Thursday, September 29, 2022

Thursday Technology News and More...

Technology News and More...





Apple has reportedly abandoned plans to increase production levels of the iPhone 14 due to lower than anticipated demand for its latest flagship smartphone. Reports says the company hoped the launch would trigger a surge in interest and had made arrangements to increase production by up to six million units during the second half of 2022. However, this scenario failed to materialise, and Apple wi



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Amazon's Echo Auto 2nd Gen is taking Alexa for another car ride, sporting some different features than its predecessor. Here's what we can expect.



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If you have the itch to upgrade an older desktop computer or splash some cash to buy a brand new laptop to get better performance, you really should start with this cheap upgrade. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




A big-screen E Ink device equally at home with documents and books released by Amazon in the depths of an economic downturn, and it's not the Kindle Scribe that Amazon unveiled on Wednesday during a massive smart product rollout . This was the Amazon Kindle DX , a 9.7-inch E Ink reader released in 2009. It wasn't as svelte, light or bright as the 300ppi backlit Kindle Scribe. There wasn't even a



Doccla , a Sweden founded but London-headquartered health tech startup that sells a remote patient monitoring platform to hospitals to run so-called ‘virtual wards’, has closed a £15 million (~$17M) Series A funding round a year after raising a $3.3M seed . The Series A is led by US VC General Catalyst, with participation from funds managed by healthcare investors KHP Ventures (a collaboration be



With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, we've seen big product launch events from the likes of Apple, Samsung, and plenty others. Amazon announced a slew of products covering a wide range of product categories throughout the home. Unlike the others, Amazon didn't open this event to the public, but we were invited to watch the announcement and check out details on all of the new product



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At RE:WIRED Green, technologists, hackers, and activists explained how green tech must be combined with bold policy and bring people together.



On October 5th, Lululemon will launch a new membership service that requires a Mirror at-home fitness device. Lululemon Studio builds upon the 10,000 on-demand and livestream classes already accessible with a Mirror subscription. Members will get access to old online content from studio partners, can stream the new classes they release per week and can sign up for in-person classes at their brick



Wordle is back with another tricky puzzle. Though you may not use the solution word often, you've certainly experienced it once or twice in real life.



FIFA 23 might be the best game soccer game yet for terrible sports fans, as it lets you turn off commentary that criticizes your bad playing. Now that the early access FIFA 23 release time has passed, EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can hop into the game ahead of its full release. But as Eurogamer spotted, they’ll find a peculiar option waiting for them. FIFA 23 includes a toggle



We're starting to hear more and more Google Pixel 7 leaks, with the launch of the phone just a week away, but tech fans might be getting a lot of déjà vu, with the leaks all listing near-identical specs to what we heard about the Pixel 6 a year ago. It sounds like the new phones – a successor to the Pixel 6 Pro is also expected – could be very similar to their 2021 predecessors. And a new price l



Tired of the current state of the app, a group of developers took it upon themselves to create a version of Instagram that removes all of the ads and allows people to create custom feeds. It’s called The OG App and it takes Instagram back to basics. It’s not another social media platform and you still have many of the same features like Stories and the Explore page. But now, you have control over



French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round . If you’re not familiar with Pigment, the company develops a business planning and forecasting platform. For small companies that are growing up, it can replace Microsoft Excel as it’s more secure and more solid in general. For bigger companies that already use a business planning



Display specialist Viewsonic has pulled back the curtain on its huge LDS-135-151 foldable (but not rollable) LCD screen. Given its price, $85,000 in the US (around £78,000, AU$130,000), and its deliberate lack of cutting-edge AV features, its main target will be corporate events, presentations and exhibitions where large format displays are the norm. Viewsonic says that the display comes pre-asse



Hackers have managed to gain access to another high-profile internet destination, using their brief time in the spotlight to send racist messages.



Tesla has appointed Airbnb co-founder and billionaire Joe Gebbia to its board of directors, according to a securities filing. Gebbia, a designer who co-founded Airbnb, officially joined the board September 25 as an independent director. His appointment comes a few months after leaving day-to-day operations at Airbnb. He is now an advisor to the short-term rental company and also serves on its boa



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At this year’s RE:WIRED Green event, food scientists and environmental justice activists mapped out how we can end world hunger and preserve our planet.



Anger rises after 40% of Australians had details stolen in possibly the nation's worst-ever breach.



Bentley has announced a couple of new Bentayga hybrid options for buyers who want to cruise around in luxury, but without being too harsh on the environment.



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A new report from Amnesty International this week dives deeply into the Facebook-fueled atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslim minority by Myanmar security forces. Beginning in 2017, the genocide is estimated to have since claimed the lives of more than 25,000. Read more...



