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Former Binance executives launch $100M crypto fund



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A group of former executives from Binance , one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges globally, has created a $100 million venture fund, the team told TechCrunch on Thursday. Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne

'This is now our fault': Jimmy Kimmel delivers emotional monologue after Robb Elementary School shooting


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Jimmy Kimmel has delivered an emotional monologue in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas , in which 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed earlier this week. "If your solution to children being massacred is armed guards, you haven't been paying attention to what's going on," said a visibly upset Kimmel. "There was an armed guard in Buffalo. There was an arm

Jessica Ennis-Hill: Why I now train around my period


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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill launches an app giving women exercises according to their menstrual cycle.


Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for May 27


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It's Wordle time once again, folks. It's a new day, which means there's a new word puzzle for you to take on. Working it out by yourself is always fun, but if you get stuck, here are some tips and hints to help you figure out the solution. If you prefer to cut to the chase, skip to the end of this article for the answer to May 27's Wordle revealed. For those of you who'd rather work out today's W

I made all my meals in a top-rated air fryer for a day — here's how it went


Mashable / 1h
If there's one appliance I don't mind giving up my kitchen countertop space for, it's an air fryer . Sure, my affinity for fried foods could be part of the reason, but if I'm being honest, some days I simply don't have the time to peek into my oven every five minutes to see if my French fries are ready. So, like all good home cooks do, I did some digging to find out what the latest and greatest a

Microsoft's Xbox Streaming Stick Takes a Confusing Turn


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How-To Geek / 1h
It’s been nearly a full year since Microsoft announced its plan to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to smart TVs. And while I thought it’d be exciting to learn about the Xbox streaming stick, a new statement from Microsoft just leaves me confused. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to read. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Join CLEAR, Get Up To 15K United Bonus Miles


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CLEAR frequently has promotions for new members, and the latest such offer has just been rolled out. This one is especially lucrative. Bonus United miles for joining CLEAR CLEAR is a company that helps you get to the front of the ID check lines at dozens of major airports in the United States using your biometric data. While joining CLEAR usually costs $189 per year, savvy travelers shouldn’t be

Obi-Wan Kenobi's First Two Episodes Are Exactly What They Should Be


Gizmodo / 1h
For 45 years , many Star Wars fans have had a rather simple understanding of Obi-Wan Kenobi. An assumption that the former Jedi Master just hung out on Tatooine watching over Luke Skywalker for a few decades. Well, you can now officially throw that idea out of the window. The first two episodes of the highly… Read more...

Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met


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An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education.
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PayPal has been laying off workers to reduce costs


Engadget / 3h
PayPal has laid off workers in risk management and operations this week, according to Bloomberg . It's the latest in a series of layoffs within the company — and it also won't be the last. The publication says the payment processor also recently reduced its employee numbers in Chicago, Omaha, Nebraska and Chandler, Arizona. Further, it previously revealed that it was going to permanently lay off

RTX 3070 mobile GPUs being used in unauthorized mining cards in Asia


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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 mobile GPUs, originally destined for laptops, have instead been installed into unauthorized graphics cards and marketed to cryptominers as a way to get around Nvidia’s Light Hash Rate GPUs in standard desktop graphics cards. These GPUs have been specifically modified from their initial mobile form factor GPUs into desktop-form factor graphics cards, according to Tom’s Hard

Twitter investor sues Elon Musk and platform over takeover bid


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The lawsuit alleges the multi-billionaire's "wrongful conduct" has caused Twitter shares to plunge.

