The Best Laptop 2020: Our pick of the best laptops you can buy in the Middle East
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We've reviewed the best laptops on the market today, from the fantastic Huawei MateBook 13 and Dell XPS 13 to the MacBook Pro.
Activate extra levels of online privacy with Surfshark
28Mashable / 12min
TL;DR: A 24-month subscription to Surfshark is on sale for $1.99 per month as of Aug. 11, saving you 83% on list price. Surfshark is one of the most popular VPN providers because users get a lot for their money. For under $2 a month, subscribers get unlimited connections, fast connection speeds, customer support, and much more. That's probably going to be enough for most people, but you can take
Tallest prefab skyscrapers in the world to be put up in Singapore
Popular Mechanics / 29min
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Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra leaked in the flesh, and its camera looks huge
Xiaomi 10 Ultra MIUI
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10min
Leaked photos give us a close look at the likely design of the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra, and they land alongside specs and prices.
Google extends shutdown deadline for native Chrome apps
Google Chrome Apps
25Engadget / 10min
Earlier this year, Google announced that it would end support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac and Linux by June 2020, or for enterprises and educators by December 2020. However, in case you’re among the few still using them, it has now announced an extension . Chrome apps will now work on those platforms until June 2021, and organizations can extend that by a full year until June 2022. Google sai
Run, don’t walk, to get the Fitbit Charge 2 on sale for 30% off
28Mashable / 12min
TL;DR: Get through your next workout with a renewed Fitbit Charge 2 Fitness Superwatch for $99.99, a 33% savings as of Aug. 11. Fitness tech wearable companies (á la Fitbit , Apple ) are always coming out with the latest and greatest. It seems like every other week sees the release of a new fitness wearable . It can get kind of overwhelming, to be honest. Plus, how can you tell if a brand new wea
Are your kids learning at home this fall? This $20 app can help you out.
Mashable / 12min
TL;DR: Keep your kids busy with a lifetime subscription to the Learning Apps bundle for $19.99, an 80% savings as of Aug. 11. It's one thing if your high school junior is learning virtually this fall, it's another if you have toddlers and young kids who need constant entertainment after "Zoom class" is over. Keeping your kids occupied is no easy feat. Instead of gluing them to the television, che
This 12-hour master class shows you how to make it big as a consultant
20Mashable / 12min
TL;DR: Learn to be your own boss with this online course for $49, a 95% savings as of Aug. 11. Things are weird in the economy right now. Whether you're working full time but feel completely stuck in a job you hate, or you're unfortunately recently unemployed thanks to COVID, it's hard to know what's the best path forward for your career. But sometimes when things get weird, you end up taking an
This $10 program can help you avoid embarrassing Zoom mishaps
28Mashable / 12min
TL;DR: Safely share your screen with PliimPRO for $9.99, a 37% savings as of Aug. 11. Working from home may be easier and more convenient, but having to present virtually to your colleagues can be such a pain. Maybe you accidentally shared a photo of your cat instead of last week's numbers. Maybe you have 1,000 unread emails in your inbox. No one needs to know your private business. Thankfully, i
Want to learn Photoshop? These are the best online courses for that.
24Mashable / 12min
Photoshop is the industry standard program for editing, improving, and manipulating images and photography. It also allows you to redesign graphics, paint digital art, and even make animations, and is being used by people in a growing number of industries. What’s more, a growing number of people are learning to use it for their own personal photos. But as powerful and widely-used as this program
Tesla launches its very own car wrapping service
Popular Mechanics / 14min
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .
Will tech make it easier for us to grow veg?
40BBC News - Technology / 16min
Already being used on a commercial basis, vertical farming tech is expanding into consumer markets.
Chrome Incognito Mode is about to get a big boost
20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 17min
The Windows version of Chrome will soon offer a desktop shortcut that starts the browser directly in Incognito Mode.
