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Friday, April 15, 2022

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So many TV shows, so little time. The sheer volume of new and returning series makes picking your latest binge sometimes feel like plucking a needle out of a haystack, with the whole thing made even more complicated by the number of recommendations you're likely receive from friends and social media on any given day. So, where to start? Well it's not necessarily a measurement of quality, but it m



Swiggy Bike Rapido•
Swiggy has led a $180 million financing round into bike taxi startup Rapido as the Indian food delivery giant looks to broaden its fleet network across the country, the two firms said on Friday. Rapido’s Series D financing round also saw participation from TVS Motor Company and existing investors Westbridge, Shell Ventures and Nexus Ventures. The new round values Rapido at over $800 million. The



Windows 11 looks like it might soon support third-party widgets, as another clue that they could be imminent has popped up courtesy of an eagle-eyed Twitter user. FireCube did some digging and spotted that the widget manifest has been updated to reference downloading widgets – tiny apps that provide at-a-glance info, such as the current weather, or local traffic – from the Microsoft Store. Widget




FBI North Korean US•
Gizmodo / 30min
The hackers behind the March 23 theft of roughly $625 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Ronin blockchain are based in North Korea, according to a new announcement from the FBI. The federal law enforcement agency claims the Lazarus Group, North Korea’s most notorious hacker gang, is laundering the money for Kim… Read more...



Mashable / 32min
One thing about me is I am going to write about my favorite TikTok trends of the week. That, of course, was a reference to the trend that’s been all over my FYP (again) this week. In addition to people telling one thing about themselves, TikTokkers are also sharing their ridiculous side hustles and revealing the weirdest advice they’ve gotten from their parents. One thing about me is… One thing a



Mashable / 32min
So, what's everyone been watching this week? Well, a lot of people are streaming Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie projects and the first Sonic movie, for two, so there's that... Each week, the most popular streamed movies come down to a few things — sheer buzz, smart marketing and PR campaigns, star power, critical acclaim , or a slow burn, word-of-mouth phenomenon that leads uninterested people



Dumbledore FB Tina•
Mashable / 32min
Early on in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore , one of our wizarding leads assures their compatriots that "the best plan is no plan." While that statement proves important to the plot of the film, it also seems to describe the strategy behind the entire Fantastic Beasts franchise: Take a book tangentially related to Harry Potter , spin it into a series of five ( or possibly only three )



Announced at CES 2022 (and our Best in Show winner), the S7 MaxV Ultra is the most premium of Roborock’s lineup of robot vacuums and mops. After testing the all-in-one device for over a month, I can easily say this is the best autonomous vacuum you can currently buy, but the best comes at a cost. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The Amex Offers program often has promotions that can save you money on hotel stays, especially with co-brand credit card partners Hilton and Marriott . American Express has just rolled out two new offers for Marriott stays, which could save cardmembers up to $150. Let’s go over the details of the two offers. Spend $250+ at Marriott, get $50 back There’s a targeted Amex Offers deal for stays at M



DC Attorney General Karl Racine has filed a motion (PDF) asking the court to reconsider its decision to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit he filed against Amazon in 2021. In the original lawsuit, Racine accused the e-commerce giant of "illegally abusing and maintaining its monopoly power by controlling prices across the online retail market." Third-party sellers that use Amazon's Marketplace have to



“We are cashless,” proclaims a sign on the gleaming glass door of the cafe I frequent. The sign predates the glossy list of covid-19 measures taped beside it, but together they present a united declaration of touchless efficiency—the promise of experiencing public space, social interaction, and consumer exchange with utmost convenience and cleanliness. Yet for all the friction that the cashless c



Better Call Saul Season 6•
"Whatever happens next, it's not gonna go down the way you think it is." Those ominous words, firmly uttered by Mike Ehrmantraut in the second episode of Better Call Saul 's sixth and final season, wholly set the tone for the riveting drama's last act. Like its predecessor Breaking Bad , Better Call Saul has always found success by striking a masterful balance between slow, meticulous moments of



