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Neil Gaiman Delivers a Good Omens Season 2 Sneak Peek at NYCC
1KGizmodo / 12h
After 2019's incredible first season on Prime Video , Good Omens fans—demons and angels alike—have been longing for any season two news. After months of “wait and see” from both the streaming service and creator Neil Gaiman , we finally have a clip with a bit more information , coming at you straight from the New York … Read more...
Netflix reaches historic deal with AMC, Regal, Cinemark to show ‘Knives Out’ sequel in theaters
300+TechCrunch / 11h
For the first time, a Netflix movie is getting a one-week theatrical sneak preview event across 600 AMC, Regal and Cinemark theaters in the U.S. The historic deal marks the first time all three major theater chains have agreed to show a big-budget Netflix movie. Viewers will get a chance to watch “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the “Knives Out” sequel, in theaters during Thanksgiving weekend
Why You Shouldn't Pay for Anything With Zelle
100+Lifehacker / 10h
We tend to think that scams happen to other people, and that we’re too smart, informed, or cautious to fall for them. But we all have vulnerable moments when we can slip—it just takes the right message, item, or time. Lately, that’s been happening a lot on Zelle. Read more...
How to watch 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' for free
Mashable / 8min
PRIME VIDEO FREE TRIAL: You can eatch every episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for free with a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime . You can also make the most of Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale on Oct. 12 and 13. Have you been considering a subscription to Amazon Prime? We know it's a big commitment, but that's why the 30-day free trial exists. It gives you a chance to get a flavour
Get 4 months of Audible for under £3 in Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale
Mashable / 8min
SAVE 60%: New users can get a four-month subscription to Audible for £2.99 in Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale, saving 60% on list price. This deal is live until Dec. 14. Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale is set to launch on Oct. 12, but you can get early access to some of the best early access deals right now. As with any Prime Sale, the very best deals tend to be available on Amazon's own range
The beginner-friendly Adobe CC training bundle is on sale for under £20
Mashable / 8min
TL;DR: The 2022 Ultimate Adobe CC Beginner to Advanced Training Bundle is on sale for £17.65, saving you 99% on list price. For creative projects, Adobe CC apps are practically the industry standard with over 20 million unique paid subscriptions. Though it’s popular, learning to navigate the Creative Cloud programs may be difficult. However, the 2022 Ultimate Adobe CC Beginner to Advanced Trainin
Google Pixel 7 Pro could be just as hard to fix as 6 Pro, according to device teardown
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 33min
There’s been a concerted effort by major smartphone manufacturers to make their phones easier to repair, but it appears Google’s new Pixel 7 Pro might fly in the face of that trend. YouTuber PBKreviews managed to get his hands on a Pixel 7 Pro before its October 13 release date and with a set of phone repair tools, tore the device down to its individual parts. He’s well-known for doing this to ot
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Music, Arts & Literature / 1h
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China’s once-popular crypto exchange Huobi Global bought by About Capital
TechCrunch / 3h
Huobi Global, once China’s top crypto exchange, has been retooling itself since exiting from the home market following Beijing’s crypto ban. Now the company is nearing a takeover by an investment firm. Huobi Global announced today that its controlling shareholder has completed the transaction to sell its entire stake to About Capital, a Hong Kong-based fund management firm started by Ted Chen, wh
How to Set Up a Simple Grafana Cloud Monitoring Dashboard for Your Linux Server
How-To Geek / 3h
Grafana is an open-source observability platform for creating dashboards that visualize datasets. You can use it to conveniently monitor server statistics such as CPU consumption, network throughput, and uptime. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Rivian voluntarily recalls 13,000 EVs for a potential loose fastener
40TechCrunch / 4h
Rivian informed customers Friday that it is conducting a voluntary recall of all 13,000 vehicles it has delivered so far due to a loose fastener. The fastener, which may not have been sufficiently torqued on a small percentage of vehicles, connects the front upper control arm and steering knuckle. This can cause loose and vibrating tires. The company’s voluntary recall is expected to be posted on
The stage is set for a war between worlds in His Dark Materials S3 teaser
Ars Technica - All content / 4h
The final rebellion begins in season 3 of His Dark Materials . Those (like me) who have been eagerly awaiting the third and final installment of HBO's His Dark Materials will appreciate the release of a season 3 teaser giving us our first glimpse of what's in store. Based on the bestselling trilogy by Philip Pullman, S3 will see our heroine, Lyra (Dafne Keen), finally come to terms with her desti
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 8 Review
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V/H/S/99's Trailer Promises a Gleefully Gory Good Time
Gizmodo / 5h
Found-footage horror—which once felt like a gimmick on its way to obscurity—just keeps finding new ways to reinvent itself . One big reason is the V/H/S series, which revived itself with last year’s sickeningly entertaining V/H/S/94 . A new entry ( set five years later ) hits Shudder just in time for Halloween. Read more...
Unpatched Zimbra flaw under attack is letting hackers backdoor servers
Ars Technica - All content / 5h
Enlarge (credit: Jeremy Brooks / Flickr ) An unpatched code-execution vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration software is under active exploitation by attackers using the attacks to backdoor servers. The attacks began no later than September 7, when a Zimbra customer reported a few days later that a server running the company's Amavis spam-filtering engine processed an email containing a malici
Florida tokers inadvertently smoked rat poison; 52 sickened, 4 dead
23Ars Technica - All content / 5h
Enlarge / A man holds a K2 cigarette in an area that previously witnessed an explosion in the use of synthetic marijuana, in East Harlem on August 31, 2015, in New York City. (credit: Getty | Spencer Platt ) Just hours before President Biden unveiled a major effort to reform federal marijuana laws Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report highlighting some of the
The First Teen Wolf: The Movie Trailer Is a Monster-Filled Delight
Gizmodo / 5h
It’s always special when a show that you think is gone forever comes back in some form or another. Firefly getting Serenity . Beavis and Butthead getting a new show and movie. The return of Lucifer . The list goes on and the latest addition to it just got a howling new trailer . Read more...
Capital One Miles Transfers Are Back
20View from the Wing / 5h
The ability to transfer miles to airline and hotel loyalty programs has been "down for maintenance" on Capital One's website since about September 23. System issues happen from time to time, but they do not usually last for days at a time. And Capital One has been surprisingly quiet about the issue. Continue reading ...
