Month: June 2024
This walking app let me whack my co-workers with a baseball bat
Violence is never the answer. That said, it was fun when I opened a walking app and whacked a Verge editor with a baseball bat and made another slip on a banana peel. After, I continued on my peaceful commute home. A bit later, one of my fellow writers walloped…
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How to Make Espresso at Home (2024)
Making good espresso is hard, and it takes some trial and error. Here are some tips to get you started. Source
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Bluetti SwapSolar review: power and chill with swappable batteries
Solar generators and battery-powered fridges are highly desirable additions to vans, boats, cabins, and sheds, or anywhere power and refrigeration is needed off the grid. Both are meant to be portable by necessity but suffer from the same issue: weight. Bluetti just started shipping its SwapSolar kit that pairs an AC180T solar…
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Live Nation took 11 days to confirm the massive Ticketmaster data breach
On May 20, 2024, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment containing Company data (primarily from its Ticketmaster L.L.C. subsidiary) and launched an investigation with industry-leading forensic investigators to understand what happened. On May 27, 2024, a criminal threat actor…
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Alexa will soon lose a popular shopping list feature
Starting in July, you won’t be able to add items to lists on third-party apps like Todoist and AnyList with Alexa voice control through their existing Skills. A post on Amazon’s developer site says it’s shutting down access to Alexa Shopping and To-Do lists on July 1st. List Skills and Alexa Shopping and…
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