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Editor’s note: This post was last updated on April 22 with new information. As the U.S. omicron surge has subsided — although the BA.2 subvariant is currently causing cases to rise in New York, Washington, D.C., and other East Coast cities — evolving testing and vaccination requirements for international travel are making it confusing for Americans to figure out what’s required for entry into spe



US Ukraine Pentagon•
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The White House is sending the government of Ukraine a new type of drone developed by the U.S. Air Force that’s never been used in the battlefield before, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby in a press conference Thursday. Read more...



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The Large Hadron Collider at CERN begins preparations for Run 3, the largest and most intense test yet of the record-breaking seeker of the God Particle.




Hi! I’m back! I had a lovely two weeks off, thanks, but it’s nice to be back talking back to you wonderful readers. But it turns out that I’ve left at a time when a lot has been happening, and prepping for this newsletter has been a great chance to get back up to speed with it all and read some thoroughly interesting stories. Mostly, if you share your Netflix password with anyone, you might want



Samsung Galaxy 4 3•
As we move closer to the expected announcement of Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Z Fold and Flip phones, more details are emerging about their designs and specifications. New leaks point to a slimmer, lighter footprint to make the Z Fold 4 more hand-friendly and pocketable. Well-established leaker Ice Universe posted about the size change on Twitter, also noting that the phone will allegedly ha



Google Android Apps•
Starting May 11, Google will begin rolling out a policy change to its Play Store that will prevent third-party apps from using the Accessibility API to record calls and some new consumer protections. This is the start of a year-long policy change for the Play Store that will involve changes to real-money games and news apps to better protect people. Despite Google's stated good intentions, people



Today Wordle Answer•
New day, new Wordle, y'all. You never know when you're going to need a little helping hand, so we've got the answer below, as well as a few hints to give you a chance to solve it before you get there. If you just want the answer, you'll find today's Wordle solution #309 right at the bottom of this post. If you want a few clues first to nudge you in the direction of the answer, as well as general



TL;DR: The Artist's Complete NFT Guide is on sale for £9.97, saving you 93% on list price. If you’re an artist exploring new creative avenues to make money, NFTs might be a logical step in your journey. NFT artwork continues to make headlines for mind-blowing sales, while major brands are starting to work with artists and designers to create NFTs as part of their metaverse strategy. It originally



The OnePlus Ace has, after weeks of teases, been unveiled. This is a mid-range Android phone with the headline feature of super-fast 150W charging, but with middling specs in other areas. It's admittedly almost exactly the same phone as the Realme GT Neo 3, unveiled less than a month prior by OnePlus' sibling brand - but that's not why we're not going to be testing this phone out. No, availabilit



Dell recently overhauled its Precision and Latitude laptop lines with the latest Intel processor s but it now appears that the Austin-based PC maker will be the first hardware vendor to ship a mobile workstation with one of the chipmaker’s new Arch Alchemist GPUs. When the company first unveiled the Precision 5470, customers had the option to configure the device with either integrated Intel Iris



Activision Blizzard•
A group of 21 quality assurance testers at Raven Software have received the blessing of the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a union vote, per a 27-page ruling from the agency released Friday. Raven's parent company — Activision Blizzard —did not respond in time to a request for voluntary recognition for the new union, the Game Workers Alliance, back in January. Tensions within the compa



Apple TSMC 2Nm 2025•
Apple looks set to introduce 2nm chips in its flagship iPhone and Mac products as early as 2025, according to the grapevine, making it one of the first companies with plans to do so. The first 2nm chip prototype was produced by IBM just last year, so the process is nowhere near ready for mass production. According to DigiTimes Asia , semiconductor giant TSMC indicated that its 2nm node won’t be r



Tandis Enlarge / By moving simple shapes from one grid to the next, Tandis players can apply mathematical functions to their shapes and enjoy immediate shape-shifting results—all used to solve the game's tricky, unique puzzles. (credit: Mahdi Bahrami) The puzzle-gaming genre of "making shapes out of formulas" is currently ruled by a single designer. Five years after his last sensational stab at t



A group of about 20 quality assurance testers at the video game company are to vote by mail, with ballots counted on May 23.



Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's round up of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately. Join us as we sip a cup of Potato-juice and look at Hasbro ’s latest ginormous Transformers toy, the one and only Hawkeye joining Hot Toys’ Marvel offerings, and some lovely Jurassic World dinos. Check it out! Read more...



Alphabet X-birthed Intrinsic made its big debut last September . The subsidiary looks to buck its parent company’s somewhat spotty robotics record with a software-first approach. Specifically, the company is looking to make manufacturing robots more intelligent — a concept that no doubt excites many in the space amid pandemic-fueled demand for automation. Today it made its second big piece of new



Musk Xprize Carbon 15•
A multi-year, $100 million Xprize competition for startups trying to remove or reverse carbon emissions has its first crop of big winners. Though the bulk of this Musk money won’t be given away until 2025, these 15 companies are each getting $1M today to keep the lights on til then. The Carbon Removal Xprize, funded by the Musk Foundation, aims to reward novel methods to “pull carbon dioxide dire



Jack Dorsey Block Head•
Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder and current Block CEO, is no longer the payments firm’s “chief executive officer.” Instead, the executive is choosing to call himself “Block Head and Chairperson.” It’s an unconventional title, sure, but it is perhaps fitting for the billionaire man, who is not known for his choice of words . A very real regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commis



He found success as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley shortly after arriving there in 1978, then represented his fellow alumni from the Indian Institutes of Technology.



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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 . It’s Earth Day, also known as April 22, 2022, and we are beyond grateful that the sun sets on another week. We love our TechCrunch Live events, but we realize we don’t always fit into everyone’s calendars. Good news: They’re now available as a podcast, too , so you



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Malicious hackers have been hammering servers with attacks that exploit the recently discovered SpringShell vulnerability in an attempt to install cryptomining malware, researchers said. SpringShell came to light late last month when a researcher demonstrated how it could be used to remotely execute malicious code on servers that run the Spring model-view-controller



Barry Hader HBO Season•
Barry is back to save (or destroy) us all. The pitch-black HBO comedy from Bill Hader and Alec Berg begins its third season on April 24 after a whopper of a cliffhanger and the extended hiatus that followed. Season 3 is every bit as high-octane, uproarious, and unhinged as ever — and the dark part of this dark comedy is slowly closing in. Nearly three years ago , Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) drov




Activision Blizzard•
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled today that the first union at a major U.S. gaming company can file for a formal union election. In January, the quality assurance (QA) department of Raven Software, a division of Activision Blizzard, formed their historic union. Predictably, the video game giant — which was recently acquired by Microsoft for $68.7 billion — did not grant the union v



AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D•
You can now get the new AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor with your new Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 gaming PC, bringing AMD 3D V-Cache to the brand's flagship gaming PC. The Aurora Ryzen Edition can be outfitted with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which AMD calls the “world’s fastest gaming CPU,” and it's no idle claim. In out AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D review , we found that the new processor punched way



After a groundswell of complaints from customers and reviewers alike, it looks like there might be a fix coming for the ridiculously loud fans on the Steam Deck , courtesy of iFixit. Since its launch in late February, some Steam Deck owners have complained about the high-pitched whirring of the handheld's fans, with some finding it especially bothersome like our colleagues over at PC Gamer – thou



A new report has peeled back the curtain on big tech’s frenzied lobbying of European Union lawmakers as they finalize a major series of updates to the bloc’s digital rulebook. It reveals some of the arguments used by tech giants including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta (Facebook) and Spotify to press their interests behind the scenes in a bid to reshape key components of the EU’s Digital Markets Act



The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. According to Carta, the number of seed deals funded between Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 fell 41%, and dollar volume followed suit, dropping from $2.62 billion to $1.81 billion, a 31% decline. In this environment, teams that successfully close a fundraising round will find themselves with a sh



Strongyloides filariform Enlarge / A Strongyloides filariform larva. (credit: Getty | BSIP ) Doctors in Spain diagnosed a man with an unusual roundworm infection after watching an army of larvae writhe and slither under his skin, blanketing his whole body in an ever-shifting rash. Doctors reported the man's rare hyperinfection this week in the New England Journal of Medicine , highlighting the un



Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly disappeared last week. In what will probably be remembered as one of the most notorious smart home shutdowns ever, Insteon decided to turn off its cloud servers without giving customers any warning at all, surprise-bricking many smart home devices that relied



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Growing up in the ‘90s as Star Wars mania re-exploded with the rise of the Special Editions and the advent of The Phantom Menace , there were plenty of Star Wars toys to gawk at with desire as a little kid, from thiccly-chested Luke Skywalkers to more Jar Jars Binks than you could shake a gungan tongue at—and there… Read more...



