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Kate is a new car maker focused on micro-cars for everyday use



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Meet Kate , a French company that wants to create a tiny car that you can use for your daily commute and various errands. In addition to CEO Matthias Goldenberg and CTO Pierre Escrieut, Kate is also co-founded by Thibaud Elzière, the serial entrepreneur behind Hexa , the startup studio formerly known as eFounders . While Kate is a car manufacturer at heart, it doesn’t want to produce big SUVs wit


Gamers say goodbye to Google's Stadia as platform shuts


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21BBC News - Technology / 17min
All purchases are being refunded - but there are worries some games will be lost forever.


Google Street View mapped 2 Sydney boat rides past iconic Australian landmarks


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Google Maps has added virtual ferry rides to its Street View of Sydney, Australia, offering a glimpse of what daily life is like for Australians who boat past the Sydney Opera House on their morning commute. As someone who lives in Sydney, let me tell you: The view never gets old. Developed alongside Transport for New South Wales and Sydney Ferries' operator Transdev , Google Street View's new fe



Uber, Bolt drivers hope for increased earnings foiled as Tanzania reinstates 25% commission


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Barely a year after Tanzania capped the commissions that e-hailing firms like Uber and Bolt charge their partners at 15%, the authority in charge has backtracked on the order, taking away drivers’ prospects of increased earnings. The fee was increased to 25% effective last Sunday after the Land and Transport Regulatory Authority (Latra) issued a notice on December 30, which superseded the initial


Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in Singapore


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Good Meat announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency to use serum-free media for the production of its cultivated meat. The brand, which is the cultivated meat division of U.S.-based food startup Eat Just, says it is the only cultivated meat producer in the world with the ability to sell to consumers. Its lab-grown chicken is currently available in Singapor


Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper mixed-reality headset


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Apple is already working on a more affordable version of its yet-to-be-announced mixed reality headset, according to Bloomberg and The Information . Based on previous reports about the long-rumored mixed reality device, it will cost around $3,000, which is double the price of the Quest Pro headset Meta released last year. Apple's engineers are reportedly working to develop a more budget-friendly


South Africa’s Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies


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The process used by millions of agents and thousands of property portals globally to reach buyers and sellers on digital channels is highly fragmented. And it’s evident that proptech, unlike other industries, has lagged in utilizing social media to make sales. South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers. With its API


Tabby raises $58M at $660M valuation as PayPal Ventures makes first investment in the GCC


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MENA-based buy now, pay later startup Tabby has raised $58 million, led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, at a valuation of $660 million. The investors co-led the fintech’s Series B extension round last June. PayPal Ventures, the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, is one of the participating investors (this marks its first investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) but second in the ME


Today's Wordle Answer #578 – January 18, 2023 Solution And Hints


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Today's Wordle puzzle has a word as its solution that you're likely familiar with if you enjoy eating like a rabbit, otherwise, you may be left mystified.


Here's How Much It Actually Costs To Maintain A Tesla Model Y


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It may surprise you what the average motorist will likely pay to make a Tesla Model Y into a daily driver.


'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for January 18


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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 there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing gam


The best smartwatches for every wrist and interest


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This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience. Your phone might feel like an essential tool in your daily life, but how irritating does it become to take it out of your pocket every time you need to do something quickly? In a world where the smartphone quickly overtook the need for a watch on your wrist, things are turning back the other w


Start a career in renewable energy with this discounted course bundle


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TL;DR : The 2023 Complete Renewable Energy Engineer Preparation Bundle is on sale for £32.68, saving you 99% on list price. With climate change top of mind, sustainable resources are going to be of the utmost importance in the coming years. This new push for climate-friendly ways of doing business means one thing — a potential massive demand for green engineers in the future. If you're looking to


That Microsoft deal isn’t exclusive, video is coming, and more from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman


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OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman sat down for a wide-ranging interview with this editor late last week, answering questions about some of his most ambitious personal investments , as well as about the future of OpenAI. There was much to discuss. The now eight-year-old outfit has dominated the national conversation in the two months since it released ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions l


