X, aka Twitter, now worth 71 percent less than what Elon Musk paid for it
300+Mashable / 10h
Oof. That's not a good way to kick off the New Year. Elon Musk's social media platform X is currently worth around $12.5 billion, according to a recent analysis by the mutual fund Fidelity. X's value dropped significantly since Musk's takeover For those keeping score, that's 71.5 percent lower than Musk's value of the company when he took it over in October 2002. Musk, with the backing of a group
Apple TV Plus green lights Slow Horses season 5 as hit spy show sets new record for the streamer
100+TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 14h
Slow Horses has been renewed for a fifth season on Apple TV Plus – and set a new record for the streaming service in the process. Per Variety , the hit spy thriller series will return for a fifth outing on one of the world's best streaming services after the company's film and TV division saw fit to green-light another entry. Season 5's fast-tracking follows hot on the heels of the season 3 final
SpaceX Launches Starlink Direct to Phone Satellites
Next Big Future / 1h
Starlink Direct to Cellphone supports about 7 Megabytes per beam and the beams are very big. Starlink v2-Mini satellites have three downlink antennas and one uplink antenna, each capable of eight beams and two polarizations. This means that each satellite has a total of 48 beams down and 16 up. It is unclear how many ... Read more
How to watch the 2024 Masters Snooker for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: The 2024 Masters Snooker is available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . 2024 has only just begun, but snooker fans have already got something to be excited about. Snooker’s greatest invitation event is kicking things off this year, with the world’s best players battling it out for the Paul Hunter Trophy. If yo
How to watch Crystal Palace vs. Everton online for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Stream Crystal Palace vs. Everton in the FA Cup for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The FA Cup is arguably the most famous domestic cup competition in the world of football, and you can watch some of the biggest third-round fixtures for free. We're all staying in and doing less at this time of year, so this opportunity couldn't
How to watch Real Madrid vs. Mallorca online for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Stream Real Madrid vs. Mallorca for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . 2024 has started with some good news for fans of La Liga. ITV will broadcast La Liga in a new three-season deal, with some of the biggest clubs in world football set to be broadcast live and exclusively free to air on ITV, ITV4, and ITVX. If you want to watch Re
Learn ASL from home with this cheap course bundle
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: The All-in-One American Sign Language Bundle is on sale for £15.73, saving you 80% on list price. Would you like to better communicate with a deaf loved one or colleague? Or maybe you just find sign language interesting and want to learn it for your own personal growth and satisfaction. If either of these scenarios is true for you, this learning bundle might be what you're looking for. Thi
Tesla FSD 12.1 Drives Smoothly Like a Good Human Driver
Next Big Future / 2h
Here is a review of Tesla FSD 12.1. FSD 12.1 has single-stack end-to-end neural nets trained with millions of video clips for the driving controls. The car drives more like a human. You’re driving in the fast lane (left) of a two-lane highway because slower cars stay in the right lane. Then a faster car ... Read more
OnePlus Buds 3 leak promises top-tier audio without breaking the bank
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
New information has found its way online for the OnePlus Buds 3 revealing it may have similar performance to the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 while also being cheaper than it. This leak originates from German tech news site Allround-PC with 9To5Google providing a translation for it. According to the report, the earbuds will each house a 6mm tweeter alongside a 10.4mm woofer. And with the case, they'll have
Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect
26Engadget / 4h
In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for "VPN" over the past few days. That's most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors' government IDs or have blocked access in the regions altogether. As 404Media reports, Pornhub h
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for January 3
Mashable / 5h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for 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 Jan. 3'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 com
Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, January 3, 2024
LifeHacker / 5h
If you’re looking for the Wordle answer for January 3, 2024, read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is medium difficulty; I got it in three. Beware, there are spoilers below for January 3, Wordle #928! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today’s Wordle game. How to play Wordle Wordle lives here on the New York Tim
Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, January 3, 2024
LifeHacker / 5h
Today’s puzzle looks tricky, but it’s not as hard as it may seem at first. If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Wednesday, January 3, 2024, 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 meanings of the trickier words and we’ll learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below fo
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for January 3
Mashable / 5h
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
A commander’s lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX rocket
Ars Technica - All content / 5h
Enlarge / One of the most historic rockets in SpaceX's fleet toppled over Christmas Day on the return trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida, following its previous mission. (credit: LabPadre ) The Falcon 9 rocket that launched NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on SpaceX's first crew mission in 2020 launched and landed for the 19th and final time just before Christmas, then tipped over on its
Steven Yeun Drops Out of Marvel's Thunderbolts
200+Gizmodo / 6h
What you’ve heard is true: The Walking Dead alum Steven Yeun is no longer in the cast for Marvel’s upcoming Thunderbolts movie. Read more...
Why Fortnite is getting into cozy gaming
20TechCrunch / 6h
When it comes to figuring out a formula for a hit game that keeps players coming back year after year, Saxs Persson would know. Now at Epic Games overseeing the Fortnite ecosystem, Persson previously spent 12 years at Mojang building Minecraft into the stratospheric success it is today. Persson hopped over to Epic in 2022 […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
LG unveils 2024 OLED TV range, including a brighter LG C4 and next-gen processing
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
LG has revealed its 2024 OLED TV lineup, including its completely wireless flagship model, the LG M4 – as well as the latest iterations of its standard OLED lineup, the G4, C4 and B4. Although there is no officially confirmed pricing or release date, we expect the release to be around March/April time, as it has been in recent years. All models will be on display at CES 2024 from 9-12 January in
Short-term rental provider Frontdesk lays off entire staff, on the verge of shutting down
100+TechCrunch / 7h
Another proptech startup has run into trouble. Frontdesk, a startup that managed more than 1,000 furnished apartments across the United States, laid off its entire 200-person workforce Tuesday after attempts to raise more capital failed, TechCrunch exclusively learned from sources familiar with internal happenings at the company. The mass layoff comes just seven months after […] © 2023 TechCrunch
How to transfer Capital One miles to airline and hotel partners
The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. In 2018, Capital One added transfer partners to its travel rewards cards, and since then, it has blossomed into a quality points program — more than 15 airline and hotel partners. Capital One miles have gained value in our valuations in recent months due to the addition of more transfer partners, improved transfer ra
Ancient desert mega-structures were planned using carved maps to scale
Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2020, each day from December 25 through January 5. Today: Archaeologists found two stone engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia that may represent the oldes
Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, January 3 (game #709)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
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
Former Anthemis partner soft-launches new fintech-focused venture firm
TechCrunch / 8h
Ruth Foxe Blader has left her role as partner at Anthemis Group after nearly seven years to start her own venture firm, Foxe Capital, TechCrunch learned exclusively today. Blader is joined by former Anthemis investment associate Kyle Perez. Sophie Winwood is serving as an operating partner. Winwood previously co-founded WVC:E, an organization that pledges to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights rese
Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse
43Wired / 8h
The Steamboat Willie version of Disney icon Mickey Mouse just entered the public domain, and there's already an explosion of related AI-generated art. We talked to some of the creators behind it.
