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Elon Musk Tesla November•
28KMashable / 21h
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has donated roughly $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to charity in November, a new SEC filing shows. According to the filing, Musk donated a total of 5,044,000 Tesla shares between Nov. 19 and 29, 2021. The name of the charity isn't revealed in the filing, but the donation could have something to do with this Twitter thread and the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP).



Face masks are, once again, about to become optional at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland . Beginning Feb. 17, 2022, Disney World in Central Florida and Disneyland in California will not require mask-wearing for “fully vaccinated guests in both outdoor and indoor locations”. Disney’s website goes on to state, “We expect guests who are not fully vaccinated to continue wearing face coverings in



Roblox BBC Children•
A BBC investigation has found virtual sex parties are taking place in a popular online children’s game.




Engadget / 19min
The 3DS and Wii U shops' days are numbers. In a new support page, Nintendo has revealed that it's shutting down the eShops for the Wii U system and the 3DS family of consoles in late March 2023. That means after that date, you won't be able to purchase any content from the shops anymore, download demos and redeem download codes. The shutdown process will start much earlier than March next year, t



20TechCrunch / 38min
African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months. In March 2021, the San Francisco-headquartered and Lagos-based startup raised $170 million in a Series C round from Tiger Global and Avenir at a valuation of $1 billion. The latest financing, which confirms a Bloomberg scoop from October, brings Fl




Sonic Hedgehog Knuckles•
Engadget / 1h
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 won't hit theaters until April 8th , but a third movie is already in the works. Paramount confirmed that Sonic 3 is now in development, along with a Paramount+ streaming series based on Sonic sidekick Knuckles, starring Idris Elba. "We are delighted to announce that the third Sonic theatrical film and the first live action Sonic series for Paramount+ are being actively develo



Genesis GV60 Tesla•
Genesis is the luxury arm of Hyundai and its profile is building nicely in Europe while already being a reasonably well-known brand in the US since its launch back in 2016. However, up until now it has been without a dedicated EV to shout about, but all that is set to change with this, the brightly coloured Genesis GV60. TechRadar recently had the chance to see the firm's first electric car up-cl



Game Pass February•
Prices for Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold in the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been reduced, Xbox Gulf announced today. According to a statement made to PC Mag Middle East , the prices have been adjusted “based on local market conditions in each country”. These are the best games to play on your laptop right now Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s Netflix-like service which offers hundreds of games to d



Mashable / 1h
Reading Rainbow presenter LeVar Burton appeared on The Daily Show to back up host Trevor Noah's monologue about banned books, pointing out the ridiculousness of many of these bans. With calls for book bans sharply spiking this school year, Noah noted the motive behind these challenges may not entirely be concern for fragile young minds. "[ The request to ban a Michelle Obama biography ] totally g



Although organizations around the world relied on VPN services to allow their employees to work from home during the pandemic, a new startup called BlastWave believes that software-defined perimeter ( SDP ) solutions provide far less risk to businesses. As part of its efforts to dethrone VPNs, the company has partnered with Knight Ink which is a full-service digital brand, content and experience



Turn App•
Mini-apps are lightweight programs that run within a larger app and serve as additional sources of user engagement and revenue. They became popularized by “super apps” like WeChat, Alibaba and Grab. But not all developers have these tech giants’ resources. Based in Singapore, Appboxo wants to level the playing field. The startup’s platform lets developers turn their apps into super apps, either b



Mashable / 3h
SAVE 50%: TunnelBear is one of the best options for VPN beginners. A one-year subscription to TunnelBear is on sale for £44.34 — 50% off list price for a limited time. Dipping a toe into the world of VPNs can be a tough task for anyone who is new to cybersecurity services. There is a lot of complicated terminology and heavy concepts to understand, which turns off a lot of potential users. It does



Southwest Airlines has some fantastic co-branded credit cards with Chase. Of the three personal cards, my favorite one is the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Card . In this post, I wanted to take a closer look at the card, especially as the card is currently offering an incredible welcome bonus . Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card Basics For February 2022 Even though the Southwest Priority C



Connectivity FCC ACP•
The US government is making progress at closing America's digital divide with the White House announcing that 10m households have now signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program . As reported by Protocol , the program, which received $14.2bn in funding as a result of President Biden's infrastructure bill , was designed to help make it easier for low-income Americans to gain access to broadb



Disney Metaverse Chapek•
Technology giants, including Meta and Microsoft, are pouring billions of dollars into the metaverse.



