Thursday, September 15, 2022

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Netflix was pretty confident in its ability to bounce back from its recent troubles during its Q2 2022 earnings report. Despite its financial issues, sizeable subscriber losses , and show cancelations , the streaming giant was bullish about its prospects in turning its fortunes around. In the two months since its most recent quarterly earnings call, though, Netflix hasn't shown any major signs th



Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that prediction may be coming true. TechCrunch has learned, and Google confirmed, the company is slashing projects at its in-house R&D division known as Area



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Twitter banned a user who shared a modified, racist clip from Disney’s new live action The Little Mermaid Wednesday. The tweaked video turned the skin of singer and actress Halle Bailey, who plays Ariel, from Black to white. Read more...




Mashable / 27min
Freshly minted Emmy winner Quinta Brunson has received a personal apology from Jimmy Kimmel, after the late night host was widely criticized for ruining her winning moment . On Monday, Brunson was awarded the Emmy in Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work on Abbott Elementary 's pilot episode. It was a momentous occasion made all the more special by the fact that this was her first



Engadget / 55min
Samsung has made a commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions for the whole company by 2050 and will spend KRW 7 trillion (US$5 billion) over the next seven-and-a-half years to make that happen. While its plans are likely not as aggressive as Microsoft's, which previously promised to be carbon negative by the end of the decade, it intends to implement changes soon so that its Device eXperien



Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. The edtech startup announced today it has raised a $14.3 million Series A led by Hambro Perks, with participation from Sequoia India & Southeast Asia’s Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, Ascend Vietnam



When Olive launched in 2021 , it aimed to eliminate waste from online shopping by enabling consumers to order from multiple sites and get products in one reusable package. Today, the company relaunches itself in the business-to-business space to work initially with apparel retailers on establishing a circular economy that delivers clothing and accessory orders in waste-free, reusable packaging, w



It's time to get your brain in gear, because the new daily Wordle puzzle has just been released — and we have some tips and hints to help you solve it. Those who prefer to jump straight to the answer can scroll right to the bottom of this article for September 15's Wordle solution revealed. Alternatively, if you'd prefer some tips, tricks, and hints to help you figure it out yourself, read on. Wh



If you're questioning whether your Wordle skills are enough to solve today's puzzle, you're already halfway to the answer. Still confused? Here are some hints.



SAVE 82%: Surfshark is a budget-friendly service that offers everything gamers need. A two-year subscription to Surfshark is on sale for £51.03 and includes an extra three months for free — 82% off for a limited time. VPNs continue to gain in popularity, and it's easy to see why. These cybersecurity services protect your data and identity when you're online, whilst unlocking extra content from ar



Do Kwon is behind the Terra Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies that plunged in value in May.



Further nurturing the remote work ecosystem, Logitech is launching two new mid-tier product lines to meet workers' needs: the Brio 500 webcams and the Zone Vibe wireless headphones. The goal of these two product lines, according to Logitech , is to offer “business-grade quality” equipment made out of recycled material at a relatively affordable price. For the webcams, interactivity is also a majo



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Walmart is expanding its support for AI-powered virtual try-on technology that allows online shoppers to better visualize clothing on models that look like themselves in both appearance and body type. Before, Walmart.com customers could select from among dozens of different models to find one who best looked like them in order to see how clothing would likely look on their own body, and with thei



The Sims 4 publisher Electronic Arts has announced the highly addictive life simulator will be made free for absolutely everyone to play from Oct. 18. This will probably straight up murder thousands of people's social lives, but what a heavenly way to die . Released in 2014, The Sims 4 has maintained a dedicated fanbase in the years since by feeding them constant updates and expansion packs. Now



Cryptocurrency transactions in Indonesia hit $60 billion last year , according to the country’s commodities futures trading agency. Crypto exchange and marketplace Reku has been riding the wave with what it says are the lowest fees on the market, and a platform that is aimed at both newcomers and experienced traders. Today, the startup, founded in 2017, announced it has raised $11 million in Seri



The 2024 Mustang may be instantly recognizable outside, but fans of the iconic pony car may get a bigger surprise when they look inside.



Enthusiast drivers know it can be just as much fun going sideways, and the 2024 Mustang embraces the drift with Ford's new performance electronic parking brake.



Ford isn't ready to give up on the gas engine yet, and the new 2024 Mustang celebrates its love of internal combustion with a hilarious upgrade to remote start.