Thursday! What a concept! And what a day to solve a fresh new Wordle . But if you've hit a wall on today's puzzle, never fear — 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 29's Wordle solution. If you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some tips, tricks, and clues. SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Here's the an



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View of an open field with trees, bushes and overgrown grass, with fence in background. Recorded in glass negative ledger: “D/Streets-Michigan Ave., Sept. 28, 1894.” Written on original glass negative envelope: “Woods out Michigan Ave., 3:20 p.m.” Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library




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A third-party Instagram app, called “The OG App,” which promised an ad-free feed more like the original Instagram experience, has been pulled from Apple’s App Store just one day after it officially launched. It’s not clear if Apple pulled the app at the request of Meta, but the social network confirmed it had taken “enforcement actions” against the service. “This app violates our policies and we’



Role-based access control (RBAC) is a mechanism for defining the actions that user accounts can perform within your Kubernetes cluster. Enabling RBAC reduces the risk associated with credential theft and account takeover. Issuing each user with the minimum set of permissions they require prevents accounts from becoming over privileged. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Researchers have revealed a never-before-seen piece of cross-platform malware that has infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including small office routers, FreeBSD boxes, and large enterprise servers. Black Lotus Labs, the research arm of security firm Lumen, is calling the malware Chaos, a word that repeatedly appears in function names, certificates



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During the first session of Re:WIRED GREEN, experts laid out their vision for maintaining hope in the face of unprecedented challenges to our planet.



Una Brands , an e-commerce aggregator focused on brands in the Asia-Pacific region, announced the first close of its Series B round at $30 million today. The funding was led by White Star Capital and Alpha JWC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Una Brands has a presence in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, China and the United States, and over 200 employees. It launched in 2021 with $40



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Walt Disney World ’s original dark ride Journey Into Imagination is a cult Epcot staple—and its star, Figment the purple dragon, is now getting the big screen treatment. Deadline reports that producer Seth Rogen and Detective Pikachu writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit are developing the film at Disney based on the… Read more...



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



Enlarge / The Grand Canyon viewed from the South Rim adjacent to the El Tovar Hotel on November 11, 2019, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. (credit: Getty | George Rose ) The explosive outbreak of gastroenteritis that erupted in the Grand Canyon earlier this year was likely sparked by multiple people hauling in norovirus infections, according to a recent study published by the Centers for D



Though it's not readily apparent, macOS has a screenshot feature that is as flexible as it is hidden, and there are multiple ways to use it.



Oracle NetSuite has announced a new service that promises to alleviate common headaches for small businesses around shift management and resource allocation. At SuiteWorld 2022 , the company offered a first look at SuitePeople Workforce Management, a service designed to automate the time-consuming shift management process, building out shift patterns based on predicted demand. The new service als



Rocket launch company Astra will no longer send the remaining NASA TROPICS payloads to space, but instead will launch other “comparable” scientific missions for the agency, the company announced Wednesday. The change to the launch agreement comes a little over three months after Astra’s first TROPICS launch ended in failure after the upper stage shut down prior to delivering the payload to orbit.



Amazon announced Wednesday that its home robot, Astro, will be getting a slew of major updates aimed at further embedding it in homes—and in our daily lives. Broadly speaking, the new features offer more home monitoring. The capabilities include some standard fare: Astro will be able to watch pets and send a video feed of their activities to users, for example. But Astro will also be able to wand



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Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. ET was the moment the eye of Hurricane Ian officially made its landfall in the U.S., by hitting the barrier island of Cayo Costa, about 89 miles south of Tampa, according to the National Weather Service. Ian was clocked as a Category 4 with 150 mile-per-hour winds, and, as of this writing, remains a very real threat to the homes and lives of Floridians on the state's west c



Razer, Qualcomm and Verizon are working together on a 5G gaming handheld. The carrier teased the Razer Edge 5G at Mobile World Congress Las Vegas. Details on the device are sparse, but what we do know is that it will feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 . Announced in December, the chipset features an Adreno GPU capable of running Android games at 144 frames per second, with support for 10-bit



We've seen robots dance to retro hits and navigate indoor parkour courses with more agility than some humans. Now they can set their own sprinting records, too.



Apple may not be seeing the demand it had expected, at least when it comes to the iPhone 14. That may have resulted in a big production plan change.



Alienware has revealed its upcoming flagship prebuilt desktop, the renewed Aurora R15, designed to house some powerful hardware – just be prepared to pay an arm and a leg for it. The company is being rather vague in disclosing what kind of graphics card will be in the Aurora R15. According to the announcement , the Aurora R15 is designed to support a GPU from NVIDIA’s recently announced GeForce R



Evan Goldberg, founder and EVP of Oracle NetSuite, has dismissed the threat posed by smaller specialists that operate in overlapping markets. During a press conference at SuiteWorld 2022 , Goldberg was asked whether he is concerned about the potential for NetSuite to be outmanoeuvred by more agile players that focus more closely on a single solution. “I’m not worried about [smaller players] becau



Linux machines have been plagued by Windows-centric hardware management since 2002, but this could be about to change. Sophisticated interfaces between a machine’s operating system and its hardware, such as the chips that have been slowing down your Linux machine, have long been required in order to ensure that processors with billions of transistors maintain efficiency. Although the latest ACPI




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 . With almost a hundred new stories on the site since the last Daily Crunch, we’re having a hard time picking the cream of the crop, but that’s what we dooooo. It’s been an Amazon and Google extravaganza over the past 24 hours, in addition to all the regular news sto



We’re beyond amazed at the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200 . Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18-20 in San Francisco. That’s a whole lotta noteworthy startups, so we’re going to break it do



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Reports have shown Twitter has struggled to deal with a rash of accounts peddling child sex abuse material on its platform, and now advertisers have declared they don’t want their ads to associate with a platform that can’t police itself for non-consensual sexual material. Read more...



