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Keanu Reeves Matrix•
100+Mashable / 5h
The wait is over: The Matrix Awakens , an interactive demo for Epic's new Unreal Engine 5, is available to download for free on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S . The demo should be interesting both to gamers and fans of The Matrix universe, as it was written and directed by Lana Wachowski, and features Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity (and themselves). It's a sort of a compa



Fresh from its time in Y Combinator, SaaS startup Anakin raised $2 million to continue developing its software enabling e-commerce companies to see live pricing data on their competitors. Mohit Prateek and Rashmi Bala started the company last September and officially launched in March to help e-commerce stores and brands increase their revenue using pricing, products and trends data from other co



Final Fantasy Remake•
There comes a time where the principal in paying for a game overtakes your hype for the game. That happened with Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade coming to PC. This is the enhanced port that came out earlier this year, and it was announced during The Game Awards last night. While I woke up with glee that it was finally confirmed, it quickly turned to disbelief once I discovered the price. Whi




The co-founder of Oracle has surreptitiously hit out at Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) following a major outage that hit the platform recently. Speaking at its recent earnings call, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison quoted a company customer who reportedly told him that the reason his platform was so popular was due to its lack of downtime. “I’m going to paraphrase from a very large telecommunications c



It's official – Star Wars Eclipse is a new game set in that most popular of galaxies far, far away, coming from Quantic Dream, the French studio responsible for games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. But is the Force strong enough with Quantic Dream to handle this mega-license? What began as a rumor originating from YouTuber Gautoz was finally unvieled at the 2021 Gam



Gizmodo / 12min
A series of storms could make a dent in the snow drought that has gripped the West to start winter. While they won’t end the longer-term megadrought by any means, they at least should get ski lifts turning, provide some nourishment to parched soils, and up the odds of a White Christmas. Read more...



Mashable / 12min
We've strayed so far from utopia. It didn't need to be this way. In decades past, video games didn't need guns, maps filled with icons, arcane upgrade systems, or loot treadmills. They only needed platforms and a way to jump between them. I'm pretty sure my first video game was Super Mario 64 (my sincerest apologies if that makes you feel old) and I've always found hopping between surfaces in vid



Mashable / 12min
Tech reporter Jennimai Nguyen went to a secret Apple location to test the camera capabilities of the new iPhone 13.



Lifehacker / 15min
The FDA and CDC announced yesterday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot can now be used as a booster for 16- and 17-year-olds. Until now, boosters were only approved for ages 18 and up. Read more...



Gizmodo / 17min
Though The Matrix Resurrections ’ plot is still largely unknown, the handful of trailers and images Warner Bros. has released in the buildup to the movie’s release have all provided fascinating hints about what pulls Neo back into the Matrix, and why the fabricated reality looks so different this time around. These… Read more...



Ars Technica / 19min
Enlarge / Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7i Pro. (credit: Scharon Harding) You've probably been there. You're shopping for a new PC, perhaps for the first time in a years, and you get bogged down in the specs. Even if you narrow the list to include things like a certain amount of storage or screen size, you find yourself asking the ubiquitous question: what is the difference? Often, the difference becomes m



In recent years we’ve seen business credit cards become more compelling than ever before, as credit card issuers increasingly try to create products that meet the needs of small business owners. The Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card ( review ) continues to be one of the most rewarding business cards out there. There’s not another business card that offers a combination of a huge welcome bonus,



I’ve never been one to chase elite status . I’m a budget traveler, and my flight and hotel decisions are almost always made with price in mind, not brand. Because of that, I’ve never paid much attention to the elite status trackers in any of my apps … and that cost me elite status for next year. Want more travel news and advice from TPG? Sign up for our daily newsletter. After a recent flight on



Gizmodo / 29min
Jason Momoa shares an update on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom . Thora Birch has exited Netflix’s Wednesday Addams show . Plus, a new look at the next Hotel Transylvania , and AMC sinks its teeth into a new vampire adventure . Spoilers now! Read more...



Google has found a way to significantly increase the performance of its Chrome browser that it says will let uses see a major speed boost. In a blog post written by Chrome developer David Bienvenu, the company claims that since implementing the changes, Chrome became 8.5% to 25.8% faster at startup, used 3.1% less GPU memory, had 20.4% fewer renderer frames drawn overall, as well as 4.5% fewer cl



Oppo Find N Foldable the•
Mashable / 40min
China's Oppo has joined the list of phone manufacturers with a foldable smartphone in their lineup. The company's first-ever folding phone is called the Oppo Find N. According to Oppo, it's the result of four years of research and development, and that it comes after six generations of prototypes. In a blog post, the company detailed some concepts behind the smartphone. There's nothing that sound



Apps could be dropped from Play store if developers are not clear about how personal data is shared.



Wired / 48min
Plus: The downfall of Yahoo and AOL, a look back at my career, and a concerning convergence in space.



Wired / 48min
This “connected” update of the ever-popular multicooker is a winner, despite some shortcomings in its mobile app.



Wired / 48min
The play to put all Warner Bros. theatrical movies on the service in 2021 was a big gamble. It paid off.