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Finale Trailer Is Here to Rule Them All
63Gizmodo / 6h
The first chapter of the latest Lord of the Rings saga is about to close and wow does it look like it’s going to be massive. At New York Comic Con, the team behind Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power unveiled a special trailer for the show’s first season finale, which debuts October 14 and things… Read more...
Daily Crunch: Binance admits hackers used cross-chain bridge to steal at least $100M
21TechCrunch / 6h
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 . Friday! How’s that for brevity in newsletter introductions? Let’s get to it so we can crack open a Liquid Death and let the week sag off into the murky distance of memory sooner rather than later. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Uh-oh : Binance, one of th
Post-impact images of DART mission have not disappointed
Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / Nailed the landing. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA ) At a press conference shortly before NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft smashed into an asteroid, a reporter tried to get a sense of just what would happen as a bunch of metal and electronics smashed into a pile of rubble left over from the birth of the Solar System. "Give us a sense of this combat between our spacecra
After 23 years, Weather Channel’s iconic computerized channel is shutting down
64Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / An on-air capture of Weatherscan in 2020. Weatherscan shows 24/7 weather forecasts controlled by computer. (credit: TWC Archive ) In the early 2000s, Americans who wanted to catch the local weather forecast at any time might turn on their TV and switch over to Weatherscan, a 24-hour computer-controlled weather forecast channel with a relaxing smooth jazz soundtrack. After 23 years, The
President Biden Says He's Concerned About Nuclear "Armageddon"
200+Futurism / 6h
Fightin' Words President Joe Biden is publicly warning that the world is closer to the brink of a nuclear "Armageddon" than it has been since the height of the Cold War — but thankfully, there are no new developments to back up those claims just yet. "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis," the president told his audience at a Democratic fundraise
What to Do Immediately After You Click a Phishing Link
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The Wheel of Time Takes Another Spin in Its First Season 2 Sneak Peek
200+Gizmodo / 7h
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power might be the epic fantasy TV series consuming all of Amazon’s attention (and money), but Prime Video doesn’t want you to forget about its TV adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series —and the best way to do that is with the first look at season two. Read more...
Meta Sues Chinese Fake App Makers for Allegedly Breaching Over 1 Million WhatsApp Accounts
Gizmodo / 7h
Facebook parent company Meta has filed a lawsuit against several Chinese developers accusing them of creating knock-off WhatsApp Android apps that were used to hijack over a million user accounts. The company also revealed it had identified some 400 apps dedicated to stealing Facebook login credentials and reported… Read more...
These Are The Cheapest And Most Expensive States To Own An Electric Car
SlashGear / 7h
Electric vehicles are popular in the United States, but not all states are equally accommodating. Here are the best and worst states for EV ownership.
The Carriers Offering Free Google Pixel 7 Deals
SlashGear / 7h
Retailers and carriers alike are beginning to offer pre-order deals ahead of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro's worldwide release on October 13.
Why The EV1 Was One Of The Biggest Flops In General Motors History
SlashGear / 7h
GM invested a billion dollars into its electric vehicle, the EV1, which only had a two-year run before getting the boot.
18 Classic Cars That Are Cheap To Buy Today
SlashGear / 7h
Classic cars are thought of as expensive collector's items, but these affordable options prove that they don't have to break the bank.
Boston Dynamics, Five Other Companies, Pledge Not To Weaponize Robots
SlashGear / 7h
A letter from Boston Dynamics and signed by five other companies promises not to pursue weaponize robots.
The Corvette Impala Is The Chevy Concept That Was Ahead Of Its Time
SlashGear / 7h
The Chevy Corvette Impala made a splash as a boat of a concept vehicle, but it was ultimately never manufactured.
2023 Nissan Ariya First Drive: The Electric Car For Gas Switchers
SlashGear / 7h
The Nissan Ariya may not upend the EV market, but it does its best to convince us that a flexible, quiet, refined family crossover needs to be electric anyway.
This Week's Toy News Is Ready to Awkwardly Transform and Roll Out
Gizmodo / 7h
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, where io9 recaps the latest, greatest, and often silliest in geek merch. This week Power Rangers and Transformers compete for the weirdest Halloween getups, Lego heads to Wakanda Forever , and Stranger Things figures out how to sell you... a flashlight? Check it out! Read more...
Drop Everything and Get This $150 Painting Software for $10
47Lifehacker / 7h
You most likely won’t find a better opportunity than this: For its 10-year anniversary, the small studio of creatives and programmers from Escape Motions is celebrating by selling their creative apps for $10 until Oct. 13. The deal has been such a success that the website has crashed multiple times from high demand to… Read more...
Papa John's is being sued for allegedly 'wiretapping' its own website
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
Popular pizza chain Papa John’s is being sued for allegedly wiretapping its own website. The claimant is asking for at least $100 per day of violation, per person, and given that this is a class-action lawsuit, should the company be declared guilty, the damages could amount to quite a lot. According to the lawsuit filed earlier this week in a federal district court in southern California, Papa Jo
Nanoleaf Lights Can Now Synchronize With Your PC
How-To Geek / 7h
When it comes to smart LEDs, Nanoleaf is one of the best options you can get. If you have already decked out your home in Nanoleaf lightning, you can now synchronize them with your PC, using Corsair’s iCUE software. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
European Hotels Have To Make One Big Change To Become Part Of Hyatt
View from the Wing / 7h
Since the Lindner properties have focused on a primarily European market, it’s not surprising that many of the properties aren’t air conditioned. I asked Hyatt about this – whether JdV was going to be marketing hotels without air conditioning? Continue reading ...
Heat Waves Set Off Record Ice Melt in Greenland Last Month
30Gizmodo / 7h
September heat waves across Canada and the U.S. were so bad that the high temperatures melted ice all the way in Greenland. Strong winds from North America carried the hot air to the northeast, raising average temperatures there more than 8 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to past Septembers, according… Read more...