While Amazon held its massive device showcase today, Google announced several new search features , including security updates. You can read about how Google will help you take sensitive information off its search engine here . But if you’re curious about some of the new, more UI-focused features coming to your… Read more...



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Ten years ago, when Rian Johnson’s Looper was released, it was pretty universally loved . This site loved it , fans loved it , I loved it , and that adoration hasn’t really gone away. However, while I liked the film when I saw it, it’s never one I felt the need to rewatch. And so, for its 10-year anniversary, I did just… Read more...



In a recent trial, a bionic pancreas that automatically delivers insulin proved more effective than pumps or injections at lowering blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a serious condition that causes a person’s level of glucose, or sugar, to become too high because the pancreas can’t produce enough insulin, a hormone that keeps blood glucose under control. Peop



In the modern age of the internet, there are ways to watch movies for free that are completely legal. Yes, you read that correctly. There's no need to visit any shady sites or jump around YouTube in order to watch free movies. Free (and legal) movies are waiting for you only a few clicks away, and there's a pretty easy hack to get you there. It all hinges on one crucial step: Get creative with ut



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Point of Sale There's truly nothing that feels more 2022 than purchasing a $75 NFT and — as an oh-so-incidental gift at purchase — receiving a nice lil' baggie of weed. Which, per Curbed , you can apparently do now at an unnamed gallery on New York City's Rivington Street. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Perfect Crossover If anything, this is a unique way of tying a digital asset to a physi



You won't have to wait long to earn bonuses for playing and buying PlayStation games . Sony now says its PlayStation Stars loyalty program debuts in the Americas on October 5th, while Australians and Europeans will have access October 13th. Stars is already active in Asia, including Japan. The program is free, although you will receive some benefits if you're a PlayStation Plus member. You curren



Amazon has a huge foot on the Wi-Fi router space thanks to its Eero lineup. And today, Amazon introduced a handful of new entries to the Eero lineup that are perfect for both homes, businesses, and anyone who just needs high-performance Wi-Fi. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you have a United Airlines credit card , there’s a new promotion where you might be able to earn thousands of bonus miles. This is a targeted promotion, and the number of miles you can earn — as well as how you earn them — will vary depending on which credit card you have. Let’s take a look at the United Mile Badge Game to understand how you can earn these bonus miles. United Mile Badge Game p



Florida’s Space Coast continues to make preparations for the extremely powerful and slow-moving Hurricane Ian, with officials rolling rockets back to the safety of hangars and delaying launches until the storm passes. The massive storm made landfall near Fort Myers Wednesday afternoon, coming in at just a few miles per hour shy of the Category 5 threshold. Forecasters expect Ian to travel in a no



Digital mortgage lender Better.com continues to lay off staff, and seemingly in as callous a way as possible. Indeed, whereas most companies try to avoid repeated layoffs, the outfit — which gained notoriety by laying off about 900 employees over Zoom on December 1, 2021 — has since been laying off smaller groups very systematically, say sources. The tactic accomplishes two things. One, it has a



After a weeks-long suspension, Pornhub’s account has been permanently removed from Instagram. Instagram told TechCrunch that Pornhub has repeatedly violated community guidelines, prompting the account’s removal. Meanwhile, Pornhub declared in an open letter to Meta and Instagram that Instagram’s enforcement of these platform rules are “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.” Addressed to four M



Porsche plans to go public on Thursday at a $73 billion valuation, catapulting the company to become the world’s fourth-most valuable automaker and netting billions of dollars for parent company Volkswagen to advance its drive toward electric vehicles. The initial public offering for Porsche AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange values the brand at $79 a share in one of Europe’s largest-ever listing



Taiwanese battery-swapping company Gogoro has signed a $345 million five-year credit facility agreement in order to increase liquidity among uncertain economic conditions. The loan comes from a group of 10 syndicated banks led by Mega International Commercial Bank Co., according to a regulatory filing . Gogoro will use the funds to pay off an existing facility, secure energy cells for its batteri



Enlarge / Fun fact: The divot in the middle of the D-pad can also hold a very small amount of salsa or dip. (credit: Verizon ) Just one week after Logitech confirmed its Android-based, streaming-focused G CLOUD Gaming Handheld , fellow peripheral maker Razer is getting in on the act. The Razer Edge 5G, announced in conjunction with Verizon at Mobile World Congress today, will play games "download



Enlarge Time for another mid-week Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a nice discount on Apple's latest M2-based MacBook Air in both the 256GB and 512GB versions. With $100 and $150 discounts, respectively, these are the lowest prices we've tracked on the new MacBook Airs. In our review , we noted the MacBook Air's excellent hardware, build quality,



Today’s testimony in the government’s anti-trust trial against the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance has featured the CEO of JetBlue and the incoming Chief Operating Officer of Southwest Airlines, which prefers not to see stronger competitors (naturally). It doesn’t seem like the government made any tangible progress demonstrating anti-competitive effects of the partnership, but the an



There’s a lot to think about when you think about running: your pace, your shoes, whether you’re stretching and strength training enough, and more. But it’s also possible to over think these things, and most of us do. (Myself included, if we’re being honest.) So here’s a buffet of myths that we can delete from our… Read more...