Naturally, a Porsche-inspired gaming chair would be priced like a sports car


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Porsche has entered a rather unexpected collaboration with seat manufacturer RECARO to produce a gaming chair based on the former’s sports cars. With the rather unsexy moniker, RECARO x Porsche Gaming Chair Limited Edition , the chair leans more into comfort than race-car-inspired fashion - and that's probably a good thing. Gaming chairs are famously lacking in ergonomics as manufacturers tend to


Save 84% on the best VPN for unblocking UK Netflix from anywhere in the world


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SAVE 84%: CyberGhost VPN can hide your real IP address so you can watch UK Netflix from anywhere in the world. A two-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £49.92 and includes an extra four months for free — save 84% for a limited time. Netflix offers a different selection of movies and shows depending on your location when you sign in. This can be great if you're travelling to a coun


How To Fix An Android Phone Clock Showing The Wrong Time


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Android users can manually change the time presented by their devices, which comes in handy when, for example, traveling to a different time zone.


Should You Upgrade To The 2023 MacBook Pro M2?


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Apple is back with new MacBook Pro options packing considerable hardware performance, but the performance comes with a big price tag. Is it worth upgrading?


I can’t believe this huge storage company wants to mix tape and hard drive technology


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Our cloud storage guides Best cloud storage : Expand your storage easily Best cloud backup : Protect your data on the go Best cloud storage for photos : Space for your photos Best business cloud storage : Data resilience for business Best free cloud storage : Bits and bytes online for free US storage giant Western Digital already covers SSD , memory cards , RAM and hard disk drives and has dipped


Netflix offers pay of up to $385,000 for flight attendant


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93BBC News - Technology / 5h
The role on its private jets requires "discretion and outstanding customer service skills".



FTX: Collapsed crypto exchange says $415m was hacked


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52BBC News - Technology / 6h
Last week the company told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware that it had recovered over $5bn in assets.


New Air France Business Class Suite With Doors Launches Friday


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Originally promised for fall 2022 back in May, the new Air France long haul product launches for the first time from Paris to New York JFK on Friday, January 20, 2023. Continue reading ...


More than 4,400 Sophos firewall servers remain vulnerable to critical exploits


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Exploitation for Client Execution (Enterprise T1203)
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 4,400 Internet-exposed servers are running versions of the Sophos Firewall that’s vulnerable to a critical exploit that allows hackers to execute malicious code, a researcher has warned. CVE-2022-3236 is a code injection vulnerability allowing remote code execution in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewalls. It carries a severity rating of 9.8 out


Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wants to Fight in Marvel's Thunderbolts


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Gizmodo / 8h
The first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe had Nick Fury . The next three, at least, have Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine . Played by seven-time Emmy award-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the shady character has popped up several times so far, and in her upcoming Marvel movie , Thunderbolts , the … Read more...


Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for January 18


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It's Wednesday, and with it comes a new Wordle puzzle for you to solve. As always, we're here with some tips and hints to help you find the solution. If you just want to find out today's answer, you can jump to the end of this article for January 18's Wordle solution revealed. If you'd prefer to solve it yourself, keep reading for a few tips, tricks, and hints to guide you along the way. Where di


Twitter auctions bird statue and other office furniture


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56BBC News - Technology / 8h
After axing staff and scrapping perks, Twitter is offloading surplus supplies.


RRR Composer MM Keeravaani on the Movie's Incredible Viral and Award Success


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As award season ramps up, RRR — one of the best historical fantasy action films we’ve ever seen —has so far nabbed Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for its music. Composer M.M. Keeravaani recently chatted with io9 to discuss working with RRR director S.S. Rajamouli on the film’s epic music, the international… Read more...


Apple Agrees To Human Rights Policy Assessment After Deal With Investors


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Apple's record isn't exactly stellar when it comes to labor rights and unionization activities, but some positive change has finally arrived.


Here's How To Livestream Games From Your Nintendo Switch


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Though it'll take a bit more effort when compared to the Xbox's dedicated streaming menu, it is possible to livestream your Switch gameplay sessions.