The next generation of active noise-canceling wireless headphones from Sony appeared in leaked imagery with details aplenty, likely well ahead of release.



Editor’s note: This story is continually updated. Travelers heading to Venice in 2023 can start making their reservations this summer for the recently announced entry fee required for all day-trippers starting next year. This fee will apply to those dipping in and out of the Floating City just for the day. It’s part of a larger crackdown on overtourism suffered by the ancient canal city, which in



NASA Backpack Moon•
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The Moon is not the kind of place where you want to get lost, but it can get a little tricky trying to retrace your dusty footsteps without a GPS system in place. Thankfully, space engineers may have found a way around this limitation, designing a portable backpack meant to generate a real-time, 3D map of the Moon’s… Read more...



Borderlands PlayStation•
Sure, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands supports cross-play on all platforms , but what about that promised Borderlands 3 update? Don't worry, it's coming. Gearbox has confirmed Borderlands 3 will add cross-play support for PlayStation sometime later this spring. PS4 and PS5 owners will finally get to join the adventures of their PC, Stadia and Xbox counterparts. Gearbox first added cross-play to Borderlan



Earth isn't the only planet to experience violent quakes. What's impressive about those on Mars it that they've happened without plate tectonics.



Google Chrome doesn’t require a Google account to function. If you want to remove one or all Google accounts from Chrome, you can do so and still continue to use the browser. We’ll show you how to do that on desktop and mobile. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The hotel claims to have reduced their energy use by around 40%. They pocket those cost savings, and those savings are supposed to pay back subsidized loans - and they make money on the difference. So why are they imposing a fee, through drip-pricing, to charge guests for it - and mislead them about the program? Continue reading ...



Runaround The head of NASA really didn’t seem like he wanted to answer YouTuber Jordan Wright’s question in a new clip posted to Reddit yesterday. The 3-minute video shows Wright, who calls himself the “Angry Astronaut” and has a space news channel with more than 77,000 subscribers, ask NASA administrator Bill Nelson how the space agency could cut costs on its expensive and thus-far-not-working u



Facebook Mark Zuckerberg•
Ready or Not The metaverse is looking less and less exciting all the time with brands hosting bizarre events nobody wants to attend , but the slew of companies bringing VR realities to life certainly aren’t failing for a lack of trying. In fact, employees at Facebook say founder and company head Mark Zuckerberg obsessed. “[It’s] the only thing Mark wants to talk about,” an anonymous former direct



The internet is full of mysteries. Who really wrote “ My Immortal ,” and was it supposed to be a satire? Who is behind the group of hackers known as Anonymous ? And why can’t Elon Musk just log off ? But a new question arose about two and a half months ago, when writer and reverse engineer Steve Moser found some very silly images in the Twitter backend: 2 pic.twitter.com/WO0Fde3iLa — Steve Moser



BrightDrop FedEx 600•
Enlarge / BrightDrop made efficient use of GM's new electric vehicle platform, bringing the Zevo 600 from idea to reality in less than two years. As new electric vehicles go, the BrightDrop Zevo 600 is pretty spartan. It has a full suite of the latest driver safety aids and a Google-powered infotainment system, but you can see bare metal skin when you look at the door from the driver's seat, and




Sony PlayStation Lawsuit•
A gender discrimination lawsuit against Sony has run into significant hurdles. Axios has learned that judge Laurel Beeler dismissed 10 of plaintiff Emma Majo's 13 claims due to multiple issues. Majo didn't provide enough evidence to make a case in some instances, Beeler said, while in others she incorrectly asserted that promotions and demotions constituted harassment. Majo first sued Sony in Nov



Study 58 Clues Cancer•
A new study shows new ways in which causes of cancer can be connected to DNA in humans. This new system could change the way we handle cancer forever.



