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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week
500+TechCrunch / 20h
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, the entrepreneur said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open-source roots. xAI released Grok last year, arming it with features including access to “real-time” information and information that countered “politically correct” views. The […] © 202


'Confused' TikTokers deluge US lawmakers' phones
100+BBC News / 14min
The company "weaponised" its US users in a lobbying effort against a bill before Congress, sources say.


Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
1KNYT > Technology / 20h
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.


How to watch Arsenal vs. FC Porto online for free
Mashable / 8min
TL;DR: Watch Arsenal vs. FC Porto for free on RTÉ Player . Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . It doesn't get any bigger than the Champions League . So even though Arsenal are involved in an incredibly tense battle for the Premier League, they will be totally focused on FC Porto this week. Arsenal need to recover from a disappointing defeat in the firs


This Microsoft Office Pro and Windows 11 bundle is on sale for under £70
Mashable / 8min
TL;DR: The Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows lifetime license and Windows 11 Pro bundle is on sale for £62.26, saving you 80% on list price. If your computer is starting to lag or underperform, it may be time to upgrade your software. This bundle of a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows and Windows 11 Pro was designed to help optimise performance and better manage your d


French startup Nijta hopes to protect voice privacy in AI use cases
TechCrunch / 26min
France-based startup Nijta, whose flagship product Voice Harbor anonimizes voices for AI, raised €2 million in funding from various sources, including deep tech VC fund Elaia. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Inclusivity-focused VC Ada Ventures pulls in $80M for second fund
TechCrunch / 34min
UK-based Ada Ventures is an unusual VC. Instead of just talking about SaaS or AI, it hunts down founders addressing inclusivity and diversity. Instead of confusing LPs with this methodology, it’s attracted them, thus hitting the $80 million mark for the final close of its second fund (it reached $44.7 million as its first close […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Boeing Whistleblower Dies In Apparent Suicide
100+One Mile at a Time / 59min
A former Boeing employee has tragically died in an apparent suicide , and the timing of this sure is… kind of chilling? Whistleblower dies during legal trial with Boeing 62-year-old John Barnett worked at Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In recent years, he has become known for being a whistleblower, raising concerns about the company’s production standards. Barnett had been pur


Tested Tesla Cybertruck Range and Bullet Resistance
Next Big Future / 59min
Youtuber JerryRigEverything tested the Tesla Cybertruck against different caliber bullets a.22, a .17, a few 9mm, and of course a 223 and .50 cal round. He also tested the towing range in cold weather pulling the maximum 11000 pound load. Scroll down for the results or watch the videos: The Cybertruck resisted .22 and 9mm ... Read more


Samsung's new mid-rangers deliver security tech never seen on the A-series smartphone
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
Samsung is expanding its mid-range smartphones by adding two new, more secure models to its A-series: the Galaxy A35 5G and the A55 5G. The pair’s robust security comes in multiple forms. Chief among them is the introduction of the tech giant’s Knox Vault software. What this does, according to the announcement , is it physically isolates sensitive data like passwords or encryption keys away from


Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria
36Wired / 1h
Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks.


Backed by Leonardo DiCaprio, YC alum SolarMente wants to help democratize solar power in Spain
TechCrunch / 1h
Barcelona-based cleantech startup SolarMente recently added Leonardo DiCaprio to its cap table, hence becoming the actor's and activist's first investment in the country. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


China Airlines Launching Seattle Flights In July 2024


100+One Mile at a Time / 1h
Taiwan-based China Airlines is planning on adding a new route to the United States. I can’t believe how competitive this market is becoming, and how quickly it’s happening… China Airlines will fly to Seattle As of July 14, 2024, China Airlines will start flying between Taipei (TPE) and Seattle (SEA). The flight will operate with the following schedule, as flagged by AeroRoutes : CI22 Taipei to Se


Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for March 12
Mashable / 1h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for March 12'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 c


Zomato’s Blinkit sprints to quick commerce dominance in India
TechCrunch / 2h
Even as quick commerce is slowly fading in many markets and several heavily-funded startups have folded in the past two years, India is emerging as a striking outlier where the model remains vibrant. India’s quick commerce market has witnessed a staggering 10-fold growth between 2021 and 2023, fueled by the sector’s ability to cater to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use


18 REI Deals: Tents, Backpacks, Sleeping Bags, and Outdoor Gear
Wired / 2h
Some of our favorite outdoor gear is on sale at REI. Now’s the time to upgrade your pack or grab a comfy new camp chair.


Tesla Shareholders Can Get Early Foundation Series Cybertrucks
Next Big Future / 2h
Tesla has launched a program that will let people take early delivery of a Foundation Series Cybertruck if they were a $TSLA shareholder on Feb. 28, 2021 and owned at least 500 $TSLA shares on Feb. 29, 2024. Cybertruck reservation must have been made prior to March 1st, 2024. BREAKING: Tesla has launched a program ... Read more


Boeing Whistleblower Who Raised Safety Concerns Found Dead
Gizmodo / 2h
John Barnett, a former quality control engineer at Boeing who—just last week—testified against the company as part of a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, has been found dead, the BBC reports . Read more...


Airbnb bans surveillance cameras inside properties
53BBC News / 3h
Customers have previously voiced concerns about the use of security cameras inside properties.


NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for March 12
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


Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits
IoC > 1 domain, 1 IP, and 3 URLs•
Ars Technica - All content / 4h•
System Information Discovery (Enterprise T1082)
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have unearthed Linux malware that circulated in the wild for at least two years before being identified as a credential stealer that’s installed by the exploitation of recently patched vulnerabilities. The newly identified malware is a Linux variant of NerbianRAT, a remote access Trojan first described in 2022 by researchers at security firm Proofpoint.


Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, March 12 (game #778)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
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 two years 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


Trump says a ban on TikTok would only help Facebook
100+BBC News / 5h
After trying to ban TikTok when he was president, Mr Trump now opposes a bill that targets the app.


