If you’re struggling with negative thoughts or suicidal feelings, resources are available to help. In the US, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255; in the UK, call the Samaritans at 116 123; and in Australia, call Lifeline at 13 11 14. Additionally, you can find help at these 13 suicide and crisis intervention hotlines. A …
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Apple reportedly removes education discount verification
Earlier this week, Apple made it harder for consumers to use its discounted education pricing, implementing a third-party site to verify student and faculty IDs. On Friday, however, Apple quietly removed the new requirement, according to a report by MacRumors. Apple on Wednesday updated its website to ask users to register with Unidays to verify their status, but the site …
Read More »Airlines resume US flights amid adjusted 5G rollout
Emirates will resume its flights into the US after concerns over 5G deployments planned for Jan. 19 forced several international airlines to cancel some flights. Emirates will resume flights to Chicago, Orlando, Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth, Seattle and Newark on Friday, and Houston, San Francisco and Boston on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it has issued new approvals allowing …
Read More »Major international airlines cancel some US flights amid 5G rollout
Major international airlines including Emirates, Japan Airlines and ANA canceled flights into the US due to concerns about 5G deployments planned for Jan. 19. Emirates flights into San Francisco, Dallas Fort Worth, Orlando, Seattle, Miami, Newark, Houston, Chicago and Boston were all affected by the decision Tuesday. The flights are being suspended “until further notice,” Emirates said Tuesday. “Customers holding tickets …
Read More »CES 2022 closes its hybrid show, touting 40,000 attendees despite many going digital
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2022 wraps up Friday, with the Consumer Technology Association boasting of 40,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors while also offering a digital experience for attendees who did not travel to Las Vegas amid COVID-19 concerns and the spike of the omicron variant. …
Read More »Trump social network could be launching next month
Former President Donald Trump’s new social media platform could be launching Feb. 21, according to an expected date listed in Apple’s app store. This release date of Truth Social, spotted earlier Thursday by Reuters, would coincide with the Presidents’ Day long weekend. Social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube booted Trump from their platforms in 2021 because of concerns his remarks would incite …
Read More »Instagram’s chronological feed is coming back
Instagram has begun testing changes to the way you see your feed, including a return to the old chronological format. Under the new system, users would be able to switch between three different types of feeds on their home screen, called Home, Favorites and Following, Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted Wednesday. Home is the current Instagram experience, and it ranks …
Read More »OnePlus 10 Pro reveal could be coming in January
OnePlus has teased the reveal date of its rumored upcoming OnePlus 10 phone on Weibo, a report says. Pete Lau, co-founder and CEO of OnePlus, posted the hashtag “OnePlus 10 Pro” and the tagline “see you in January” on the social network platform, as spotted by Gizmodo on Tuesday. It’s possible the phone could be revealed at CES 2022 in early …
Read More »Disney parks were already facing heat from fans. Then an AWS outage came along
Not even Disney’s vaunted magic could save its Disneyland park app from a widespread Amazon Web Services outage temporarily wrecking the day for its guests this week. But for fans of “the happiest place on Earth,” this was just the latest in a string of problems. Disney has been increasingly pushing its theme park guests to use their mobile devices to do …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S21 FE full specs rumored to leak
The full rumored specs for the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE have leaked online. The specs, reported by German news site Win Future on Wednesday, include a 6.4-inch screen with narrower edges and a better camera. The cheaper version of the Galaxy S21 could be announced during Samsung’s CES preshow keynote on Jan. 4, and is also rumored to run on the octacore …
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