Living with Apple’s iPhone 14 Plus
27TechCrunch / 7h
What constitutes a big phone in 2022? It’s been a moving target for a number of years now — albeit a target that has been steadily moving in a single direction. It’s tough to determine the exact average display size, but most flagship smartphone screens generally fall somewhere between six and seven inches. In 2010, Steve Jobs famously touted four inches as the ideal screen size. “You can’t get y
Rocket Lab’s 8th launch of 2022 breaks record for worst pun in space
TechCrunch / 7h
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket this afternoon with a new satellite for the Argos program, which provides connectivity to a number of scientific endeavors. It’s a milestone for the company, but more importantly marks — easily — the worst pun ever launched into space. The mission was called “It Argos Up From Here.” The launch (and increasingly, spacecraft) company has always st
Real estate investing app Fintor raises $6.2M at $80M valuation
44TechCrunch / 7h
Fintor , a fintech startup making it easier for non-accredited investors to invest in real estate properties, has just launched its mobile app for both iOS and Android. It also just raised a $6.2 million extension funding round from its existing investors, including Public.com, Hustle Fund, 500 Global, VU Ventures, Graphene Ventures and angel investors such as Manny Khoshbin, Andy Madadian, Cindy
Bose Might Be Right About the QuietComfort Earbuds II Having the World’s Best ANC
25Gizmodo / 7h
Massachusetts-based audio giant, Bose, recently released the successor to its first gen QuietComfort Earbuds, which came out two years ago. The newly released buds, named the QuietComfort Earbuds II (QC Earbuds II), brought with them a plethora of upgrades. Enhanced Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), a trimmed down… Read more...
Round-trip flights to London from US as low as $346
100+The Points Guy / 7h
From Big Ben to the red double-decker buses that line the busy streets, there’s so much to see in London . Now you can fly to England’s capital from nearly anywhere in the U.S. at a discount: Round-trip fares to London are as low as $346. Fares typically start at $900. With fares this low, it’s an ideal time to book your trip to London, where you can snap pictures outside Buckingham Palace’s gate
What are points and miles worth? TPG’s October 2022 monthly valuations
400+The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. One of the questions I’m often asked is, “How much is a point or mile worth?” The true answer varies from point to point and person to person and depends on your travel goals and how well you can maximize a particular loyalty currency. Still, some rewards are clearly worth more than others — my goal is to
The Payload NASA Shot Into Sky With Giant Gun Came Down So Hard They Needed to Dig It Out With an Excavator
100+Futurism / 8h
Touchdown Last month, space launch startup SpinLaunch shot a payload tens of thousands of feet into the air using a gigantic slingshot for the tenth time. And what comes up must come down. As expected, the payload came crashing down — but even harder than one might think, requiring a massive excavator to exhume it. Unearthed The test was carried out in September, but it wasn’t until a few days ag
Amazon Is About to Sell This 4K Smart TV for Just $112
Lifehacker / 8h
A slick 55-inch 4K Smart TV for $112? Could that even be a real thing? It might be for Amazon Prime members: Last Thursday, Amazon released some of the deals members can expect to find during its Prime Early Access Sale , a two-day sale intended to kick off the holiday shopping season. And at the top of that list is … Read more...
Why Chris Pratt’s performance in the Mario movie trailer is so distracting
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
The world's introduction to Chris Pratt's Mario. When my 8-year-old daughter got home from school on Thursday, I was excited to show her the first trailer for the upcoming animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie . And while she would later express excitement at the sight of Bowser battling an army of penguins or Mario being confused about a field of giant mushrooms, her immediate reaction after watc
No Man’s Sky adds tons of quality-of-life improvements alongside Switch launch
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
The Space Anomaly gathering place has gotten a visual overhaul. [credit: Hello Games ] Today was a red-letter day for space exploration and crafting game No Man's Sky . The game released on Nintendo Switch, first of all, but that release was accompanied by a major overhaul to many of the game's menus and systems. Developer Hello Games has dubbed it " No Man's Sky 4.0," or the "Waypoint" update .
Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths, according to new lawsuit
100+Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge (credit: John Kevin | iStock / Getty Images Plus ) Lawyers, who are representing parents suing Amazon for selling “suicide kits” to teenagers who died by suicide, say they have reached a “breaking point.” Amazon lawyers have allegedly told parents that the online retailer had a right to sell these so-called “suicide kits." The kits are described in the lawsuit as bundled items that Amazon
Rings of Power's Quest Stands Upon the Edge of a Knife
200+Gizmodo / 8h
Rings of Power has spent its entire season reminding us that it, at its core in manners similar to Lord of the Rings as a whole, is a story of enduring hope in the face of seemingly unyielding darkness . This week is much the same, but it also takes a lot of time to allow its heroes to wallow in the fact that seemingly… Read more...
Engineers Regain Control of Moon-Bound Probe After a Frightening 4 Weeks
45Gizmodo / 8h
We’ve got some good news to start the weekend: A recovery team has regained control of NASA’s CAPSTONE probe, which is in the midst of a four-month journey to an elliptical halo orbit around the Moon. Read more...
Close-Up Photo of Jupiter's Moon Europa Shows a Bizarre Surface
200+Gizmodo / 8h
NASA’s Juno spacecraft took images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa during a recent flyby. One of the photos—released this week by NASA—offers an intimate view of Europa’s surface features. Read more...
One of The Nation's Largest Basic Income Experiments Is Now Underway
32Gizmodo / 8h
Illinois’ Cook County, which includes Chicago, has opened up applications for one of the largest guaranteed basic income pilots in the U.S. to date. Read more...
How To Apply For A Baby’s First Passport
200+One Mile at a Time / 8h
Update : I’m republishing this post to note that the passport ended up arriving after just over four weeks, for anyone curious about current expedited processing times. We recently became parents , and suffice it to say that there’s quite a learning curve. As someone who is a bit travel obsessed, I of course wanted to make sure Miles got a passport as soon as possible, even if we don’t have any i
Five Things You're Not Cleaning in Your Washing Machine (but Should Be)
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Acer’s New 16-Inch Laptop Is Lighter Than (A Macbook) Air
How-To Geek / 8h
With laptops, you can go one of two ways most of the time. Either you go small, thin, and light or you go larger, which almost always means it’s going to be heavier. But that doesn’t need to be the case. Acer has a new 16-inch laptop that promises to be massive, and light, at the same time. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Apply Now: New IHG Premier Business Credit Card
21One Mile at a Time / 8h
Link: Apply for the IHG® Rewards Premier Business Credit Card This spring, Chase & IHG refreshed their credit card portfolio , and as part of that they introduced the IHG® Rewards Premier Business Credit Card . It’s exciting to see an IHG business credit card launched, especially given that IHG’s loyalty program overall has been improved . In this post I wanted to recap everything you need to kno
Adult Happy Meals are stressing McDonald's employees out
95Mashable / 8h
So you want the new adult Happy Meal from McDonald's ? Get in line, pal. No, seriously, get in line because it might take a while to get it. The meals, which come with toys designed by the streetwear company Cactus Plant Flea Market, have proven to be a hit, which is unfortunate for the McDonald's employees who are on the front lines. It looks like we may have a Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce deba
Upgraded Covid-19 Boosters Could Save 90,000 American Lives This Winter—If We Get Them
21Gizmodo / 8h
The toll of covid-19 in the U.S. this winter will depend heavily on how many Americans are able and willing to get an upgraded booster shot, suggests a new expert analysis. Even a moderately successful booster campaign would save tens of thousands of lives as well as billions of dollars in medical costs, researchers… Read more...