Ford keeps things simple with the 2024 Mustang when it comes to what's under the hood.



USB ports may no longer be unusual in car cabins, but the 2024 Ford Mustang puts some of its charging outlets in a place you might not expect.



Ford's recipe for the 2024 Mustang is deceptively simple: take the visceral pony car fans know and love, and give it a fresh injection of tech and crisp styling



Verkada , a six-year-old, maker of building security tools and tech for companies — it sells them a package of video security cameras, door-based access control, environmental sensors, alarms, and guest and mailroom management, all connected on a cloud-based platform — just raised $205 million in Series D funding at what it says is a $3.2 billion valuation. Altogether, Verkada has raised $360 mil



K3d is an open-source wrapper around the Rancher/SUSE K3s Kubernetes distribution that lets you run the control plane inside Docker. The entire stack runs in Docker, giving you a fully containerized cluster that’s lightweight and easy to set up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




Sigmoid , a startup helping firms in the U.S., U.K. and Europe comb through their data and derive better insights from it, has raised $12 million in a new financing round following a strong year of growth, it said Thursday. Sequoia Capital India led the San Francisco-headquartered startup’s Series B funding, which included some secondary shares purchase, the two said. The investment giant, which



Top executives from Meta, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok just wrapped up a three-hour hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The hearing , which featured Meta CPO Chris Cox, YouTube CPO Neal Mohan, TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas and Twitter’s GM of consumer product (known as “Bluebird”), was meant to be focused on how their services impact national security issues. Notably, the heari



The iPhone 14 Pro brings a lot to the table, but it seems the camera has taken a step back in one way. Whether you'll notice depends on your shooting habits.



California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly anti-competitive pricing in violation of the California Unfair Competition Law and the Cartwright Act, California’s primary antitrust law. The complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, accuses the company of contractually prohibiting third-party sellers from offering lower prices on platforms other



Fun and festive frights can be found at Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure during Halloween time, as well as at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Disney Parks recently invited io9 to attend both Halloween experiences on a tour filled with tricks and treats; we… Read more...



The booming satellite industry has been a boon for Morpheus Space , which produces a modular, electric propulsion system for small satellites. Morpheus has raised a $28 million Series A , with which it intends to build a factory in Dresden, Germany, where it’s based, and to increase headcount. That will allow the company to ramp up production of its propulsion systems to meet exponentially growin



Enlarge / A pharmacist prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on September 9 in Chicago. The recently authorized booster vaccine protects against the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the more recent omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5. (credit: Getty | Scott Olson ) In mice, the BA.5-targeting



Enlarge / Onward and upward with a brand-new VR system. (credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment) Ahead of Sony's arrival at this weekend's 2022 Tokyo Games Show, the company's PlayStation division pushed a bunch of online news onto fans over the past 24 hours. The biggest news arguably came from hands-on and eyes-on impressions of its PlayStation VR2 add-on for the PS5 console. The new virtual re



Nine months after raising a Series A round, Majority has raised tens of millions in both equity and debt financing for its mobile bank for migrants. The fintech announced today that it has raised a $37.5 million Series B, $30 million of which is in equity financing led by Valar Ventures and other existing investors, and the remaining $7.5 million in debt financing from an undisclosed U.S.-based c



With rail workers on the verge of going on strike, Amtrak will cease long haul train service starting Thursday and also shutting down most California service beginning Thursday and accelerating Friday. Several commuter rails are also pausing service because of the way a strike would impact them, especially where they share track. Amtrak's Northeast services are not affected. Continue reading ...



Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, defending their platforms and their respective safety, privacy and moderation failures in recent years. Congress managed to drag in a relatively fresh set of product-focused executives this time around, including TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas, who testified for the first time



TikTok’s chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas, faced questions about whether the company would ever hand over user data to Chinese officials.



