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The 5 best destinations you can visit on a Carnival Cruise Line ship
1KThe Points Guy / 17h
Some cruise lines offer voyages to every corner of the world. Others are more focused on where they operate. Carnival Cruise Line , one of the world’s largest cruise brands, is firmly in the second category. Carnival is all about relatively short, affordable cruises from U.S. ports. You’ll find at least one of its ships sailing out of pretty much every major port city around the country, but it’s
Flipkart makes $700 million payout to employees following PhonePe split
200+TechCrunch / 22h
Flipkart commenced a $700 million “one-time discretionary” cash payout to employees on Friday, the single-largest such compensation in the Indian startup ecosystem. The Walmart-backed Bengaluru-headquartered startup is compensating employees for the separation of fintech PhonePe from the e-commerce group, a move that devalued Flipkart’s shares. The two firms completed a full ownership separation
'Deadpool 3' halts production due to SAG-AFTRA strike
100+Mashable / 15h
Marvel's Deadpool 3 is the first major film shoot to shut down due to the SAG-AFTRA strike , Variety reports. SEE ALSO: The SAG/WGA strike could affect content creators. Here's what to do about it. The news comes just hours into the actors' strike, which formally began at midnight on July 14 . The strike follows weeks of negotiation between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Televis
How to Automatically Publish GitHub Releases From Git Tags
How-To Geek / 49min
GitHub Releases provide an easy to access method for end users to download versioned software binaries. You can create them manually, but it’s much easier to let GitHub Actions build them automatically using release tags created in your repository. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
What Are Git Submodules, and How Do You Use Them?
How-To Geek / 1h
Git submodules are a way of including one Git repository as a subdirectory of another repository. This kind of source code nesting can be very useful for projects that want finer control over their dependencies and build process, and it’s easy to set up. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
How to use PayPal on Amazon
Mashable / 2h
E-commerce giant Amazon is known for supporting a variety of payment methods, including Apple Pay , Visa gift cards and more. Since PayPal is widely preferred as an excellent payment method in the world of online shopping, many users wonder how it can be used to buy stuff on Amazon. Though users can't directly use PayPal to make purchases on Amazon, there are a few workarounds that you can use in
How to Create and Manage GitHub Templates to Easily Create New Projects
How-To Geek / 2h
Often times, when you’re creating a new project, you’re not doing so from scratch. Reusing code structure, boilerplate, and other existing features can save you hours of development time doing repeated setup. This feature is built right into GitHub, which makes templates easy to use and maintain. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
How to watch the FIFA Women’s World Cup online for free
Mashable / 3h
SAVE 49%: Livestream the FIFA Women’s World Cup for free with a streaming-friendly VPN. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £82.82, but comes with a generous money-back guarantee. Football fans from all over the world will be turning their attention towards Australia and New Zealand over the next few weeks, as the best teams do battle for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. With so many
Legislators Vote Forward Bill That Would Turn Tech Platforms Into DEA Narcs
29Gizmodo / 5h
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted forward a bill that would force tech companies to report web users to the Drug Enforcement Agency if they suspected them of engaging in criminal drug activity. The controversial Cooper Davis Act , named so after a Kansas teenager who died of a fentanyl overdose in… Read more...
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for July 15
Mashable / 6h
Saturday has landed and there's a new Wordle for your weekend. As always, we're here with some tips and tricks to help you figure out the solution. If you just want to be told the answer, you can jump to the end of this article for July 15's Wordle solution revealed. But if you want to solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle come from?
AREA15 Is the Gateway to Immersive Entertainment in Las Vegas
Gizmodo / 7h
Summer in Las Vegas may be known for day clubs and nightlife on the strip for those 21 and over seeking a good time, but a new kind of fantastical destination of immersive experiences is growing out of AREA15 . Read more...