Super Pumped Facebook•
Mashable / 4h
Showtime's tech bro anthology series Super Pumped has been renewed before even airing , with the second season set to focus on the relationship between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. Entertainment Weekly reports the season will be subtitled Sheryl & Mark . While Super Pumped 's first season is based on New York Times journalist Mike Isaac's 2019 book



Funding Societies SA•
Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies . The fintech, which claims to be the region’s largest SME digital financing platform, uses alternative forms of credit-scoring and has disbursed more than $2 billion in financing to



SlashGear / 6h
The refreshed 2023 Nissan Z is the automaker's first update of its popular sports car in a decade. Here's everything you can expect in the forthcoming model.



Living the wire-free Bluetooth lifestyle comes with some undeniable benefits. But let’s be honest, pairing your headphones or earbuds to a new device is a terrible experience. It’s time-consuming, difficult, and unintuitive. And that’s why multipoint Bluetooth exists. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



Paramount+ Showtime•
Engadget / 7h
A lot is changing at ViacomCBS — which changed its name today to Paramount Global . In an investor presentation on Tuesday, the company announced that its streaming service, Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access), hit 32.8 million subscribers during the last quarter of 2021. It’s a notable milestone for the platform, placing it ahead of Peacock ( 9 million paid subscribers ), as well as ot



iFixit Steam Deck Valve•
SlashGear / 7h
Valve has designed the Steam Deck with future repairs in mind, and while many of the components are easy to access, there's one very big problem.



45Ars Technica / 7h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Ukraine's defense ministry and two banks were knocked offline on Tuesday by a flood of malicious traffic designed to prevent people from visiting the sites, Ukraine's information security center said. The distributed denial-of-service attacks targeted the websites for Ukraine's defense ministry , the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two banks, Privatbank and Oschadbank,



A man on a Delta Air Lines Salt Lake City – Portland flight on Friday removed the plastic covering from the emergency exit handle on his aircraft and tried to pull it. He wasn’t going to actually succeed in opening the exit door of the pressurized cabin, but his unruly behavior got him arrested. It turns out his goal wasn’t trying to open the exit door at all. The whole thing was a ruse to attrac




With its vast landscapes and colorful topography, the American Southwest is one of the best regions in the country to take an old-fashioned road trip — in fact, that’s the only way to see most of it. Arizona , specifically, is home to the only Natural Wonder of the World in the United States, numerous national parks and 21 American Indian tribes. So, what better way to spend spring break this yea



Elden Ring Requirements 12•
SlashGear / 8h
With only days left before its release, we finally know the minimum specs gamers will need to play the hotly anticipated "Elden Ring" on PC.



Blockchain Bitcoin•
SlashGear / 8h
Even those who may know a little about how blockchain tech works may still not understand how its application extends far beyond cryptocurrency.



Canada Freedom Convoy•
Following a recent security lapse which saw the passports and driver's licenses of donors to GiveSendGo exposed online, the alternative crowdfunding site has once again fallen under attack. This time though, the site was hacked and the names and personal details of over 92,000 donors to Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' were leaked online. While the database of 92,845 donors is no longer available om Giv



26TechCrunch / 8h
One of Silicon Valley’s most infamous characters has narrowly avoided — yet again — the worst consequences of his actions. Anthony Levandowski reached a settlement agreement last week that resolves a number of disputes with his two former employers Uber and Google and puts to rest one of the most dramatic and complicated storylines in the autonomous vehicle industry. Levandowski, an early pioneer



