’s driving wave of organizations, and their users, to get more serious about data protection. One of the byproducts of that has been the emergence of new technology to meet that increase in activity. DataGuard is a Munich-based startup that has leaned



Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work. For example, a Microsoft study found that the outcomes of code reviews often don’t match the motivations, whether because of unrealistic expectati



Keeping up with tax compliance for cryptocurrency can be tricky, especially since many laws are new (or haven’t been written yet). That’s why Binocs was founded. Users integrate their exchanges and wallets, and Binocs provides a tax report and other accounting details. The startup announced today that it has raised $4 million to expand in markets like the United States, United Kingdom and Austral



Microsoft just teased its next major event but gave little clue as to what the company is set to reveal. The event is scheduled for October 12, 2022, at 10 AM ET. Beyond that, there is very little else in the way of details, and we've reached out to Microsoft for some clarification about what the event is set to showcase. We'll update this story with any news if and when we hear back from the com



Netgear has found a clever way to bring Wi-Fi 6E speeds to aging computers. The new standard comes via Netgear's Nighthawk AXE3000 USB 3.0 adapter, which can be plugged into a computer and upgraded it to Wi-Fi 6E. Wi-Fi 6E has been steadily rolling out in recent years allowing devices to access the 6GHz band on top of the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The standard allows for “faster speeds, more connect



WordleBot says today's answer isn't too difficult, but you'll want to check out these hints and starter word tips before trying to guess it on your own.



TL;DR: A one-year subscription to a Swish Live Streaming Basic Plan is on sale for £86.98, saving you 70% on list price. Your whole family may not be able to make it out to every local game, but that doesn’t have to mean they can’t watch your superstar play. With Swish Live Streaming , you can live stream your child’s game for the whole family, and a one-year Basic Plan is on sale for £86.98. Thi



French startup Bump has signed a multi-year financing partnership with DIF Capital Partners in order to roll out more charging stations for electric vehicles and double down on growth in general. It is an equity and quasi-equity $180 million deal that will be progressively unlocked from 2022 to 2030. Yesterday, ZePlug also announced a significant investment — but ZePlug focuses on a different mar



The next Artemis 1 launch attempt might take place as soon as next week, seeing as NASA has met all the objectives it set out to do to consider its rocket's fuel test a success . NASA had to test adding super-cooled fuel to the Space Launch System's tanks to confirm the repairs it made after it scrubbed the mission's second launch attempt in late August. The ground team at Kennedy Space Center sp



The Steam Deck is an exciting device for those who love handhelds, but the competition is quickly growing, and Logitech is the latest to release an alternative.



Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind Facebook and its parent company Meta, has lost billions on paper as the company struggles to find a new purpose.



It's Thursday, friends, we've past the halfway point in the week, and a new Wordle is here to help us inch that little bit closer to the weekend. Whether you're smashing it or struggling, we're here to help every day . If you just want the answer, you can jump straight to the end of this article for September 22's Wordle solution. If you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some ti



Don't be fooled by the silly title and primary-colored monsters in Elise Gravel's latest book, Killer Underwear Invasion : The children's picture book is much more than an entertaining bedtime story. One of dozens of fun and informative picture books books from Gravel — including You Can Be , a story of diversity and self-love, and the gender-stereotype exploration Pink, Blue, and You! — her late



The first major Windows 11 update has finally arrived, and it brings with it a bunch of new features and improvements. Yes, that includes Start menu tweaks.



For the first couple years of the pandemic, we saw many airlines either extend elite status altogether, or make it easier to earn. We’re seeing less of that this year, though Southwest did just roll out a promotion that some members will find to be valuable. Southwest A-List easier to earn in 2022 (for 2023) A-List and A-List Preferred are Southwest Rapid Rewards’ elite status tiers , offering pe



An SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) helps you understand your software supply chain by listing the packages and vendors that your code relies upon. SBOMs are rapidly gaining momentum as a way to help improve security in the wake of prominent real-world supply chain attacks. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



After an appeals court struck down key portions of a state law designed to prevent social media companies from freely making content moderation decisions , Florida wants the Supreme Court to weigh in. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a petition Wednesday asking the highest court in the land to wade into the issue after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings. In Florida



Star Wars Enlarge / Diego Luna returns to the role of Cassian Andor in the newest Star Wars series on Disney+. (credit: Lucasfilm) At its worst, Star Wars: Andor is a sanded-off, PG-13 version of some of the best TV dramas of the past decade. It's easy to see traces of The Wire , Lost , and Breaking Bad in this story of Star Wars -adjacent scum and villainy. However, as you might suspect, such nu



The "Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift" car mostly consisted of 1968 Mustangs, according to a YouTube video interview with its builder Sean Morris.