Google's new AI tool can help organize your messy Google Docs files
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
Google is launching yet another large language model (LLM) with the purpose of helping people organize their messy Google Docs accounts. Say you’re a college student who typed in a series of notes into a Google Docs file for class, but you didn’t put a lot of thought into the page’s structure. It’s all one big mess of randomly organized ideas. Now, you can ask the new NotebookLM tool to generate
Viasat’s new broadband satellite could be a total loss
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / This artist's illustration of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellites shows the spacecraft as it would appear with its large reflector antenna fully deployed. (credit: Viasat ) A new Viasat communications satellite launched in April has been crippled by a problem when unfurling its huge mesh antenna. The problem jeopardizes Viasat’s much-needed refresh to its space-based Internet network that
Microsoft takes pains to obscure role in 0-days that caused email breach
29Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain the cause of a breach that gave hackers working for the Chinese government access to the email accounts of 25 organizations—reportedly including the US Departments of State and Commerce and other sensitive organizations. In a post on Friday , the company indicated that the compromise resulted from three explo
Appeals court rejects the FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision
Engadget / 8h
The Federal Trade Commission has been unsuccessful in its last-ditch effort to pump the brakes on Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard . The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to grant the agency an emergency stay of a ruling that allows the deal to proceed in the US, leaving a UK regulator as the major outstanding hurdle. A temporary restraining order was put in place l
Quordle today - hints and answers for Saturday, July 15 (game #537)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's good fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also
Acer's first AMD graphics card, the Predator BiFrost RX 7600, looks promising
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
Acer previously revealed its interest in manufacturing Nvidia and AMD GPUs at Computex 2023, and now it’s taking its first step in that direction with its Predator BiFrost RX 7600 graphics card. The Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 7600 features the same BiFrost cooling as its first graphics card, an Intel Arc A770 model. According to Tom’s Hardware , it’s a blower-style cooler that has a vapor chamber
Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on
TechCrunch / 9h
The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video cannot be memeable, or it’ll never be taken seriously. Colleen Ballinger’s apology saga, however, will be one of the most memorable in YouTube history because it just keeps getting worse. Representatives for Ballin
Social Media Restrictions on Biden Officials Are Paused in Appeal
100+NYT > Technology / 9h
A Fifth Circuit panel temporarily lifted a judge’s order that had blocked the administration from contacting platforms about most of their content.
Xbox's Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft after 22 years
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9h
Larry Hryb, better known by his Xbox live gamertag Major Nelson, has today (14 July) announced that he's leaving Microsoft after 22 years with the company. Hryb originally joined Microsoft in early 2001, intiially as the editor-in-chief for MSN Music, but two years later he moved across to the company's Xbox division and quickly found himself becoming one of the public faces of the growing consol
'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for July 15
Mashable / 9h
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
Nothing Phone 2 hands-on: Pro-repair styling without the functionality
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
The Nothing Phone 2 all lit up. [credit: Ron Amadeo ] After spending its first year being limited to Europe, the upstart Android manufacturer Nothing is coming to the US. That means it's possible to buy a Nothing Phone 2 and use it on a GSM carrier, so let's take a quick look at one. The price starts at $599, which lets it slot into the space that used to be occupied by the now obsolete base-mode
First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities
TechCrunch / 10h
Through a new lawsuit, a free speech group and research coalition that studies technology’s effect on society are pushing back against a ban on TikTok affecting government devices in the state of Texas. In the lawsuit , filed by Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute on behalf of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, the allied plaintiffs argue that restrictions on Ti
OpenAI Vice President Denies They're Making ChatGPT Stupider
21Futurism / 10h
Log Off, Guy It hasn't been the best few weeks for OpenAI. Besides a growing number of lawsuits , an FTC inquiry , and declining user numbers, OpenAI has also been battling discontent from GPT-4 users who claim that the paid version of the popular chatbot, powered by the AI firm's advanced large language model GPT-4, has been declining in quality in recent weeks. "The current GPT-4 is disappointi
Removable Smartphone Batteries Might Make a Comeback
20How-To Geek / 10h
Remember when you used to be able to remove your battery by just popping off the plastic back of your phone? That era of smartphone design might make a (partial) return, if the European Union has anything to say about it. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
American Airlines Has Been Weighing Passenger Carry On Bags At The Gate. Here’s Why.
View from the Wing / 10h
It can be jarring to be told to weighh your carry on as you're about to board, not just put it in the sizer to make sure its measurements are compliant. But it's all part of updating data for safety. Continue reading ...
NY Lawmaker Uses AI to Write Housing Bill That Does Little to Help Renters
Gizmodo / 10h
Can AI research and write a piece of legislation? Sure, though not well. Should AI be used to write a piece of legislation on a subject impacting millions of beleaguered renters in the most-populated city in the U.S.? No, definitely not. Read more...