Mashable / 8h
If you're like me, you're always on the hunt for new apps for content creation. But if app-hunting isn't your pastime, no need to worry because I'll share some of my discoveries right here with you. As a video creator myself, I'm often playing around with interesting apps I come across. I usually deal with longform content, so you won't find any mobile apps on this particular list. All the recomm



21TechCrunch / 8h
The ability to rent all sorts of things is a logical step in the evolution of a subscription economy , but renting hardware wasn’t necessarily top-of-mind for startups until COVID-19 hit. Pre-pandemic, a common step in the onboarding process at many VC-funded startups in the Bay Area called for new employees to visit the closest Apple Store with a company credit card so they could pick up a new l



71Ars Technica / 8h
Enlarge / Boston Medical Center Child Life Specialist Karlie Bittrich sees to a baby while in a pediatrics tent set up outside of Boston Medical Center in Boston on April 29, 2020. (credit: Getty | Boston Globe ) Despite being widely seen as mild, the omicron coronavirus variant has been brutal on children and adolescents—particularly babies and toddlers, who are still ineligible for vaccination.



SlashGear / 8h
The best part of owning a vehicle is customizing it to meet your needs. That's where Ford's FITS comes in, offering templates for 3D-printed accessories.



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here . Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 15, 2022! We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. But first, in an essay on TechCrunch, former Homeland Security



Holcocephala fascia Enlarge / A miniature predatory robber fly ( Holcocephala fascia ) feeds on a captured rove beetle. A new study reveals that the fly approaches its prey from underneath, aiming for a future meeting point wth the target. (credit: Samuel Fabian) Robber flies are aerodynamic acrobats, able to spot their prey, dodge around obstacles, and capture smaller insects at high speeds in m



DocuSign Sign Zoom•
Anyone who had to get documents signed early in the pandemic knows how harrowing and dangerous the situation was. Nobody wanted to meet face-to-face, but we still had to conduct business. Today, in an effort to simplify online document signing, Zoom and DocuSign announced a new integration that lets you review and sign a document right within a Zoom meeting, greatly simplifying the legal requirem



Halo Season Paramount+•
Engadget / 9h
Paramount+’s live-action Halo adaptation has yet to debut, but that’s not stopping the streamer from renewing the series ahead of its March 24th premiere . On Tuesday, ViacomCBS announced it will work with 343 Industries, Showtime and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television to produce a second season of the show. David Wiener, known for his work on Homecoming , The Killing and Brave New World , will



22TechCrunch / 9h
Today after the bell, home rental giant Airbnb reported its Q4 2021 performance. Its numbers detail a company that endured an awful start to the COVID-19 era, survived, and has come out the other end of demand disruption in perhaps better health than it entered. The company’s profitability and improved revenues when compared to 2019 are a somewhat stark contrast to recent layoffs at Hopin . Hopin



Engadget / 9h
San Francisco's wariness of Amazon might soon extend to the company's seemingly ubiquitous shipping network. Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton has introduced legislation that would impose an 18-month moratorium on new parcel delivery facilities in the city, whether from Amazon or others. Officials at the Board or the Planning Commission would use the pause to study the potential impac



Snapchat Ads Stories•
Mashable / 9h
Snapchat users might soon start noticing advertisements in between their favorite creators' Snaps. According to a Snapchat announcement on Monday, the company is starting to beta test mid-roll ads in Snap Star Stories. While users may not like the advertisements, creators might not mind them. Snapchat will be paying out "a share of the revenue generated from the ads" to creators. SEE ALSO: China



Mercedes AMG EQE EQS•
SlashGear / 9h
Mercedes-Benz's new EQE all-electric sedan gets a new more powerful, more agile relative in the dual-motor, front and rear electric drive AMG EQE.



21Ars Technica / 9h
Enlarge / The slightly hazy, light patch in the middle of the image is the DF2 galaxy, so diffuse that other galaxies are clearly visible behind it. (credit: NASA, ESA, and P. van Dokkum ) The first evidence for dark matter were galaxies that behaved as if they had far more matter than could be accounted for by the mass of their stars. Since then, we've found many other indications that the Unive



Cyberpunk 2077 1.5•
SlashGear / 9h
CD Projekt Red has released "Cyberpunk 2077" patch 1.5, adding important changes for next-gen consoles, as well as some character customization options.