Sonic Hedgehog Knuckles•
Ars Technica / 48min
He's back to... run fast and say silly things. But that's not so bad. It's hard to believe two years have passed since the outcry over Sonic the Hedgehog's live-action film debut led producers to rethink their toothy, tiny-faced, pointy-nosed version of Sonic. The resulting CGI redo pushed the film's release date to Valentine's Day 2020—and for Ars, the film gets the dubious honor of being the fi



TechCrunch / 50min
As consumers think more about what they are putting in their bodies, they are also thinking about what they are feeding their pets. Driven by the global pandemic and everyone being at home with their pets, sales topped $100 billion in 2020 in this sector. Austin-based Maev , developing human-grade raw dog food, is poised to take a share of the raw food category, announcing today it raised $9 mill



Shabodi AWS Private•
More than half of CIOs (51%) surveyed in a new report say they plan to deploy a private 5G network within the next two years, while 24% have already done so. A private 5G network is one that provides dedicated access to a specific customer, using either licensed, unlicensed, or shared spectrum, with no resources shared by any third party. By pursuing this route, customers can define the scale, pa




Gizmodo / 53min
If you’re not streaming your gameplay to the world, are you really gaming at all? If you’re just getting started with livestreaming, or if you’re interested in upgrading from the basics, there are plenty of gadgets on the market to upgrade your audio, your video, and every other aspect of your streams. Read more...



Even though I’ve called the Bay Area home for years, I often take living so close to San Francisco for granted. So when I got the opportunity to explore the city for more than a few hours, I decided to plan a staycation at a hotel with a central, yet quiet location: The Clancy. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter . In This Post Quick take While



How-To Geek / 57min
Social media services collect data about their users, which is then used for targeted advertising or sold directly to third parties for various purposes. But what if a platform like Facebook collected information about non-users, too? It does, and it’s called a “shadow profile.” Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Lifehacker / 57min
In the Tom Hanks movie Finch , a massive solar flare destroys the ozone layer, annihilating almost all life on Earth (and leading to the invention of annoying robots). While a mass coronal ejection really could hit Earth at any time— a sun-like star 100 light years away called EK… Read more...



SlashGear / 58min
In many ways, the 2021 Lexus IS 300 AWD feels like the automotive equivalent of a time capsule. Though refreshed and restyled, the current-generation IS still dates back to 2014; you’d be forgiven for wondering whether Lexus’ most affordable – and second-best-selling – sedan has fallen too far behind. With the big money in SUVs and crossovers right now, Lexus … Continue reading



Engadget / 1h
If you missed the chance to get Apple's latest AirPods model last Black Friday, it may have been a blessing in disguise. It sold for $150 that weekend, which is a great deal for the new model, but it now costs even less on Amazon. You can get the third-gen Apple AirPods for $140 right now, which is the lowest price we've seen for the wireless earbuds. Amazon still lists the unit at $170 or just $



Mashable / 1h
Pals Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson had a right ol' time on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, telling sweet stories and singing songs ( well, one sang at the other ). In Fallon's recurring celebrity game "True Confessions," players must tell a story to their two competitors which may be true or false, and the others must guess which one it is — and Cyrus and Davidson had some tall ta



Engadget / 1h
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra recap the year's greatest winners and losers in tech. From the expected companies like Apple, Facebook (sorry, Meta) and Google, to the ones we begrudgingly acknowledge, like NFTs and the Metaverse , our hosts look back on 2021's highlights. We'd love to find out what your picks for the best and worst in tech this year might be, too, so feel free to send them our



Elite Status Alaska•
It’s been a long, strange journey with Alaska Airlines the past few years. However, it’s also one that has given me many more benefits than I expected when I began switching my travel to Alaska in late 2019. That feels like a lifetime ago now because of the pandemic, but it has worked really well in my favor – one of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 crisis. Sign up for the free daily TPG ne



The Game Awards 2021•
The ceremony also gave glimpses of the new Matrix and Sonic the Hedgehog films.



As I’ve mentioned previously , my family takes stockings very seriously. A good stocking is all about balance. Some candy here, a clementine there, some c ute beauty products to round it all out—you want to create a varied collection of tokens and trinkets to keep the stocking from being one-note. Read more...



NAS device manufacturer QNAP has partnered with ULINK Technology to launch a new AI-powered tool capable of predicting when a hard drive is likely to fail. The software, called DA Drive Analyzer, is designed to mitigate the risk of server downtime and data loss brought about by critical NAS drive failures. According to the QNAP release , the service harnesses data drawn in from millions of custom



Engadget / 1h
LG's latest OLED TV was created for those who prefer something with an unusual design and wouldn't look out of place with their furniture and painting collection. The Korean company has given its 65-inch LG OLED Evo TV a makeover, made it part of its Object Collection and gave it a cover that you can move up or down using a dedicated remote control. If you're not watching anything and just want t



Meta Horizon Worlds•
After more than a year in private test mode, Meta's first foray into connected digital worlds goes live.



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. What are Hyatt suite upgrade awards? With World of Hyatt suite upgrade awards, members can confirm an upgrade to a standard suite at the time of booking for a stay



Engadget / 1h
When it comes to noise cancelling headphones, there are several effective options that will get the job done. It’s putting together great audio quality with powerful noise blocking abilities and other handy features that cause many companies to stumble. The likes of Bose and Sony have damn near perfected the craft while the rest of the pack attempts to usurp them. Yamaha is the latest to throw ro



Studio full body portrait of unidentified young woman, posing beside chair in parlor setting, wearing formal Victorian dress with material gathered in back. Handwritten on card front: “[1877].” Printed on back: “Bigelow, Artistic Photographer, No. 244 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. $100 Gold Medal presented to L.G. Bigelow by the N.P.A. for greatest improvements in photography - 1871.” Courtesy of



American Express has a rare transfer bonus to Singapore Airlines. And Singapore has a promotion that awards Star Alliance Gold status for transferring points. The two taken together represent a great deal for premium cabin long haul award travel. But there are a few cautions. Continue reading ...