While extremely unlikely, any such collision of the moon with the Earth would likely end life as we know it.



Rocket Lab is a U.S.-based company, but until now the bulk of its activities have been conducted in New Zealand. While the company has been public about its plans to expand to both hemispheres for a while, executives released a slew of updates on Wednesday detailing their goal to make the U.S. home to even a greater share of launches, testing and manufacturing. The company shared the news with in



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Space Hilton Hotel giant Hilton has signed a contract with Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin to design astronaut facilities for the companies' planned Starlab space station, CNBC reports , a NASA-funded orbital lab that is one day meant to replace the International Space Station. The goal is to explore the concept of hospitality in space, a glimpse of a future in which vacationing in orb



Xbox Series X is one of the best ways to game this generation, especially with exclusives like “Gears 5.” For a limited time, you can score a brand new Xbox Series X along with the hardcore, gory, alien-slaying title — and save $62. Read on to find out what’s included in this Xbox Series X Gears 5 Bundle Deal . What's Included in the Xbox Series X ‘Gears 5’ Bundle Deal? Xbox Series X 1TB SSD Cons



Salesforce and WhatsApp have entered into a new partnership that will bring instant messaging facilities to the Customer 360 platform. The partnership, announced during Dreamforce 2022 , will give businesses a new way to communicate with customers, courtesy of WhatsApp integrations for multiple Salesforce CRM applications. The arrangement will set the stage for “convenient, integrated and persona



Enlarge / A selection of Stable Diffusion images with a strikeout through them. (credit: Ars Technica) Getty Images has banned the sale of AI generative artwork created using image synthesis models such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney through its service, The Verge reports . To clarify the new policy, The Verge spoke with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters. "There are real concerns with



Tesla has an ambitious plan to develop a robot that, in addition to looking like a human, will be able to perform many human tasks. Not everyone is convinced.



Dodge is known for its muscle cars, but not all of them have been hits. The Dodge Stealth is one of those models, and it didn't stick around for long.



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The video game streaming service is struggling to strike the right balance between popularity and profit.



A new leak suggests that the Apple iPhone 15 family, from the base model through the rumored iPhone 15 Ultra device, would all use USB-C in lieu of Apple’s lightning connector - with one crucial difference between the high- and low-end models. USB-C ports coming to the iPhone has been a long-rumored and anticipated change, one that may be mandated by European Union laws taking effect in the near



Google collaborated with third-party company Framework to create a customizable and upgradable Chromebook laptop. As a company, Framework specializes in developing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) laptops that people can upgrade themselves with nothing more than a screwdriver, the parts the company provides, and a bit of patience. Now with the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition , customizable laptops have e



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Elon Musk’s satellite internet service has hit a bump in the road after building up momentum for the first half of the year. Starlink, the ISP arm of SpaceX, saw its speeds worldwide slow down as the service gains in popularity, according to internet speed measurement company Ookla’s latest quarterly report . ( Note: Ookla and Mashable are both owned by the same parent company, Ziff Davis. ) In e



Apple’s AirTags haven’t enjoyed the positive press the company likely hoped for . While the tiny devices are great for keeping tabs on the things in your life that often go missing ( minus your kids ), they’ve also sparked controversy, since stalkers have used them to track people. Not cool. But AirTags aren’t the only… Read more...



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The Cassian Andor we meet in the earliest parts of Rogue One was already hardly the most prim-and-proper sort of person, even for Star Wars ’ ragtag Rebel Alliance. But the one we meet at the beginning of his self-titled Disney+ TV show is somehow even less put-together to a shocking degree—and that’s pretty damn great. Read more...