A Deleted Scene From David Lynch's Dune Has Suddenly Resurfaced
31Gizmodo / 5h
David Lynch’s 1984 Dune was the eccentric auteur’s take on Frank Herbert’s “unfilmable” classic science fiction book series. It was divisive but became a cult film nonetheless, and stars Kyle Machlachlan, Patrick Stewart, Max von Sydow, and Linda Hunt. Read more...


Study: Conflicting values for Hubble constant not due to measurement error
Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / This image of NGC 5468, about 130 million light-years from Earth, combines data from the Hubble and Webb space telescopes. (credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Riess (JHU)) Astronomers have made new measurements of the Hubble Constant , a measure of how quickly the Universe is expanding, by combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Their results confir


NASA grapples with budget cuts as it undertakes ambitious programs
Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is putting a positive spin on NASA's budget. (credit: NASA ) It's budget-palooza, NASA nerds. For the first time in more than a decade, the US space agency is grappling with budget cuts. Be forewarned, there will be a lot of numbers in this story, but we'll do our best to make sense of them. First of all, the space agency only just received its budget for


How to Play NASA’s First Tabletop RPG
LifeHacker / 6h
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, recently published its first tabletop RPG module. “The Lost Universe” is compatible with Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition, and could be easily translated to Pathfinder, D&D 3.5, Starfinder, or just about any RPG rule system with combat, traps, and characters. You can download The Lost Universe from NASA’s site for free . Designed by Chris


15 of the Best Apple TV+ Exclusive Movies
LifeHacker / 6h
Though relatively new on the Hollywood scene (its first original film was released in 2019), Apple's deep pockets have been enough to ensure that the Apple TV+ streaming service's slate of original films has included not just charming indies, but award-winning prestige pictures. CODA was Oscar's best picture just a couple of years ago (the first film from a streaming service to claim the honor),


This PlayStation Bug Will Lock You Out of Your Digital Games
LifeHacker / 6h
Some gamers prefer to buy hard copies of their games, while others are fine with digital downloads. Sony even makes a digital-only version of the PS5 , just in case you fall into the latter camp. However, if you're someone who buys a lot of content digitally, or has a large collection of PS+ games you've claimed, you'll want to watch out for a bug that could prevent you from playing most of them.


Teslas Can Be Stolen by Hijacking WiFi at Charging Stations, Researchers Find
Futurism / 6h
Tesla Theft Researchers have found that hackers could easily hijack WiFi networks at Tesla charging stations to steal vehicles — a glaring cybersecurity vulnerability that only requires an affordable, off-the-shelf tool. As Mysk Inc. security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry demonstrated in a recent YouTube video — as first reported spotted by Gizmodo — hackers only need a simple $169 h


How To Use the Find My App to Find Your Lost iPhone
Gizmodo / 6h
With the goldfish memory I have, I leave my iPhone in the strangest places and forget where I saw it last. I’ve recovered my phone from the kitchen cabinets, inside dressing table drawers, and the closet. Thankfully, I’ve never had it stolen, but I’d want to be prepared for that, too. Read more...


Studio Ghibli's Oscar-Winning The Boy and the Heron Will Return to Theaters
Gizmodo / 6h
Great news if you missed The Boy and the Heron during its initial theatrical run, and felt serious FOMO when it picked up an Oscar for Best Animated Feature last night : Hayao Miyazaki’s ( possibly final ?) movie is coming back to North American theaters soon. Read more...


The loneliness of the robotic humanoid
TechCrunch / 6h
Perhaps a few years from now, the halls of the Georgia World Congress Center will be peppered with humanoid robots the week of Modex. In 2024, however, Digit stands alone at the supply chain show. It’s a testament to Agility’s healthy head start over competitors like Figure, Tesla, 1X and Apptronik. This time last year […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


50 injured on Boeing 787 as “strong shake” reportedly sent heads into ceiling
31Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / A LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxiing at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile on March 20, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) About 50 people were injured on a LATAM Airlines flight today in which a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner suffered a technical problem that caused a "strong shake," reportedly causing some passengers' heads to hit the ceiling. The plane


Image-scraping Midjourney bans rival AI firm for scraping images
42Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Enlarge / A burglar with a flashlight and papers in a business office—exactly like scraping files from Discord. (credit: Getty Images ) On Wednesday, Midjourney banned all employees from image synthesis rival Stability AI from its service indefinitely after it detected "botnet-like" activity suspected to be a Stability employee attempting to scrape prompt and image pairs in bulk. Midjourney advoc


Ready Player One Author Gives First Look at His Metaverse Battle Royale Game
Gizmodo / 6h
Earlier this year, author Ernst Cline announced that he would be launching a metaverse company. What made this deeply ironic was that Cline famously wrote Ready Player One , the popular science fiction novel about a dystopia where people escape the harsh realities of their world by plugging into a metaverse-like… Read more...


Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress
TechCrunch / 7h
Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes and TikTok. These are just some of the top perceived threats that the United States faces, according to the U.S. government’s intelligence agency’s latest global risk assessment. The unclassified report published Monday — sanitized for public release — gave a


Correction – 2 Megawatt Walk Away Safe Truck Movable Nuclear Reactors
Next Big Future / 7h
NANO Nuclear is a startup that has raised over $8 million to develop micro nuclear fission reactors with up to 2 megawatts of power. They will be transported by Semi Trucks. I, Brian Wang of Nextbigfuture, was contacted by the Nano Nuclear team for a correction that their initial nuclear fission reactors will be 1-2 ... Read more


AI Company Defends Robot After It's Accused of Groping Woman On Camera
Futurism / 7h
Talk to the Hand A Saudi humanoid robot was captured groping a female reporter on camera — and the company behind it is defending its behavior. In an interview with the British tabloid Metro , QSS, the AI firm behind the humanoid robot in question, said that it had warned attendees of the DeepFest conference in Riyadh not to stand too close to " Android Muhammad ." In the video, the so-called and