34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
100+Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Tetris Enlarge / A moment in Tetris history. For decades after its 1989 release, each of the hundreds of millions of standard NES Tetris games ended the same way: A block reaches the top of the screen and triggers a "game over" message. That 34-year streak was finally broken on December 21, 2023, when 13-year-old phenom BlueScuti became the first human to reach the game's "kill screen" after a 40
Vizio settles for $3M after saying 60 Hz TVs had 120 Hz “effective refresh rate”
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / A marketing image for Vizio's P-series Q9 TV. (credit: Vizio ) Vizio has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company misled customers about the refresh rates of its TVs. In 2018, a lawsuit [ PDF ], which was later certified as a class action, was filed against Vizio for advertising its 60 Hz and 120 Hz LCD TVs as having an "effective" refresh rate
Samsung confirms Jan. 17 date for its S24 reveal event
Mashable / 9h
Samsung just won't let the tech world rest for a few days. The Korean tech giant confirmed on Tuesday that the next edition of its Galaxy Unpacked event reveal series will take place on Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. This year, the event will take place in San Jose. It can be streamed on Samsung's YouTube channel . SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy S24: Every single thing we know so far Yes, that is jus
Samsung's first Unpacked event of 2024 will take place on January 17
Engadget / 9h
Samsung’s Unpacked event is coming early this year, so set your calendar for January 17 at 1PM ET. Typically, these events drop the first week of February, so this is an interesting switch-up, given the proximity to CES 2024. This will be an in-person event, at the SAP Center in San Jose, but will also be live streamed across Samsung’s various channels, including YouTube. This is Samsung, so it’s
Samsung reveals three anti-glare Odyssey OLED gaming monitors ahead of CES 2024
Engadget / 9h
Samsung has released some details regarding a trio of forthcoming Odyssey gaming monitors, just ahead of CES 2024. These are all OLED displays with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400. Each monitor also features the company’s proprietary anti-glare technology that minimizes daylight and ambient light reflections. First up, there’s the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G95SD cur
You'll be paying much more for SSD cards this year - here's why
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
Thanks to skyrocketing TLC NAND costs (up 120% in two years), you can expect the price of SSD and HDD cards to increase dramatically as well, which means pain at the register when buying new technology. TLC (Triple-level cell) is a type of NAND flash memory for SSD and HDDs that, as reported by Wccftech , has reached $25.5 per unit for 256GB and $48.5 per unit for 512GB in terms of wholesale mark
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup set for January 17 debut
41TechCrunch / 9h
Samsung’s mobile division ditched the big show unveils a while back. Gone, too, it seems, are the days when the company would save its first big phone news of the year for the weeks leading up to Mobile World Congress. The latest Unpacked event is set for January 17 — a week and change after […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Samsung’s Next Unpacked Reveal Event Is January 17
How-To Geek / 9h
The new year has arrived, and there are some exciting tech announcements on the horizon. We're starting to see some announcements coming out of CES 2024, but now Samsung has revealed its next Unpacked event will take place later in January. We're expeting to see the Galaxy S24 series at the big event, and possibly other new devices as well.
Tangzhong Is the Key to Making the Softest Bread You’ve Ever Had
27LifeHacker / 9h
Winter is my bread season. Not in terms of eating—please, that’s a year-round practice—but in terms of baking. While I love a crusty, seeded batard or tomato stained focaccia, I find eating a soft roll smeared with butter gives me a sensation akin to meditation. For soft, tender rolls that stay plush for days, use tangzhong in your bread dough. What is Tangzhong? Tangzhong is a gelatinized starch
Steamboat Willie Horror Game Devs Swear They're Not Making Neo-Nazi References
Gizmodo / 9h
A decade ago, Facebook’s internal motto was “move fast and break things.” There is now an important, wordy update to that motto as a holistic piece of advice: move fast on exploiting Mickey Mouse’s public domain status and... don’t maybe do some anti-Semitism along the way? Read more...
Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl's avatar
98BBC News - Technology / 9h
The incident in a virtual world reportedly left the under-16-year-old traumatised.
13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Beat Tetris on NES
200+Gizmodo / 10h
Classic puzzle game Tetris has been around for over three decades, and in that time, plenty of people have reached its various endings , usually by clearing four rows of bricks at once like a digital demolitioner. That’s a challenge in and of itself, but now, someone has taken the concept of “beating Tetris” to the… Read more...
How Flight Crews Control Your Window Shade And When Can Passengers Open Them?
View from the Wing / 10h
I've been barked at by cabin crew for opening my window shade during turbulence on a long flight, just appreciating a bit of situational awareness. This is something that's happened most often with European cabin crew. Now that the latest generation of aircraft have electronic window shades, that you control with the push of a button instead of sliding up and down, flight crew can control them al
Montana and North Carolina Lawmakers Just Came for Pornhub, So Now You Can’t
35Gizmodo / 10h
After months of edging, Montana and North Carolina lawmakers have finished off Pornhub. Users in those states lost access to the adult site on Jan. 1 as new laws require people to verify their age to watch porn. That would have meant uploading a picture of your ID before you watch sorority sisters figure out how to… Read more...