It seems like all the billionaires are having babies right now. First, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suddenly announces secret twins . Now it’s Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s turn to bask in the baby glow. Read more...



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Multiple military intelligence offices have paid a data broker for access to internet traffic logs, which could reveal the online browsing histories of U.S. citizens, Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter Wednesday, citing an anonymous whistleblower that had contacted his office. Read more...



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A demonstration to confirm a repaired hydrogen leak appears to have gone well, with NASA declaring Wednesday’s cryogenic tanking test a success. Engineers still need to review the results, but the space agency could be on track to perform its third launch attempt of its SLS megarocket in just six days—a mission that… Read more...



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California has just become the fifth state in the US to legalize the composting of human bodies, a planet-friendly — and, yes, gruesome-sounding — alternative to the toxic process of cremation. As The Los Angeles Times and other outlets reported, CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill passed by the state assembly into law over the weekend, though human composting won't become a burial option in the




National Labor Relations Board officials said the company had applied its workplace rules unfairly, and asked it to change or scrap the regulations.



Western Digital and Seagate have revealed hard drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) sales have declined throughout 2022, and that “the situation is getting worse”. Western Digital CEO David Goeckeler made the comments at the recent Goldman Sachs technology conference, adding that he has little confidence in the company achieving its sales revenue projection of around $3.6-3.8 billion in its fi



We are finally seeing details emerge on the next flagship camera phone that will replace the OnePlus 10 Pro . Prolific tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka OnLeaks, has shared a specifications sheet for the new OnePlus 11 Pro with the site 91Mobiles , and they have all of the details, leading with the next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform. Of course we would expect the next OneP



After more than a decade of trying to make flying cars a reality, Kitty Hawk is shutting down. “We’re still working on the details of what’s next,” the Larry Page-backed startup posted to LinkedIn on Wednesday afternoon . Before today’s announcement, the last time we heard from Kitty Hawk was in the spring of 2021 when it came out the company had parted ways with engineer Damon Vander Lind follow



More evidence is mounting that virtual reality might relieve pain during surgery . MIT News reports that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston have published a study indicating that patients wearing VR headsets required less anesthetic during hand surgery. While the average conventional patient needed 750.6 milligrams per hour of the sedative propofol, people looking at relax



Micromobility company Bird is boosting its president, Shane Torchiana, to CEO status in a “long-planned” shakeup that sees founding chief executive Travis VanderZanden further stripped of power. Bird’s board also announced two other appointments: Former Archer Aviation chief financial officer Ben Lu has joined as Bird’s new CFO, taking over the role from Yibo Ling, and Bird engineering executive



Despite being a household name when it comes to instant photography, Polaroid is taking things in a different direction with new wireless speakers.



From the battlefield to the backcountry, the Humvee -- and its Hummer variations -- have become icons of American automotive power.



Apple introduced the AirPods Pro 2 at its September 2022 event, and as expected, they pack a bunch of key feature upgrades and new abilities.



Microsoft has confirmed plans for an October event, and a new leak claims to reveal details about a couple of the products the company will likely unveil.



The most customizable laptop around just gave users even more options. Last year’s Framework Laptop was a godsend for “Right to Repair” enthusiasts because of its modular design, and now it can come with ChromeOS. Framework announced the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition this week, bringing its high degree of customization to fans of Google’s proprietary laptop OS. You can pre-order it now for



Enlarge (credit: Logitech) Those leaks were real! Logitech is jumping into the handheld game console arena, and cloud gaming is the primary platform? The company has announced the " Logitech G CLOUD Gaming Handheld ," a Steam Deck/Nintendo Switch-style portable that runs Android, has a full suite of controller buttons, and is meant to take your cloud gaming collection on the go. The device is pow



Enlarge / There’s a long tradition of experimentally testing the weak equivalence principle—the basis of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. (credit: ONERA) One of the most counter-intuitive notions in physics is that all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of mass, aka the equivalence principle . This was memorably illustrated in 1971 by NASA Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott dur



Enlarge (credit: NREL ) This week, the US Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab released its annual analysis of solar energy in the US. It found that nearly half the generating capacity was installed in the US during 2021 and is poised to dominate future installs. That's in part because costs have dropped by more than 75 percent since 2010; it's now often cheaper to build and operate a solar plant



The ransomware gang that hacked the Los Angeles Unified School District—paralyzing the computer systems of the second-largest school district in the country—is demanding a ransom two weeks after the attack. Read more...