New Android 13 beta makes it easier to track battery usage on Pixel phones
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
Google’s Android 13 QPR1 Program has launched the second beta of Android 13 , focusing on improving and redesigning certain aspects of the operating system. If you look at the official release notes , there’s very little information available. We do know that only Pixel phones will get this beta. More specifically, the devices are the Pixel 4a , 4a (5G) , 5 , 5a , 6 , 6a , and Pixel 6 Pro . Howev
Alaska Mileage Plan top-tier members get intriguing choice of perks for 2023
100+The Points Guy / 8h
If you have top-tier elite status with Alaska Airlines or you’re nearing it, there are some new benefits in the Mileage Plan program you’ll want to know about. Starting this year for 2023 status, members who reach MVP Gold 100K top-tier Alaska status will have the opportunity to enjoy one additional benefit from a slate of choices. These choices could go a long way toward making air travel more e
ISS Astronaut Snaps Photo of Florida Draining After the Massive Hurricane Ian
100+Futurism / 9h
In The Clouds While floating hundreds of miles above the Earth on board the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut spotted something incredible: the deluge from Hurricane Ian — which has been battering the Southwest ever since making landfall late last month — as it drained back into the sea. As astronaut Bob "Farmer" Hines noted earlier this week, his jaw-dropping capture shows the water
Awesome Video Shows Jupiter's Moons in Comparison to NYC
100+Futurism / 9h
Moon Mayhem Saturn has a lot of moons — 80, to be exact . And they all vary considerably in size, as demonstrated in an amazing new video shared by MetaBallStudios on YouTube that compares the sizes of all of the gas giant's moons to New York City. It provides an incredibly concrete sense of scale for Jupiter's natural satellites, which scientists believe formed from a massive disk of gas and sol
Easter Island Statues Damaged in Fire Possibly Set by Humans
48Gizmodo / 9h
A fire that may have been intentionally set has caused “irreparable” damage to some of the iconic ancient moai statues on Easter Island, local authorities said this week. Read more...
13 of the Worst Breaches of Gym Etiquette, According to Reddit
Lifehacker / 9h
We’ve probably all made a gym faux pas at some point. As a beginner, I know I was guilty of using dumbbells right in front of the rack; it hadn’t occurred to me that I was blocking others’ access. But most of us can master the basics of gym etiquette pretty quickly. And then we look around the room and—on a very… Read more...
Tech giants found destroying thousands of data storage devices every year - but why?
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
In a practice many experts would describe as “killing a fly with a nuclear bomb”, many of the world’s largest tech companies have been found to be destroying thousands of storage devices every year in order to stay compliant with data protection regulations. According to the Financial Times (FT), both Amazon and Microsoft (two of the world’s biggest data center operators) would rather physically
Plummeting unicorn births underscore a changing venture capital market
TechCrunch / 9h
It’s a rote story by now that many populations around the world are facing rapid decline. Birth rates in many countries are falling , leading to concerns about graying populations engendering imbalanced economies . That’s true when we consider nation-level populations. It’s also true when we consider the rate at which new unicorns are born, measured by the pace at which global startups reach the
The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do
28Wired / 9h
Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack.
If it’s agtech, it’s climate change: How the crisis is shaping investors’ strategies
TechCrunch / 9h
To state the (painfully) obvious: The fates of agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked. The weather dictates what grows where and when, but as the Earth warms beneath a wool blanket of excess carbon, agriculture is especially vulnerable in ways you might not expect. Record-setting heat and droughts fry grasses that farmers depend on to feed cattle, warmer temperatures are a boon fo
Biden’s Privacy Order Slaps a Band-Aid on the EU-US Data Crisis
26Wired / 9h
A new executive order tries to reassure Europeans that their data is safe on US soil, despite government surveillance.
How to Set Your Homepage in Google Chrome
How-To Geek / 9h
By setting up a homepage in Google Chrome, you make accessing your favorite site as easy as clicking the Home button. Plus, you can set a homepage on desktop and mobile. We’ll show you how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Why You Should Always Have Plumber's Putty
Lifehacker / 9h
If you’ve ever spent any real time perusing your local hardware store, you have probably seen something called Plumber’s Putty on the shelves. Or maybe you hired a plumber to do some work and you spotted it among their tools and materials: It’s typically a compound with a base of clay or dough, combined with some… Read more...
Acer Swift Edge Serves Up 16-Inch OLED Display And Ryzen Pro 6000
SlashGear / 9h
Acer has announced the Swift Edge laptop, and the company is boasting that it's the world's lightest 16-inch OLED laptop - here's what's under the hood.
Here's The First Trailer For The Super Mario Bros Movie
SlashGear / 9h
After a long wait, we finally have the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and it looks better than some of us were probably expecting.
The Reason Why Alfa Romeos Depreciate More Than Almost Any Car
SlashGear / 9h
Alfa Romeos are hailed as some of the best cars on the road today, but they only hold their crown for a short time. Here's why Alfas depreciate so fast.
The Most Awesome Cosplay of New York Comic Con, Day 1
Gizmodo / 9h
Say cheese! New York Comic Con 2022 is here and you know what that means? Cosplay. Lots of it. Characters from every universe, every comic, every TV show, every movie—the New York fans show up when Comic Con comes to town and here, we’ve put together a stunning collection of amazing cosplay. Read more...
