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Elon Musk promises Tesla robotaxis in August
500+Mashable / 16h
Elon Musk, as the billionaire head of X and Tesla is wont to do , fired off a tweet announcing major business news without providing further clarification. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's X pushed a fake headline about Iran attacking Israel. X's AI chatbot Grok made it up. Musk tweeted Friday , "Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8." That was shortly before 5 p.m. ET after the stock market had closed. This post wa
Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week
400+Engadget / 11h
Geek Squad agents have been flooding Reddit with images of their badges and posts about “going sleeper” after the company reportedly conducted mass layoffs this week. A former employee who spoke to 404 Media said they were sent an email notifying them to work from home on Wednesday and were then called individually to be told the news about their jobs. Some, per 404 Media ’s sources and numerous
ChatGPT might get its own dedicated personal AI device – with Jony Ive's help
37TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 15h
Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, is reportedly seeking funding for an AI-powered, personal device – perhaps not unlike the Humane AI Pin – and ex-Apple design guru Jony Ive is apparently getting involved as well. This is as per The Information (via MacRumors ), and the rumor is that Altman and Ive have started a "mysterious company" together to make the device a reality. The repor
28 of the best MIT courses you can take online for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from MIT are available for free on edX. You can find a wide range of free online courses from some of the most famous educational institutions in the world on edX. It's a gold mine for lovers of learning . We have checked out everything on offer from edX, and lined up a selection of standout online courses from MIT . Ever heard of it? Of course you have. It d
Get 20TB of Prism Drive cloud storage for under £80
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Prism Drive Secure Cloud Storage (20TB) is on sale for £71.08, saving you 93% on list price. Those low storage warnings are no fun, but it's hard to get rid of them for good when you're working with less and less space on your devices. You may have deleted everything you can delete, but sometimes there are files you don't necessarily use that you also don't want
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 7
Mashable / 4h
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
Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died
TechCrunch / 4h
Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor, passed away last month at age 41 owing to “complications from a recurring brain tumor,” according to a post attributed to his family and published on Genius. The startup world appears to have caught wind of his passing just […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal us
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for April 7
Mashable / 4h
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 April 7'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 co
Elon’s Updated Mars City Plan Includes SpaceX Starship Tower Landing This Year
Next Big Future / 5h
Next month (May 2024), SpaceX will launch the fourth orbital launch test of the Super Heavy Starship. It will try to land a virtual tower. Elon thinks a successful Mechazilla tower catch is 80-90% for this year. IF that is successful then the fifth flight will try to land on the actual mechazilla tower. 00:00 ... Read more
Ultrafast Camera Captures 156 Trillion Frames Per Second
Next Big Future / 5h
INRS’s Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has developed a new ultrafast camera system that can capture up to 156.3 trillion frames per second with astonishing precision. For the first time, 2D optical imaging of ultrafast demagnetization in a single shot is possible. This
Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, April 7 (game #804)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
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, more than two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's fun, but also difficult. But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for today's Wo
xAI Is Raising $3 Billion
Next Big Future / 7h
Investors close to Elon Musk are in talks to help xAI raise $3 billion in a round that would value the artificial-intelligence startup at $18 billion. The venture-capital firm Gigafund and Steve Jurvetson, a prominent Musk backer and co-founder of another venture firm, are among the backers considering investing in the round, the people said. ... Read more
XAI Grok 1.5 is Close to GPT4
Next Big Future / 7h
Grok-1.5 is XAI latest model capable of long context understanding and advanced reasoning. Grok-1.5 will be available to our early testers and existing Grok users on the 𝕏 platform in the coming days. Grok 1.5 will be close to GPT4 capability. Grok 2 is in training and reportedly better than GPT4 and Claude 3. One ... Read more
Aer Lingus Visa Signature credit card review: A decent way to earn Avios
The Points Guy / 9h
Editors note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Aer Lingus Visa Signature overview The Aer Lingus Visa Signature® Card offers a strong bonus and decent earning potential on Aer Lingus, Iberia and British Airways flights. It does, however, fall a bit short in terms of airline-specific perks. Loyal Avios members can benefit from the card, but most casual t
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Music, Arts & Literature / 9h
Stupid Airline Carry-on Rules: If It’s On Your Body, It Should Count As Part Of Your Clothes
75View from the Wing / 9h
A Delta Air Lines passenger declares a ‘crossbody hill she’ll die on’ – that these aren’t personal items that count against your baggage allowance. She’s frequently forced to gate check a bag because of this extra ‘pocket’. And while gate agents may be following their airline’s policy in requiring this, she’s right and the policy should be rewritten. Continue reading ...