EA Access launch on Steam looms as store page goes live
20TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 17min
All-you-can-eat EA games, coming to the most popular PC gaming platform.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is now (probably) a billionaire
Tim Cook Apple $2 Trillion
24Mashable / 18min
Tim Cook, the man who convinced you to spend half your salary on a new iPhone, is now a billionaire. This is according to Bloomberg , which calculated that Cook's money stash has passed the magic $1 billion number as Apple stock hit the market value of nearly $2 trillion. The number is far from exact and should be taken with a grain of salt. Bloomberg made the calculation based on regulatory fili
Dua Lipa interviews elderly people about Dua Lipa, none of them know who she is
50Mashable / 34min
Celebrities dressing up in disguise or concealing themselves behind a curtain to surprise members of the public is an age-old tradition. But in the video above, Dua Lipa pretty much hid in plain sight. After her guest host monologue for Jimmy Kimmel, the singer threw to a segment called "Who-a Lipa?" — basically a series of video interviews with elderly people in which she asked them questions ab
Sony WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones drop to lowest price
24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 39min
The Sony WH-1000XM3 are heavily discounted this week, following the release of the WH-1000XM4.
Nearly all cloud storage deployments are misconfigured
24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 38min
Accurics report sounds the alarm for businesses thinking about migrating to the cloud.
More ransomware victims are paying up, even when data recovery is possible
24TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 45min
Even when it’s possible to recover data, some companies are still paying up.
SpaceX launches new VisorSat Starlink satellites
Popular Mechanics / 57min
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .
Fall Guys hackers are ruining the game for everyone, and they still can't win
Fall Guys Steam Two
36TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is being spoiled by hackers, who are cheesing their way to victory using various cheats.
Tech giants back lawsuit against US guest worker ban
70Engadget / 1h
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and 49 other tech companies are fighting against the administration’s guest worker visa ban. They’ve filed an amicus brief (PDF) supporting a lawsuit against acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the new rules, which suspend H-1B and other guest worker visas until the end of the year. The administration suspended foreign wo
Google rolls out virtual business cards in India - what does it mean?
India Google Search
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Over the past six months, Google has made its intentions of going India-specific quite obvious. The latest launch coming barely months before offering its latest smartphone to an Indian audience just reinforces the mood.
Parallels Desktop 16 adds Big Sur support, 3D Metal support, and more
42Ars Technica / 2h
Parallels Desktop 16's Control Center under macOS Big Sur. [credit: Parallels ] Parallels Desktop 16 launched on the Mac today. It's the latest major release of the software used by developers and others to run Windows, Linux, and macOS applications and virtual machines under macOS. Its most notable offering is full support for macOS Big Sur. According to the Parallels representatives Ars spoke w
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Vivo TWS Neo Review
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Google rolls out virtual visiting card in India
200+TechCrunch / 2h
Google has rolled out a new Search feature in India that enables influencers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, or anyone else who wants to be easily discovered online create a virtual visiting card in what appears to be the company’s latest attempt to add more LinkedIn -esque functionalities into its search engine. The company said it has rolled out the feature, called people cards, first in India bec
What's on TV: 'Project Power' and 'Hyper Scape'
61Engadget / 3h
This week Hyper Scape season one has kicked off, bringing Ubisoft’s free-to-play battle royale shooter to consoles. Apple TV+ is premiering its new series Ted Lasso , based on the character from a soccer commercial, while Netflix wraps up 3% with a final season. Also, HBO kicks off its run of the Jordan Peele-produced Lovecraft Country on Sunday night. The highlight I’m waiting for this week is a
Amazon Prime Day sale turns out record numbers
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More than 91,000 small and medium businesses participated in Amazon India's Prime Day sale, and sold to customers living in 5,900 pincodes (covering more than 97% of the country). Over 4,000 of these businesses clocked sales of more than Rs. 10 lakh and 31,000 sellers reported their best selling on the platform.
Allow Bryan Cranston to show you his hats in this mildly unhinged Jimmy Fallon song
Uncle Cooper TMS Fallon
79Mashable / 3h
Bryan Cranston. Is a man. Of many hats. Sure, we all know the Heisenberg pork pie chapeau (and it makes an appearance here). But before this mildly unhinged Fallon segment who knew Cranston could rock a sailor's cap, a little red bonnet, or a sweeping fuchsia fascinator while on the toilet with such dead-eyed, menacing panache? Truly, he has the range, and I am just crazed enough after months in
Downfall: BP worker sacked after Hitler meme wins payout
1KBBC News - Technology / 3h
Scott Tracey used the scene from Downfall to portray scenes from company wage negotiations.