EA starts rolling out a new PC app to replace Origin
Engadget / 9h
It has been two years since EA announced it was working on a replacement for its Origin PC client, and it's now starting to roll out the new app to Windows users. The publisher claims that the EA app, which has just concluded its open beta phase, is its fastest and lightest PC client to date. EA is promising a streamlined design and suggests navigation will be easier. It seems the app has improve
The Real Difference Between the ‘Apocalypse,’ ‘Armageddon,’ and ‘Doomsday’
Lifehacker / 9h
With the amount of straight-up bad news we’re confronted with every day, it’s easy to feel like we’re living in the End Times—and maybe we are. We sure say we’re living in a dystopia often enough, throwing around words like “apocalypse” and “armageddon.” But what do those words mean? Are they the same thing? And what… Read more...
Want A Hot Meal In American Airlines First Class? Order A Special Meal
View from the Wing / 9h
Especially on sub-1500 mile routes, American Airlines meals can be disappointing. The watchword here is inconsistency. I expect that out of my home town of Austin where catering hasn't been able to keep up with American Airlines growth, and meal provisioning has frequently had to be trucked in from Houston. Still I was especially non-plussed by the options presented to me for my recent Austin - C
The newest airline collectible is out: KLM’s 103rd Delftware miniature house
100+The Points Guy / 9h
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines throws a party each year on its birthday, Oct. 7, to mark the anniversary of the airline’s founding in 1919. The highlight of the evening is the unveiling of the airline’s newest gin-filled miniature Delftware house portraying a different historically or architecturally significant building in the Netherlands or abroad. This year’s house The airline has been gifting Delft
Pakistan revokes YC-backed Tag’s fintech services, orders to pull apps
21TechCrunch / 10h
Pakistan’s central bank on Friday revoked the in-principle and pilot operations approval of Tag to operate as an electronic money institution in a move that poses existential threat to the firm. State Bank of Pakistan said in an order that it is revoking Tag’s approval to operate as an electronic money institution, the permission that is required for entities to offer innovative, user-friendly an
Elon and Twitter’s will-they, won’t-they (and other TC news)
TechCrunch / 10h
This week on The TechCrunch Podcast we talked with Dom about how conservative VCs are using their dollars to shape the world, and we spoke with Taylor about how the Musk train just keeps on rumbling along. On the topic of billionaires… “A big chunk of the conversation that is missing is just that it’s all about money, and that the economics of everything is what really drives politics and the mot
Shock horror - many top mobile apps secretly collect your data
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
In news that shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anyone, most popular mobile applications collect sensitive personal data and share it with third parties, new research has claimed. TechShielder researchers analyzed apps with the most downloads in 2021, sifting through their privacy policies to better understand how they handle data harvesting, storing, and sharing. As it turns out, 60% of the
Tesla Delivering First Semi Truck to Pepsi in December, Elon Musk Says
500+Futurism / 10h
Semi Delivery Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company is finally delivering its first all-electric Semi truck this winter. And while Musk has made plenty of promises in the past without making good on them , this time he's willing to name a customer — which is none other than PepsiCo. "Excited to announce start of production of Tesla Semi Truck with deliveries to Pepsi on Dec 1st!" Mus
Even as ESG faces growing backlash, these companies are all-in
21TechCrunch / 10h
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff has been preaching for years about the importance of corporate social responsibility, the idea that companies need to worry about not only making money for investors but also contributing positively to the wider community in which they operate. He could be onto something. Increasingly, consumers and some investors want to do business with companies that at least try
How to Store Your Vinyl Records and Maintain Their Quality
How-To Geek / 10h
Most people are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with vinyl. They know that analog audio is fairly fragile, and are often too terrified to hold a record in their bare hands. But what happens when a record goes back into its jacket? Suddenly, it’s not such a fragile thing—it ends up in a big pile, collecting dust or absorbing sunlight like a cold-blooded animal. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
How to Insert Data From a Picture in Excel on Windows
How-To Geek / 10h
If you have data from a physical source that you want to add to Excel, you have the option to snap a photo of it, save it to your computer, and upload the data into your sheet to save time. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Petition: Instagram must address bullying of kids through gossip accounts
26Mashable / 10h
Anonymous online student gossip has been a problem for years. The Streetchat app and JuicyCampus website, both now defunct, allowed users to share unchecked, malicious rumors about their peers. The anonymous messaging app Yik Yak had similar features until it shut down in 2017, following complaints of bullying and harassment. Yik Yak relaunched last year with new " community guardrails " to preve
IHG Card Offers Are Back
View from the Wing / 10h
For a brief period of time IHS One Rewards credit cards - co-brand credit cards from Chase and the large hotel chain known for InterContinental, Kimpton, Holiday Inn and related brands - had applications offline. Though I don't know the details behind this, the removal of applications came shortly after the chain disclosed a breach of its systems. Numerous readers have emailed asking when applica
Sci-Fi Magazine Heavy Metal's Metalverse Has Room for Both Movies and NFTs
100+Gizmodo / 10h
Instead of doing any one thing to bring themselves back into the sci-fi cultural limelight, the heads behind the storied counterculture comic magazine Heavy Metal are taking a shotgun approach to regaining their legacy, including movies, a revamped launch schedule and—because why the hell not—NFTs. Read more...
Amazon’s Delivery Robot Is Hanging Up its Wheels
33How-To Geek / 10h
The six-wheeled delivery robot Scout has bumped into its last obstacle on a sidewalk and is being gradually retired by Amazon. Future delivery drones may descend from the air so they don’t get stuck on pesky tree roots. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Frontline Ukraine troops are reportedly enduring Starlink outages
Engadget / 10h
Ukrainian forces have reportedly been dealing with Starlink outages as they try to take back Russian-occupied areas. Some of the outages, which are said to have caused a severe loss of communication over the last several weeks, occurred as troops broke through the frontline into territory controlled by Russia as well as during battles, a Ukraine government official told The Financial Times . The
SpaceX to Attempt Rare Launch of Falcon Heavy Later This Month
92Gizmodo / 11h
For the first time since June 2019, we’ll get to see a SpaceX Falcon Heavy take to the skies. The U.S. Space Force has chartered a ride with the heavy-lift launch vehicle, but the details of this defense mission are a bit vague. Read more...
12 of the Worst Biopics of All Time (and 12 to Watch Instead)
Lifehacker / 11h
Andrew Dominik’s NC-17 Blonde has faced controversy since its inception: for its rating, for its source material (a highly fictionalized Joyce Carol Oates novel), and later for interviews with its director . A lot of things can sink a biopic: pedestrian plotting; bad performances; bad makeup; etc., but sometimes… Read more...