SAG-AFTRA strike: Here are all the major movies and TV shows that have shut down
Mashable / 10h
The SAG-AFTRA strike is already causing waves in the entertainment industry, with major productions shutting down on the very first day of the strike. They join several other projects that halted production due to the WGA strike , including Stranger Things Season 5 , Yellowjackets Season 3, and Abbott Elementary Season 3. SEE ALSO: It's official: SAG-AFTRA is going on strike Marvel's Deadpool 3 w
What countries will heat up the most in a 2°-warmer world?
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge (credit: Yuga Kurita ) One of the more threatening aspects of climate change is its potential to unleash feedbacks, or situations where warming induces changes that drive even more warming. Most of those are natural, such as a warmer ocean being able to hold less carbon dioxide, resulting in even more of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. But at least one potential feedback has a very
X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge / Portrait of Ramesses II in Nakhtamun tomb, Chief of the Altar in the Ramesseum (possibly 20th Dynasty, circa 1100 BCE). (credit: Martinez et al./CC-BY 4.0 ) Researchers have discovered evidence of earlier versions of two ancient Egyptian paintings located in tomb chapels in the Theban Necropolis , according to a new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE. In one, there is a ghostly thi
Larry Hryb, Xbox’s ‘Major Nelson,’ is leaving Microsoft
100+Engadget / 11h
Larry Hryb, better known as “Major Nelson” in Xbox circles, tweeted today that he’s leaving Microsoft. Hryb spent many years as one of the most prominent public faces of the brand as Director of Programming for Xbox Live. He didn’t state his reasons for leaving the company but said he plans to step back and work on his career’s next chapter. The move comes as Microsoft tries to close its $68 bill
SpaceX Valuation Hits $140 Billion Following Recent Share Sale
21Gizmodo / 11h
SpaceX’s worth is nearing $150 billion after signing a share sale agreement with new and existing investors this week. Read more...
Threads already has a hate speech problem, civil rights groups warn
Mashable / 11h
The list of ways Twitter could be better is long. Many users think the platform should trash its unwelcome subscription models . Others call out CEO Elon Musk's tanking of accessibility tools for profit . And, apart from the vocal few who see it as a form of free speech, many think the proliferation of hate and disinformation needs to be addressed stat. It might make sense, then, to build these c
SAG-AFTRA is officially going on strike
Mashable / 11h
SAG-AFTRA has officially gone on strike. The vote to strike followed weeks of talks between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP leading up to the expiration of SAG-AFTRA’s current contract. A letter sent on June 27 to SAG-AFTRA leadership sought a “transformative deal” and raised concerns surrounding reduced income, streaming residuals, and the use of AI in filmmaking.
‘Skiplagging’ your airline ticket might be legal, but it comes with major risks
89The Points Guy / 11h
“Skiplagging” is a hot topic in travel right now. So what exactly is this and is it worth the risk? This week, American Airlines temporarily detained a U.S. teenager after he allegedly used a flight hacking technique known as skiplagging (also known as “hidden city ticketing”) to book a cheaper flight to his destination. According to Carolina’s Queen City News , the teenager was scheduled to fly
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Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
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Christopher Nolan's Tenet Definitely Improves With a Revisit
76Gizmodo / 11h
When Christopher Nolan releases a new movie, it’s an event. Few filmmakers, even our most successful and well-known ones, carry the weight, expectations, and name recognition that Nolan does these days . So, as one might expect, film fans everywhere are currently getting ready to see his latest film Oppenheimer , which… Read more...
Introduce ChatGPT to an Absolute Beginner With This $10 Course
Lifehacker / 11h
ChatGPT is an impressive tool, but a new user might not realize how much you can do with it. Instead of taking the time to experiment with the AI, skip ahead by taking an introductory AI class like ChatGPT for the Absolute Beginner. The course offers a simple overview, showing users how to get started writing… Read more...