Pixar's Lee Unkrich Pays Tribute to Mamá Coco, Ana Ofelia Murguía
34Gizmodo / 10h
Over the holiday weekend, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress and voice of Mamá Coco from Pixar’s award-winning animated feature Coco , passed away. Deadline confirmed the death of the 90-year-old national treasure, whose performance in the film won the hearts of audiences worldwide. Read more...
Tunefab music piracy tool leaked hundreds of gigabytes of user data over 24 hours last year
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Users of the Tunefab suite of music ripping software could be waking up to an identity theft nightmare after experts claimed a database left user data publicly accessible for roughly twenty-four hours in September 2023. You might be reading this and thinking there isn’t a story here, and you might be right: minimal exposure time, and probably minimal damage – but the cache of leaked data is presu
How to maximize your vacation days in 2024 to get the most time off work
The Points Guy / 10h
You might have just gotten back to work after the Christmas holiday period. However, if you’re smart, you’re already planning how to take your annual leave in 2024 to completely maximize the number of consecutive days off. Below, we break down when each of the public holidays will take place in 2024 across the U.S., England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland so that you can get the mo
Tech for Palestine launches to provide tools to help support Palestinians
TechCrunch / 11h
The Israel-Hamas war has proved divisive to the tech industry. This is one of the first public stances in support for Palestine. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
In case you missed it, ChatGPT rival 'Copilot' is now on iOS and Android
26Mashable / 11h
While you were deep in holiday hibernation, Microsoft quietly launched Android and iOS versions of Copilot , formerly known as Bing Chat . SEE ALSO: Bing Image Creator users are doing some... interesting things with new DALL-E 3 upgrade The Android launch was first spotted by X user @ technosarusrex , then picked up by Neowin on Dec. 26. Three days later, Microsoft launched an iOS and iPadOS vers
South Korea’s Artificial Sun Is Cooking 100-Million-Degree Plasma
68Gizmodo / 11h
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy has installed a new diverter in the KSTAR tokamak, allowing the artificial sun to sustain high-ion temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius for longer. Read more...
Guide To World Of Hyatt Club Access Awards
77One Mile at a Time / 11h
World of Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards program offers perks for every 10 elite qualifying nights you earn in a calendar year, all the way from 10 nights to 150 nights. The Milestone Rewards perk that has historically been the least valuable is club access awards. However, thanks to World of Hyatt’s 2024 program changes , there’s finally some value to these, so let’s go over all the details. World of
Terran Orbital receives key payment from Rivada Space, adjusts year-end cash balance
TechCrunch / 11h
Terran Orbital has updated its anticipated financial results for the year’s end after the company received a long-awaited payment from its largest customer, Rivada Space Networks. The news, announced today, confirms earlier reports from TechCrunch that Terran CEO Marc Bell was expecting at least some payment from Rivada before the close of the year. Rivada, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reser
Chase confirms $10 Gopuff credit is gone
20The Points Guy / 11h
Chase confirmed that the $10 Gopuff credit on many of its cards expired on Dec. 31, 2023, and won’t return for the new year. It’s a credit I’ve been using religiously since the deal was announced in 2021 . Chase told TPG it was “Confirming that the Gopuff offer for eligible Chase cardmembers ended on December 31, 2023.” Gopuff is a delivery service that brings groceries and other household items
Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024 Will Hopefully Reveal the Galaxy S24's New AI Chatbot
Gizmodo / 11h
After the dopamine hit of CES 2024 wears off, we’ll need something else to carry us through the first month of the new year. Fortunately, we’ll have Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked to look forward to. The company has officially announced its next flagship smartphone series will be revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 17 , at the SAP… Read more...
Meta Quest 2 Won’t Easily Stream to TVs Anymore, But at Least It's Half the Price Now
Gizmodo / 11h
Trying to draw attention back to its Metaverse ambitions, Meta dropped the price of its 128 GB to $250 . That’s exactly half of what the company’s latest Quest 3 costs. An extra $50 will net you the 256 GB Quest 2, but if you’re looking to get one even cheaper, the company is advertising refurbished headsets starting… Read more...
Steam Will Cut off Old Mac Computers, Too
How-To Geek / 11h
Steam dropped support for PCs running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 earlier this week. Now, the games store and platform is preparing to cut off older macOS releases as well.
PC gamers will finally lose support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 thanks to Valve dropping them
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
PC gamers, it’s time to bring in the new year by finally retiring that old Windows OS. Valve announced in an official blog post that Steam would no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 after January 1, 2024. According to the official Steam blog post , after that date current Steam Client installations on those named operating systems will no longer be receiving any updates, including security upd
Chinese Teen Rescued After Being 'Cyber Kidnapped'
Gizmodo / 11h
A Chinese teenager has been returned to safety after being “cyber kidnapped.” Never heard of “cyber kidnapping”? Well, it’s an early front-runner for the hot new cybercrime trend of 2024. Read more...
All the Ways Smart Tech Can Keep Your Pets From Escaping
LifeHacker / 11h
When it comes to how smart technology can help manage your pets, you have options: There are smart feeders, smart pet cameras, and even smart pet tracker collars. Generally, I’m a little more lo-fi around my dog, but I adopted a doberman named Blueberry a few months ago, and despite the cozy offerings here, she has taken to going on neighborhood walkabouts in the last few weeks. With a six-foot f
Eruption of Scabies Infections Hits UK
Gizmodo / 11h
The UK is facing an eruption of scabies, an itchy skin infestation caused by mites. Dermatologists across the country are reporting a rise in scabies cases, fueled by shortages of the medications most commonly used to treat it. These cases are disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations, such as those living… Read more...
