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Tesla Finland Elon Musk•
4KGizmodo / 16h
There are times in life when you have to chose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. For him, it… Read more...



Delta Air Lines wants to know if they can save money staffing check-in counters with agents for elite travelers. For years they've pushed general passengers to self-service kiosks, while maintaining full service especially for their most frequent customers. They're surveying their customer focus group, made up generally of a group of elite customers, about whether they use kiosks in areas outside



PS5 PlayStation 5 Games•
If you're reading this article then you've likely just got your hands on a coveted PlayStation 5 : congratulations! Next comes the hard part (yes, even harder than getting your hands on the damn thing): picking which PS5 games you want to play first. Fortunately, with the PS5 having now been out for over a year, there are plenty of fantastic titles for you to choose from, from third-party blockbu




If you managed to get a PS5 for Christmas, congratulations! Whether you bribed Santa and his reindeer, or just got lucky on the stock-shortage wheel of fortune, welcome to the PlayStation 5 owners’ club. There aren’t that many of us. But before you start playing all the latest and greatest games available on your new, white behemoth, the PS5 has a few new tricks up its sleeve compared to the PS4
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Mashable / 4h
SAVE 90%: Ivacy VPN is offering a range of deals this Christmas. The best? A five-year subscription to Ivacy VPN is on sale for £0.73 per month and includes a premium password manager for free. Ivacy VPN is clearly feeling festive. This popular VPN is offering a range of deals this Christmas, with something for everyone. Whether you're looking to secure your online data or unlock top streaming si



Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: The 2022 Complete Raspberry Pi and Arduino Developer Bundle is on sale for £30.33, saving you 97% on list price. Anyone has the ability to create and control their own robots and other gadgets. The trick is having the right tools and knowing your way around those tools. The best tools for the job are DIY maker platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi — and the best way to learn the ropes is



In addition to being one of the most powerful computers in the world and currently ranked 105 on the Top500 list, France's Jean Zay supercomputer is now the first HPC to have a photonic coprocessor. Unlike traditional processors which use electric current, LightOn's photonic coprocessor transmits and processes information using light. The company's photonics coprocessor was added to the Jean Zay



Before we review the Experts-related articles published over the last two weeks, I want to thank Walter Thompson , Anna Heim , Annie Saunders , Richard Dal Porto and Ram Iyer for sharing ideas, stories and edits that keep this feature on track and moving forward! Software consulting (TechCrunch+) Using data-driven techniques to beat the Great Resignation: Dr. Meisha-ann Martin, director of people



25Mashable / 7h
The professional network LinkedIn allows its users to see who viewed their profile so they can find out which people or companies are taking notice. When you see a notification that someone has viewed your profile — on LinkedIn or otherwise — it's only natural to want to know who. But how do you do that, exactly? It just takes a couple clicks through the site. Then, you'll be able to see who's no



31Ars Technica / 8h
Rare Exports: Christmas Tale Enlarge / (left) A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) battles a mythic/demonic Santa in Rare Exports: Christmas Tale . (right) A young girl named Josefine (Sonia Steen) befriends a strange woodland creature and upsets the delicate balance of a remote island in Elves . (credit: Oscilloscope Labs/Netflix/Sean Carroll) Western Christmas tradition centers on the jolly



While you won’t be the first person ever to step on the moon, you can be among the first to step on a meteorite. Or rather, in a meteorite. You read that right—there’s now a limited-edition sneaker that contains pieces of actual meteorite fragments. And the cost? A mere $13,200. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



SlashGear / 9h
Bluetti It’s that time of year when lights are flickering intentionally, at least when it comes to Christmas decor. The past few weeks’ unfortunate events, however, have probably made some homeowners worried when the lights go out because of acts of nature. Fortunately, Bluetti has a wide range of products that can give you the power you need and charge up … Continue reading



TechCrunch / 10h
Amnon Mishor Contributor Amnon Mishor is the CTO and founder of Leadspace , an industry-recognized , AI-powered buyer data platform used by B2B companies like Zoom and Salesforce. Over the past decade or so, the digital revolution has given us a surplus of data. This is exciting for a number of reasons, but mostly in terms of how AI will be able to further revolutionize the enterprise. However, i



Apple Music Christmas•
36Mashable / 10h
Nothing sets a festive vibe for a holiday get together like a good playlist. Unfortunately, Christmas music can sometimes feel — how should we put this — grating after six weeks of repetition? There's only so many times you can hear Dean Martin deliver an unctuous "silver bells" without getting the willies. And, excuse me, just because it's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year doesn't mean all of



24TechCrunch / 11h
Dwana Franklin-Davis Contributor Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation , a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving computing degrees by 2025. Ruthe Farmer Contributor Ruthe Farmer is the founder and CEO of the Last Mile Education Fund



NASA Webb Telescope•
63Engadget / 12h
After far too many delays over the years to count, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has a launch date. Provided there’s not another last-minute setback , the successor to Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to take flight on Saturday, December 25th. NASA expects the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the JWST to lift off no earlier than 7:20AM ET on Christmas Day from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, Fr



Tiktok Content Moderator•
100+Mashable / 12h
TikTok is the home of viral cooking hacks and dance videos — but it's also the latest social media company with a content moderation problem . Candie Frazier, who works as a contracted content moderator, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Thursday against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, for psychological trauma. Frazier alleges she developed anxiety, depression, and PTSD a



I have to admit I've never been inside an airport chapel. I walk right past them. I've read plenty of articles suggesting that they're peaceful refuges in crowded airports, a place of peace and quiet to relax religion aside. And I suppose that at least usually the case. But I've always felt strange just walking in. Continue reading ...



TechCrunch / 12h
We made it, friends. Another year in the books. Was it the very normal year we all wanted? No. But, for many, it was at least a step in that direction. Or maybe two steps in that direction, and one step back. Yeah, it was still a weird one. No matter the year, we here at TechCrunch like to cap it off with a list of our favorite things from the last 365-or-so days. As always, “things” here is defi



Tesla Update Drivers•
54Mashable / 12h
Leave it to Tesla to turn a mandated safety feature into a prankster's dream. As part of its holiday update, the automaker has rolled out a feature that turns some Teslas into megaphones. At the press of a button, anything drivers say will be emitted through external speakers. The external speakers, only available in Teslas since 2019, were originally meant to serve as a required pedestrian warni



Gizmodo / 12h
It’s been a year of highs and lows, but some—whether they were the fictional stars of our favorite stories this year, or the real-world figures behind them—made the most out of the wild times in which we live to make 2021 a highlight. Here’s a few of io9's select 2021 heroes, fictional or otherwise, who can count the… Read more...



Omicron Microsoft CES 2022•
22TechCrunch / 12h
GM, Google, Lenovo, Intel, T-Mobile, AT&T, Meta, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok, Pinterest, and now Microsoft. The software giant just became the latest big name to announce that it will no long be attending CES in-person in less than two weeks’ time. “The health and well-being of our employees is our ultimate priority,” the company said in a statement provided to TechCrunch. “After reviewing the latest




WP Engine has announced that it has acquired the premium WordPress theme Frost from Brian Gardner and will make it available for free to all users. Gardner released Frost earlier this year as the main product of his new startup business accordin

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