WordPress reveals its most affordable website builder option yet


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Building your dream website could soon be easier than ever thanks to a new update from WordPress . The website builder has launched a stripped-back platform that costs just $5 per month, offering WordPress managed hosting and unlimited site traffic for what it calls "a revolutionary price". WordPress Starter looks to offer a middle-tier option for users, sitting between the company's current Pro

This Microsoft PowerShell training bundle is on sale for 98% off


Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: The 2022 Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle is on sale for £15.90, saving you 98% on list price. If you work in tech and hate how much time you waste doing overly tedious administrative tasks, you need to learn PowerShell. To the uninitiated, PowerShell is a cross-platform tool that aims to help tech pros automate a range of time-consuming tasks, find, filter, and export information,

LG's Star Wars-themed OLED evo C2 TV has a special nod to the franchise


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LG is joining the dark side. The display manufacturer partnered up with LucasFilm to introduce a limited-edition, Star Wars-themed 65-inch OLED evo C2 TV - and just in time for the 45th anniversary of the original release of Star Wars: A New Hope. The entire package features special Star Wars branding on the TV and remote control. On the OLED evo, the Galactic Empire’s insignia is engraved on the

FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked


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Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. One of the startups working towards this vision is Zimbabwe’s FlexID, which is building a blockchain

The Easiest Way To Transfer Safari Bookmarks To Google Chrome


SlashGear / 5h
Safari is a great browser but it's limited to Apple devices. If you want to shed that limitation and switch to Chrome, you don't have to leave bookmarks behind.

Getting into getting off? Here's your masturbation starter pack.


Mashable / 7h
First thing's first — you don't need any products to masturbate , just your body and a positive, horny attitude. (And sometimes, not even the latter.) But let's not pretend like your environment doesn't matter when you're getting it on with yourself. You're too stressed out? Even your vibrator's highest setting might not hold the answers. You can hear your neighbors perfectly through the wall? Al

Bluetti Gives Veterans And Military Personnel A Treat This Memorial Day Weekend


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SlashGear / 7h
Are you shopping for a portable power solution this Memorial Day that doesn't break the bank? If so, check out Bluetti's latest deal for some great discounts.

Report: Substack, the highly hyped newsletter platform, has ditched plans for a Series C


TechCrunch / 8h
Substack , the five-year-old newsletter platform that has aggressively positioned itself as a disruptive force in media, has abandoned efforts to raise a Series C round, the New York Times is reporting today . According to its sources, Substack held discussions with potential investors in recent months about raising $75 million to $100 million at a valuation of between $750 million and $1 billion

The High Republic’s Phase 2 Takes Us to the Wild West of Star Wars


Gizmodo / 8h
If the first phase of Star Wars: The High Republic introduced us to a Republic at the height of its growth and influence in the galaxy—even one questioned by the rise of the sinister Nihil —its next phase, flinging us even further back into Star Wars ’ past, promises to show a smaller Republic… but one still facing… Read more...

Xbox head Phil Spencer said he supports Raven Software union in internal meeting


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Engadget / 9h
Xbox head Phil Spencer reportedly said he would recognize a union at Raven Software once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete, according to a recording of today’s all-hands company meeting viewed by Kotaku . QA testers at Raven earlier this week voted to unionize , becoming the first organized workers within a AAA gaming studio in North America to do so. “Once the deal close


After buying Bungie, Sony goes all in on live service games


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After buying Bungie earlier this year, Sony is moving fast to integrate the company’s expertise into its broader vision. In an investor presentation Thursday, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan outlined a near future for the company that focuses heavily on continually updated online games inspired by Destiny, Bungie’s long-running hit. Sony expects to spend 49% of its PlayStation Studios

Aeroflot Forced To Forfeit London Heathrow Slots Permanently


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One week ago the British government announced sanctions against three Russian airlines: Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines. This kept them from selling or leasing takeoff and landing slots at U.K. airports. Russian airlines already couldn't enter U.K. airspace. We now know what this means in practice for their London Heathrow slots: Russian airlines don't just lose the ability to profit

CDC presumes community spread of monkeypox; 9 cases now in 7 states


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Enlarge / A 2003 photo of the arms and legs of a 4-year-old girl infected with monkeypox in Liberia. (credit: Getty | BSIP ) Monkeypox is presumed to have spread within the US, and nine cases have now been identified in seven states, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky. In a press briefing Thursday, Walensky said the nine cases were from

Can we cut the US’s carbon emissions in half this decade?