Moonbird’s relaxation device takes flight internationally
TechCrunch / 7h
“Well it looks like you had some fun recently,” a friend said as he joined me for coffee. There, in the middle of my dining room table, is a device that does, now that he mentions it, look an awful lot like a sex toy. Moonbird‘s raison d’etre isn’t to raise your pulse and get […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


These Smart Video Doorbells Are up to 62% Off
LifeHacker / 7h
Two of the most affordable security camera brands, Arlo and Blink, are currently steeply discounted. The Arlo Essential Wired Video Doorbell is $49.99 (originally $129.99) after a 62% discount, while a five-camera Blink Outdoor 4 bundle is $199.99 (originally $399.99) after a 50% discount, matching its lowest price ever. Arlo Essential Wired Video Doorbell As the name implies, this doorbell is wi


LG’s New High-end Gaming Monitors Look Nice, and Are Very Expensive
LifeHacker / 7h
LG first unveiled its new UltraGear gaming monitors in December of 2023, showcasing the new 32-inch LG UltraGear 32GS95UE, which will allow gamers to switch between a 480Hz refresh rate at 1080P and a 240Hz refresh rate at 4K. Now, the company behind the new UltraGear lineup has finally shared how much these monitors will cost, as well as when we can get our hands on them. In total, there are fou


How to check if you’re targeted for 150K Amex Platinum offer or the 90K Amex Gold offer via CardMatch
500+The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. While some truly excellent credit card bonuses are available right now, sometimes the most lucrative offers are reserved for targeted individuals . One of the best places to look for these elevated targeted offers is by using the CardMatch tool , where you might find introductory bonuses that are much high


TechCrunch Space: RIP $ASTR
TechCrunch / 7h
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy South by Southwest week for all who celebrate. Onto the news. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Michael Keaton Didn't Understand His Morbin' Time
Gizmodo / 7h
Just when you thought Morbin’ Time couldn’t get better, Michael Keaton has put a cherry on top. At the end of Morbius, 2022's campy Spider-Man adjacent film , the iconic actor makes a brief, seemingly non-sensical cameo , reprising his role from 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The implication was some kind of integration… Read more...


Firefox’s Screenshot Feature Is Getting Better
How-To Geek / 8h
Firefox has a built-in screenshot tool, allowing you to capture areas on your screen or entire web pages in a few clicks. The feature isn’t perfect, though, and now Mozilla is testing an improved version in the latest Firefox Nightly builds.


The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 2 Are 53% Off
LifeHacker / 8h
You don't have to have a Samsung Galaxy phone to enjoy the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 2, but the would definitely sound better thanks to the Samsung Seamless codec, making them one of—if not the best—earbuds for Samsung Galaxy phone users. And right now, you can get the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 2 for $108.99 (originally $229.99) after a 53% discount. Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro 2 came out in the summer o


You Didn't Want an Apple Car Anyway
LifeHacker / 8h
Back at the end of February, we learned Apple had finally killed its decades-long self-driving electric car project , codenamed Project Titan. For over 10 years, Apple had made slow progress towards its goal of adding a vehicle to its product lineup, with the ultimate dream of passengers being able to use their iPhones, iPads, and Macs in an Apple Car without any of them actually needing to drive


Elon Musk says he's going to open source Grok, his ChatGPT rival
Mashable / 8h
xAI , an AI startup that makes up one of Elon Musk's many projects, will open-source Grok . These are all real words now. It's not entirely surprising that Musk would open-source Grok — a chatbot similar to ChatGPT that is modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, according to xAI . This move comes just a few days after Musk sued OpenAI for no longer being an open-source non-profit orga


Boeing Jet Nosedives, Sending 13 Passengers to Hospital
28Futurism / 8h
Nosedive A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner "nosedived" while traveling from Australia to New Zealand, the Associated Press reports , resulting in at least 50 injuries. According to local authorities, 13 passengers were taken to a hospital and one is in serious condition. The flight's operator, Chilean multinational airline LATAM Airlines, has since said that the plane nosedived due to a "technical event,


Airbnb bans creepy surveillance cameras inside rentals starting April 30
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge (credit: Liudmila Chernetska/Getty ) Airbnb, like hotels and rival vacation rental site Vrbo , will no longer allow hosts to record guests while they're inside the property. Airbnb previously allowed hosts to have disclosed cameras outside the property and in "common areas" inside, but Airbnb's enforcement of the policy and the rules' lack of specificity made camera use troubling for rent


Should artists be paid for training data? OpenAI VP wouldn’t say
TechCrunch / 8h
Should artists whose work was used to train generative AI like ChatGPT be compensated for their contributions? Peter Deng, VP of consumer product at OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT — was loath to give an answer when asked on SXSW’s main stage this afternoon. “That’s a great question,” he said when SignalFire venture partner […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Massive Pallet of Old Batteries Re-Enters Earth’s Atmosphere, Marking Heaviest ISS Trash Return Yet
89Gizmodo / 8h
On Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable journey through orbit. Read more...


Man Buys $65 Million Skyscraper With A Credit Card, Earns $1.3 Million
View from the Wing / 8h
At 2 transferrable points per dollar, $65 million would translate to 130,000,000 points. Continue reading ...


