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Musk to cut half of Twitter jobs and end remote work for the rest, report says


1KArs Technica - All content / 3h
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Elon Musk plans to eliminate half the jobs at Twitter and require remote employees to report to an office, Bloomberg reported . "Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the social media company's workforce," and "intends to reverse the company's existing work-from-anywhere policy, asking remaining employees to report to offices—though s

Stephen King has another very blunt response to Elon Musk's Twitter plans


2KMashable / 8h
Remember that odd exchange Elon Musk had with Stephen King a couple of days ago , where Twitter's new owner was basically trying to haggle for the price of a blue check mark? Well, it looks like round two may have kicked off. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk has LOTS of monetization plans for Twitter The whole thing began with the news that Musk was thinking of charging users $20 per month to keep their blue

Boosted Southwest credit card offers: Earn 75,000 Rapid Rewards points


1KThe Points Guy / 24min
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Southwest is currently offering identical sign-up bonuses on all three of its cobranded personal credit cards: the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card , the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card and the Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card . You can now earn 75,000 points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the


25 Years Ago Today, Deep Space Nine's Dominion War Changed Star Trek Forever


Gizmodo / now
Deep Space Nine revolutionized so much of what could be possible in the world of Star Trek , but it will always be remembered for one of its most transgressive plot threads : the devastating outbreak of the Dominion War, a conflict that, 25 years ago, challenged everything the franchise’s idealistic vision of utopia … Read more...

A colorful swarm of drones at the tips of your fingers


Mashable / 4min
We sat down with DronisosxLabs’ Head of Innovation Marco Tempest to discuss a proof of concept drone show featuring about 400 drones. The stunning show of lights demonstrates that controlling a swarm of drones with your hands is no longer a thing of science fiction, but a technology that is being developed right now. While the technology is still in its early stages, it appears to have a wide var

Hackers Just Took Down One of the World's Most Advanced Telescopes


Futurism / 4min
Observatory Offline The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in Chile has been hit with a cyberattack that has taken its website offline and forced it to suspend all observations, authorities there said . Even email services were limited in the aftermath, illustrating the broad impact of the hack. Nested high up on a plateau in the Chilean Andes at over 16,000 feet above sea level, A

Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mystery Object Into Orbit


80Futurism / 4min
Spaceplane Buddy After launching into orbit roughly three months ago, China's top-secret spaceplane has released a mysterious object, which is now circling the Earth behind it, SpaceNews reports . There's very little we know about China's "reusable experimental spacecraft," except that it launched atop a Long March 2F rocket back in August. We don't know its purpose, what it looks like, or what c

Don't Be Fooled by These Powerball and Mega Millions Scams


Lifehacker / 11min
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot today are 1 in 292 million. That was the population of the United States back in 2003, meaning your odds of winning the Powerball today are the same as being randomly picked in 2003 America by President George W. Bush, to have dinner with him at the White House. Feeling lucky? Read more...

TikTok Turned Lil Yachty’s ‘Poland’ Into a National Anthem


Wired / 13min
The Atlanta rapper intended the song to be a troll. Then it exploded—and reached the ears of actual Polish artists.

Google’s New Beta Will Let More Users Run Steam Games from a Chromebook


Gizmodo / 16min
You know the old joke about running Doom on everything from graphing calculators to rotten potatoes to even a window inside Doom itself ? Well, we’re starting to progressively witness the same thing, but with your entire Steam game library. On Thursday, Google announced that Chromebooks running ChromeOS 108 beta will… Read more...

How to Join Mastodon, the Ad-Free Social Network Billionaires Can't Buy


Gizmodo / 16min
Six months ago, after the news broke that changes were coming to Twitter’s policies against disinformation and hate speech, I decided to give Mastodon a try. Unfortunately, I didn’t stick with the app long enough to develop a habit of using it. After returning to it once again this week, that’s something I’ve come to… Read more...

Limited Time: Southwest Credit Card 75K Bonus Points Offers


One Mile at a Time / 16min
Southwest Airlines is one of the most popular airlines in the United States, thanks to its extensive domestic route network, vouchers that never expire, two free checked bags, and generally great customer service. It’s no wonder that the carrier’s co-branded credit cards are popular as well. We’ve just seen some fantastic new limited time welcome offers rolled out on these cards, making it a grea

Last-minute strategies for earning Hilton Honors elite status


The Points Guy / 24min
With less than two months left in 2022, now is a good time for Hilton Honors members to determine what they need to do to qualify or requalify for elite status. If you spend a lot of time on the road, you may have seen how valuable hotel elite status can be. From premium Wi-Fi to room upgrades, there are benefits to having hotel elite status with hotel chains. And as you’d expect, Hilton is no ex

Fly to Hawaii for as low as $195


The Points Guy / 24min
Palm trees, black- and white-sand beaches, clear teal waters — Hawaii truly is paradise. Unfortunately, tickets to paradise tend to be pretty pricey for most of the year. However, from now through March, multiple airlines are offering cheap fares to popular tourist destinations in Hawaii. Tickets from a variety of cities across the U.S. go for as low as $195. Night view of Honolulu Harbor. AIMINT

Hyatt’s FIND Experiences are back, and you can earn up to 17 points per dollar


The Points Guy / 24min
Travel involves more than just your hotel room and a flight or train to your destination. What are you going to do at your destination? Hyatt’s FIND Experiences provide more than 200 options for things to do on vacation or during your next staycation. And the good news is that FIND Experiences are back after a multi-year hiatus related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a look at what Hyatt’s FIND

Gmail tracker update will make sure you always know where your package is at


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 24min
Google continues to pump out shopping features to its many platforms for the holiday season; this time, Gmail is getting a new package tracker. This year’s Black Friday lands on November 25 and we predict retailers are going to offer steep discounts or have early sales as a way to entice customers. That means a lot of packages in the mail and your email account getting stuffed to the brim with sh

Hell Yeah, There’s a Musk Ox Cam


Gizmodo / 27min
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has teamed up with Explore.org , an organization with a network of live nature cams, to launch a webcam that gives you a live look at the university’s musk oxen, reindeer, and bison. Read more...

I reviewed 1,000+ pitch decks. These are the most common mistakes


TechCrunch / 35min
Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in detail, celebrating the wins and gently (and sometimes not-so-gently) suggesting improvements. We’ve seen 74-slide decks (yes, really), decks that are riddled with spelling mistakes and bogged down by hideous design (but still work incredibly well), and decks where the

Why the CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange backed Musk’s Twitter buyout


TechCrunch / 35min
Binance’s CEO and founder, Changpeng Zhao, made headlines outside his typical wheelhouse of web3 as an investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout. Zhao, who put in $500 million, told an audience at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal this week that he would consider joining the social media company’s board if Musk asked him to do so. But why is he eager to get involved with the messy process of running of

Bitcoin’s future could hinge on mines over matter


TechCrunch / 35min
Image Credits: TechCrunch Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week on the podcast, we talked about Apple’s App Store tax and how it could hinder NFT adoption. This week, we dug up a few stories about bankruptcies brewing in the bitcoin mining sector and asked ourselves whether this could unfold in a similar way to the troubles faced by DeFi lenders just a few months ago. We’re incredibly excited

Here's what you need to know about Netflix's Basic with Ads plan


Engadget / 38min
By the time you read this article, Netflix will have started rolling out its new “Basic with Ads” plan. After years of resisting investor pressure, the company, following its first subscriber decline in a decade , announced this past April it would begin offering an ad-supported tier. Here's everything you need to know about the company's latest offering. How is Basic with Ads different from othe

Outdated Android and iOS phones could put US government workers at risk of attack


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 39min
Many individuals working across US government agencies and organizations are using smartphones with outdated operating systems, putting both them and the organizations they work for at major risk of identity theft , data leaks, and other forms of cybercrime. A report from cybersecurity experts Lookout analyzing some 200 million devices and 175 million application, between 2021 and H2 2022 found U


Why You Should Stick with One Brand of Cordless Power Tools


How-To Geek / 44min
When it comes to cordless power tools there’s no shortage of options. Walk into any hardware store, and you’ll quickly be overwhelmed with choices. If you’re wondering what to buy and asking yourself, “should I stick with one brand of power tools?” here are a few things to consider. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

How to Add a BCC in Outlook Emails


How-To Geek / 44min
You can use the blind carbon copy (BCC) field to send a copy of an email to others without showing their email addresses to the primary recipients. Here’s how to add a BCC in Outlook on Windows, the web, Mac, Android, iPhone, and iPad. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Prepare Now so the Time Change Is Less Jarring


Lifehacker / 46min
Sadly, we did not manage to abolish time changes in time to avoid the one that’s coming up this weekend, so most of us in the U.S. will be going ahead with our usual ritual: Wake up early, forgetting that the time changed during the night, then get confused that the clock on our phone doesn’t match the one on the… Read more...

Lyft Just Laid Off Nearly 700 Corporate Employees and Partly Blamed It on Paying for Drivers’ Insurance


Gizmodo / 50min
Lyft workers, like so many others in the tech industry this year, opened their inboxes today to read some dreaded news: Nearly 700 of their coworkers would lose their jobs. Read more...

LIGHTSPEED Presents: 'Beyond the Shore' by Tania Fordwalker


Gizmodo / 50min
io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE . Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Beyond the Shore” by Tania Fordwalker. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on Lightspeed’s website. Enjoy! Read more...

Why Are Airline Lobbyists So Bad At Defending Airlines?


View from the Wing / 50min
I'm genuinely trying to figure out what was on the mind of the communications person for airline lobby shop Airlines For America when they offered this defense of current airline seat space standards to the Today show, "Airlines continue to invest in a wide range of innovative technologies to maximize personal space in the cabin." Continue reading ...

A realistic roundup of what today’s Matter launch means for your smart home


Ars Technica - All content / 54min
Enlarge / Companies like Nanoleaf have products coming soon with Matter support, but your ability to actually integrate them into any system, using any phone, is still a hazy promise. It's not too often that there's an international launch event for an interoperability standard with a nearly 900-page spec manual . But there are big hopes pinned to Matter , an industry-wide effort to make smart ho

Netflix's ad-supported plan isn't working on Apple TV devices


Engadget / 54min
If you're an Apple TV user who was considering switching to Netflix's new ad-supported plan, it might be best to hold off for now. The more budget-friendly version of the service (the "Basic with ads" tier) currently isn't supported on Apple TV devices, including the new Apple TV 4K unit. “Basic with ads plan support on tvOS is not available at launch but coming soon," Netflix told Variety . As s

How Smart Contact Lenses Could Make Grocery Shopping Way Less Forgetful


How-To Geek / 58min
People probably wouldn’t forget something at the store if they taped a grocery list to their eyeballs, not that I’m recommending that. But a new prototype from smart contact lens maker Mojo would do something pretty similar. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

If You're Playing the Powerball Lottery, Here's How To Improve Your (Infinitesimal) Chances of Winning


Gizmodo / 59min
Saturday’s drawing in the Powerball multi-state lottery has an estimated jackpot of $1.5 billion. That’s the third-largest lottery prize ever in U.S. history. Read more...