"Nothing but snakes all the way down." You might not get the reference when Killing It star and executive producer Craig Robinson utters that line in the later moments of his new Peacock series. It's a paraphrasing of the adage "turtles all the way down," which refers to the mythological World Turtle that carries the Earth on its back. If such a being existed, on what ground would it tread? Would



Getting in tune with your body and its needs is a refreshing way to jump into spring. That might mean starting a new workout routine or just learning more about your own habits. Regardless of how you go about it, you can jumpstart your spring refresh with these deals on health and fitness apps, tech, and equipment. And for a limited time, if you spend $125 or more, you can take $20 off with the c



TL;DR: As of April 15, you can get a refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz, 8GB RAM 256GB for just $476, when it's usually worth $1,348. That's savings of 64%. Working from home permanently means two things: endless flexibility and some inconveniences. Sure, you can walk the dog in the middle of a meeting, but you can’t take advantage of the company’s dual-monitor work zone loaded with all the essential



TL;DR: As of April 15, you can get the VH-80 Bilateral Laser Distance Measurer for just $144.30 with the code VH80 . That's 42% off its regular price of $249. You might not think about it much until you actually need it, but most measuring tools aren't always the most convenient devices — especially when you only have your own two hands to position them. Sure, rulers and measuring tapes beat the



TL;DR: As of April 15, you can save 76% on a lifetime subscription to Moviing Online Yoga & Fitness Classes with the code SPRING20 , which will bring its price down to $129 from $540. Looking to shake things up this spring? Get moving — literally — with Moviing Online Yoga and Fitness Classes , which happen to be on sale for 76% off for a limited time. We just featured a deal on a lifetime subscr



Jordan Belfort, the inspiration for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is marketing himself as a cryptocurrency guru.



Reddit Search Comments•
After 17 years, Reddit is finally making its comments searchable, it announced . Users can now get search results from replies to posts, rather than just the original posts and topics within a community. "Previously [you] would have to look through each post in the r/London community, browsing the comments to find it," the product and design staff wrote. "Now, [you] can easily see all the differe



For a long time, the most prominent name in the action camera business has been GoPro. Now, Insta360 is mounting a challenge to that title, with the release of its new ONE RS Twin Edition modular 360 action camera in March. It's a bit of a mouthful to say, but that's because there's a lot to chew on here. An impressively compact and powerful camera, the Insta360 ONE RS's unique design allows user




Peloton Subscription•
Peloton is raising the price of its All-Access membership for the first time, while also applying significant cuts to the cost of its Bike and Tread fitness equipment. For now the price changes only affect customers in North America. From June 1, membership will cost $44 (rather than $39) for Peloton subscribers in the US, and CA$55 (rather than CA$49) for those in Canada, Peloton announced in a



OnePlus 10 Pro 12 Samsung•
The OnePlus 10 Pro is here, and one of its most significant competitors in the flagship phone field is the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus . What makes this face-off so interesting is that there are few similarities between the two phones drilling down to the fine details. These two manufacturers are doing things quite differently – which is always great to see. So which of these two phones is the better



Just a day after offering to buy Twitter for $41 billion , Tesla CEO and richest guy in the world Elon Musk took the TED stage, together with TED head Chris Anderson, and used some of his time there to explain why, exactly, he wants to own Twitter. "I think it's very important that there will be an inclusive arena for free speech," Musk said. "Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square.
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TikTok opent Effect House als een publieke bèta voor alle creators en ontwikkelaars om filters te ontwerpen en uitproberen. De service is oorspronkelijk in het laatste kwartaal van 2021 gelanceerd als een gesloten bèta. Ongeveer 450 TikTok-creators maakten er gebruik van. Het relatief kleine groepje publiceerde hun zelfgemaakte effecten, die uiteindelijk in 1,5 miljard video's zijn gebruikt en vo



Apple Friday Night•
Apple knows. It read your messages on Twitter, saw the articles, and is probably even aware of the unkind things former Met First Baseman and longtime Mets announcer Keith Hernandez said about the Friday Night Baseball debut. At least the evening had everything a baseball fan could hope for. In the first game (there are two per night for a total of 50 games this season), the Mets played the Washi