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A dog’s snoot may be well-suited to sniffing out stress in humans, new research out Wednesday suggests. The small study found that dogs could be trained to recognize the odors of stressed people and to distinguish these signals from those collected during non-stressful times. The findings only further highlight the… Read more...



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Four years ago, Taika Waititi was announced as the director for the Apple+ TV adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 out-of this-world sci-fi comedy Time Bandits , Now, almost the entire cast has been revealed, and it’s a doozy, led by Lisa Kudrow as Penelope and Kal-El Tuck as main character Kevin , a geeky kid who… Read more...



Editor’s note: We’ve updated this post with the latest IHG One Rewards promotions. IHG has made many changes to its program this year, including introducing its new IHG One Rewards program with improved elite perks and milestone rewards. Whether you’re striving for a particular milestone reward or elite status tier or simply want to stay at IHG properties, you might have several IHG stays coming



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Kick Rocks Hackers gained access to Apple News push notifications via a business magazine — and sent out a trollish, racist push notification that's as juvenile as it is offensive. Both Apple News and Fast Company , the site in question, acknowledged in Twitter statements issued that the magazine had been hacked — but it was other users who posted the actual push notifications, which were incredi



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A California university is refusing to release a cache of grisly photos of monkeys reportedly injured during experiments testing Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant technology, in spite of a lawsuit aiming to force the school's hand. In a press release , the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) advocacy group said that it had learned that the University of California, Davis is in



Twitter is still having trouble curbing the spread of CSAM (child sexual abuse material). Insider has learned (subscription required) that Twitter inadvertently ran ads on profiles either selling or soliciting CSAM. In an email to marketers, the social network said it had suspended all ads on profiles, updated its detection systems, banned accounts that broke its rules and launched an investigati



Regie.ai , a startup using OpenAI’s GPT-3 text-generating system to create sales and marketing content for brands, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, South Park Commons, Day One Ventures and prominent angel investors. The fresh investment comes as VCs see a growing opportunity in AI-powered, copy



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Juno has orbited Jupiter since July 2016, but on Thursday the spacecraft will turn its attention away from the gas giant to make a close approach to one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons: Europa . Astrobiologists think it’s possible that the Galilean moon could host some form of life in a salty ocean beneath its… Read more...



Do you hear that distant rumbling? That’s the sound of an oncoming avalanche of handheld consoles sparked by the Nintendo Switch and the Valve Steam Deck, with Verizon revealing today that it’s partnered with Razer for a game streaming focused device that will lean heavily on 5G for performance and marketing. Read more...



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Microsoft released the first version of its completely-new Outlook email app for Windows back in May, but it had many limitations. It’s still not ready to replace the Outlook we all know and love, but there are some new features, and more people can try it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Following hot on the heels of Logitech’s G Cloud announcement, Razer just teased its own cloud gaming handheld. A short video of the Razer Edge 5G appeared during Verizon’s keynote at Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, with additional details slated for October 15th during RazerCon. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



What’s the latest way for high-end hotel brands to expand their reach? Apparently, it’s launching a fleet of luxury yachts to rival the upscale cruise lines for intimate experiences, fine dining, elegant accommodations and personalized service. Ritz-Carlton plans to debut its first yacht this fall, and on Wednesday, Sept. 28, Four Seasons announced its newest project, Four Seasons Yachts, which i



Cartoons are for kids. They're also for college students, teenagers, adults, and anyone with a pulse, really. It's true: Animated entertainment is for everyone. Cartoons can educate, entertain, distract, or transport us away to worlds that we could only imagine in our dreams. In this modern age of entertainment, you can find cartoons anywhere and everywhere thanks to all the streaming services av



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It's about to get a whole lot easier to charge your electric vehicle. The Department of Transportation has promised to expand electric vehicle charging in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. The plan, dubbed the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, is expected to cover some 75,000 miles of highway across the country using $1.5 billion in funding from



TL;DR: Amazon has announced a new version of its Omni Series QLED Fire TVs, now featuring full-array local dimming and Ambient Experience. Pre-order the 65-inch model for $799.99 or the 75-inch model for $1,099.99 starting Sept. 28 with shipping starting Oct. 27. Amazon took forever to start making its own smart TVs (as in Fire TVs that are officially branded as "Amazon" and not affiliated with a



While Wyndham is the largest hotel franchising company in the world in terms of number of properties (the company has 9,300 hotels in 90 countries), I don’t talk all that much about its loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards. Wyndham Rewards has just launched its newest global promotion, valid for stays this fall. This offer has the potential to be pretty lucrative. Wyndham promo: 3x points on stays of



The quest for tender biscuits always starts out the same—smashing butter, flour, and liquid together—and yet, it can end in all sorts of ways. Besides the occasionally dry, crunchy biscuit, the most frequent sad result is a tough and rubbery biscuit from overworking the dough. Short of becoming a Southern grandma,… Read more...