I know that Earth Day is April 22nd because companies won’t stop emailing me about it. What began as a call to action for environmental protections is now just a marketing opportunity. Read more...



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There exists an underworld data broker market devoted to auctioning off your information to the highest bidder. It’s an industry populated by professional creeps who buy and sell mobile data collected via invasive if legal means, often from nosy apps . A new report shows that one such company demonstrated just how… Read more...



SD MacBook Pro Transcend•
Replacing the hard drive or SSD in your laptop can be a daunting task and this is even more true on a MacBook which is why many users turn to external hard drives or cloud storage services instead. With the release of the MacBook Pro 2021 though, Apple decided to bring back the SD card slot so that creative professionals could easily download photos and videos from their DSLR cameras . Even if yo



Emboldened by the recent results of the nearby JFK8 fulfillment center, workers at Staten Island’s LDJ5 sort center are set to hold their own vote this coming Monday, April 25th. Voting will continue through Friday the 29th, with vote counting set to begin on May 2 — almost exactly a month after April’s historic results . Votes will be cast via secret ballot inside a tent, with monitoring by the



BeReal Social Media App•
An app called BeReal , founded by former GoPro employee Alexis Barreyat along with Kévin Perreau , launched in December 2019 with its idea of asking users to post an unedited photo once per day after receiving a push notification. Upon receiving the alert, the user has up to 2 minutes to share what they’re up to and can see the photos their friends also posted. The app is simple to use, capturing



Bitso, a Mexico City-based crypto exchange, is pledging to buy carbon offsets for every bitcoin transaction on its platform to compensate for the cryptocurrency’s environmental toll. It may sound great in theory, but the idea also deserves a heaping dose of skepticism, given the sketchy reputation carbon offset efforts have earned over the years. Bitcoin’s thirst for power has grown many times ov



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“So I’m very much enjoying this ,” I said in a group text to a pair of dear friends as I began to watch Our Flag Means Death for the first time, “and there is some very queer queerness happening. But I just have to know. Do we get something on screen? I cannot get my hopes up again.” Read more...



In reversal of standard procedure, the federal government will now have to figure out how not to miss the trees for the forest. Read more...



Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other big internet companies may soon have to tell you exactly how they’re managing fake news. Read more...



bbrarebooks : Finis Libri Secundi. The History of the World (1628) by Sir Walter Raleigh #sirwalterraleigh #finisfriday #historyoftheworld (go see the maps over at @bbrarebooks) (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbDh-iJRAB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=



Sonos Soundbar Affordable•
Enlarge / The second generation Sonos Beam, which was introduced last year. It's slightly larger than the rumored cheaper cousin to come. (credit: Sonos) Sonos smart speakers are known for their ease of use and audio quality, not their affordability. That's especially true for Sonos' home theater products like soundbars, which only address the midrange and high-end markets. That's about to change



Elite climber Alex Honnold teams up with NatGeo to bring biologist Bruce Means to the top of a massive “island in the sky” in The Last Tepui . Deep in the Amazon jungle, magnificent rocky tabletop towers rise abruptly from the foliage, often cloaked in thick clouds. They're called " tepuis " ("house of the gods"), and their plateaus, or mesas, are completely isolated from the forest below. That m



Ukraine Postal Service•
54Gizmodo / 10h
Just a few days after Ukraine’s national post office issued some cheeky stamps honoring the defiant Ukranian border guard who flipped off a Russian warship, Ukraine’s National Post Office, Ukrposhta, reported a massive cyberattack, meaning that—at least for now—you probably won’t be able to buy those stamps online. Read more...



If you’ve priced airfare for a summer vacation, you may have already experienced your share of sticker shock. And we’re here to say: It’s not just you. Thanks to a combination of pent-up demand, limited capacity, inflation, fuel costs, old-fashioned seasonal demand and more, the flight deals of the last couple of years are much fewer and further between this summer. In fact, according to Hopper ,



The Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express ® Card ( review ) is the most premium credit card in the Marriott co-brand card portfolio . The card has a hefty annual fee that might make some people hesitant to apply, but the perks add up. In this post I wanted to share my experience with the card, and why I get outsized value with it. Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card welcome bonus Through May 18,



A new OnePlus 10 appears to be headed to market with a design that's similar to that of the "Pro" version of the device, with specs that also fit the bill.