Gizmodo / 1h
Some PC builders consider the case to be nothing more than a necessary utility for organizing components. Buy the cheapest black rectangle that can house a CPU and GPU without running into thermal troubles and be on your way. Others, however, see them as a blank canvas for expressing ideas and interests. These folks… Read more...



Wired / 1h
This week, we look back at how technology affected us in 2021—in mostly positive ways.



Wired / 1h
I arrived in paradise. I got a new phone number. Then the eggplant and gun emojis starting pouring in.



37Wired / 1h
Researchers have long wanted to capture how protein structures contort in response to light. But getting a clear image was impossible—until now.



Arch Linux is a great Linux distribution but infamously complicated to install. EndeavourOS provides the closest thing to a plain-vanilla Arch installation—without the pain. Let’s look at how it differs and how to install it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Grocery delivery startup Tiggy is a new player in the Canadian quick commerce space, announcing Friday $6.35 million in seed funding to get its dark stores up-and-running to accommodate 15-minute deliveries. E-commerce sales are a $29 billion market in Canada , but food delivery is still nascent. Eugene Bisovka and Razmik Sukyasov co-founded Vancouver-based Tiggy in July 2021, just about the time



While the nature of work is rapidly changing, at the end of the day, we still need to get things done—so it’s helpful when the technology we use for work thinks about that ahead of time, and includes ways for us to be more productive. Luckily, Windows 11 comes with built-in productivity tools that make it much easier… Read more...



Qatar Airways’ Qsuite business-class experience is one of my favorite ways to fly. The Qsuites themselves can cater to singles, couples and groups, and the amenities on longer routes are typically excellent, with a wide variety of drinks, tasty meals, cute pillows and comfortable pajamas. I’ve flown Qatar Qsuites multiple times before. However, many airlines have eliminated or reduced service, am



Enlarge / Egwene and Moiraine discuss Perrin's sudden case of acute wolfishness. (credit: Amazon Studios) Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time books, and they're bringing that knowledge to bear as they recap each episode of Amazon's new WoT TV series. These recaps won't cover every element of every episode,



Earnr is a new finance and tax service aimed at the UK creator economy and people doing ‘side-hustle’ businesses. It’s now secured £650,000 to launch an app aimed at ‘solopreneurs’. The round was led by 7percent Ventures , and was joined by Antler and FJ Labs. The startup deals with the financial and tax admin side of their new venture which works with private personal bank account. The app provi



Sonic Hedgehog Knuckles•
Engadget / 2h
Sonic the Hedgehog turned out to be one of the biggest movies of 2020, despite serious CG character issues that caused a three-month delay . Now, Paramount has dropped the first trailer for the sequel that gives us our first look at a new character, Knuckles, voiced by none other than Idris Elba. The trailer shows Sonic (Ben Schwartz) and his new sidekick Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessy). He's once



Star Wars Eclipse SWE•
Star Wars: Eclipse, the long-rumored Star Wars project being developed by Quantic Dream was finally confirmed at The Game Awards 2021 . The team previously responsible for Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human is now taking charge of this new action-adventure, set in the aesthetically pleasing High Republic era of the overarching Star Wars saga. While we still know precious little about Star Wars:



Npm Packages Discord•
A large number of new malicious packages have been found in the npm repository, whose goal is to steal login credentials of Discord users (also known as Discord tokens). DevOps security firm JFRog found a total of 17 malicious packages and reported them to the repository’s managers. The researchers noted that the attack is simple to pull off and does not require extensive knowledge to be leverage



Enlarge / Grab a hot drink, snuggle up, and let the staff of the Ars Orbiting HQ find you a good book to read. (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus ) With the holiday season kicking in and many people about to find themselves flush with downtime, we thought we'd try to answer a perennial question: what on Earth should I read next? The search for the next good book is unending, so I messaged my bri



Gizmodo / 2h
Bill Gates, the cofounder of Microsoft who left the company’s board in 2020, wrote an end-of-the-year note on Thursday filled with reflections on the pandemic and the year 2021. But Gates also included some predictions for the future, and they could give some indication of where tech companies are looking for the next… Read more...



Engadget / 2h
The 2021 Game Awards kicked off last night, mixing the year’s winners ( It Takes Two, Deathloop, Kena and several more) with fresh game trailers and bona fide compelling new releases incoming, including Alan Wake 2 . (I’m finally playing through the original at the moment, so this piqued my attention.) TGA We also got a release date for Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC , new Star Wars, Dune and Sta



When is Hawkeye episode 5 being released on Disney Plus ? If you're desperate to find out what will happen in the next entry in Marvel's latest TV show, you'll want our help. There are only two episodes left in this Marvel Phase 4 project, so we'll need some answers about what's going on in Hawkeye episode 5. The series' fourth instalment gave fans a surprise guest star , sure, but rumors and a b



Nintendo Banjo-Kazooie•
Nintendo has revealed that Banjo Kazooie – Rare’s classic N64 platformer which debuted in 1998 – is coming to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack service in January 2022. It’s the second N64 title to be added to Nintendo’s premium subscription tier since it arrived in October, with Paper Mario due to release on December 10, 2021. Banjo Kazooie will likely run at the same resolution and fram