There’s lots to be said about the era of streaming content as opposed to purchasing its corresponding physical counterpart. More specifically, in the world of streaming, consumers don’t really own anything. While this may take a load off your mind and keep you from having to alphabetically organize your DVD collection… Read more...



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NASA’s DART spacecraft was 6.8 million miles from Earth when it slammed into a football stadium-sized asteroid on Monday. Despite this immense distance, images from the impact and its aftermath are coming in, and they’re proving to be better—and far more bizarre—than we expected. Read more...




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Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being treated as deliberate. Finding out what happened may not be straightforward.



Cybercriminals have been observed using SEO poisoning to distribute a new malware loader which tries to infect the target endpoint with a dozen malware families. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered that for many people, typing the keyword “software crack” into Google brings up multiple websites distributing this new malware loader, some of which have even made it to the famed first page of the



On the same day that Lionsgate renamed Starzplay to Lionsgate+, MGM’s Epix announced it would also get a “+” in its brand title. Epix, the ad-free streaming service, announced today that it will relaunch as MGM+ in early 2023. While the new name is hardly original, mainly the plus sign, the rebranding comes as streaming services continue to take on the name of their larger brands. This, of course



Enlarge / CAPTCHAs are meant to prevent these kinds of browsing scenarios, not train us all to better recognize vehicles and infrastructure in grainy photos. (credit: Getty Images) Cloudflare has recently made an audacious claim: We could all be doing something better with our lives than deciding which images contain crosswalks or stop lights or clicking an "I'm not a robot" checkbox. Now the clo



Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg ) For drivers choosing electric vehicles, convenient access to reliable charging stations remains one of the biggest pain points after adopting the eco-friendlier way to cruise. Just the thought of driving out of the way to find a charging station when planning road trips—rather than pop into a choice of many gas stations at any exit—deters so



Enlarge / A limited number of customers have had Astro in their living room. (credit: Amazon) Amazon's press-only hardware event today included reveals of the Kindle Scribe , Eero extending mesh networks with Echo , updated Echo Dot and Studio speakers , plus an Echo dashboard accessory . Like last year, there was also talk of the Amazon Astro robot that can roll around homes equipped with a digi



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Amazon held its annual fall hardware event on Tuesday. As in years past, the company had a lot to share in a short amount of time. We saw it announce new Echo, Kindle and Ring devices. It also had a few surprises up its sleeve from Eero and some of its other subsidiaries. Here's everything the company unveiled today. Kindle Scribe It only took the better part of 15 years, but Amazon is finally ab



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. When the annual fee on a credit card goes up by $200, many people will be taking a look at whether they think this new fee is worth it. That’s certainly the case with the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card — the premium card in the Marriott credit card family . Along with an announcement of several new



From stunning beaches and vibrant wildlife to perfect weather, Hawaii has much to offer. Now, if you happen to live on the West Coast, you can travel to the Aloha State at a hefty discount. Round-trip economy flights from multiple West Coast cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to Hawaiian cities like Honolulu, Hilo and Lihue are less than $300. Typically, a flight to Hawaii would o



After 2 1/2 long years, Japan is finally opening back up to tourists. Japan will resume visa-free entry for individual travelers beginning Oct. 11. Japan is my favorite country, with its famous cherry blossoms, cutting-edge technology, and top-notch hospitality. The country also has unbelievable cuisine and a service industry that perfectly embodies the cultural importance placed on respect and p



Luxury hotel group Four Seasons is getting into the the cruise business, and I’m cautiously excited. Basics of Four Seasons Yachts Four Seasons Yachts is the name of Four Seasons’ new cruising venture, with the first vessel expected to be delivered by late 2025. So far there’s one confirmed order, plus the option for two additional vessels, in an order that amounts to approximately EUR 1.2 billio



With the rising tide of fake news on social media platforms, the debate over how much control a government should have on online information is a perennial one. In Vietnam, the government is intensifying its control over the internet regime. The country is formulating new rules to control which types of social media accounts are allowed to disseminate news in the country, Reuters reported , citin



Amazon Alexa will be the foundation of BMW’s next-generation voice assistant, the companies announced Wednesday at Amazon’s annual Devices and Services launch event. The German automaker and Amazon have had a business relationship for years now; BMW started offering the Alexa assistant in select cars starting in 2018 and the partnership has grown from there. This announcement stands out, however.



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A team of astronomers studying the gas surrounding a distant quasar believe it may carry remnants of one of the universe’s first stars. Read more...



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The amorphous hacktivist group Anonymous appears to be back at it again — and this time, they're claiming that the Bored Ape Yacht Club is smuggling the worst kind of ideologies into broad daylight. In a nearly nine-minute video released this week, the hacker collective accused Yuga Labs, the organization behind the BAYC non-fungible token (NFT) project, of hiding "esoteric" Nazi, white supremaci



We are definitely living in the future. Smartphones and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have granted the average citizen access to resources once reserved only for folks with money. Need a personal chef? Sign up to have gourmet meal kits delivered to your door. Need a chauffeur?… Read more...



