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Inside Alphabet X’s new effort to combat climate change with seagrass
MIT Technology Review / 14min
In late September, Bianca Bahman snorkeled above a seagrass meadow off the western coast of Flores, a scorpion-shaped volcanic island in eastern Indonesia. As she flutter-kicked over the green seabed, Bahman steered an underwater camera suspended on a pair of small pontoons. The stereoscopic camera captures high-resolution footage from two slightly different angles, creating a three-dimensional m
Zoom is coming to Tesla so you can Zoom in your Tesla
Mashable / 31min
Stuck in traffic and late for a meeting? No problem; if you drive a Tesla, you'll soon be able to join the Zoom call directly from your vehicle. This is according to Zoom itself, which announced the news during its Zoomtopia 2022 event on Tuesday (via Drive Tesla Canada ). The feature has been long in the making. In April 2020, some Tesla drivers asked CEO Elon Musk whether the car's interior cam
This Tiny Jumping Robot Can Right Itself Mid-Leap
Popular Mechanics / 30min
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .
Celonis can now map multiple processes and present them in subway-style map
TechCrunch / 18min
Celonis has made a big impact since it launched in 2011, raising $2.4 billion along the way. Its most recent investment, a $1 billion raise in August , was on a $13.2 billion post-money valuation, the kind of money you haven’t been seeing in 2022 . The company has primarily made its reputation by using software for process mining, figuring out how work flows through a business and finding ways to
Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations
TechCrunch / 1h
Meet Plain , a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk , Plain believes it has a different approach as it focuses on API integrations to make your company’s product and your support platform work hand in hand. Plain has raised a $6 million seed round co-led by Connect Ventures an
Instagram on the web has been redesigned for large screens
Engadget / 1h
After finally allowing posting last year, Instagram continues to make changes to its desktop web app. The latest update introduces a refresh user interface that takes better advantage of large screens rather than looking like a larger version of the mobile app, TechCrunch has reported. Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri announced the update along with the new in-app scheduler revealed yesterday . "We k
Early results show defeat for California Prop 30, a plan to tax the rich and fund EVs
TechCrunch / 2h
Californians seem to be voting against a proposal on the midterm election ballot that would tax the wealthiest Californians to help pay for electric vehicle tax incentives and EV charging infrastructure in the state. With about 53% of the state’s votes counted, Proposition 30 was losing 57.3% to 42.7%, according to California’s Secretary of State . California is already a leader in promoting a sh
Tiger Global taps TCV partner Rohit Iragavarapu
TechCrunch / 2h
Tiger Global is adding Rohit Iragavarapu, the partner at TCV Capital involved in deals such as Gitlab, Attentive, Toast, LegalZoom and Avetta, to its investment team, two sources familiar with the matter said. Before joining TCV in 2019, Iragavarapu worked at TPG Global and Morgan Stanley, according to his Linkedin profile. He starts his investor role at Tiger Global in the coming weeks, sources
Red Bull's all-terrain e-scooter is made for maniacs with very deep pockets
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
The Oracle Red Bull Racing team has revealed its upcoming vehicle, but it’s not a Formula 1 race car. It's a new e-scooter. Dubbed the RBS #01, the machine is the result of a two-year collaboration between F1 engineers from Red Bull Racing and eBike manufacturer N Plus . Despite an association with race cars, this will not be the fastest e-scooter in the world when it launches next summer. The de
There's only one thing stopping me from buying a Fujifilm X-T5
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
The camera industry has rolled back the years and blasted out new cameras like confetti in the last fortnight. We've been treated to the Sony A7R V , OM System OM-5 and Canon EOS R6 Mark II. But arguably the most exciting for photographers is the Fujifilm X-T5 , a camera that feels like a kind of 'greatest hits' tape for its fans. I've counted myself among those fans for a number of years, ever s
FTX: Cryptocurrency market rocked by near-collapse of exchange
31BBC News - Technology / 3h
FTX struck a bailout deal with larger rival Binance as it faced a "significant liquidity crunch".
