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The Best Ways to Use Grass Clippings in Your Garden

Maintaining a traditional green grass lawn is a year-round process, with mowing typically being the most time-consuming task. Not only does this involve cutting the grass, but it also means figu...

May 2023

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10 Unexpected Benefits to Negotiate When You Sign a New Lease (Besides Rent)

Buying a home has consistently trended toward unaffordable in the last few years, but so has renting: The median rent across the U.S. in January 2020 sat at $1,585 and peaked at $2,053 just 2.5 years ...

May 2023

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United Airlines Adds Live Activities and Dynamic Island Support for Flight Tracking

United this week announced that it has updated its iPhone app to add support for Live Activities and the Dynamic Island, allowing United passengers quicker access to flight tracking information.Accord...

May 2023

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Google Play Games for PC is now rolling out to Europe and New Zealand

Google is now rolling out Google Play Games for PC Beta -- a service that lets you play Android games on Windows -- to users in Europe and New Zealand. The company officially announced the annual Goog...

May 2023

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Netflix expands controversial password sharing crackdown in Europe

The time when Netflix used to profess that "love is sharing a password" is long gone. Now, the streaming giant is expanding its controversial password sharing crackdown across the globe, including nin...

May 2023

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Make a Bee-Friendly Watering Hole for Your Garden

While we've all been focused on growing a bee-friendly habitat in our gardens by planting pollinator friendly varieties, there's something else that's vital to the health of bees that often goes unmen...

May 2023

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EU locks horns with Apple and Ireland in EUR14.3B tax battle

The EU is going head to head with Apple and Ireland once again in a high-stakes courtroom battle which could have a lasting impact on how multinational firms are regulated in the bloc. EU competition ...

May 2023

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The house of the future could be built with dirty diapers

Dirty diapers could actually become a cheap and sustainable construction material. As strange as it might sound, discarded diapers can be sterilized and reused in concrete and mortar, new research say...

May 2023

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Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it's hit with record EUR1.2BN privacy fine under GDPR

It's finally happened: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been hit with a formal suspension order requiring it to stop exporting European Union user data to the US for processing.The Eu...

May 2023

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The billionaires are trying to live longer... again

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.This week Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gathered to chew through th...

May 2023

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NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander

NASA has picked Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to make a lunar lander for an upcoming Artemis mission to the Moon, the agency announced on Friday. As part of the $3.4 billion contract, there will be one uncr...

May 2023

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This new spacecraft system could bring 'supermaterials' back to Earth

A UK startup has unveiled a unique system for bringing spacecraft back to Earth.The company, named Space Forge, developed the tech to provide a low-cost and sustainable way of reusing satellites. Ulti...

May 2023

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This Deal Makes Disney World Tickets Slightly Less Crushingly Expensive

"Plan ahead" is typically your best piece of advice for ensuring a successful trip to Walt Disney World, but sometimes waiting until the last minute pays off. To the tune of $150 per person, to be exa...

May 2023

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With government backing, Ireland's Elkstone closes first VC fund at $108M for early-stage startups

Yet another early-stage VC fund has closed in Europe this week, as Elkstone finalized a EUR100 million ($108 million) pot aimed at Irish startups. It comes a day after Lifeline Ventures closed a EUR15...

May 2023

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NASA's Artemis program may face a budget crunch as costs continue to rise

The Artemis program to return humans to the Moon has an aura of inevitability now, with broad political support, robust international participation, and a successful first mission--Artemis I--under it...

May 2023

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Finnish VC firm Lifeline Ventures closes $163M fund for early-stage startups

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh EUR150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland.Founded in 2009, Helsinki-based Lifeline Ventures ha...

May 2023

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Apple Likely Filed for Headset-Related 'Deep Screen' Trademark in 2017

The same "Deep Dive LLC" shell company that filed for an "xrOS" trademark in New Zealand last week also filed for a "Deep Screen" trademark in the U.S. and over two dozen other countries around the wo...

May 2023

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What Your Weeds Are Telling You About Your Soil

Pulling weeds growing in your garden, yard, flower beds, or between the cracks in your driveway is tedious work--especially when they seem to grow back overnight. But rather than blaming and then evic...

May 2023

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When Will Apple Launch New iPad Pro Models?

It is now over six months since Apple launched the current iPad Pros, and with a substantial update rumored for the next-generation, when exactly are the new models expected to launch?With the current...

May 2023

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Dirty Martini Fried Chicken Is Giving Crunch

My great love of olives is led me to create Dirty Martini Fried Chicken. I wanted another way to enjoy olives with chicken, and I didn't care how it happened. So, I turned to alcohol. As fate (or scie...

May 2023