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Last week’s very bloody, very on-brand Game of Thrones wedding marked a turn for the series to jump ahead in time on House of the Dragon . On Sunday’s episode we’re going to meet older Princess Rhaenyra, with Emma D’Arcy taking over from Milly Alcock, and Prince Laenor, now played by John Macmillan. The handsome and… Read more...



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Teens have been using less and less drugs over the past few decades, with two important exceptions, new research this week suggests. Reported levels of drug use have declined for most substances since the early 1990s, the study found, but rates of cannabis use and vaping have gone up. The findings also indicate that… Read more...



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The highly anticipated debut of Marvel’s first family into the MCU didn’t come away with any major news at D23 Expo 2022 —however, Deadline reports that Fantastic Four has already had scribes hard at work on a script. Writers Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer have been officially announced as Marvel Studios’ choice for… Read more...



Memo to Norwegian Cruise Line fans: Maybe it’s time to quit drinking. The world’s fourth-largest cruise line this week announced plans to hike the cost of its top-tier drinks package to an eye-popping $138 per person per day, effective Jan. 1 — the highest level for a drinks package ever seen in the cruise industry. The Premium Plus Beverage Package, as it’s called, currently costs $128 per perso



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Do Kwon, the co-founder of stablecoin TerraUSD, is a wanted man in South Korea. As a result, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is warning users that it's not responsible for their choice to invest in Do Kwon's token. Last week, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, who's company created the algorithmic stablecoin, TerraUSD, as well as its sister cryptocurrency, Luna



Clearpath Robotics has equipped a Polaris GEM electric vehicle with an autonomy software called OutdoorNav. The software allows users to set waypoints on a web interface for the car to drive to autonomously. This particular Polaris GEM was programmed to drive its passengers to a nearby Starbucks drive-thru.



Destiny 2 developer Bungie has been on a legal spree recently: It sued one user over cheating and threats against its employees, as well as a YouTuber who issued nearly 100 false DMCA claims against other creators. But after suing the cheat developer AimJunkies last year , Bungie is now facing a countersuit. AimJunkies claims the developer illegally hacked an associate's computer, reports Torrent



Kitty Hawk, the electric aviation startup founded and led by the “godfather of self-driving cars” Sebastian Thrun and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is shutting down. The company said in a tweet and on a post in LinkedIn that it was winding down operations. “We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk. We’re still working on the details of what’s next,” the posts on social media rea



Making sneakers is a dirty business; one that’s heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shoe companies have experimented with various ways to reduce their footprints, from uppers made of recycled plastic to midsoles made of foam derived from sugarcane. Now, there’s a new approach — upcycling. Materials startup Novoloop and running-shoe manufacturer On will announce a partnership later today to produce a



Things I learned on TikTok : The hole in a pasta spoon is one serving of spaghetti. What to do when a debt collector comes knocking. How to hot wire a Kia using a USB cord and a screwdriver. Oh yes, you read that right. A trending TikTok challenge publicizing a technique for stealing certain makes and models of Kia and Hyundai vehicles caused vehicle thefts to soar across the country, according t



It’s about time that we learn the difference between what’s a viral trend and what’s just one person posting a meme that goes viral. For the sake of humanity, let’s count our lucky stars: NyQuil chicken is not a real threat to public health. But this week, the FDA issued a warning about what the agency perceived as a TikTok challenge encouraging users to cook raw chicken in a pool of NyQuil, a sl



Gen Z’s favorite social app BeReal experienced a lengthy outage today, which the company only acknowledged with a brief — and fairly vague — tweet , stating: “yup, we’re on it.” In recent months, the Paris-based app maker has seen its photo-sharing service climb to the top of the App Store, ousting competitors like Facebook, Instagram and even TikTok from the No. 1 spot, at times. But the company