Apple now offers consumers three wearables, the newest being the Apple Watch Ultra. There's a lot to like about the model, but one feature stands out the most.



Amazon's Astro robot is still a thing, and it is now a bit smarter than it was a year ago. Are you ready for a world in which robots can call the cops?



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The next generation of space rovers will feature wheels made with shape memory alloy, which can better handle the weight of long-distance travel.




Amazon is going hard on TVs, announcing not only a new Fire TV Cube and Alexa Voice Remote today, but also a new lineup of QLED TVs



Netflix has added the ability to create a game handle — its latest step in ramping up its gaming segment.



Amazon is back with another IoT device, this one designed to track your sleep habits to (hopefully) help you get better sleep quality in the future.



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3D-printed homes have the potential to reshape residential construction across the United States and the world, if widely embraced.



Amazon has upped its Fire TV game considerably with today’s announcement of the Omni QLED series 4K TVs. The new sets, which will be available in 65- and 75-inch screen sizes, bring features typically found in higher-priced TVs such as Quantum Dots and full-array local dimming, and also come with a new Fire TV Ambient Experience that allows for artwork and photos to be displayed when the set is n



The number of detected malware is on the decline, experts have said, but it’s still too early to celebrate. WatchGuard Technologies' Internet Security Report states there has been a reduction in overall malware detections from the peaks seen in the first half of 2021. According to the report, endpoint detection were down overall by 20%. Follina wreaking havoc While on its own, this might seem lik



Logitech has revealed Mac-friendly versions of some of its most popular wireless accessories. The MX Mechanical Mini , the MX Master 3S , the Lift , and the K380 will all now be available in a Mac-specific edition that the company says will work seamlessly with Apple’s macOS ecosystem. The two keyboards (MX Mechanical Mini and K380) now have modified specialty keys, toting the Mac-specific Comman



Sometimes it's easy to forget that we have the greatest power source in the universe merrily burning away a mere 150 million kilometers above us. With blackouts, increasing energy bills and controversy over fossil fuels becoming more and more widespread, why did just 5% of global electricity come from solar power in 2021? On a domestic level, cost and complexity are the twin barriers to powering



Amazon sells many different Fire TV streaming devices, from stick-shaped players to the large Fire TV Cube, and many smart TVs have the same software. Today, Amazon revealed the third-generation Fire TV Cube as its best streaming player to date. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



If you find yourself working on-the-go in the Excel mobile app, you might struggle when it comes to tables. That tiny screen isn’t always sufficient for viewing table data, much less editing it. Luckily, there’s a feature that can help. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Music streaming platform Deezer just made it a lot easier to find songs you don’t know the name of. In a blog post, the company announced its in-app song detector, SongCatcher, can now identify tunes hummed, whistled, or sung by the user. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



There are a lot of expensive credit cards on the market these days: Some of them have annual fees that can be as high as $500, so it’s natural to wonder if they’re really worth it. In most cases, the answer is no—at least not for everyone. That said, there are cards out there that are both expensive and can be a good… Read more...



Lyft has been canceling job interviews this week and is reportedly on a hiring freeze in the U.S., according to anonymous professional network Blind and a report from Bloomberg . The freeze affects all departments in the U.S. and should last into next year as the ride-hail giant continues to face economic unpredictability. “Like many other companies navigating an uncertain economy, we are pausing



As regulators around the world try to provide frameworks for the digital asset industry, two U.S. senators have introduced a bill to help crypto companies report cybersecurity threats. U.S. senators Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, and Cynthia Lummis, Republican of Wyoming, exclusively shared with TechCrunch the reformed legislation , the Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity Information Sharing



Tesla’s second AI Day is fast approaching, and with it a flurry of speculations as to what will be discussed at the event — a phenomenon that we at TechCrunch are certainly not above. AI Day is the luxury electric vehicle maker’s annual event to hype up its artificial intelligence capabilities across different business segments, with the ultimate goal of recruiting the brightest minds and enginee



In late August, Taiwan-based China Airlines announced a multi-billion dollar deal with Boeing to renew part of its wide body fleet. Boeing has today announced that this deal has been finalized, so we also have more details of what we can expect. China Airlines replacing Airbus A330s with Boeing 787s China Airlines has placed an order with Boeing for the 787. Specifically, the airline has placed a



I just realized that I had never written about this property before, so I figured it was worth a post, as this is probably the Hyatt property in the pipeline that I’m most excited about. Basics of the Park Hyatt Los Cabos, Mexico Back in 2017, plans were announced for the Park Hyatt Los Cabos, located in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The Park Hyatt will be located on a 26-acre property within Cabo



What's the best way for YouTube Shorts to take on TikTok? Apparently, it's by continually copying its popular competitor. Yesterday, YouTube announced ( via TechCrunch ) that it would be adding voiceover narrations to Shorts on iOS. It'll let you add your own commentary on top of existing videos with just a few taps. That's simple enough, but it's also something that TikTok has offered for a whil



Skull & Bones Enlarge / As Skull & Bones suffers yet another delay, we question Ubisoft's choice of an ominous skull as its featured box-art image. (credit: Ubisoft) 2022 is turning out to be a substantial rebuilding year for game publisher Ubisoft, as its holiday 2022 release slate of major multi-platform games has now been all but wiped clean. The bad news came on Wednesday when Ubisoft again d



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Andor is so refreshing in part because it does not feel like the kind of Star Wars show that is going to drop everything, point at a familiar character arriving onto the scene, and go “ look! Star War ! ” And yet, out of nowhere, this week’s thrilling episode dropped maybe one of the most absurdly deep-cut canonizations… Read more...