Score discounted flights from NYC to Antigua throughout 2024
The Points Guy / 11h
A trip to Antigua and Barbuda means visiting hundreds of gorgeous white sand beaches, sailing around bays, embarking on outdoor adventures, enjoying fresh seafood, soaking up the rich history and choosing between a plethora of lodging options — including some beautiful all-inclusive resorts . Luckily, if you live in the New York City or Boston area, there are discounted flights available now. Fro
Report: Microsoft's Surface Laptop 6 may have striking design changes and a power boost
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Microsoft is reportedly working on the next generation of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models which are slated to have refreshed designs as well as improved hardware. This leaked information comes from Windows Central whose sources claim the company is developing the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 right now. What’s interesting about these two is there will be multiple versions of both, hou
Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value
31Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | DNY59) Fidelity's latest valuation of its stake in X implies that Elon Musk's social network is worth about 71.5 percent less than when Musk bought the company in October 2022. Fidelity's Blue Chip Growth Fund has a relatively small stake in X. A monthly update for the fund listed the value of its "X Holdings Corp." stake at $5.6 million as of November 30, 2023. Th
One of Tekken 8’s “colorblind” modes is causing migraines, vertigo, and debate
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / It looks wild and different, like something nobody has tried before. And many accessibility experts say there's a reason Tekken 8 's style isn't commonly deployed. (credit: Bandai Namco/YouTube/Gatterall) Modern fighting games have come quite a long way from their origins in providing accessibility options. Street Fighter 6 has audio cues that can convey distance, height, health, and ot
Guide To Hyatt Globalist Suite Upgrade Awards
100+One Mile at a Time / 11h
There are many benefits I love about Hyatt’s top tier Globalist status , though arguably my single favorite perk is the suite upgrade awards that members can earn. In this post I wanted to take a closer look at how this benefit works, especially in light of the 2024 World of Hyatt changes , which offers new opportunities for earning and redeeming them. What are Hyatt suite upgrade awards? With Wo
Why Puma is sticking to its web3 bets as crypto shakes off a long-held winter
24TechCrunch / 11h
While some brands moved away from web3 in 2023 during a long crypto winter, Puma stayed the course and its head of emerging technology Ivan Dashkov told TechCrunch+ it has no intentions of leaving. After two years working with web3, Puma’s tech revenues remain modest, but the sportswear manufacturer intends to be ready for a more […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How a Group of Train Hackers Exposed a Right-to-Repair Nightmare
41Gizmodo / 12h
Earlier this month, Polish hackers known as Dragon Sector accused one of Poland’s largest train makers, Newag, of intentionally bricking its own trains when they’re repaired by third parties. Newag threatened to sue Dragon Sector, but the story exploded as an example of why we deserve the right-to-repair and the… Read more...
This new Mini workstation really is small but mighty – it boasts an ultra-fast Intel processor that can tackle intensive tasks with ease, and offers ample storage possibilities, making it ideal for even the most demanding user
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Minisforum has unveiled its latest MiniWorkStation, the MS-01, featuring a high-performance 13th generation Intel i9 CPU. This Mini PC is specifically engineered for office use and productivity tasks, and it has a robust cooling system to ensure smooth operations. The MS-01 is powered by Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics and offers a choice between Intel Core i9-13900H and Intel Core i9-12900H pr
Act fast: JetBlue Vacations’ New Year’s deal ends Tuesday night
The Points Guy / 12h
If you’re looking for something to cure your post-holiday blues, JetBlue Vacations is offering 12 deals for the new year, including discounted flight, cruise and hotel packages to the Caribbean . Time is of the essence, as you must book this deal by the end of Tuesday. Deal basics JETBLUEVACATIONS.COM Airline: JetBlue How to book: B ook directly with the airline Travel dates: Vary for each deal,
Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Facebook recently rolled out a new “Link History” setting that creates a special repository of all the links you click on in the Facebook mobile app. Users can opt-out, but Link History is turned on by default, and the data is used for targeted ads. As lawmakers introduce tech regulations and Apple and Google beef up… Read more...
[Update] Mickey Mouse horror game to change name after Nazi dog whistle accusations
Mashable / 12h
Just as quickly as it was announced, the team behind the Mickey Mouse public-domain horror game is going through a name change. Originally titled Infestation 88 , Nightmare Forge Games' co-op game is now titled Infestation: Origins . This comes after the game received backlash from users and several prominent outlets like Kotaku and VICE that pointed out the striking amount of coincidental white
Daily tourism tax and tour group cap coming to Venice this year
43The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. More changes are on the way for travelers planning a vacation to Venice, Italy . In addition to the previously announced tourism tax starting later this year, Venice will cap tour groups to 25 people. Here’s what you need to know about each regulation. $5 daily tourism tax Ahead of summer travel, the city
SBF Won't Get Second Trial After DOJ Drops Five Charges
Gizmodo / 12h
Sam Bankman-Fried once faced 13 criminal charges relating to his massive fraud scheme at the crypto exchange FTX. However, he’ll only face consequences for the seven charges he was found guilty of in November. Read more...
How to Figure Out Why Your Utility Bill Spiked
LifeHacker / 12h
Existence is expensive, especially if you enjoy things like heat and clean water. The fact that fundamental resources like water, gas, and electricity are just pumped into our homes is kind of amazing, but when the bill comes you might regret every hot shower and the sauna-like temperatures you maintained all winter long. Most of us have a pretty good idea how much a typical utility bill will run
Hilton’s Rapid Rise: Challenging Marriott’s Dominance in the Hotel Loyalty Size, Who’s Best?