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Jason Sudeikis’ character from the hit Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” will make an appearance in EA Sports’ upcoming video game, FIFA 23. Ted Lasso will be playable as a manager along with the show’s fictional football club AFC Richmond. EA (Electronic Arts) announced the news today alongside a trailer showing everyone’s “favorite mustachioed manager,” the company wrote. EA is likely hoping the add



Netflix announced today that it’s adding a new title to its gaming roster that is based on its popular show “Nailed It!” The game, which is called Nailed It! Baking Bash, will launch on October 4, a day before Season 7 of the bake-off competition show debuts on October 5. The game was developed by Netherlands-based Paladin Studios and sees players go through sequences of rapid-fire mini-games to



Matt Blumberg Contributor Matt Blumberg is the co-founder and CEO of Bolster. He is also the co-author of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors , and the author of Startup CEO , Startup CXO and the Startup CEO blog . Was anyone else as appalled as I am by the contents of Connie Loizos’ recent article, Coming out of COVID, investors lose their taste



The P.A. system is wired - it is not wifi or bluetooth-enabled. My first reaction when I saw this was, that's simply not possible , right? It does not seem to be. American Airlines inspected the Boeing 737-800 as well as the P.A. system itself after these reports. They tell me that maintenance "determined the sounds were caused by an issue with the PA amplifier. There was no external access to th



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Put a Ring On It Jupiter who? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just captured Neptunes's rings — yep, that's right, Neptune has rings, too — in all of their splendor. And they're absolutely beautiful. If it's news to you that Neptune even has rings, we don't blame you. They're quite close to its atmosphere, and thus are easily obscured by the gas giant's brightness — in fact, this is the firs



If you’re online, you’ll eventually need a USB microphone. Whether you’re all business or an aspiring e-celebrity, good sound quality is necessary nowadays if you want to be seen and heard. High quality and dependable audio capture is possible with a solid microphone that conveniently plugs into your PC or laptop via USB. Many of these options are well within any budget, though, there are a few o



Jesse Powell, the chief executive, has battled with employees after posting messages about race and gender and urging those who disagreed with his values to leave.



Realtors, just like any professional group, often communicate via a dense set of jargon that is often used to obscure a property’s faults and emphasize its features. This can range from using phrases like “cozy and charming” when what you mean is small and falling apart, to stretching the definition of the word… Read more...



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With soaring gas prices and devastating inflation, now is not an ideal time to buy a car . If you find it necessary to make such a major investment, you may take comfort in the belief that if you regret your purchase, at least you have a three-day window to return the car for a full refund, no questions asked.… Read more...



Microsoft’s Surface lineup of PCs is often regarded as the closest parallel to Apple’s Mac computers that exist in the Windows ecosystem, and among the best laptops you can get. And the Redmond-based giant is gearing up for its next Surface announcements in a few weeks. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Twitter has disclosed an “incident” affecting the accounts of an unspecified number of users who opted to reset their passwords. According to the company, a “bug” introduced sometime in the last year prevented Twitter users from being logged out of their accounts on all of their devices after initiating a password reset. “if you proactively changed your password on one device, but still had an op




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Maybe I've just been online for too long. After all, I saw the Tide Pod craze (but not really a craze) come and go. So when I saw TikTok's so-called NyQuil chicken challenge making headlines this week, my initial reaction was neither concern nor laughing astonishment. It was immediate disbelief. First a disclaimer: I'm not saying no person ever has cooked and consumed chicken braised in NyQuil. H



SAVE $50: As of Sept. 21, you can pre-order the newly announced Logitech G Cloud gaming handheld for $50 off the original price . Xbox Cloud Gaming will be accessible on the device at launch, allowing you to stream games as long as you're connected to the internet. The Cloud gaming trend continues to grow. On Sept. 21, Microsoft announced the launch of the new Logitech G Cloud handheld , also men



Crypto market maker Wintermute has suffered a significant cyberattack that saw the culprits manage to steal $160 million worth of digital assets. In a Twitter thread , company CEO Evgeny Gaevoy said that the attackers targeted Wintermute’s DeFi proprietary trading operations, which are “completely separate and independent” from its CeFi and OTC operations. "The attack was in relation to our walle



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Kittyhawk, the company named for the green hills where the Wright brothers made their first controlled winged flight, has struggled to get off the ground. Now it seems the folks behind the air taxi company are ready to throw in the towel, offering little fanfare while they dive their little bird into the ground on… Read more...



