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GameSir T4 Kaleid Review: A Flashy Wired Xbox Controller That's Not Without Faults


500+SlashGear / 19h
The GameSir T4 Kaleid (or T4K) is a wired gaming controller that should look familiar, despite the bright lights and transparency that provides its casing.


BLUETTI’s New EP900 Power Backup System Can Help You Save & Make Money
300+How-To Geek / 15h
Discover all the ways the new BLUETTI EP900 home energy system can make your life easier. Its unprecedented power delivery and innovative features will help you both save and potentially make money while maintaining continuous access to the energy you need to keep your home running smoothly. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


Logitech launches the Logitech G Cloud gaming handheld in Europe
TechCrunch / 53min
Logitech is moving forward with its handheld gaming console focused on cloud gaming as the company is about to launch its device in Europe. In addition to this release, the company is still actively releasing software updates for the Logitech G Cloud. The Logitech G Cloud will become available gradually between May 22 and June 22 in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden



Quordle today - hints and answers for Tuesday, May 16 (game #477)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints - now with added Daily Sequence answers! Yes, that's right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you've already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so on. It's good fun, but also difficult - so if you already find yourself searching for Wordle


Renowned investor Elad Gil on how the great AI race will likely shake out
TechCrunch / 1h
Elad Gil, a successful founder and prolific investor, has already been called Silicon Valley’s biggest solo venture capitalist given the massive amounts of capital he has been investing in recent years, including on behalf of institutions that reportedly include Harvard’s endowment. His track record goes a long way in explaining his quiet rise. For example, Gil invested in the Series A round of t


Peacock will exclusively stream one NFL Playoff game
Engadget / 2h
You may have to get a Peacock subscription if you want to watch every single game in the NFL playoffs. The streaming service will serve as home to the first-ever exclusive livestreamed NFL playoff game, NBCUniversal and the league have announced . It's a wild card game that's scheduled to take place on January 13th, 2024, which is the first playoff weekend. And by "exclusive," they meant it will


Why Can't I Watch 4K OTA TV Yet?
How-To Geek / 2h
Just a few years ago, ATSC 3.0 was hailed as the savior of free over-the-air (OTA) television. It promised to bring 4K video and Dolby Atmos audio to every home in the United States, and surprisingly, broadcasters were actually interested in the idea. So, why can’t I watch 4K antenna TV yet? Read This Article on Review Geek ›


Female firefighters, soldiers and more face off in Netflix’s ‘Siren: Survive the Island’ trailer
Mashable / 3h
The trailer for South Korean reality series Siren: Survive the Island has arrived, giving us a peek at a bunch of fit, buff women undertaking in grueling physical trials. Get your tongue back in your mouth. A 10-episode Netflix series, Siren: Survive the Island will divide 24 women into six teams according to their profession. This includes firefighters, soldiers, police officers, athletes, bodyg


The Best Wellness Apps On Android For Stress And Anxiety
SlashGear / 3h
Although nothing beats a session with a therapist, there are some apps you can use on your own to help with stress.


Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for May 16
Mashable / 3h
Hey, it's Tuesday! Look at that/ Wanna do a Wordle with us? We're here as always to help guide the way with our expert Wordle advice and the solution. If you prefer to just be told the answer, you can scroll to the end of this article for May 16's Wordle word to be revealed. But if you'd rather work through it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wo


This free TV has a second screen for extra ads – and it could be a privacy nightmare
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Newfound tech startup Telly, created by Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin, is kicking off its business in a big way by offering 500,000 smart TVs for free to anyone interested. These aren’t tiny TVs meant for the kitchen either. They're 55-inch, 4K centerpiece screens with HDR (high dynamic range) support for high-quality viewing alongside a built-in, five-driver soundbar. Powering everything is Tel


Score a lifetime license to Microsoft Office for Mac or Windows for under £40
62Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: Get your Mac or PC ready for work or school with lifetime licenses to Microsoft Office 2021 for £39.73. Whether you just got a new computer or are finally ditching online-only apps, adding Microsoft Office to your Mac or PC puts a whole lot of potential at your fingertips. If you want to get the whole suite of programs with no recurring costs, get Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows or M


How to watch iQiyi for free from anywhere in the world
Mashable / 4h
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Mashable / 4h
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How to unblock Google Bard for free from anywhere in the world
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Millions of deleted files recovered in hard drives purchased online
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Data recovery specialist Secure Data Recovery has shared the results of a recovery project that attempted to find out how many files could be recovered from a large number of hard drives (rather than solid state drives or memory cards) exclusively for TechRadar Pro . The companyy purchased 100 hard drives at random and tried to recover data using reasonable means; for this current exercise, it de