Mashable / 2h
Who would have thought 2021 would see Simon Rex compared to the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith , and Andrew Garfield ? Yet as award season heats up, the MTV VJ turned leading man has critics drop-jawed over his Red Rocket. The dark comedy from Sean Baker follows a swaggering over-the-hill porn star on a humbling quest of re-invention in his hometown. In some respects, it's exactly the



Although we cover loyalty programs and credit cards in-depth on TPG every day, sometimes you just want a snippet of useful information that you can put into action on the fly. That’s why we launched the series Quick Points . Every week, we’ll highlight a new or easily forgotten tip that can help you travel more for less. There are some great airline award chart sweet spots out there, but one of t




Rocket Lab BlackSky•
Enlarge / SpaceX launched NASA's IXPE mission on a Falcon 9 first stage that had previously flown four times. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann / Ars Technica ) Welcome to Edition 4.26 of the Rocket Report! Don't look now, but we're less than two weeks from the momentous launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is fully fueled and has just been moved to the facility where it will be stacked



Google Work Microsoft•
Wired / 2h
The rise of “asynchronous” working has great potential for companies and employees alike—but it comes with unexpectedly rigid downsides.



Russia Censorship Tor•
51Wired / 2h
The attempt to block the site, which helps users mask their online activity, is the latest step in the country's efforts to control the internet.



42Wired / 2h
Court cases and a new draft law from the European Commission are chipping away at the controversial industry. What comes next may look very different.



With the arrival of iOS 15, Safari for iPhone and iPad gained proper extensions. Apple has taken the same curated App Store approach as it did with Safari for Mac, vastly improving Safari’s web browsing capabilities. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



HURR — a “RentTheRunway” style UK fashion rental marketplace – has raised $5.4M in a seed funding round led by European VC firm, Octopus Ventures. Also participating was Ascension and D4 Ventures, among others. HURR launched in 2019 and has a hybrid business model combining peer-to-peer fashion rentals, direct partnerships with fashion outlets, and a white-label service with retailers such as Sel



UK WikiLeaks Assange US•
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing the prospect of imminent extradition to the US after the UK High Court granted an appeal by the US government against an earlier ( January ) refusal by a UK judge to extradite him on mental health grounds. A final decision on whether or not to grant the extradition will be made by the UK secretary of state. The US wants to put Assange on trial for conspi



Courtyard Marriott•
The Courtyard by Marriott brand will be evolving in the coming years, though the only thing that will consistently be changing is the exterior of hotels. Hmmm… Courtyard hotel exteriors are being updated Courtyard is Marriott’s largest brand (in terms of the number of properties), and personally it’s also the Marriott brand I avoid the most (the brand is limited service, doesn’t offer free breakf



Google Games Windows 2022•
The Game Awards , hosted by Geoff Keighley, wrapped up last night, and it came with a fair share of surprises. Google was one of many companies to appear, announcing that Android apps from the Google Play Games store are coming to both Windows 11 and Windows 10 in 2022. This is an effort being made by Google itself. While Microsoft has an agreement with Amazon to host Android apps from the Amazon



UK WikiLeaks Assange US•
Engadget / 3h
A UK appeals court has reversed a previous ruling that Wikileaks founder shouldn't be extradited to the US due to mental health concerns, the Associated Press has reported. The decision opens the door for Assange to be extradited to the US, where he'd face charges of espionage over Wikileaks' publication of government documents. Lower court Judge Vanessa Baraitser originally ruled that the US cri



Small businesses looking to boost their security tools can now sign up for the new Microsoft Defender for Business platform. The company says that its new endpoint protection offering is specially built for businesses with up to 300 employees, providing enterprise-grade protection. Now officially in preview, interested businesses can sign up now to be one of the first to get Microsoft Defender fo



AMD 6 2 Radeon RX TSMC•
AMD could be about to introduce new graphics cards for laptops , at least going by the rumor mill which predicts revamped RDNA 2 GPUs are waiting in the wings. The possible refresh of RX 6000 mobile GPUs might be based on TSMC’s 6nm process, and could be named as the RX 6000S series. VideoCardz cites hardware leaker Disclosuzen on Twitter as the source for details on these purported new graphics



The Fujifilm X-H2 is one of the most highly-anticipated cameras of 2022, but fresh rumors suggest it's going to be an unusual and slightly confusing double launch –with one of the two models possibly having Fujifilm's current 26MP sensor. Fuji Rumors says that "solid and reliable" sources have revealed that there will be two versions of the Fujifilm X-H2, one with a 40MP sensor and another with a



Gizmodo / 3h
Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S. based on a new UK court ruling early Friday, according to multiple reports from news outlets in London . A lower court ruled back in January that Assange couldn’t be extradited to the U.S. because he’d likely face torture in the American prison system and was in danger of … Read more...