Feeling sleepy or distracted while driving? The Volvo EX90 electric SUV will be able to tell by watching you, and is programmed to react.



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It looks inevitable that all vehicles will one day be powered by electricity, and that means gas stations will have to evolve or face extinction.



No one wants to get a speeding ticket. But some car models are more likely to be driven fast than others, and some just catch the eye of the police.



Florida is calling on the US' highest court to settle the dispute over social media speech regulation. The Washington Post notes the state's attorney general has petitioned the Supreme Court to determine whether or not states are violating First Amendment free speech rights by requiring that social media platforms host speech they would otherwise block, and whether they can require explanations w



Iran has blocked access to Instagram and WhatsApp as its government attempts to subdue protests that began last week following the death of a woman at the hands of local authorities. As of Wednesday, demonstrations across the country had been ongoing for four consecutive days. The protests began over the weekend after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s morality police on Septem



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Semper Supra We do sympathize with the Space Force. Seriously. They're not taken very seriously , and it can't be easy to watch pretty much every other branch of the US military be immortalized in glory and splendor in an endless stream of shows and films while you get one dud of a Steve Carrell series that just makes fun of you. It's difficult, however, to retain sympathy when the Space Force co



Enlarge United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had just returned from a visit to flooded Pakistan when he stepped before the UN General Assembly to give a speech on Tuesday. Poverty-stricken regions experiencing the most severe climate change impacts, like Pakistan , were front-of-mind when he declared , "Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fos



Enlarge / Drowning in a sea of data. (credit: Getty Images ) The record-vying distributed denial-of-service attacks keep coming, with two mitigation services reporting they encountered some of the biggest data bombardments ever by threat actors whose tactics and techniques are constantly evolving. On Monday, Imperva said it defended a customer against an attack that lasted more than four hours an



At least two people are dead after a powerful typhoon hit Japan this week, covering parts of the country with record amounts of rain and putting more than 9 million people under evacuation orders. Read more...



Returning clothes I bought online because they weren’t what I was expecting is one of the few things in this world that really wracks me with guilt, mainly because I start thinking about the damage my returns are causing the planet, all because my lazy ass didn’t want to go to the store. Read more...



This story was originally published by Grist . You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here . This story is part of the Grist series Flood. Retreat. Repeat, an exploration of how communities are changing before, during, and after managed retreat. Read more...



A new crew has successfully reached the International Space Station following the successful launch and docking of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. The Expedition 68 crew will spend the next six months in low Earth orbit running science experiments and maintaining the orbital outpost, despite political tensions on the… Read more...



Link: Apply now for the Aeroplan® Credit Card The Aeroplan® Credit Card currently has a fantastic welcome offer that’s worth considering, given the reasonable spending requirement, and all the great uses of Aeroplan points , including the ability to have stopovers . This was first launched in mid-August, but I wanted to post a reminder of the offer, as it’s quite good. Current Aeroplan Credit Car



Arbor Ventures , funder of fintech and shopping startups like installment loan company Tabby and Amazon brand factory Heyday , has locked down $193 million toward its largest fund to date, TechCrunch has learned. The Singapore-based VC focuses on early-stage financial tech startups, but it operates with a pretty expansive view of what constitutes fintech; its portfolio includes startups working o



The drip-drip-drip of a leaky faucet can be annoying, to be sure. And it’s certainly not going to do any favors to your water bill (or the environment). But beyond that, how big of a deal is it, really? Read more...



As the summer’ cherry season fades, you might be faced with a lingering bag of the fruit in your fridge. If you’re cherried-out and you can’t bring yourself to eat them plain, but you don’t feel at peace throwing out Earth’s crimson gifts, there are plenty of interesting ways to use up your cherries. From preserving… Read more...




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Orbital Reef, a yet-to-be-constructed space station from Blue Origin and Sierra Space, will appear in the forthcoming sci-fi movie titled HELIOS , which is set in the year 2030. Read more...



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Hurricane Fiona has caused widespread damage across Puerto Rico, and now the island is under a heat advisory. Most residents currently do not have electricity or running water. Read more...