Suicide-related Google searches will provide message templates for reaching out
Mashable / 5h
It's Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S., the month when we acknowledge that we're aware of our cratering mental health, and then continue on regardless because capitalism demands it. To mark the occasion, Google has announced its U.S. search results for suicide-related terms will soon be updated to include pre-written text messages asking for help. The idea is that users can send these tem


'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for May 16
Mashable / 5h
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


How To Enable Ray Tracing In Fortnite With NVIDIA RTX GPUs
SlashGear / 5h
If your gaming PC has an NVIDIA RTX, you can enable a feature in "Fortnite" called ray tracing that'll drastically improve the graphics quality.


Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform
40TechCrunch / 5h
Jenfi , a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea Investment


Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
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35Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents into archived zip files has long been a tactic threat actors use to conceal malware spreading through email or downloads. Eventually, some threat actors adapted by protecting their malicious


How To Clear App Storage On Your Android Device
SlashGear / 6h
If you're dealing with a malfunctioning program on your Android phone, you can usually troubleshoot it through a variety of ways.



Japanese construction tech Aldagram nails down backing from Panasonic
TechCrunch / 8h
Aldagram , a startup out of Japan developing project management software for construction companies, has picked up a new strategic backer to help it build out its footprint across Asia and the Middle East. Panasonic, the consumer electronics giant that also develops solar panels, air conditioning units and many other products for its sizable buildings and construction business , is taking an inve


Diet sodas are not actually good for your diet, WHO guidance suggests
100+Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / Packets of Equal and Splenda in a coffee bar in New York in 2016. (credit: Getty | Richard Levine ) People trying to shed pounds often cut calories by consuming diet drinks, artificially sweetened treats, and other products containing substitute sugars. But according to a new assessment from the World Health Organization, those artificial sweeteners don't appear effective for weight con


Cosmic rays reveal hidden ancient burial chamber underneath Naples
34Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / Archaeologists used cosmic rays to detect a secret underground burial chamber from the Hellenistic period in Naples, circa late fourth century/early third century BCE. This is a laser-scanned 3D view of the underground part of the site (credit: V. Tioukov et al., 2023) The ruins of the ancient necropolis of Neapolis lie some 10 meters (about 33 feet) below modern-day Naples, Italy. But


Disney Parks' First Frozen-Themed Land Opens This Fall
21Gizmodo / 8h
Disney Parks will soon invite fans from around the world to see Elsa bring a snow day to to Olaf’s dream of a perfect summer day in the kingdom of Arendelle, thanks to its new land inspired by its Oscar-winning hit Frozen . Read more...


TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting
TechCrunch / 8h
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. TuSimple reported last week that it received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq for failing to file its quarterly report on time. The stock exchange was meant to suspend trading of TuSimple shares May 15. The comp


Need Your Help Within 5 Days To Secure 500,000 Miles In Matching Gifts
View from the Wing / 8h
Give a Mile is a non-profit that helps people in need with air travel, using miles donated by members. First they began working with Air Canada. They also have a partnership with United. I'd like to see this grow and expand. They are on a campaign to raise 1.5 million miles to help connect people to share the moments of life. Give A Mile raises miles and books award travel so that no one has to d


2024 Porsche Cayenne First Drive: Turbo GT And V8 S Headline A Huge Update
SlashGear / 8h
We've taken our first drive on the 2024 Porsche Cayenne and we've come away impressed. From power to luxury, this SUV has it all. Read on for more details.


OpenAI CEO Raising $100 Million to Scan Every Eyeball on Earth
500+Futurism / 9h
Eye Opener Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, apparently has more up his sleeve than bringing about the AI apocalypse . As the Financial Times reports , Altman is in advanced talks to secure around $100 million for Worldcoin, another of his ventures. Worldcoin's promise is hazy at best, but seems to involve scanning everybody's eye and giving them some amount of crypto. The project's verbiage invokes


Willow could be the $50 hardware piece of the DIY voice assistant puzzle
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge / Google's smart home ambitions are exactly the kind of thing Willow and Home Assistant are trying to help people avoid. (credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images) Big Tech voice assistants are struggling. Alexa is Amazon's biggest money-loser , Apple's Siri is mired in organizational dysfunction and cautiousness , and Google is leaning hard into every kind of AI except its own Assistant .


