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What Are The Best Oneworld Emerald Lounges?
2KOne Mile at a Time / 21h
Of the “big three” global airline alliances, I tend to think the most valuable alliance-wide status is oneworld Emerald . The oneworld alliance is the only one with three elite tiers, and oneworld Emerald gives you access to some perks typically associated with first class (unlike oneworld Sapphire , which gets you perks typically associated with business class). My single favorite thing about on
The end of remote work doesnt work for women
98Mashable / 21h
Five years ago, when the COVID pandemic forced all non-essential workers to stay home, American families were swiftly forced to reorganize themselves. Suddenly, they had no childcare, no school, and no support system to help them navigate an unprecedented moment in their lifetimes. But just as unexpectedly, parents and caregivers whose jobs could be performed remotely had something relatively nov
DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns
TechCrunch / 4min
Genetics testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to initiate the sale of its assets. Alongside the announcement, the company’s co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki separately said she is leaving the company to become an independent bidder for the company. “After a thorough evaluation of strategic alternatives, we have […]
Laptop prototype with detachable AI webcam (but without a normal touchpad) wins award at the 'Oscars' of the design industry
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 46min
This laptop is branded xCaim, ClinkX and ClinkCaim Eliminates the touchpad, introducing a fully interactive palm rest Supports an edge-to-edge keyboard as well as an integrated status bar for call display A relatively unknown Chinese company, Emdoor Digital Technology, has introduced a prototype business laptop with an unconventional design, earning the prestigious iF Design Award for 2025. The x
Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
Wired / 47min
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy.
How to watch England vs. Latvia online for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Live stream England vs. Latvia in 2026 World Cup qualifiers for free on ITVX . Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . England fans will expect to beat Albania in their upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying fixture, but they'll be hoping to see something encouraging from Thomas Tuchel's team. Can this team start to build something special? If you want to watc
Chase Ink Business Preferred vs Ink Business Premier: Which card should take a spot in your wallet?
The Points Guy / 1h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. With so many business credit cards on the market, it can be difficult to determine which is best for your company’s needs . Cutting through it all, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card is one of our favorites. In the same family, the Ink Business Premier® Credit Card is a cash-back option offering a sim
7 mistakes to avoid when redeeming hotel points
The Points Guy / 1h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. As the saying goes, “Everyone makes mistakes.” This applies to many aspects of life, including using your hotel points. Even the most seasoned award traveler can slip up, resulting in a less comfortable room, extra costs or even the inability to travel. Fortunately, the most common mistakes when booking hotel award s
The clock’s ticking — get MS Office 2019 for less than your weekly coffee budget
Mashable / 2h
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows for just £23.20 (reg. £177.24) when you buy a lifetime license at the Mashable shop. Are you ready to finally get your digital life in order ? Then this offer on Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows might just be part of the solution. For just £23.20 (reg. £177.24), you’ll score a lifetime license to all the Office clas
2025 Moon Phase Calendar: What Is Today's Moon Phase?
How-To Geek / 2h
If you're planning on observing the night sky, going for a night hike, or trying to snap a shot of the Moon, the phase is incredibly important. Here's everything you need to know about the current Lunar phase, as well as what you can expect in the near future.
NYT Strands hints, answers for March 24
Mashable / 4h
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 24, 2025
Mashable / 4h
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games 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
Hurdle hints and answers for March 24, 2025
Mashable / 4h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give
Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 24, 2025
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 today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Su
Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s new robotics startup reportedly raises another $150M
56TechCrunch / 7h
The Bot Company, the robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $150 million in a round led by Greenoaks, according to Reuters, citing unnamed sources. Vogt founded the startup with Paril Jain, who led the AI tech team at Tesla, and former Cruise software engineer Luke Holoubek. Vogt did […]
Believe It or Not, Saturn's Rings Disappeared Today
How-To Geek / 8h
If you were to look at Saturn through a teelescope today, you’d be forgiven for being disapopinted: the rings that define the icon look of the planet have temporarily disappeared. But why?
This laptop has a horizontal rollable display that extends to 18 inches, and I can't wait to try it
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 8h
Compal Infinite Laptop offers a horizontally expanding screen, from 14-inch to 18-inch Rollable business laptops could emerge as the future of multitasking Infinite Laptop also includes LED notification grids The world's first rollable laptop, the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable , was unveiled at CES 2025 after years of development, featuring a 14-inch display which expands vertically to 16.