Intel Arc GPU Performance•
The Intel Arc Alchemist A350M mobile GPU doesn’t seem like it should offer serious gaming performance, but it was recently discovered that disabling a single feature could do exactly that. The feature in question is Intel’s Dynamic Tuning Technology (DTT) driver. DTT works by “automatically and dynamically allocating power” between the CPU and GPU, which is supposed to help conserve battery life



Apple Nine Mac M2 M. Pro•
Apple may soon release a new set of Mac computers powered by the next generation of its homegrown chip. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the tech giant has started the widespread testing of at least nine Mac models with four different M2 chips, which suggests that Apple is gearing up to launch them. While it's not supposed to be public knowledge, Apple has been testing the machines using thi



FBI North Korean US•
Crypto worth at least $615 million was stolen from players of popular online game Axie Infinity.



Us VR November•
The upcoming VR port of hit multiplayer social deduction game Among Us looks set to release later this year. That’s according to a listing on SteamDB , a third-party database that collects data from the official Steam client. As spotted by Wccftech , Among Us VR is listed on the site with a release date of November 10 – the first hint we’ve had of when the port will launch. SteamDB is a generally



TL;DR: The 2022 Ultimate Big Data Certification Bundle is on sale for £19.17, saving you 98% on list price. Big data rules everything on the world wide web and beyond — whether we realise it or not. That Netflix show you just finished was only recommended to you based on previous data the streaming service collected. Your GPS app helped you avoid that traffic-blocking accident because of multiple



Elon Musk Twitter Bid•
The Tesla boss claims he has a 'Plan B' if his offer, which values the firm at $43bn, is rejected.



Today Wordle Answer•
Happy Friday, Wordlers! It's a new day and there's a new Wordle for you to get into, and we're here to help you get closer to today's answer. You can scroll to the bottom of this post to find the Wordle answer served straight up, but if you want to try and work it out yourself first, you'll find a few clues as well as our best Wordle tips, strategies, and info as you scroll down. Wordle , created



Japan 2030 EV Hydrogen•
Hydrogen cars sounded like a great idea, but they're hardly around anymore. What happened? It turns out the tech simply isn't as viable as EV alternatives.



More than half of Americans (55%) surveyed in a new study from NordVPN say that they would choose to delete themselves from the internet if they could. To compile its study , the VPN maker commissioned the market research firm Propeller Insights to survey 1,002 US consumers aged 18 and over in December of last year. As to why respondents would choose to delete themselves from the internet if poss



Though we still don't have any official details about Meta's anticipated AR/VR mixed reality headset, new images reportedly show its design.



A TikTok trend has users diving back into their I nstagram activity to see their oldest comments. TikTokkers are sharing their oldest comments and likes on Instagram and laughing at how cringeworthy they are. SEE ALSO: BeReal is what 'casual Instagram' wants to be You can see your old comments by viewing your interactions, navigating to comments, and changing the settings to sort your comments fo



An executive at one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges hits out at scammers who target the vulnerable.



500+Wired / 10h
The Tesla CEO made his case for buying Twitter—and rewrote his own history.



Google Switch Android•
A new Google app has appeared for iOS, and it's designed to make switching to Android easier. The only problem? The app appears to be a work in progress.



Pokemon GO AR Niantic•
Niantic, the company best known for its "Pokemon GO" hit, is going to try and launch another AR game, this one seemingly inspired by the Tamagotchi.




Enlarge / Scientists have devised a new method for determining the aerodynamics of baseballs in free flight. (credit: Mike Kemp/Getty Images) Baseball has long been a popular topic of research for physicists, largely because of the complex aerodynamics of a baseball in flight. Traditionally, scientists relied upon wind tunnel experiments to measure key properties like speed, spin, lift, and drag,



New research warns many major coastal cities around the world are sinking faster than expected as sea levels rise and human activities erode coastlines.