These Streaming Services Won't Punish You for Password Sharing
How-To Geek / 11h
In the early days of streaming, platforms like Netflix encouraged users to share their accounts with family and friends. But those days are coming to an end. Netflix is now cracking down on moochers, and other services are sure to follow suit. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
How to claim (and use) your 30,000 United miles
90The Points Guy / 11h
After thunderstorms, air traffic control issues and operational challenges stranded thousands of passengers , United Airlines is offering 30,000 miles to passengers who were delayed overnight or didn’t make it to their final destinations between June 24 and 30. However, this is not an automatic deposit. Instead, you must proactively take steps to ensure the miles post to your account. Here’s how
Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
500+Engadget / 11h
If you have fond memories of chatting with Reddit friends, you might want to check your archives. Reddit has confirmed user reports that it's removing all chats and messages from before 2023. As the social site explained in June, it's moving to a new chat architecture and believes pulling older messages will enable a "smooth and quick transition" to the new architecture. The change took effect Ju
More Than Half of Netflix's Library Is Original Content, for Better or Worse
How-To Geek / 11h
Ten years ago, Netflix began producing original content. And it was a smart decision—instead of paying for multi-million dollar licensing deals, Netflix can spend money on itself. It can create movies and shows that it’ll own forever. Now, Netflix has reached the point where 55% of its library is original. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Cybertruck Could Be the First Tesla With Bi-Directional Charging
How-To Geek / 11h
Many of the most popular electric vehicles on the road support bi-direction charging. This allows owners to power other devices from an EV battery, including V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle), V2H (home), and V2G (grid), using it as a backup power source. However, Tesla’s yet to adopt such a feature. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
Samsung’s new 83-inch TV could be a harbinger of consumer confusion
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / A promotional image for the new 83-inch S90C Samsung OLED TV. (credit: Samsung) Samsung is about to begin selling its first TVs with OLED panels made by rival LG after months of negotiations. Unfortunately, the way the TVs that come out of this deal are branded and marketed could cause confusion for consumers who want the most bang for their buck. On Tuesday, Samsung published a blog po
Meta admits it's blocking EU users from joining Threads through a VPN
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Meta has officially confirmed it is blocking European Union citizens from using a VPN in order to join Threads . Recently, EU users began to notice they were suddenly unable to post on the new social media platform. Industry analyst Matt Navarra reached out to Meta to figure out what’s going on. In a statement given to Navarra , the tech giant admitted to taking extended “measures to prevent peop
Impala's Barbie roller skates are exact replicas from the movie — and they've just been restocked
Mashable / 12h
Restock alert: Snag the Barbie x Impala Lightspeed Inline Skates for $189.95 when they come back in stock on July 14 at 3 p.m. ET. Opens in a new tab Credit: Impala Barbie x Impala Lightspeed Inline Skates (opens in a new tab) $189.95 at Impala (opens in a new tab) Looking to unleash your inner Barbie or harness your full Ken-ergy? Snagging a replica of the roller skates both characters wear in t
Swing and a miss: Why I’m not thrilled with the changes to the Citi AAdvantage Executive card
21The Points Guy / 12h
Citi is a TPG advertising partner. It’s official: The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® is getting a makeover. A number of significant changes will be coming to the card as of July 23. They include new statement credits, enhanced opportunities to earn miles (and Loyalty Points ), and higher annual fees. And as a cardholder for over five years, I have one reaction: Meh. It’s in
2023's New Emoji Finalists, Ranked
Gizmodo / 12h
Ah the emoji, the small, cartoonish pictographs that are seemingly able to summarize the entirety of the human condition in just a few character widths. Whether you use them for the meme of it all or to literally express how you’re feeling, emojis have nestled themselves firmly in the lexicon of digital communication, … Read more...
Why You Probably Shouldn’t Wrap Your Car
28Lifehacker / 12h
Your car is probably one of the most expensive purchases you’ll ever make that isn’t a house, so it’s understandable the lengths people will go to in order to protect and spruce up their rides.Recent years have seen the advent of a new option: Car wrapping, which involves applying a thin vinyl covering to the body… Read more...
Redsight Divines the Chaotic Power of Freedom
Gizmodo / 12h
Redsight is described as a heretical exploration of religion and power, with a sapphic science fantasy story featuring a partially sighted heroine based on the author’s own experiences. Meredith Mooring makes her fantasy debut with this exciting, swashbuckling new novel . Read more...