Disney now matches Netflix's subscriber numbers across its combined services
Engadget / 3h
Disney+ has welcomed 12.1 million new subscribers for the company's fourth fiscal quarter ending on October 1st, and according to Yahoo Finance , that's 3 million more than analyst estimates. In all, Walt Disney added 14.6 million subscriptions for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, bringing its total number of streaming subscribers so far to around 236 million. While Disney+ alone with its 164 million sub
Sweden’s EQT Ventures closes a its third fund at €1.1B to double down on European and early-stage startups
TechCrunch / 3h
Startups might be in a funding midwinter, but the ray of sun shining on some VCs speaks of a different trend. EQT Ventures , the venture fund arm of Sweden’s investment giant EQT making early-stage bets on startups primarily in Europe, has closed its latest fund and filled its coffers with 1 billion euros (and $1.1 billion in total commitments). This brings the total raised by EQT to €2.3 billion
Instagram is updating its web interface to take advantage of large screens
TechCrunch / 3h
If you have used Instagram on your desktop system, you know that it looks like a badly made copy of its mobile website. The company is now introducing a refreshed design that takes advantage of large screens. Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri made this announcement through a post on Tuesday along with a feature that enables professional accounts to schedule their posts . “We know a lot of people use
Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for November 9
Mashable / 3h
There's a brand new Wordle , and some brand new rules to go with it: The New York Times has made some big changes to the word list, which will no longer be based on the original game's selection. You can read all about them in detail here , but the gist is that the list will no longer includes regular plurals (the kind ending in ES or S), so the answer will never be FOXES but it might be GEESE. T
Pay what you want for this stacked collection of photography assets
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Pay what you want for this bundle of photography assets . When you’re making a website, do you fill it with photos from stock picture sites? Those can certainly be high-quality, but the subscriptions may also be pricey. If you’re just looking for a few kinds of images, you may not need a full stock photo subscription. You also may not need to pay much of anything. The Pay What You Want Pho
A 2-year subscription to NordVPN is on sale for under £100 this Black Friday
Mashable / 3h
SAVE 55%: Black Friday is the best period to secure deals on leading VPNs. A two-year subscription to NordVPN is on sale for £83.43 and includes an extra three months for free — 68% off for Black Friday. You expect to find deals on things like laptops and headphones around Black Friday, but VPNs ? Not so much. That feeling might be about to change because VPNs are entering the Black Friday game i
Today's Wordle Answer #508 – November 9, 2022 Solution And Hints
SlashGear / 3h
The Wordle solution for today isn't exactly going to ruin your parade, but if you're having trouble figuring out the solution, we have some hints to assist.
Kuda takes digital banking play to the U.K. with its remittance product
TechCrunch / 4h
Kuda , the London-based and Nigerian-operating startup taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first and personalized set of banking services, is expanding to the U.K. by offering a remittance product to Nigerians in the diaspora. The digital bank has seen some success since launching in Nigeria in 2019. Kuda claims to have up to 5 million users, more than thrice the number it had last
Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their ‘deskless’ frontline workforce, raises $50M
TechCrunch / 4h
Beekeeper , a platform for businesses to engage with frontline workers, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Founded out of Switzerland in 2011, Beekeeper targets the estimated 80% of the global “deskless” workforce who don’t work from a fixed office-based location, spanning hospitality, retail, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, among other industries. Beekeeper’s platform c
Networks Urge Caution on a Chaotic Midterm Night
NYT > Technology / 5h
“Wait for more votes,” warned CNN’s John King, as wary anchors tried to avoid any predictions that might go awry.
First Sentence Ever Found in Ancient Alphabet, and It's About Beard Lice
Gizmodo / 5h
Archaeologists in Israel say they have found the first-known written sentence in Canaanite, an alphabet used by the long-ago inhabitants of the region and until now lost to time. Read more...
It's official: Twitter creates a new tick so it can still charge for blue ones
48Mashable / 5h
Well, this sure clears things up. Twitter has been fielding widespread criticism for its plan to charge for the coveted "blue tick", which in the days before Elon Musk's acquisition of the company used to mean simply that the account sporting it was actually run by the person or entity it purported to be. Twitter introduced the feature in 2009 after being sued by a former Major League Baseball ma
Why Nuclear Fusion Could Be The Key To Air Superiority
SlashGear / 5h
If a Lockheed Martin patent makes it from the drawing board to the runway, we could see a jet that will change how air combat works forever.
Tesla Stock Woes Bring Elon Musk's Net Worth Below $200 Billion
SlashGear / 5h
Elon Musk has lost his double-centi-billionaire status, marking the second time that his net worth has fallen below the $200 billion mark in just over a year.
Elon Musk sells almost $4bn of Tesla shares
80BBC News - Technology / 6h
It comes less than two weeks after the world's richest man completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter.
The GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini arrives just in time for Christmas adventures
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
GoPro during Black Friday Will the GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini be discounted during Black Friday ? Keep an eye on our Black Friday camera deals page to find out. Even if it isn't, there will be other GoPros going for less this November. While to some the screenless GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini seems like a budget option, to the brand’s base of extreme sports enthusiasts and high-octane adventurers the H
Elon Musk sells 19.5 million Tesla shares worth almost $4 billion
1KTechCrunch / 7h
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is selling millions of Tesla shares again. The celebrity executive disposed of 19.5 million shares Tuesday, which is worth about $3.95 billion, according to three filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk did not take to Twitter to explain why he sold shares, but it’s possible the money will go towards his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform,
How to Run MySQL on Kubernetes With Oracle’s Operator
How-To Geek / 7h
Kubernetes support for stateful applications has considerably matured over the past few years. Now it’s viable to locate your database inside your cluster, allowing it to benefit from the same scalability as your other workloads. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
29% Of People Think This Brand Makes The Most Reliable Pickup Trucks – Exclusive Survey
SlashGear / 7h
Pickup trucks aren't cheap and they're often put to work. As such, reliability matters, and many people have strong thoughts on which brand is most reliable.