You’re going to die one day. The end of your life is coming and you may not know how, when, or why it will happen, but you can be certain it will. While that’ll be the end for you, your death can be the beginning of life for any number of other organisms. The world will always continue on, but your death can help it… Read more...



Tesla Colorado Oregon•
Tesla's in-house insurance is now available in three more states. As Forbes notes , Tesla revealed during its latest earnings call that its "real-time" insurance has reached Colorado, Oregon and Virginia. The automaker has also filed paperwork in Nevada with plans to offer insurance as early as June, although nothing has been announced so far. As in some other states, the insurance determines you




Twitter announced today that it’s beginning to test a “CC” button that will let users turn video captions on or off. The feature is rolling out to some iOS users and will be coming to Android users soon, Twitter notes. A video posted by the social media shows that the CC button will appear in the top-right corner of a video that has captions available. “Video captions or no captions, it’s now eas



Safari is a solid browser for most Mac users. It’s fast, energy-efficient, plays nicely with the iPhone and iPad, and more. If you’re not happy with the default search engine, though, changing it takes only a few clicks. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



The best ceiling speakers are perfect for anyone looking to build a low-profile sound system. Relegating speakers to the ceiling is a good way to keep any entertainment center or home theater from looking cluttered, with wires poking out of every corner. Sure, installing them is no picnic, but the awesome home aesthetics dividends pay off almost instantly. Here’s a compilation of the best ceiling



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Who’s more annoyed at Binance right now? Is it the Russians who have been effectively barred from trading on its platform or maybe it’s any graphic designer who would tell you not to make a company symbol look like a swastika , even accidentally? Perhaps it’s anyone who has been begging the crypto company to stop… Read more...



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Ethan Peck’s Mr. Spock has already been through a lot in modern Star Trek . Even pushing the considerable pressure of being handed the legacy of one of the franchise’s most iconic characters, Peck’s Spock came to us in Star Trek: Discovery season two faced with his own wild traumas. Things might be bold and bright… Read more...



In humanity's search for habitable planets other than our own, new insight into how UV radiation affects planets seems to rule out masses of candidates.



NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught incredible footage of Phobos, one of the red planet's moons, occluding the sun.



Framework Mainboard•
Got a DIY project in mind that requires a bit more horsepower than an Arduino offers? The creators of the Framework laptop , which is designed to be very easily upgradable and modifiable, are finally selling the laptop’s mainboard as a standalone single board computer that simply needs memory and a power source. Read more...



A string of safety issues at U.S. Airbnb rentals in recent months raises the question of what protections hosts and renters have when things get out of hand. Two minors died this month in Pittsburgh after shots broke out at a house party thrown at a residential unit that was rented on Airbnb. The short-term rental site responded with quick admonishment . The renter who held the party received a l



Twitter Bans Climate•
On Earth Day , Twitter announced a ban on ads that promote climate change denial. It said misleading advertising that contradicts scientific consensus on the crisis won't be permitted on the platform under its policy on inappropriate content. "We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about th



Clearing your cache in the Microsoft Edge browser is incredibly simple. There are even two ways in which to do so, and we'll walk you through both.



Tesla Australia Solar•
Happy Earth Day , Tesla owners! A new project out of Australia may be the beginning of an alternative way to charge your electric car with solar energy. Read more...



Following two years of confusion and changing requirements surrounding Covid-19 quarantine protocol, the CDC has introduced a streamlined method.