Musk defends enabling Turkish censorship on Twitter, calling it his “choice”
61Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge / Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Elon Musk during a meeting in Ankara on November 8, 2017. (credit: AFP Contributor / Contributor | AFP ) This weekend, Twitter restricted access to some tweets in Turkey at the request of the Turkish government ahead of its next presidential election. Twitter's compliance silenced accounts that had been critical of the Turkish


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Is 154 Minutes Long— Here's One of Them
89Gizmodo / 9h
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny won’t be in theaters until next month , but fans who happen to be at the Cannes Film Festival this week will be among the first public audiences to see the film in its entirety. Which means this is it . This is the week we find out if director James Mangold has made a sequel worthy… Read more...


Max Q: Space is vast
25TechCrunch / 10h
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Virgin Galactic aims for a triumphant return Vast aims to launch space station in 2025 News from SpaceX, and more Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May Virgin Galactic will return to the skies later this month in a crewed mission that the company hopes will bring to an end the nearly two-year gap since its f


Alphabet’s Intrinsic launches Flowstate, a robotic app development platform
54TechCrunch / 10h
The hottest corner of the robotic space right now isn’t the robots themselves. Those companies have done an excellent job getting their systems out into places like warehouses and factories, but the broader question of actually managing and programming them is a bit fuzzier. Proprietary software for these robotics systems is generally difficult to develop for and won’t work with third-party syste


Crowdfunding platform Buy Me a Coffee removes far-right influencers and QAnon accounts
Mashable / 10h
Buy Me a Coffee, an online crowdfunding service for creators, has immediately reacted to a new report showing how far-right influencers were raising money on its platform. Dozens of influential figures in the QAnon conspiracy community have been banned from the Buy Me a Coffee platform, which allows users to drop one-off payments as well as recurring subscriptions in order to support their favori


The Top 10 Summer Travel Destinations Worldwide, According to Airbnb
Gizmodo / 10h
This summer is expected to be one of the busiest travel seasons we’ve seen in a while. People are well into making plans to fly or drive their way to a well-deserved holiday. As many as 49% of people reported they plan to travel more in 2023 than they did last year, according to a Forbes survey, and nearly one-quarter… Read more...


Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models
TechCrunch / 10h
Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including incumbents like OpenAI and Anthropic. But despite tha


Believe It Or Not, Microsoft Is Giving Away A Zune MP3 Player In 2023
SlashGear / 10h
It turns out that Microsoft has an unopened Zune MP3 player, and it is giving it away as part of a promotion for the third "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie.


Leaked AMD Radeon RX 7600 looks like the mid-range GPU we always wanted
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Newly leaked product renders of a Sapphire-branded AMD Radeon RX 7600 desktop graphics card showcase its possible design, while a French website claims to have its European pricing. The product renders show off the retail box as well as the card itself. Looking at the image of box, which was revealed by VideoCardz , we see what looks to be specs for the graphics card. It shows the AMD Radeon RX 7


Leica Q3 leak shows it'll have a big bonus for street photography
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
It’s long been a case of when, rather than if, and now it appears the wait for the rumored Leica Q3 is almost over. The camera is tipped for a May 26 launch, and new pictures have leaked that, if real, confirm what street photography Leica-ites have hoped for: the Q3 will feature a new tilt-screen design. We’ve included the Q3 leaked pictures, courtesy of Leica rumors , below, and they suggest th


Wait to buy your Disney World tickets — big discount on select summer visits starts next week
The Points Guy / 10h
This isn’t a pixie dust-enchanted fairy tale — some Disney World tickets really are getting discounted for summer 2023 visits. In fact, if you plan to visit Disney World for four days this summer at a pace of one park per day, you should hold off on buying your tickets until this four-day ticket promotion kicks in on May 23. Until very recently, if you said trips to Disney World are only getting



Get up to 50% more value from your rewards with these transfer bonuses, including 2 ending tonight
3KThe Points Guy / 10h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. If you truly want to maximize your miles, periodic transfer bonuses can offer lucrative opportunities for fantastic points redemptions . You can sometimes get up to 50% more value from your points by transferring them to a specific airline or hotel partner during one of these bonuses. However, these are limited-time offers — and two


The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Starts Streaming This Week
28Gizmodo / 10h
This week just rolled a 20. Starting Tuesday, the incredibly exciting, hilarious, and awesome new movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits streaming and now you have absolutely no excuse to miss one of the year’s best films, so far at least. Read more...