55Gizmodo / 9h
Paramount Pictures just dropped enough news to fill a whole year’s worth of Hall H Comic-Con panels. Transformers, Star Trek, Sonic, Ninja Turtles, Halo, Quiet Plac e, and more all had significant news revealed during a company investors’ call Tuesday and here’s how it broke down. Read more...




Netflix BioShock Movie•
The big news that came to light today is that Netflix will be partnering with 2K’s parent company Take-Two to create a film set in the BioShock universe. If that idea sounds familiar it’s because there was talk of something similar over a decade ago with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, only to have it fall through somewhat unceremoniously. "It's an R rated movie,” Verbinski said



British Airways Avios•
Earlier this week, we learned the unfortunate news that the already high fees, taxes and surcharges on long-haul British Airways premium cabin redemptions were increasing even further, without notice. This means that if you are, say, redeeming a British Airways companion voucher for return business-class flights to the U.S., you will only be required to pay the Avios for one passenger. At the sam



500+Gizmodo / 10h
Employees of Meta, the freshly rebranded parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have a new term to refer to themselves: Metamates. Read more...



SlashGear / 10h
Amazon Android apps are now available on Windows 11, opening many popular apps and games to users of the popular PC operating system.



Biden Administration BCTF•
Engadget / 10h
On Tuesday, the Biden administration established the country’s first-ever Buy Clean Task Force . The organization will work with federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Transportation, to source low-carbon construction materials from American factories. In part, it will do so by producing recommendations on incentives and technical assistance the federal government can



South Korea Tesla Mileage•
100+Futurism / 10h
Limited Range Looks like Tesla’s in hot water again — and this time it’s from South Korea. Antitrust regulators there are investigating the electric carmaker for allegations that it exaggerated how far its cars can drive on a single charge, Reuters reports . If true, Tesla could be in violation of the country’s Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising . “We plan to hold a meeting to decide the level



Cured Hiv Transplant•
3KFuturism / 10h
A woman from New York has become only the third person in the world to have been cured of HIV, The New York Times reports . Researchers are calling it a scientific breakthrough, because it used a new method and because the patient was demographically different from previous patients to have undergone similar treatment to cure the virus. “The fact that she’s mixed race, and that she’s a woman, tha



Wizards Coast Magic NFT•
100+Futurism / 10h
It appears the nerds are fighting over the complex and legally untested intersections between NFTs and intellectual property — and, specifically, an iconically geeky trading card game. Wizards of the Coast, the maker of popular card game “Magic: The Gathering” (MTG), has sent a sent a cease and desist letter to a group of fans that plans to launch a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on t



Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox•
Cyberpunk 2077 Enlarge / Virtual Keanu Reeves rests on his laurels after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 patch. But should he get up and do more before relaxing? We look into it. (credit: CD Projekt Red ) A surprise Tuesday presentation from game studio CD Projekt Red confirmed that its historically buggy 2020 game Cyberpunk 2077 is finally getting a "current-gen" patch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Serie



Gizmodo / 10h
Sea levels on U.S. coastlines are expected to rise an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It’s the latest jarring assessment of how climate change is disrupting life as we knew it. Read more...



Zuckerberg Facebook•
100+NYT > Technology / 10h
Now that Facebook has renamed itself Meta, that’s what employees will be known as, the company said.



SlashGear / 10h
Tips for cleaning your camera lenses from a professional photographer, and the equipment needed to do so, along with advice on how not to clean them.



SlashGear / 10h
In the grand scheme of Apple's updates to hardware, it would appear that the next MacBook release will be the sort where changes are largely under the surface.