New Studio Ghibli film ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is coming to North America later this year
Engadget / 12h
Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in ten years (and supposedly his last) premiered in Japan today — without any lead-up marketing from Studio Ghibli. Soon after, Gkids announced that it had acquired the animated movie’s North American rights. Called Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka (translated as “How Do You Live”) in Japan, the international release will use the title The Boy and the Heron . Gkids says it will
UN Warns That AI-Powered Brain Implants Could Spy on Our Innermost Thoughts
51Futurism / 12h
Thought Police The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has sounded the alarm bell on neurotechnology, warning that its "warp speed" advancement, catalyzed by artificial intelligence, poses a threat to human rights and mental privacy, Agence France-Presse reports . In response, UNESCO will develop an "ethical framework" to address the potential human rights co
Southwest Airlines Starts Selling Overnight Connections On July 19th
View from the Wing / 12h
Last month I broke the news that Southwest Airlines would start selling overnight connection flights for the first time. The plan was initially to launch this on June 26, but it was delayed. The airline has a new date this time: Wednesday, July 19th. Continue reading ...
Startups, be careful who you sell to
TechCrunch / 12h
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. As a photographer, the saga of Amazon buying Digital Photo Review (DPReview among friends) before slowly grinding it into the ground and then suddenly announcing they were closing the site, and then going “j/k, we’re selling it after all” has given me a lot of pause for thought . You do occasionally see startups that e
Google's Bard AI chatbot is vulnerable to use by hackers. So is ChatGPT.
25Mashable / 12h
Bard, Google's entry in the chatbot race, is meant to compete with the AI juggernaut that is ChatGPT . But a report from earlier this week demonstrates that when it comes to security against rudimentary implementation by malicious actors, ChatGPT remains undefeated — though not by a mile. And it's worth noting that our own additional testing complicates the report's conclusion a bit. The report i
All money is not created equal: What raising venture debt looks like
TechCrunch / 12h
David Spreng Contributor David Spreng is a seasoned venture and growth debt lender with 30 years of experience, the founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital, and the author of All Money Is Not Created Equal . The first step in the process of raising venture debt is a quick, introductory filtering phone call between you and the potential lender that’s an equal amount selling and listening – on bot
Quick Points: 3 reasons you need a credit card with your favorite hotel brand
The Points Guy / 12h
Many consumers only want to have a few credit cards. But even if you don’t want a wallet full of top travel cards , it’s likely worth getting and keeping a cobranded hotel credit card with your favorite hotel loyalty program. In today’s Quick Points post, I’ll discuss three reasons you need a credit card with your favorite hotel brand. The annual fee is often worth it BROTHERS91/GETTY IMAGES Ther
Use a Mind Map to Increase Your Productivity
21Lifehacker / 12h
Different productivity hacks work for different people, which is why there are so many of them. But if you happen to be a visual learner, there’s one in particular that might be suited for you: mind mapping. Mind maps are diagrams designed to organize information and data points that relate to each other, making… Read more...
'Mission: Impossible' is still the geekiest spy franchise
Engadget / 12h
For almost three decades in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has gone head to head in high-speed motorcycle battles, climbed Dubai's Burj Khalifa, and hung from the side of a plane during takeoff. Oh, and he also died at one point (following an extended free dive into an underwater data bank). But in the latest film, Dead Reckoning Part 1 , Ethan Hunt faces his toughest
Third-Party Streaming Platform Brings a Few NES and PlayStation Properties to Xbox
Gizmodo / 12h
Just how much old-school content do you want, or need, from the comfort of your couch? With all the talk about game streaming nowadays, Xbox Series X and Series S players suddenly have a new option for streaming access to more than a thousand games from the classic era. Arcade streaming service Antstream is promising… Read more...
Is going to a movie during the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike crossing the picket line?
51Mashable / 12h
With the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in full swing, and with several highly anticipated TV shows and films (including Barbenheimer ) on the way, you may wonder, "Does watching a movie or TV show during the strike count as crossing the picket line?" It's an important question, especially as audiences try to gauge how best to support the striking actors and writers in their fight for a fair contract.
7 Reasons To Get The Hilton Surpass Card
500+One Mile at a Time / 12h
Link: Apply now for the Hilton American Express Surpass Card Hotel credit cards are often underrated, given the huge welcome bonuses and valuable perks that they can offer. The Hilton Surpass Card is Hilton’s popular mid-
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