whencyclopedia: Khamsa of Nizami Khamsa (also known as Quintet...
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
whencyclopedia : Khamsa of Nizami Khamsa (also known as Quintet or Panj Ganj ) is the best-known work of Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141- 1209 CE) and without a doubt one of the most prominent works of Persian literature . Written during the last decades of the 12th century CE, the Khamsa of Nizami contains five poems and approximately 30,000 couplets. Continue reading…


Windows 11 Now Has Its Own Version of Airdrop for iPhone to PC Transfers
Gizmodo / 10h
It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft finally has (a start on) its answer to AirDrop for instantaneous PC-to-iPhone connections. On Monday, Microsoft declared it had updated its existing Phone Link system, letting iOS users connect their phone to their PC to send and receive messages and calls from their desktop. Read more...


Judge Says Elon Musk Still Can't Tweet Whatever He Wants
Gizmodo / 10h
Elon Musk has once again lost a court battle over his right to shitpost unfettered. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City has rejected the billionaire’s bid to end his 2018 agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that mandates legal oversight on some of Tesla-related tweets. Read more...


Cable TV has fewest subscribers since 1992, YouTube TV is the only riser
21Ars Technica - All content / 10h
(credit: Getty Images | chargerv8) Everybody knows satellite and cable TV is dying right? Cord cutting has been a trend for years, but a new report from Variety highlights just how bad it has gotten. Citing numbers from research firm SVB MoffettNathanson, US pay-TV subscribers are down to their lowest levels since 1992—that's before DirecTV even existed. Q1 2023 reportedly saw 2.3 million househo


Some American Airlines Pilots Organizing Illegal Job Action To Hurt The Company
31View from the Wing / 10h
The pilot union has taken a strike authorization vote, but isn't legally permitted to strike because they haven't received federal permission to do so (and that would only come after a 30 day 'cooling off period'). Pilots are getting frustrated over the time it is taking to get to a contract, though the airline has publicly committed to substantial raises . Some pilots do not want to wait, and ar


You Can Finally Fix Your Own Damn Pixel
Lifehacker / 10h
You can baby your new phone all you want, but sometimes, shit just breaks. Case or no case, screen protector or not—one bad fall marks doom for your Pixel. Traditionally, the move has been to take a broken phone to a repair shop, or the company that made it. But like more and more companies slowly but surely, Google… Read more...


Influencers Are Bad at Washing Produce
Lifehacker / 10h
Across all of social media, I keep encountering a certain brand of annoying influencer behavior. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok—all are packed with videos that feature someone (usually a white woman) subjecting fruits and vegetables to an elaborate cleaning and repackaging process, supposedly immediately upon arriving… Read more...


'The Bear' Season 2 trailer teases restaurant woes and food, glorious food
Mashable / 11h
After getting our pulses skyrocketing and our mouths watering, The Bear is back for Season 2. The trailer for the highly anticipated second season features several classic staples of The Bear , including delicious-looking food (I need that steak stat ), stressful kitchen talk, and Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) going through it. But really, when isn't he going through it? Season 2 sees Carmy and Sydn


Things to do with Dad on Father's Day
Mashable / 11h
With less than two months until Father’s Day, the pressure is on to make it a spectacular one. Not to worry: Dad would probably tell you that nothing beats a little quality time together (although gifts are great, too!) . From watching a movie as a family, to planning a picnic or attending a live program, there are plenty of affordable ways to celebrate the dads in your life this year. No matter


Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 users, bringing iMessage and more to PCs
73TechCrunch / 11h
Microsoft announced today that Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 customers, allowing iPhone users to make and receive phone calls, send and receive messages via iMessage, access their contacts and see their phone’s notifications directly on their Windows PC. Phone Link previously only worked with Android phones. The company started rolling out Phone Link for iOS on Windows 11


James Webb telescope finds water around a comet in the main asteroid belt
Engadget / 11h
The James Webb Space Telescope just made its second breakthrough observation in as many weeks. Researchers have used the observatory's near-infrared camera to detect the first known instance of water vapor around a comet in the main asteroid belt, also known as a main belt comet. Scientists had thought comets could preserve water ice so relatively close to the Sun, but didn't have firm evidence u


A Guy Strapped a Camera to His Cat and It’s the Best Thing We’ve Ever Seen
200+Futurism / 11h
OnlyCats There's nothing the internet loves more than cat videos — but what about videos filmed from a cat's perspective? While strapping an action cam to one's pet isn't exactly a new concept , technological improvements mean that they're now small enough not to disturb the famously-irritable feline. Using one of these sleek next-gen cameras, the editor-in-chief of the consumer tech blog Tom's G