P2P lending platform PeopleFund raises $20M Series C extension led by Bain Capital


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PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 million Series C . Existing backer Bain Capital led the extension, with participation from previous investors such as Access Ventures, CLSA Capital Partners Lending Ark Asia, D3 Jubilee Partners, 500 Global, Kakao Investment, TBT Partners and IBX Partners. Th


Delta Announces Two New New York JFK Clubs, Including First Dedicated Business Lounge


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With the closure of New York JFK terminal 2 last week, Delta has consolidated its operations in terminal 4. Since that terminal was already crowded - it features the longest lines to get into any Sky Club - that didn't seem like a positive for customers. Fortunately relief is on the way for those accessing the Delta club at New York JFK, and not just because the airline is banning employees from


Gogoro, Belrise JV to spend $2.5B on battery swapping network in Indian state


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Gogoro, the Taiwanese paladin for two-wheeler battery swapping, is working with the Indian state of Maharashtra to establish state-wide battery charging and swapping infrastructure. The initiative will be driven by a “50-50” partnership between Gogoro and Belrise Industries, an automotive systems manufacturer based in India, that will form an infrastructure company to own the batteries and swappi


A Chronicles of Amber Adaptation Is Coming to TV, With an Assist From Stephen Colbert


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Here’s an example of using your clout and popularity for the benefit of everyone: Stephen Colbert has joined the long-in-the-works campaign to make Roger Zelazny ’s best-selling f antasy classic The Chronicles of Amber into a series. Already aboard: The Walking Dead ’s Robert Kirkman , whose Skybound Entertainment has… Read more...


Scientists gave a robot a sense of smell with locust antennae and AI


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In 2023, there are cameras and microphones that match and surpass the capabilities of human sight and sound. But for all of our technological advancements, humans haven’t quite managed to build a better nose. After all, evolution has had millions of years to perfect the receptors humans, animals and inspects use to identify odors. But, with the help of nature, scientists may have made a breakthro


Reviewer buys 16TB portable SSD for $70, proves it’s a sham


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Enlarge / Something doesn't look right here. (credit: Amazon ) Amazon won't deny that fraudulent reviews on its platform are a problem. And despite years of reports of fake storage products, listed with falsified reviews to cover up fake specs and performance claims, the scams keep coming. On Monday, Review Geek detailed its purchase of what an Amazon listing claimed was a 16TB portable M.2 SSD f


70% of drugs advertised on TV are of “low therapeutic value,” study finds


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63Ars Technica - All content / 9h
(credit: Photo illustration includes an image by Wynand Delport. ) Some new drugs sell themselves with impressive safety and efficacy data. For others, well, there are television commercials. According to a new study, a little over 70 percent of prescription drugs advertised on television were rated as "low therapeutic value," meaning they offer little benefit compared with drugs already on the m


How To Change The Volume On Your TV Using Your Xbox Series X|S


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If you want to have your Xbox control your TV's volume, you can do it using HDMI-CEC and you can pair it with Alexa or Google Assistant. We'll show you how.


FEC: No, Gmail Isn't Censoring Spammy Republican Campaign Emails to Benefit Democrats


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The Federal Election Commission has decided to throw out a baseless GOP complaint accusing Google of unfairly sending Republican campaign emails to users’ Gmail spam more often than Democratic emails for alleged political gain. It turns out—as anyone with an email can attest—Republican campaign emails actually… Read more...


Matt Reeves Teases Cloverfield's Next Monster, Kind Of


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Fifteen years ago this week, audiences finally found out what Cloverfield was. After months of speculation, the found footage monster movie from producer J.J. Abrams, writer Drew Goddard, and director Matt Reeves roared into the box office and quickly became a fan favorite. Two tangentially related follow-ups came next Read more...