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Thoughts and prayers for Beyond Meat in this trying time. The plant-based burger replacement company is currently swimming in struggle sauce. Doug Ramsey, Beyond’s chief operating officer, has been suspended from the company after being arrested for allegedly biting a man’s nose in a brawl. Then there’s the… Read more...



The helpdesk platform of popular publisher 2K Games has been hacked in an attempt to spread malware among gamers, the company has confirmed. In a tweet, 2K Games said it recently discovered that hackers managed to “illegally access” the credentials of one of its vendors to the helpdesk platform. "The unauthorized party sent a communication to certain players containing a malicious link. Please do



Chinese EV maker XPeng is no stranger to boundary-pushing car tech. In 2020, it unveiled the P7 sedan , which featured 200 more miles of EV range than the Tesla Model 3. Today, it's targeting charging speed with its G9 SUV . The new flagship model can charge at up to 480 kW, allowing it to go from a 10 percent charge to 80 percent in 15 minutes (or 124 miles in 5 minutes). In the US, we're limite



Calling all Southwest Rapid Rewards members : There’s a three-prong limited-time status accelerator promotion for Rapid Rewards customers, making it easier to earn tier status through 2023. As of Sept. 21, Southwest is applying reward flight segments earned since Jan. 1, 2022, toward A-List or A-List Preferred elite status segment requirements. Plus, Southwest loyalty members will temporarily ear



With the ever-increasing demand for premium flight seats, airline upgrades have become exceedingly difficult to obtain for the average passenger. You may even have airline elite status or want to use your points or cash to secure a higher cabin class on your next flight, but that may not be enough for a cushier seat up front. Nevertheless, if you aspire to an upgrade on your next American Airline



Showing loyalty to Norwegian Cruise Line can get you some great rewards. The line’s recently revamped frequent cruiser program, Latitudes Rewards, offers members such enticing perks as discounts on normally pricey drinks packages, shore excursions and spa treatments after only a few sailings. And that’s just a hint of what’s to come for loyal cruisers who reach the program’s top tiers. At the ver



Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, known as “CZ” in the crypto world, said governments across the globe are making slow but “positive” progress toward regulating cryptocurrency. “On the regulatory side, I think we’re seeing a lot of progress in the positive direction for regulatory framework,” Zhao said in a video call aired live on stage at the Messari Mainnet conference in New York City on Wednesday w



The competition to create ever smaller, ever better robots is a fierce one, and Cornell University is out front now with a set of bots small enough to sit on a human hair but that can move on their own using nothing but light as a power source. Now, you may remember a similarly small machine from a few months ago, sitting proudly on the rim of a penny. Small, yes — but calling it a robot isn’t qu



Peacock, Comcast’s NBCUniversal-owned streamer, announced its first original adult animation series. It’s about time the streaming service invested in the genre, as adult animation shows continue to do well for competitors Netflix and Hulu. Peacock’s upcoming animated comedy series, “In the Know,” will star “Beavis and Butt-Head” creator Mike Judge and “Silicon Valley” star Zach Woods. Judge’s “B



XPeng launched the G9 Flagship SUV, the fourth production vehicle in its lineup that will set a “new benchmark” for automated driving technology in passenger vehicles, the Chinese electric vehicle startup said Wednesday. The automaker says the G9 will come with an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that eventually will cover both city and highway driving scenarios. “We believe [the G9] will



IndieBio (part of SOSV ) is a biotech investor and accelerator that has started shifting more and more toward climate tech in recent years. The current cohort is batch 13, for fall 2022, and we’ve taken a closer look at the five that stood out the most. IndieBio tells us that this batch is going big on diversity, both in terms of gender and geography. The cohort attracted companies from four coun



This article was created with Re:wild as part of Recurrent 's charitable partnerships initiative, which supports non-profits that champion sustainable solutions for the planetary crises of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The solution to our carbon emissions problem isn’t a new technology that sucks carbon from the air. It’s an ancient one—nearly 4 billion years old, in fact. It



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World Wide Webb NASA has assembled an "anomaly review board" and paused some of the James Webb Space Telescope's operations after discovering a glitch with one of the expensive craft's integral imaging instruments. In an update yesterday , the agency said that the extremely expensive and delicate telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) camera and spectrograph appear to have developed an issue