World's largest laptop vendor quietly releases robot with six legs — Lenovo Daystar Bot GS is IP-rated and reminds us of Boston Dynamics' andro-dogs
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
There can’t be many people who haven’t seen at least one video of Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot performing tricks like going up and down stairs, spinning, dancing, jumping, and carrying objects. The robot isn’t just for fun however. It can be used for a variety of work tasks, such as inspecting industrial sites and carrying out hazardous duties. Spot isn’t the only industrial robot animal in to


What to expect at Microsoft’s March 21 event
Engadget / 8h
Microsoft is holding a digital event titled “Advancing the new era of work with Copilot” on March 21. Among the possible announcements are new Surface devices, potentially the first branded as AI PCs . It will already be the second Windows hardware event — and first mainline Surface Pro launch — without former chief product officer and longtime keynote presenter Panos Panay, who left for Amazon l


How to save your Disney vacation when the parks are extremely crowded in 2024
300+The Points Guy / 8h
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Based on reports from my friends, neighbors, family members and various other folks, Disney World crowds are revving up in a big way. Major holiday, spring break and summer vacation periods are always going to be busy, but with so many festivals, ride openings and special events, there’s no longer a traditional offseason where you’ll


Here’s Why You Can’t See Godzilla Minus One Right Now
56Gizmodo / 8h
Now that Godzilla Minus One is the first Godzilla film to have an Academy Award , it sure would be nice to watch it, right? Well, you can’t. At least right now. And for that you can blame Godzilla. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire , to be more specific. Read more...


Scientists Say They Can Fix Your Internet Connection With 3D Wi-Fi
25Gizmodo / 8h
You’ve probably noticed that your wi-fi slows down when more people or devices use the network. The same goes for larger systems. If you get too many people congregating in one area, the cell phone towers can’t handle the influx. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially and the coming wave of AI… Read more...


Apple Car: Leaked design info reveals it would've been a minivan
100+Mashable / 8h
The Apple Car was once one of the most highly-anticipated Apple products of all time. For a decade, rumors about the secretive Apple electric vehicle project made headlines in tech publications and Apple blogs. Then, just weeks ago, news broke that Apple officially killed the project known as Project Titan. There will be no Apple Car. Now, Bloomberg 's Apple insider, Mark Gurman, has some very in


Google Secretly Adds External Monitor Support to the Pixel 8
How-To Geek / 8h
Google appears to be testing external monitor support for the Pixel 8 smartphone. The Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2 update allows you to connect a Pixel 8 to an external display for screen mirroring and a desktop-like interface.


All Signs Point to Apple TV+ Getting Ads
Gizmodo / 8h
Apple TV+ is the last major streaming service that doesn’t have an ad-supported tier , but that seems poised to change. Apple just hired a 14-year ad executive from NBCUniversal, Joseph Cady, to further beef up its growing video advertising team, according to a report from Business Insider Monday. Read more...


Lucid Motors is stuck in a fight over the name of its Gravity SUV
27TechCrunch / 9h
Lucid Motors is at risk of losing the trademark for the name of its Gravity SUV, just months before the company is supposed to start production. Google Ventures-backed EV charging company Gravity Inc. filed a “petition for cancellation” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in December asking for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For persona


Speedometer 3.0 Can Test Your Browser’s Real-World Performance
How-To Geek / 9h
Web browser benchmarks are mainly used to compare the performance of different browsers, or different versions of the same browser), but they can also be helpful to check general web browsing speed on a given device. Now there’s a new benchmark you can try: Speedometer 3.0.


Airbnb's New Security Camera Ban Is a Big Deal
LifeHacker / 9h
Airbnb continues it's redemption tour with the announcement today that it is banning all indoor security cameras in Airbnb properties starting April 30, 2024. As an extra kick, the news offered more detailed guidance on outdoor cameras, as well. Today's policy change was a simple, literal ban on cameras in any space defined as indoor—full stop. Outside, cameras "are not allowed in certain outdoor


Kate Middleton’s photo editing controversy is an omen of what’s to come
TechCrunch / 9h
After frenzied speculation that a recent photo of Kate Middleton and her children was AI generated, the Duchess of Cambridge herself had to address the controversy. “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” Middleton wrote in a statement. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserv


Nine People Die After Eating Sea Turtle Meat
100+Futurism / 9h
On the Zanzibarian island of Pemba, sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy — but it also, apparently, can fatally poison you. As the Associated Press and other outlets report , nine people have died and 78 others were hospitalized after eating sea turtle on Pemba, an island in the Zanzibar archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The veal-tasting meat of green turtles is, like in other coastal communit


A Florida Man's Migraines Turned Out to Be Literal Brainworms
74Gizmodo / 9h
A Florida man’s agonizing migraines turned out to have a terrifying cause: actual brainworms. In a recent case study, his doctors describe how he developed a parasitic infestation of tapeworm eggs in his brain, possibly caught from eating undercooked bacon. Thankfully, the man was successfully treated. Read more...


Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan award chart changes are now live
400+The Points Guy / 9h
If you’re a loyal Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan member, buckle up. In November 2023, the carrier announced a new award chart set to take effect in March 2024. Now, the major award chart update has begun, and the new pricing will start rolling out Monday, March 11, through March 31. While Alaska leaders touted this as a major enhancement, our preliminary research showed that it’s a mixed bag compar


American Express Gold Card review: Best for foodies
40The Points Guy / 9h
American Express® Gold Card overview The American Express® Gold Card wants a seat at your table, whether you’re dining out at restaurants or buying groceries at U.S. supermarkets to cook at home. You might also benefit from its various statement credits to save money throughout the year. If you’re a food lover, the Amex Gold may be a great option for your wallet. Card Rating*: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ * Card Rating


X-Men '97's Nostalgia Assault Continues in These Gloriously Retro Trading Cards
20Gizmodo / 9h
Remember the ‘90s? The X-Men certainly do, and for good reason. In the world of comics, after Chris Claremont’s foundational run on the characters unceremoniously came to an end at the beginning of the decade, X-Books found themselves even more ascendant than ever, and X-Men: The Animated Series catapulted mutantkind… Read more...