David Blaine shows his hand in Do Not Attempt
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Over the course of his long career, magician and endurance performer David Blaine has taken on all kinds of death-defying feats: catching a bullet in his teeth, fasting for 44 days, or holding his breath for a record-breaking 17 minutes and 4 seconds, to name a few. Viewers will get to see a different side of Blaine as he travels the world to meet kindred spirits from a wide range of cultures in
Buy now, pay later . . . for a burrito?
46TechCrunch / 8h
In 2010, a programmer who was mining bitcoin famously made the comically expensive mistake of spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. As of this writing, those coins would be worth $850 million dollars. While there are few comparisons to that kind of miscalculation, the prospect of adding interest payments to fast-food orders is raising concerns […]
Google says a technical issue caused some users’ Maps Timeline data to be deleted
Engadget / 9h
After weeks of some Google Maps users reporting that their Timelines had been wiped of all the places they’ve visited, as spotted by 9to5Google earlier this month, Google has confirmed that some users’ data was deleted and is, in some cases, unrecoverable. In a statement to The Verge , Google spokesperson Genevieve Park said, “We briefly experienced a technical issue that caused the deletion of T
More 128TB SSDs on the way, but they won't be cheaper: Key maker of NAND flash controllers says 128TB SSDs are shipping
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
Silicon Motion 128TB SSD RDK optimizes AI pipelines with enhanced data management PerformaShape technology boosts SSD efficiency for AI-driven workloads MonTitan SSD’s PCIe Gen 5 speeds enhance enterprise data throughput Silicon Motion, a leading NAND flash controller designer, has begun supplying its 128TB SSD Reference Design Kit (RDK), to select partners after nearly three years of testing sin
Airlines Could Save $100 Million A Year If Everyone Went To The Bathroom Before Boarding
View from the Wing / 9h
Crazy stat: "If every passenger remembered to go to the bathroom before boarding" airlines would save $100 million a year on jet fuel from reduced weight. Continue reading ...
Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card $300 Restaurant Credit: How It Works
23One Mile at a Time / 10h
Link: Apply now for the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card The Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card ( review ) is Marriott’s most premium co-branded credit card, and there are all kinds of reasons to consider picking it up , including a great welcome offer . While the card has a steep $650 annual fee ( Rates & Fees ), I find that to be easy to justify, thanks to benefi
How to make hard drives faster? Simple, just bunch dozens of them together, Toshiba says
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
Toshiba's new European HDD Innovation Lab can improve storage tech Lab offers architecture testing, proof-of-concept setups, and benchmarking Toshiba claims combining dozens of HDDs can boost overall performance Toshiba Electronics Europe has opened a new HDD Innovation Lab at its Düsseldorf site, expanding its storage evaluation services across Europe and the Middle East. The new facility (it al
Kaiju No. 8 is Coming Back With a Movie and New Season
76Gizmodo / 10h
Before Kaiju No. 8 season two drops, Toho's helping you catch up with the Mission Recon compilation movie.
10 Tricks You Can Do With FFmpeg on Linux
How-To Geek / 10h
Want to do more with the Linux terminal? You might not instinctively put videos and the command line together, but with FFmpeg you can actually do a lot with a video file just by typing a simple command in your terminal.
Tesla trade-ins at highest levels ever while consumers boycott Musk
Mashable / 11h
Tesla is facing an unprecedented boycott. Protests at showrooms and acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles have popped up around the world due to CEO Elon Musk's affiliation with President Donald Trump and other far-right parties. Musk has also been a driving force behind the "Department of Government Efficiency," his government project behind the mass firing of federal workers and potential fu
United Flight Diverts After Second Pilot In A Week Operates Shanghai Flight Without Passport
82View from the Wing / 11h
Saturday’s United Airlines flight 198 to Shanghai was forced divert because a pilot forgot to bring his passport on the trip. Passengers received $15 meal vouchers when they landed in San Francisco. Continue reading ...
AI Programming Assistant Tells User to Stop Being Lazy and Learn to Code
100+Futurism / 11h
Like so many trolls before , AI is now apparently telling people to learn to code. As Ars Technica reports , someone who used the programming assistant Cursor claims that the software refused to continue spitting out code — and instead gave them a patronizing career recommendation. In a bug report posted to the company's official forum, the user said that after Cursor's AI generated about 800 lin
Meteorites Are Far More Amazing Than You Realize
How-To Geek / 11h
The ancient Greeks thought meteors were fiery shooting stars originating from the tears of goddess Iris. They weren’t technically right, but meteors do produce quite a fiery spectacle in the sky as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.
