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Delta is the biggest airline in the United States that doesn’t currently have the Boeing 737 MAX in its fleet (which I’d consider to be a positive, personally, since I prefer the A321neo to the 737 MAX). For a couple of years now, there have been reports of Delta being in negotiations with Boeing for the purchase of 737 MAXs. The time has finally come, and Delta has announced a massive Boeing 737



The worst Marvel film is getting a sequel, according to a new Marvel Studios leak. Eternals , the lowest ranked Marvel film among fans and critics – though not in our Marvel movies in order guide – may get a follow-up, according to the moderators on the Marvel Studios Spoilers Reddit page. As teased in a new Tales From the Mod Queue thread , Eternals 2 "is on track" at Marvel Studios, though ther



Remember how ridiculously high octane that Chris Hemsworth movie Extraction was? Well, it may have some competition. On Monday, Netflix dropped the trailer for Carter , Byung-gil Jung's brutal thriller about a man (Joo Won) who wakes with no memory, but is told via an earpiece that he needs to transport a child to North Korea amid a viral apocalypse. Why? She may hold the key to the vaccine — yep




Following the fall of Roe v. Wade and the ensuing abortion bans, women in the US have been recommended to use one of the best VPN services to protect their sensitive health information. However, not all VPN providers live up to their security and privacy claims. This is why lawmakers are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take action against what they describe as "deceptive advertising



Chase already has current transfer bonuses to Marriott and British Airways. They had a transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic last month. Now they're running a 50% bonus on transfers to IHG One Rewards through August 15. You shouldn't take advantage of this bonus (and definitely shouldn't ever transfer Chase points to IHG without a bonus). Continue reading ...



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This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A million-word novel got censored before it was even shared. Now Chinese users want answers. Imagine you are working on your novel on your home computer. It’s nearly finished; you have already written approximately one million words. All of a sudden, the onlin



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Annapurna Interactive is selling a branded cat carrier to coincide with its new adventure game Stray. The publisher teamed up with pet accessories brand Travel Cat for the limited-edition carrier, just a few days before the game hits PlayStation and PC on Tuesday. (PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can play the game at no extra cost – the first time a third-party title will appear on



If you're in the United Kingdom, I don't need to tell you that it's warm, and to take shelter in the shade and drink water as much as possible. I've had my own experience with past heat waves, such as my iPhone almost melting , and now that we're in one of the highest temperatures the UK has ever known (July 18), I'm trying to use my devices as little as possible. However, there will be times whe



It looks like Starlux Airlines is planning on launching flights to Los Angeles as of early 2023, so we (hopefully) don’t have to wait that much longer before learning more details about this exciting service. Starlux Airlines launching USA flights in early 2023 Taipei-based Starlux Airlines is still a relatively new airline, but has big expansion plans. The airline currently flies A321neos and A3



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Among the Boston slowcore group's inspirations are The Ocarina of Time, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and Mario Party 3.



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Desperate people in the US and beyond are turning to an unregulated, cross-continental supply chain.



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Updating the shots to adapt to rapidly changing variants is easier said than done, even with new mRNA technology.



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Omega and Swatch's timepiece isn't just a hype juggernaut. The collaboration has revolutionized materials, manufacturing, and more.



Over the past 36 years, Microsoft has included over a dozen different games with its Windows releases (depending on how you count.) We took a look through history and ranked them, worst-to-best. Which game would you rank as number one? Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



Google is having a sale on Nest products at Amazon right now, with strong discounts on the Nest Doorbell (battery) , Nest Security Cam (wired) and Nest Cam Outdoor or Indoor (battery) . However, the standout deal is on the Nest WiFi Router (2nd generation), available in a 3-pack for just $199 (57 percent off) — the lowest price we've seen yet. Buy Google Nest products at Amazon The 3-pack setup w



The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair had amazing robots , futuristic rides , and tech-inspired fashion . It was also television’s coming out party, with a very cool public demonstration of TV . But did you know there was also a terrorist incident when someone placed a time-bomb there? The explosion killed two police officers… Read more...