Pinterest's AI body type search aims to curate more inclusive search results
Mashable / 9h
Pinterest inspo pics will start to look more like their diverse user base, with the help of the platform's latest size-inclusive AI feature . The new preference setting allows users to make the choice of what kinds of body types they would like to see featured in their feeds when searching for fashion or similar content inspiration. "Body type ranges are part of a broader effort to develop AI-pow


NASA Reveals ‘Message in a Bottle’ Concept for Upcoming Europa Mission
28Gizmodo / 9h
NASA’s Europa Clipper is launching in October, and it’s set to unveil the secrets of one of the most intriguing celestial bodies in our solar system. Coming along for the ride is a commemorative plate that symbolizes humanity’s fascination with Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa and our relentless quest to find… Read more...


Airbnb Finally Bans Creepy Indoor Cameras at Properties Worldwide
21Gizmodo / 9h
Airbnb is banning all indoor security cameras at properties worldwide, according to an announcement published online Monday. The change comes after years of horror stories circulating online about secret hidden security cameras , which have long been banned on the platform, though still pop up frequently around the… Read more...


The M3 MacBook Airs are as Good as Ever, and That’s the Problem
22Gizmodo / 9h
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Despite Trump’s Opposition to TikTok Ban, House Moves Ahead With Bill
1KNYT > Technology / 10h
With both parties eager to demonstrate a willingness to be tough on China, bipartisan legislation to force the Chinese owners of the platform to divest or face a ban was moving forward.


These Are the Best Backyard Bounce Houses Money Can Buy
LifeHacker / 10h
Bounce houses are usually the highlight at any child's birthday party, and an item that I had believed cost a pretty penny to rent. Imagine my surprise when I went to a playdate with my sons and saw a smaller version of the heavy-duty air-filled nylon structures in their friends' backyard. As I investigated further, I soon realized that these items, guaranteed to tire out even the most unruly of


The Pixel 8 Can’t Access Google’s Latest AI Tools for Some Reason
LifeHacker / 10h
On paper, the Pixel 8 might seem like a sure hit for Google. It sports the same chip as the more expensive Pixel 8 Pro, but is cheaper and has a screen size that's more manageable for some. Unfortunately, in a strange twist that makes absolutely no sense, though, Google says it won't utilize its latest AI models on the cheaper Pixel 8. The move caught a lot of people off guard and was only made p


WhatsApp’s Latest Feature Will Tell You Whether Your Chats Are Securely Encrypted
LifeHacker / 10h
End-to-end encryption (or E2EE) is a cornerstone of modern chat apps and protocols. iMessage, RCS, and WhatsApp all promote themselves as secure methods for messaging friends, family, and colleagues without the need to worry about outsiders intercepting and reading your messages, and it's E2EE that allows them to do it. It won't be that way for long on Meta's apps, however. The European Commissio


WhatsApp's new security label will let you know if future third-party chats are safe
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
WhatsApp is currently testing a new in-app label letting you know whether or not a chat room has end-to-end encryption (E2EE). WABetaInfo discovered the caption in the latest Android beta. According to the publication , it’ll appear underneath the contact and group name but only if the conversation is encrypted by the company’s “Signal Protocol” (Not to be confused with the Signal messaging app ;


.50 Caliber Bullets Tear Right Through the Cybertruck in Test
75Futurism / 10h
This Time Baby For a vehicle designed to survive the apocalypse and eventually head to Mars , Tesla's Cybertruck seems far less capable than its designers initially suggested. For one, it's vulnerable to rain . It also has a tendency to have its wheels ripped off , and has repeatedly gotten ensnared by mild hazards like a sandy beach . Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk's claim that the vehicle's thick, st


Researchers resurrect long-extinct fossil creature as a robot
23Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge (credit: Carnegie Mellon University ) Until now, when scientists and engineers have developed soft robots inspired by organisms, they’ve focused on modern-day living examples. For instance, we previously reported on soft robot applications that mimicked squid , grasshoppers, and cheetahs . For the first time, however, a team of researchers has now combined the principles of soft robotics


Linux Kernel 6.8 Arrives with Future-Forward Features
How-To Geek / 10h
Today marks the release of Linux kernel 6.8 . This is a relatively "normal" release when compared to last year's Linux kernel 6.7, though it includes several future-forward improvements and bug fixes. Naturally, the merge window for Linux kernel 6.9 will open shortly after this 6.8 release.


SpaceX Starlink is Coming to All Cars and is Close to Cable Internet Latency
Next Big Future / 10h
A SpaceX Starlink paper on Latency shows a picture of the Starlink system with an SUV with a flat Starlink dish build into the car. There have been people taking flat satellite dishes and attaching them to their cars. The SpaceX Starlink picture suggests that SpaceX Starlink will make a flat dish that would be ... Read more


This Exclusive Abyss Featurette Investigates the Movie's Wondrously Eerie Water Tentacle
44Gizmodo / 10h
James Cameron fans have been eagerly anticipating this week, when collector’s editions of The Abyss , True Lies, and Aliens hit 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time , joining recently released special collector’s editions of Cameron’s mega-blockbusters Titanic, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water. io9 has an… Read more...


Reddit’s planned IPO share price seems high, unless you look at its AI revenue
TechCrunch / 10h
If investors agree to pay its high-end range, Reddit's valuation should hit around $5.4 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


'Sasquatch Sunset' review: Gross-out comedy goes art house
Mashable / 10h
Watching Sasquatch Sunset is an intoxicating experience, in part because it is so strange — while disgusting and heartfelt — that it feels at times more like a hallucination than a film that could actually exist. If nothing else, it's the sweetest movie ever made that features shit-flinging. Buzzed about out of its Sundance premiere, Sasquatch Sunset centers on a family of nomadic cryptids, who h


AMD CEO offers to help AI Startup that uses Radeon 7900 XTX GPUs — but will it backfire for Lisa Su as she seemingly supports use of consumer parts in enterprise use cases
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
We’ve written previously about tinybox . The $15,000 AI server system is powered by AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards and can reportedly deliver 37% of Nvidia H100 compute performance. It seems however, that the creators of tinybox have run into problems with bugs affecting the Radeon-based platform. After parent company tiny corp posted several tweets expressing frustration with AMD’s AI acc


LLMs become more covertly racist with human intervention
MIT Technology Review / 10h
Since their inception, it’s been clear that large language models like ChatGPT absorb racist views from the millions of pages of the internet they are trained on. Developers have responded by trying to make them less toxic. But new research suggests that those efforts, especially as models get larger, are only curbing racist views that are overt, while letting more covert stereotypes grow stronge


Sydney Sweeney 'Leak' Malware Is Infecting the Horniest Parts of X/Twitter
100+Gizmodo / 10h
The specter of naked Sydney Sweeney, a rom-com actress whose boobs recently joined the culture war , is getting the horniest (and dumbest) members of X—the website formerly known as Twitter—to click malicious links. Read more...