Global VC funding has seen a huge drop this year
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Global venture capital (VC) funding saw a huge drop in the third quarter of 2022 as various large-scale challenges affected investor appetites, new research has claimed.. VC funding for the quarter declined 53% year-over-year, and 33% quarter-over-quarter, to $81 billion according to statistics from Crunchbase . This makes Q3 the weakest quarter for VC funding since the first quarter of 2020, whe
Facebook Leak: Metaverse So Glitchy Not Even Employees Use It
69Futurism / 11h
Now or Never Facebook parent company Meta, at the behest of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has poured billions of dollars into its Horizon Worlds, the Quest headset app that, for now, forms the backbone of the company's metaverse efforts . But for all that green, it’s become more of a laughingstock than a flagship virtual world. And now, according to leaked memos obtained by The Verge , it sounds like Zuck
Majority of U.S. adults want Big Tech to restrict misinformation on social platforms
51Mashable / 11h
The majority of social media users are standing behind Big Tech companies' efforts to curb misinformation, even as users of "alternative" social media sites find community in the unregulated media environments fostered by "free-speech" advocates. The information comes from a new study by the Pew Research Center , published Oct. 6, which dives into the motivations and digital consumption habits of
Google Pixel 7a: what to expect and what we want to see
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Now that Google has announced the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro , it’s likely only a matter of time before the company unveils its affordable alternative to those phones – the Google Pixel 7a. Nothing has officially been confirmed about this handset just yet, but it’s likely coming and we have some idea of what to expect; based on early leaks coupled with what we know about the Pixel 7 and past models.
The Midnight Club's First Episode Is a Horror Record-Breaker
500+Gizmodo / 11h
Culled from an expansive library of Christopher Pike novels, The Midnight Club is a new sort of Netflix venture for Mike Flanagan , best-known for his adult-focused, limited-run horror series like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass . By contrast, The Midnight Club has been written as open-ended and is aimed at… Read more...
Now live: Cathay Pacific awards bookable on the Alaska Airlines website
51The Points Guy / 11h
There has been a lot of news surrounding Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan loyalty program. Last week, Alaska announced there would be some changes with partner bookings . While some of the changes sounded positive, we will see Alaska Airlines change partner award pricing on some routes by the end of the year. The first change went live Oct. 7. Cathay Pacific redemptions are now bookable online throu
Twitter knows you took a screenshot, asks you to share instead
30Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / Please don't take photos of tweets on this phone. Instead, consider that tweets are more valuable when you engage with them as URLs. (credit: Getty Images) Twitter is seemingly working to remind people that interesting tweets are something you should click, load, and view while logged into the company's ad-funded service, not merely see in a screenshot. That's why some users are seeing
Elon Musk can’t be trusted to complete merger, Twitter tells judge
100+Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Anadolu Agency ) Elon Musk's latest promise to buy Twitter can't be trusted, the company told a Delaware Court of Chancery judge yesterday. "Now, on the eve of trial, Defendants declare they intend to close after all. 'Trust us,' they say, 'we mean it this time,' and so they ask to be relieved from a reckoning on the merits," Twitter wrote in a filing that opposed
Pixel 7 Pro teardown shows better cooling, cleaner layout than last year’s model
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
The Pixel 7 Pro innards (bottom) look a lot neater than those of the Pixel 6 Pro (top). The graphite thermal tape (the shiny black stuff on the Pixel 6, the matte black sticker on the Pixel 7) has a larger surface area over the hot parts of the Pixel 7. [credit: PBK Reviews / Ron Amadeo ] The Pixel 7 is still on its way, but that isn't stopping the Internet from tearing it down already. In what's
The Twitter Bots Everyone Should Follow
Lifehacker / 11h
Automated Twitter accounts are responsible for a lot of spam, but there are exceptions. Twitter actually has some great bots that add helpful features, like adding color to photos, solving puzzles, and taking screenshots of tweets. Here are seven of our favorites. Read more...
Pepsi to Receive First Batch of Tesla Electric Semi Trucks on December 1st
22How-To Geek / 11h
Pepsi will land in the EV history book when it receives the first Telsa all-electric semi trucks on December 1. That’s according to a tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The world’s richest man followed up the tweet by posting that the vehicles have a 500-mile range and are “super fun to drive.” Read This Article on Review Geek ›
How to Create Custom Functions in Google Sheets
How-To Geek / 11h
While Google Sheets provides you with hundreds of functions, it also allows you to create your own. Before, you could only do this using Apps Script. Now, there’s a user-friendly tool in your spreadsheet called Named Functions. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Microsoft Details Windows 11 Third-Party Widgets as Support Arrives
How-To Geek / 11h
Earlier this year Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay confirmed third-party widgets were coming to Windows 11, and now they’re finally here. The latest Windows 11 Insider build 25217 added support, as Microsoft details how developers can create great widgets. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Shopify agrees to consumer safety tweaks in Europe
TechCrunch / 11h
Shopify has agreed to make changes linked to shopper safety and combating fakes after a regulatory intervention in the European Union following a number of complaints, the Commission said today. The changes agreed to include a commitment to create a “fast and effective” ‘notice and action’ procedure for national consumer authorities to report problems they spot; and an agreement to change its tem
5 key IP considerations for AI startups
33TechCrunch / 11h
Eric L. Sophir Contributor Eric L. Sophir is an IP partner at law firm Foley & Lardner LLP where he counsels clients in AI, digital health, manufacturing and other industries. Matthew Horton Contributor Matthew Horton is a senior counsel and IP lawyer at law firm Foley & Lardner LLP where he focuses his practice on patent law and IP protections in cybersecurity, AI, machine learning and more. Ear
TechCrunch+ roundup: Green card sponsorships, startup prenups, agtech VC survey
TechCrunch / 11h
In the early days of a startup, everyone is on the same page. But there’s no way to know how well a founding team will get along by the time a company reaches maturity. Set aside the romantic notion that startup teams consist of visionary mavericks who are building the future in real time; they’re also human beings, with all of their flaws. Nearly anything can tear a co-founder relationship asund
Biden Executive Order Says We'll Be More Careful When We Use European Data for Spy Stuff
20Gizmodo / 11h
President Biden signed an executive order placing new restrictions on how U.S. intelligence agencies harness data as it flows between the U.S. and the E.U., the White House announced Friday. The order creates a new framework to comply with European privacy rules. Read more...