Dell's latest business Chromebook offers high-end specs and extra security
66Engadget / 4h
This time last year, Google and Dell unveiled the first enterprise-grade Chromebooks . Both machines offered extra security and organizational features built for businesses. Now, Google and Dell are ready to share the next generation: the Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise. The Latitude is the first Chromebook that can be configured as a laptop or 2-in-1. You’ll be able to choose between a black
Singapore’s trade finance startup Incomlend raises $20M led by Sequoia Capital India
100+TechCrunch / 4h
Incomlend, a Singapore-headquartered startup that operates a trading platform to connect exporters and importers with investors, has raised $20 million in a new financing round, it said on Tuesday. Sequoia India, the India and SEA investment arm of the storied U.S. headquartered venture firm, led the Series A round in four-year-old Incomlend. The CMA CGM Group, one of the world’s largest shipping
Tencent wants to merge China’s esports archrivals Douyu and Huya
100+TechCrunch / 4h
The war between two of China’s largest esports companies may soon come to a truce at the will of their investor Tencent. Tencent, the world’s biggest games publisher, announced late Monday a proposal to consolidate Douyu and Huya, the competing livestreaming sites focused on video games. Rather than paying in cash, the deal will see the pair enter a stock-for-stock merger. The proposal is non-bin
eharmony vs. EliteSingles: How do the dating sites compare in the UK?
Mashable / 5h
Online dating is great, but there's a slight shudder factor attached to the practice now that everyone and their mother (literally) has some sort of profile. The biggest advantage, obviously, is the potential to meet thousands of eligible singles who you likely wouldn't have known existed otherwise. But whether those singles use their profile regularly or are even on it for the right reasons is a
Access more than 600 online courses for under £50
32Mashable / 5h
TL;DR: Lifetime access to the Integrity Training: Online Workforce courses is on sale for £45.14 as of August 11, saving you 95% on list price. There has never been a time better than right now to focus on self improvement . Seriously, what else are you going to do while you're stuck inside twiddling your thumbs? If you're one of those people who likes to try out lots of different things before o
Nreal Light AR glasses launch bundled with Galaxy Note 20 5G
21SlashGear / 5h
If you’re any kind of an augmented or mixed reality enthusiast, you might now finally have a reason to buy Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 20. That is, if you leave in South Korea. Almost like a proverbial unicorn, AR glasses that don’t look like bulky headsets have repeatedly been promised but never delivered, that is until now. Nreal, who promised … Continue reading
2 Months of Un-Hulk-Like Calm Went Into Making This Incredible Avengers Flipbook
100+Gizmodo / 5h
Remember how proud you were of the stickman riding a skateboard flipbook you made in your high school chemistry textbook? Had you continued improving your skills, this is where you’d be now: creating flipbooks of famous movie scenes, including Bruce Banner hulking out during the climactic final battle in The Avengers . Read more...
This course teaches you how to start a lucrative YouTube career
36Mashable / 5h
TL;DR: The Video Editing and Marketing Certification bundle is on sale for £34.43 as of August 11, saving you 97% on list price. To make a career out of content creation, you'll need to be trained on video editing, production, and animation, as well as video marketing. This is where the Videography Editing and Marketing bundle comes into play. On sale for £34.43, this affordable master class does
California wins injunction against Uber, Lyft classifying drivers as contractors
Uber Lyft California
200+Engadget / 5h
California passed Assembly Bill 5 late last year in a bid to reclassify many gig economy workers as employees, and so far, Lyft and Uber have not done that. The state is suing them, and on Monday afternoon Judge Ethan Schulman of San Francisco Superior Court ruled in favor of granting a preliminary injunction that would block the companies from classifying drivers as independent contractors. Reut
Galaxy A71, Galaxy A51 get AltZLife update with new privacy mode switch
SlashGear / 5h
Smartphones have become even more important than ever in the past months but not everyone can still afford to get their own. Sometimes, people have to share their phones with others for one reason or another, especially with their kids or siblings, putting your personal and work files are at the mercy of whoever has physical control of the phone. … Continue reading
Apple boss Tim Cook joins the billionaires club
Tim Cook Apple $2 Trillion
1KBBC News - Technology / 6h
The company's share price has soared, helping to boost the personal wealth of its chief executive.