Samsung hints it is giving Galaxy Book the Galaxy S23 Ultra treatment


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Samsung is dropping hints that its next Galaxy Book Windows laptop , expected at Unpacked on February 1, will get the Ultra treatment, similar to the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra tablet and the upcoming Galaxy S23 Ultra phone. That likely means an S Pen on board, since Samsung shut down its Note family of devices to focus on Ultra. We could also see improved cameras as well as a sky-high price tag. In a b



Dick Pills May Be Linked to Lowered Risk of Heart Attack, Scientists Say


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Good news, penis-havers! Taking erectile dysfunction drugs may not just help you get your mojo back — it may, per a new study, be linked to lowered risk of heart problems, too. Published in the journal Science Advances , the study out of the Huntington Medical Research Institute in Pasadena, California has found what appears to be a link between taking ED meds like Viagra and Cialis and lower rat


Daily Crunch: Apple powers up 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and Max chips


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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here . Good news — we are back with another round of events for TechCrunch, and we have early-bird tickets available to our Early Stage event in Boston in April. Woohoo! Today, we also particularly enjoyed Connie ’s peek into the future as Sam Altman sees it . — Christine


Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? It’s One of Many Items Up for Auction.


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The company’s artwork, high-end furniture and espresso machines are for sale in an online auction that evoked a more flush era when its tastes reflected its status as a hot tech-world employer.


Shocking Tesla Engineer Testimony Alleges That Autopilot Video Was Staged


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Tesla's Autopilot troubles are not going away anytime soon, it seems, as testimony has surfaced that claims a promotional video for the tech was staged.


Bugs Bunny Builders Celebrates the Year of the Rabbit, As It Should


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The year 2023 is going to be big for Bugs Bunny, the original wascally rabbit . The WB mascot is going to provide some of that rabbit fortune for the studio’s 100th anniversary celebration and for the Lunar New Year. Things kick off with a Year of the Rabbit celebration on Cartoonito’s Bugs Bunny Builders before more… Read more...


“Talented but crazy”: Potential jurors give court their opinions on Elon Musk


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Enlarge / Documents for the shareholder trial against Elon Musk and Tesla arrive at the federal courthouse in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Jury selection in a class-action lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk began today in a federal courthouse in San Francisco. Not surprisingly, potential jurors already knew who Musk is, and some expressed strong,


More malicious packages posted to online repository. This time it’s PyPI


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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Researchers have uncovered yet another supply chain attack targeting an open source code repository, showing that the technique, which has gained wide use in the past few years, isn’t going away anytime soon. This time, the repository was PyPI, short for the Python Package Index, which is the official software repository for the Python programming language. Earlier


Game makers stage mass exodus from Dungeons & Dragons’ “open” license


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Amid controversy over WotC's planned OGL changes, publishers are starting to abandon the rules that have underpinned the tabletop community. On Friday, following days of uproar in the tabletop gaming community , Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC) attempted to walk back the most controversial changes in a leaked draft update of its decades-old Open Gaming License (OGL). That


Greta Thunberg Released After Being Detained by Police at Coal Protest


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Greta Thunberg was briefly detained by German police at a demonstration over a coal mine expansion along with multiple other demonstrators on Tuesday. Thunberg was carried off by cops and was eventually seen sitting in a police bus alone. However, just a few hours later, the 20-year old Swedish climate activist was… Read more...


How 'SECURE 2.0' Could Boost Your Retirement Plans


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SECURE 2.0 was signed into law at the end of 2022. Standing for “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement,” the second version of this act is designed to keep building on improvements to the U.S. retirement system. Whether retirement is far off or fast approaching for you, here’s what to know about how… Read more...


Startup Taiwanese Airline Starlux Uses Models To Promote Their Newest Long Haul Plane


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VietJet, founded by Vietnam's first self-made female billionaire, is known for promoting new routes with women wearing bikinis. They've developed the reputation as 'the bikini airline'. However aviation and female sexuality is hardly limited to Asia. Starlux Airlines is turning their newest Airbus A350 into a fashion show. Continue reading ...