Most Home 'Compostable' Plastic Doesn’t Actually Break Down, Study Finds


Gizmodo / 1h
Seemingly every corner of our world is now littered with plastics, and only a tiny percentage of it is ever recycled . To mitigate this, many companies are offering items labeled as “compostable” or “biodegradable” plastic—but as new research finds, those may be a misnomers. Read more...

The Government Might Help Pay Your Heating Bill This Winter


Lifehacker / 1h
As you are undoubtedly all too aware of by now, energy costs are rising with inflation, and the coming winter looks to be a harsh one for your bank account. Money-saving energy hacks are good and all, but what your family may really need is a little extra help. President Biden’s administration has announced a plan to … Read more...

AOC Says Her Twitter Account Broke After She Made Fun of Elon Musk


100+Futurism / 1h
Latest Feud Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with a sitting member of Congress. The whole thing started innocently enough earlier this week, when firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY, and better known by her initials, "AOC") subtweeted the website's new owner. "Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sel

Finally, the Uncut Version of The Muppet Christmas Carol Is Back


20Gizmodo / 1h
There’s magic in the air, Muppets fans! The wait is finally over as Disney+ is officially adding the extended cut of The Muppet Christmas Carol to the streaming platform. And yes, it’s going to include the beloved holiday musical’s long “lost” song, “When Love is Gone.” Read more...

Queen Elizabeth's Unusual Jaguar Wagon Is Going Up For Auction


SlashGear / 1h
Given her former status as reigning monarch, it's obvious that Queen Elizabeth was a fan of all things British, including a Jaguar going up for auction.

The Blue Check Rapture Will Render Verification Meaningless


25Wired / 1h
Elon Musk’s plan to make users pay for verification won’t turn it into a status symbol. It’ll just ruin the blue check’s appeal.

There’s still green in climate robots


TechCrunch / 1h
Kicking things off with a big funding round for AMP Robotics this week for a couple of reasons, but when push comes to shove, it comes down to something really simple: There are a lot of great reasons to be bullish on automation and there are a lot of equally great reasons to be bullish on climate tech. If you can manage to position yourself right in the middle of that Venn diagram, you’re probab

United Airlines Blocking Seats Due To Passenger Weight


24One Mile at a Time / 1h
United Airlines has started blocking some seats on Boeing 757s, to account for passengers having gotten heavier over the years. This presents an interesting opportunity for passengers to snag better seats. Passengers in the United States are getting heavier Obviously there’s a lot of math that goes into making flights operate safely. Part of that involves assuming an average weight per passenger,

10 Versatile Exercises to Do With Tiny Dumbbells


Lifehacker / 1h
When you’re just starting to work out, small dumbbells are a godsend: You can do the same exercises as everyone else, but with less weight. When we get strong enough, we often leave those little dumbbells behind, and that’s a shame. There are actually a lot of worthwhile exercises that don’t require much in the way of … Read more...

Chromebooks with AMD CPUs can now play Steam games – RIP gaming laptops?


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
AMD has hooked up with Google to offer the ability to play Steam games on Chromebooks with Ryzen CPUs. You may be aware that it’s been several years since Google first started talking about supporting Steam games on Chromebooks, and the functionality entered alpha testing earlier this year, but required an Intel CPU. Now, the project has moved into beta testing, and incorporates AMD processors –


X-Rays Reveal Superheated Gloop Surrounding a Black Hole


Gizmodo / 1h
The Cygnus X-1 system is one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the Milky Way, consisting of a black hole called Cygnus X-1 and its giant companion, a star packing 41 times the mass of our Sun. Researchers recently measured the polarization of those X-rays to better understand the geometry of the superheated plasma… Read more...

How to Convert a JFIF File to JPG on Windows or Mac


How-To Geek / 1h
Although JFIF files are very similar to those in JPG format, JPG files are more widely used. If you find yourself with a JFIF file that you need to convert, the process is simple to complete. Here, we’ll explain how to go from JFIF to JPG quickly. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Multiple Fitbit trackers are on sale for their lowest prices ever


Mashable / 2h
Looking to pick up a new fitness tracker? Check out these Fitbit deals, available as of Nov. 3: OUR TOP PICK: The Fitbit Sense 2 is a full-featured, affordable alternative to the Apple Watch with heart rate, temperature, and atrial fibrillation sensors — $199.95 $299.95 (save $100) BEST VALUE: The Fitbit Luxe is a solid, versatile option with a sleek design and fitness tracking essentials — $79.9

Amazon, Lyft and Other Tech Companies Announce Job Cuts and Hiring Freezes


34NYT > Technology / 2h
Amazon said it was pausing corporate hiring, while Lyft and Stripe said they were cutting jobs.

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Meta Was a Risky Investment Long Before the Metaverse


Gizmodo / 2h
When Meta’s shares plummeted last week in response to yet another dismal earnings report, most analysts pointed to Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with the Metaverse as the source of the company’s woes. And while it’s true that Zuckerberg’s Metaverse experiment to date has been underwhelming, these analysts are missing… Read more...

Substack targets Twitter with launch of discussions feature, Substack Chat


TechCrunch / 2h
Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover is the newsletter platform Substack. The company has openly targeted Twitter’s user base over the past few days and has now thrown its hat into the ring as a more direct competitor with the launch of Substack Chat . The new feature allows Substack writers to communicate directly with their most avid and

Review: God of War Ragnarok


TechCrunch / 2h
The 2018 reboot of long-running PlayStation action series God of War as a more contemplative, open-world adventure raised a few eyebrows at first, but the astonishing quality of the finished game put all doubts to rest. The sequel, God of War Ragnarok, is not the revelation the first was, but even “more of the same” is a welcome treat when “the same” is so very, very good. Spoilers for God of War

Substack adds a chat feature to make it more of a social space


Engadget / 2h
Substack users now have another way to interact with their favorite writers, podcasters and video makers. The platform now has a chat feature, where creators can hang out with their subscribers and perhaps forge deeper links with their communities. "Chat is a community space reimagined specifically for writers and creators— it’s like having your own private social network where you make the rules

The 5 Best Twitter Alternatives


Gizmodo / 2h
As you’ve probably noticed, there’s a lot going on at Twitter at the moment . If the thought of a social network helmed by Elon Musk has you seriously considering quitting the platform for greener pastures—perhaps you’re not keen on paying for features that used to be free—we’ve pulled together some of the leading… Read more...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Would've Been Canceled Before Recasting Chadwick Boseman


Gizmodo / 2h
When a person loses a loved one, you never quite get over it. But, eventually, you do have to move forward . And that was one of the many dilemmas the cast and crew of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had. What do you do in a sequel to a movie whose star, Chadwick Boseman, tragically died ? Do you recast the role? Do you… Read more...

Huge Drone Swarm to Form Giant Advertisement Over NYC Skyline


100+Futurism / 2h
Droning On Someone thinks it's a great idea to fly 500 drones over New York City to create a huge ad in the sky on Thursday evening. Because New Yorkers certainly don't have any historical reason to mistrust unknown aircraft over their skyline, right? As Gothamist reports , the drone swarm is part of a "surreal takeover of New York City’s skyline" on behalf of — we shit you not — the mobile game

US Gov to Crack Down on "Bossware" That Spies On Employees' Computers


26Futurism / 2h
Spying @ Home Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drove a wave of working from home, companies have been relentless in their efforts to digitally police and spy on remote employees by using what's known as "bossware." That's the pejorative name for software that tracks the websites an employee visits, screenshots their computer screens, and even records their faces and voices. And now, the National

Hey T-Mobile, nobody wants your suitcase


Engadget / 2h
Have you ever wanted to use your luggage as a workstation? No? Don't tell T-Mobile that, then. The provider and Samsara have unveiled a smart carry-on suitcase, the "Un-carrier On" (sorry about the pun), whose stand-out feature is the ability to double as a desk. Like a handful of other bag makers, T-Mobile thinks you'll rest your laptop on your baggage while you finish a must-send work email. Th

Your Career Needs an Elevator Pitch


Lifehacker / 2h
It’s all too easy to fumble your response to the dreaded, “ Tell me about yourself .” Even if it’s not an interviewer asking you that question directly, when presented with the chance to explain your work in simple terms, most of us end up giving convoluted, boring, or incomplete answers. Read more...

Free privacy for all: Ghostery users can now pay with their expertise instead


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
While the cybersecurity software market revenue is expected to grow over $100bn by 2026 , a digital privacy company has just ditched paid subscriptions for all. The famous provider behind one of the best adblockers around right now, Ghostery has turned to a contributor program instead. This will help keep the software running, while allowing users to actively do their part in improving the tool.

AMD Radeon 7000 launch live blog: the next-gen GPU war starts now


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Welcome to our AMD Radeon 7000 launch event live blog. AMD is hosting a big bash where it'll show off its next generation of graphics cards to take on Nvidia. This is an exciting time to be a PC gamer, not only do we have more brilliant PC games than we can play, but Nvidia has recently released its GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, and the RTX 4080 is coming soon as well. So, we're super excited to see what

Google wants to let robots write their own code


TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Google has released an new open source benchmark that it says will allow robots to perform tasks by writing their own code in response to human-written instructions. The company has launched a new website to reveal “Code as Policies” (CAP), whereby prompts written in plain English can be interpreted into language-model generated programs (LMPs) written in Python code. CAP is the successor to PaLM

Less than 24 hours until early bird prices vanish for TC Sessions: Space


TechCrunch / 2h
“Space…the final frontier.” Those familiar words have likely fueled the imaginations of the very people currently forging the future of humanity in space. Don’t miss your opportunity to meet, learn from and connect with them at TC Sessions: Space 2022 , which blasts off on December 6 in Los Angeles. Note: Building space startups is serious business, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little pu

TikTok privacy update in Europe confirms China staff access to data as GDPR probe continues


TechCrunch / 2h
An incoming privacy policy change announced by TikTok yesterday for users in Europe — which, for the first time, names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed by “certain” company employees to perform what it claims are “important” functions — has landed months ahead of expected movement on a year+ long investigation into the platform’s data exports to Chi

Lyft lays off 13% of workforce as it tries to slash operating expenses


TechCrunch / 2h
Lyft said Thursday it is laying off 13% of its workforce as it tries to reduce operating expenses, according to a securities filing . The ride-hailing company described the cuts as proactive step to ensure it “is set up to accelerate execution and deliver strong business results in Q4 of 2022 and in 2023.” Lyft also reiterated Thursday it is sticking with its previously stated guidance on third q


Is the United Club Infinite Card annual fee worth it?


The Points Guy / 2h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. The United Club Infinite Card offers a gang of benefits when flying with United Airlines . You might be surprised to find out there are also hotel benefits packed into this card. However, the $525 annual fee can be hard to swallow. Are there really enough perks packed into this premium piece of plastic to make the United Club Infinit

Can a loyalty program have too many elite members?