View from the Wing / 12h
Marriott Bonvoy (inclusive of former Starwood members) is the largest program while Hilton Honors has been growing quickly and catching up. Accor's loyalty program - which is newer than the others - is small for the chain's size. And while World of Hyatt is the smallest among these 7 hotel groups, it hits substantially above its weight, something that's true both for program membership and for it
10 Sci-Fi Movies to Stream on Netflix Instead of Hatewatching Rebel Moon
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Zack Snyder ’s homage-a-thon Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire came out with a bang for Netflix , but as of today it’s barely clinging to the streamer’s top 10. If you’ve been holding out on watching (maybe you’re
300+Mashable / 10h
Oof. That's not a good way to kick off the New Year. Elon Musk's social media platform X is currently worth around $12.5 billion, according to a recent analysis by the mutual fund Fidelity. X's value dropped significantly since Musk's takeover For those keeping score, that's 71.5 percent lower than Musk's value of the company when he took it over in October 2002. Musk, with the backing of a group
Apple TV Plus green lights Slow Horses season 5 as hit spy show sets new record for the streamer
100+TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 14h
Slow Horses has been renewed for a fifth season on Apple TV Plus – and set a new record for the streaming service in the process. Per Variety , the hit spy thriller series will return for a fifth outing on one of the world's best streaming services after the company's film and TV division saw fit to green-light another entry. Season 5's fast-tracking follows hot on the heels of the season 3 final
SpaceX Launches Starlink Direct to Phone Satellites
Next Big Future / 1h
Starlink Direct to Cellphone supports about 7 Megabytes per beam and the beams are very big. Starlink v2-Mini satellites have three downlink antennas and one uplink antenna, each capable of eight beams and two polarizations. This means that each satellite has a total of 48 beams down and 16 up. It is unclear how many ... Read more
How to watch the 2024 Masters Snooker for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: The 2024 Masters Snooker is available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . 2024 has only just begun, but snooker fans have already got something to be excited about. Snooker’s greatest invitation event is kicking things off this year, with the world’s best players battling it out for the Paul Hunter Trophy. If yo
How to watch Crystal Palace vs. Everton online for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Stream Crystal Palace vs. Everton in the FA Cup for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The FA Cup is arguably the most famous domestic cup competition in the world of football, and you can watch some of the biggest third-round fixtures for free. We're all staying in and doing less at this time of year, so this opportunity couldn't
How to watch Real Madrid vs. Mallorca online for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Stream Real Madrid vs. Mallorca for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . 2024 has started with some good news for fans of La Liga. ITV will broadcast La Liga in a new three-season deal, with some of the biggest clubs in world football set to be broadcast live and exclusively free to air on ITV, ITV4, and ITVX. If you want to watch Re
Learn ASL from home with this cheap course bundle
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: The All-in-One American Sign Language Bundle is on sale for £15.73, saving you 80% on list price. Would you like to better communicate with a deaf loved one or colleague? Or maybe you just find sign language interesting and want to learn it for your own personal growth and satisfaction. If either of these scenarios is true for you, this learning bundle might be what you're looking for. Thi
Tesla FSD 12.1 Drives Smoothly Like a Good Human Driver
Next Big Future / 2h
Here is a review of Tesla FSD 12.1. FSD 12.1 has single-stack end-to-end neural nets trained with millions of video clips for the driving controls. The car drives more like a human. You’re driving in the fast lane (left) of a two-lane highway because slower cars stay in the right lane. Then a faster car ... Read more
OnePlus Buds 3 leak promises top-tier audio without breaking the bank
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
New information has found its way online for the OnePlus Buds 3 revealing it may have similar performance to the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 while also being cheaper than it. This leak originates from German tech news site Allround-PC with 9To5Google providing a translation for it. According to the report, the earbuds will each house a 6mm tweeter alongside a 10.4mm woofer. And with the case, they'll have
Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect
26Engadget / 4h
In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for "VPN" over the past few days. That's most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors' government IDs or have blocked access in the regions altogether. As 404Media reports, Pornhub h
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for January 3
Mashable / 5h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for 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 Jan. 3'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 com
Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, January 3, 2024
LifeHacker / 5h
If you’re looking for the Wordle answer for January 3, 2024, read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is medium difficulty; I got it in three. Beware, there are spoilers below for January 3, Wordle #928! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today’s Wordle game. How to play Wordle Wordle lives here on the New York Tim
Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, January 3, 2024
LifeHacker / 5h
Today’s puzzle looks tricky, but it’s not as hard as it may seem at first. If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Wednesday, January 3, 2024, 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 meanings of the trickier words and we’ll learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below fo
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for January 3
Mashable / 5h
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
A commander’s lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX rocket
Ars Technica - All content / 5h
Enlarge / One of the most historic rockets in SpaceX's fleet toppled over Christmas Day on the return trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida, following its previous mission. (credit: LabPadre ) The Falcon 9 rocket that launched NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on SpaceX's first crew mission in 2020 launched and landed for the 19th and final time just before Christmas, then tipped over on its
Steven Yeun Drops Out of Marvel's Thunderbolts
200+Gizmodo / 6h
What you’ve heard is true: The Walking Dead alum Steven Yeun is no longer in the cast for Marvel’s upcoming Thunderbolts movie. Read more...
Why Fortnite is getting into cozy gaming
20TechCrunch / 6h
When it comes to figuring out a formula for a hit game that keeps players coming back year after year, Saxs Persson would know. Now at Epic Games overseeing the Fortnite ecosystem, Persson previously spent 12 years at Mojang building Minecraft into the stratospheric success it is today. Persson hopped over to Epic in 2022 […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
LG unveils 2024 OLED TV range, including a brighter LG C4 and next-gen processing
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
LG has revealed its 2024 OLED TV lineup, including its completely wireless flagship model, the LG M4 – as well as the latest iterations of its standard OLED lineup, the G4, C4 and B4. Although there is no officially confirmed pricing or release date, we expect the release to be around March/April time, as it has been in recent years. All models will be on display at CES 2024 from 9-12 January in
Short-term rental provider Frontdesk lays off entire staff, on the verge of shutting down
100+TechCrunch / 7h
Another proptech startup has run into trouble. Frontdesk, a startup that managed more than 1,000 furnished apartments across the United States, laid off its entire 200-person workforce Tuesday after attempts to raise more capital failed, TechCrunch exclusively learned from sources familiar with internal happenings at the company. The mass layoff comes just seven months after […] © 2023 TechCrunch
How to transfer Capital One miles to airline and hotel partners
The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. In 2018, Capital One added transfer partners to its travel rewards cards, and since then, it has blossomed into a quality points program — more than 15 airline and hotel partners. Capital One miles have gained value in our valuations in recent months due to the addition of more transfer partners, improved transfer ra
Ancient desert mega-structures were planned using carved maps to scale
Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Enlarge There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2020, each day from December 25 through January 5. Today: Archaeologists found two stone engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia that may represent the oldes
Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, January 3 (game #709)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
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
Former Anthemis partner soft-launches new fintech-focused venture firm
TechCrunch / 8h
Ruth Foxe Blader has left her role as partner at Anthemis Group after nearly seven years to start her own venture firm, Foxe Capital, TechCrunch learned exclusively today. Blader is joined by former Anthemis investment associate Kyle Perez. Sophie Winwood is serving as an operating partner. Winwood previously co-founded WVC:E, an organization that pledges to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights rese
Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse
43Wired / 8h
The Steamboat Willie version of Disney icon Mickey Mouse just entered the public domain, and there's already an explosion of related AI-generated art. We talked to some of the creators behind it.
