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Early iPhone 16 leak hints at larger screens for the Pro and Pro Max models


300+TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 14h
The launch of the iPhone 15 not only means we have some shiny new smartphones to look at – see our iPhone 15 review for details – it also means the iPhone 16 rumors and leaks can start up in earnest. On the topic of the 2024 iPhone range, the usually reliable MacRumors has obtained some information about the weights and dimensions of the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro, and the i


A revelation about trees is messing with climate calculations
500+Ars Technica - All content / 17h
Enlarge / The early morning sun shines through the morning fog on the countryside in Chongqing, China, September 14, 2023. (credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images ) Every year between September and December, Lubna Dada makes clouds. Dada, an atmospheric scientist, convenes with dozens of her colleagues to run experiments in a 7,000-gallon stainless steel chamber at CERN in Switzerland. “It's


Saw X Was So Gnarly, Its Editor Had the Cops Called on Him
400+Gizmodo / 10h
Watching the Saw movies isn’t for everyone—across the now 10-movie franchise, audiences have seen people mutilate themselves in order to stay alive or die trying in some pretty grisly fashion . For those who loves these movies or to see people get messed up, that’s part of the appeal. But when you’re the one involved… Read more...



The Raspberry Pi 5 has ruined my day
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 9min
Reader, I must issue a formal apology. Despite, back in December 2022, reporting reports of comments made in an interview with the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO Eben Upton, who then claimed a Raspberry Pi 5 wouldn’t be coming in 2023 , the sad truth is one actually is now coming soon . I let you down. I let myself down. In my defence, I am an embryo compared to everyone else I work with. I reache


The 'world's smallest' external GPU has been tested and it could be the best laptop upgrade yet — here’s why
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 52min
GPD’s ‘GPU box’ might be one of the most effective ways to give your laptop the graphical upgrade it needs without shelling out for a new machine, or replacing the GPU yourself . The GPD G1 looks more like a docking station than anything else and actually may serve as one, given the plethora of ports it offers. But it comes with the added bonus of souping up your machine’s graphical capabilities.


A lifetime subscription to SheetMagic is on sale for under £40
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to SheetMagic is on sale for £39.82, saving you 83% on list price. ChatGPT is useful, but you can still only enter one query at a time. Even if you're quick and the results don't need revision, it can still be tedious to enter each prompt individually, wait for the answer, revise, and repeat. That is unless you do it all in bulk from the comfort of your favourite sp


How to watch the Chicago Marathon 2023 online for free
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Livestream the 2023 Chicago Marathon for free on NBC Chicago . Access this livestream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Completing any marathon is a massive achievement, but there is something special about the World Marathon Majors. The marathons in Tokyo, Boston, London , Berlin , Chicago, and New York are recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, attracting dedicat


'Foe' review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal can't save this empty sci-fi mess
Mashable / 2h
By all appearances, Foe is a beautiful movie. Beautiful people — Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre — explore beautiful landscapes, talking about beautiful human emotions like love and loss. Yet all these aesthetic pleasures can't cover up the vapid emptiness at Foe 's core. There is indeed some attempt at substance here, but it's buried under layers of nonsensical storytelling and clum


NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for October 1
Mashable / 3h
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the e


Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for October 1
Mashable / 4h
You made it! It's Sunday at last, a fresh Wordle awaits, and we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out the answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the end of this article for October 1's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle come from? Origi


Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, October 1, 2023
Lifehacker / 4h
If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Sunday, October 1, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Beware, there are spoilers below for October 1, NYT Connections #112! Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today’s… Read more...


Saudia Unveils Major Rebranding, New Livery & Uniforms
72One Mile at a Time / 6h
When it comes to aviation in Saudi Arabia, most of the talk lately has been about Riyadh Air, the well funded airline startup that’s expected to launch operations in 2025. Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia is hoping to regain some of the spotlight, with the announcement of a new brand identity and livery. Let’s go over the details… Saudia enters new era with full rebranding Saudia has unveiled a


Quordle today - hints and answers for Sunday, October 1 (game #615)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
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 fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also keep


Alaska Airlines Credit Card Review: 60K Miles + More
500+One Mile at a Time / 6h
Link: Apply now for the Alaska Airlines Visa® credit card The Alaska Airlines Visa® credit card is a valuable airline credit card, especially true when you consider how useful Alaska Mileage Plan miles can be . In this post, I wanted to provide a detailed review of Alaska’s personal credit card, issued by Bank of America. Alaska Airlines Visa Card welcome bonus The Alaska Airlines Credit Card cur