Ars Technica / 9h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) About a year ago, President Joe Biden set an ambitious climate target : The US should cut its greenhouse gas emissions roughly in half by 2030. That's consistent with what we'd need to do to reach some of the goals of the Paris Agreement, but it provides very little time to get our emissions under control. That raises some obvious questions. Is it even possible? If

Here's What Hackers Are Really Doing With Your Info


SlashGear / 9h
You often hear about hackers in the news, but what are they doing with all of the information they steal? There's more than one answer, but most involve money.

Soaring fertiliser prices force farmers to rethink


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Research into replacements for nitrogen-based fertilisers has been spurred by high prices and climate concerns.

The 22-year-old 3D-printing schools


100+BBC News - Technology / 9h
Maggie Grout has started an NGO that will 3D-print schools where access to education is not guaranteed.

Canon takes another stab at the mirrorless market, with R7 and R10


23TechCrunch / 9h
Camera giant Canon has had an impressive SLR camera lineup since the mid-’70s and has made a successful transition from film-based SLR cameras to the digital realm. The company has been less successful in the mirrorless space but recently picked up the sales numbers. The company claims that it took the top spot for market share for mirrorless cameras in Q1 this year. It just launched two new came

Adobe and Microsoft team up to tackle some of the worst bits of hybrid working


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Adobe wants to tackle the challenging nature of hybrid working - and it's partnering with Microsoft to do it. At Microsoft Build 2022, the software house revealed new integrations between some of its best known tools, including Microsoft Teams , Power Automate, Frame.io, and Adobe’s own PDF editors . The reveal further increases the ties between the two companies, as Microsoft and Adobe have long

'Star Wars' and beyond: Everything we just learned


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It was a chaotic case of nerd ecstasy at the convention center in Anaheim, California, mere steps from Disneyland. For the first time since Star Wars Celebration Chicago in 2019, fans gathered to soak up whatever details Lucasfilm is willing to offer on its upcoming shows and movies — from the about-to-premiere Obi-Wan Kenobi with Ewan McGregor to a never-before-revealed Star Wars series starring

Daily Crunch: In one of the largest tech deals ever struck, Broadcom will buy VMware for $61B


TechCrunch / 10h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . It’s Thursday, May 26, 2022, and we have a busy day of news on the site today. Here are the gems sparkling in the spotlight of our journalistic gaze. For later in the year, we’re pretty excited about this panel at TechCrunch Disrupt, where VCs will discuss how you

Foursquare founder banks funding for mystery 3D social network startup


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The excitement around web3 and the metaverse have pulled plenty of entrepreneurs who defined the first generation of native mobile apps to begin questioning what’s next. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley is on the co-founding team of a new startup called LivingCities , alongside Matt Miesnieks, who sold his most recent startup 6D.ai to Niantic for an undisclosed sum, as well as designer John Gaet

Here Are Some Other Emerging Diseases to Keep You Up at Night


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The last few years has made it abundantly clear that infectious diseases are not some abstract public health threat—they’re an ever-present and often unpredictable danger. We’re now in year three of the covid-19 pandemic, caused by the then-novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In May 2022, outbreaks of monkeypox began… Read more...

How To Send An Email Draft From Google Docs Directly To Gmail


SlashGear / 10h
Many people use Gmail and Google Docs, but don't realize the two are integrated. With a couple of clicks, you can write and send emails within a document.

Lawsuit: Musk manipulated Twitter stock price in attempt to renegotiate sale


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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74 ) Elon Musk was sued by a Twitter investor who alleges that he broke the law in a scheme to drive down Twitter's stock price. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Musk and Twitter in US District Court for the Northern District of California. It recounts much of Musk's behavior since he began investing in Twitter and since he agreed to buy the company fo

Disney+ drops teasers for Andor and Willow TV series at Star Wars Celebration


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Disney+'s forthcoming Andor series will focus on Rogue One 's Cassian Andor. Disney+ unveiled two teaser trailers for upcoming series at the Lucasfilm studio showcase panel during Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, on Thursday. The first was for Andor , a 12-episode prequel series set five years before the events of Rogue One , starring Diego Luna as Cassian Andor. The other was for Wi