The Game Awards 2021•
The Game Awards 2021 has come and gone, and it's left a horde of action-packed trailers in its wake. While we may not have seen the trailer we were really hoping for – one revealing the Breath of the Wild 2 release date and title – this year's showing still had plenty to it. We got announcements for that long-rumored Alan Wake sequel , a new Star Wars game , and a good lore dump for Elden Ring. T



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Microsoft Xbox Game Pass•
At The Game Awards , Microsoft announced that it was rebranding Xbox Game Pass for PC as PC Game Pass. The popular subscription service gives PC gamers access to loads of games from both Microsoft and other developers for a monthly fee. A similar service is also available on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, and while it has got plaudits (rival Sony is rumored to be working on a PlayStation rival ), it



Mashable / 3h
Last week, the moment that abortion rights activists have feared for decades finally happened. In a hearing about a plainly unconstitutional abortion ban in Mississippi, a conservative majority of Supreme Court justices made clear that they have no intention of upholding a legal right to abortion , a precedent enshrined by the 1973 case Roe v. Wade . Anyone who was paying attention, especially th



23Mashable / 3h
Being the Ricardos isn't Aaron Sorkins' best movie. It might not even break the top half of the dozen or so he's written. Yet the writer-director's sparkling biopic of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz feels like an inevitable Academy Awards contender. The old Hollywood backdrop; the self-referential musings on artistry; Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem so sharp they could draw blood — people have won m



24Mashable / 3h
If an extinction-level comet ever does threaten Earth, then I imagine Don't Look Up might be something I'd want to watch. But sitting in my living room at the end of two remarkably shitty years, Adam McKay's latest movie feels about as welcome as a kick in the teeth. It isn't thoughtlessness that makes Don't Look Up so brutal. On the contrary, the dark sci-fi comedy from The Big Short writer-dire




Mashable / 3h
Rumours have long been circulating about the possibility of all three recent Spider-Man actors – Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire – appearing on screen together, although until No Way Home hits cinemas we won't know for sure. But you know what we do know for sure? The fact that all three share a WhatsApp group. Chatting to BBC Radio 1 alongside co-star Zendaya on Friday, current Sp



Mashable / 3h
The world of The Matrix is returning to cinemas this month, with the highly-anticipated sequel, The Matrix Resurrections , releasing on Dec. 22. While original cast members Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back, there are a slew of new stars taking on major roles. Among them is Candyman and Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, taking on the coveted role of Morpheus, made iconic by Laurence Fi



Shangri-La is launching a new invitation only elite tier. There’s a lot that’s noteworthy here, even if most of us will never earn this status. Shangri-La’s Polaris status benefits While Shangri-La’s loyalty program has historically had published elite tiers, the hotel group is now also launching a very exclusive new invitation-only elite tier, named Polaris. Yep, Shangri-La is using the same nam



Microsoft Xbox Apple•
Engadget / 3h
The Epic Games vs. Apple trials brought to light how Microsoft tried to conjure up solutions on how to make Xbox games available from the App Store. Apple revised its guidelines last year so that companies like Microsoft and Google can make their games available on iOS. That said, they can only do so by releasing each game as an app that users can download. Microsoft previously said that forcing



Casio has launched a new line of sporty G-Shock watches built specifically for runners, which don't overwhelm you with excessive reams of statistics and have a battery life of up to two years. There are two designs in the range: the G-Squad GBD-200SM , which has Casio's traditional hexagonal face, and the G-Squad GBA-900 , which is round. Both have ventilated silicone sports bands for breathabili



If you’re a diehard Apple fan and want to show it, then Caviar (a brand known for making custom iPhones) might have the handset for you, as its latest creation fuses the iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max with the original 2007 iPhone. Dubbed the iPhone 2G , this modified handset is functionally an iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max, but the back includes a piece of a motherboard from an original iPhone em



Amazon has slashed 38% off the price of the Proscenic T21 air fryer in the US, reducing it from $129.99 to just $79.99 . That just 99 cents more expensive than the lowest price we recently saw on Black Friday and Cyber Monday , making it great value. (Not in the US? Scroll down for the best air fryer deals in your region.) The best air fryers offer a healthier alternative to deep-frying while sti



Microsoft Azure Esri•
Azure Space, Microsoft’s project for bringing the power of cloud computing to the space and satellite-related connectivity/compute industry, is getting a significant upgrade, the company have revealed. In a new blog post , Microsoft detailed new partnerships and new features that it hopes will result in better satellite imagery, better connectivity, and more data/insights. Azure Orbital is a full



The Game Awards 2021•
The Game Awards 2021 is over for another year but, as expected, this year's show was jam-packed with announcements, reveals and trailers for some of the biggest games on the horizon. While some reveals, like the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gameplay debut, weren't particularly surprising, there were others that certainly were, such as the announcement of a Wonder Woman and Star Wars gam



Netflix Cowboy Bebop•
Sorry, Cowboy Bebop fans – Netflix has canceled the show after just one season. The live-action series, based on the jazz-inspired anime show of the same name from the 1990s, had taken years to reach the screen, but ultimately performed poorly with critics and audiences. Cowboy Bebop wasn’t without viewers, mind – to date, it’s garnered a respectable 74 million viewing hours since its debut – but



Wonder Woman Game Monolith•
Developer Monolith has returned with its latest project, an open world Wonder Woman game. The studio is perhaps best known for its work on the F.E.A.R. series as well as both Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War . And the best part? Wonder Woman will be employing the Nemesis system , a dynamic gameplay mechanic first featured in those Tolkien-inspired games. Announced at The Game Awar



Router Protocol CV•
A startup that has built a decentralized exchange as well as a cross-chain infrastructure to facilitate communication across layer 1 and layer 2 blockchain solutions is the latest to receive backing from Coinbase Ventures. Singapore-headquartered Router Protocol said on Friday it has raised $4.1 million in a strategic funding round from Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Polygon, Woodstock, Wam



Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: The Quanta Vici Smart Heated Gloves and Socks are just $435 at the Mashable Shop as of Dec. 10, a savings of 17% off. This just in: you don't have to be uncomfortable during the winter. Just because temperatures drop and the sun seems to disappear doesn't mean you have to be miserable. By keeping your hands and feet warm during chilly months with heated gloves and socks, you can maintain a



Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: As of Dec. 10, get unlimited lifetime access to Skoove Premium Piano Lessons for just $149.99. If you've always wanted to learn the piano or just want to spend your time and energy on something besides doomscrolling, then listen up. The Skoove app is a great way to learn piano at your own pace : Simply log on to lessons from home and practice whenever you have spare time, rather than havin



Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: As of Dec. 10, get the Gryphon Tower security router and parental control system for just $185.99 instead of $219 (a discount of 15%). The internet is no place for a kid . But the reality is, if they’re unfamiliar with the web, they’ll fall behind. So it’s best to let them poke around while you keep a watchful eye. But if you can't watch them 24/7, that's where something like the Gryphon T



Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: Obé is a digital platform with memberships starting as low as $27 a month. New members get 30% off their first month when they sign up as of Dec. 10. Between COVID and technology, the fitness experience is changing . That goes for everything happening in those giant national chain gyms all the way down to the more intimate boutique gym outlets. In recent years, boutique gyms have been all



23Mashable / 4h
If you’ve seen the trailers for Encounter , you’re probably expecting your stock-standard Hollywood alien invasion film. This is not it. From Beast director Michael Pearce, Amazon Studios' Encounter revolves around Malik Kahn (Riz Ahmed), a former special ops marine on a mission to save his young sons from an apparent threat of non terrestrial microorganisms — so yeah, aliens. The film opens with



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All the ingredients are there. Netflix's trailer for upcoming Korean sci-fi series The Silent Sea has a life-or-death space mission, a botched landing, an abandoned lunar base, and eerie government secrets aplenty. Starring Train to Busan 's Gong Joo, Cloud Atlas ' Bae Doona, and Ninja Assassin 's Joon Lee, it may not look like the most original show in the world — but it sure as heck looks fun.



Some very wealthy people give their money away in an attempt to burnish their reputations. Not the Tesla C.E.O.



Halo Pablo Schreiber•
The first official trailer for Paramount Plus 's Halo TV show has finally arrived – and it seems as if it's taking its cues from Disney's The Mandalorian . Unveiled during the 2021 Game Awards ceremony on December 9, the one-minute long video shows us how faithful Paramount and Amblin Television's live-action adaptation will be to the iconic game franchise . We get solid glimpses of Pablo Schreib




The Jabra Elite Active 75t true wireless earbuds have dropped down to their lowest-ever price, thanks to some brilliant deals from Amazon in the US and the UK. (Not in the US or UK? Scroll down for the best deals in your region.) In the US, the sporty earbuds have been slashed from $179.99 to $99.99 – that's an enormous saving of $80. If you're in the UK, you can also buy the Jabra Elite Active 7



Google Games Windows 2022•
One of Windows 11’s defining features is its ability to run Android apps and games. But Microsoft is using Amazon to deliver these apps and games to the public, and that sucks, because Amazon’s App Store is incredibly limited. Now, it seems that Google will bring its Play Games store, along with tons of much-needed Android titles, to Windows 11. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



If you’re on the hunt for a new laptop – or are fed up with your current PC or MacBook, perhaps because it’s getting long in the tooth, and feels sluggish these days – then you might want to consider a Chromebook. There are a number of compelling reasons to do so, as we’ll explore here, and if any of these points resonate with you, the good news is that Currys has some seriously good offers on Ch



Xiaomi 12 Ultra 3C•
We've been seeing a constant stream of Xiaomi 12 leaks trickle in for a few weeks, and while most have got us to gently nod or shake our head, or give gruff mumbles of 'interesting...', one leak has really piqued our interest, and caused us to yell in shock 'what?!'. Photos of the protective cases for the entire Xiaomi 12 range have leaked - that means a vanilla, a Pro and an Ultra model - courte



Bitcoin ETF BTC Price•
During the weekend starting on Friday the 3rd of December, we saw Bitcoin’s price drop from $52 000 to $40 000 in a matter of minutes. At one point, the 24-hour price chart showed a 22% loss. So, if you were among the unfortunate millions whose weekend was spent obsessively tracking the Bitcoin price, you can hardly be blamed. Despite what some media will tell you though, it is certainly not time



Engadget / 5h
Despite big improvements, particularly with the Siri remote, the 2021 Apple TV 4K is still a pretty expensive set-top streaming device at $179. If you've been waiting for a sale to pick one up, you can grab one right now for $150 at Amazon — the lowest price we've seen yet. By Apple TV 4K at Amazon - $150 With an Engadget review score of 90, the 2021 Apple TV 4K is one of the best high-end stream



Proteggere il computer dalle più moderne minacce e virus può essere difficile, in particolar modo adesso che trascorriamo ancora più tempo online, ma grazie a uno dei migliori antivirus , possiamo navigare con un maggiore grado di sicurezza. E sebbene Bitdefender offra un certo numero di soluzioni a pagamento nell'ambito degli antivirus, l'azienda offre da sempre anche un prodotto noto come Bitde



Breakout Ventures Fadell•
Breakout Ventures , a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm that funds what it calls creative biosciences startups, has closed the second fund in its five-year history with $112.5 million in capital commitments. Both of its funds, including a $60 million debut effort that we wrote about in 2017, are backed by Dolby Family Ventures, the Thiel Foundation, GRIDS Capital, S Cubed Capital, Chris
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Sandra Bullock sat down with Kelly Clarkson for a very messy interview on Thursday, during which both were simply unable to stop laughing. The uncontrollable giggles were partly due to nerves, as both guest and host are apparently admirers of each other. However they were only exacerbated by a string of misheard questions and misunderstandings, as Bullock and Clarkson both spoke over each other.