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The "Big Three" American automakers don’t make many cars anymore that look like a child’s drawing of a car: Boxy sedans with gasoline fumes coming out of the tailpipe. And after this coming model year there’ll be at least one fewer, because the 2023 Chrysler 300 will be the model’s swan song. The announcement, which came on Tuesday , came after the January announcement of Chrysler’s plan to go ex



Let me be blunt: The Backbone One gaming controller is the iPhone accessory I've wanted since games started appearing on Apple's smartphone platform in 2008. It fulfills the promise of turning the iPhone into a credible Nintendo Switch competitor, and distinguishes itself in a field crowded with alternatives from companies like Razer, GameSir, and even Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Read on for o



Jeep unveiled Wednesday the latest plug-in hybrid to join its lineup, a vintage-inspired Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe that is the brand’s most affordable trim to date. The Willys 4xe, which debuted Wednesday at the 2022 Detroit Auto Show, has a base price of $53,995, excluding any tax credits or the $1,595 destination fee. That makes the Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe the cheapest trim in the brand’s growi



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 . Oh heeeeeey. So excited to see you again, glad to have you with us. It’s been a busy news day on the site, and we’re particularly excited to share our iPhone 14 review with y’all. Oh, and did you know we’ve managed to convince our marketing team to let you have 15%



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bill Hinton) Three Iranian nationals charged with hacking into US-based computer networks sent ransom demands to the printers of at least some of their victims, according to an indictment unsealed today. The ransom demands allegedly sought payments in exchange for BitLocker decryption keys that the victims could use to regain access to their data. The three defenda



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard faces in-depth probes in Brussels and the UK following growing concerns the deal is anti-competitive and will exclude rivals from accessing the blockbuster game Call of Duty . It comes as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is expected to launch an in-depth investigation t



Enlarge / Images generated by ERNIE-ViLG from the prompt "China" superimposed over China's flag. (credit: Ars Technica) China's leading text-to-image synthesis model, Baidu's ERNIE-ViLG , censors political text such as "Tiananmen Square" or names of political leaders, reports Zeyi Yang for MIT Technology Review. Image synthesis has proven popular (and controversial) recently on social media and i



Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg ) Amazon is again under fire for its policies allegedly forbidding its online retailers from selling their products for lower prices on other websites and retail platforms. Critics say this has led to years of higher prices for consumers instead of allowing markets to determine fair prices. Last year, the District of Columbia sued Amazon for th




Due to a growing interest in home theaters and “Spatial Audio,” surround sound music is back on the map. But I believe that this is just a trend. Music sounds awful in surround sound, and without massive advancements in technology, stereo will remain the format of choice. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Jeff Loveness—the screenwriter who penned Ant-Man and the Wasp : Quantumania , which features Kang as its villain—is keeping on the beat of the Jonathan Majors character. He’s just been tapped to write Avengers: The Kang Dynasty , due as part of Marvel’s Phase Six slate of films. Read more...



California is suing Amazon, the state’s attorney general announced Wednesday in a press release . The focus of the lawsuit , filed in the state’s Superior Court in San Francisco County, is on how Amazon allegedly crushes competition and inflates prices through restrictive agreements with its third-party sellers. Read more...



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently investigating a multi-state E.coli outbreak that has made at least seven people sick—six of whom have been hospitalized. The link between the cases of the foodborne illness appears to be contaminated ground beef from HelloFresh meal kits. Read more...



California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Tuesday that he’d signed a “first-of-its-kind” bill into law designed to “protect Californians from hate and disinformation spread online.” Read more...



Though you may not be able to view the queen lying in state in person, the BBC has made it possible for anyone in the world to watch in real-time.



If you've just bought your first iPhone, you're likely in for a trouble-free experience. However, there are some mistakes new users make that you should avoid.



Google is still facing a massive fine from the European Commission over Android practices after the General Court confirmed most of the original decision.



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In a world full of fantastical mysteries, there are few things more mysterious in Middle-earth than the Istari: the powerful sorcerers who helped, in ways big and small, shape the very fate of the world. But for all we know of Gandalf and Saruman, the wider world of Lord of the Rings ’ wizards is worth learning about… Read more...



The regular updates your PC gets might seem annoying occasionally, but they’re critical to keep your PC safe online. Case in point: Microsoft has released a patch for a zero-day vulnerability affecting all Windows computers. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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As guaranteed income programs continue to expand and benefit thousands of families around the country, Chicago's Cook County unveiled the largest one yet : A $42 million promise for thousands of Chicago-area families. The substantially-endowed Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will serve 3,250 low-income families, each receiving $500 monthly cash payments for 24 months. It's similar to



Whether you like it or not, it is now the norm for kids to have their own iPhones. That can be a terrifying thought: An iPhone is a window into the entirety of the internet through apps, Safari, messaging, what have you. Luckily, your child’s iPhone won’t be that. Instead, you can set things up to make sure their… Read more...