Navigating Rental Car Scams: Strip Mall Guy’s Battle with Avis Over Unfair Charges
View from the Wing / 11h
When he rented the car he "noticed a huge dent." So he did what many advise and took a photo, and also pointed it out to the rental company staffer. "[H]e noted it." Also what you're supposed to do! Yet a few weeks after the rental, he received an email claiming he damaged the vehicle, showing the dent that he'd documented. Continue reading ...


SXSW 2024: 3 WTF tech products, including an AI Marilyn Monroe
Mashable / 11h
When people talk about South by Southwest (SXSW), it's typically for its music and film festivities. Under the surface, however, is a burgeoning tech scene growing in Austin that is being showcased here at this year's festival. While not on the same level as CES 2024 , some tech on display caught our eyes, including the reappearance of WeHead . After walking the floor for SXSW's Creative Industri


4 ways AI can boost your productivity at work
Mashable / 11h
The ever-growing presence of AI in our day-to-day lives can honestly feel a little overwhelming and kind of scary . And while there’s plenty to be weary of, there are plenty of ways to utilize AI for good . Here's a rundown of the AI tools that can help you be more productive, so you can spend more time doing the things you actually enjoy.


Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That “Dune 2” Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy
Futurism / 11h
Not Suspending Disbelief Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once again has a scientific bone to pick with a motion picture. This time, per The Hollywood Reporter , Tyson's qualms are with the second installation of Dennis Villineuve's "Dune" series — a film in which a superhuman cohort of women use a special voice to perform mind control and a very bald Stellan Skarsgård floats through the


mudwerks:Promotional pic of a Corvette, 1970. (Detroit Public...
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
mudwerks : Promotional pic of a Corvette, 1970. ( Detroit Public Library )


When Renovating Your Rental Is Actually a Good Idea
LifeHacker / 11h
If you’ve reached a point in your life when buying a house seems like the logical next step, you’ve probably noticed that housing prices have skyrocketed and mortgage rates have jumped significantly from just a few years ago . The end result of these economic trends is that folks need to earn over six figures to be able to even think about buying a house—nearly double what you needed just a few y


How Smart Home Tech Is Evolving
LifeHacker / 11h
Smart light bulbs were one of the first smart products on the market, and as such, the first foray most of us had into the smart home. The number of brands that now offer bulbs is extensive, and your option for size and style of those bulbs has also expanded from the simple A19 or can light to grow bulbs, stylish retro options, and holiday lights. But the biggest leap over the past year is how ma


Texas can require age-verification on porn sites, 5th Circuit judges rule
Ars Technica - All content / 11h
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | PA Thompson) Texas can enforce a law requiring age-verification systems on porn websites, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Thursday . The appeals court vacated an injunction against the law's age-verification requirement but said that Texas cannot enforce a provision requiring porn websites to "display health warnings about the effects of the consu


Donald Trump Calls Facebook an 'Enemy of the People' While Buying Ads on the Platform
44Gizmodo / 11h
Donald Trump called into CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday where he talked about crypto , tried to defend his complete 180 on a TikTok ban , and promoted his new sneakers . The former president also railed against Facebook, calling it the “enemy of the people.” But there’s one thing Trump didn’t mention about Facebook: He’s… Read more...


Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT
62Wired / 11h
Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free.


After losing access to Twitter’s API, Block Party pivots to privacy
20TechCrunch / 11h
Block Party, a startup developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, was among the victims of Twitter’s (now X’s) API changes earlier this year, forcing it to pivot its business. At the SXSW conference in Austin this weekend, Chou presented a glimpse of what Block Party is now up to with its […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.


Instant Approval For 5 New Rewards Cards, I’ll Earn 460,000 Points In Bonuses
View from the Wing / 11h
I applied - and was instantly approved - for five new rewards credit cards this weekend. I'll share with you the offers I decided to take advantage of, and my thinking with each. Continue reading ...


The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Fails to Answer
56Wired / 11h
The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs.


Netflix's 3 Body Problem Explores Huge Questions But Still Feels Intimate
83Gizmodo / 11h
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem —an adaptation of Chinese author Liu Cixin’s acclaimed sci-fi novel from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones) and Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy) —delves into enormous questions. But though its central conflict is planet-sized, it manages to feel like an intimate story, with charact… Read more...


Andaz Miami Beach Opening Late 2024
100+One Mile at a Time / 11h
In 2022, we learned about plans for an Andaz property in Miami Beach, in the form of an existing Hyatt property being renovated and rebranded. There’s now a major update, as we have a sense of what we can expect from this property, and when it will open. The Confidante Miami Beach becoming an Andaz The Confidante Miami Beach currently belongs to The Unbound Collection, which is Hyatt’s brand for


Our favorite 2-in-1 laptop is on sale for $300 off
Mashable / 11h
Save $300: As of March 11, our favorite 2-in-1 laptop, the HP Spectre x360 14 , is on sale for $1,149.99 on HP's website, down from $1,449.99. That price cut saves you 20% on a laptop that came out just two months ago. Opens in a new window Credit: HP HP Spectre x360 14 $1,149.99 at HP $1,449.99 Save $300.00 When shopping for a laptop , you have plenty of options to sort through — but if you're l