Here’s the cheapest usable 15-inch laptop on the market right now
61TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
This is the cheapest 15-inch laptop with decent specs - and it's currently on offer.
Apple found guilty in Russia for monopoly over parental control apps
Russian Apple App Store
SlashGear / 6h
Apple has long been accused of using its position as owner and curator of the only app store authorized on its own mobile platform to create a monopoly that eventually kills off competing apps. Most of those complaints, however, haven’t gone beyond just that but Apple has lately come under legislative or even legal scrutiny over that business practice. In … Continue reading
Joe Biden's website has a hidden message about face masks
90Mashable / 6h
Presidential Joe Biden has a very important message on his website, but you won't find it unless you do a little digging. Mashable had a little peek at the source code of Biden's official website, and came across a pertinent coronavirus PSA. To see this Easter egg, simply visit JoeBiden.com , right click to inspect its source code , then scroll all the way to the bottom. There you'll find simple
A beginner's guide to the best porn games: What to play and what you should know
100Mashable / 6h
August 8 is International Female Orgasm Day, and we're celebrating with an entire week dedicated to exploring the business and pleasure of porn. Porn video games come with a lot of stigma, and understandably so . But if you push through all that, you'll find there actually are some really good, very NSFW adult games out there. It won't surprise you that many of the most popular adult games share
Nreal Light mixed reality glasses launch in Korea with the Galaxy Note 20
100+Engadget / 6h
After successfully fighting off Magic Leap’s claim that it stole trade secrets, Nreal is finally able to launch its Light mixed reality glasses into the consumer market. Starting today, folks in Korea can pre-order the Light — locally rebranded as “U+ Real Glass” — as part of a mobile phone plan on the LG Uplus network, so long as you pick the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 or the LG Velvet as your hands
Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra might debut with world’s first under-screen camera
Xiaomi 10 Ultra MIUI
SlashGear / 7h
With the news from last week, it’s almost easy to forget that there are other smartphone makers beyond Samsung, Google, OnePlus, and Apple. There are, of course, dozens more and the year is too early to cut them out. Xiaomi definitely still has a lot to announce, as is typical of the company, but one model, in particular, could grab … Continue reading
Google Again Delays Kill Date for Chrome Apps, Which Are Somehow Still Around
Google Chrome Apps
28Gizmodo / 7h
Google is giving its little-used Chrome apps functionality—which many users might not even remember exists—a reprieve from its execution date. Read more...
Twitch Prime is now Prime Gaming, will keep serving up free gaming goodies
Amazon Twitch Gaming
40TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
Twitch Prime has officially been rebranded as Prime Gaming, making it more obviously an Amazon service.
Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebooks is ready for school
Minecraft Chromebooks
24SlashGear / 7h
It isn’t just work that was suddenly plunged into a new world. Schools are also scrambling to adjust to the “new normal”, which mostly means holding lessons remotely without direct teacher supervision. That also means relying more heavily on devices, of which Chromebooks and iPads are fiercely competing in the market. Whichever of the two you choose, there will now … Continue reading
Chrome Apps will continue to live on until next year
Google Chrome Apps
SlashGear / 8h
Google had a grand vision for Chrome, one that included treating web apps as first-class citizens, a vision that almost saw its fulfillment in Chrome OS. Chrome Apps, however, didn’t exactly fly on their own and was eventually made redundant by the more browser-agnostic and standardized Progressive Web Apps or PWAs. That said, Chrome Apps did gather a few true … Continue reading
Mission to Mars: Hilary Swank leads an elite team in trailer for Away
49Ars Technica / 8h
Hillary Swank stars as an elite astronaut preparing for a crewed mission to Mars in the new Netflix sci-fi drama series Away . An elite international team of astronauts must leave family and friends behind for a three-year crewed mission to Mars in Away , a new science fiction drama from Netflix, starring Hilary Swank. Created by Andrew Hinderaker ( Penny Dreadful ), the 10-episode series was ins
Depression during pregnancy rewires child’s brain for emotional issues
SlashGear / 9h
A large body of research links prenatal depression — that is, a mother who is depressed while pregnant — and increased risks of developmental and behavioral issues in the offspring. Though the link has been established, the reasons for it have remained a mystery. A new study from the Society for Neuroscience has changed that, finding distinct brain changes in … Continue reading
I Tried Three Pairs of True Wireless Earbuds. And I Have Opinions
64Gizmodo / 9h
Taotronics 79 Bluetooth Headphones | $56 | Amazon Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 | $99 | Amazon Sony WF-1000XM3 Headphones | $170 | Amazon Read more...