Meryl Streep joins the cast of 'Only Murders in the Building'


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With members of its cast ranging from Sting to Shirley MacLaine, Only Murders in the Building is no stranger to phenomenal (and occasionally unexpected) guest stars. But the murder mystery's newest addition might be its biggest yet: Meryl Streep. That's right, Academy Award winner and living legend Meryl Streep is taking a trip to the Arconia for Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building . Streep


Why you might pay more for your hotel than your tickets and flights for Super Bowl LVII


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All eyes are on the greater Phoenix area as Arizona gears up to host Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12. Not only is it high season in the Valley of the Sun — when annual events such as the WM Phoenix Open , which can easily draw 300,000 visitors on its Saturday, take place — but thousands of additional visitors are expected to descend on the destination for the big game . According to the local Arizona


6 easy strategies I use to earn over 500,000 points and miles a year


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Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard something like this sentiment: “I don’t spend extra points for business-class tickets or fancy hotels because I might run out of points.” I’m here to dispel the myth that you should worry about running out of points and miles. Related: Premium economy vs. business class: Are th


Harvard Finance Professor: Crypto Is "Magical Thinking" That "Infected Capitalism"


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Crypto Brain When Harvard finance professor Mihir A. Desai was asked what he thought of crypto while giving a lecture at a military academy, he responded by polling his young audience to see how many of them had traded the dubious financial assets. The results? More than half. "I was stunned," he recalled in his latest essay , published Monday in the New York Times . "How could this population of


Microsoft Spokesperson Calls Impending Layoffs a 'Rumor'


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Microsoft reportedly plans to cut thousands of positions with many expected to begin this week amidst hiring freezes and previous layoffs in the company. The layoffs will allegedly include Microsoft’s engineering and human resources departments and will be the latest in a series of layoffs in the technology industry . Read more...


Hinge Tests if Money Can Buy Love


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Hinge’s parent company, Match Group , is introducing a so-called “motivated dater feature” for users looking to find true love . The app, first founded in 2011, has had a significant uptick in the number of people using the dating platform, primarily among Gen Z users, Bloomberg reported. Read more...


You Should Really Watch The Last of Us


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Discord acquires Gas, a compliments-based social media app for teens


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The messaging platform Discord announced its acquisition of Gas , an app that’s popular among teens for its positive spin on social media. On Gas, users sign up with their school, add friends, and answer polls about their classmates. But the questions in the polls are intended to boost users’ confidence, rather than damage it. Teens might be asked to choose which of four friends is the best DJ or


How To Forward Text Messages On Your Android Phone


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if you're on an Android device, message forwarding is a relatively straightforward and easy process.



Don't be fooled: Crypto is going up because of market manipulation


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We're not just a couple of weeks into 2023 and crypto prices are spiking. Seeing number go up might entice you to throw some money into Bitcoin or Ethereum. After all, maybe this is the beginning of another crypto bull market? You wouldn't want to miss out! Well, just wait a minute. Consider this first: Why are crypto prices suddenly rising? There are plenty of analysts out there trying to make l


There's a new top dog when it comes to dangerous malware


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Qbot has become the most prevalent banking trojan around, taking the top spot from Emotet, new figures have claimed. According to fresh figures from the Check Point Global Threat Index for December 2022, Qbot (also known as Qakbot) impacted 7% of organizations worldwide, retaking the number one spot from Emotet (4%). Based on proprietary data, Check Point’s report says that besides Qbot and Emote


I Regret to Inform You Tom Hanks' 'Diet Cokagne' is Pretty Good


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“I met her in a club down in Old Soho, where they drink Champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola” isn’t my favorite Ray Davies lyric, but it’s certainly memorable. I’ve never had a sparkling wine that tasted just like cherry cola, but I have now had a beverage that tastes kind of like that Ray Davies lyric, and I… Read more...


CNET Is Reviewing the Accuracy of All Its AI-Written Articles After Multiple Major Corrections


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Aside from stringing together human-like, fluid English language sentences, one of ChatGPT’s biggest skillsets seems to be getting things wrong. In the pursuit of generating passable paragraphs, the AI-program fabricates information and bungles facts like nobody’s business. Unfortunately, tech outlet CNET decided to… Read more...