Meta and Google’s Gradient back LatAm startup OlaClick


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More than 80% of food delivery orders in Latin America are still made over phone calls and settled with cash. OlaClick, a young startup that is helping these restaurants sell online and collect money digitally, announced on Thursday it has received backing from scores of investors, including Gradient, Meta and Delivery Hero. Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI fund, led OlaClick’s $4.4 million seed fi

Minecraft's big wilderness update arrives June 7th


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It took several months, but Minecraft's The Wild Update is nearly here. Mojang and Microsoft are releasing The Wild across all platforms on June 7th, and it remains as expansive as promised. The refresh adds two biomes, a mangrove swamp as well as a "deep dark" that hides vicious mobs (such as the Shrieker and Warden) as well as special resources. You can also sail a boat with a chest, so you won

The Reason The FTC Just Hit Twitter With A $150 Million Fine


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Twitter has been slapped with a fine from the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission - here's what Twitter did to draw their ire.

A look at the nine teams that just presented at Pear’s latest demo day


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TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015 . (There we are in the front row in 2016 , surrounded by investors, typing away.) A few things have remained true since that time. There are typically 10 or so companies that present and not many more; a lot of top firms show up, including from NEA, Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital; and the energy in the r


Your 'Fresh' Fish Was Probably Frozen, Too


Lifehacker / 11h
“Fresh” has such a nice ring to it, right? Fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh baked goods. And if you want to have some delights from the sea: fresh fish. But a lot of the fish at a counter is likely to have been frozen before it got to the store. And even if it wasn’t, it’s not automatically better than the stuff you… Read more...

Apple boosts employee pay as workers attempt to organize


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Enlarge / The branding on the front of an Apple Store retail location. (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images ) Apple plans to raise the starting pay of its hourly workers, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In the US, employees' pay will be at least $22 per hour, which could be higher in some markets. That's 45 percent higher than it was in 2018. Additionally, Apple plans to increas

Are we on the verge of an 8K resolution breakthrough in gaming?


Ars Technica / 11h
Enlarge / A slide from TV manufacturer TCL guesses at some details for the next micro-generation of high-end game consoles. (credit: PPE ) With the 2020 release of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, we've started to see the era of console games that finally make full use of TVs capable of 4K resolutions (i.e., "Ultra HD" 3840×2160 pixels) that have become increasingly popular in the marketplace

The Mandalorian Season 3 First Footage Debuted at Star Wars Celebration


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Ever since the Mandalorian acquired the Darksaber from Moff Gideon, another showdown was inevitable. Bo-Katan Kryze believed she was destined to take possession of the saber but, alas, she didn’t. And in the third season of The Mandalorian , it’s going to be an issue. “You didn’t think you’d get rid of me that easy,… Read more...

Elon Musk Just Put Up Even More Of His Money To Fund Twitter Takeover


SlashGear / 11h
In the latest development in Musk's seemingly chaotic Twitter acquisition, an SEC filing reveals he has put up a few extra billions toward the planned deal.

China is getting a Naruto phone, and we want in on the fun, too


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In the latest news from “collaborations we didn’t know we wanted”, Realme is releasing a Naruto edition of its GT Neo 3. The phone isn’t an upgrade or anything, just a fun new spin on the 4-month-old mid-ranger. The standard GT Neo 3 (we gave a preview of the phone a thumbs up) features a MediaTek Dimensity 8100, up to 12GB of ram, up to 256GB of storage, and a 6.7” 1080p 120Hz display. 80W and 1

Fantastical 'Willow' trailer invites us back to a George Lucas fantasy world on Disney+


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It's OK if you're too young to remember Willow . Disney+ exists, and the 1988 fantasy classic conceived by George Lucas — yep, the Star Wars guy — and directed by Ron Howard is available to stream there. Make time to watch it sometime during the summer, because Willow the series is coming this fall, and Star Wars Celebration just delivered its first trailer. Willow brings back star Warwick Davis

California Startup Raises $13 Million to Harvest Platinum From Asteroids


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California-based startup AstroForge can get started on its ambitious plan to mine near-Earth asteroids, thank to a rapid influx of seed funding. Read more...

