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Supreme Court ruling guts the EPA’s ability to enforce Clean Air Act Kacper Pempel / reutersIn yet another historic reversal of long standing precedent, the US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6 - 3 along party lines to severely limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency in regulating carbon emissions from power plants, further hamstringing the Biden a Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/supreme-court-ruling-guts-epa-ability-to-enforce-clean-air-act-145027419.html

See’s third and final season has its sight set on war in new trailer Just as sight is beginning to return to the world of Apple TV Plus’ See, the series is coming to an end with its upcoming third and final season. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/29/23188134/see-apple-tv-season-three-series-finale

Facebook and Instagram will remove posts offering abortion pills Facebook and Instagram are removing posts from users that offer help accessing abortion pills, saying they violate a policy around pharmaceuticals. Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23186708/facebook-instagram-abortion-pills-posts-ban-mifepristone-misoprostol

Tesla partners with California utility on virtual power plant Tesla and California utility PG&E launched a new program that will pay eligible Powerwall owners to send extra electricity to the grid when it’s vulnerable to blackouts. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180471/tesla-california-utility-virtual-power-plant-powerwall

NEW Features Lightroom Classic 11.4 UPDATE. New Lightroom Classic June 2022 11.4 update includes a massive mask update, including batch processing with masks. Colin Smith shows you how to use these powerful new features 00:00 Intro 00:18 Invert mask 01:48: Preset with mask 03:20 Amount slider 04:03 Copy Paste ai masks 05:17 Batch process Continue Reading . . . https://youtu.be/Rjj1pgU27UI

Sonos says customers that got extra speakers don’t have to send them back Sonos has confirmed that customers who received extra, unordered devices as a result of a recent software glitch don’t need to return the speakers. “Sonos does not require the return of extra equipment and respects the decision of each impacted customer,” said spokesperson Madeline Krebs. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172282/sonos-ordering-glitch-extra-speakers-keep-them-free-ftc-rules

Destiny 2 cheat creators come to a $13.5 million settlement with Bungie In a rather spectacular conclusion to a lawsuit filed by Bungie in August of last year, the owners of the Destiny 2 cheat domains, Veterancheats, LaviCheats, and Elite Boss Tech, will have to pay a settlement totaling roughly $13.5 million in damages. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172558/destiny-2-bungie-cheat-settlement

Tesla layoffs reportedly affect hourly workers, too According to a report from Electrek, a wave of layoffs at Tesla may affect hourly workers, despite a company-wide email from Elon Musk on June 3rd saying “Tesla will be reducing salaried headcount by 10% as we have become overstaffed in many areas. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172435/tesla-layoffs-expand-elon-musk-hourly-salaried

Apple TV will stream every MLS game for a decade starting in 2023 After the debut of Friday Night Baseball, Apple is pushing further into live sports streaming. Starting in 2023, Apple TV will be the only place to watch every Major League Soccer game for the next decade. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/apple-tv-mls-soccer-streaming-subscription-service-171000757.html

Google Maps now estimates toll charges for your journey A new Google Maps feature that estimates the amount you’ll have to pay in tolls to drive a given route has started appearing in the Android and iOS apps, according to Google. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/14/23167107/google-maps-toll-estimates-us-india-japan-indonesia

WhatsApp now lets you transfer your chat history from Android to iPhone WhatsApp is adding the ability to transfer your conversation history from Android to iPhone after previously only allowing users to transfer chats the other way (from iPhone to Android). The functionality was announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook post. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/14/23167292/whatsapp-android-iphone-chat-history-transfer-update

Lightroom can now edit video, too Lightroom, Adobe’s photo editing app, is getting a surprising new feature: the ability to edit video. With an update rolling out this week, Lightroom users will be able to work with the app’s existing controls to color grade their videos. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/14/23161255/lightroom-video-editing-color-grading-update

Amazon's Prime Air service will begin making drone deliveries in California this year In 2013, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the company was working on 30-minute drone deliveries. At the time, Bezos said the service wouldn’t launch until 2015 at the very earliest. Now, nearly a decade later after that first reveal, Amazon says its Prime Air service is nearly ready. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/amazon-prime-air-lockeford-california-170945262.html

Watch 15 minutes of Starfield gameplay After an early glimpse of Starfield at Microsoft’s Xbox & Bethesda showcase last year and a delay to 2023, we’re now getting a much closer look at Bethesda’s first new IP in 25 years thanks to 15 minutes of gameplay. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/12/23162369/starfied-gameplay-trailer-bethesda-xbox-showcase-2022

Trump’s Truth Social Is Banning Users Who Post About Jan. 6 Hearings, According to Reports The irony is rich: Truth Social, Donald Trump’s Twitter copycat claiming it is “free from political discrimination,” has reportedly banned users who posted information from Thursday’s congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Continue Reading . . . https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/trumps-truth-social-is-banning-users-who-post-about-jan-6-hearings-according-to-reports-1235290726/

Why France signing NASA’s lunar exploration pact is the most important signature yet On Tuesday evening, France officially signed onto NASA’s Artemis Accords — the space agency’s set of guidelines and principles for how the US and other countries should explore the Moon in the future. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23159558/nasa-artemis-accords-france-signing-moon-exploration-significance

I Am Groot animated series arrives on Disney Plus in August I Am Groot will hit Disney Plus on August 10th. The animated series of shorts centers around none other than the Baby Groot himself, with Vin Diesel reprising his role as the voice of the adorable anthropomorphic sapling. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/5/23155585/i-am-groot-animated-series-arrives-disney-plus-august-marvel-guardians-of-the-galaxy

Researchers in Japan Just Set a Staggering New Speed Record for Data Transfers Although high-speed wireless technologies like Wifi 6E and 5G dominate news headlines, analog, and optical cables are still the backbone of the internet, and for good reason. Continue Reading . . . https://gizmodo.com/researchers-set-new-speed-record-data-transfer-japan-pe-1849007382

Elon Musk says Tesla’s fake robot might be ready by September 30th Filed under:And I’ve got some oceanfront property in Arizona you should really check out In a tweet that is definitely not meant to distract from the news that he’s planning on laying off about 10 percent of his workforce, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he was shifting the company’s “AI Day Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23153047/tesla-robot-prototype-elon-musk-ai-day-fake

Old Amazon Kindles won't be able to buy new e-books starting in August Amazon got its start as an online marketplace for books back in the '90s, so it only makes sense that its first major hardware product, the Kindle, was an e-book reader. Continue Reading . . . https://www.androidpolice.com/kindle-purchases-shutdown/

17 pictures that show how mind-bogglingly large the Universe is Within this Universe, we’re merely a drop in the cosmic ocean. All that humanity has ever experienced is confined to a spheroid just 13,000 km across. Continue Reading . . . https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-large-universe/