I Tried Three Pairs of True Wireless Earbuds. And I Have Opinions
64Lifehacker / 9h
Taotronics 79 Bluetooth Headphones | $56 | Amazon Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 | $99 | Amazon Sony WF-1000XM3 Headphones | $170 | Amazon Read more...
[Roundup] GroundLink Ceasing Operations, Will Sell Your Account Unless You Opt Out
View from the Wing / 9h
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...
Former employees claim Talkspace mined therapy transcripts for marketing
100+Engadget / 9h
According to The New York Times , Talkspace, an iOS and Android app people can use to message a certified therapist , routinely mined the transcripts of its users to give it a competitive edge. The paper interviewed two former employees who claim Talkspace's data scientists shared phrases patients frequently used with the company's marketing team. They say the group used that data to better targe
The headphones that even a DJ can't break?
300+BBC News - Technology / 10h
A new way to produce tiny speakers promises more robust headphones with high quality sound.
Google's Pixel 4 Is One of the Best Phones, and It's $250 Off
Google Pixel 4A 5 3A
100+Wired / 10h
Google's discontinued handset likely won't be available much longer, but it will still get years of software support.
Delta to screen flyers’ temperatures as part of test at Los Angeles
21The Points Guy / 10h
Delta passengers, be prepared for the airline to check your temperature if you’re flying out of Los Angeles (LAX) during the next few weeks. The carrier will begin conducting temperature checks on Tuesday (Aug. 11) as part of a three-week pilot program. Delta’s test expands a temperature-screening pilot that the airport itself began testing at its Tom Bradley International Terminal in late June.
Greed may be good when it comes to solar power
100+Ars Technica / 10h
Enlarge (credit: Jeff Martin/DOE ) Based purely on economics, there should be a lot more solar panels on roofs in the United States. With the dramatic plunge in the price of panels, solar systems have become competitive with the cost of electricity in a growing number of states, leaving the question of sun exposure to be the primary driver of whether adoption makes sense. Yet photovoltaic-equippe
Facebook internal investigation finds millions of members in QAnon groups
500+Mashable / 10h
Facebook officially has a QAnon problem. An internal investigation carried out by the social networking giant found that Facebook groups related to the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon are racking up millions of members on the platform. According to documents provided to NBC News by a Facebook employee, the company’s investigation discovered thousands of QAnon pages and groups on the site. When
DARPA virtual dogfight will include battle between AI and human pilot
AI Galaxy A71 Samsung
20SlashGear / 10h
DARPA has revealed its plans for the final of three AlphaDogfight Trials, a competition that will — this time around — take place entirely online. Anyone will be able to register and stream the competition, giving them a chance to see the latest and greatest artificial intelligence algorithms compete against each other in fighter jets, as well as against a … Continue reading
People Are Cutting Off Their Hair to Soak Up the Mauritius Oil Spill
100Gizmodo / 10h
In an attempt to stave off ecological disaster, Mauritius residents are cutting off their own hair to soak up an oil spill that began off the coast of the island nation in late July. Read more...
Uber and Lyft can't delay 'day of reckoning,' must classify drivers as employees, judge finds
Uber Lyft California
100+Mashable / 10h
Judge Ethan Schulman has had enough of Uber and Lyft's nonsense. The California Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday, in which he ordered the two ride-hail companies to classify their workers as employees instead of independent contractors. Notably, the injunction is stayed for 10 days — giving Uber and Lyft time to appeal. Even so, Schulman made it clear where he stands on
MTA: If Only Masked iPhone Users Could Unlock Their Phones Some Other Way
MTA Apple Face ID iPhone
100+Gizmodo / 10h
New York’s public transportation agency would like Apple to come up with some way of unlocking phones that doesn’t involve passengers lowering their masks to use Face ID, according to ABC News . Read more...
Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election
1KWired / 10h
Human rights organizations have blamed the Belarusian government for widespread outages.
Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston shares actionable advice for startup founders
100+TechCrunch / 10h
Running a startup accelerator comes with a number of occupational hazards, but “skepticism is the easiest thing to fall into when you’ve seen too many companies,” said Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, “and it’s the thing you have to avoid the most.” Ralston joined me last week for an hour-long Extra Crunch Live interview where we talked about several topics, including how YC has adapted its
Shares of Uber, Lyft drift lower after California judge says that contract drivers are employees
Uber Lyft California
100TechCrunch / 10h
Shares of Uber and Lyft dipped modestly after a California judge granted a preliminary injunction that TechCrunch reports could force the two American ride-hailing companies to reclassify drivers as employees in the state. Uber’s stock is off about 1.3% following the cessation of normal trading hours after dipping around 2% in regular trading. Lyft’s stock is down a sharper 2.1%, though its share
Someone Turned Pricey MasterClass Courses Into Free WikiHows
200+Gizmodo / 11h
MasterClass is one of those services that everyone is aware of thanks to its ubiquitous advertising. But due to its steep subscription price, few have experienced it for themselves. Now the craftsmen behind some of the finest bespoke web content around are giving everyone a chance to experience the nitty-gritty tips … Read more...
All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Chicago's Skies
500+Gizmodo / 11h
The third-largest city in the U.S. is being absolutely pummeled by a powerful storm that brought 100 mph winds to other parts of the Midwest earlier on Monday. Read more...
Rookie mistake: How I missed earning thousands of points while studying abroad
The Points Guy / 11h
Studying abroad in London in the spring of 2019 was one of the best decisions I ever made. But I made one terrible decision while I was over the pond that still haunts me to this day: I didn’t use a credit card for any of my purchases. Gasp. (Photo by Paulo Habreuf) It’s shocking, troubling and just downright sad how many points I lost due to this tragic decision because studying abroad is NOT ch
2021 Porsche 911 Targa 4 First Drive – Ignore Purists
21SlashGear / 11h
I don’t particularly enjoy convertibles, and that might seem like a rough place to start with the new 2021 Porsche 911 Targa 4. There are generally noise and performance compromises that come with a drop-top, I’m very pale and I burn easily, and they always feel a little more ostentatious and attention-seeking than their hard-top cousins. Then there are the … Continue reading
Amazon Renamed Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, but Whatever, Call It What You Want
Amazon Twitch Gaming
68Gizmodo / 11h
As Amazon looks to expand its influence in gaming beyond the purple borders of its extremely popular live-streaming service, Twitch, the company is officially rebranding the Twitch Prime subscription service to Prime Gaming. Read more...
Why Do We Celebrate Spider-Man Day on (Probably) the Wrong Day?
82Gizmodo / 11h
Every August 1, social media lights up in celebration of one of comics’ greatest heroes : the amazing, spectacular, ultimate, and every so often sensational Spider-Man . It does so because August 1 is “Spider-Man Day,” a celebration of the character’s debut in August 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15. But why do we celebrate… Read more...
Lest we forget: Mark 75 years of the atomic bomb with the Ars watch list
100+Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / Ars marks the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bomb with a look at how the complicated legacy of this world-altering event has been reflected in film and television. (credit: Film collage by Aurich Lawson ) This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb. Just before sunrise on July 16, 1945, in a secluded spot in a central New Mexican desert, a prototype bomb nicknamed "Ga
Scientists Made Mice Glow in the Dark to Study Mitochondria
200+Futurism / 11h
Powerhouse Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell — but if something dampers their output, it can be difficult to determine why. To better investigate mitochondrial function, a team of researchers from Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne developed a method to make mice glow in the dark, like fireflies . Their work was published today in the journal Nature Chemical Biology
Smart locks may not be as smart as you hope
35TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Bitdefender has discovered a vulnerability in the August Smart Lock Pro + Connect which could give a hacker full access to a user's Wi-Fi network.