How to visit one of TPG’s favorite Caribbean hotels using points and miles


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Welcome to TPG’s new video series, Launch Pad! In our first episode, video producers Marc Ramos and Ted Willis take you to the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Kitts, famed for its blissful beaches, lush landscapes, rich cultural heritage and low-key island vibes (plus a few rum distilleries). St. Kitts is one of the region’s most enticing destinations for points travelers thanks to a couple of gr


Tesla engineer testifies that 2016 video promoting self-driving was faked


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Tesla faked a 2016 video promoting its self-driving technology, according to testimony by a senior engineer reviewed by Reuters . The video, which shows a Tesla Model X driving on urban, suburban and highway streets; stopping itself at a red light; and accelerating at a green light is still on Tesla’s website and carries the tagline: “The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reason


Google Maps Is Android’s Answer to Apple’s 'Find My'


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NASA Reveals Tantalizing Details About Webb Telescope’s Successor


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NASA officials disclosed information about a planned next-generation space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory, during a recent session of the American Astronomical Society, Read more...


Tesla Employee Testifies Autopilot Video Was Actually Staged


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Tesla’s Autopilot is a prime example of overpromising and underdelivering, but there’s a new wrinkle in the feature’s history: A Tesla engineer is now says that a 2016 video showing the car’s ability to drive and park itself was staged. Read more...


Danai Gurira Made a Vague Gesture at an Okoye Black Panther Spin-Off Series


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We’ve known Black Panther and Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler has been interested in making a Wakanda-set TV series for a few years now. We’ve even heard rumors that Danai Gurira , who plays Okoye, the former general of the elite female soldiers known as the Dora Milaje, was signed up to star . But now, thanks to… Read more...


How To Customize The Control Center On iPhone


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Your iPhone's Control Center can be a one-stop-shop for all of your most-used apps and features. It's not difficult to set up, and you'll be glad you did.


How To Cancel Your Xbox Game Pass Membership


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Xbox Game Pass gives you access to hundreds of games, but the cost can add up. Here's how to cancel your recurring membership if you need a break.


Here's How Much It Costs To Charge Your EV At Kroger


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The Kroger grocery store chain now has EV chargers available in their parking lots in several states. How much does it really cost to recharge your car at one?


The Corvette E-Ray And The Toyota Prius Have More In Common Than You'd Think


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Normally, a Toyota Prius and a Chevrolet Corvette would be incomparable cars, but the 2024 Corvette E-Ray borrows from Prius' hybrid drivetrain history.


Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer


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Enlarge / Walter Huang's Model X in a tow yard days after his fatal crash. (credit: NTSB ) Tesla's widely viewed 2016 Autopilot demonstration video showing the system stopping for red lights and moving off again when the light changed to green was faked, according to the director of Autopilot software, Ashok Elluswamy. Elluswamy made the statement under oath during a deposition for a lawsuit brou


Fire of Love revisits tragedy of French volcanologists who died in 1991


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Enlarge / Volcanologist Katia Krafft wears a heat suit for protection from an erupting volcano in Fire of Love . (credit: Image'Est) French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft carved out an illustrious career by daring to go where most of their colleagues feared to tread: right to the edge of an erupting volcano. The photographs and video footage they recorded during the 1970s and 1980s contr


Google plans AirTag clone, will track devices with 3 billion Android phones


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Enlarge / Apple introduced AirTags alongside several different kinds of accessories to enhance their flair and attach-ability. (credit: Apple) Following in the footsteps of Tile, Apple, and Samsung, it sounds like Google will be the latest Big-Tech company to make a Bluetooth tracker. Android researcher Kuba Wojciechowski has spotted code for a Google first-party Bluetooth tracker codenamed—just


The physics behind building an enduring soap bubble


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Enlarge (credit: Mark Mawson ) Blowing soap bubbles, besides being a favorite pastime for children, also happens to be an art form and a subject of interest for physicists. Emmanuelle Rio, François Boulogne, Marina Pasquet, and Frédéric Restagno from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics at the University of Paris-Saclay have been studying bubbles for years, trying to understand the different pro


We're Fascinated by These AI-Generated Party Pics... Especially Their Demonic Mutations


