Month: March 2022
Lyft to add temporary fuel surcharge to fares amid spike in gas prices
Lyft plans to add a temporary fuel surcharge to fares amid rising fuel prices around the country, the company confirmed to The Verge on Monday. “We’ve been closely monitoring rising gas prices and their impact on our driver community,” Lyft spokesperson CJ Macklin said in a statement. “Driver earnings overall…
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Meta gives you more control over personal boundaries in Horizon Worlds
In February, Meta introduced a feature called Personal Boundary to Horizon Worlds and Venues to combat harassment. The company gave every avatar a bubble with a radius of two virtual feet, making it so that no one could come within four feet of your personal space. At the time, Meta…
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Russia says it will not strand American astronaut in space despite media reports
Last week, a flurry of news reports worryingly claimed that Russia was threatening to strand an American astronaut on the International Space Station in direct response to sanctions placed on the country as it continues to invade neighboring Ukraine. But Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos is trying to put those…
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Ubisoft fans need to change their passwords now
Audio player loading… A recent disruption to Ubisoft gaming services could be down to a cyberattack by the group claiming to be behind the recent Nvidia and Samsung hacks. Ubisoft is one of the world’s biggest video games companies, pushing out AAA titles such as the Far Cry and Assassin’s…
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I predicted the M1 Ultra in 2021, so here’s what I think Apple will do next
Audio player loading… In October 2021, after Apple announced the M1 Max and the M1 Pro, I predicted that we would see an M1 Ultra and wrote what I expected, back then, to be the configuration of that chip. Turns out I was mostly right: the M1 Ultra came with…
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Wordle now has a football spin-off – here’s how to play
Audio player loading… The Wordle clones keep on coming. There is something about the five-letter, six guesses game that speaks to a dark corner of our brain. We just can’t help but keep coming back for more of that exciting detective work thrill. We’ve already seen one spin-off of the…
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