Toyota restarts bZ4x EV production after fixing dangerous wheel flaw
Engadget / 11h
Toyota is finally back on track with production of the bZ4x , its first EV. Reuters reports the company has restarted manufacturing of the electric crossover after fixing a defect that could see wheels come loose during hard braking or sharp turns. The company also said it fixed a previously unannounced flaw with poorly installed airbags that could fail or cause injuries. The automaker said it ta
Tesla Will Deliver Its First Semi Trucks to Pepsi in December, 3 Years Past Deadline
400+Gizmodo / 11h
Amid revived drama with Twitter that’s causing whiplash across the internet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing one of the things he’s best at: distracting the public with a shiny new statement. Read more...
I tried the weirdest-looking Bluetooth speaker in the world, and I utterly adore it
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Look, I love it when hi-fi leans towards anthropomorphism. Nature knows best and she hates straight lines, just look to Devialet's Phantom lineup for reference. I also love audio gear that unnerves me – see the foreboding, Dalek-like Wilson Audio Alexia V for starters. Give me theater! Give me odd eyeballs that hang from rails , strange clothes peg sonic structures , soundbars that mimic graceful
Splatoon 3's next big event will settle the most contentious Pokémon debate of all
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was? You're in luck, because Splatoon 3 is giving you a brand new opportunity to do just that in its latest event: a Pokémon themed Splatfest. A Splatfest is a special event in Splatoon 3 where you pick one of three teams to join before jumping into a PvP bonanza. Last time, you had to choose between Gear, Food and Fun if stranded on a desert isla
Scientists Think This Exoplanet Shows What Earth Will Become in the Future
100+Futurism / 12h
Scorched Earth Last month, an international team of scientists published a paper detailing the discovery of two "Super-Earth" exoplanets — basically, two nearby worlds that a little bigger than our own planet. And one of these two exoplanets, the scientists determined, may hold the key ingredients needed to support life. Of course, that's a cool discovery unto itself. But fascinatingly, that pote
President Biden signs executive order aimed at legal reboot of EU-US data flows
TechCrunch / 12h
U.S. president Joe Biden has signed an executive order attached to reupping a flagship data transfer agreement with the European Union — with the goal of making life easier for businesses that need to export EU user-data to the U.S. for processing. The White House announced the development in a statement today — saying that the “Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals In
The Overlooked (but Serious) Symptoms of Menopause
Lifehacker / 12h
Generally speaking, menopause, which is defined as going a full 12 months without a period , can happen anytime ranging between the late 30s to late 50s, with the average age being 52 . In the time period leading up to menopause, which is known as perimenopause , the body can go through a number of changes, with this… Read more...
NASA Wants To Mine The Moon, But Law Experts Say It's Not That Simple
100+SlashGear / 12h
NASA's next mission to the Moon may involve mining it, which can prove helpful for further space exploration. Here's what has to go right for that to happen.
Here's Why The Sega Dreamcast Flopped
SlashGear / 12h
The Sega Dreamcast was the game maker's last console. It had some advantages going for it, but we break down the reasons why it fell short in its time.
Toyota Warns Thousands of Customers That They May Get Scam Emails After Data Leak
57Gizmodo / 12h
People who have been using Toyota’s smartphone app may have had their personal information leaked, the company reported on Friday. Read more...
Archaeologists Find Underwater Salt Kitchens of the Ancient Maya
62Gizmodo / 12h
Recent excavations of submerged Maya salt kitchens off the coast of Belize indicate that their ancient workers lived on the sites and possibly worked in kin-based teams. Read more...
Even Signal is hopping on the Stories bandwagon
Engadget / 12h
Like Instagram, Facebook and so many others, Signal is hopping aboard the Stories bandwagon. The privacy-focused messaging app started beta testing an ephemeral Stories feature this week. Users can share videos, images and text-based messages with their friends. Stories will vanish after 24 hours. As with the rest of the platform, Signal’s Stories have end-to-end encryption. Users can choose who
Lufthansa Bans AirTags: Will Other Airlines Follow?
100+One Mile at a Time / 12h
With so many reports of lost luggage over the summer, many travelers have gotten savvier and have taken matters into their own hands, by tracking their checked luggage. Lufthansa is now allegedly saying that this isn’t allowed, and that sets an interesting precedent. Why Lufthansa is banning Apple AirTags For those not familiar, Apple AirTags are an easy way to keep track of your stuff. You just
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Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
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Microsoft Teams is finally fixing one of the worst things about PowerPoint presentations
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Peering at your laptop, trying to make sense of tiny blurred text on a Microsoft Teams slide could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new update. The video conferencing service is finally addressing one of the most annoying aspects of viewing presentations online via Teams by allowing users to magnify or enlarge whichever slides they need. Outlined on the official Microsoft 365 roadmap , the
Google Home App for Wear OS Arrives, but With a Catch
How-To Geek / 12h
After teasing an official Home app for Wear OS back in May, Google is finally ready to let users control home devices from their wrists. The Google Home app is now available for watches, but we have both good and bad news. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Chromecast with Google TV HD review: Super simple 1080p streaming
Engadget / 12h
Google's latest streaming dongle is so similar to the previous one that when I first opened it up, I experienced a little deja vu. The new Chromecast with Google TV still has a puckish oval design, it comes packaged with an identical remote and even the OS powering everything is (largely) unchanged. The only major difference (at least on the outside) is updated packaging that features a label tha
The Best Current Credit Card Bonus Offers [October 2022]
70View from the Wing / 12h
Every month I post what I find are the biggest credit card offers out there. Some of last month's biggest credit card offers are gone or changed. Here's the current up to date list of biggest credit card offers right now - the most lucrative bonuses available. Continue reading ...