Deliveries of All-Electric Ford F-150 Lightning Officially Begin


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Truck Off People who love big trucks and the environment — rejoice! The first electric Ford F-150 Lightning was delivered to a retail customer today in the automaker's home state of Michigan. Netizen @oneguynick posted a photo with his new truck on Twitter today, and you have to admit the hulking silver four-door beast looks anything but electric as the happy couple stand outside the dealership i

What to Do If Someone Starts an Online Rumor About You


Lifehacker / 11h
When someone starts a rumor about you at school or work, it can be a harrowing experience. The false allegations might make their way around the institution, or even travel to other schools or companies, embarrassing you at every step of the way. But when someone starts a rumor about you online, it can balloon into… Read more...

A Loss Of Reliability Has Far-Reaching Implications For Delta – And American Express


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Delta Air Lines used to have a reputation for almost never cancelling a mainline flight. Their unique selling proposition was their reliability. They accomplished this with a fleet of generally older aircraft, and built a maintenance capability so effective that it became a profit center. Reliability isn't a new problem for Delta, in fact Delta was first to begin having operational meltdowns in t

Longtime Bitcoiner Dan Held says this ‘crypto winter’ won’t be as harsh as others


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Bitcoin is hovering over its 52-week lows as the cryptocurrency markets continue their bearish posture. But some longtime market participants, like Dan Held , director of growth marketing at crypto exchange Kraken, aren’t worried. Held got into Bitcoin in 2012, which is about 100 years ago in crypto time (because time moves so quickly but also feels so, so long in crypto). “Back in the early era,

Android 13 Beta 2.1 Arrives For Pixel Smartphones: Everything You Should Know


SlashGear / 11h
The next Android 13 beta release has arrived for Google's Pixel smartphones. Though it doesn't look different, it does bring important bug fixes.

Act fast: Business-class flights to Paris on sale for travel through April, some under $2,000


77The Points Guy / 11h
While everyone seems to be traveling to Europe this summer , why not plan ahead and simultaneously save money by booking a business-class deal to Paris for travel starting in December through next spring? Business-class flights for under $2,000 are available from New York City and Boston , with flights around $2,500 from Minneapolis and Miami . For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inb

NASA Scientists Made a Martian ‘Soundscape’ Using Audio Recorded by Perseverance Rover


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NASA scientists have cut down a year of Perseverance’s audio recordings on the Martian surface to a five-hour playlist of the Red Planet’s best hits (you can listen to some here ). The sounds are eerily quiet and offer a new way of exploring the Martian environment. They’ve already helped confirm some theories about… Read more...

TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine


7KNYT > Technology / 11h
Television turned the celebrity trial into a 24-hour tabloid spectacle. Social media made it into a sport.

'Rogue One' prequel series 'Andor' will debut August 31st on Disney+


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Engadget / 11h
Obi-Wan Kenobi premieres on Disney+ tomorrow, but Lucasfilm is already offering peeks at other Star Wars shows that are on the way to the streaming service. One of those is Andor , in which Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor. The series takes place five years before the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story . Based on the trailer Lucasfilm released today, it looks like Andor leans int

The 'Bob's Burgers' cast takes the ultimate burger quiz


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Mashable / 12h
H. John Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and the 'Bob's Burgers' cast are quizzed on their knowledge of the show's burgers. The Bob's Burgers Movie opens in theaters Friday May 27th.

Making room at the cap table: A new plan for promoting diversity in tech


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Heather Fernandez Contributor Heather Fernandez is the CEO and co-founder of healthcare technology company Solv . She established Solv to transform the healthcare experience by shifting the power back to patients, where it belongs. It’s no secret that the tech world struggles with diversity. Women, African Americans and Latinos respectively comprise 33%, 8% and 7% of the total tech workforce and

Larger-than-30TB hard drives are coming much sooner than expected


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Inside of hard disk drives are platters which hold all your data; these are all manufactured by one company in Japan called Showa Denko which has announced it expects to “realize near-line HDD having storage capacity of more than 30TB" by the end of 2023. Deciphering that statement, we’d assume it will provide platters with a storage capacity of more than 3TB, sometime in 2023, to partners such a