Airport loos on a roll: BWI takes the throne for America’s Best Restroom
52The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. For the second year in a row, an airport has won the title of America’s Best Restroom in a contest celebrating public restrooms that are not only reliably clean but also have charm, convenient features or unusual decor. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and its newly renova


Alaska Airlines Visa credit card review: Earn hard-to-get miles
41The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Alaska Airlines Visa® card overview The Alaska Airlines Visa® credit card is one of the best cards for earning Alaska miles. Even if you don’t live on the West Coast, Alaska Airlines miles are valuable since you can use them to book flights on Oneworld partner airlines, including Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Qanta


Apple confirms an iPhone 15 overheating fix is on the way
Mashable / 7h
An update to cool down your overheating iPhone 15 is on the way, according to Apple. And the company would like users to know the issue was partially Apple's fault. And Instagram's. And Uber's. And an iPhone game called Asphalt 9 , among other third-party apps. As Mashable reported earlier this week , many owners of the new iPhone 15 were saying that their devices were becoming too hot to handle…


thekimonogallery:by Japanese artist Sayako Itoh
Music, Arts & Literature / 8h
thekimonogallery : by Japanese artist Sayako Itoh


Celebrity’s Inflight Diarrhea So Bad People Thought Plane Had A Fuel Leak
View from the Wing / 8h
A week and a half ago, a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had to turn around after a passenger let loose diarrhea all the way through the aircraft. Margaret Cho shares that something like this actually happened to her on a plane, and it was so bad that passengers thought there was something wrong with the aircraft such as a fuel leak. Continue reading ...



Music, Arts & Literature / 9h



Suffragist poster detail, 1913. United Kingdom.
Music, Arts & Literature / 9h
nemfrog : Harvard Library


Weekly Review: September 30, 2023
One Mile at a Time / 9h
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I just arrived in Japan, and this is my first “real” visit to Asia (well, other than the Middle East) since the start of the pandemic, so I’m very happy to be here! I apologize in advance for the modified posting times over the next week, and especially this weekend, as jetlag sure is proving to be a challenge. I’m not used to this amount of time change


Tinder goes ultra-premium, Amazon invests in Anthropic and Apple explains its new AirPods
27TechCrunch / 9h
In this edition of Week in Review, we cover Tinder's pricey new subscription, Amazon's investment in Anthropic and the features of Apple's next-gen AirPods.



allcatsconstitutethesamefamily: Source details and larger...
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
allcatsconstitutethesamefamily : Source details and larger version . They’ve had many lives and many ages: cats I’ve met in my time travels .


Everything you need to know about X CEO Linda Yaccarino's disastrous interview
Mashable / 10h
Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, was the headline guest at Vox Media's Code 2023 event earlier this week. CNBC's Julia Boorstin interviewed Elon Musk's handpicked CEO, who is tasked with bringing advertisers back to the platform formerly known as Twitter. As you may have seen, thanks to all the social media chatter surrounding the event, the interview did not go well for Yacca


Google Pixel Buds Pro leak gives us an early look at some new colors
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
There's a whole lot of brand new Google hardware heading our way on Wednesday, but we're also getting some fresh colors for the Google Pixel Buds Pro it would seem – and we now have an early look at those colors. This comes from well-known render-maker @OnLeaks and The Tech Outlook (via 9to5Google ). We've got renders of the earbuds in colors that are being called 'Bay Blue' and 'Porcelain' – a p


Mortal Kombat 1 creator teases that a host of terrifyingly familiar faces may be on the way
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Mortal Kombat 1 creator Ed Boon has teased that we may soon be welcoming a whole new raft of frighteningly new fighters to the roster. In a post on Twitter/X, Boon posted an image that contained some of horror's most iconic mascots, including Leatherface, Freddy, Michael Myers, Jason, Pinhead, Jigsaw, and Chucky. All the horror icons had either a tick or a question mark above their heads. Perhaps


phasesphrasesphotos: The Hep Cat 1942
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
phasesphrasesphotos : The Hep Cat 1942