Binance Agrees To Buy Competing Crypto Exchange FTX
SlashGear / 7h
While FTT had a steady price up until Nov. 8, it fell off a cliff during the course of the day, dropping from around $21 to $5.
NASA Changes Artemis 1 Launch Date Over Tropical Storm Concerns
SlashGear / 7h
NASA has been forced to delay its Artemis 1 mission, this time due to Tropical Storm Nicole and its heavy winds, which could potentially cause damage.
3D printed guns: Warnings over growing threat of 3D firearms
58BBC News - Technology / 8h
Police say they are seizing 3D printed weapons in greater numbers in the UK.
How to Use Apple Pay or Google Wallet Instead of Plastic Cards
20Wired / 8h
Cash is safe—for now. Contactless payment methods, like Apple Pay or Google Wallet, are more of a threat to the existence of physical cards.
Electric Era wants to put an EV charger in convenience store parking lot near you
TechCrunch / 8h
Before starting Electric Era , Quincy Lee was one of the chief mechanical engineers at Space X. He got bored of doing space stuff when the climate crisis was happening down here on Earth and decided to do something about one of the biggest challenges with the adoption of electric vehicles: Distributed high-speed charging infrastructure. Crappy chargers and sky-high prices are huge roadblocks to E
Netflix's Wednesday Series Just Uncloaked Its Opening Credits Sequence
Gizmodo / 8h
When you think of The Addams Family , odds are the first thing you think of is its theme song: “They’re creepy and they’re kooky/mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky/the Addams family,” snap, snap , etc. And so one might think the reveal of the credits sequence for Wednesday , the upcoming Addams-inspired show Read more...
Twitter's revamped verification scheme will have two checkmarks, and one isn't for sale
100+Engadget / 8h
It turns out Twitter’s new plan for verification will be a two-tiered system after all. Esther Crawford, the twitter VP leading the revamped Twitter Blue subscription confirmed that in addition to the blue checkmarks, the company will also use a separate “official” label for “select” accounts. The label had previously been spotted on internal builds of Twitter, but it’s the first time anyone at t
EU Kicks Off Major Probe Into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Deal
SlashGear / 8h
The biggest merger in gaming history will be undergoing serious scrutiny in one of its largest markets, as the EU's "in-depth" investigation is now underway.
Twitter Reveals How It'll Label Users Who Are Actually Verified
SlashGear / 8h
Twitter's plan to give anyone who pays a blue verified badge has proven controversial, so the company is going to use another label for actual verification.
Tesla Recalls 40,000 EVs Over Power Steering Issue Triggered By Potholes
SlashGear / 8h
It looks like another challenging week for Elon Musk. Amid the Twitter drama, Musk's more reliable meal ticket has also hit a literal bump in the road.
Patches for 6 zero-days under active exploit are now available from Microsoft
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20Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and that means it’s Update Tuesday, the monthly release of security patches available for nearly all software Microsoft supports. This time around, the software maker has fixed six zero-days under active exploit in the wild, along with a wide range of other vulnerabilities that pose a threat to end users. Two of the zero-days a
Ars OpenForum & Commenting System are getting a big upgrade
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) We’ve spent months getting ready, and tonight (around 1 am ET on Wednesday) we’re flipping the switch on a major upgrade to our community platform, which supports both article comments and the OpenForum. We won’t be losing any data, and you won’t need to set up a new account or change your password. You will have to wait a few hours, though, and for
Elizabeth Holmes loses bid for new trial despite bizarre visit from key witness
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (center) arrives at federal court with her father, Christian Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans, on October 17 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in federal court related to an attempt to overturn her fraud conviction. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan ) Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the defunct blood-testing startup Theranos, lost he
Redditor discovers legendary 1956 computer in grandparents’ basement
100+Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / The LGP-30 computer, from 1956, that a Redditor found in a basement. (credit: c-wizz ) On Monday, a German Redditor named c-wizz announced that they had found a very rare 66-year-old Librascope LGP-30 computer (and several 1970 DEC PDP-8/e computers) in their grandparents' basement. The LGP-30, first released in 1956, is one of only 45 manufactured in Europe and may be best known as the
US renewable growth puts them on par with nuclear
35Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / A field of solar panels and windmills in the desert. (credit: Getty ) On Monday, the Energy Information Agency released its annual figures for how the US generated electrical power during 2021. The year saw lots of changes as the country moved out of the pandemic, with coal, wind, and solar power all seeing large jumps compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, widespread drought conditi
Why watch a movie when you can watch your corporate all-hands meeting?