Scarlett Complaint Apple•
Engadget / 8h
Back in November, Apple engineer Cher Scarlett left the tech giant . Scarlett was one of the lead organizers of the #AppleToo movement and aired fellow employees' and workers' grievances against the company on their behalf. She also filed a complaint against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board for allegedly suppressing workers' organizing efforts and interfering with surveys involving g



Flink Berlin DoorDash•
28TechCrunch / 8h
Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down. Flink , the Berlin-based startup that sells food and other essentials at supermarket prices and aims to deliver them in under 10 minutes, has confirmed that it has raised $750 million, a Series



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TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Knowable Audio Learning Platform is on sale for £67.88 as of Dec. 10, saving you 85% on list price. Good health isn't just about physical activity. In fact, from the WHO perspective, mental and social well-being are just as important as staying active when it comes to a long life expectancy. In other words, cutting off learning in the first quarter of your li



CVE-2021-44228•
100+Ars Technica / 9h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code has been released for a serious code-execution vulnerability in Log4j, an open-source logging utility that's used in countless apps, including those used by large enterprise organizations and also in Java versions of Minecraft, several website reported on last Thursday. Word of the vulnerability first came to light on sites catering to users of Minecraf



Halo Series Trailer•
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The first trailer for Paramount+' upcoming Halo series premiered at The Game Awards on Thursday, giving us our first good look at the much anticipated show. Considering how beloved its source material is, the series has a lot to live up to. Based on the classic sci-fi video game franchise of the same name, Halo will follow the United Nations Space Command's war against the Covenant — an alliance



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Marvel stars have a history of spawning memes when they take on the lip-burning lineup of spicy wings on Hot Ones . Idris Elba choking is a classic, but the most beloved might be Paul Rudd's heartfelt expression of camaraderie . Even Peter Parker himself isn't immune: When Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland joined the show for the last episode of its 16th season, he fought through the Scovi



The Matrix Awakens•
33Ars Technica / 10h
Virtual Keanu Reeves, rendered in real time on a consumer-grade Xbox Series X in the latest Unreal Engine 5 demo. [credit: Epic Games ] 2021 is the 25th anniversary of a gaming-related milestone: the Super Mario 64 face. This fascinating tech demo (whose creator opines about it in a May 2021 interview ) is the first thing you see upon booting the N64's signature game, and it was a declaration of



Iron Galaxy Rumbleverse•
28Wired / 10h
Epic Games’ first published title is a free-to-play romp where competitors unleash elbow drops and dropkicks as they leap across streets and scale rooftops.



Halo Series Trailer•
Engadget / 10h
A Halo TV series is heading to Paramount+ after years in development hell, and today we got our first taste of the show. The first trailer for the Halo series is dramatic, seemingly taking a serious, Dune -like approach to the franchise, and showing off Master Chief in his full, dusty glory. Paramount+ stole the series from Showtime earlier this year , but this thing has been in development for n



Microsoft Xbox Game Pass•
Engadget / 10h
Microsoft has rebranded one of its game subscription services. Xbox Game Pass for PC is now just PC Game Pass. The move could help to avoid some confusion, since Xbox Game Pass is a separate plan with a different library of games. It should also be clearer that games on the PC plan aren't necessarily playable on consoles. Really super important patch notes that will change everything you’ve ever




Sonic Hedgehog Knuckles•
The first Sonic the Hedgehog film surprised pretty everyone by being one of the best video game adaptations to hit the big screen up until that point. That the film was able to overcome a dreadful first impression from fans due to Sonic's initial character design was just the icing on the cake. Now, everyone's favorite ring-collecting rodent is back for his second adventure, and this time he's br



100+Gizmodo / 11h
We’ve seen the helmet . We know who from Halo lore is showing up, and what new faces will join them. Now it’s time to get our first proper look as the Master Chief warthogs his way to his very own streaming series. Read more...



500+Gizmodo / 11h
A German court has ruled that a man who fell down a staircase while walking from his bedroom to his home office injured himself at work and is therefore covered under his company’s workplace accident insurance policy. Read more...



Dune Spice Wars Game•
Engadget / 11h
On the heels of Denis Villeneuve's Dune , a new 4X strategy game set in Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi universe is coming to Steam Early Access next year . Shiro Games, the studio behind real-time strategy game Northgard , is on development duties. Like Civilization or almost any other 4X game, you'll choose one faction to lead. Naturally, you can pick House Atreides or House Harkonnen, though th



VR The Game Awards•
Engadget / 11h
It may not be suspicious, but it certainly is a surprise. Among Us is getting the first-person, VR treatment, and the experience is heading to PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2 and Steam. There's no release date, but this is seriously happening, people. Among Us VR was revealed during Thursday night's The Game Awards, with a short trailer showing off a glimpse of first-person gameplay. It plays like t