The Death of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is Becoming a Documentary
200+Gizmodo / 12h
The crowdfunded Halcyon Daze documentary hopes to cover the short-lived Galactic Starcruiser attraction and the fans who loved it.
Apple Wants to Turn its Watches Into Wearable AI
100+Gizmodo / 12h
Company contemplates packing device that tells time with cameras and 'visual intelligence.'
Asus debuts its own mini AI supercomputer: Ascent GX10 costs $2999 and comes with Nvidia's GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Asus' new Ascent GX10 brings AI supercomputing power directly to developers Promises 1000 TOPS of AI processing and can handle models up to 200 billion parameters It's cheaper than Nvidia DGX Spark, with less storage but similar performance AI development is getting ever more demanding, and Asus wants to bring high-performance computing straight to the desks of developers, researchers, and data s
The Shocking Mistakes Hotels Make: What’s Ruining Your Stay And How To Avoid Them
View from the Wing / 12h
I've given a lot of thought to what makes a hotel great, and how simple design flaws can ruin a property. More often though great physical properties can be ruined by poor service execution or short-sighted cost cuts. Hoteliers: ever wonder why a property with great facilities and a competitive room rate in a good location isn’t getting the level of midweek repeat business it might expect? It may
$15,000 Tesla Cybercabs Built at One Every 5 Seconds
Next Big Future / 12h
Tesla VP Lars Moravy has said that the Tesla Cybercab will use a 50 kWh battery pack and still get 300 miles of range. If this range can be achieved with Iron LFP batteries then the battery pack will cost $2000-2500. Battery packs are about 20% of the cost of the car. This would put ... Read more
GlobalX Pilots Struggle To Land Airbus A320 In Phoenix… But Why?!
One Mile at a Time / 12h
I often share air traffic control clips of interesting interactions between pilots and air traffic controllers. Well, here’s one that I’m not sure what to make of, because the circumstances are so strange. GlobalX Airbus A320 unable to land in Phoenix, twice The excellent VASAviation YouTube channel has uploaded air traffic control audio and a visualization of what happened on the evening of Tues
Captain Declares Emergency After Passenger Keeps Flicking Lighter: ‘This Is Your Last Chance—I Will Divert The Aircraft”
View from the Wing / 12h
A flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to New York JFK diverted to Atlanta on March 14 when a passenger kept flicking the lighter they'd brought on board - and wouldn't give it up when a flight attendant tried to confiscate it. Continue reading ...
Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Preparing Elaborate Breakfast
26Futurism / 12h
Chinese robotics company Dobot has shown off its humanoid robot, dubbed Atom, preparing a sumptuous breakfast. The video , titled "Rise and Shine with Atom, Your New Breakfast Buddy!" shows the robot using its long, flexible arms to place pieces of ham, sausages, slices of toast, and cherries onto a plate. The robot even poured a glass of milk and lifted the tray for serving. "Add some cherries,
Startup Working on Spacecraft Designed to Eat Dead Satellites for Fuel
38Futurism / 12h
A British startup called Magdrive claims to have developed a satellite that uses solid metal as a source of fuel. Its founder says it could even one day be used to clean up space junk — by gobbling up dead satellites and using them for propulsion. As CNN reports , the company came up with a propulsion system, dubbed Warlock , that ionizes solid metal, instead of current electric systems that gene
Apple’s rumored plastic Apple Watch SE has reportedly hit a serious snag
Engadget / 12h
We’ve been hearing for some time that Apple is working on a version of the Apple Watch SE with a plastic shell to offer a cheaper and more kid-friendly option, but it seems bringing that vision to life is a bit more complicated than expected. After Apple’s September event last year came and went with no new Apple Watch SE announced, Mark Gurman reported that the team had run into some “cost and q
I Replaced My PC With My Phone—Here's What I Miss Most
How-To Geek / 12h
Over a year ago, I started using my phone as my PC, relying on Android desktop modes in conjunction with a lapdock or external monitor. I no longer own a conventional computer. Here's what I miss most.
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