14 Ritz-Carlton hotels I’m considering for club-level upgrade certificates
58The Points Guy / 12h
Back in 2018, my husband signed up for the Ritz-Carlton Credit Card. This card is no longer available to new applicants, but you may be able to get the card via a product change from another Chase-issued Marriott Bonvoy card . Until the recent Marriott Bonvoy card changes , we’d debated whether the Ritz-Carlton card was worth its $450 annual fee. Each year, one of the reasons we decided to keep t
How to Use Windows 11 With a Local Account
How-To Geek / 12h
Windows 11 is notoriously picky about how it is installed. Among other things, Windows 11 requires that you use a Microsoft account when you install it. Here’s how you can avoid using a Microsoft account while installing Windows 11 or convert an existing Microsoft account into a local one. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
You Don’t Need a Reservation to Buy a Steam Deck Anymore
How-To Geek / 12h
The Steam Deck is one of the hottest gaming products of the year, as it’s a full gaming PC in the form of a handheld console. If you were looking to buy one, you don’t need to make a reservation anymore — you can just get one right now. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Snag an Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Speaker at Its Best Price Ever
How-To Geek / 12h
Amazon has excelled at making affordably capable smart speakers for years now, iterating on each design in a way that provides exceedingly more value without inflating costs. Now that the next generation Echo Dot is on the way, you can get the outgoing Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen) for an all-time-low price of $24.99 ($25 off). Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
A Canticle for Leibowitz Is a Big, Beautiful Mess
22Wired / 12h
The classic 1959 novel by Walter M. Miller Jr. is full of fascinating themes, but in hindsight not all of them are explored particularly well.
FlyFeed flies in the face of the global food crisis
34TechCrunch / 12h
FlyFeed claims it signed more than $10 million worth of contracts and closed a $3 million round of investment to launch its first insect farm in Vietnam, in its push to produce low-cost, high-nutrient protein for human consumption. The company was founded less than a year ago and is targeting the three billion people who are facing food insecurity due to climate and global financial shifts. The p
Google Wants to Help You Take the Perfect Selfie
Gizmodo / 12h
Google may be the originator of the Android operating system, but it’s competing with other companies staking a claim on the platform. Samsung and OnePlus bundle in software features to help differentiate from the crowd, so Google leverages its search engine and Assistant smarts to entice you away from Android… Read more...
Things Get Biblical in the First His Dark Materials Season 3 Trailer
300+Gizmodo / 12h
If you’ve never read Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials book trilogy but have watched the HBO series , you must have been bewildered at how season two ended . Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson) kidnapped her daughter Lyra (Dafne Keen), who might be a second Eve and somewhat dead; literal angels have appeared; and Lyra’s father… Read more...
Your Child Might Actually Have a Math Learning Disorder
45Lifehacker / 12h
Maybe your child hates math. Maybe you did, too, when you were a kid, or you got so anxious about math tests that you had panic attacks. While math is hard for some children, there are some who do have an actual learning disability in math, called dyscalculia . We will go over the signs of dyscalculia, how to get… Read more...
Biden signs executive order to protect personal data transfers between the US and EU
Engadget / 12h
Months after reaching a deal , the White House has taken official steps to protect data transfers between the US and European Union. President Biden has signed an executive order directing the government's efforts to implement the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The approach mainly requires that intelligence agencies "take into consideration" privacy and civil liberties before seeking data, and onl
Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite drops to $100, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
Engadget / 12h
Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale is coming next week and we've already started to see a number of preview deals pop up. Devices like the Echo Show 5 , Fire TV Stick 4K Max and Kindle Paperwhite have been discounted ahead of the event, and we expect to see more deals on Amazon gadgets during the two-day event. You can also pick up either of Samsung's latest foldables for hundreds of dollars less t
His Dark Materials season 3 spies a late 2022 release – and Lee Scoresby's return
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Major spoilers follow for His Dark Materials' TV series and the novels. The first trailer for His Dark Materials season 3 has been released – and it confirms the return of Lin Manuel Miranda's Lee Scoresby. The fantasy drama HBO Max series , which was last seen on our screens in December 2020, also received an official release date alongside its teaser. It'll arrive on Monday, December 5 on HBO M
This cruise line is now charging $5 for a once-free peanut butter and jelly sandwich
200+The Points Guy / 12h
Want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich delivered to your cabin on Carnival Cruise Line ? It’ll cost you five bucks. The cruise line introduced a new room service menu, posted on Facebook by company ambassador John Heald, which went into effect Oct. 1. Previously, continental breakfast and select salads, sandwiches and desserts were complimentary when ordered between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Now, only
Complimentary Admirals Club membership: Citi / AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard review
23The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Citi is a TPG advertising partner. Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® overview The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® is best for American Airlines flyers who value lounge access. It provides a full Admirals Club membership, as well as a number of other benefits that make flying American Airlines
AI music generators could be a boon for artists — but also problematic
27TechCrunch / 12h
It was only five years ago that electronic punk band YACHT entered the recording studio with a daunting task: They would train an AI on 14 years of their music, then synthesize the results into the album “ Chain Tripping .” “I’m not interested in being a reactionary,” YACHT member and tech writer Claire L. Evans said in a documentary about the album. “I don’t want to return to my roots and play a
The Latest iPad Mini Is 20% Off Today
How-To Geek / 12h
The iPad Mini is Apple’s compact tablet, intended as a more portable iPad while giving you a larger workspace than a typical smartphone. The newest model, introduced in 2021, is back down to its best price yet. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Honda Prologue Unveiled as its First All-Electric SUV
How-To Geek / 12h
After teasing its first all-electric SUV for over a year, Honda has finally revealed the new Prologue EV coming in 2024. As you can see, the new Honda Prologue has a simple yet practical design compared to other EVs on the market. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Please don't air fry scrambled eggs.
25Mashable / 12h
I'm not sure which axiom to go with here. Let's not reinvent the wheel ; or K.I.S.S.: Keep It Simple Stupid; or how about work smarter, not harder. I guess what I'm saying is, don't air fry your scrambled eggs. Just use a pan. There are some for which an air fryer is genuinely useful. Roasting vegetables , for instance. Approximating the high heat of a grill with zero hassle. Even making air-frie
Today's top deals include a Ninja Foodi grill, iPad mini, and Amazon Echo bundle
Mashable / 12h
Here are the top deals of the day for Oct. 7 : BEST AMAZON DEVICE DEAL : Echo Dot (5th gen) with eero Mesh WiFi Router — starting at $99.99 (save up to 16%) BEST HOME DEAL : Ninja IG601 Foodi XL 7-in-1 Indoor Grill Combo — $199.99 $349.99 (save $250) BEST APPLE DEAL : 2021 Apple iPad Mini
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