8 reasons to upgrade from the United Explorer to the United Quest card


The Points Guy / 12h
There are a lot of United Airlines credit cards on the market, and keeping track of their differences can be a bit difficult. Maybe you have an entry-level card but wish your credit card offered more perks. This is especially true if you fly more with United than you did when you first opened the credit card. In that case, perks that weren’t of interest at the time may now be more appealing. Alte

These Seven Banks Reimburse ATM Fees


Lifehacker / 12h
We all know cash is king, even if the jury is still out on how much you should carry on you at any given moment. What’s not up for debate is how frustrating it is to walk up to an ATM and have to authorize a charge for $2 or $3 for the privilege of accessing your own money. Yes, you can go to one of your bank’s ATMs… Read more...

Google's Mysterious Foldable Pixel Has Been Delayed...Again


Gizmodo / 12h
Google’s mythical folding phone just got even more elusive. Reports are indicating that the release of Google’s foldable phone has been delayed again, this time to next spring. Read more...

Creator of "Stablecoin" That Crashed to Zero Says It's Creating a New One


500+Futurism / 12h
Terra Squirma The dust hasn't even settled from the Terra stablecoin's meteoric crash, but the people behind it are already trying to make a new currency. Well, sort of. Yesterday, the official Terra account tweeted that "Terra 2.0 is coming" after a majority of investors voted to create a new blockchain that, confusingly, will use the exact same name. News of this new blockchain comes just over

Best 8-Inch Subwoofers for 2022


Futurism / 12h
When it comes to sound, 8-inch subwoofers require a tradeoff. In exchange for their smaller size, you have to choose between great-sounding bass, or that powerful rumble that rattles bricks — you can’t have both. For smaller cars and smaller spaces, an 8-inch sub may be the difference between low, resonant bass or none at all. That smaller size means that a subwoofer will fit under or behind a se

Man Shot to Death by Police and Guard Near Space Force Station


400+Futurism / 12h
Space Force Authorities have released very few details about a man shot and killed near the New Boston Space Force Station in New Hampshire, but a press release the state attorney general's office published yesterday includes the name of the two men who shot him. Yesterday's presser says New Boston police officer Shane Morton and security guard Peter White were involved in the shooting, though it

Delta goes all-in on Boston, is set to become the region’s biggest carrier


500+The Points Guy / 12h
Delta Air Lines ‘ newest hub is also one of the most competitive in the country, and the airline will double down there this week with two new international routes. Back in June 2019, Delta formally announced that it would officially consider Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) one of its hubs, paving the way for the carrier to continue growing in the city. In the years leading up to 2019, D

What to Know About the Tick That Can Make You Allergic to Meat


30Lifehacker / 12h
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are on the rise , and have been for years . While we usually think of Lyme disease when we think of ticks, there are plenty of other issues that can be caused by a tick bite, like Rocky Mountain spotted fever . Another, less well-known condition: mammalian meat allergy, which can result from … Read more...

Disney+ releases trailer and premiere date for latest ‘Star Wars’ series ‘Andor,’ starring ‘Rogue One’ rebel hero


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Disney+ released its first trailer for the upcoming series “Andor,” a prequel to “Rogue One.” It will premiere on the service on August 31 with two episodes to start. In total, the series will have 12 episodes, which was confirmed by Lucasfilm at today’s Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center. Diego Luna will reprise his role as “Rogue One” hero, Cassian Andor. “Star Wars” fans wi

The Best DIY Methods For Restoring The Plastic Trim On Your Car


SlashGear / 12h
Age, hot weather, and other factors can cause the plastic trim in your car to fade over time, but there are some simple methods that may restore it.

11 Rigged Carnival Games You Won’t Win (and One You Might)


Lifehacker / 12h
The bright colors, stuffed animals, fried Oreos, and roaring rides of a carnival or amusement park midway call out to the dreamer in us all. But before you heed the barker’s timeless invitation to “step right up and win a stuffed bear for your lady/gentleman,” you should know what you’re getting into. Re


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