TechCrunch / 8h
Movie theater attendance is down , largely thanks to the pandemic, but chains like AMC still need to make money. If meme stocks aren’t a reliable business plan, why not find another use for a giant room with a huge screen and lots of seats? In partnership with Zoom, AMC Theatres will launch a product called Zoom Rooms next year. Basically, you go to the movie theater to join a Zoom meeting with y
New to Mastodon? Here's How to DM Like a Pro
Gizmodo / 9h
It only takes a day or so of using Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter , for you to conquer the basics. Nearly all of the features one uses daily should be more or less familiar. I’m referring to the bare essentials: publishing and replying to posts, using hashtags, and using tools like… Read more...
Tesla Is Recalling 40,000 Cars In Its 17th Recall of the Year
29Lifehacker / 9h
Just two days before Elon Musk took over Twitter, his company Tesla voluntarily made its 17th recall of the year , reaching 3.4 million vehicles recalled according to a report from Yahoo News, beating their previous record of 11 recalls from 2021. Read more...
Medibank says it won't pay a ransom despite threats to leak data
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
One of Australia’s biggest health insurers, Medibank, has said it won’t be paying up in order to get its data back following a recent ransomware attack. The decision was confirmed by the company’s CEO, David Koczkar, via LinkedIn, following a somewhat longer post on the platform earlier this week where he to Medibank customers for any problems caused by the attack, but said paying the ransom dema
‘Death Stranding’ has been played by 10 million people since launch
95Engadget / 9h
For a project that was divisive among critics and players alike , Death Stranding has done pretty well for itself. With the game celebrating its third anniversary today, Kojima Productions revealed that more than 10 million people have played the studio’s first game. The milestone takes into account all the platforms where Death Stranding is available, including PC Game Pass . “It makes me happy
2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron Gives Electric SUV A New Name, More Range, More Tech
SlashGear / 10h
With the 2024 Audi Q8 e-tron, the brand hits reset on its most high-end electric SUV with better range, performance, driving dynamics, and a cabin fit for five.
Inside Vin Diesel's Million Dollar Luxury Mansion On Wheels
SlashGear / 10h
Vin Diesel liked to hunker down in style with an RV during shooting, and the trailer cost him a cool $1.1 million.
Zuckerberg Holds Emotional Meeting As Thousands Of Employees Prepare For Layoffs
SlashGear / 10h
Mark Zuckerberg held an all-hands meeting to inform Meta employees that layoffs will commence tomorrow. The layoffs are expected to be numerous.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Danai Gurira on Okoye's Path in the Film
Gizmodo / 10h
Returning to Wakanda has been a long-anticipated moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , the cast and creative team are celebrating a culmination of sharing their labor of love in response to the absence of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman , who passed away… Read more...
Twitter will add an ‘official’ badge to high-profile accounts in lieu of verification
300+TechCrunch / 10h
Twitter is turning the famous blue check mark into a symbol that denotes you’ve paid Elon Musk $8 , rather than one that identifies public figures. But of course, if anyone with a spare $8 and a fragile ego can get verified, then the symbol is rendered meaningless, paving the way for trolls to go hard on impersonation gags. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO learned this himself firsthand , so Twitter is i
Daily Crunch: Binance says it will buy FTX after smaller rival stumbles through ‘liquidity crunch’
TechCrunch / 10h
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 . Today, we’ve been learning about what the hell a Mastodon even is, so the timing of Amanda ’s piece ‘A beginner’s guide to Mastodon’ is all sorts of perfect. Give it a read, and come find us on Mastodon after. If you can — that’s another challenge. We have faith in
New Details Emerge About Aaron Carter's Tragic Death
300+Futurism / 10h
Former child star and late 90s pop singer Aaron Carter was only 34 when he passed away last weekend . Now, newly-released details may shed light on his final hours. As TMZ reports , police who arrived at the scene of Carter's Lancaster, California home said they found bottles of prescription pills and canisters of compressed air around the residence. The nature of the pill bottles isn't yet clear
Audi's new flagship Q8 e-tron SUV boasts a maximum range of 373 miles
61Engadget / 10h
Audi has introduced seven , well, now eight , electric SUVs under the e-tron banner since they began production in 2018 — with another dozen already in the works for release by 2026. After months of teasing, the company finally, officially introduced the latest iteration of its luxury EV line with Wednesday’s reveal of the upcoming Q8 e-tron crossover SUV. Audi Available for order starting next s
15 Fun, Free Mobile Games Without Ads
Lifehacker / 10h
It’s tough to justify paying for mobile games when there are so many free options out there. Of course, so many of those free options are ad-ridden nightmares. I don’t mind an ad every now and then if the gameplay is great, but that isn’t most games. Most games on the App Store and Play Store are virtually unplayable,… Read more...