Keen to test out faster internet? Aussie Broadband is now offering new customers one free month on its fastest NBN plans , which could see you save up to AU$149. The plans included in Aussie Broadband’s first-free-month deal are NBN 100/20 (AU$99p/m ongoing), NBN 100/40 (AU$109p/m ongoing), NBN 250/25 (AU$129p/m ongoing) and NBN 1000/50 (AU$149p/m ongoing). To get one month for free on any of the



Singapore Airlines is offering business class saver awards on its non-stop flights between the U.S. and Singapore out of New York JFK, Newark, and San Francisco for at least two passengers through much of the year. You’ll find the space form now through end of schedule, so you can pick whatever time works best for you and the vagaries of immigration-restricting authorities to visit Southeast Asia



Lifehacker / 10h
Scroll through Reddit’s r/AmItheAsshole for approximately two seconds, and you’ll discover the power of weddings to tear relationships apart. Wedding planning was fraught territory before the pandemic, and the added layer of safety protocols have only made things more tense for many betrothed. While researching this… Read more...



Lifehacker / 10h
The mythical “women’s bar”: It is a real type of barbell, but unless you compete in one specific strength sport, you probably have some misconceptions about exactly what it is and why it exists. Is it a shrinked-and-pinked bullshit bar? Or is it a necessary piece of equipment for all women? Nope, it’s neither of those… Read more...



47Gizmodo / 10h
In June of last year , Disney Parks in the United States made masks optional in outdoor areas for vaccinated guests. That changed for a while but starting this week, it’ll go back again. Starting February 17, vaccinated guests won’t be forced to wear masks outdoors. Which would make more sense if Disney checked for… Read more...



Akamai Linode $900M•
49TechCrunch / 10h
Akamai , the company you probably mostly think of as a content delivery network but that also offers security and edge computing services, today announced that it has acquired Linode. The price of the acquisition is $900 million, with Akamai expecting Linode to add about $100 million in revenue for its fiscal year 2022. Linode , which launched back in 2003, quickly made a name for itself as an af



SlashGear / 10h
Peloton bikes are not cheap. Fortunately, there are more affordable alternatives from top brands including Schwinn, Bowflex, and NordicTrack.




Gizmodo / 10h
A group of people attending a bar in Bavaria, Germany, were poisoned over the weekend by tainted champagne containing the drug ecstasy, authorities say. Several people were hospitalized after drinking the spiked concoction, while one person has since died. Police have reportedly ruled out the possibility of the group… Read more...



SlashGear / 11h
Chrome OS Flex brings an iteration of Chrome OS to PC hardware both old and new, allowing simple software to lengthen the life of otherwise-outdated machines.



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Business process intelligence (BPI) and continuous improvement agendas can add tremendous value to enterprises looking at ongoing business enhancements. In an age where organizations must embrace change rapidly, BPI tools can help accelerate the journey to becoming an intelligent enterprise. Click here to continue.



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” An effective way to estimate a fair price is multiple linear regression-based approaches that consider the complexities from both supply and demand perspectives. Click here to continue.



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” The increased adoption of cloud-based applications has become the unsung hero that enabled a smoother transition while delivering the superior experience needed for organizations to compete in today’s environment — and this trend is expected to continue. Click here to continue.



EU European Pegasus Union•
Gizmodo / 11h
Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned , but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that shit entirely. Read more...



Android 13 11 Pixel•
41Ars Technica / 11h
Windows 11 on the Pixel 6! Microsoft finally has the phone OS it has always wanted. [credit: kdrag0n ] Here's a fun new feature of Android 13 : working virtualization support. Google is building virtualization into Android for its own reasons, but Android developer kdrag0n has commandeered the feature to boot ARM Windows 11 and desktop Linux . The developer even got the Windows version of Doom ru



iFixit Valve Steam Deck•
Engadget / 11h
Valve may have cautioned Steam Deck buyers about repairing the handheld themselves, but you might not have to be quite so wary in practice. iFixit (which provides official parts for Valve hardware) has torn down the production model Steam Deck and discovered that it's relatively easy to repair, with a few notable exceptions. It doesn't require much effort to get inside, with clear labels for "bas



44Mashable / 11h
Last year, TikTokker Avery Steeves posted a video asking why no one talks about how there's an entire generation of teenage girls who taught themselves to code HTML on Tumblr. "People are like, 'Oh, there's no girls in STEM,'" she says, imitating the faceless internet mob. "No, there were! They were just making pale blogs," an emblem of the washed-out, soft-grunge aesthetic popular on the platfor



39Gizmodo / 11h
A 58-foot-tall wall of water that appeared off Vancouver Island in 2020 is among the largest rogue waves ever recorded, and it’s the very largest in terms of its proportion to surrounding waves, according to scientists. Read more...