32The Points Guy / 2h
It’s easy to get status with some loyalty programs. For example, you can get top-tier Hilton Honors Diamond status just by having the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card . And you can get Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite status — and a massive 25 elite night credits toward earning Titanium Elite or Ambassador Elite status — just by having the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card

Save money with these travel-related offers on your credit cards this month


100+The Points Guy / 2h
One of the ways to ensure that you’re getting continuous value from your rewards credit cards is by taking advantage of the targeted promotions available to you. You may be most familiar with Amex Offers , which provide some excellent discounts on travel, retail and other transactions. However, other issuers have also stepped up their game, and we’ve seen some useful offers extended to people wit

Accor winter sale slashes prices at 2,000 hotels by 25%


20The Points Guy / 2h
Through Nov. 17, Accor is offering stays at more than 2,000 hotels across Europe with a 25% discount. You must stay for a minimum of two nights and take the trip between Dec. 12 and March 5, 2023. With such a diverse range of hotel brands under the Accor umbrella — Novotel, ibis, Mercure, Pullman and Sofitel to name but a few of its 19-strong lineup — there’s plenty to choose from. Depending on t

7 things to do in French Polynesia that don’t involve romance or over-water bungalows


The Points Guy / 2h
Editor’s note: TPG’s Ashley Kosciolek was hosted by Windstar Cruises for a French Polynesia sailing on Star Breeze. The opinions expressed below are entirely hers and weren’t subject to review by the line. French Polynesia has been on my bucket list for years. I had dreams of a romantic trip with my significant other in an overwater bungalow, featuring couple’s massages every day and spectacular

Send raft-equipped planes to help reduce Florida flight delays, Buttigieg tells airlines


100+The Points Guy / 2h
Ahead of the busy holiday travel season, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has a request for airlines: Send more planes equipped with rafts to Florida. Airspace around Florida is congested for a multitude of reasons , and Buttigieg said he’d like airlines to use more of the offshore routes located over the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s east coast. Those routes — which require extra surviv

Alaska’s subscription-based flight pass now includes free elite status, more routes


42The Points Guy / 2h
Alaska Airlines is making some exciting changes to its Flight Pass offering . The Seattle-based carrier unveiled on Thursday an expansion of its subscription-based travel pass, which now includes a promotional MVP elite status membership and covers an additional destination. Perhaps most exciting is that from Nov. 3 through Nov. 30, all new Flight Pass subscribers will receive complimentary MVP s

More inflation at sea: Cruise giant Carnival plans sharp price hikes at signature ship venues


The Points Guy / 2h
Get ready for even more sharp price hikes at popular eateries on Carnival Cruise Line ships. In an email sent to passengers Wednesday, the world’s second-largest cruise brand said it would increase the fixed-price cost of dining in the many steakhouses on its vessels from $42 to $48 per person — a 14% jump. The price hike will take effect Monday. The line also said the cost of other extra-charge

Accor launches Fairmont luxury experiences in North America — and you can pay with points


37The Points Guy / 2h
Sure, we always look for high thread counts, impeccable service and palatial guest rooms when booking a stay at a luxury hotel. But offering high-end experiences to go with the five-star service is increasingly a way to stand out among the competition. Paris-based Accor — the hotel corporation that owns brands like Fairmont, Raffles and Sofitel — revealed exclusively to TPG how it plans to offer

How you could book a 9-hour transatlantic flight in Virgin Atlantic Upper Class for 28,750 Virgin points


The Points Guy / 2h
Virgin Atlantic has launched the best points and miles redemption deal you are likely to see this year. I’ve just made good use of it and there’s still time for you to use this deal, too. Virgin is offering a rebate of 50% of the number of Virgin points required for all award seats to and from the United States and the Caribbean for travel from Oct. 28, 2022, through March 25, 2023. To get this r

Why It's So Hard to Predict Where China’s Out-of-Control Rocket Will Crash


Gizmodo / 2h
An out-of-control booster from a recently launched Long March 5B rocket is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on Friday. The 22-metric-ton object poses a threat to human lives and property, but determining exactly when and where it will crash is proving to be fiendishly difficult, and here’s why. Read more...

Now anyone can build apps that use DALL-E 2 to generate images


74TechCrunch / 2h
At long last, DALL-E 2 , OpenAI’s image-generating AI system, is available as an API, meaning developers can build the system into their apps, websites and services. In a blog post today, OpenAI announced that any developer can start tapping the power of DALL-E 2 — which more than three million people are now using to produce over four million images a day — once they create an OpenAI API account

Tips for e-commerce startups that want to win market share this holiday season


TechCrunch / 2h
Guru Hariharan Contributor Guru Hariharan is CEO and founder of CommerceIQ, an e-commerce management company. For consumers, the holiday season means indulging in gifts, family traditions and festive celebrations. But for retail businesses, it’s the most critical time of the year. We’re seeing a gathering storm of economic conditions — inflation, inventory and supply chain issues, and an elongate

Netflix With Ads Goes Live, Signaling The End Of An Era


SlashGear / 2h
Netflix launched a new, ad-supported tier for just $6.99. Customers will get a slightly limited selection of viewing and about 4-5 minutes of ads per hour.

T-Mobile Made A Smart Suitcase And It's Actually Pretty Cool


SlashGear / 2h
T-Mobile, the Uncarrier created a carry-on suitcase called the Uncarrier On which sports wireless charging, TSA-approved locks, and more for $325.

Twitter's Chirp Dev Conference Is Another Casualty Of Musk's Takeover


SlashGear / 2h
Chirp, Twitter's developer conference, was set to make its return this year. Now, just two weeks before the event was to take place, it has been canceled.

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher Review: Bigger, Not Always Better


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If you're tired of Pokemon but want to continue catching and training monsters for battle against other monsters, Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher has your number.

How To Turn The Boring Windows Copy Progress Dialog Into A Game


SlashGear / 2h
Copying some large files and bored while waiting? No worries ... With Windows, you can download a game to play over the copy progress dialog box. Here's how.

This 6.2L LS3 V8 Flyin' Miata Is Likely To Make MX-5 Auction History


SlashGear / 2h
Flyin' Miata modified a Miata with a Chevy V8 engine to build a mean muscle machine and if the bidding trend continues, it could sell for a very high price.

Alaska Airlines Flight Pass Subscription, Now With Elite Status


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Earlier this year, Alaska Airlines launched the first-ever flight subscription service in the United States, offering a certain number of flights for a flat fee. The airline has today not only expanded this to additional markets, but for a limited time you can also receive elite status if you sign-up for one of these plans. How Alaska Airlines’ flight subscription service works Alaska Airlines of


Brown Your Butter for a Better Graham Cracker Crust


Lifehacker / 2h
Graham crackers are the queen of the crumb crust world, but she would never be able to hold pies, cheesecakes, and tarts together without the support from her unwavering partner, butter. Butter is the necessary fat that acts as an adhesive, helping the sugar and all of those fine crumbs stick together, but also… Read more...

You Can Adjust the Volume of Individual Tabs in Google Chrome


Lifehacker / 2h
When you’re watching a relaxing YouTube video, the last thing you need is an obnoxious autoplaying video or a loud notification blasting into your ears from another open tab. If muting all background tabs is not the best option for you, try Volume Master , a Chrome extension that lets you individually control the audio… Read more...

Texans vs. Eagles livestream: How and where to watch Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football


Mashable / 2h
The NFL week 9 matchup between the Houston Texans and the Philadelphia Eagles will be the latest game brought to your screen via an 11-year partnership in which Amazon Prime Video is the new home of Thursday Night Football . It’s the first time a streaming service has secured exclusive, season-long streaming rights to NFL games in the US. The $1.2 billion-per-year contract kicked off in September

FlyerTalk Member Arrested After Hertz Files False Police Report


View from the Wing / 2h
A member of frequent flyer community FlyerTalk reports being arrested because they rented a car from Hertz that the company had previously reported stolen Continue reading ...

How to Change Language in Microsoft PowerPoint


How-To Geek / 2h
Creating a PowerPoint presentation in a different language? You can change the text language (used for spelling corrections) or the interface language (used for menus). Here’s how. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Netflix's Ad-Supported Plan Doesn't Work on Apple TV


How-To Geek / 2h
The Netflix ad-supported plan launches today for $7 a month. Unfortunately, it caps playback at 720p and doesn’t let you stream certain shows or movies. And as 9to5Mac notes, you can’t stream a Netflix with Ads membership on an Apple TV box. At least, not yet. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Twitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took over


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In the days after Elon Musk’s October 27 purchase of Twitter was confirmed by his tweet saying “the bird is freed,” many Twitter users have threatened to leave, unhappy about the new ownership. People always threaten to leave Twitter and then often fail to follow through —but new data suggests that a significant number of users really are abandoning the platform this time. The firm Bot Sentinel,

FlowForge nabs $7.2M to help companies integrate IoT using Node-RED


TechCrunch / 3h
A new company from one of the original creators of the open source Node-RED project is setting out to make it easier for companies to bridge the gap between incompatible IoT ecosystems at scale. Node-RED, for the uninitiated, is a low-code, visual programming tool developed inside IBM for connecting APIs, hardware, and related assets that constitute the broader Internet of Things (IoT) — it’s all

China Plans to Send Monkeys to Space Station to Have Sex With Each Other


400+Futurism / 3h
Chinese scientists are reportedly planning to send monkeys to its new Tiangong space station for experiments that will involve the animals mating and potentially reproducing, the South China Morning Post reports . It's a fascinating and potentially controversial experiment that could have major implications for our efforts to colonize space: can mammals, let alone humans, successfully reproduce b

Crime group hijacks hundreds of US news websites to push malware


TechCrunch / 3h
A cybercriminal group has compromised a media content provider to deploy malware on the websites of hundreds of news outlets in the U.S., according to cybersecurity company Proofpoint. The threat actors, tracked by Proofpoint as “TA569,” compromised the media organization to spread SocGholish, a custom malware active since at least 2018. The media company in question is not named, but was notifie

Godzilla Rises Yet Again With a New Japanese Movie


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There’s a reason Godzilla is the King of the Monsters: the Big G has had 37 films to his name since his debut in 1954. Now you can add #38 to the list as Toho Studios has announced another Godzilla movie will be coming out next year. Read more...

Netflix With Ads Starts Today: Here’s What You Should Know


Gizmodo / 3h
What once seemed like some sick joke or wild fantasy has finally become a reality. After months of rumors, Netflix finally has an ad-supported tier , and it’s launching across 12 different countries this week. Read more...