Tropical Storm Nicole already disrupting travel: 2 Orlando airports close
92The Points Guy / 10h
Just a little more than a month after Hurricane Ian devastated parts of southwest Florida, the area is bracing for another major weather event. Tropical Storm Nicole is heading toward the Bahamas and is expected to hit eastern Florida by Wednesday night. In preparation, two Orlando airports, including Orlando International Airport (MCO), have announced Wednesday closures. The Orlando Airport anno
Even Anti-Drone Eagles Can't Escape the 2022 Tech Layoffs
29Gizmodo / 10h
First, it came for the crypto shills and startups and then, the Silicon Valley legacy brands . Now, the dreaded 2022 tech layoffs are sinking their talons into birds. No, not that bird . We’re talking about drone-killing eagles . Read more...
Don’t Believe Weird Al: Daniel Radcliffe Was Never on Twitter, so He Couldn't Have Been Kicked Off
100+Gizmodo / 10h
Considering the slew of people Twitter owner Elon Musk has banned from his newly acquired social network, it didn’t seem surprising when ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic expressed outrage that Harry Potter star and Weird Al impersonator Daniel Radcliffe was among those kicked off on Monday. Yet—though it may be hard to believe—it… Read more...
This Is How Fast Election Disinformation Spreads
28Gizmodo / 10h
It’s Election Day across the U.S. and the stakes are high. We’re at a tense political point . Last week, Arizona even had to issue a restraining orders against the conservative, sometimes armed, militia members showing up at early voting sites. And the spread of a burgeoning conspiracy theory on Twitter is an… Read more...
How the Houston Astros’ World Series win could damage Caesars Palace’s owner
200+The Points Guy / 10h
“The house always wins” might be the motto of Las Vegas gamblers who say games always favor the casino over the players. But Caesars Entertainment, owner of brands like Caesars Palace , has a different take these days. A Houston furniture store owner’s payout on a World Series bet is so big that it is making a significant dent in Caesars Entertainment’s profit margins. “I think most of you are aw
Crypto exchange FTX was valued in the billions. Now Binance plans to acquire it in a fire sale.
42Mashable / 10h
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has become known as crypto's bailout king. Whenever a crypto company would fail, Bankman-Fried, who's also known as SBF, would swoop in with the cash to keep them afloat. Now, SBF is seemingly getting a bailout of his own. On Tuesday, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced it had signed a non-binding agreement t
Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week
36TechCrunch / 10h
Spaceflight startup Skyroot wants to make history by launching India’s first privately developed rocket, and it’s aiming to do so as early as next week. The company said Tuesday that the first launch of the Vikram-S suborbital rocket could occur as early as November 12, with a launch window that extends until November 16. The launch will take place from the Indian Space Research Organization ’s S
Reminder: Anne Rice’s Vampires Are Basically Alien Cellphones From Atlantis
200+Gizmodo / 10h
If you’ve been enjoying the gothic, horny , campy craziness of AMC’s TV adaptation of Interview With the Vampire , well, so are we. It’s a lot of fun, especially in how wonderfully and accurately it captures the magic of Anne Rice’s 1976 novel while still updating the story. But if the TV show continues and it stays… Read more...
Tesla Releases Update to Fix the Reason Behind Its Latest Recall of 40,000 Vehicles
92Gizmodo / 10h
After recalling more than 40,000 vehicles , Tesla has released a software update to try and fix the issue that may have lead to a loss of power steering assistance. Read more...
12 Deleted Scenes That Made Their Movies Better
Lifehacker / 10h
There’s a flush of excitement among Muppets fans, and the real ones will know exactly what I’m talking about: After a couple of years of mucking around, Disney+ will finally be offering the complete version of The Muppets Christmas Carol on the streaming service starting Dec. 9. The addition involves a single scene,… Read more...
Samsung's Latest Galaxy Watch 4 Update Is Bricking Devices
SlashGear / 10h
If you haven't updated your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 to the latest software, maybe hold off as it could brick the device.
The Bizarre Space Force Plane That Hasn't Landed In 2 Years
SlashGear / 10h
An unmanned space plane for the United States Space Force has been circling the Earth for over 900 days and continues operating to this day.
Why Mars Has 15,000 Pounds Of Trash
SlashGear / 10h
All our space exploration has left behind mountains of trash on the surface of the moon and now Mars.
7 Fitness Trends on TikTok That Are Actually Worth Trying
Lifehacker / 11h
TikTok is full of terrible fitness advice, from long-debunked myths spiced up with new sound clips, to misinformation on strength training , to diet tips masquerading as “gut health.” A recent study on the platform’s messaging found a concerning amount of inaccurate and diet-glorifying content on food and wellness. But… Read more...