'Strange Way of Life' review: Almodóvar reflects on 'Brokeback Mountain' with his queer Western
Mashable / 10h
During a pivotal scene in Strange Way of Life , Pedro Pascal' s outlaw Silva reminds Ethan Hawke's Sheriff Jake of a conversation they had 25 years prior: "Years ago, you asked me what two men could do living together on a ranch," Silva whispers. This is both the story crux of Pedro Almodóvar's queer Western short — a tale of former lovers reuniting and reminiscing on the eve of inevitable confli


The Pokémon Company apologizes and blames "overwhelming demand" for its Van Gogh collab stock issues
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
The Pokémon Company says it is "actively working on ways" to restock its Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum collection after scalpers promptly cleaned out the limited edition items. Citing "overwhelming demand", the company apologized for disappointing fans who had missed out and said it would let them know about restock options "at a later day". "We apologize for all the fans eagerly awaiting our Pokémon


hi-majine:渡邊啓助 - 狂焔の魔女
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
hi-majine : 渡邊啓助 - 狂焔の魔女


Knights of the Old Republic Remake's Status in Question After Trailer Pruning
52Gizmodo / 11h
BioWare’s 2003 game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of the most well-known video games to bear the franchise’s name, and players were delighted to hear it would be coming to the current gaming generation. But much like Star Wars Eclipse , whose existence had to be reconfirmed by developer Quantic Dream… Read more...


Savings Seats On Southwest Airlines Is The Right Thing To Do, With One Exception [Roundup]
View from the Wing / 11h
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...



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Your next laptop could run faster, last longer and pack more memory thanks to Samsung’s revolutionary new technology — but it won’t be cheap
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Samsung has devised a new kind of memory that adopts a low-power compression attached memory module (LPCAMM) form factor to replace the RAM currently found in the best laptops and PCs. LPDDR and SODIMM RAM are the prevailing form factors in today’s computers. While the former is compact, it’s fixed the the motherboard, meaning replacing it can be difficult. The latter, meanwhile, normally fitted


What are cruise ship pilots, and what do they do?
The Points Guy / 11h
If you’ve sailed on a cruise ship of any size, you’ve probably seen pilot boats pull alongside the vessel, and you might have watched curiously as one or two people climbed onto the ship via a rope ladder. Have you ever wondered who these people are and what they do once they’re on board? They are marine or ship pilots, experts on the waterways and ports you are entering or leaving. They come abo


Alaska Airlines Visa Business card review: Good for frequent Alaska business travelers
29The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Alaska Airlines Visa® Business card overview The Alaska Airlines Visa® Business card is an easily overlooked card that earns valuable airline miles. It has a low annual fee and lucrative ongoing perks for travelers loyal to Alaska Airlines. Card rating*: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ * Card rating is based on the opinion of TPG’s


How much value does Hilton Honors status provide when you book directly?
The Points Guy / 11h
When you’re determining how to book a hotel, it’s easy to only compare the final cost. However, doing so doesn’t take into account the value your elite status can provide — both in terms of benefits and points — when you book directly with the hotel brand or through an eligible method. In this guide, I’ll discuss the value Hilton Honors elite members can get when they book directly with Hilton ho


Sekino Jun'ichirō, 1914-1988
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
soul-luminnous-eyes : Sekino Jun'ichirō , 1914-1988 Cat and Girl, 1955, color woodcut, 52.4x39.4 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Inv. 1961-156-6


How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won’t say
24TechCrunch / 12h
As tech companies begin to monetize generative AI, the creators on whose work it is trained are asking for their fair share. But so far no one can agree on whether or how much artists should be paid. A recent open letter from the Authors Guild signed by more than 8,500 writers, including Margaret Atwood, […]


The Marvels May Be the MCU's Shortest Film Ever
100+Gizmodo / 12h
At a time when folks are tying a movie’s runtime as part of their interest in seeing it in the theater, blockbuster tentpoles can sometimes run fairly long . At two hours or more, superhero flicks can run long in the the tooth. So if such a thing matters to you, you’ll be pleased to hear that the upcoming The Marvels ac… Read more...


indigodreams: Christine Ellger
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
indigodreams : Christine Ellger



The Most Clever Ways to Reuse an Old Pillow
22Lifehacker / 12h
For the most part, pillows don’t last forever. Even if you wash them regularly , they can still flatten or lose their shape over time. On the other hand, you may have perfectly good pillows that you no longer need. Read more...


Venture capital is opening the gates for defense tech
41TechCrunch / 12h
Anduril is symbolic of a trend in which defense tech and venture capital dollars are no longer antithetic.