God of War Ragnarök review: A scattered but strong sequel


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Enlarge / Just bear with me for a second, Kratos... It's been four years now since Sony reimagined the remorseless god of war Kratos as a meme-worthy single father struggling to connect with his son. A few years have also passed between the events of that game and those of God of War: Ragnarök , a less focused game that still serves as a worthy sequel that slots easily into the same groove as tha

Steam on Chromebooks enters beta, adds AMD support


Ars Technica - All content / 3h
Enlarge (credit: Google) It has been almost three years since Chromebook users got word that Steam support is coming to ChromeOS. We're still not totally there yet, but today Google announced that it's ready to enter beta testing. In a blog post, Zach Alcorn, Google product manager, announced that Steam on Chromebooks is available as a beta with ChromeOS 108.0.5359.24 and later. Steam on ChromeOS

Toxic cleanup technique can get more rare earth metals out of ores


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Enlarge / About half of the world's rare earth element supply comes from this single mine. (credit: NASA ) A variety of modern technologies, including permanent magnets that have been used in everything from earbuds to wind turbines, rely on rare earth elements. While the metals aren't actually especially rare, they don't occur at high concentrations in the Earth's crust. As such, extracting them

Amplitude’s earnings show what you need to report to survive in today’s market


TechCrunch / 3h
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the price of money once again yesterday. Investors expected the move, but shares dove after the Fed declined to tell investors that it intends to slow the pace at which it raises interest rates in the future, as some had hoped. While shares of many U.S. companies fell in the wake of the news, tech stocks took a particular whacking. Then a few tech companies reporte

Smartphone data from drivers could help spot when bridges need urgent repairs


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Smartphones could be used to monitor the safety of bridges much more quickly and cheaply than currently possible, providing engineers with data they can use to fix the structures before they become dangerously unstable. Usually, bridges’ state of repair is monitored in one of two ways: either engineers visually inspect them for cracks and faults, or sensors collect data about their vibrations and

Defense Department Announces Plans for a Secure Internet in Space


Gizmodo / 3h
The Department of Defense (DOD) has signed agreements with four companies to help develop a space-based communications network of commercial and military satellites. The project hopes to use military and commercial satellites to transport data across a secure communication architecture, ultimately delivering it to… Read more...

Astronauts will 3D print part of a human knee in space


Engadget / 3h
Bioprinted body parts could prove vital to future medical treatments, and scientists are going to great lengths to test it — in a very literal sense. NASA, Redwire and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Center for Biotechnology (4DBio3) are sending a new 3D printer to the International Space Station, Redwire's BioFabrication Facility, to bioprint a human knee meniscus in orb


Decentralized social network Mastodon grows to 655K users in wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover


TechCrunch / 3h
Open-source, decentralized social network Mastodon has been benefiting from the chaotic Twitter takeover by Elon Musk. In addition to seeing a record number of downloads for the Mastodon mobile app this past weekend, the non-profit company today announced a new milestone. In a post on Twitter — where Mastodon has been successfully marketing its app to those now considering leaving the service — i

AstraZeneca password lapse exposed patient data


TechCrunch / 3h
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has blamed “user error” for leaving a list of credentials online for more than a year that exposed access to sensitive patient data. Mossab Hussein, chief security officer at cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk , told TechCrunch that a developer left the credentials for an AstraZeneca internal server on code sharing site GitHub in 2021. The credentials allowed access

Netflix’s ad-supported plan is finally here


TechCrunch / 3h
Today’s a big day for Netflix as it’s now launching its new ad-supported plan, “ Basic with Ads ,” to subscribers in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Japan, Korea and Brazil. The launch comes two days after Netflix rolled out the cheaper tier to its debut markets, Canada and Mexico. The streamer will now directly compete with other major streaming services that offer ad-supp

StretchSense built an actually comfortable hand-motion capture glove


TechCrunch / 3h
New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. And when that happens, we’ll need natural ways be immersed in those spaces, which means being able to touch and control virtual stuff with your hands. The startup has built a glove

How To Set The Best Picture Settings On Your Samsung TV


SlashGear / 3h
Whether you're a cinephile or hardcore gamer, you want the best video quality from your Samsung TV. Here's how to optimize settings for any use of your TV.

2022 Range Rover Review: Luxury SUV Is Subtly Splendid


SlashGear / 3h
In a world of increasingly ostentatious luxury SUVs, the 2022 Range Rover's comparative subtlety could be its secret weapon.

Google recognizes Native American Heritage Month with new interactive features


Mashable / 3h
As November ushers in Native American Heritage Month, even your virtual assistants are joining in the nationwide celebration of Indigenous culture. A new Google Assistant feature lets users hear from first-hand interviews with members of Indigenous communities as they reflect on their cultural experiences. After waking up your Assistant, say "Tell me a human story" and your device will play the v

'God of War Ragnarok' plays it safe by playing the hits


Mashable / 3h
Warning: This review contains spoilers for the 2018 God of War game as well as some elements of God of War Ragnarok. Never before have I played a game for which the phrase “if you liked the last one, you’ll like this one” applies as much as it does with God of War Ragnarok . When Sony rebooted God of War in 2018, the whole conceit seemed comical. You’re telling me Kratos, the most heinously angry

Netflix's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' trailer is the steamiest thing you'll watch today


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The trailer for Netflix' s Lady Chatterley's Lover is here and, omg I think I need a lie down after watching it. Oh, and did we mention it stars theee Emma Corrin ( The Crown , My Policeman ) as the eponymous Lady Constance Chatterley? You've probably heard of Lady Chatterley's Lover , the steamy D.H. Lawrence novel, which was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK in 1960. The book sold mil

The Emotet botnet has returned with a venegeance


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The dreaded Trojan Emotet is back after a five-month hiatus, kicking off a furious new malware distribution campaign, researchers are warning. Researchers from Cryptolaemus, a group that tracks Emotet, observed the threat actor suddenly come to life and spam email addresses worldwide with phishing emails , in the early morning of November 2. “Looks like Ivan is in need of some cash again so he we

AMD RDNA 3 GPUs rumored to be serious rivals for Nvidia RTX 4090 and 4080


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AMD’s RDNA 3 graphics cards are almost here, and a final rumor dump has appeared on YouTube making some interesting revelations, although we must maintain a skeptical viewpoint when assessing all of this. The video comes from Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID), who’s a big contributor to GPU leaks (and CPU ones for that matter), with the clip touching on a whole bunch of topics relating to the imminent R

Netflix’s cheaper, ad-supported plan is live – here’s how to get it


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It's here, the day Netflix told us would never come: Netflix with ads is real. The streamer’s cheaper, ad-supported subscription tier has officially arrived in the US, UK, and Australia, having rolled out in Canada on November 1. Called Netflix Basic with Ads, the new plan costs $6.99 / £4.99 / AU$6.99 per month, and grants access to (almost) all of the platform’s movies and TV shows in exchange

Get a great deal on this Shark Stratos vacuum ahead of Black Friday


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We're still a couple of weeks out from the Black Friday deals bonanza, but plenty of deals are already up for grabs ahead of Black Friday proper – and if you're after an early Black Friday vacuum cleaner deal right now, then you're in luck. Although this isn't officially one of the best Black Friday deals, you can pick up one of the latest vacuum cleaners from the Shark range, the Shark Stratos U

Activate Your Trap Card in This Magic The Gathering: The Brothers' War Preview


Gizmodo / 3h
A new Magic: The Gathering set is on the way, and that of course means more cards to fling at your opponent’s deck—and io9 has a look at a particularly sneaky card coming to The Brothers’ War. Read more...

How Many Websites Are on the Internet?


How-To Geek / 3h
To say the internet is “big” would be a massive understatement. It’s become the central place where an incredible amount of activity occurs. Most of that activity is happening on websites, so just how many are there? Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

How to Instill Perseverance in Your Kids


Lifehacker / 3h
As parents, we witness our kids struggle to master new tasks at all different ages and stages. Whether it’s zipping their coat, tying their shoes, perfecting lowercase letters, or learning how to play piano, their young lives are filled with occasions where it will feel easier to just give up. Read more...

Steam for ChromeOS works on more devices and is easier to install


Engadget / 3h
It's already been almost eight months since Google and Valve announced that they were jointly working on a version of Steam for ChromeOS , something that would greatly expand the gaming options available on Chromebooks. While it was an alpha release, limited to only a handful of devices, I was surprised at how decent the experience was — even the most powerful Chromebooks aren't going to be able

United Throws Shade At Southwest, Fails


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United Airlines is targeting Southwest Airlines with its newest ad campaign, though this whole concept just comes across as desperate, if you ask me. And before anyone accuses me of being biased, I’d like to point out that I called United’s last ad campaign targeting Southwest brilliant . 😉 United attacks Southwest’s boarding process Southwest is known for doing things a bit differently than oth

Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter


1KFuturism / 3h
Advertisers are fleeing Twitter in droves now that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken over control. Ever since officially closing the $44 billion deal, Musk has been busy gutting the company's executive suite and dissolving its board . Senior executives, as well as Twitter's advertising chief Sarah Personette, have departed as well . After all, Musk has been very clear about his disdain for

You can play Android games on your PC now


Mashable / 3h
If you’ve ever played a mobile game and thought “this would be better with a mouse and keyboard,” Google’s got great news for you. As of Wednesday, Android users in the U.S. can download and play a selection of Android games on Windows PCs, per a Google blog post . The feature (which is still in beta) has been available since earlier this year in places like Hong Kong and Korea, but now it’s expa


TOMORROW: A Bunch Of Bloggers Are Pulling A Crazy Stunt For Charity


View from the Wing / 3h
Several travel bloggers and frequent flyers are going to pull a crazy stunt tomorrow to raise money for charity. They're helping to bring awareness and support for Give Kids The World , a charity that fulfills the wishes of dying children to experience Disney World. Here's their plan: ride every Disney ride in a single, 18 hour day. That's 53 rides and over 20 miles of walking and running. Contin

‘Symbiogenesis’ is some NFT garbage from Square Enix, not a ‘Parasite Eve’ revival


Engadget / 4h
Square Enix has revealed that Symbiogenesis, an upcoming project that was widely rumored to be Parasite Eve -related, is actually something else — and it's centered around NFTs (non-fungible tokens) . The publisher described Symbiogenesis as "its first digital collectible art project designed from the ground up for Web3 fans." Symbiogenesis takes place in a self-contained world containing a large

Save on Winter Heating With an ecobee Smart Thermostat ($30 Off)


How-To Geek / 4h
With heating costs on the rise this winter, finding ways to save even a few bucks can go a long way. Get some relief and give your home a temperature regulation upgrade with this ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced, now down to its best price ever. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

15 Life Hack Amazon Finds That Make Life Way Easier


How-To Geek / 4h
How many times each day do you let out a sigh of frustration because a daily task felt harder than it needed to be? Maybe you made a mess trying to pour leftover soup into a container or maybe you couldn’t get the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. Whatever the case, there are a lot of ways our lives could run a little easier. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›

Why White Bread Is the Secret to Soft Cookies


How-To Geek / 4h
Is there anything more satisfying than biting into a warm, soft cookie? Sometimes they don’t remain as soft the next day, especially if you store them in a moisture-sucking environment like the fridge. Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›

Don't Worry, 17 Amazon Products Gain Matter Support This Year


How-To Geek / 4h
Amazon was one of the first major smart home brands to back Matter, the universal smart home standard. Now, it says that 17 Echo devices will gain Matter support through an update this December—but there are a few disappointing footnotes to this plan. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Gmail Makes Tracking Your Packages Easier Just in Time for the Holidays


How-To Geek / 4h
If you use Gmail, it just got a lot easier to track your shipments. Today, the company announced that it’s rolling out a new package tracking feature to your inbox. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Sling TV Announces a Price Hike, but It's Not All Bad


How-To Geek / 4h
Bummer. Like everyone else lately, Sling TV is getting ready to increase prices for all subscribers. Starting on December 3, 2022, the base Sling TV package will now cost $40 per month, an increase of $5. However, it’s not all bad news, as the company announced extra channels and more features are coming soon. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Investor’s advice during a downturn: Don’t panic