Of all of Amazon’s in-home technology, the Fire TV lineup of devices is quite compelling when you stack it up against its main competition, like Google TV and Roku. But is it enough to bring a whole-ass Amazon television set into your home? Read more...



Google is adding new ways for users to choose sustainable options when searching, with a suite of new information panels and eco-friendly markers placed directly in search results. Based on an increase in search interest for terms like "electric vehicles," "solar energy," and "thrift stores," along with the escalating climate crisis , the search engine will now mark used and pre-owned products (l



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Member countries vote on Thursday for an American or a Russian to lead the International Telecommunication Union, which sets standards for new technologies.



People harmed by such items and digital ones like drones will have easier access to legal help.



At a year shy of its 50th anniversary, Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, California is one of longest-running amusement park haunts. The event that takes place at Knott’s Berry Farm (as it’s known all year) is pretty much the originator of Halloween culture on the West Coast, which doesn’t have a proper harvest… Read more...



An upcoming text-based Instagram feature that nobody asked for appears to be getting a wider rollout. The feature reportedly allows users to post disappearing messages to followers, who can then reply. Read more...



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TikTok continues to combat growing concerns around the prevalence of misinformation on the platform by assuring us that it's fighting the good fight. According to a new report, TikTok is the fastest growing news source in the UK, with seven percent of people over the age of 18 getting their news from the platform. Additionally, young people are increasingly using the app as a search engine instea



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Pipe Left It's almost hard to wrap your head around just how bad the Nord Stream pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea are — but scientists are trying hard to figure it out. Earlier today, Bloomberg reported that a 700-meter circle of water was bubbling with methane released from the three major pipeline leaks, in an underwater system that transports natural gas from Russia to Germany and the rest of



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Eviation’s Alice electric aircraft took off for the first time yesterday , teasing a future in which regional flights of hundreds of miles will be done with zero emissions and a lot less noise. It’s still a ways off, but today’s demonstration shows it’s at least just a matter of time and money. The Alice is a prototype of what will eventually be a passenger plane capable of carrying around 2,500



When UiPath announced in April that it was bringing on veteran enterprise executive Rob Enslin as co-CEO, it was a big surprise. UiPath had gone public the prior year , while Enslin was leaving Google Cloud after only two years, just as it was beginning to find its footing . But at the time, UiPath faced some harsh realities in the public markets. Perhaps that’s why co-founder and CEO Daniel Dine



Movie and TV reviews site Rotten Tomatoes is releasing a card game in early 2023 called “ Rotten Tomatoes: The Card Game ,” a fast-paced party game that challenges cinephiles by making them guess what rating a movie has — a.k.a the Tomatometer score, which reflects the percentage of positive professional critic reviews for a movie. This is the first-ever card game that Rotten Tomatoes has release



At a Google Search-focused event this morning, Google announced that it will soon introduce ways to translate news coverage directly from Search. Starting in 2023, English users, for example, will be able to search and see translated links to news results from Spanish-language publishers in countries such as Mexico, in addition to links to articles written in their preferred language. “Say you wa



Google has announced a bunch of changes to its core search functionality, focusing on making searching the web a quicker and more convenient process, and more besides. Announced at its Search On conference , All of these changes will be rolling out in the US down the line, and the first major introduction is that shortcuts to various tools are going to be brought in, nestling right underneath the



At its 'Search On' conference (September 28), Google announced a bunch of improvements to its services, such as Multisearch which can combine queries into one search, and its Translate feature, which can remove the blurred box of the previous language, as if the poster was always English or another language to begin with for example. The company has also been announcing a bunch of improvements to



WhatsApp has patched a major security vulnerability that allowed threat actors to run malicious code on target endpoints remotely. As explained in its official security advisory, the flaw is an integer overflow vulnerability, discovered in WhatsApp for Android prior tov2.22.16.12, Business for Android prior to v2.22.16.12, iOS prior to v2.22.16.12, and Business for iOS prior to v2.22.16.12. The v



Google has lifted the veil on a slew of Google Maps upgrades heading to Android and iOS devices in the coming months. The majority of incoming changes, revealed as part of the company’s latest Search On showcase , will improve the ways in which Google Maps presents 2D geographical data. “By tapping into the newest advancements in computer vision and predictive models, we’re innovating beyond our



Google has set out plans to overhaul the formatting of its search engine results pages, with a view to surfacing a broader selection of content types. Presented at this year’s Google Search On event, the update will see images and video content blended directly into results, as opposed to featuring under separate tabs or in dedicated box-outs. Speaking to TechRadar Pro and other press ahead of Se



From more photo-based results to neighborhood “vibe” checks, the company announced updates meant to keep two of its most popular products on trend.