Weekly Review: April 06, 2024
One Mile at a Time / 10h
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’m still at home for one more week, and am then taking my first trip in quite some time. I’m still working on catching up on trip reports from all the travel I did earlier this year, so I hope to wrap that up in the next couple of weeks. On the points & travel front, this week Air India unveiled its new loyalty program, Turkish Airlines revealed i
22 new Hyatt hotels where you can get 500 extra points per night
500+The Points Guy / 10h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. I stayed at the Hyatt House Johannesburg Sandton in South Africa shortly after it opened. When I checked my account activity after my stay, I noticed an “opening bonus” of 2,000 points. Then I remembered that Hyatt offers 500 bonus points per night on qualifying stays at new hotels. I unknowingly received
Canoo reveals it paid for CEO’s jet, AT&T leaks records and X announces NSFW plans
20TechCrunch / 10h
Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the noteworthy happenings in tech over the past several days (and change). Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator had its Demo Days, and the venture desk took it all in with an appropriately skeptical eye. You can read their day one and day two coverage, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use onl
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Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
soul-luminnous-eyes : Walenty Pytel , 1941- Cat, 1973, welded steel, 37x64x26 cm Stockport Museum, Inv. STOPM:2009.11
How to Permanently Disable Incognito Mode in Your Browser
How-To Geek / 10h
If you share your phone or computer with children or minors and want to monitor their browsing activity, consider turning off the private browsing mode. Let's explore how you can turn it off in Google Chrome for Windows and macOS, Microsoft Edge for Windows, and Safari for iPhone and macOS.
The People's Joker and Vera Drew are Ready for Their Villain Moment
36Gizmodo / 10h
After a few legal setbacks from Warner Bros ., The People’s Joker has made its way to theaters this weekend in New York. The parody film sees director/writer Vera Drew as the Harlequin, a trans woman trying to make it in comedy after recently moving into a small town. With a number of other Batman villains also getting… Read more...
Carlo Mirabasso, 1959-
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
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How to Use Windows Backup to Easily Transfer to a New PC
How-To Geek / 11h
We all know that feeling of getting a new PC and wanting to get straight into things. I remember the old days, spending hours transferring my files and trying to replicate my settings. Among the many ways to transfer your data nowadays, Windows Backup offers a simple and reliable solution.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's Surprise Star on Changing the Series' Ghost Rules
28Gizmodo / 11h
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has a lot of characters it’s juggling, and one of the most important wasn’t even actually in the film’s marketing. That would be Melody, played by Gossip Girl’s Emily Alyn Lind, a 16-year-old who quickly strikes up a friendship with McKenna Grace’s Phoebe Spengler. The twist? She’s a ghost… Read more...
United First Class Passenger Gets Man Booted From Plane After He Pushed Her During Boarding
View from the Wing / 11h
A United Airlines Global Services member shares that their family got a passenger kicked off a flight after that man behaved badly towards their sister. There’s a weird status game going on here that at least most of us avoid turning into physical aggression. And as a part of that game we engage in assumptions about the people around us, and about who they are and therefore what they’re entitled
Microsoft makes major quantum computing breakthrough — development of most stable qubits might actually make the technology viable for many, but will anyone be able to afford it?
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Unlike traditional computing that uses binary bits, quantum computing uses quantum bits or 'qubits', enabling simultaneous processing of vast amounts of data, potentially solving complex problems much faster than conventional computers. In a major step forward for quantum computing, Microsoft and Quantinuum have unveiled the most reliable logical qubits to date, boasting an error rate 800 times l
Is The British Airways Card Worth It?
One Mile at a Time / 12h
Link: Apply now for the British Airways Visa Signature® Card The British Airways Visa Signature® Card is one of Chase’s popular co-branded airline credit cards. British Airways Executive Club is a valuable frequent flyer program, so in this post, I wanted to take a closer look at this card. Who should be applying for this card, and under what circumstances is it worth spending money on the card?
19 Things I Love About The Capital One Venture X Card
42View from the Wing / 12h
There’s no question that Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is the most exciting premium rewards card of the last couple of years. It has a huge up front bonus offer, strong points-earning, airport lounge access and a host of premium benefits. Here are the 19 things I’m loving about the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Continue reading ...
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Running Windows Apps on Linux Is Easier Than Ever With This One Tool
How-To Geek / 12h
You may already know that, thanks to the Wine project, you can run Windows applications on Linux. Wine is great, but it can be difficult for a beginner. Meet Bottles, an application that makes Wine much more manageable, accessible, and secure.
Epic Mint Mobile deal: get an unlimited plan for $15/mo plus a second line free
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Mint Mobile has the most stacked line-up of deals we've seen yet from this excellent prepaid carrier. Not only can you currently take advantage of the re-introduction of the popular 3-month unlimited plan for $15/mo deal , but the carrier is also throwing in a second line for free if you switch from either AT&T or Verizon . The first Mint Mobile deal mentioned here will get you any 3-month plan f
Iowa's win over UConn inspired heated reactions and memes
54Mashable / 12h
Iowa women's basketball squeaked by UConn — a blue-blood giant of the sport — in the NCAA Final Four on Friday night. Led by superstar Caitlin Clark , the Hawkeyes bested the Paige Bueckers-led Huskies by a score of
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