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Hyped Up The James Webb Space Telescope continues to wow even the most no-nonsense scientists, as evidenced by a statement put out by some of the NASA craft's Canadian collaborators. "We are blown away by the breathtaking images of the Orion Nebula," Els Peeters, an astrophysicist at Ontario's Western University, said in a statement about a newly-released set of images that show more of the famed



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Anyone who's been in a long-term relationship knows that sex and desire can wane over time, even as you feel more emotionally intimate with the other person. According to a new study, though, there's a relatively easy way to bring the spark back. As spotted by Psychology Today , a recent paper in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships examines the concepts of closeness, otherness, and s



Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron , aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and explain why they matter. Over the past few weeks, scientists develope



Last year, TikTok quietly updated its privacy policy to allow the app to collect biometric data on U.S. users, including “faceprints and voiceprints” — a concerning change that the company declined to detail at the time or during a subsequent Senate hearing held last October. Today, the tech company was again asked about its intentions regarding this data collection practice during a Senate heari



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After making the first TikTok video while aboard the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti is making history once again as she’s been chosen to command the orbital outpost, making her the first European woman to do so. Read more...



Ever since I read that Ina Garten puts blue cheese in her coleslaw , I have been obsessed with a concept I’ve decided to call “wedgeslaw,” a coleslaw made with all the usual wedge salad accoutrement. Today I finally made it a reality, and it is all I dreamed it would be (and a little more). Read more...



Amtrak announced Wednesday that it is indefinitely suspending all long-distance train service across the U.S. as of Thursday due to a potential freight rail labor strike. Train routes began to be canceled Tuesday, with service ending in the West for the California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Southwest Chief and portions of the Texas Eagle train routes. Beginning Wednesday, Amtrak is suspending servic




Enlarge / Ford Motor Company President and CEO Jim Farley at the launch event for the Ford F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Ford dealers have until the end of October to decide if they want to keep selling electric vehicles. And they'll have to agree to some new conditions if they do, including transparent, set pricing, availa



Marriott began work on a new corporate headquarters before the pandemic. They had 4000 employees based in the Maryland-DC-Northern Virginia area including their existing headquarters building. They've shed some of those employees, and more work remotely now, but the new building is open and up to 2800 employees are supposed to be working on-site at least some days of the week. They didn't bring a



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Carnegie Mellon professor Uju Anya, who unleashed a social media storm last week when she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in death in a tweet, is back on Twitter. In an update, she thanked the people who supported her, and assured them that nothing was going to happen to her job at the… Read more...



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It’s been so long since Avenue 5 's first season aired (and a lot has happened in the world since March 2020), but we do remember a) we enjoyed the near-future comedy’s batty characters, most of whom are trapped aboard a disastrous luxury space cruise ; and b) the plot ended on a hell of a cliffhanger. Read more...



Major household brands are ensuring that we flush an important climate resource down the toilet. The Natural Resource Defense Council recently released its Issue with Tissue report and scorecard, rating how sustainable (or unsustainable) toilet paper, facial tissue, and paper towel producers are. Procter & Gamble, the… Read more...



Period tracking app Flo is hoping its newly released “Anonymous Mode” will give users the confidence to continue using their product even as state law enforcement authorities around the country appear increasingly interested in soliciting data from apps to prosecute alleged abortion seekers. Privacy experts speaking… Read more...



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A virus that can rarely cause a polio-like paralysis in children has resurfaced in the U.S. after mostly disappearing during the covid-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that it has spotted a surge of cases linked to enterovirus D-68. Based on recent past outbreaks, officials expect… Read more...



The most straightforward way to book a United Airlines flight is with United Airlines miles . But If you’re looking to reserve your flight with airline miles other than United miles, you probably know that you’ll only be able to do that if there are “Saver” United awards available. However, after a recent change on United’s website, you may not be able to book some awards shown as having “Saver”



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Robot Trespasser A Los Angeles food delivery robot threw caution to the wind and forced itself across a police line. A video shared on Twitter shows the four-wheeled delivery bot passing between several photographers before ploughing through yellow police tape into a scene crowded with cops. LAPD officers mostly ignored the trespasser, allowing it to pass through unimpeded. In sidelong glances, t



There are loads of features that help report your screen time, but just like knowing how often you exceed volume recommendations , knowledge isn’t really enough. Here are some tips from Redditors about how to reduce the amount of time you spend on your phone, none of which involve downloading more apps. Read more...