Blockchain Guy Sets Priceless Drawing on Fire to Mint 10,000 NFTs, Only Sells Four
100+Futurism / 11h
Up In Flames We all know that NFT enthusiasts can get caught up in some questionable stunts . But one blockchain businessman has incurred the ire of the art world — and Mexican authorities — after hosting a gaudy event where he burned what he claimed was a genuine Frida Kahlo drawing estimated to be worth some $10 million. In a promotional video documenting the ostentatious event in July, hundred
Zoom Is Becoming a Full Productivity Suite
How-To Geek / 11h
You might know Zoom for its videoconferencing solution that became wildly popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, but as we start taking on more in-person commitments, videoconferencing isn’t as essential. Now, Zoom is branching out. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
AMC and Zoom Join Forces to Make Your Worst Nightmare a Reality
How-To Geek / 11h
As if conference calls weren’t enough, AMC and Zoom are partnering to bring massive video meetings to the movie theater. Businesses can rent out three-hour blocks at select AMC locations starting next year. And if the boss is okay with it, you can even watch a movie after the conference call. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Big Changes To The Alaska Airlines Visa Including Biggest Ever Bonus
View from the Wing / 11h
In addition to a biggest-ever bonus there are changes to the card's earning, and benefits - including to the $99+tax annual companion pass. Continue reading ...
Indiana Jones Could Be Getting Its Own Disney+ Show
100+Gizmodo / 11h
With Indiana Jones 5 set to be the last time Harrison Ford dons the hat and whip , seemingly for real this time, the world of the globe-trotting, Nazi-decking archaeologist might live on beyond him in a new streaming show. Read more...
A Race to Bridge the Analog Divide in US Politics
26Wired / 11h
Nothing beats in-person efforts to boost a campaign. But rising platforms are helping connect politicians with the rest of us.
The ultimate guide to Southwest credit card eligibility
The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Right now, the three personal credit cards from Southwest Airlines each have an elevated welcome bonus that TPG values at $1,125. The Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card , the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card and the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card are offering elevated sign-up bonuses of
Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills
20TechCrunch / 11h
Excess inventory, including returned items, from e-commerce, logistics and retail companies often ends up being disposed. Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Since its launch, it has processed more than 150,000 items like clothing, consumer electronics and household appliances that are either resold through Thri
You Can’t Go Back to the Old Gmail Anymore
How-To Geek / 11h
Google introduced a new look and feel for the Gmail web app earlier this year, complete with a new sidebar, larger buttons, and other tweaks. You could still opt out and stick to the old design, but that is now changing. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company
56TechCrunch / 11h
Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “ Funded Not Fired, ” will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the year. Top businesses from the cohort will then get follow-up cap
Salesforce confirms it has laid off hundreds of employees
500+TechCrunch / 11h
Salesforce laid off hundreds of people this week as the onslaught of tech cutbacks continued unabated. The company would not share an exact number, but said it was less than a thousand, and the people involved were informed yesterday, according to a person close to the company. Protocol first reported the layoffs ( although it appears to have gotten the number and timing wrong, according to Sales
Disney+ reaches 164.2M subscribers as it prepares for ad-supported tier launch
100TechCrunch / 11h
Disney reported results for the final quarter of its 2022 fiscal year today, revealing a total of 164.2 million Disney+ global subscribers, an increase of 12 million subs from 152.1 million in Q3 . The flagship streaming service was only expected to gain 9.35 million subs. Across Disney’s streaming services, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ had a combined total of 235.7 million subscribers, up from 221 mi
You can now print emoji in Google Workspace spreadsheets, should you ever want to
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Users of Google Workspace will soon be able to enjoy their emoji-filled spreadsheets in physical form thanks to a new update to the service. The company has revealed it will be enabling offline printing for those Google Sheets users working on a document with offline access. In order to ensure you get the full benefit of the spreadsheet software service though, Google Workspace has also made emoj
Taylor Swift tour sparks ’Bad Blood’ with Marriott and Hilton over weddings
100+The Points Guy / 11h
Two brides-to-be outside Boston say a Taylor Swift concert next spring has them feeling anything but a “Love Story” with their respective hotels. Instead, it sounds like a case of hotel owners attempting to ditch the brides at the altar in pursuit of much higher room rates. This all began when Taylor Swift announced “The Eras Tour” last week. The concert tour runs from next March through early Au
Elizabeth Holmes Won't Get the New Trial She Desperately Wanted
45Gizmodo / 11h
We may be finally drawing close to the end of the migraine-inducing episodic Theranos drama, and we’re not even talking about the Hulu show . Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes now has a sentencing date after being convicted of scamming close to $900 million from investors with her company’s blood testing startup. Read more...