Wong Twitter Feature Vibe•
Twitter has changed a lot in recent years, and especially more recently with a subscription service, Spaces, and the ability to remove followers. Some might say the social media platform is virtually unrecognizable from the platform they first joined back in 2006. Actually, I might say that but now Twitter is, according to Tech Blogger and code-sleuth Jane Manchin Wong , a new feature that takes



Instagram Reels Templates•
Instagram is experimenting with a new Templates feature for Reels that will let users copy video formats from other Reels videos, reported Business Insider . Templates are already an incredibly popular feature we’ve seen on TikTok, and are often the basis for viral challenges and trends on the platform. The Templates feature on Reels is still in beta testing mode, with only a small number of infl



Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko) The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to launch an inquiry into poorly designed wireless devices that receive transmissions from outside their allotted frequencies. The Notice of Inquiry (NOI) approved Thursday could result in new receiver regulations and is the first major step in the FCC's quest to prevent future conflicts li



Editor’s note: In celebration of National Park Week, which runs from April 16-24, The Points Guy is publishing a series of articles focusing on the beauty and diversity of America’s national parks. We will share personal stories from the TPG team, as well as news and tips that will help you get the most out of your next national park visit. The following story is part of this series. America’s be



Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. The Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card are two of the most talked-about travel credit cards on the market, thanks to the valuable Ultimate Rewards program , top-notch benefits and great travel protections. But which one is the best match for you? You might assume that the Chase Sapphire Reserve — which comes



Like with all other web browsers, you can change the Brave browser’s home page to any website of your choice. This lets you open that site in the browser by just clicking the Home button. We’ll show you how to set this up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›




A star-studded cast—including Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons —leads Amazon ’s new series Night Sky (originally called Lightyears , which was destined to be changed, all things considered). A new trailer for the series, created by Holden Miller and showrun by Daniel C. Connolly, gives us a good look… Read more...



I wish I knew how to truly savor things and prolong pleasure, specifically when it comes to things that fall under the Food & Beverage category. Maybe it’s an instinct buried deep in my DNA—a by-product of coming from a long line of war-suffering village stock—but I tend to eat with the voracity of a starved wolf… Read more...



Lapsus$ Hackers Mobile•
The Lapsus$ hacking group has claimed another victim: U.S. telecom giant T-Mobile. T-Mobile’s latest security incident — the seventh data breach in the past four years — was first revealed by security journalist Brian Krebs, who obtained a week’s worth of private chat messages between the core members of Lapsus$, a hacking and extortion group that gained notoriety in recent months after targeting



Wong Twitter Vibe Feature•
Twitter has been spotted working on a feature that would allow users to set a status on their profiles and tweets. According to reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong , who searches the code of mobile apps to spot features and upcoming changes in development, the social media giant is working on a “set a status” feature that is currently codenamed “vibe.” It appears that users would not only have the



500+Futurism / 12h
Dark Times In just two days two former gas industry executives, both Russian oligarchs worth millions, have turned up dead alongside their entire families under extremely suspicious circumstances. According to a Daily Beast report published yesterday , 55-year-old Sergei Protosenya, formerly the chief accountant at Russian gas giant Novatek, was found dead along with his wife and daughter at a Ba



Energy Cadillac MathWorks•
Your future electric car might benefit from some schoolwork. The Energy Department has teamed with GM and MathWorks to launch an EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge that asks student groups at 15 North American universities to develop more efficient EV technology. The will have students tinker with a Cadillac Lyriq over four years as they develop automation, connectivity and propulsion tech, and th



PlayStation PSP June•
Sony will launch Sony PlayStation Plus in tiered fashion, beginning with Asian markets. Here's when you can expect to purchase the platform.



If you thought your new iPhone was expensive, check out these over-the-top cell phones that price out all but the wealthiest of us.



Russian Anonymous Kremlin•
While the authenticity of leaked data could not be verified, the effort appears to be part of a campaign by hackers opposed to the Kremlin.



Elon Musk appears to have secured enough funding to acquire Twitter, despite the social network's board of directors' poison pill plan -- so what comes next?



One of my biggest takeaways from taking first aid and CPR classes is that if you’re going to have a medical emergency, do it with a friend. You can’t perform CPR on yourself, after all. But there are plenty of ways you can attempt to handle an emergency if you’re still conscious, so we’ll go through a few of them here. Read more...