Viewers have long complained about the early HBO Max app’s tendency to crash, and its lack of discoverability features. There have been a number of overhauls and fixes since then. Now we know why. Turns out that HBO Max launched its apps before they were ready in order to keep up with its competitors. The app was “never intended to go global” or to suit the needs of a direct-to-consumer market, a



The billionaire executive recently became one of the company’s largest shareholders. Now he says he wants to buy the whole thing and change how it handles speech.



74Gizmodo / 11h
The X-Men are in a better place right now at Marvel Comics than they have been in arguably a decade. The Krakoan era has revitalized an incredible line of X-Comics , and within the fiction mutantkind stands powerful, united (well, if you don’t squint ), and ascendant. But for some, the X-Men will always be that halcyon… Read more...



The Motorola leaks are still rolling in. This time around, two models reportedly destined for the U.S. market have surfaced, including official images.



ITILITE Tiger Global•
For the bulk of the past two years, the pandemic has put the kibosh on corporate travel of nearly any kind. This has dampened investors’ enthusiasm in travel and expense (T&E) startups, predictably, whose expertise lies in creating software for travel and other forms of expensing. But as the appetite for in-person events and interactions returns to what it once was, T&E is again becoming a catego



Scientists have created a new type of robot that may one day be used in medical settings, but it comes in a unique "slime" form factor that resembles Venom.



To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PT, subscribe here . Welcome to the Daily Crunch for Thursday, April 14, 2022! As we put this together, we are listening to TED’s Chris Anderson interview with Elon Musk about his attempt to buy Twitter . There will be many viewpoints on this coming fast and furious. One example is Tayl



Microsoft Windows 11•
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) There was a time shortly after Windows 10's release when Microsoft would release specific adoption numbers frequently, trumpeting how quickly the then-novel free update was being adopted by users of Windows 7 and Windows 8. The company hasn't repeated that strategy for Windows 11, leaving us to rely on third-party data to see how quickly people are picking up the new O



Faraday Future J. Yueting•
Faraday Future, the troubled EV startup turned publicly traded company, has taken more disciplinary action as part of its now concluded internal investigation, including removing founder and former CEO Yueting Jia as an executive officer. The company said in a securities filing Thursday that Yueting Jia, or YT, will continue in his position as chief product officer and report to the executive cha



ASUS 14X Space Edition•
The Asus Zenbook 14X Space Edition laptop has just launched , featuring a 3.5-inch LED display on the lid along with other space-themed elements, and some seriously powerful hardware to boot. The laptop, which was previewed at CES 2022, is packing some impressive specs, including an Intel Core i9-12900H with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics, 32GB LPDDR5 RAM, a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, and a 14-inch, 2.



300+Futurism / 12h
Assholes — we all have them, and we all know one when we see one. But what makes an asshole an asshole? To get to the root of this age old question, psychology researchers at the University of Georgia worked to quantify which personality traits make someone an “asshole” — and their findings aren’t exactly surprising. In a press release about their research, published in the journal Collabra: Psyc



1KFuturism / 12h
A smart new app is aiming to replace the little hit your brain’s reward center gets from drugs or alcohol with a daily fiver instead. Researchers have long known that little rewards can act as instant gratification to disrupt dependency behavior, especially if gift cards or vouchers are for activities that encourage positive habits, according to the Boston Globe , which covered startup DynamiCare



87Gizmodo / 12h
There are many, many things that make the world of PlayStation’s Horizon Forbidden West incredibly excellent. The dynamic hero, Aloy, is one. The mysterious, global story is another. But truly, the thing that I love most about the world of Horizon is all the amazing robot dinosaurs. Read more...



Earlier this week, IHG unveiled its new IHG One Rewards program , bringing big changes to the program. The new IHG elite status perks and milestone rewards won’t start until early June. But IHG’s credit card portfolio saw a major revamp on March 25, 2022, and the new elite tiers and requirements started on April 13, 2022. An IHG spokesperson told TPG that IHG would update each member’s account on



Lotus took the wraps off its Eletre in March 2022, giving EV fans their first look at the fully-electric SUV. The model boasts fast speeds and a luxury design.


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