These Are the Dos and Don’ts of Sending a Voice Message
Lifehacker / 11h
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The Most Iconic BlackBerry Phones Of All Time
SlashGear / 11h
BlackBerry is an iconic brand in the smartphone space and we look at the evolution of BlackBerry smartphones from its early days to its finals days.
Google's November Update Arrives For Pixel Smartphones
SlashGear / 11h
Google has started rolling out its Android 13 November Security Patch for its entire lineup of supported Pixel smartphones, including the new Pixel 7 series.
God Of War Ragnarok Gets A Hefty Day One Patch Ahead Of Launch
SlashGear / 11h
With "God of War Ragnarok" only a day away, it's understandable if you don't want to wait to install a big day-one patch, but doing so will be worth it.
First teaser for FX/Hulu’s Kindred miniseries plays up the horror elements
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
An adaptation of Octavia Butler's classic 1979 novel is coming to FX with Kindred . First published in 1979, sci-fi author Octavia Butler 's bestselling novel Kindred defies conventional genres, incorporating classic time-travel tropes, Antebellum South slave narratives, and historical fiction. Butler herself described it as "a kind of grim fantasy." More than 40 years later, Kindred is now an ei
FTX on brink of collapse after “liquidity crunch” at crypto exchange
200+Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on December 8, 2021. (credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty ) The digital assets industry has been shaken by the near-collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, which clinched a rescue deal with arch-rival Binance after a surge in customer withdra
Ex-Twitter Engineer Accuses Twitter of Retaliation for Helping Doomed Coworkers
40Gizmodo / 11h
One of the nearly 4,000 Twitter employees laid off in the company‘s tumultuous post-Elon Musk acquisition says the company illegally targeted him for trying to help fellow employees save documents prior to their abrupt removal from the company. Read more...
Apple Is Tracking You Even When Its Own Privacy Settings Say It’s Not, New Research Says
100+Gizmodo / 11h
For all of Apple’s talk about how private your iPhone is, the company vacuums up a lot of data about you. iPhones do have a privacy setting that is supposed to turn off that tracking. According to a new report by independent researchers, though, Apple collects extremely detailed information on you with its own apps… Read more...
AMC and Zoom Will Bring Work Meetings to the Big Screen
How-To Geek / 11h
It’s rare that you’re attending a work meeting on Zoom, and wish that you could hear your coworkers mutter “Sounds good” in state-of-the-art audio, or watch your boss on a 50-foot screen. Regardless, AMC is joining forces with Zoom to enable that experience. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Cargo Spacecraft Breaks Down En Route to Space Station
200+Futurism / 12h
In Disarray Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may have to wait on certain essentials, because a resupplying cargo ship has hit an unexpected snag. The NG-18 Cygnus cargo spacecraft, built by Northrop Grumman, is loaded with four tons worth of supplies including food, research equipment, and other hardware. Its launch on Monday morning from Virginia went as smoothly as one co
Astronomers Find Wreckage of Destroyed Solar System Right Near Our Own
400+Futurism / 12h
Dead Space Astronomers have spotted something gruesome in our cosmic backyard: a star system that used to have terrestrial planets like our own, except that all that remains now are the ancient, obliterated vestiges of those bygone worlds. The ancient star at the center of it all — designated WDJ2147-4035, and described in a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Soc
The 'New York Times' is changing Wordle's rules
52Mashable / 12h
Buckle up, Wordle players: The New York Times is making changes to the popular word-guessing game. And it might make figuring out the five-letter word a little more challenging. The paper announced Wordle now has a dedicated editor, Tracy Bennett , who joined the Times in 2020 as an associate puzzle editor. With an editor helming the game, it also means some tweaks to the rules and word bank. The
Which Wyndham Rewards credit card is right for you?
29The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. For most people, when they think of large-scale hotel chains, Marriott and Hilton are usually the first to come to mind. However, while Marriott and Hilton earn more annual revenue, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is actually the world’s largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with more than 9,000 hotels in over 90 co
Don’t Cook Your Turkey in a Roasting Pan
23Lifehacker / 12h
After years of hosting, cooking, and writing about Thanksgiving dinner, I have a confession to make: I have never used a roasting pan to cook my turkey. I don’t even own a roasting pan big enough to cook a turkey, nor a roasting rack to set it on. I roast my birds on a wire rack set over a baking sheet, and the bird… Read more...