The Daily Getaways promotion is returning as of this week, and could potentially offer some awesome discounted travel opportunities. With the first deal kicking off later today, I wanted to recap the offers we can expect over the next couple of weeks, so that everyone can mark their calendars for the deals that matter to them. What is Daily Getaways? Daily Getaways is a promotion that’s run by th



Delta Air Lines will add the Boeing 737 MAX 10 to its fleet, the airline and Boeing confirmed on Monday, with a deal for 100 of the latest model of Boeing’s workhorse narrow-body, plus 30 options. The deal, announced at the Farnborough Airshow outside of London, will see the Atlanta-based carrier begin to take deliveries in 2025 pending the certification timeline for the plane type. Delta current



Elden Ring is mostly content to let players find their way into trouble and learn through failure. It's evident right at the beginning: The starting area of Limgrave is situated immediately to the west of Caelid, a dangerous region that isn't meant to be tackled until dozens of hours later. FromSoftware's thoughtful map design subtly lets players know that it's totally fine to explore freely so l



Widgets! New fonts and colors! Emoji wallpaper ! iOS 16 is finally giving the iPhone lock screen the attention it deserves. Apple 's recent changes to the lock screen are more than skin deep as you can now link your lock screen to different focus modes. That means the settings you customize for each of the modes — Do Not Disturb, Driving, Personal, Sleep, and Work — are reflected in what shows up




Well, it finally happened. After years of true wireless earbuds ownership, I finally put a pair through my washing machine accidentally. It was my trusty AirPods Pro that bore the brunt of my heat-addled idiocy – but they survived! Mostly. With one rather significant quirk spoiled by the headline. So, it's very hot here in the UK at the moment. Not just "It's summer, it's supposed to be warm" hot



It's like Radio 1's Live Lounge (if you're a Brit) or MTV's Unplugged (if you're old enough to remember the early ’90s) but this time, we get to enjoy it in Apple Music's glorious, immersive, Dolby Atmos-enhanced Spatial Audio. What's the deal? Good question – and if you're an Apple Music subscriber, you need to keep reading. Apple just introduced Apple Music Sessions. The free rollout gives Appl



Some Fitbit Charge 5 users are having a rough time at the moment, with no fix in sight for a battery drain issue as well as previously-reported problems with the device's Bluetooth connectivity. The battery drain issue first cropped up in 2021, as several people posted to Fitbit's community forums complaining of the Fitbit Charge 5's purported seven-day battery life actually lasting a matter of h



Intel’s Raptor Lake flagship CPU has seen some further leaked benchmarks, and unlike the previous spillage, this is a juicier affair because they’re actual gaming tests. The game benchmarks come from the same source on Chinese video sharing website Bilibili who provided results for the likes of CineBench and Geekbench recently , as flagged up by @harukaze5719 on Twitter. i9 12900K vs i9 13900K ga



Xbox players can jump into a bunch of classic Bethesda and id Software games for free right now, as Microsoft has rolled out a slate of new game previews for Xbox Insiders. If you’re signed up to Microsoft’s free beta platform, you can play The Elder Scrolls: Arena, The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall, Quake Champions, Wolfenstein 3D, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, and He



A recently-stolen database holding personally identifiable information on a billion Chinese citizens had been sitting online, unprotected by any credentials , and available for anyone who knew where to look, reports have claimed. The Wall Street Journal has said an investigation is currently underway to determine the circumstances leading up to the breach. Allegedly, the Alibaba cloud platform us



Acast , the Swedish tech company that helps businesses and individuals publish and monetize podcasts, has announced plans to acquire podcast database Podchaser . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of Stockholm in 2014, Acast is a prominent brand in the podcast technology space, serving as a host and distribution platform that allows outlets including The Guardian and The Economist



Chase Ultimate Rewards has just launched a new transfer bonus. Not only is Chase offering a 30% bonus on transfers to British Airways Executive Club through July 31, 2022, but the program has also launched a transfer bonus to IHG One Rewards. It’s nice to see this trend continue, as Chase has historically offered the fewest transfer bonuses of major transferable points currencies . Chase offering