Framework Mainboard•
Enlarge (credit: Framework) We were fans of Framework's modular, upgradeable laptop when it was released last year, thanks to its nice design and user-replaceable RAM, SSD, and ports. Today the Framework folks are making it possible to buy the motherboard at the heart of the Framework laptop without buying any of the other laptop parts. The base version of the board includes a Core i5-1135G7 CPU,



Return Monkey Island•
Enlarge / Welcome back. We've been expecting you. Nine years ago, The Secret of Monkey Island creator and designer Ron Gilbert wrote a blog post laying out what he would do if he made another Monkey Island game. But now that Gilbert is actually working on Return to Monkey Island —his first work on the franchise in over three decades—he told Ars that the 2013 blog post seems like it was written by



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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has a stellar track record of believing space lasers cause wildfires and having completely level-headed vaccine discussions on Twitter , but today she is taking the stand to testify against her involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection . Read more...



A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...



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Apple’s vying to rejoin its seat alongside Meta and Amazon as a member of the four dollar sign club of corporate political influence. Read more...



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The Webb Space Telescope is in its final (seventh) stage of alignment, bringing the superlative spacecraft tantalizingly close to commencing its scientific operations. Read more...



The first person who comes to mind when we hear "mom" — someone whose love and motherly instinct has gotten us through a difficult time — is different for all of us. But at the risk of sounding like a documentary narrated by David Attenborough, it's timely to point out that we all share the same Mother Earth. Just like human maternal figures who put up with our gnarly teenage years without (much)




Blackmagic Design has rolled out DaVinci Resolve 18, a new version of the free video editing software that puts cloud collaboration front and center. As part of the upgrade, the software has been beefed up with new remote collaboration tools and cloud-based workflows. Topping the list of improvements is a new integration with Blackmagic Cloud. According to the company, Blackmagic Cloud lets DaVin



The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card ( review ) and Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card ( review ) are two of the most popular travel rewards cards. In 2021, the cards underwent a significant refresh , including the introduction of some new bonus categories. There’s sometimes confusion about what’s included with these bonus categories, so in this post I wanted to break that down . This can especially be w



Even with a season that only runs from April through October, there are some 40 big ships and dozens of small ships cruising Alaska , making it one of the most popular cruise destinations in the world after the Caribbean and Europe. Choices of type of ship abound from vessels carrying fewer than 100 passengers to megaships that hold thousands. Some ships stick to tried-and-true ports, following t



Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Earning hotel elite status is one of the best ways to make your travel experience more rewarding and enjoyable. There can be a massive difference between staying as an elite and non-elite member, from upgrades and bonus points to free breakfast. But how can you actually quantify the value that this status brings? In



PlayStation PSP June•
Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed its rollout plan for the overhauled PlayStation Plus service . It's targeting a launch date of May 23rd in select markets in Asia before expanding to Japan on June 1st. The new tiers are then expected to arrive in the Americas on June 13th, followed by Europe on June 22nd. In addition, SIE is opening up access to cloud streaming in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cz



If you have an iPhone 8 or later and the latest release of iOS, you can use a feature called Back Tap to switch between dark mode and light mode on your device with just two or three taps. Here’s how to set it up using Shortcuts. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



In case you haven’t noticed, cars everywhere are going electric. As more EVs hit the road over the next decade or so, what happens to all the old used batteries? While it’s not a big problem yet, it’ll be a huge one soon. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



As we inch closer to the possible announcement date for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, we also hear more rumors about the foldable smartphone. The latest rumors talk about the battery capacity and Samsung tweaking the size of the phone’s inner display. Read This Article on Review Geek ›



When it comes to chip-making, smaller is better. Intel, Samsung, and TSMC fight an endless race to reduce the size of their chip nodes, increasing transistor density, which results in faster and more efficient processors. Right now, TSMC’s customers are lining up to be the first to get a taste of its latest… Read more...



Two years ago there was The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card and the Marriott Bonvoy Business™ American Express® Card, but no Hyatt or IHG small business card. In the fall Chase launched the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card and now they’ve introduced a co-brand small business card with IHG, too. It’s a strong card for both the up front bonus and for benefits. Continue reading ...



The data storage company Seagate has pledged to power its entire global footprint with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. The hard drive and SSD maker announced its new environmental sustainability goals in conjunction with the release of the company’s 16th Global Citizenship Annual Report. Seagate is also building on its Science Based Targets by expand



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