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Iranian hackers with ties to the nation’s military are responsible for carrying out “hundreds” of ransomware attacks on victims in the U.S. and other countries over multiple years, U.S. federal authorities said Wednesday. The attacks are said to have targeted nearly every kind of organization you could think of—from… Read more...



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President Joe Biden announced in a speech today that $900 million of federal funding will go toward increasing the number of electric vehicle chargers nationwide. This funding is the first chunk of money allocated to building EV chargers from a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law signed last year. Read more...



A zero-day vulnerability found in a premium WordPress plugin is being actively exploited in the wild, researchers are saying, urging users to remove it from their websites until a patch is released. WordPress security plugin makers WordFence uncovered a flaw in WPGateway, a premium plugin helping admins manage other WordPress plugins and themes from a single dashboard. According to the researcher



Setting up a personal cloud might be the storage solution you need to end limitations without spending a fortune.



Halloween is just around the corner, and the spooky trailers are starting to come in. Netflix’s first offering for the season is The Curse of Bridge Hollow , a fun comedy starring Stranger Things ’ Priah Ferguson and horror-satire alum Marlon Wayans. Playing the father-daughter duo we didn’t know we needed, Ferguson and Wayans move into a new town, Bridge Hollow, and find themselves living in a h



We all know the internet loves a good meme. Hulu’s latest trailer for its horror thriller Grimcutty plays on an internet character gone wrong, promising a 21st-century creature-feature of a trend turned catastrophe. When “Grimcutty” starts going viral in a small town, mass panic ensues by parents who are convinced that the trend is coercing their kids into harming themselves and others. Asha Chau



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The creator of the failed stablecoin that kicked off crypto winter is now a wanted man. On Wednesday, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the co-founder of cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs, for allegedly violating capital markets law. According to Bloomberg , the arrest warrant includes five other individuals. In May, Do Kwon's algorithmic stablecoin Terra (UST) set of



I am so over yelling in complete sentences to the Google Assistant. Although I run all the digital assistants—it’s my job, you know—Google primarily controls my smart home. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to yell out a complete command while strapping down your toddler during a full-blown meltdown.… Read more...



It’s been a month and a half since devastating floods tore through Eastern Kentucky. A historic, so-called thousand-year rainfall overflowed rivers and streams, and it carried strip mining waste down into valley communities across the region. Read more...



Amazon still can't avoid lawsuits over third-party prices . The New York Times reports California has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of violating both the Cartwright Act and state competition law through its pricing rules. The internet giant is stifling competition by preventing sellers from offering lower prices on other sites, according to Attorney General Rob Bonta. If they defy Am




We know that long-term leases aren’t the move anymore, but San Francisco–based Codi has a hotter take: neither is co-working. The company, co-founded by Christelle Rohaut and Dave Schuman , began in 2018 to create more flexible office space for companies whose employees want private, flexible workspaces. These days, the startup’s most disruptive belief is one that disagrees with the co-working mo



The Ethereum network is nearing its final hours before the Merge , which will move one of the most important global blockchains from a proof-of-work (PoW) system of achieving consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS). The upgrade to the blockchain has raised concerns in the crypto community that Ethereum could become less decentralized — more centralized — by moving to PoS from PoW, the latter of which p



Music is a powerful force in the short-form video sphere — so powerful that it can resurrect a 37-year-old Kate Bush song . Today, YouTube Shorts announced that it will integrate songs you’ve saved on YouTube or YouTube Music into the video app. You can also save songs that you hear on Shorts to listen to later. When you watch a YouTube Short, you can tap the sound button in the bottom right corn



It happens all too often: You do some light renovation or some unexpected repair work that requires you to replace just a section of drywall, or your wall gets stained or scuffed in some way that requires a few coats of paint . You don’t have any paint left from the original job , but maybe you still have a record of… Read more...