TechCrunch / 4h
Competing in an increasingly crowded space can be nerve-wracking. Competing in an increasingly crowded space amid a challenging fundraising environment is even more nerve-wracking. We all know that cash is not nearly as readily available in 2022 as it was in 2021. This puts startups in the position of having to compete without losing their minds — or runway. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2022, I intervie

Lunar eclipse November 8: How to watch the last 'blood moon' of 2022


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If you’re desperate to see a total lunar eclipse, don’t miss the one on November 8. Otherwise you’ll have to wait a long time — as in: So long there will have been two Avatar movie releases and a presidential inauguration by the time there’s another one in March of 2025. Trouble is: Not everyone is going to be able to see this one in all its glory. Plus, you may need a refresher on what a total l

Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry strike up a friendship in moving 'Causeway' trailer


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Director Lila Neugebauer's Causeway is a portrait of a friendship between two troubled individuals who find comfort in each other, and the trailer out today gives a small glimpse into their relationship. Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) is an injured solder who has just returned home to New Orleans. She struggles to readjust to her life and wants to return to the army as soon as she's cleared. Lynsey m

It's your last chance to score 50% off Walmart+ subscriptions, plus more of the best deals of the day


Mashable / 4h
Here are the best deals of the day for Nov. 3, including early Black Friday discounts: BEST SUBSCRIPTION DEAL : One year of Walmart+ membership — $49 $98 (save $49) BEST HOME DEAL : iRobot Roomba i1+ (1552) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum — $288 $529.99 (save $241.99) BEST AMAZON DEVICE DEAL: Amazon Fire TV 75-inch Omni Series 4K UHD Smart TV — $599.99 $1,099.99 (save $500) 'Tis the se

WiFi security flaw lets a drone track devices through walls


Engadget / 4h
WiFi's friendliness to other devices might pose a significant threat in the wrong circumstances. University of Waterloo researchers have discovered a security flaw in the networking standard that lets attackers track devices through walls. The technique identifies the location of a device within 3.3ft just by exploiting WiFi devices' automatic contact responses (even on password-protected network

These Malware Apps Are Still Live on the Google Play Store


Lifehacker / 4h
Malware is a problem that affects all platforms— including Apple —but it’s Android that seems to face the majority of cases these days. Stories pop up far too frequently concerning newly discovered batches of malicious apps on the Play Store. This time, there are four of them, one with over one million installs alone. Read more...

WhatsApp Finally Rolls Out Communities, 32 Person Video Calls


SlashGear / 4h
The world's most popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, is rolling out new additions, including its Communities feature and larger video calls. Check it out.

Which Corvette Model Is The Coolest? Here's What Car Lovers Say – SlashGear Survey


SlashGear / 4h
In our recent survey, we asked U.S. gearheads which iteration of the Chevy Corvette was the coolest. Here's what car lovers said was the freshest 'Vette.

Hyatt FIND, A Wellbeing Experiences Platform


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Over the years, we’ve seen many major loyalty programs launch experiences marketplaces and platforms. The idea is that these allow you to redeem points for unique experiences you might not otherwise consider, and it presents a fun alternative for redeeming your points in a memorable way. Back in 2018, World of Hyatt launched its experiences platform, named FIND. This was suspended for some amount

WhatsApp Revamps Group Chats with New Communities Feature


Gizmodo / 4h
WhatsApp revamped its group chat functionality today with the rollout of a new featured called “Communities.” Communities lets users bring together multiple different group chats in a single hub, and includes a number of upgrades, including polls and 32-person video chats. Read more...

Patreon Creators Won't Have to Rely on Embedded YouTube Videos Anymore


Gizmodo / 4h
Patreon creators no longer have to rely on third-party sites like YouTube or Vimeo to share video content. Instead, the platform launched its own native video feature on Thursday. “There are no ads, no trolls in the comments, and you never have to worry about ending up on the wrong side of the algorithm,” Patreon… Read more...

Randall Park's Favorite Superheroes


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Christopher Paolini's Sci-Fri Fractalverse Expands With New Thriller Fractal Noise


Gizmodo / 4h
Christopher Paolini first achieved literary fame with Eragon , a YA fantasy he began writing when he was just a teen . Now in his 30s, he’s since branched out into adult lit, including 2020's best-selling To Sleep in a Sea of Stars . His latest book— Fractal Noise , a standalone sci-fi tale that’s part of his Fractalverse… Read more...

Treasury management startup Vesto wants to help other startups put their idle cash to work


TechCrunch / 4h
Benjamin Döpfner has been building companies since he was a teenager. One of his more recent ventures was based in Berlin and at the time of its founding in 2019, Germany actually had negative interest rates – meaning that the company was paying back 50 basis points, or half a percent for each Euro that was in its account. “That wa s very, very frustrating for me,” Döpfner recalls. So he reached

These Are the Best Store-Bought Pie Crusts


Lifehacker / 4h
Dessert is always last—in eating order, but also on the priority prep list. Preparing the Thanksgiving turkey and a diverse list of sides is enough to pull the cook’s focus away from the pies on the menu. Enter: the store-bought pie crust, the fast and easy way to save yourself from the teeth-clenching stress of … Read more...

Creative’s new noise-canceling earbuds give you a reason to never take them off


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Typically wireless earbuds with noise cancellation want to separate you from the outside world, immersing you in a vivid soundstage that brings audio to life; that’s not quite the case for Creative’s latest pair of buds. The aptly named Sensemore Air true wireless earbuds do still feature active noise cancellation (ANC) that works exactly like the tech in the best noise-canceling earbuds out ther

The US Treasury says it easily stopped an attack by a notorious Russian hacker group


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The US Treasury Department was recently targeted by a distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attack launched by Killnet, a known pro-Russian threat actor. Reuters claims Killnet targeted the Treasury sometime between attacking more than a dozen websites belonging to US airports and banking giant JPMorgan Chase early in October 2022. HoweverThe DDoS attacks failed at disrupting the airports’ opera

Musk's California Hyperloop Prototype Will Become a Parking Lot


Gizmodo / 4h
Elon Musk’s hyperloop —the sci-fi-esque subway of the future that definitely will not flood —is apparently hitting a speed bump. The Hyperloop’s inaugural tunnel, a prototype built in Hawthorne, California, has been torn down and will be replaced with parking spots for SpaceX employees. Read more...

Apple TV 4K review (2022): Still the best streaming box by a long shot


Engadget / 4h
After Apple finally gave us a decent Siri remote last year , I couldn't imagine the Apple TV 4K getting much better. It's not like anyone is clamoring for an 8K upgrade – all we need these days is support for fast 4K streaming, as well as the multitude of HDR (high definition range) formats out there. The new Apple TV 4K can easily meet those demands, but what's truly impressive is that it's far

You Can Have 500 Tabs Open Without Slowing Down Your iPhone


How-To Geek / 4h
Among the things that can slow your iPhone down, a big pile of tabs in Safari isn’t one of them. Here’s why. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

The Best Gadgets to Keep You Warm When the Temps Drop


How-To Geek / 4h
When the seasons change and the mercury drops, you might think you have to accept that you’ll be cold until spring. However, frigid temperatures outside don’t mean you have to feel frozen. There’s a world of gadgets that can help keep you warm and cozy. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

The Philips Hue Bridge Gains Matter Certification


How-To Geek / 4h
The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) now lists Philips Hue Bridge as a Matter-certified product. We expect the Bridge to receive its Matter update within the next few months, likely in December. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

Darkroom brings high-end photo smarts to your iCloud Photo Library


TechCrunch / 4h
It’s been around for a hot minute, but Darkroom just got a pretty major update that makes it a lot more interesting for photo enthusiasts who don’t want, or can’t afford, to use more specialist tools. The fast and intuitive photo editor gives you access to your photo library, essentially giving you a Lightroom-like experience natively on your phone or Mac. The company just introduced highlight an

Can This iPad Replace Your Laptop?


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The benefits and pitfalls of breathwork


Mashable / 5h
Could it really be that difficult to consciously change your breathing pattern to promote stress relief and relaxation, which breathwork practices promise to do? As it turns out, experts say learning breathwork as a beginner is harder than most understand. That's partly because many people are accustomed to drawing short breaths from their chest, rather than inhaling deeply from their abdomen. Al

Disingenuous New United Airlines Ad Takes On Southwest’s Boarding Process


View from the Wing / 5h
United is running an ad campaign attacking Southwest over its inflight product - because if you don't have Rapid Rewards elite status, buy a premium fare, or pay for 'Early Bird check-in' you need to check in 24 hours prior to your flight to avoid being assigned one of the last boarding positions and therefore one of the last shots at picking a seat on board. But United is worse. Continue reading

The New Leader of Space Force Wants a ‘Combat-Credible’ Command


Gizmodo / 5h
The U.S. Space Force, the smallest of all six uniformed military branches in both budget and personnel, has a new leader who on his first day talked up making his command “combat ready” as tensions between the biggest space faring nations grow larger. Read more...

The Russo Brothers Tease Their Horrible-Sounding View For the Live-Action Hercules


Gizmodo / 5h
Hocus Pocus 2 has opened up the chance for even more witchery in the works at Disney. Tuca & Bertie is no more, again. Ryan Reynolds puts his own spin on A Christmas Carol in Spirited . Plus, what’s coming on Reginald the Vampire , Chucky , and more. To me, my spoilers! Read more...

Cats May Be Tampering With Crime Scenes, Scientists Say


300+Futurism / 5h
Cat Burglar Cats are known for not really minding their own business, getting their furry paws on just about anything they can. And it turns out, this makes them effective vectors for DNA evidence, according to a study published last month in the journal Forensic Science International: Genetic Supplement Series . Researchers collaborating with the Victoria Police Forensic Services Department in A

Elon Musk really doesn't like people working from home


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New Twitter CEO Elon Musk reportedly plans to force all its remaining employees to return to the office, just under a week after he officially acquired the company. The move, reported by Axios , comes as the social networking giant may also be planning to lay off a third of its workforce, a move which could impact up to 3,700 of its employees. The decision to force workers back into the office co

iPad Pro 2023: what we know so far


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The iPad Pro 2023 might either land quite soon or not for ages, depending on who you believe, but either way, we’re already hearing some things about it, and it sounds like it could be a much bigger upgrade than the iPad Pro 2022 was. In fact, ‘big’ is the key word here, because numerous sources suggest we’ll see an even larger iPad in 2023 than the current iPad Pro 12.9 – though it’s likely that

Hundreds of US news sites hacked to send out malware


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Hundreds of news websites across the US have been compromised to deliver malware to their readers, researchers are saying. Experts from Proofpoint discovered a malware distribution campaign that targeted an unnamed media company in the US which owns hundreds of websites belonging to various newspapers. Allegedly, some of the sites are national, others are from New York, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Wa


Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they ‘overhired for the world we’re in’


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Stripe has announced that it’s laying off 14% of its workers, impacting around 1,120 of the fintech giant’s 8,000 workforce. The latest round of layoffs follows a string of cutbacks in the fintech sphere, with Brex last month revealing it was scything 11% of its workforce, while just yesterday Chime confirmed that 12% of its employees would be laid off. In a memo published online , Stripe CEO Pat

Applications security startup Apiiro pulls in $100M Series B from A-list investors


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At a time when large rounds are a thing of the past, especially in the early stages, Apiiro , an applications security startup, announced a $100 million Series B today from several top-shelf Silicon Valley firms. What is attracting this kind of investment in a time when investors otherwise are in a period of belt tightening? The company is working to help developers and security operations find a

Google makes millions from greenwashing ads, report says


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New research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) , a nonprofit disrupting online hate and misinformation, demonstrates how Google has enabled greenwashing at the hands of Big Oil — and profited from this. The CCDH, focusing exclusively on U.S.-based users, found that major oil and gas companies including BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil have bought ads on Google searches in response to qu

Have an Actually Useful One-on-One With Your Boss


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Although one-on-one meetings with your boss can seem useful in theory, they often fall short of being truly effective. As the Association for Talent Development recently reported in a survey, while 94% of managers say they schedule regular one-on-one meetings with their employees, less than half of their employees… Read more...