T-Mobile Will Let You Stream MLB or MLS Sports for Free
How-To Geek / 11h
T-Mobile has successfully drawn in many customers with its constant promotional bundles, some of which are brand new, while others have been running for some time. Now, T-Mobile has just renewed one of its longest-running promos — and you’ll really like them if you’re a sports fan. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›


Archie Comics Is Ready to Introduce Its First Trans Character
100+Gizmodo / 11h
The modern era of Archie Comics has seen the company rapidly diversify the world of Riverdale and beyond—not just in style and tone since the reboot of Archie in 2015, but in its view of its characters and their identities, from the introduction of queer characters to moves like revealing Jughead’s asexuality . Now, in… Read more...


NASA's Lunar Orbiter Strikes a Pose in New Photo Taken by Another Lunar Spacecraft
Gizmodo / 11h
A pair of lunar orbiters recently crossed each other’s paths around the Moon, with one flying overhead and capturing an image of the orbiting spacecraft below. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter , also known as Danuri, snapped the streaked, fuzzy photo of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) as both spacecraft… Read more...


WhatsApp Now Lets You Lock Chats Behind Passwords Or Biometrics
SlashGear / 11h
WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to lock individual chats and groups behind a passcode or biometric lock. Read on to find out how it'll work.


Vivint Smart Home System (2023) Review: Modern Security In A Fully Connected Setup
SlashGear / 11h
The latest Vivint Smart Home System aims to deliver a full home security solution with an array of connected devices that all come professionally installed.


Faulty Airbags Lead GM To Recall Almost A Million Vehicles
SlashGear / 11h
Another airbag manufacturer is under the microscope for possible airbag deployment injuries. Find out if your car is on the newest list from the NHTSA.



Double-screen ‘free’ TV will show you ads, even when not in use
100+Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge / The free Telly 4K TV has a second screen for showing ads. (credit: Telly ) What would you be willing to do for a free TV? If the answer is hand over information about what you watch, search for, and listen to on that TV and for how long, how much money your household makes, what food and brands you like, and your race and be subject to on-screen ads at any time, then Telly's got the dea


Vintage AI Predictions Show Our Hopes and Fears Aren’t New—Even If the Tech Is
24Gizmodo / 11h
The essence of the very concept of “artificial intelligence” is inherently cold. Cool metal encasing a mess of silicon and wires buzzing with processed data. No, the computer cannot “feel” or even “think,” but that sense of emotional scarcity often gets attributed to the scientists and researchers who helped create… Read more...


Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims' Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
47Wired / 11h
The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre.


Stratolaunch Releases Test Aircraft From World's Largest Plane, Setting Stage for Hypersonic Flights
41Gizmodo / 11h
Stratolaunch, a California-based aerospace company, has announced the latest successful test of its behemoth airplane called Roc, which released a test version of the company’s Talon-A hypersonic aircraft mid-flight from its center pylon this past weekend. Read more...


'Perfect' Posture Is Overrated
Lifehacker / 11h
If you’ve been trying to improve your posture and you just can’t seem to do it, let me introduce you to what might be a surprising idea: the way you stand, or the way you sit in your chair at work or school, may not actually matter at all. Or at least not in the way you think it does. Read more...


Citi adds Accor as a new transfer partner
29The Points Guy / 12h
Citi is a TPG advertising partner. If you have Citi ThankYou points, you now have another hotel program to which you can transfer your rewards. As of May 14, 2023, ALL — Accor Live Limitless has become Citi’s 17th transfer partner, allowing those with the Citi Premier® Card and the Citi Prestige® Card to transfer their ThankYou points to ALL reward points at a 2:1 ratio. Accor has 46 brands under


Kevin Systrom explains why Artifact wants to treat writers like the creators they are
25TechCrunch / 12h
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have already shipped a ton of substantial updates for their news-focused app Artifact , which launched earlier this year but already looks very different from what debuted in January. On top of allowing users to follow writers on the platform, the latest update also provides a way for writers to claim their own profiles, upload a profile pictur


WhatsApp’s new Chat Lock feature will keep your private conversations safe
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
WhatsApp is currently rolling out a new Chat Lock feature that will ensure your private conversations stay that way. The Chat Lock update takes chat threads and places them behind their own locked folder which can only be accessed via your device’s own password or biometrics. Additionally, the content of those conversations will be hidden in your notifications so nosy people can't see what you're