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Several new studies appear to confirm that steroids — both those used for bodybuilding and those prescribed for conditions including asthma and allergies — are absolutely terrible for brain health. Like, shockingly bad. As it may go without saying, it doesn't feel terribly farfetched that the athlete-favored anabolic-androgenic steroids used for muscle building and athletic performance might resu



You may want to work with data in your spreadsheet that resides elsewhere. Using a set of Google Sheets functions, you can import data from a CSV file, RSS feed, web page, or another spreadsheet. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Flights out of Russia immediately sold out once Vladimir Putin ordered a partial call-up of Russia’s military reservists. Already Russian airlines have been banned from selling tickets to males aged 18 to 65. Continue reading ...



Chase has even suggested that getting a small business card is one of the things you should do as you start your business, that it's often the first resource many business owners look to as they start to grow. A small business card allow yous to separate business from personal expenses and builds the credit history and identity of your business. Continue reading ...




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The new Hellraiser arrives on Hulu next month, and fans of Clive Barker’s horror franchise are eagerly waiting to see what director David Bruckner does to differentiate his film from the many series entries that’ve come before. One big change that makes this 11th Hellraiser film stand out: casting Jamie Clayton as … Read more...



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Deepfakes are no longer desired, fakes are now forlorn, and any AI-originated content will be ostracized from image hosting website Getty Images. Read more...



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This October, Doctor Who ’s Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker , will take her final bow. Current showrunner Chris Chibnall will also be departing the series before David Tennant and Russell T. Davies return for the series’ 60th anniversary special , which we previously knew more about than the upcoming regeneration . Read more...



The Ink Business Cash® Credit Card ( review ) is one of the all-around most lucrative business credit cards out there. The card has a big welcome bonus , no annual fee, and offers up to 5x points. In conjunction with other cards earning Ultimate Rewards points , this can be one of the most useful cards out there for a small business. In this post I wanted to look at eight reasons you should consi



Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local anesthetic needed for surgery, a new study has found. A team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston split 34 patients undergoing elective hand surgery into two equal-size groups. One group was given a VR headset and offered a range of relaxing immersive programs to view during surgery, while the



Cooking poultry in cold medicine is a bad, dangerous idea that few people seemed to be aware of until the government warning attracted media coverage.



Material You is one of Android’s great recent features. Introduced with Android 12 , it automatically adjusts your smartphone’s UI elements based on your chosen wallpaper. If the image is predominantly green and black, for example, UI elements will update to match those colors. It’s a simple idea, but an effective one,… Read more...



Laptops keep getting less and less repairable and upgradeable, but there’s a laptop maker that’s going the exact opposite direction: Framework. The company has been offering laptops for a while, but now it’s making a Chromebook — with the exact same features that make Framework laptops great. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Working with arrays, or adjacent cell ranges, in Microsoft Excel can be challenging at times. If you’d like to combine, reshape, or resize an array, you can choose from a collection of functions that can cover many situations. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Following a big leak in August, today, Logitech officially announced its all-new Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld device, and it’ll be available starting next month. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



The right smartphone case looks awesome, feels great in your hand, and protects your phone from damage. Since you’re paying top dollar for Apple’s new iPhone 14 Pro, you should get a case that will keep it in great shape—and one that will work with MagSafe accessories and wireless charging, too. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Get ready for a new generation of Surface products. Microsoft just announced its Fall 2022 Event, where it will “talk about devices.” We expect the company to reveal the Surface Pro 9, which may finally come in both x86 and ARM configurations. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Google has started rolling out a new feature that should help users strengthen their online privacy by helping remove personally identifiable information (PII) from search engine results pages. After opening the Google app on Android devices some users can tap on their profile picture in the top right corner of the screen. There, they will find a new menu item, called “Results about you”. Tapping



It looks as if Apple has been devising a way to allow any AirPlay 2 speaker to act as your default Apple TV 4K sound solution – at least, that's suggested by code found in the first beta of iOS 16.1, which was released to developers last week. Right now, both of Apple's HomePods (the original and the

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