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Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long suggested that there's a chance 'Oumuamua, a mysterious object that visited our solar system back in 2017, may have been an alien spacecraft that came by for a visit. In a 2021 paper , Loeb argued that 'Oumuamua could have been a probe sent by an extraterrestrial civilization, an explanation that has proven divisive among his peers . Most recently, an internat



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Harrowing Last night, a bomb detonated at the virtual reality center of Boston's Northeastern University — and a note left with the device offers clues as to the perpetrator's unhinged motives. As CNN reports , a man who worked at Northeastern's virtual reality center was injured and is in the hospital after opening a case that housed the explosive, though university officials have stressed that



SkyTeam is the global airline alliance that operates the most lounges (I’m not talking about lounges belonging to member airlines, but rather lounges operated directly by the alliance). Well, the alliance’s Sydney Airport lounge has just opened for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and it has a completely new look. Basics of the new SkyTeam Lounge Sydney The SkyTeam Lounge Sydney ha



In a surprising turn of events, Sega has released Yakuza series spinoffs Judgment and Lost Judgment on Steam. The former first arrived on PlayStation 4 in 2018 before making its way to current generation consoles and Stadia last year . Judgment casts players as Takayuki Yagami, a private detective investigating a serial murder case in a fictional part of Tokyo modeled after the city’s famous Kabu



Construction workers might soon spend more time building and less time preparing. HP has unveiled a SitePrint robot that autonomously prints layouts on construction site floors. With the help of a remote control tablet and cloud tools, the machine can outline walls, doors and other elements with little intervention — it can avoid unexpected obstacles, including steep drops. The company claims the



The glittering lights that line the Las Vegas Strip are about to get even brighter when Enchant – the world’s largest Christmas light maze and holiday market – comes to Resorts World Las Vegas this holiday season. Enchant is held annually in cities across the U.S. and typically takes over large sports stadiums like Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.



In class and in meetings, note-taking is important. You want to be able to review what was said, commit it to memory, and use it going forward, whether on tests or in your job. It sounds easy, but can be pretty hard. Think of all the times you’ve looked back on your notes only to find they’re filled with … Read more...



No one can elegantly argue under their breath quite like Julia Roberts and George Clooney. The Hollywood superstar duo have reunited onscreen for the first time since 2016's Money Monster , and brought back their swift Ocean’s 11 banter for Ticket to Paradise , the latest wedding-based destination rom-com from the director of Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Ol Parker. In roles specifically written



You’ll need to supply some of your own immersion when PlayStation VR2 launches early next year. An batch of hands-on preview coverage for Sony’s much-anticipated, PS5 -powered virtual reality headset came out on Wednesday. While the new PSVR2 headset sounds like it’s got a lot going for it in terms of comfort, haptic feedback in the controllers (and headset), and lens quality, coverage from both



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Rail workers could be going on strike soon for the first time in nearly 30 years , which could result in enormous impacts on the wider economy and supply chains. Read more...



A popular mobile app is bringing access to Reddit to the iPhone Lock Screen with iOS 16. The new version of the Apollo for Reddit iOS app has embraced the iOS 16 feature that allows third-party developers to build custom widgets that can appear on the phone’s Lock Screen, offering at-a-glance information or even a way to tap directly into a favorite app. We’ve already seen a number of new apps ta



The quest to define what exactly a web3 use case looks like hasn’t always been easy but has allowed plenty of founders to get creative in building out products designed to tap the ethos of decentralization and the business opportunities of the creator economy. Arpeggi Labs , a new crypto startup focused on using blockchains to make music creation more collaborative, has scored $5.1 million in see



A prominent leaker by the name of YuuKi_AnS has published benchmark data that appears to offer a glimpse at the performance of Intel’s upcoming Sapphire Rapids server processors. As reported by our sister site Tom’s Hardware , the leaked data paints a troubling picture for Intel, whose next-generation processors are apparently unable to compete from a performance standpoint with AMD EPYC chips al



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Fans of the Scarlet Witch might still be bummed that the Wanda Maximoff of the Marvel Cinematic Universe turned evil, killed a lot of people, and buried herself under a mountain at the end of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Magic . But perhaps they can take some solace the Scarlet Witch of Marvel Comics is doing a… Read more...



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It’s a well-known fact that British people love queueing – and millions of them are expected to try to tackle the boss level of queueing as Queen Elizabeth II lies in state in the Palace of Westminster in London today. Read more...



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Peiter “Mudge” Zatko’s allegations about the social media platform renewed a sense of urgency for lawmakers to rein in Big Tech.




Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things. That’s the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today at Amazon’s Accelerate conference, called Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands submit answers to common questions like “How can I remove pet hair from my carpet?” and “How to eliminate odor from soil stains?” Previously, Alexa supplied generic tips from the web and other sources i



If you’re a renter and you want solar power, you’re usually out of luck. For most, the only option is a community solar program, where people subscribe to utility-scale projects, but they’re not available everywhere. And given that most renters only stay for a few years, which of them are going to pay tens of thousands of dollars for solar panels — and what landlord would let them? That’s where P



Planning on flying into or out of London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) on Monday, the day of the queen’s funeral? Brace yourself for a slew of cancellations and potential disruptions. The Points Guy can reveal that several leading airlines have suspended the sale of tickets to and from Heathrow to preempt the airport from having to reschedule flights that are timed to take place during the state funer



My three children were each difficult to get to sleep, for different reasons. One would never fall asleep in a crib, only with a parent. The others fell asleep more easily, but if you were holding them at the time, good luck getting them into bed without waking them up. Now, a group of scientists has tested a… Read more...



As the line to view Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state this week wraps nearly three miles, you won't see viewers snapping selfies.



It's no secret that Elon Musk spends a lot of time tweeting and that not everything he has to say is popular. Could these antics influence Tesla sales?



Misrepair, modifications, and mismanagement all play a role in driving down your car's value -- but most of these mistakes are easily preventable.



When it comes to your iPhone, closing apps and quitting apps are two different things. Here's how to quit an app and why it might be necessary to do so.



Have you ever wondered what “renewing a Wi-Fi lease” does on your device? It might sound like you’re renewing your plan with your internet service provider, but that’s not the case. So what is it really doing? Let’s find out. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Enlarge / San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott answers questions in a meeting with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (credit: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images) San Francisco has been sued by a sexual assault victim in a complaint that describes "the San Francisco Police Department's shocking practice of placing crime victims' DNA int



Discord, the social messaging service that helped to displace old-school internet forums, now wants to bring them back. Today, the company announced Forum Channels , which are exactly what you'd imagine: A dedicated space to have conversations without the worry of a fast-paced chat feed. You'll find them right below your usual Discord channels. When creating a forum, you'll be able to restrict po



One of the most notable changes with Apple’s iOS 16 launch is the ability for users to personalize their Lock Screen with widgets . Many app developers have worked to make their apps iOS 16-ready, and Facebook is now one of them. This week, the Meta-owned app quietly released an app update to include support for iOS 16 and Lock Screen widgets. There are two Facebook Lock Screen widgets for you to



You Got This is a series that spotlights the gear you need to improve one area of your life. If you buy something from this post, we may earn an affiliate commission. Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly PC or a buttoned-up business machine, the latest crop of Intel-based desktop towers and all-in-ones (AIOs) offer eye-popping visuals, clever space-saving formats, and serious power. On th



Windows 11 reintroduced widgets, which are now accessible with a dedicated button on the taskbar. They aren’t all that useful right now, but Microsoft has a few improvements in the works, including a change to the widget panel’s appearance. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



With the launch of Nvidia Lovelace seemingly imminent, there's been a lot of buzz around the tech grapevine about what these next-gen cards have to offer, especially the high-end enthusiast cards. But the Nvidia RTX 4060 hasn't been totally forgotten in the mix. And while it's not nearly enough to satiate our thirst for new information, we have gotten a taste of what to expect when the follow up



Editor’s note: This story has been updated After a four-year closure due to an ongoing $1 billion renovation project to be completed in 2024, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., will reopen half of its flagship building this fall. It will welcome visitors back with eight new exhibitions on Oct. 14. Although tickets are free, guests must obtain timed-entry tickets



United Airlines and Emirates are joining forces for a partnership that was once unthinkable. The limited partnership, announced Wednesday at a hangar at United’s hub at Dulles International Airport (IAD), represents a remarkable thawing of relations between a U.S. carrier and a Middle Eastern carrier. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free biweekly Aviation newsletter . Flanked b



In a show about the villain of the first Karate Kid movie that features the villain from the Karate Kid sequel, you just knew the villain of Karate Kid part three had to show up eventually. And this year? Cobra Kai delivered. The fifth season of the hit show is now on Netflix and it includes a surprising story arc for… Read more...



Even though we’ve made strides in the fight against mental health stigma, it can still be a struggle for people to get the help they need when it comes to depression and anxiety. Part of that is because of the lack of mental health literacy in the U.S. A 2021 study that analyzed this topic during the first year of the… Read more...




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The Linux Foundation has announced plans to form a new entity, the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF), which will provide the basis for companies to create digital wallets on an open source platform. “The mission of the OWF is to develop a secure, multi-purpose open source engine anyone can use to build interoperable wallets," the organization explained. “The OWF aims to set best practices for digital w



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Suborbital flights of Blue Origin’s space tourism rocket are suspended pending a Federal Aviation Administration review of Monday’s in-flight anomaly. No passengers were aboard at the time, but the apparent booster failure triggered the vehicle’s capsule escape system. Read more...



