Monday, November 13, 2023

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Buy Emirates Skywards Miles With 35% Bonus (2.2 Cents Per Mile)


400+One Mile at a Time / 27min
Strategically buying miles & points can represent a great deal, especially for luxury travel. Emirates Skywards has just launched its latest sale on purchased miles. This isn’t personally an offer I’d take advantage of, but I think it’s still worth covering, as I know some find value here. Promotion on purchased Emirates Skywards miles Through 11:59PM GST on Friday, November 24, 2023, Emirates Sk


'Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire' trailer teases an epic Star Wars-style adventure
Mashable / 41min
Need something to fill the Star Wars-shaped hole in your life? Judging by the trailer above, Zack Snyder's upcoming space epic Rebel Moon might be just the ticket. In the trailer for Part One: A Child of Fire , we're introduced to Kora (Sofia Boutella), a stranger who crash lands on a remote moon, is welcomed in by the farming community she finds there, and then must become their protector after



Save On Virgin Atlantic Flights With Amex Offers (Targeted)
One Mile at a Time / 6min
The Amex Offers program has just rolled out a great new targeted offer for the purchase of Virgin Atlantic flights, which could be worth considering for anyone planning a transatlantic trip. Save $300 on a Virgin Atlantic itinerary With a new targeted Amex Offers deal, you can earn a $300 statement credit when you spend $2,000 or more with Virgin Atlantic by January 12, 2024. Spend $2,000+ with V


Apple might launch an OLED iPad Pro and larger iPad Air in early 2024
Mashable / 1h
Apple is planning a big overhaul of its iPad lineup next year. This is according to a new report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who claims that the company plans to launch new iPad Pro models with M3 processors and OLED displays. All of the current iPads have LCD displays, though the larger, 12.9-inch iPad Pro has an enhanced, mini-LED display. But OLED is a logical choice for the iPad, as it would lik


Pulsar Fusion Near Term Nuclear Electric and Other Propulsion
Next Big Future / 2h
Pulsar Fusion, a propulsion startup based in England, announced last week it is partnering with the University of Michigan to research electric Hall-effect thruster tech. The UK Space Agency is funding the collaboration. Pulsar recently began developing in-space electric propulsion systems to capitalize on the growing demand for the tech. The U of M partnership ... Read more


Breakthrough Thermoacoustic Stirling Generator Converts to Energy With No Moving Parts
Next Big Future / 2h
China has built the most powerful thermoacoustic Stirling generator. The prototype delivered a groundbreaking 102 kilowatts of power from a heat source of 530 degrees Celsius (986 Fahrenheit). This is the first time this type of breakthrough generator has gone over 100 kilowatts. Thermoacoustic engine achieves high thermal-to-electrical efficiencies with no moving parts. The new ... Read more


How quantum computing can benefit drug discovery
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
In 2022, the drug discovery market was valued at US$ 55.46 billion, and by 2032, that figure is expected to be more than double at US$ 133.11 billion. This is a huge sum of money, however, after events like COVID-19, we now know that time is equally crucial in the drug discovery sector. With the discovery of novel drugs taking up to a decade, and costs of development on the rise, quantum computin


"Predatory pre-annoucement" - The brain behind the largest CPU ever calls out Nvidia for spreading ‘FUD’ amidst surprise updated GPU roadmap announcement
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Nvidia is using deceptive practices and abusing its market dominance to quash the competition, according to Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman, after the firm unexpectedly announced its latest GPU product roadmap in October 2023. Nvidia outlined new graphics cards set for annual release between 2024 and 2026 to add to the industry leading A100 and H100 GPUs currently in such high demand, with or


A lifetime subscription to this helpful scanning app is on sale for 79% off
Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to iScanner is on sale for £32.46, saving you 79% on list price. Owning a scanner is a rarity these days. Despite not always having a printer and scanner at the ready, we still need to scan things every now and then. From ID cards to receipts or important documents, the next time you desperately need to scan something, you can just turn to iScanner . With the iScann


DP World: Australia sites back online after cyber-attack
85BBC News - Technology / 6h
Work at DP World ports in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth were suspended on Friday due to a cyber-attack.


NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for November 13
Mashable / 6h
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the e


Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for November 13
Mashable / 6h
New week, new day, new Wordle ! As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for Nov. 13's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle come from? Originally created


Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Monday, November 13, 2023
Lifehacker / 7h
Today’s board looks like a stationery store, but the four categories each have their own unique HALLMARKs. If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Monday, November 13, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the… Read more...


Cruise spirals and LTA’s airship breaks cover in Silicon Valley
TechCrunch / 7h
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


How to get value from 5,000 or fewer Delta SkyMiles
58The Points Guy / 8h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with the latest information. One of the advantages of earning miles through the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles program is that they never expire, allowing you to use them at your convenience without any pressure to do so before a specific expiration date. However, Delta is notorious for unexpected devaluations , causing concern among many trave


'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for November 13, 2023
Mashable / 9h
If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing gam


Quordle today - hints and answers for Monday, November 13 (game #658)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also keep


Bose QuietComfort Ultra earn their name and maybe even their $429 price tag
TechCrunch / 9h
For years, any time someone asked what brand of headphones they should buy for a flight, the answer was a simple one syllable: Bose. The company’s QuietComfort line had long been synonymous with drowning out plane noise on long flights. But over the last several years, the question has become an increasingly difficult one, as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


'Tourists are rethinking their relationship with Earth'
89BBC News - Technology / 9h
An increasing number of holidaymakers are picking more environmentally-friendly trips.


Delta Flight Attendant Forces Grammy Nominated Singer To Sit Down, Shut Up In Order To Fly
View from the Wing / 11h
Grammy-nominated gospel singer Bobbi Storm tried to sing for the plane. A Delta crewmember threated to kick her off if she wouldn’t sit down and shut up. She took to social media to complain about the incident, says Delta reached out to apologize. But they should apologize to the rest of the passengers… and the crewmember who was doing the right thing, that they aren’t standing behind. Continue r



Rebel Moon's New Trailer Promises Even More Space Opera Grandness
100+Gizmodo / 11h
Since the start of the year, Netflix has been giving out a drip feed of information for Zack Snyder’s sci-fi action flick Rebel Moon . With almost a full month to go before it finally becomes a thing you can watch, a new trailer was shown at the streamer’s Geeked Week event, and it continues to look like the biggest… Read more...


NASA can’t talk to its Mars robots for two weeks because the sun is in the way
51Engadget / 12h
NASA’s Mars exploration robots will be on their own for the next two weeks while the space agency waits out a natural phenomenon that will prevent normal communications. Mars and Earth have reached positions in their orbits that put them on opposite sides of the sun, in an alignment known as solar conjunction. During this time, NASA says it’s risky to try and send commands to its instruments on M


Redeem JetBlue TrueBlue Points On Qatar Airways
90One Mile at a Time / 12h
For the first time that I can recall, JetBlue TrueBlue has rolled out partner award redemption opportunities, as flagged by AwardWallet . This is an exciting and long overdue development. JetBlue adds award redemptions on Qatar Airways JetBlue and Qatar Airways have had a close partnership for quite some time, including a codeshare agreement. However, up until recently, there were no reciprocal a


The days are getting darker. Are your books?
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
powells : Maddelena and the Dark by Julia Fine “This book absolutely shines with the beauty of venice, the terror of first loves, and the singular intense passion of musicians and artists. Se deeply romantic! So alluring!” O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker “One of those rare writers whose charisma can be felt through the page” The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson “A pioneer for women in hor


The best business credit cards with no personal guarantee
The Points Guy / 12h
If you’re in the market for more credit card rewards, applying for a business credit card can offer a whole new range of rewards and perks that can greatly benefit you or your company. It’s important to note, though, that most