Promo: Earn American Miles & Loyalty Points With Uber


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While this isn’t the most exciting deal ever, Katie Genter flags a good opportunity to potentially both earn some AAdvantage miles (including Loyalty Points) and save on purchases with Uber and Uber Eats. SimplyMiles offering AAdvantage miles with Uber SimplyMiles offers opportunities to earn bonus AAdvantage miles and Loyalty Points with select retailers when registering and paying with a Master

Amazon will bring Matter smart home support to 17 Echo devices this year (updated)


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Amazon was quick to pledge support for the Matter smart home standard , and now it's clear just when (and if) you can expect the technology to reach your household. The company has confirmed that 17 Echo devices, plugs, switches and bulbs will support Matter over WiFi in December, with 30 Echo and Eero products offering support by early next year. You'll initially need Android to set this up (App

Snapchat and Amazon team up for AR shopping, starting with eyewear


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Snap has been using Snapchat lenses to help people virtually try on clothes for a while, and the company has teamed up with another notable partner. Users will soon be able to see how eyewear styles from Amazon Fashion look on their face before ordering a pair. You’ll be able to try these augmented reality lenses via the @amazonfashion profile , the Lens Explorer (in the For You and Dress Up tabs

More than 70 VC firms join VCs for Repro coalition to support reproductive rights


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Seventy-five venture capital firms, including Bloomberg Beta, 776 and M13, are standing together to launch VCs for Repro, a coalition stating that criminalizing abortion is a violation of human rights that stifles innovation. Announced today, the group seeks to entice more financial leaders to support and vote in favor of reproductive rights come the midterm elections on November 8. “Criminalizin

Amazon details Matter rollout for Alexa devices


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We’re still in the very early stages, but thus far Matter has proven to be a fairly peaceful collaboration between the biggest competitors in consumer electronics. Apple, Samsung and Google are among those that have detailed their plans to embrace the universal smart home standard following its recent launch. Today Amazon is offering some insight into its own approach. The company noted in a post

How The Acura Integra Type R Became A Tuner Favorite


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The Acura/Honda Integra Type R is a legendary car among tuners, but it is becoming even rarer and more expensive. Here's why it is so sought after.

A Beginner's Guide to Buying Your First Gaming PC


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PC gaming has a reputation for being expensive and complicated. And sure, playing games on PC is arguably the “deep end” of the video game hobby compared to playing on consoles, but it’s much easier to wade into those waters than you might think. Read more...

Why Egypt became one of the biggest chokepoints for Internet cables


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Enlarge (credit: imaginima/Getty Images) The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 Internet cable travels 15,500 miles along the seafloor, connecting Hong Kong to Marseille, France. As it snakes through the South China Sea and toward Europe, the cable helps provide Internet connections to more than a dozen countries, from India to Greece. When the cable was cut on June 7 , millions of people were plunged offline

Falling Chinese rocket expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere in


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Enlarge / Possible Long March 5B reentry locations lie anywhere along the blue and yellow ground track. Areas not under the line are not exposed to the debris. (credit: The Aerospace Corporation) The Chinese rocket that will fall back to Earth in a few days is equivalent in size to two semi-truck trailers, and as much as 40 percent of this metal will reach the Earth's surface, experts say. Althou

Eve Rolls Out Matter Support With Free Updates


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If you have Eve products integrated into your smart home, good news. Eve is rolling out free updates to over a dozen products starting with these three popular models. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Eve to Roll Out Its First Matter Updates This December


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The celebrated Matter smart home standard finally launched in early October. Still, products need to go through a lengthy certification process before they can gain full Matter compatibility. And it seems that Eve is one of the first companies to complete this certification process. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

What Can You Do With The Space Where Seat Back Entertainment Is Supposed To Go? [Roundup]


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

lepetitdragonvert : Thé Picture Poetry Book by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown The Associated Publishers, INC. Washington, D...


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lepetitdragonvert : Thé Picture Poetry Book by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown The Associated Publishers, INC. Washington, D. C. 1968 Artist : Lois Mailou Jones

Gmail now tracks your packages and tells you when they're delayed


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Add another entry to the list of things Gmail can do: Package tracking. Google's online email client can now track incoming packages based on emails with shipping confirmations that arrive in your inbox. For such emails that also contain tracking numbers, Gmail will display delivery status in the inbox list view, as well as in a summary card on top of individual emails. Click on the summary and y

Nanoleaf Announces Budget-Friendly Matter-Compatible Bulbs and Lightstrips


How-To Geek / 6h
Great news for fans of economical smart home lighting excited about the new Matter smart home standard. Nanoleaf is adding Matter support to its Essentials line. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Brilliant Will Extend Its Excellent Smart Home Integration with Matter


How-To Geek / 6h
Brilliant is already one of the most widely-integrated smart home brands; its products work with Google Assistant, HomeKit, Alexa, and Samsung SmartThings. Still, to fit in with our smart home future, Brilliant will add Matter compatibility to its products in 2023. Read This Article on Review Geek ›


12 New Thanksgiving 'Traditions' You Should Adopt This Year


Lifehacker / 6h
When you’re a child, it feels like family holiday traditions are sacrosanct—that they were passed down on stone tablets and must be slavishly adhered to lest ruin befall the family (or mom get mad, anyway). But I’m sure you’ve learned by now that family traditions were just something your folks decided to do one year… Read more...

Snapchat and Strava launch a new AR lens to share workouts


Mashable / 6h
Snapchat and Strava have launched a new lens that makes it easier, and more stylish, to share all the sweaty details of your workout. The popular workout tracker and Snapchat released an AR feature that lets you post a Snap or story that displays the details of your workout. For instance, it'll show a moving map of your cycling trip, the elevation in your ride, and how long you were out, among ot

Meta India head Ajit Mohan departs to join Snap


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Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, has left the firm and has agreed to join rival Snap, according to sources familiar with the matter. At Snap, Mohan will serve as the president of the company’s APAC business, two sources said. Mohan (pictured above) joined Meta, called Facebook then, in January 2019 as a VP and MD of the India business. During his stay at the firm, Facebook’s family of apps

Loop lassos ex-Uber talent and money to finally fix freight invoicing


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Matt McKinney was a data science manager at Uber, helping launch Uber Freight, along with software engineer Shaosu Liu. One of the main problems the pair saw there was that while they were able to grow the top line, they found it difficult to grow the bottom line because they were “losing a bunch of money” to bad debt and late payments. When digging in to understand why, the duo realized that “th

Quinio’s $40M equity, debt raise shows LatAm is strong market for e-commerce aggregators


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Quinio , an e-commerce aggregator that acquires, operates and builds consumer packaged e-commerce brands across Latin America, secured a $40 million boost in both equity and debt. It’s an interesting time for e-commerce aggregators. Over the past year, the market went from hot, hot, hot to cool, though some aggregators still held on and were even able to close on venture capital deals. For exampl

Labrador Systems deploys its first assistive elder-care robots


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We’ve been keeping tabs on Labrador Systems since we caught a very early demo of its elder care-focused technology in a hotel suite several CESes ago. Today the California-based robotics firm announced that it’s begun deploying its Retriever Pro system to a handful of early clients, including, On Lok PACE, Nationwide Insurance, Masonic Homes of California, Western Homes Communities, Eskaton, The

Snapchat now lets you share your Strava activities in snaps and stories


TechCrunch / 6h
Snapchat is partnering with activity and fitness tracking platform Strava to launch a new Lens that lets users share their fitness journey on Snapchat. The new Strava Activity Lens works by connecting directly to your Strava profile, giving you access to stats and activity maps from your recent workouts. Each time you do a workout, it will be automatically loaded into Snapchat. To share your acti

Port internal development platform gives visibility into DevOps architecture


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In a typical large organization, DevOps tasks have become so complex, and involve navigating so many tools, it has become difficult to understand the current state of affairs, and to add resources when needed. It’s gotten to the point where developers often need to submit a ticket, even for a routine operation, which is adding unnecessary friction and slowing down the entire process. Port, an ear

6 key metrics that can help SaaS startups outlast this downturn


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Sudheesh Nair Contributor Sudheesh Nair is CEO of ThoughtSpot , a business intelligence company that has built an intuitive Google-like interface for data analytics. Before ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was president at Nutanix. More posts by this contributor 3 questions startups must answer before taking on their largest competitors A blueprint for building a great startup founding team With the economy

Dataloop secures cash infusion to expand its data annotation tool set


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Data annotation, or the process of adding labels to images, text, audio and other forms of sample data, is typically a key step in developing AI systems. The vast majority of systems learn to make predictions by associating labels with specific data samples, like the caption “bear” with a photo of a black bear. A system trained on many labeled examples of different kinds of contracts, for example

Life360 to integrate its service with Tile, following last year’s acquisition


TechCrunch / 6h
Following last year’s $205 million acquisition of AirTag competitor Tile by family locator service Life360 , the two companies today will now integrate their products and services. With an update arriving soon to Life360’s app, members will be able to see the location of the Tile Bluetooth trackers on the same in-app map where they also track their family members’ locations. In addition, Life360’

The Easiest Way to Save Money on Holiday Travel This Year


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In the face soaring inflation, many of us still plan to travel at one point during the holidays this year. NPR reports that airlines are already reporting high demand and rising prices, so the time to book is now. But before you actually select your travel dates, it could pay to chat with you family about a longer… Read more...