Haters will say grilling season is coming to a close, but autumn is actually my favorite time to grill, because standing in the hot sun next to a hot grill kind of sucks. Corn season, however, is quickly dying down, which means you need to grill that last bit of sweet corn before it disappears for the year. Read more...



As expected, today Amazon announced a new additional to the Kindle family, and this time it has a stylus that turns the Kindle into a digital notebook.



At TPG, we devote a significant amount of time to talking about how credit scores work , how you can improve yours and how you can keep it in shape . We know that scores in the mid-700s and above will likely be enough to get you approved for most cards, but having a lower score doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t get those cards. There isn’t a magic number that guarantees approval for a specific c



Ubisoft has once again delayed its long, long- awaited pirate sim Skull and Bones . Last we heard, the game was scheduled to hit Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, Steam, Epic Games Store, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft Connect on November 8th . That's no longer the case, as the publisher has pushed back the release date to March 9th. "We’re very eager for you all to get your hands on Sk



Amazon held an invite-only event today to introduce a batch of new connected devices to its smart home ecosystem, and we’re here to share the deets. The company announced the Halo Rise, a device that sits on your nightstand and helps track your sleep, plus a family of new Echo smart speakers. The Eero mesh wifi… Read more...



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As of early Wednesday afternoon ET, Hurricane Ian was a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, with winds of up to 155 miles per hour just off the coast of Florida, and moving toward the U.S. mainland after battering Cuba on Tuesday. At 12:35 p.m. ET, Ian's intensity was increasing to the upper limits of Category 4 , on its way to becoming a Category 5. Its eyewall came ashore on Sanibel and Captiva isl



Enlarge / An artwork created with OpenAI's DALL-E image generator. (credit: OpenAI) If you've been itching to try OpenAI's image synthesis tool but have been stymied by the lack of an invitation, now's your chance. Today, OpenAI announced that it removed the waitlist for its DALL-E AI image generator service. That means anyone can sign up and use it. DALL-E is a deep learning image synthesis mode



Open up live view and you can search for things (at the bottom) like Restaurants, ATMs, and shopping locations. (Next in the gallery is Google's animated gif of this in action.) [credit: Google ] Google Maps loves augmented reality. After launching augmented reality walking navigation in 2019 and indoor AR navigation in 2021, it's now showing off augmented reality search results. Augmented realit



Enlarge / Illustration of fiber-optic cables. (credit: Getty Images | Tetra Images ) Google Fiber is touting a test that delivered 20Gbps download speeds to a house in Kansas City, calling it a milestone on the path to offering 100Gbps symmetrical Internet. The company said it will also offer new multi-gigabit tiers in the near future. "We used to get asked, 'who needs a gig?' Today it's no longe



Amazon's Kindle Scribe is a 10.2-inch e-ink e-reader with a bundled pen and handwriting support. [credit: Amazon ] Update, 2:43PM : We've added additional info about pricing for the Premium Pen and the higher storage capacities, as well as details about the screen's front light. Original story: Earlier this month, Amazon announced an update to its entry-level Kindle , but at the company's product



Mesaba Enlarge / Multibeam sonar image of the SS Mesaba shipwreck lying on the sea bed in the Irish Sea. (credit: Bangor University) Before the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, the ship's wireless operators received multiple warning messages of icebergs, growlers, and field ice from six other ships in the region. Now, researchers at Bangor



Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forum sites. The search engine is adding a new module that will surface discussions happening on forums across the web for queries that may benefit from crowd-sourced answers. The “discussions and forums” module will surface relevant posts from sites like Reddit and Quora alongside more traditional search results. It’s not cl



When Amazon introduced its Fire TV Omni line last year , it mostly offered affordable sets oriented toward budget-conscious consumers. At its fall hardware event today, the company announced two new models with QLED panels. Priced at $800 and $1,100 for 65- and 75-inch 4K models, the Omni QLED TVs feature "up to" 96 local dimming zones, support for Dolby Vision IQ and HDR10 Plus Adaptive. Those a



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He's Out You know what they say. When the going gets tough, just quit your job. Just months after filing for bankruptcy , Alex Mashinsky, the CEO of embattled cryptocurrency "bank" Celsius, has resigned from his position. This announcement comes as Celsius, mid-bankruptcy proceedings, has yet to un-freeze the billions of dollars of user funds that it swallowed back in June . "I regret that my con



By restarting your Samsung Galaxy S21, you can troubleshoot issues, bring system changes into effect, and simply give your phone a fresh start. There are multiple ways to reboot your phone. Let’s dive in! Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



You’ve seen them—those Twix commercials with competing left and right Twix factories. The famous candy is a cult favorite because it feels like a two-for-one deal with its double bars, but are those two sides actually different? Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›



DALL-E 2 is arguably responsible for the booming popularity of AI image generators in 2022. However, it’s been one of the more difficult tools to use. OpenAI has been slowly adding people from a waitlist, but that’s finally over. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Several Capital One cardmembers have reached out to express their frustration with an issue that seems to be persisting, so I wanted to recap what we know. Capital One mileage transfers “down for maintenance” One of the great things about Capital One miles (whether issued as Spark miles o


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