If you've so far been unimpressed by the base M2 chip that features within the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13-inch then there's some good news - it's likely that the updated MacBook Pro features a choice of M2 Pro and M2 Max chips will be released between Q3 2022 and Q1 2023. This rumor comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, a well-respected Apple analyst who made the prediction within his Power



Intel’s Arc GPUs are slowly rolling out around the world, and with the initial launch in China now in Team Blue’s rear-view mirror, speculation is rife about where and when we’ll see the Arc graphics cards next. Most of what we’ve seen so far has been about the Arc A3 series; cheaper, lower-powered cards to compete with budget offerings from Nvidia and AMD. But of course, the most exciting GPUs a



Android apps often collect all sorts of data about you and your device, like name and location, as well as sometimes having access to your photos or messages, among other things. So, it’s vital that you understand what degree of access an app is going to have before downloading it, something that's now been made that much harder to understand. That’s because Google recently rolled out a new featu



With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now powered up and snapping some spectacular images , you may wonder exactly how it's storing them. Surprisingly enough, it carries a relatively tiny 68GB SSD, according to IEEE Spectrum — enough to handle a day's worth of JWST images, but not a lot more. While that might sound ludicrously small for a $10 billion satellite, there are multiple reasons NAS



Is one Heardle a day not cutting it? There's a nostalgic new clone for you. Heardle Decades takes the song-guessing Wordle variant to make individual music guessing games based on songs from the '60s , '70s , '80s , and '90s . It's not an official Heardle offshoot, so has nothing to do with Heardle 's new owner, Spotify, but it plugs into the streaming site. Like the original, Heardle Decades pic



A cult leader and an up-and-coming pop star are the two main characters in Euphoria creator Sam Levinson's new HBO series The Idol . It's been co-created by Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd), who also stars alongside Lily-Rose Depp and Troye Sivan — and if all that sounds like a lot to take in, just wait until you see the teaser. Details are still a little thin at this stage, but the tagline is "the



HBO has canceled animated comedy after three seasons. Close Enough was created by JG Quintel, the man behind cult comedy Regular Show, who also topped the bill of voice actors, which included Gabrielle Walsh, Jason Mantzoukas, Kimiko Glenn, Jessica DiCicco, James Adomian and Danielle Brooks. Close Enough followed Josh and Emily – and their young daughter Candice – a couple in their late 30s, who



TL;DR: As of July 18, you can get an Apple iPad Air 16GB - Space Gray (Grade B Refurbished: WiFi Only) Bundle for just $105.99 instead of $499 — that's a 78% discount. Need a device that’s ready for work or play? Prefer a screen that’s large but still portable? This refurbished Apple iPad Air 16GB could be the way to go. This 2013 iPad has been refurbished with a "B" grade, meaning it could have



TL;DR: As of July 18, you can get the MagStack Foldable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with Floating Stand for just $44.99 instead of $69.99 — that's a 35% discount. So you’re heading out for an overnight trip, and you’ve got your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods all tucked away. Are you also going to pack a separate charger for each of them, or are you going to juggle low batteries on one cord



TL;DR: As of July 18, you can get the NatureID Plant Identification Premium Plan: Lifetime Subscription for just $19.99 instead of $59.99 — that's a 66% discount. There are countless plant species in nature. Just being able to identify even a portion of them would be impressive, but also knowing how to care for virtually any plant you find would take a lifetime of work. Or it could take a few min



TL;DR: As of July 18, you can get The Premium Microsoft Office Training Bundle + Lifetime License of MS Office Professional for Windows 2021 for just $79.99 instead of $1,949 — that's a discount of 95%. There are not many programs that can boast over one billion users , but Microsoft Office crossed that threshold all the way back in 2018. For all its popularity, how many of those people know more




Some of the best documentaries feature tales that are stranger than fiction, like the amputated foot at the center of Finders Keepers , the earnest competitiveness in Air Guitar Nation, or the mind-snapping twists of the true crime gem The Imposter . No matter the subject, a great documentary can lure you in with its bizarre premise, then envelop you with its atmosphere, its heart, and its jaw-dr



Last Friday, Barter , the consumer app of Africa’s most valued startup Flutterwave, told customers via email that they would not be able to access its virtual dollar card service from July 17. Hence, customers would be unable to create new virtual dollar cards, fund existing ones or make online and in-store payments and purchases with them. Subsequently, other African fintechs such as Eversend, K



Jeff Bezos’ successor has set himself apart with a hands-on approach in Washington.