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100+Futurism / 12h
Tooth Fairy No, they aren't demons from hell disguising themselves as human college students at a 90s-era house party. Instead, these unnerving party pics were dreamed up by AI image generator Midjourney — and the longer you stare at them, the more otherworldly they appear. Developer Miles Zimmerman first shared the now-viral images on Twitter over the weekend, a goosebumps-inducing demonstration


Microsoft could lay off as many as 11,000 employees this week


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Engadget / 12h
Microsoft could announce wide-sweeping layoffs within the next few days. The possibility of the tech giant laying off a significant part of its workforce was first reported by Sky News and later corroborated by Bloomberg . Sky put the number of the cuts at approximately five percent of the company’s 220,000-person workforce or about 11,000 employees total. Bloomberg said it couldn’t find out the



Microsoft releases fix for botched Windows Defender update, but it's still facing problems


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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
There are only two ‘Friday the 13th’s in 2023, and the first has already seen Microsoft scrambling to fix an issue that affected users’ Start menus and taskbars following a botched update to its Defender antivirus . Following the mishap, Microsoft took to the Internet to confirm that many users had experienced “a series of false positive detections” for the “Block Win32 API calls from Office macr


Replace Your Flightstick With This Bizarre Flight Sim Controller


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29Gizmodo / 12h
Although most modern controllers are designed to be as multi-purpose as possible, so they can be used to play a wide range of games, there are some genres, like racing or fighting, that are often more enjoyable with very specific hardware. The Yawman Arrow targets flight sim enthusiasts and is designed to be a single… Read more...


Putting numbers on the global venture slowdown


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20TechCrunch / 12h
“Tell me something I don’t know,” was my first reaction when reports on venture capital in 2022 hit my inbox this month. It is pretty clear by now that there was a slowdown, so what’s the point of harping on about it as we enter a new year? The point, as often with data, is that we can now confirm what was merely intuition until Q4 actually closed: 2022 saw fewer exits and venture deals than 2021


Credit card comparison: United Club Infinite Card vs. Chase Sapphire Reserve


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The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. When it comes to travel rewards cards, a specific question usually comes up: Should you opt for an airline or hotel cobranded card, or get one that earns transferable points instead? As airlines continue to devalue award charts , transferable points currencies have become more valuable than ever thanks to their versatility. However,


You Still Don't Need the New MacBook Pro


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38Lifehacker / 12h
When Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro line with the M1 Pro and M1 Max models in the fall of 2021, I told you you didn’t need them . The design was great, MagSafe was back, and the upgraded M1 chips were beasts, but the machines were overkill for the average consumer. And the same holds true today for the new M2 Pro… Read more...


Samsung Adds The Galaxy S22 and Two Laptops to Its Self-Repair Program


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Gizmodo / 12h
Samsung today announced its expanded repair program now includes the Galaxy S22 family of Android smartphones and the Windows-based Galaxy Book Pro laptop line. Read more...


Stadia users can now unlock their controller’s Bluetooth


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Engadget / 12h
Google has released the online tool it promised to enable Bluetooth support on the Stadia controller. This gives the cloud-streaming gamepad a second life, so owners can use it with PC, iOS or Android devices, preventing the platform’s central accessory from becoming a glorified paperweight. Stadia will shut its doors for good on Wednesday at 11:59 PM PT. Owners of the Stadia controller can visit


Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: price, specs, and everything we know


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TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Apple has announced its latest silicon for professional users, the Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max, and the company is promising some seriously improved performance with this second-generation. With the phenomenal success of Apple's move to its own silicon in 2020, it's not surprising at all to see that it is following up on the M1 Pro and M1 Max . Those chips powered some of the best laptops ever produc


Everything We Spotted in The Mandalorian Season 3 Trailer


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27Gizmodo / 12h
It’s been over two years since a new episode of The Mandalorian graced Disney+, and though The Book of Boba Fett spent a surprisingly big chunk of its time following up with the characters, the show itself is finally coming back. The Mandalorian season three premiers on March 1 and leading up to it,