Cuphead DLC June 2022•
SlashGear / 11h
Studio MDHR Corp. “The Delicious Last Course,” the hotly anticipated Cuphead DLC that has been in the works for years, finally has a release date. Though fans have known for a while that another DLC is in the pipeline, they’ve been left to speculate about when it may finally arrive. That changed at The Game Awards 2021 with a precise launch date. Cuphead … Continue reading



Star Trek Resurgence•
Engadget / 11h
After a dearth of games, Star Trek fans have something to look forward to in 2022. Sometime in the spring, ViacomCBS will release Star Trek: Resurgence, a new third-person adventure game from Dramatic Labs, a studio made up of former Telltale Games developers, including individuals who worked on The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead . Set after the events of The Next Generation , Resurgence will



Google Play Games 2022•
Engadget / 11h
Starting next year, Google Play Games will be available on screens far beyond its current confines of Android and ChromeOS devices. Google executives announced on stage at the 2021 Game Awards that, come 2022, the app service will be available on Windows PCs as well. “Players will be able to experience their favorite Google Play games on more devices: seamlessly switching between a phone, tablet,



Coming VR The Game Awards•
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Among Us developer Innersloth has revealed it's bringing the hit social deduction game to virtual reality. Getting betrayed by your friends and dying in space is about to feel much more real. Announced during The Game Awards 2021, Among Us VR won't look exactly like the popular game that has been downloaded over 100 million times on the Google Play store . While the OG Among Us is a third-person



There’s been a big push to get more Android apps running on Windows PCs. During The Game Awards, Google announced that it’s taking another step by bringing a Google Play Games app to PCs in 2022. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



When Tesla announced the Cybertruck back in late 2019, it was a big deal. The wild-looking EV had such a polarizing and controversial design that even those who don’t follow the auto industry heard about it. The radical truck features premium specs, bullet-proof glass (kinda), and endless potential. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Square Enix Forspoken•
Engadget / 12h
Forspoken , the action role-playing game from Final Fantasy XV studio Luminous Productions, will hit PlayStation 5 and PC on May 24th, 2022. Publisher Square Enix revealed the release date in a new trailer during The Game Awards, showing off fresh gameplay and world-building elements. In Forspoken , protagonist Frey Holland is transported from her hometown of New York City to the fantastical land



Wonder Woman Game Monolith•
SlashGear / 12h
Image Credit: The Game Awards The DC comics franchise sprawls many properties that revolve around its heroes, from printed materials and animated films to live-action movies and games. The lion’s share of attention has been given to Superman and Batman, but fans are aware of how important a third hero is in the DC universe. Wonder Woman has been given a bunch of attention recently, … Continue rea



Alan Wake 2 Remedy•
59SlashGear / 12h
Remedy Entertainment/Sony Only a few months after releasing its major Alan Wake remaster, Remedy Entertainment is back with a similarly major announcement: the classic title is getting a sequel and it’ll be hitting shelves in 2023. According to Remedy’s Creative Director Sam Lake, the team had already been planning to create a sequel when working on the first game — and though … Continue reading



Cuphead DLC June 2022•
Engadget / 12h
Studio MDHR has finally announced a release date for the long-awaited Cuphead expansion. After a string of delays , The Delicious Last Course will arrive on June 30th, nearly five years after the run-and-gun platformer debuted. A trailer that emerged at The Game Awards shows more of that gorgeous 1930s-style art that helped make Cuphead so compelling in the first place. The Delicious Last Course



Slitterhead Hill Game•
Engadget / 12h
We finally know what Keiichiro Toyama has been up to since leaving Sony . At The Game Awards, Toyama's Bokeh Game Studio revealed Slitterhead. It's a horror-action game that will see you fighting grotesque skeletal monsters. Beyond that, the first trailer the studio shared didn't reveal much about the game's plot. Toyama is best known for his work on Silent Hill and more recently the Gravity Rush



Sonic Hedgehog Knuckles•
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The first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 just premiered at The Game Awards 2020, and it seems the speedy blue mammal hasn't slowed down. However, some new characters might give him a run for his money. Set after the events of 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog , the sequel's trailer shows Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) causing restless havoc until Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his upgraded moustache ret



Wonder Woman Game Monolith•
Engadget / 12h
Monolith Productions, the studio responsible for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, is working on a new game in the Wonder Woman franchise. It features an original storyline where players will "become Diana of Themyscira in the fight to unite her Amazon family and the humans from the modern world," Monolith says. Publisher Warner Bros. Games showed off a teaser for the new project dur



TLR TGA Lord Gollum•
Engadget / 12h
Gollum promises to be a journey through Middle Earth through the eyes of one of its least heroic inhabitants. Now we're getting to lay eyes on how it'll look in action, thanks to a new trailer released during the Game Awards. We've been teased with some idea of its locales already, like the fire and brimstone of Mordor, and the lush forest of Mirkwood. It's also been revealed that dialog options



Final Fantasy Remake•
Engadget / 12h
As expected, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming to PC. At The Game Awards, Square Enix announced it will release the title to the Epic Games Store on December 16th. Announced at the start of the year , Intergrade initially came out on PlayStation 5 on June 10th. On top of adding a new chapter featuring Yuffie, the enhanced port featured improved graphics, including sharper textures and




Lady Gaga Beat Saber•
Engadget / 12h
No, Meta and Beat Games still aren't done adding big-name musicians to Beat Saber . They're releasing a 10-song Lady Gaga Music Pack that, as you'd imagine, brings some of the pop superstar's best-known songs to the VR rhythm game on Quest a


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