Gmail will no longer allow users to revert back to its old design
28TechCrunch / 12h
Google announced today that it’s making the new Gmail interface the standard experience for users. The company first released the new interface earlier this year but allowed users to revert back to the original view. Starting this month, users will no longer have the option to go back to the old interface. “The integrated view with Gmail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet on the left side of the window will
Binance’s plan to acquire FTX is ‘real-life Game of Thrones’ as crypto winter winds blow
90TechCrunch / 12h
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has signed a letter of intent to buy its closest competitor , FTX, making huge waves in the crypto community after the putative billionaire CEOs of the exchanges engaged in a multiday public dispute on Twitter. “It’s like real-life ‘Game of Thrones,’” Alex Taub, founder and CEO of DAO-focused platform Upstream, said to TechCrunch in a messag
John Wick Spin-Off Ballerina Is Bringing Back Ian McShane as Winston
200+Gizmodo / 12h
Winston—the linchpin of the John Wick universe —is not only getting an origin series on Peacock exploring his younger days, he’ll also appear in spin-off movie Ballerina . There, the de facto Continental boss will be played by Ian McShane , who originated the character opposite Keanu Reeves in 2014's John Wick . Read more...
Florida Braces for Possible Hurricane as Tropical Storm Nicole Strengthens
58Gizmodo / 12h
Parts of Florida’s East Coast and multiple islands in the Bahamas are under a hurricane warning. Tropical Storm Nicole is about 310 miles away from the northwestern Bahamas and 420 miles away from West Palm Beach, and is expected to grow stronger, into a category 1 hurricane, as it moves westward, according to a… Read more...
LG's New Stretchable Screen Makes Foldable Displays Look Boring
SlashGear / 12h
LG has a new stretchable display that can stretch up to 20% of its surface area with a 100 PPI resolution, but this won't end up on a smartphone any time soon.
Long-Time Tesla Critic Alleges Twitter Rejected His Ad For Political Violation
SlashGear / 12h
Twitter and its new CEO Elon Musk are once again facing a bout of criticism over, in this case, allegations that the social platform rejected an anti-Tesla ad.
What Airbnb's New Price Transparency Means for Your Next Trip
41Lifehacker / 12h
Renting an Airbnb always seems like a great idea, but it turns out to be such a hassle (which is why we recommend alternatives to using the service at all ). The company has heard the complaints of its users, however, and announced a big change this week: Prices are about to be more transparent. Here’s what you need to… Read more...
Elizabeth Holmes is denied new trial, will be sentenced on Nov. 18
TechCrunch / 12h
The disgraced founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes will be sentenced on November 18 after she was found guilty on four counts of defrauding investors in January. Once the youngest self-made female billionaire, Holmes could face up to 20 years in prison for each of the four counts of fraud. Holmes had delayed sentencing by trying to request a new trial, arguing that new evidence had come to light
An Inside Look at the Ohio Team Pushing Back on Election Fraud Claims
NYT > Technology / 12h
The effort is one of several misinformation rapid response teams run by state and local officials to confront problematic online assertions that fuel voter distrust.
Flying Blue to add free stopovers: Here’s why this could make your miles a lot more valuable
500+The Points Guy / 12h
There’s big news from Flying Blue , the loyalty program for Air France and KLM. Flying Blue will be adding free stopovers to award tickets on Air France and KLM metal in the coming days, as first reported by One Mile at a Time . The news was announced Monday in a webinar by Flying Blue’s Ben Lipsey, senior vice president of customer loyalty. “Now, you’re able stop over for no additional charge fo
Apple could be tracking your every move in the App Store
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Apple appears to have started tracking user activities while in the App Store, making some suspect the company significantly deviated from its “ privacy is a human right” ideals. Two researchers going by the alias Mysk discovered iOS was sending Apple a detailed log of how users interact with the App Store, including where they tap while interacting with the store. The information is being delive
Scientists Discover Bizarre New Deep Sea Creatures
400+Futurism / 12h
Deepwater Dumpling Ooey-gooey translucent eels! A deepwater dumpling! A silver specimen that walks on little stilts! A dazzling array of fabulously strange deep sea creatures were just discovered off of Australia's Western Coast, where scientists mapped the seafloor of two new marine parks for the very first time. "We are really excited about the prospect of discovering new species, perhaps even
One of the Biggest Crypto Exchanges Suddenly Implodes, Sells Itself to a Rival
500+Futurism / 12h
Helping Hand After helping Tesla CEO Elon Musk take over Twitter by chipping in $500 million , the largest crypto exchange by volume Binance has announced a deal to buy one of its biggest rivals, FTX. The exchange, led by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, has been bailing out other, smaller crypto firms, who were already in trouble — but now, it's feeling the squeeze itself. In fact, as the Financia
Art Is a Revolution in This Look Inside Salamandre
Gizmodo / 12h
How do you grieve in a land where art is forbidden? That’s the fascinating question at the heart of Tales From the Umbrella Academy artist I.N.J. Culbard ’s new graphic novel , the latest release from Karen Berger ’s comics imprint at Dark Horse —and io9 has a sumptuous look inside. Read