The Galaxy S22 lineup is Samsung’s latest flagship series that promises to offer impressive specs with beautiful hardware and powerful cameras to match. They’ve been building quality flagship devices for years and there’s no doubt the S22 series will be just as impressive. These phones don’t come cheap though, and no matter how well-built Samsung promises them to be, at the end of the day they’re



Roblox BBC Children•
200+Futurism / 11h
Children’s video game Roblox is apparently having issues with explicit sexual content and racism — major problems for one of the biggest children’s video games in existence. Scantily clad avatars inside the game are giving other users lap dances, the BBC reports , while others are hanging out nude. One avatar was even spotted wearing a Nazi uniform. According to the shocking report, gamers are me



Twitter Safety Mode•
Engadget / 11h
Twitter is expanding access to its Safety Mode by bringing the beta to around 50 percent of accounts in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. The company started testing the feature in September with a small number of people. It's expanding the beta to additional English-speaking countries to gain more insights and look into ways of making further improvements. Remember when we



500+Gizmodo / 11h
For a decade, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been telling a tale thousands of years before the movies about the cyclical conflict between Jedi and Sith, and Republic and Empire. So it’s only natural at this point that its heroes and villains are beginning to express wariness how the establishments that drive that… Read more...



DigitalOcean’s Floating IPs are a way of reserving public IP addresses that are independent of your compute resources. They provide a way to rapidly reroute traffic between your assets without waiting for DNS changes to take effect. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



Docker is a popular development tool as it simplifies starting isolated instances of your application with a reproducible configuration. It can also be used in production where it ensures live deployments are identical to your development environment. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›



Gizmodo / 11h
Online test takers around the country are reportedly getting tricked into using fake answer sites surreptitiously snitching on them to universities, a sneaky practice some education advocates claim amounts to entrapment. In one case, prolific remote proctoring company Honorlock reportedly had around 12 of these “seed… Read more...



300+The Points Guy / 11h
There are few airports in the U.S. designed by architects of color. While there is no conclusive count, there are at least five terminal buildings where a person of color was a lead designer or principal on the project — five terminals out of the 478 commercial passenger airports recognized by federal authorities in 2020. This should not be a surprise, though. People of color make up less than 25



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Vishal Salvi, SVP and CISO at Infosys, explains how cloud adoption in banking needs to be adopted with rigor. In a third interview with Bill Mew, digital ethics campaigner and CEO of CrisisTeam.co.uk, Salvi highlights how banks need to address complexity and dependencies in IT. Click here to continue.



SlashGear / 11h
Netflix's next big project is a movie adaptation of the hit BioShock video game series, though the company is keeping a lid on what fans can expect.




Lifehacker / 11h
When I got my dental night guard, the woman who made the molds was adamant that I only, only , rinse it with warm water every day and occasionally, let the soft bristles of my toothbrush scrape any excess mouth detritus from its delicate features. This would be enough, she assured me. (I was skeptical.) She was also… Read more...