For those of us who love customization, the Lock Screen widgets feature on iOS 16 is super exciting. But it’s on developers to engineer their very own app widgets, and with iOS 16 only out for a few days so far, there aren’t a ton of options outside of native Apple apps. Fortunately, companies like Google are working on widgets — perfect for someone like me who lives on Google Calendar, not Apple



Disrupt is just a few short weeks away. Alongside our return to a live, in-person show, we’ve beefed up the Battlefield program. Two hundred companies have been hand selected by the TechCrunch editorial staff to grace the expo hall, 20 of which will launch their company for the first time live on our stage. The Startup Battlefield is an incredibly unique experience for all involved. Not only do c



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Welcome to Ameca UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts just gave its ultra realistic looking humanoid robot Ameca a voice — and she has a lot to say. In a new video , the company showed off Ameca having a conversation with a number of the company's engineers, courtesy of a speech synthesizer and OpenAI's GPT 3, cutting-edge language model that uses deep learning to generate impressively human



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Pop a Cap NASA's tiny, Moon-bound CAPSTONE probe is once again in trouble after its launch earlier this summer — and is now literally tumbling out of control. Statements issued this week by NASA and Advanced Space , the company managing the itty bitty cube-shaped satellite, admitted that an unknown issue caused CAPSTONE to tumble last week in what the contractor described as an "emergency." "The



SAVE $350 : The ultra-rugged Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro is on sale for just $499.99 at Amazon as of Sept. 14 — that's a 41% discount from its original $849.99 price tag. Samsung users have been blessed with many deals this week — not only is the Discover Samsung event going on until Sept. 18, but Amazon has some epic deals on the brand's signature products as well. In the market for a tablet t



Fried foods are comfort foods. But holding onto that just-fried crunch is a precarious dance of wicking off oil and allowing the food to cool on a rack without steaming itself soggy before dinnertime. The conventional method is to use half a roll of paper towels to absorb excess oil, but what if your roll just ran… Read more...



Microsoft has released a new version of the Xbox app for PC . The September update adds HowLongToBeat integration . If you’re not familiar with the website, it’s a resource where you can find out how much time you may need to complete a specific game. What makes HowLongToBeat so helpful is that it has separate estimates for players with different playstyles. Using Red Dead Redemption 2 as an exam



Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, said the retailer punishes companies that offer lower prices on other websites.



Nothing seems to be making waves in the global smartphone market, starting with one of the most heavily-contested arenas in the world today.



When my husband and I bought our 1950s bungalow in Austin, Texas, we were two carefree, twenty-somethings. Flash forward a few years and one life-altering global pandemic, and now we have two tiny humans dragging their treasures across every room in the house while we mix our work and personal routines in the same square footage. While I whole-heartedly want my home to be a creative space for my



The card’s initial bonus offer is 60,000 Bonus Points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. But as a further inducement to apply for the card now (this offer ends October 6, 2022) new cardmembers receive 2 Tier-Qualifying Night Credits for each night you stay from 8/23/22 through 12/31/22. That’s double elite qualifying nights for the last four-plus mont



If you receive unwanted emails from several unique senders at a single domain, you can block that entire domain in Microsoft Outlook on the desktop app or the web. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



In pursuit of faster and more efficient AI system development, Intel, Arm and Nvidia today published a draft specification for what they refer to as a common interchange format for AI. While voluntary, the proposed “8-bit floating point (FP8)” standard, they say, has the potential to accelerate AI development by optimizing hardware memory usage and work for both AI training (i.e., engineering AI



There’s been a flurry of activity around the Amazon labor movement of late. Several marches have been held in recent weeks, including one this morning for STL8, just outside of St. Louis. Albany, New York’s ALB1 has been causing its own waves, as well. This morning, National Labor Relations Board confirmed that a union vote for the fulfillment center is now scheduled for mid-October. As with prev



Yet another round of layoffs at Netflix has unfortunately affected 30 Netflix Animation employees. Deadline first reported the news, and Netflix confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is downsizing the department. Earlier this year, Netflix brought on Karen Toliver as vice president of Animation Film Content and Traci Balthazor as vice president of Animation Film Production. The company told us



Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha and Alex asked: How

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