Microsoft xCloud game streaming beta release this week
Xbox Microsoft xCloud
SlashGear / 11h
Today we’re taking a peek at how you’ll get in on the Microsoft xCloud game streaming beta, starting on the 11th of August, 2020. If you’re an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you’ll be among the first people to gain access to this system – if you WANT access, that is to say. It’ll still be in beta, which means … Continue reading
New York City Subway System Asks Apple to Improve Masked Face ID
100+Futurism / 11h
Mask On New York City’s subway-running Metropolitan Transit Agency, fed up with folks taking off their masks to unlock their iPhones, wants Apple to improve their iPhones’ facial recognition features. In a letter to CEO Tim Cook obtained by The Associated Press , Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman Patrick Foye complained that too many riders were seen removing their masks to unl
Fortnite C2S3 may end with major HighTower event: Here’s what we know
SlashGear / 11h
Despite expectations otherwise, it seems that Fortnite‘s current Chapter 2 Season 3 (C2S3) may actually end on time, making it the first game season this year to hit its deadline. What makes this seem likely? A number of game data-miners, including some with long histories of accurate predictions, claim the next Fortnite update will be the last in the season, … Continue reading
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Streaming Beta Starts Tomorrow
Xbox Microsoft xCloud
500+Gizmodo / 11h
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to start playing a limited number of Game Pass games streamed to their phones as part of a new xCloud beta starting August 11. Read more...
Register for the next TPG Talks: The best lodging alternatives to hotels
The Points Guy / 11h
Register Now COVID-19 has disrupted the way we think about travel. Traditional hotels are quickly adapting to give customers confidence in their product, but millions of Americans are turning to different lodging options for their next trip. Tune in to this week’s TPG Talks episode as we discuss some great alternatives to a traditional property — including short-term home and apartment rentals al
Casio's Latest G-Shocks Are Vibrant, and Presumably Bulletproof
32Gizmodo / 11h
As if G-Shock wasn’t beefy enough, Casio has just announced three new models in the GA900 family, an analog-digital watch that is about as big and thick as hamster’s personal pan pizza. Read more...
Record-breaking Faraday Future prototype EVs are up for auction
Elon Musk Short Tesla
100+Engadget / 11h
Remember Faraday Future? It’s the electric vehicle startup that, when it launched in 2015, was promising to shakeup the EV industry and become a rival to Tesla. Since then, the company has struggled with funding , production and legal issues. A Faraday Future EV comparable to anything Tesla offers never materialized, though the company is still around . But the startup did create a few prototypes
CA judge grants preliminary injunction forcing Uber and Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees
Uber Khosrowshahi Lyft
200+TechCrunch / 12h
California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman has granted a preliminary injunction forcing Uber and Lyft to reclassify its drivers as employees. This order is set to go into effect in 10 days. “The Court is under no illusion that implementation of its injunction will be costly,” Judge Schulman wrote in the order. “There can be no question that in order for Defendants to comply with A.B. 5, they
The hottest U.S. city just broke an intense record
200+Mashable / 12h
July was just the beginning. Phoenix experienced its hottest month ever recorded in July 2020, with reliable records going back to 1895. Now, the warmest city in the U.S. broke another record: On Sunday, Phoenix hit a high temperature of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit for the 34th time this year, with a torrid August still ahead. The previous record was 33 days, set in 2011. This sustained heati
United Offering Targeted Global Services Challenges
View from the Wing / 12h
United's top elite tier is Global Services . There's no published criteria for achieving this status. Right now though they're offering it to targeted members for a certain amount of spending on flights within 90 days, and letting members choose the challenge period (even retroactively). Continue reading ...
Ben Shapiro reading the 'WAP' lyrics will make you laugh your 'd-word' off
300+Mashable / 12h
Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro — defender of freedom of speech — was super upset about the lyrics in the newly released Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion track "WAP." He even went as far to recite the lyrics to the song on the Ben Shapiro Show from the Daily Wire. WAP stands for wet-ass pussy, and most of the lyrics are explicit and sexual — and well, the result is... something else. It sounds kind
Study: Dwarf Planet Ceres is an Ocean World
6KFuturism / 12h
According to several new studies published today in the journal Nature , Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, likely holds massive reservoirs of sea water underneath its surface. Yes: An ocean planet. A team of researchers found evidence of an “extensive reservoir” of brine beneath the surface of the 20-million-year-old Occator crater on Ceres usi
Google Takes Aim at Stalkerware (and Misses)
35Gizmodo / 12h
When most of us think of companies paving an uncompromisingly ethical path into the future, we’re not thinking about Google . Even when the company does seem to actually give a shit about surveillance, moves to keep our private lives private could just as easily be construed as something it does for market power ,… Read more...