34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
100+Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Tetris Enlarge / A moment in Tetris history. For decades after its 1989 release, each of the hundreds of millions of standard NES Tetris games ended the same way: A block reaches the top of the screen and triggers a "game over" message. That 34-year streak was finally broken on December 21, 2023, when 13-year-old phenom BlueScuti became the first human to reach the game's "kill screen" after a 40
Vizio settles for $3M after saying 60 Hz TVs had 120 Hz “effective refresh rate”
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / A marketing image for Vizio's P-series Q9 TV. (credit: Vizio ) Vizio has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company misled customers about the refresh rates of its TVs. In 2018, a lawsuit [ PDF ], which was later certified as a class action, was filed against Vizio for advertising its 60 Hz and 120 Hz LCD TVs as having an "effective" refresh rate
Samsung confirms Jan. 17 date for its S24 reveal event
Mashable / 9h
Samsung just won't let the tech world rest for a few days. The Korean tech giant confirmed on Tuesday that the next edition of its Galaxy Unpacked event reveal series will take place on Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. This year, the event will take place in San Jose. It can be streamed on Samsung's YouTube channel . SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy S24: Every single thing we know so far Yes, that is jus
Samsung's first Unpacked event of 2024 will take place on January 17
Engadget / 9h
Samsung’s Unpacked event is coming early this year, so set your calendar for January 17 at 1PM ET. Typically, these events drop the first week of February, so this is an interesting switch-up, given the proximity to CES 2024. This will be an in-person event, at the SAP Center in San Jose, but will also be live streamed across Samsung’s various channels, including YouTube. This is Samsung, so it’s
Samsung reveals three anti-glare Odyssey OLED gaming monitors ahead of CES 2024
Engadget / 9h
Samsung has released some details regarding a trio of forthcoming Odyssey gaming monitors, just ahead of CES 2024. These are all OLED displays with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400. Each monitor also features the company’s proprietary anti-glare technology that minimizes daylight and ambient light reflections. First up, there’s the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey OLED G95SD cur
You'll be paying much more for SSD cards this year - here's why
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
Thanks to skyrocketing TLC NAND costs (up 120% in two years), you can expect the price of SSD and HDD cards to increase dramatically as well, which means pain at the register when buying new technology. TLC (Triple-level cell) is a type of NAND flash memory for SSD and HDDs that, as reported by Wccftech , has reached $25.5 per unit for 256GB and $48.5 per unit for 512GB in terms of wholesale mark
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup set for January 17 debut
41TechCrunch / 9h
Samsung’s mobile division ditched the big show unveils a while back. Gone, too, it seems, are the days when the company would save its first big phone news of the year for the weeks leading up to Mobile World Congress. The latest Unpacked event is set for January 17 — a week and change after […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Samsung’s Next Unpacked Reveal Event Is January 17
How-To Geek / 9h
The new year has arrived, and there are some exciting tech announcements on the horizon. We're starting to see some announcements coming out of CES 2024, but now Samsung has revealed its next Unpacked event will take place later in January. We're expeting to see the Galaxy S24 series at the big event, and possibly other new devices as well.
Tangzhong Is the Key to Making the Softest Bread You’ve Ever Had
27LifeHacker / 9h
Winter is my bread season. Not in terms of eating—please, that’s a year-round practice—but in terms of baking. While I love a crusty, seeded batard or tomato stained focaccia, I find eating a soft roll smeared with butter gives me a sensation akin to meditation. For soft, tender rolls that stay plush for days, use tangzhong in your bread dough. What is Tangzhong? Tangzhong is a gelatinized starch
Steamboat Willie Horror Game Devs Swear They're Not Making Neo-Nazi References
Gizmodo / 9h
A decade ago, Facebook’s internal motto was “move fast and break things.” There is now an important, wordy update to that motto as a holistic piece of advice: move fast on exploiting Mickey Mouse’s public domain status and... don’t maybe do some anti-Semitism along the way? Read more...
Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl's avatar
98BBC News - Technology / 9h
The incident in a virtual world reportedly left the under-16-year-old traumatised.
13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Beat Tetris on NES
200+Gizmodo / 10h
Classic puzzle game Tetris has been around for over three decades, and in that time, plenty of people have reached its various endings , usually by clearing four rows of bricks at once like a digital demolitioner. That’s a challenge in and of itself, but now, someone has taken the concept of “beating Tetris” to the… Read more...
How Flight Crews Control Your Window Shade And When Can Passengers Open Them?
View from the Wing / 10h
I've been barked at by cabin crew for opening my window shade during turbulence on a long flight, just appreciating a bit of situational awareness. This is something that's happened most often with European cabin crew. Now that the latest generation of aircraft have electronic window shades, that you control with the push of a button instead of sliding up and down, flight crew can control them al
Montana and North Carolina Lawmakers Just Came for Pornhub, So Now You Can’t
35Gizmodo / 10h
After months of edging, Montana and North Carolina lawmakers have finished off Pornhub. Users in those states lost access to the adult site on Jan. 1 as new laws require people to verify their age to watch porn. That would have meant uploading a picture of your ID before you watch sorority sisters figure out how to… Read more...