White Castle Flippy 100•
Engadget / 11h
You can count burger-flipping robots as one pandemic innovation that’s here to stay. White Castle announced today that it will be bringing Flippy 2, a robot chef that can essentially perform the same tasks as a team of fry cooks, to 100 more locations this year. This amounts to roughly a third of White Castle restaurants nationwide, so it’s likely Flippy may become a permanent addition to this bu



Facebook News Feed•
28Mashable / 11h
Facebook's feeding the meme beast. The company that keeps trying to make Meta happen announced Tuesday morning it had changed the name of its controversial News Feed product. Say goodbye to the stale News Feed of old , and say hello to the shiny new "Feed." "Starting today, our News Feed will now be known as 'Feed,'" announced the company on Twitter. "Happy scrolling!" Tweet may have been deleted



TechCrunch / 11h
Miles Jennings Contributor Miles Jennings is the founder and COO of Recruiter.com, a recruiting solutions platform helping startups hire talent. If you’re successful at raising capital, investors have jumped into the passenger seat with you, ready to be taken on a journey. It’s likely a long trip, with the average time to a liquidity event being about five to seven years . Due to later IPOs, this



81Gizmodo / 11h
The CEO of a Texas construction company, who once loaned Donald Trump a private jet, only to secure a presidential pardon for his father weeks later, has declined to discuss the $20,000 donated in his name to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy”—a 19-day blockade of international trade routes causing production delays and… Read more...



iFixit Steam Deck Valve•
On the heels of previous news of Valve releasing the CAD files for its upcoming Steam Deck , the company also revealed its partnership with iFixit to sell replacement parts for the portable gaming system. Previously Valve had promised that users would be able to repair their Steam Decks, and this recent partnership seems to make good on that promise. According to the official update from the offi



China Rocket Moon SpaceX•
It turns out that SpaceX might not be responsible for the rocket booster on course to slam into the Moon next month after all. Bill Gray, who developed a software program used for tracking near-Earth objects known as Project Pluto , initially identified the rocket booster and calculated its Moon-impacting trajectory. Gray was also the one who assessed that it was the spent second stage of a Space



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card Overview The Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card is the cheapest Southwest credit card on the market, which is either a strength or weakness depending on how you look at it. While the $69 annual fee is nice and low, the Plus card doesn’t have many perks to keep you interested past the ini



Mashable / 12h
There's one thing that fitness junkies and fitness newbies both can agree on: Keeping a set workout routine ain't easy. Daily responsibilities and inevitable inconveniences make for hectic schedules that don't always allow for a trip to the gym (and yes, "I don't feel like it" counts as an inconvenience). Or, on the one day you actually have time to go, you realize you're completely out of protei



Daylight Sadako Ringu•
Engadget / 12h
Dead by Daylight is no stranger to high-profile crossovers. Icons like Leatherface, Freddy Krueger and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill are just some of the characters that have joined the game’s roster in the years since its release in 2016. And now you can add Sadako from Kōji Suzuki’s cult-classic horror novel Ring to that list. She’ll join Dead by Daylight on March 8th when developer Behavior In



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Pharma companies are recognizing the need for focused and better-segmented targeting for successful product launches. Building on enterprise-ready cloud platform-driven capabilities means more flexibility, faster deployment and time to market, and more impactful outcomes. Click here to continue.



Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Abhishek Goyal, vice president and global practice head for digital engineering at Infosys, explains the concept of engineering cloud and walks us through the trends, best practices, and solutions in the cloud for transforming engineering functions in product enterprises. Click here to continue.



Audio-Technica Technica•
SlashGear / 12h
Audio-Technica has a brand new pair of wireless earbuds that have more battery life than any one of its biggest competitors from other brands.



50Gizmodo / 12h
Some cute little plants in Antarctica are flourishing in warmer temperatures—an ominous sign for rest of the continent and the world. A study published Monday in Current Biology finds that the continent’s only flowering plants have been growing rapidly in the past decade, thanks to warmer temperatures. Read more...