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The robot dog is waving its legs in the air like an exasperated beetle. After 10 minutes of struggling, it manages to roll over to its front. Half an hour in, the robot is taking its first clumsy steps, like a newborn calf. But after one hour, the robot is strutting around the lab with confidence. What makes this four-legged robot special is that it learned to do all this by itself, without being



Syrius Robotics, a Chinese startup that makes autonomous robots for warehouses, just secured 50 million yuan ($7.4 million) in a Series B funding round, lifting its total raised so far to $40 million. The four-year-old company specializes in what’s called automated mobile robots (AMR), in contrast to some of its competitors that offer automated guided vehicles (AGV). In essence, AMRs are robots t



Tesla owners might soon be able to do some serious gaming in their cars. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the company is "making progress with Steam integration." A demo is probably coming "next month," Musk tweeted on Saturday. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Games in Teslas aren't a new things. The company offers a decent lineup of free-to-play games in its cars, including cla



India’s central bank wants to ban cryptocurrencies, the government told the parliament on Monday, raising more uncertainty about the future of the nascent virtual digital asset in the world’s second largest internet market. Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance in India, said Monday that the Reserve Bank of India has expressed concerns about the “destabilising effect of cryptocurrencies on



US Democrats have urged the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to crack down on deceptive practices in the Virtual Private Network (VPN) industry, The Verge has reported. In an open letter, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) cited research indicating that three-quarters of the most popular VPNs "misrepresented their products," leading consumers to a false sense of security. The news



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grep is a search utility in Linux used for matching content. By default, it will print out any line that matches, which might include a lot of output. If you only care about the first match, you can limit the output to just the first line. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›



It looks like another smartwatch sporting Wear OS 3 will finally hit the market soon, and Mobvoi has already dropped some details about it.



TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Speakly is on sale for £59.10, saving you 82% on list price. It may be harder to learn a language as an adult than it was when you were a kid, but it’s not impossible by any means. Experts tend to recommend immersion in the language as the fastest and most reliable way to learn, but that’s not the only way. If you want to learn a language right from home, then yo



Complicated supply chains mean that consumers in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Indonesian cities often end up paying more for goods than their peers in large cities, like Jakarta. KitaBeli is on a mission to change that, with its own distribution network and a direct-to-consumer social commerce app. Today the startup announced that it has raised $20 million in fresh funding led by Glade Brook Capital Partner



We've been hearing about it for quite some time, and now it looks like it's happening. Musk says a demo of Steam running on a Tesla could be mere weeks away.



If you're in the market for a new pickup truck, odds are you've set your sights on the Ford F-150. There are some key differences between it and the Raptor.



If you thought Westworld peaked in season one ... you’re probably right. But if you’ve been waiting for Westworld to give you a great twist again, or perhaps despaired that the show would never thrill you like it used to, or that it had completely lost its way during the mediocre third season , tonight’s episode proved… Read more...



Well, it's Monday again, and you should probably get your week off to a nice start by having a go at the latest Wordle . If you're having a hard time finding the solution, though, we're here to lend a hand. The answer to the July 18 Wordle, puzzle #394, can be found at the end of this article, or you can simply read on for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you every day. Where did



Authorities in England are preparing for the grim possibility that thousands of people may die in this week's upcoming heatwave. The Guardian reported Friday that temperatures could soar as high as 104 degrees Farenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius, on Tuesday. In response, the government sent out the nation's first emergency heat red alert. About 1,600 people died from a smaller heat wave last year, t



Reading, Cambridge and Rugby are among the places set to be connected by drones.




The boss of a high-tech monitoring company says some retailers are spreading lies about competitors.



MacBooks are great, but sometimes you may need to run Windows software. For those occasions, you can install Windows 11 directly on a MacBook.


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