Why Not Make Savory Pancakes?
Lifehacker / 12h
At their simplest, pancakes are relatively mild in flavor. Yet, somewhere down the line, this breakfast quick bread took a hard left to near dessert status. Pancake recipes vary, but most of them include one to three tablespoons of sugar per batch, and flavors that we associate with sweetness, like cinnamon, vanilla,… Read more...


iPhone syncing for Windows 11 is now available for everyone
Engadget / 12h
Microsoft says iPhone support for its Phone Link app is now available for all Windows 11 users. Announced in February, Microsoft’s feature allows syncing calls, contacts and messages — including limited iMessage support — between an iPhone and PC. Phone Link has been around (under various names ) for Android-synced desktop features since 2015, but this is the first time it’s supported iPhones. Mi


'Layers of Fear' remake launches on PC, PS5 and Xbox June 15th
Engadget / 12h
Horror collection ‘Layers of Fear’ has a concrete release date of June 15th, which is just around the corner. This news follows the official launch of a Steam demo that went live today. The forthcoming title includes remakes of the original Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2, including various DLC content and a brand-new chapter to provide a new perspective on the first game’s narrative. It laun


Little Mermaid Director Rob Marshall on Handling the Music of a Disney Legend | io9 Interview
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EU Surprises by Approving Microsoft Activision Merger After UK Shut It Down
Gizmodo / 12h
Microsoft’s big deal to eat up one of the biggest power pellets of the video game industry received a boost from EU regulators. On Monday, the European Commission—the body overseeing the Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger—announced it had approved the $68.7 billion deal to go forward, as long as the companies pinkie… Read more...


Cyclone Mocha's Quick, Brutal Path
Gizmodo / 12h
At least six people are dead, 700 injured, and huge swathes of a city have been destroyed after one of the strongest storms to ever form over the Indian Ocean made landfall on Sunday afternoon. Read more...


Google Employees Mock Execs for Saying "AI" Over and Over
300+Futurism / 12h
AI-AI-I/O Google employees reportedly came up with a drinking game during the company's I/O developer conference last week, mocking just how many times its executives mentioned artificial intelligence. As seen in a TikTok mega cut put together by The Verge , Googlers must've gotten absolutely hammered that day, with CEO Sundar Pichai uttering the letters "AI" a dizzying number of times. According


Gorgeous: Hawaiian Airlines’ New Boeing 787 Business Class
200+One Mile at a Time / 12h
Hawaiian Airlines will soon be refreshing its long haul fleet. The airline has 12 Boeing 787-9s on order , and the first of those jets should be delivered to the airline late this year, and enter service in early 2024. The airline has now revealed the full details of what interiors we can expect on these Dreamliners. Details of Hawaiian Airlines’ Boeing 787 cabins Hawaiian Airlines’ new Boeing 78


This single Amex offer could cover nearly half the cost of your cruise
93The Points Guy / 12h
Are you planning to book a Royal Caribbean cruise in the coming months? You might want to do it with an American Express card . Some American Express cardholders in recent days have begun seeing an offer for 20,000 bonus Membership Rewards points when spending $1,000 or more on a Royal Caribbean voyage. That’s a notably large number of Membership Rewards points. TPG currently values Membership Re


Scientists Have Created Cancer-Fighting E. Coli Bacteria
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Scientists in China are hoping to turn Escherichia coli bacteria into a cancer-fighting ally. In a new study, they describe their creation of genetically engineered E. coli strains that can kill different types of tumors in mice. More studies will be needed, but the authors believe that bacterial therapy for cancer… Read more...


The ultimate guide to credit card application restrictions
29The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. If you’re relatively new to the points and miles world, you might be a bit gun-shy when applying for new credit cards. Most of my friends and family members find it hard to believe that I currently have more than 15 active travel credit cards in my wallet and pay over $1,000 per year in annual fees. Every week, I hea


Elon Musk loses appeal to tweet whatever he wants about Tesla
Engadget / 12h
Elon Musk has failed in his latest attempt to challenge a ruling that requires a lawyer's approval for some Tesla-related tweets. A federal appeals court in Manhattan has rebuffed Musk's claim that the 2018 consent decree with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an unfair "prior restraint" on his speech. The CEO could have defended himself against the charges or negotiated a different



The IRS reportedly has a free TurboTax alternative in the works
Engadget / 12h
Doing your taxes in the United States can be famously convoluted. It can also be expensive: on top of paying their tax bills, Americans who have more complicated finances often have to pay for software to help them navigate the US tax code. That might change soon: a report from the Washington Post