Former PlayStation chairman sees exclusivity as 'Achilles' heel' of industry, urges companies to 'get that funnel wider'
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) chairman Shawn Layden addressed the challenges facing the modern games industry in a brand new interview, calling console exclusives the "Achilles' heel" of the video games landscape. Speaking with VentureBeat, Layden stated: "When your costs for a game exceed $200 million, exclusivity is your Achilles' heel. It reduced your addressable market. Particul


I can't believe I'm saying this, but I like Microsoft Word's new default font better
38TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
Change is hard – and for font nerds, it can be downright painful. They really feel the difference between Arial and Helvetica, and they know that Comic Sans is an embarrassment, and that Papyrus might be pure evil. I'm not necessarily one of those people, but I don't appreciate change – especially in fonts. Last year, Microsoft announced that it was changing its Microsoft Word default font from C


The most anticipated phones of 2024
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
We’re only a few months into 2024 but it has already been a busy year for phones, with the highlights being the Samsung Galaxy S24 family, including the incredibly powerful Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra , which currently sits at the top of our list of the best phones . But there’s a lot still to come, including more Samsung devices, phones from Google and OnePlus, and of course the iPhone 16 line. Bel


CISA confirms it was breached by attackers using Ivanti flaws, some systems taken offline
Exploitation for Client Execution (Enterprise T1203)•
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
One of the organizations compromised through a recently-discovered flaw in Ivanti products was, ironically enough, the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Confirmation of the breach came from CISA itself, as well as from an anonymous source “with knowledge of the situation”, with a CISA spokesperson telling The Record the organization “identified activity indi


Score the Apple Watch Series 7 for its new lowest price yet at Amazon
Mashable / 12h
SAVE 22%: Today, Mar. 11, the Apple Watch Series 7 has hit its new record-low price at Amazon, dropping from $388.26 to $302.30. That saves you $86.04. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple Watch Series 7 $302.30 at Amazon $388.26 Save $85.96 The most durable of all Apple Watches, the Apple Watch Series 7 is a go-to tool for health and fitness fanatics thanks to its advanced sensors and the i


Today's the last day to score 50% (or more) off at REI
Mashable / 12h
SPRING DEALS: Today's the last day to score 50% off (or more) on select items at REI. Plus, get up to 60% off on new markdowns. Our top picks: Best tent deal Mountainsmith Upland 4P Tent $89.73 at REI (save $110.22) Best camping chair deal Big Agnes Big Six Camp Chair $99.73 at REI (save $100.22) Best sleeping pad deal Mountain Summit Gear Self-Inflating 2.5 Camp Pad (Large) $53.73 at REI (save $


The Galaxy A35 and A55 Are Samsung's Latest Cheap Phones
How-To Geek / 12h
Samsung released the Galaxy S24 series earlier this year, but the company doesn't just sell premium flagship phones. Samsung has a few budget smartphones under the Galaxy A lineup, and now the Galaxy A35 and A55 phones are on the way.


Save up to $1,200 on the new MacBook Air M3 with this stunning deal at Best Buy
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
We rarely see big discounts on new Apple devices but there are some huge savings up for grabs on the latest 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air M3 at Best Buy – as long as you have an existing MacBook you're willing to trade in. If you do, then you can head over to Best Buy to get the MacBook Air M3 from just $399 . That's the minimum you can pay as the discount depends on the specification you're lo


Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A55 has a bigger screen and new security features
Engadget / 12h
Samsung has launched its 2024 midrange phone lineup, which combines weaker specs and feature sets with more alluring prices than its flagship handsets . The Galaxy A55 and A35 have 6.6-inch Super AMOLED displays. For the first time in its budget handsets, the company included Knox Vault, a walled-off security section that debuted in the Galaxy S21 . Both Android 14 -running phones have FHD+ (2220


Virgin Atlantic’s best-ever promotion: Get up to a 70% bonus when you buy Virgin points
42The Points Guy / 12h
Virgin Atlantic has reintroduced its best-ever promotion for buying miles: Flying Club members can buy Virgin points with up to 70% bonus for a limited time. This latest promotion from Virgin Atlantic is tiered, meaning the more Virgin points you buy, the bigger your bonus will be. The largest bonus is 70%, while the smallest is 20%. At the highest bonus, this drops the purchase price to 1.48 cen


VR headsets can be hacked with an Inception-style attack
2 TTPs•
34MIT Technology Review / 12h
In the Christoper Nolan movie Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character uses technology to enter his targets’ dreams to steal information and insert false details into their subconscious. A new “inception attack” in virtual reality works in a similar way. Researchers at the University of Chicago exploited a security vulnerability in Meta’s Quest VR system that allows hackers to hijack users’ heads


CEO Dies When Her Tesla Drives Into a Pond
100+Futurism / 12h
The CEO of a massive shipping company died when she accidentally backed her Tesla into a pond on her Texas property — a tragedy that already seems inextricably linked to the vehicle's unusual and increasingly controversial features. As the Wall Street Journal reports , the late Angela Chao, who was CEO of the Chinese shipping firm Foremost Group and the youngest sister of Sen. Mitch McConnell's w


Bitcoin Blasts Up to Highest Price Ever
100+Futurism / 12h
Bitcoin of the Realm Bitcoin has crushed its highest price ever, blasting past $72,000 for the first time in its history today. The news comes after UK regulators announced they wouldn't stand in the way of the creation of crypto-backed, exchange-traded notes (cETNs), CNBC reports . ETNs are a type of unsecured debt securities that trade on major exchanges, kind of like a stock. The value of the


This New USB-C Battery Is Super Thin And Has An Info Screen
How-To Geek / 12h
The advent of USB Type-C across all devices is that laptops can now use many of the same cables, chargers, and batteries as smartphones and tablets. There are a few larger portable batteries designed with charging laptops in mind, and now the Baseus Blade 2 is joining the party as a super-thin 65W battery.


Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle”
100+Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / Google's Bay View campus was designed with the world's strangest roof line. (credit: Google) Google's swanky new "Bay View" campus apparently has a major problem: bad Wi-Fi. Reuters reports that Google's first self-designed office building has "been plagued for months by inoperable or, at best, spotty Wi-Fi, according to six people familiar with the matter." A Google spokesperson confir


Nvidia sued over AI training data as copyright clashes continue
28Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Yurii Klymko | iStock / Getty Images Plus ) Book authors are suing Nvidia, alleging that the chipmaker's AI platform NeMo—used to power customized chatbots—was trained on a controversial dataset that illegally copied and distributed their books without their consent. In a proposed class action , novelists Abdi Nazemian ( Like a Love Story ), Brian Keene ( Ghost Walk ), and Stewar


Here’s how the makers of the “Suyu” Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued
25Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / Is a name like "Suyu" ironic enough to avoid facing a lawsuit? (credit: Suyu) Last week, the developers behind the popular Switch emulator Yuzu took down their GitLab and web presence in the face of a major lawsuit from Nintendo . Now, a new project built from the Yuzu source code, cheekily named Suyu , has arisen as "the continuation of the world's most popular, open-source Nintendo Sw


M3 MacBook Air refresh boosts storage speeds for 256GB models
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / The 13- and 15-inch M3 MacBook Air. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) When Apple upgraded its Macs with the M2 chip, some users noticed that storage speeds were actually quite a bit lower than they were in the M1 versions. Both the 256GB M2 MacBook Air and the 512GB M2 MacBook Pro had their storage speeds roughly halved compared to M1 Macs with the same storage capacities. Teardowns revealed


The Greatest App of All Time Day 11: Flashlight vs. Tinder
Gizmodo / 12h
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s lineup was another nail-biter but with more than 53 percent of the vote, Duolingo threw Skype out on its culo. Today, the mighty flashlight takes on the only dating app in our lineup. Read more...


Future cars could ditch touchscreens and bring back buttons – all in the name of safety
42TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Arguably the most influential car safety assessment programme in Europe has announced that it is to "incentivise" manufacturers to refrain from mapping key car functionality to touchscreens, with an onus on reverting back to physical controls. It's a gripe that many motorists have with modern vehicles, as recent trends in automotive design have seen car interiors wiped of nearly all physical cont


AirPods Pro Hearing Aid Mode Might Show Up in iOS 18
Gizmodo / 12h
AirPods Pro is great for drowning out the people around you, but the earbuds can also work similarly to a hearing aid . In the upcoming iOS 18 release, the AirPods Pro might go all-in with helping those who are hard of hearing. A hearing aid mode will reportedly come to the AirPods Pro with the release of iOS 18 later… Read more...


Smash Bros-esque fighting game MultiVersus is returning on May 28
Engadget / 12h
It's been a busy several few months for fighting game fans between the likes of Street Fighter 6 , Tekken 8 and Mortal Kombat 1 arriving. Another game is entering (or more accurately re-entering) the fray as Warner Bros' platform fighter MultiVersus will return on May 28. It will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam and the Epic Games Store. MutliVersus is Warner Bros' take


The First Omen's New Trailer Could Be the Scariest 2 Minutes of Your Day
22Gizmodo / 12h
Finally, an extension of a beloved horror movie franchise that feels like it’s bringing something new to the table. While The First Omen looks to have some familiar tropes— imperiled nuns , supernatural pregnancies , that all-important mark of the beast—it also looks legitimately terrifying . Maybe the The Omen didn’t need… Read more...


Huge Alaska Mileage Plan Award Changes Going Live
500+One Mile at a Time / 12h
In November 2023, it was announced that major changes would be made to Alaska Mileage Plan as of March 2024. At the time, no exact dates beyond that were given. There’s now a major update — the new award pricing is being rolled out between March 11 and March 31, 2024, so we’re going to start seeing this new pricing now. Let’s recap all the details, as just about everything is changing about Milea


Korean SCT Lab Paper Partially Describes How to Make Potential Room Temperature Superconductor Pb-Cu-P-S-O
Next Big Future / 12h
SCT Lab published a paper on how they make the Pb-Cu-P-S-O compound that has some pieces with potential room temperature superconductivity. The description of the process to make it is partial. How they get the powders is not described. They did not give mass ratios (cited intellectual property). The testing process for zero resistivity did ... Read more


Ready Player One creator debuts ‘Open,’ a metaverse battle royale experience
TechCrunch / 12h
Earlier this year, Readyverse Studios — co-founded by blockchain tech company Futureverse and Ernest Cline, the mind behind the sci-fi franchise Ready Player One — announced “The Readyverse,” an interactive platform for metaverse games and experiences. Readyverse Studios partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to help bring the popular novel to the metaverse across web3. […] © 2024 TechCrunch


Thousands of WordPress sites facing malware infection following major plugin hack
IoC > 2 domains•
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h•
Phishing (Enterprise T1566)
More than 3,000 WordPress-powered websites were compromised as a result of not patching a known vulnerability fast enough, a report from cybersecurity researchers Sucuri and PublicWWW has claimed. Sucuri says that over the past couple of weeks, unnamed threat actors were leveraging a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-6000 to redirect people to malicious websites. This vulnerability, described as


Watch as World’s Largest Plane Releases Hypersonic Vehicle for Its First Powered Test Flight
34Gizmodo / 12h
California startup Stratolaunch completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle as it works to develop a reusable version that’s capable of carrying science payloads and flying them at five times the speed of sound. Read more...


American debuts Boeing 787 Dreamliners in New York for the first time
38The Points Guy / 12h
American Airlines is bringing a new fleet type to New York. The Fort Worth-based carrier filed plans over the weekend to debut the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at its John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) hub, as first seen in Cirium schedules and later confirmed by a carrier spokesperson.