Pixar's Lee Unkrich Pays Tribute to Mamá Coco, Ana Ofelia Murguía
34Gizmodo / 10h
Over the holiday weekend, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress and voice of Mamá Coco from Pixar’s award-winning animated feature Coco , passed away. Deadline confirmed the death of the 90-year-old national treasure, whose performance in the film won the hearts of audiences worldwide. Read more...
Tunefab music piracy tool leaked hundreds of gigabytes of user data over 24 hours last year
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Users of the Tunefab suite of music ripping software could be waking up to an identity theft nightmare after experts claimed a database left user data publicly accessible for roughly twenty-four hours in September 2023. You might be reading this and thinking there isn’t a story here, and you might be right: minimal exposure time, and probably minimal damage – but the cache of leaked data is presu
How to maximize your vacation days in 2024 to get the most time off work
The Points Guy / 10h
You might have just gotten back to work after the Christmas holiday period. However, if you’re smart, you’re already planning how to take your annual leave in 2024 to completely maximize the number of consecutive days off. Below, we break down when each of the public holidays will take place in 2024 across the U.S., England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland so that you can get the mo
Tech for Palestine launches to provide tools to help support Palestinians
TechCrunch / 11h
The Israel-Hamas war has proved divisive to the tech industry. This is one of the first public stances in support for Palestine. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
In case you missed it, ChatGPT rival 'Copilot' is now on iOS and Android
26Mashable / 11h
While you were deep in holiday hibernation, Microsoft quietly launched Android and iOS versions of Copilot , formerly known as Bing Chat . SEE ALSO: Bing Image Creator users are doing some... interesting things with new DALL-E 3 upgrade The Android launch was first spotted by X user @ technosarusrex , then picked up by Neowin on Dec. 26. Three days later, Microsoft launched an iOS and iPadOS vers
South Korea’s Artificial Sun Is Cooking 100-Million-Degree Plasma
68Gizmodo / 11h
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy has installed a new diverter in the KSTAR tokamak, allowing the artificial sun to sustain high-ion temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius for longer. Read more...
Guide To World Of Hyatt Club Access Awards
77One Mile at a Time / 11h
World of Hyatt’s Milestone Rewards program offers perks for every 10 elite qualifying nights you earn in a calendar year, all the way from 10 nights to 150 nights. The Milestone Rewards perk that has historically been the least valuable is club access awards. However, thanks to World of Hyatt’s 2024 program changes , there’s finally some value to these, so let’s go over all the details. World of
Terran Orbital receives key payment from Rivada Space, adjusts year-end cash balance
TechCrunch / 11h
Terran Orbital has updated its anticipated financial results for the year’s end after the company received a long-awaited payment from its largest customer, Rivada Space Networks. The news, announced today, confirms earlier reports from TechCrunch that Terran CEO Marc Bell was expecting at least some payment from Rivada before the close of the year. Rivada, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reser
Chase confirms $10 Gopuff credit is gone
20The Points Guy / 11h
Chase confirmed that the $10 Gopuff credit on many of its cards expired on Dec. 31, 2023, and won’t return for the new year. It’s a credit I’ve been using religiously since the deal was announced in 2021 . Chase told TPG it was “Confirming that the Gopuff offer for eligible Chase cardmembers ended on December 31, 2023.” Gopuff is a delivery service that brings groceries and other household items
Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024 Will Hopefully Reveal the Galaxy S24's New AI Chatbot
Gizmodo / 11h
After the dopamine hit of CES 2024 wears off, we’ll need something else to carry us through the first month of the new year. Fortunately, we’ll have Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked to look forward to. The company has officially announced its next flagship smartphone series will be revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 17 , at the SAP… Read more...
Meta Quest 2 Won’t Easily Stream to TVs Anymore, But at Least It's Half the Price Now
Gizmodo / 11h
Trying to draw attention back to its Metaverse ambitions, Meta dropped the price of its 128 GB to $250 . That’s exactly half of what the company’s latest Quest 3 costs. An extra $50 will net you the 256 GB Quest 2, but if you’re looking to get one even cheaper, the company is advertising refurbished headsets starting… Read more...
Steam Will Cut off Old Mac Computers, Too
How-To Geek / 11h
Steam dropped support for PCs running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 earlier this week. Now, the games store and platform is preparing to cut off older macOS releases as well.
PC gamers will finally lose support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 thanks to Valve dropping them
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
PC gamers, it’s time to bring in the new year by finally retiring that old Windows OS. Valve announced in an official blog post that Steam would no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 after January 1, 2024. According to the official Steam blog post , after that date current Steam Client installations on those named operating systems will no longer be receiving any updates, including security upd
Chinese Teen Rescued After Being 'Cyber Kidnapped'
Gizmodo / 11h
A Chinese teenager has been returned to safety after being “cyber kidnapped.” Never heard of “cyber kidnapping”? Well, it’s an early front-runner for the hot new cybercrime trend of 2024. Read more...
All the Ways Smart Tech Can Keep Your Pets From Escaping
LifeHacker / 11h
When it comes to how smart technology can help manage your pets, you have options: There are smart feeders, smart pet cameras, and even smart pet tracker collars. Generally, I’m a little more lo-fi around my dog, but I adopted a doberman named Blueberry a few months ago, and despite the cozy offerings here, she has taken to going on neighborhood walkabouts in the last few weeks. With a six-foot f
Eruption of Scabies Infections Hits UK
Gizmodo / 11h
The UK is facing an eruption of scabies, an itchy skin infestation caused by mites. Dermatologists across the country are reporting a rise in scabies cases, fueled by shortages of the medications most commonly used to treat it. These cases are disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations, such as those living… Read more...