Nanoleaf Prepares for the Smart Home Future with New Bulbs and Strips


How-To Geek / 6h
In early 2023, Nanoleaf will launch a new line of Essentials smart lighting products with Matter compatibility. The new products include several smart bulbs (A19, GU10, BR30) and a Lightstrip—yes, this is basically a refresh of Nanoleaf’s current Essentials lineup. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

30 FPS Games Are Here to Stay. Here’s Why


How-To Geek / 6h
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles offered a short list of 60fps games, as did the generation before. At the start of the current generation, it seemed like 60fps games would become the new normal. Now, 30fps is back on the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Why? Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X Laptop Review: A Speedy Performer, Sans Battery Life


How-To Geek / 6h
Lenovo’s formidable Slim laptop line brings yet another heavy hitter to the forefront: the Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X. This sleek portable computer marries premium features like professional graphics and an Intel Core i7 processor to take productivity to the next level. Read This Article on Review Geek ›

FlyDubai Flight With Israeli Soldier Diverts To Iran


One Mile at a Time / 6h
An Israeli soldier recently spent roughly 10 hours in Iran after a flight diverted there due to a sick pilot, and fortunately she managed to fly under the radar. FlyDubai flight diverts to Iran due to sick pilot On Thursday, October 27, 2022, FlyDubai flight FZ1942 was scheduled to operate from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (TAS), to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB). The 1,369-mile flight was scheduled t

Spinn Review: Brew Coffee by Spinning It at 5,000 RPM


29Wired / 6h
This machine grinds beans and then brews your coffee with centrifugal force. It’s more than a novelty; the results taste great.

Dear Artists: Do Not Fear AI Image Generators


28Wired / 6h
True, new systems devalue craft, shift power, and wreck cultures and scenes. But didn’t the piano do that to the harpsichord?

Twitter to lose magic with blue tick fee, says ex exec


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Twitter's former global communications head tells BBC News he is worried about Elon Musk's plans.

Pacdora wants to be a ‘Canva + Figma’ for the $1 trillion packaging industry


TechCrunch / 7h
I love meeting startups that are making a tangible impact on the factory floor. While Shein applies a data-driven approach to improve efficiency for clothing manufacturing, Pacdora is doing something similar for packaging, from design all the way to production. Packaging sounds archaic and pretty removed from tech — and it is, which is why there aren’t many competitors for Pacdora, yet. But the o


Coinbase and Polygon back new crypto advocacy group in India


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Top crypto firms including Coinbase and Polygon are among the firms that have formed an industry body in India to promote dialogue between key stakeholders and drive awareness about web3, months after the largest local crypto advocacy group was disbanded . Members of the new industry body, named Bharat Web3 Association (BWA), include top local crypto exchanges including CoinDCX, CoinSwitch Kuber

The Download: updates from our flagship EmTech event, and cleaning up the grid


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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. The latest news and announcements from EmTech 2022 Which technologies are creating new opportunities for our planet, our bodies and our businesses? That question was at the forefront of yesterday’s EmTech 2022 —MIT Technology Review’s annual conference that br

Microsoft's plan for ad-supported PCs may not be a terrible idea


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At a time when global PC sales are declining , what can computing giant Microsoft consider in order to keep sales afloat? Cheap cloud-connected systems paid for by subscriptions and ads, of course! In a number of job listings on the official Windows site - including this now-closed posting for a software engineer from earlier this year - the company is looking for engineers to become part of a te

Stunning Vehicles In Tom Cruise's Collection That Aren't Cars


SlashGear / 7h
Tom Cruise has an enviable car collection, but the luxury doesn't end there. These are the most stunning vehicles in Tom Cruise's collection that aren't cars.

Airline Shopping Portal Bonuses: Earn 16K Bonus Points


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Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. For following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spending. The number of bonus points you earn per dollar spent varies greatly by retailer , though in addition to those variable bonuses, there are often promotions that are avail

View of mallard duck and pekin ducks swimming in pond at Belle Isle Zoo; two blue herons stand on island in center of p...


Music, Arts & Literature / 7h
View of mallard duck and pekin ducks swimming in pond at Belle Isle Zoo; two blue herons stand on island in center of pond. Printed on front: “Blue heron, pekin ducks, mallard duck.” Stamped on front: “Belle Isle Zoo, Detroit.” Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

Mercedes Benz EQE Electric Sedan will retail for staggering amount


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The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .

Craft Ventures leads $11.5M into meez’s culinary recipe tool


TechCrunch / 7h
Restaurant kitchens across the country are trying to manage customers while also managing labor shortages . This means it’s important to get new employees up and running faster. Josh Sharkey, chef, founder and CEO of meez , a recipe management app for chefs, started the company in 2020 so that food and beverage professionals could digitally manage and execute recipe workflow, from creation and co

Bruvi’s new coffee pods bio-degrade faster with the power of enzymes


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Bruvi ‘s B-pods take a novel approach that (probably correctly) assumes consumers are too lazy to return their aluminium pods to the manufacturer (looking at you, Nespresso), and too clumsy to do the pre-processing needed to properly dispose of other pods. So the company instead assumes that the pods go to a landfill, and designed them to disintegrate when they do. The company caught my attention

Amazon: Coming soon to your eyeballs


TechCrunch / 7h
New computing paradigms are never not going to be weird, but such uncomfortability dramatically intensifies when the human body enters into the picture. There’s a sense in which the smart contact lens feels like something of an inevitability (whether it’s produced by Mojo Vision or someone is another question altogether), but that doesn’t mean each new application won’t feel a little strange. Tod

Just 1000 Of Your Miles Can Help Ensure No One Dies Alone


View from the Wing / 7h
Have a few spare United Airlines miles? They could make a difference in the last moments of someone's life. The miles sitting in your account can bring someone comfort, and bring family together with their loved ones before it's too late. I joined the board of Give A Mile which uses donated miles for trips of compassion. They are currently raising United Airlines MileagePlus miles to provide flig

Renew IHG Diamond With InterContinental Ambassador


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I just signed up for the InterContinental Ambassador program, and in the process extended my IHG One Rewards Diamond status by a year. Let me explain. Extending IHG Diamond with InterContinental Ambassador IHG’s loyalty program situation can be a bit complicated: IHG One Rewards is IHG’s primary loyalty program, covering all hotel brands InterContinental Ambassador is a paid membership program (i

Fintech in Latin America and Africa Is Breaking the Mold


32Wired / 7h
The US and Europe can learn a lot from startups that are nimbler, more digitized, and potentially better at serving underserved people.

Twitter Is Changing Fast. Here's What Could Happen Next


26Wired / 7h
This week, we discuss possible consequences of Elon Musk's shakeup at the social media platform he now owns.

Cybercrime gangs are recruiting like never before


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A number of leading cybercriminal groups have been observed recruiting new members at an alarming rate, new reports have warned. Avast’s recent Q3/2022 Threat report found some threat actors have started hiring out of success, others for being pinned down by cybersecurity researchers. The LockBit group, for example, known for its ransomware variant of the same name, was “very active this quarter”

There's a Big Problem With Countries' Plans to Plant More Trees


Gizmodo / 7h
Countries will need close to 3 billion acres (1.2 billion hectares) of land to fulfill their current climate pledges, thanks to their focus on techniques like planting new trees over tougher but less land-intensive methods of reducing greenhouse gasses, a report released Tuesday finds. That’s roughly half the amount… Read more...

We’ve Finally Reached Peak Streaming


How-To Geek / 7h
There was a time when it felt like a new streaming service launched each month. Every media company had to have their own service—and that may have finally happened. No new services launched in 2022. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

What’s next for augmented reality?


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10.28 We’re now going to take a half-an-hour break, and when we come back we’re talking all things body tech. See you on the other side! 10.20 AR works best in environments such as museums, galleries or other cultural institutions when it’s least expected, says Cason. Layering an AR experience over the top of a piece of art that’s already beautiful risks detracting from it, she says, whereas if y

How new versions of solar, wind, and batteries could help the grid


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Hello hello, welcome back to The Spark! I’m back in Boston again this week, this time for one of my favorite events of the year, EmTech MIT . The program covers everything from crypto to CRISPR, and I’ll be hosting a session this week called “Future Clean Energy Solutions.” In the session, I’ll be chatting with innovators focused on three different areas of renewable energy: solar, wind, and batt

Stacey Abrams' advisor speaks politics to the next gen. (These aren't your grandma's civics lessons.)


Mashable / 8h
At this point, the general public should know that local elections matter. We all understand that state elections are crucial. But what does a governor actually do? How do state measures work, and what exactly is an attorney general? As midterm elections approach on Nov. 8, the push for greater voter turnout is actually highlighting a more basic goal: making sure communities actually know how it


Patreon finally adds native video to its membership platform


Engadget / 8h
Patreon has launched a native video hosting service and is giving Pro and Premium creators early access to the feature, so they no longer have to use YouTube to share video content with their fans. The company first revealed that it was working on a video hosting platform and player of its own last year. Now, Patreon has started rolling it out to more users after a period of beta testing. Company

Google launches Play Games in the US and other countries for Windows 11


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After launching a beta in 2021 , Google has announced a further rollout of the Play Games app for Windows 11, which lets you download and play a bunch of Android games on your tablet or PC . While you can download Android apps through the Microsoft Store in Windows 11 thanks to Amazon, this is another method of downloading them, but strictly for games, and arguably in a much better layout that do

Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU breaks world records with staggering 3.7GHz overclock


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Nvidia’s RTX 4090 has been overclocked to a rather staggering 3.7GHz and as you might expect, when ramped up that far, the GPU claimed some new world records. VideoCardz picked up on this one, reporting that overclocking outfit Team OGS took the Galax RTX 4090 HOF – the graphics card we wrote about yesterday that has two 16-pin power connectors, enabling it to be cranked to 1000W – and cooled it

The Morning After: A look at Canon’s new R6-II


Engadget / 8h
Canon’s EOS R6 was a great camera with one fatal flaw: It couldn’t hold its temperature, so it overheated fairly regularly. Two years later, Canon has released a successor that should help restore its reputation after such a high-profile error. The EOS R6 Mark II gets a higher resolution 24.2-megapixel sensor, faster shooting speeds and better low-light performance. Steve Dent spent some time sho

Why Buying Marriott Points At 25% Off Is A Fool’s Game


View from the Wing / 8h
Marriott told us that next year's award pricing will be worse than what it is today. We should believe them. Continue reading ...

Adobe Photoshop Designers Are Furious That Pantone Is Forcing Them to Pay $15 to Use Its Colors


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Hell hath no fury like an Adobe designer who can’t see the colors they thought they had already paid for. Read more...

Former ButcherBox execs leverage meat shipment expertise into new D2C startup


TechCrunch / 8h
As ButcherBox’s former head of logistics, Juan Meisel knows how to get perishable items from A to Z, and now he wants to do the same for Grip , a perishable shipping company he is bringing out of stealth mode with $2 million pre-seed funding. Dubbed a “smart logistics engine,” Grip’s technology sits on top of customers’ existing order management systems and manages the shipment process using real

The Sci-Fi Dream of a ‘Molecular Computer’ Is Getting More Real


80Wired / 8h
Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools.

Soccer Fans, You're Being Watched


24Wired / 8h
Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.

Algorithms Quietly Run the City of Washington, DC—and Maybe Your Hometown


25Wired / 8h
A new report finds that municipal agencies in Washington deploy dozens of automated decision systems, often without residents’ knowledge.

How Peaceful Crowds Turn Into a Deadly Crush


28Wired / 8h
It doesn’t take stampeding or unruly behavior to result in massive tragedies like the one in Itaewon.