100+Futurism / 12h
Facebook’s lowest paid workers, a new investigation reveals, make only $1.50 an hour to moderate violent and disturbing content in an outsourced facility in Kenya — and that’s not the only difficulty they face on the job. A new TIME investigation reveals that the Nairobi offices of the “ethical AI” outsourcing company Sama — which provides Facebook’s content moderation for all of sub-Saharan Afri



San Francisco Boudin•
100+Ars Technica / 12h
Enlarge / San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks at a press conference in protest of Mayor London Breed's plan for more policing and enforcement of laws that could affect drug users in the Tenderloin neighborhood on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | San Francisco Chronicle) The San Francisco Police Department's crime lab has been checking DNA collected from sexual assaul



Mashable / 12h
SAVE $54: The Nebula Anker Capsule Smart Wi-Fi Mini Projector is 18% off at Amazon as of Feb. 15. Get it for $245.99, which is $54 less than its regular price of $299.99. Whether you want to project a 12-hour video of the night sky in your room or watch Encanto on a camping trip, the Nebula Anker Capsule mini projector has you covered. This powerful little cylinder is WiFi-enabled and can access



Cann Canada $27M Dawson•
TechCrunch / 12h
Cann , a THC beverage company marketing itself as a fun alternative to alcohol, is bulking up on funding as it brings the product into Canada — its first international market expansion. The startup announced Tuesday that it has raised $27 million in Series A funding from some new and unnamed institutional investors, past investor Imaginary Ventures and a host of celebrity influencers including st



SlashGear / 12h
A very wild looking machine creature called a Tallneck was just given a LEGO set to join in on the release of its origin: the video game Horizon Forbidden West.



Puxatony Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, so by March you’ll probably be itching to get out of town. The month will be arriving just as the omicron wave of COVID-19 wanes and more countries relax their travel restrictions. While March can be a notoriously tricky time of year in terms of weather — and lacks many commonly observed holidays — it’s also a great time to travel. You’re not deal




Engadget / 12h
Universal Audio , which has long been known for its premium audio interfaces and plugins, is moving into a new market as it has revealed its first microphones. As with the company's other gear, expect to pay a pretty penny to get your hands on these. Universal Audio The SD-1 Dynamic is on the lower end of the initial lineup. Universal Audio says it's a broadcast-style mic geared toward capturing



Lifehacker / 12h
I love having a microwave. I use mine to whip up mashed potatoes , roux for gumbo , even lemon curd . It’s a versatile appliance, and I think everyone should have one. I’m not, however, in love with its defrost function. Read more...



Gizmodo / 12h
A young astronomer follows her mother’s dying wish and leaves her rural home—hoping her unique connection to the stars will help find a cure for a mysterious new illness that’s begun to spread. A Wilderness of Stars , the latest novel from Shea Ernshaw (The Wicked Deep) , charts this perilous journey, and io9 is excited… Read more...



500+Mashable / 12h
There's a beautiful new grouch in the neighborhood. His name is Brett Goldstein. The die-hard Muppets fan who plays Roy Kent, Ted Lasso 's most famous grump, visited Sesame Street to chill in a trash can alongside his "kindred spirit," Oscar the Grouch. On Tuesday, Goldstein tweeted a stunning 16-second clip of the delightful crossover. The snippet shows him and Oscar sitting side-by-side in bins



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Ukraine Faces Cyberattacks•
Engadget / 12h
Ukraine is grappling with more cyberattacks as fears of an imminent Russian invasion reach their climax. Netblocks and Gizmodo report Ukraine's defense ministry and two state-owned banks, Oshchadbank and Privatbank, have suffered denial-of-service attacks flooding their sites with traffic. The country's armed forces website also appears to have suffered an attack. BuzzFeed 's Christopher Miller d



Whether you’re heading somewhere or you just want to see how congested a specific street is, it’s easy to check the traffic delays with Google Maps on both your desktop and mobile. We’ll show you how to do that. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Canada Covid PCR Feb. 28•
300+The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information. It’s finally getting easier to travel to Canada , as fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to present a rapid antigen test within one day of entering the country starting March 1, 2022. The change in testing requirements is part of a broader loosening of COVID-19 measures the Canadian government detailed Tuesday afternoon. For



Discord is the foundation of many online communities and a great way to connect with people to play online games. Like any online service, Discord can experience outages. So here’s how to troubleshoot that issue when it arises. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



SlashGear / 12h
From the Kodak Brownie released in 1900 to the modern cameras found on smartphones, these devices completely changed photography and how we view the world.


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