Score discounted flights from NYC to Antigua throughout 2024
The Points Guy / 11h
A trip to Antigua and Barbuda means visiting hundreds of gorgeous white sand beaches, sailing around bays, embarking on outdoor adventures, enjoying fresh seafood, soaking up the rich history and choosing between a plethora of lodging options — including some beautiful all-inclusive resorts . Luckily, if you live in the New York City or Boston area, there are discounted flights available now. Fro
Report: Microsoft's Surface Laptop 6 may have striking design changes and a power boost
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Microsoft is reportedly working on the next generation of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models which are slated to have refreshed designs as well as improved hardware. This leaked information comes from Windows Central whose sources claim the company is developing the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 right now. What’s interesting about these two is there will be multiple versions of both, hou
Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value
31Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | DNY59) Fidelity's latest valuation of its stake in X implies that Elon Musk's social network is worth about 71.5 percent less than when Musk bought the company in October 2022. Fidelity's Blue Chip Growth Fund has a relatively small stake in X. A monthly update for the fund listed the value of its "X Holdings Corp." stake at $5.6 million as of November 30, 2023. Th
One of Tekken 8’s “colorblind” modes is causing migraines, vertigo, and debate
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / It looks wild and different, like something nobody has tried before. And many accessibility experts say there's a reason Tekken 8 's style isn't commonly deployed. (credit: Bandai Namco/YouTube/Gatterall) Modern fighting games have come quite a long way from their origins in providing accessibility options. Street Fighter 6 has audio cues that can convey distance, height, health, and ot
Guide To Hyatt Globalist Suite Upgrade Awards
100+One Mile at a Time / 11h
There are many benefits I love about Hyatt’s top tier Globalist status , though arguably my single favorite perk is the suite upgrade awards that members can earn. In this post I wanted to take a closer look at how this benefit works, especially in light of the 2024 World of Hyatt changes , which offers new opportunities for earning and redeeming them. What are Hyatt suite upgrade awards? With Wo
Why Puma is sticking to its web3 bets as crypto shakes off a long-held winter
24TechCrunch / 11h
While some brands moved away from web3 in 2023 during a long crypto winter, Puma stayed the course and its head of emerging technology Ivan Dashkov told TechCrunch+ it has no intentions of leaving. After two years working with web3, Puma’s tech revenues remain modest, but the sportswear manufacturer intends to be ready for a more […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How a Group of Train Hackers Exposed a Right-to-Repair Nightmare
41Gizmodo / 12h
Earlier this month, Polish hackers known as Dragon Sector accused one of Poland’s largest train makers, Newag, of intentionally bricking its own trains when they’re repaired by third parties. Newag threatened to sue Dragon Sector, but the story exploded as an example of why we deserve the right-to-repair and the… Read more...
This new Mini workstation really is small but mighty – it boasts an ultra-fast Intel processor that can tackle intensive tasks with ease, and offers ample storage possibilities, making it ideal for even the most demanding user
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Minisforum has unveiled its latest MiniWorkStation, the MS-01, featuring a high-performance 13th generation Intel i9 CPU. This Mini PC is specifically engineered for office use and productivity tasks, and it has a robust cooling system to ensure smooth operations. The MS-01 is powered by Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics and offers a choice between Intel Core i9-13900H and Intel Core i9-12900H pr
Act fast: JetBlue Vacations’ New Year’s deal ends Tuesday night
The Points Guy / 12h
If you’re looking for something to cure your post-holiday blues, JetBlue Vacations is offering 12 deals for the new year, including discounted flight, cruise and hotel packages to the Caribbean . Time is of the essence, as you must book this deal by the end of Tuesday. Deal basics JETBLUEVACATIONS.COM Airline: JetBlue How to book: B ook directly with the airline Travel dates: Vary for each deal,
Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Facebook recently rolled out a new “Link History” setting that creates a special repository of all the links you click on in the Facebook mobile app. Users can opt-out, but Link History is turned on by default, and the data is used for targeted ads. As lawmakers introduce tech regulations and Apple and Google beef up… Read more...
[Update] Mickey Mouse horror game to change name after Nazi dog whistle accusations
Mashable / 12h
Just as quickly as it was announced, the team behind the Mickey Mouse public-domain horror game is going through a name change. Originally titled Infestation 88 , Nightmare Forge Games' co-op game is now titled Infestation: Origins . This comes after the game received backlash from users and several prominent outlets like Kotaku and VICE that pointed out the striking amount of coincidental white
Daily tourism tax and tour group cap coming to Venice this year
43The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. More changes are on the way for travelers planning a vacation to Venice, Italy . In addition to the previously announced tourism tax starting later this year, Venice will cap tour groups to 25 people. Here’s what you need to know about each regulation. $5 daily tourism tax Ahead of summer travel, the city
SBF Won't Get Second Trial After DOJ Drops Five Charges
Gizmodo / 12h
Sam Bankman-Fried once faced 13 criminal charges relating to his massive fraud scheme at the crypto exchange FTX. However, he’ll only face consequences for the seven charges he was found guilty of in November. Read more...
How to Figure Out Why Your Utility Bill Spiked
LifeHacker / 12h
Existence is expensive, especially if you enjoy things like heat and clean water. The fact that fundamental resources like water, gas, and electricity are just pumped into our homes is kind of amazing, but when the bill comes you might regret every hot shower and the sauna-like temperatures you maintained all winter long. Most of us have a pretty good idea how much a typical utility bill will run
Hilton’s Rapid Rise: Challenging Marriott’s Dominance in the Hotel Loyalty Size, Who’s Best?
View from the Wing / 12h
Marriott Bonvoy (inclusive of former Starwood members) is the largest program while Hilton Honors has been growing quickly and catching up. Accor's loyalty program - which is newer than the others - is small for the chain's size. And while World of Hyatt is the smallest among these 7 hotel groups, it hits substantially above its weight, something that's true both for program membership and for it
10 Sci-Fi Movies to Stream on Netflix Instead of Hatewatching Rebel Moon
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Zack Snyder ’s homage-a-thon Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire came out with a bang for Netflix , but as of today it’s barely clinging to the streamer’s top 10. If you’ve been holding out on watching (maybe you’re