Russia's antitrust watchdog finds Apple abused App Store 'dominance'
Russian Apple App Store
100+Engadget / 12h
Potential action from US lawmakers may not be what forces Apple to change how it does business. Following a year-long investigation into the company, Reuters reports Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found the iPhone-maker abused its dominant position in the mobile app marketplace and will order Apple to resolve multiple regulatory breaches. The agency started investigating the tech
What will sex and dating look like after the pandemic?
32Mashable / 12h
COVID-19 has changed the way we interact socially, perhaps most significantly when it comes to sex and dating. So what are experts saying about the future of interpersonal relationships? Read more... More about Mashable Video , Dating , Sex And Relationships , Coronavirus , and Culture
SpaceX reveals plans for a Texas spaceport resort in new job ad
Musk SpaceX iPhone
500+TechCrunch / 12h
SpaceX has big plans for its Boca Chica, Texas site – where it’s currently building and testing Starship, the company’s next-generation passenger and cargo spacecraft. A new job posting spotted by CNBC’s Micheal Sheetz seeks a “Resort Development Manager” to be based out of Brownsville, the nearest neighboring town to the small Boca Chica area where SpaceX has built out its existing test and deve
This $150 Pet Feeder Saved My Sanity When I Got a Second Cat
200+Gizmodo / 12h
For five years it was just me and my sweet grey kitty, Charlie. I didn’t have pets growing up, so when the opportunity finally came for me to be a cat mom as an adult I took it. She’s the perfect cat. Taking care of one cat, especially a cat with her personality, was easy. Then a friend of mine needed to find a home… Read more...
Charge Up to 11W Speeds With Anker's PowerWave Sense Pad, Now Just $27 [Exclusive]
32Gizmodo / 12h
Anker PowerWave Sense Pad Alloy | $27 | Amazon | Use code KINJA2509 Read more...
5 steps to help you recover after identity theft
37TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Follow these steps to help get back on track after falling victim to identity theft or ID fraud.
The 'Work It' cast plays Stock Footage Pictionary
20Mashable / 12h
We tested the cast of "Work It" on their movie knowledge using nothing but clips of stock footage. Read more... More about Youtube , Netflix , Mashable Video , Liza Koshy , and Netflix Original
This AIDS quilt is made out of 48,000 panels
44Mashable / 12h
The National AIDS Memorial partnered with the AIDS Quilt Touch team to present the quilt in an online interactive experience. Read more... More about Tech , Health , Mashable Video , Aids Memorial Quilt Quilt , and Interactive Design
6 Reasons I Loved Bodrum, Turkey
100+One Mile at a Time / 12h
Read more from this trip • International Travel In A New Era • Flying Air Canada A320 Business Class In The Coronavirus Era • A Different Kind Of Layover In Montreal (YUL) • Crossing The Atlantic On Lufthansa: Business (Class) As Usual • A Look At Lufthansa Lounges In The Coronavirus Era • Logistics Of International Travel During Coronavirus • Visiting Bodrum, Turkey: Coronavirus Impressions • B
CDC has big plans for grapefruit ingredient that repels bloodthirsty bugs
CDC N95
20SlashGear / 12h
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the discovery of a chemical found in grapefruit peels that can effectively repel bloodthirsty insects like ticks and mosquitos. The agency has big plans for this compound, which it has registered with the Environmental Protection Agency for use in insect repellants and insecticides. What’s so special about this chemical? … Cont
The Real Reason You Shouldn't Rely on Wireless Charging
100+Gizmodo / 12h
I love when people go out and actually test the hardware we rely on each day. That’s why I used to spend way too many hours running file-transfer tests for routers at Wirecutter, and why I love Lifehacker alum Eric Ravenscraft’s latest analysis that exposes some big problems with your phone’s wireless
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