Southwest Airlines’ “Just Plane Fun” Shuffle


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It occurred to me that I’ve never explicitly written a post about what might just simultaneously be the greatest and worst marketing video the airline industry has ever seen. The Southwest Airlines shuffle… Southwest Airlines has always been known for being different than other airlines, and for having a culture of fun. I don’t think anything sums that up more accurately than a video that the air

How to squirt during sex


Mashable / 8h
TLC famously once sang "don’t go chasing waterfalls," but what if we want to in our sex lives? Yes, we’re talking about squirting — the most debated aspect of orgasms for people with vaginas. According to research , around 10 percent to 54 percent of us can do it — and yet, there is a whole lot of confusion around it. If you’ve not experienced squirting personally, the likelihood is that you’ve s

Why Do Batteries Lose Charge When You Aren’t Using Them?


How-To Geek / 8h
You charge a tablet or a battery pack for your power drill to 100%, put it in a drawer, and forget about it. The next time you pull it out, the battery is dead. What gives? Here’s why batteries don’t (and can’t) stay charged. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

The 10 best gadgets for digital nomads


25Mashable / 9h
One of the benefits of being a digital nomad is that your home office is wherever you open your laptop. But the reality is often a little less Instagram-able than typing with one hand and holding a fruity cocktail in the other on a virgin beach somewhere. There's no office supply closet or I.T. department to visit when you're in a noisy cafe in a foreign country. The supply closet is...whatever y

2023 Ford Transit Trail Is An RV Blank Canvas For Embracing #VanLife


SlashGear / 9h
The 2023 Ford Transit Trail has an intentionally subtle exterior and an interior that's a perfect blank canvas for DIY van upfitters of all sorts.

Phones aren’t selling well this year says Qualcomm, so Black Friday could be the time to buy


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You might think that coming out of a pandemic with people out and about once again would push the demand for smartphones to climb, but it seems the opposite is true, as sales could be down 10% or more this year. That’s according to Qualcomm, which in its latest earnings release – as spotted by The Verge – predicted that there could be a “low double-digit percentage decline” in handset volume this

Review: Fiji Airways Lounge Nadi Airport (NAN)


One Mile at a Time / 9h
While flying with Fiji Airways I had a roughly 2.5 hour layover at Nadi Airport (NAN), after arriving from Los Angeles (LAX) and prior to connecting to Auckland (AKL). I spent most of this time at the Fiji Airways Premier Lounge, which is Fiji Airways’ only lounge. I have to say, the lounge impressed me, especially given that this is also accessible by Priority Pass members. It has nice decor, an

Smartex sews up $24.7M to put smarter eyes on textile manufacturing


TechCrunch / 9h
A lot of things might spring to mind when you hear “fashion,” but taking care of the planet generally isn’t on that list. Smartex just raised a couple of bolts’ worth of cash, sowing up a round of funding to bring smart tech to fabric manufacturing. The hope is to be able to detect textile defects in real time. The company is pushing hard on the green angle for its products. Smartex has developed


Patreon adds a long-awaited native video feature


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Patreon creators can now upload videos directly to the platform. After hyping it up for a full year , Patreon Video will roll out to eligible creators on Patreon’s Pro and Premium plans. “We’re just so excited to see what creators do with this,” Patreon CPO Julian Gutman told TechCrunch. “I think it’s going to free them up to kind of go back to producing the type of content that they want to prod

Dropit picks up $25M to digitize brick-and-mortar stores and unify inventories


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Dropit , a retail technology platform that bridges the digital divide by unifying merchants’ online and in-store inventories, has raised $25 million in a Series C round of funding. Founded in 2014, London-based Dropit counts retail brands including L’Occitane, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Estee Lauder as customers, in addition to shopping malls. At its core, Dropit is all about enabling brands to sel

Elon Musk to Lay Off About 3,700 Twitter Employees on Friday: Report


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Elon Musk plans to fire roughly half of Twitter’s workforce as a cost-cutting measure on Friday, according to a new report from Bloomberg News . Musk had denied reports that he was going to lay off 75% of workers last week when he first visited Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters, trying to sooth the social media… Read more...

XGIMI Halo+ Portable Projector Review: A Home Theater You Can Take With You


How-To Geek / 9h
Standard projectors don’t fit every household space, but XGIMI’s Halo+ Portable Projector is a consumer-friendly alternative that can go virtually anywhere. The battery-powered mini-projector provides a clear 1080p image and a bevy of welcomed features that help offset its hefty price tag. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

The Sandman season 2 is no longer a dream for Netflix fans


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It's time for fans of The Sandman to stop dreaming – Netflix has officially renewed its TV adaptation of the hit comic series for a second season. After months of deliberation, Netflix has given Neil Gaiman, Allan Heinberg, and company the go-ahead to make another season of The Sandman . The announcement was made on Twitter on November 2, just hours after a now-deleted tweet from DC Comics all-bu

500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models


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Silicon-Valley based VC firm 500 Global and German’s economic development agency Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will train managers of leading accelerators in Africa over the next two years, to help them establish sustainable business models that commandeer greater influence in their ecosystems. The program, dubbed Bootcamp for Accelerator Managers (BAM), will use project-b

Musk to slash Twitter’s headcount by half — report


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More on rumors of looming job cuts at Twitter: Bloomberg is reporting that new owner Elon Musk will slash headcount by 50% to cut costs, citing people familiar with the matter. Its report suggests staff will begin being told Friday. Additionally, Bloomberg says Musk will reverse Twitter’s current ‘work from anywhere’ policy — and intends to require staff to work from offices, with the possibility

Shopping for Apple lovers? Grab a 2-pack of these 3-in-1 wireless chargers for 35% off.


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TL;DR: As of Nov. 3, you can get a two-pack of MagStack Foldable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stations for just $92.99 instead of $144.99 — that's a 35% discount. The perfect stocking stuffer may not always click. Some people are tough to gift-shop for, but in those cases, you could grab them something you know they can use. If you're shopping for an Apple lover , get them a two-pack of MagStack Fold

Splendid Spoon home-delivered culinary dishes help take the work out of dinner


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TL;DR: As of Nov. 3, Mashable readers can get their first two boxes of Splendid Spoon for $80 off. Being immersed in tech as a lifestyle or a career doesn’t lend itself to making the healthiest decisions. Hunched over a keyboard all day while working through complex mechanics in your head can be a grind. And the brain doesn’t always slow down enough through the day to think about some of the less

This high-carbon forged chef knife could make a great gift


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TL;DR: As of Nov. 3, you can get the Kiru Knife™ Kitchen Master 8" Chef Knife for just $84.99 instead of $156.99 — that's a 45% discount. Whether you’re shopping for someone who’s a whiz in the kitchen or want to make holiday meal prep a little easier on yourself, there’s nothing like a good chef knife to get the job done. A high-quality knife could make preparing food a joy , especially if you’r

Charge your iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch, and iPad with this charger that's also an alarm clock


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TL;DR: As of Nov. 3, you can get the 6-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand for just $49.99 instead of $60 — that's a 16% discount. Whether it’s your desk or nightstand, a cluttered space can be unpleasant to deal with. You may be able to free up some room by consolidating a few chargers and your clock into one compact device. This 6-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand has a built-in alarm clock, and the whole th

The science behind why we follow influencers — and how it leads to overconsumption


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I follow influencers on Instagram and, for the most part, I have no idea why. Some people I follow because I like their personalities, like Tefi and Aiden Arata , while others I follow because I like their work, like Rayne Fisher-Quann and Mona Chalabi . I follow some creators because I watched their YouTube videos in high school and want to see what they're up to now, like Arden Rose , Claire Ma

'Wendell & Wild's Kat Elliot is a badass protagonist in her own coming-of-rage story


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In the stop-motion horror-comedy Wendell and Wild , Henry Selick and Jordan Peele join forces to create a Hellmaiden protagonist that coming-of-age films will be working overtime to compete with. Way too often the entertainment industry force feeds us young girls who overcome hardships by choosing sensibility over sensitivity (I'm talking to you, Pocahontas and The Princess and the Frog! ). Withi

Beats Fit Pro fall to a new low of $145


Engadget / 10h
Apple's Beats Fit Pro wireless earbuds are a good alternative to AirPods, as they offer the same features like ANC and spatial audio, but offer a better fit. If the $200 price has given you pause, you can now pick up a pair at Woot for $145 (28 percent off) — the lowest price we've seen to date. Buy Beats Fit Pro at Woot - $145 The Beats Fit Pro scored an excellent 87 in our Engadget review for t

Google Play Games for PC program expands to the US and seven other countries


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Google is expanding its Google Play for PC program to eight more countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore in open beta. That means all players in these regions with Windows systems that meet the minimum requirements can access Google Play on a desktop computer. The company first launched the program under a limit test in South Korea, Hon

WhatsApp launches Communities, but it might be a while until you get them


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It's been a while since the original announcement in April , but WhatsApp's Communities are now live. Well, sort of. In a blog post , the company said that Communities are starting to roll out on WhatsApp globally, but they will be available to everyone "over the next few months" (I've checked my WhatsApp apps and I don't yet see the feature). Communities are super-groups which can unite multiple

Privilège Ventures launches $20M fund investing in women-led startups


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Lugano, Switzerland-based venture capital fund Privilège Ventures just launched its fourth fund. The CHF 20 million (just over $20 million) fund is earmarked for women-led early-stage startups across Europe. “We don’t just want to support women,” Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch, founding general partner at Privilège Ventures said in an interview with TechCrunch. “The data shows women in the driver’s seat

Satellite startup Constellr wins backing to build out its water-monitoring platform


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We are living in the era of so-called microsatellites, which are equipped with thermal cameras and other regalia to, for instance, alert farmers before crops are damaged, predict droughts, and aid in the juggling of supply chains. Climate change is making less land available for agricultural food production, leading to strict regulations on the use of water and fertilizer. Wasted water now costs

Fintecture wants to replace paper checks or manual transfers for B2B payments


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Meet Fintecture , a French startup that wants to upgrade B2B payments. While many payment companies have focused on B2C payments with Stripe leading the way, B2B payments haven’t changed much over the years. “In the U.S., there are still a lot of paper checks. In Europe, it’s mostly transfers and manual reconciliation,” Fintecture co-founder and CEO Faysal Oudmine told me. But this underinvestmen

'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for November 3


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If you're anything like me, you spend a little too much time reading about who owns what social media app, and games like Quordle are your escape. So it's a drag when it's too hard. This is supposed to be fun! If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and


WhatsApp's new Communities feature aims to bring related group chats together


Engadget / 12h
WhatsApp is rolling out some new features, including one that's designed to bring related group chats together. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the Communities feature earlier this year , and the aim is to allow users to combine group chats “under one umbrella with a structure that works for them.” Similar tools are in the works for Instagram and Facebook. Communities will be available to all

WhatsApp officially launches its new discussion group feature, Communities


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WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year. Designed to help organizations, clubs, schools, and other private groups better communicate and stay organized, Communities bring a number of new features to the messaging platform, including admin controls, support for sub-group

Bump builds a central hub for all your APIs


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Meet Bump , a French software-as-a-service startup that wants to help you maintain and use APIs across your organization. The company automatically generates documentation for your APIs so that other teams always know how to use certain APIs. Over time, Bump becomes the central repository for a