Author: Trendici
Uber is expanding its EV incentive program across the US. The company began last year. This is a program in which Uber offers drivers a $4,000 grant to switch from their current vehicle to an EV.These grants are available for both new and used electric vehicles, which is nice because new cars are expensive and could be out of financial reach for many Uber drivers. This program is available to Platinum and Diamond drivers who complete 100 eligible rides by December 31. These drivers can apply for the grant on the platform’s website, with applications processed from April 16.The $4,000…
After sharing pricing and availability for its new Mini LED TVs in March, Samsung is ready to detail some of the other TVs it introduced at CES earlier this year. The 2026 versions of Samsung’s The Frame Pro and OLED TVs are both available to order today – save for some notable exceptions – and they start for as little as $1,200.The Frame Pro was originally introduced in 2025 as the more premium version of Samsung’s popular The Frame art TVs. The big advantage of stepping up to a Pro model over a normal Frame is you get a Neo…
Today we’ve got exclusive word of a new tabletop RPG coming to English audiences. The Octopath Traveler TRPG is set to release in October of this year. While the game has been available in Japanese for some time, and fans have explored their own translations of the text, this is the first official release of the game system in English.The tabletop RPG allows plays to explore the world of Orsterra in their own adventures using a 2d6-based rules system. Play groups can play out their stories across the Octopath Traveler timeline, either creating their own characters or taking on pre-built…
Flipboard has been one of the biggest boosters of decentralized social media. Now, the company, which is known for its social news reading app, is rolling out its latest experiment, “social websites.”The project offers publishers and creators an easier path into what’s often called the “open social web,” which includes the fediverse, as well as other protocol-based platforms like Blueksy. The company says it could also help creators of all stripes wrest back control of their audiences from mainstream social media platforms and other “walled gardens.”In practice, social websites are essentially microsites that allow creators and publishers to bring together…
Developer Ludogram Games (Monsters are Coming: Rock & Roll, Firebird) has announced Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a new mountain-climbing adventure that features roguelite progression and turn-based gameplay, with a Lovecraft-inspired twist.Players lead a team of climbers as they ascend a mountain cursed by mysterious, sinister forces. Success means carefully guiding your team, tethered together by a rope, across obstacles to reach the summit. Team composition matters, as climbers have different classes determining the tools and techniques they bring to the expedition. Highlanders, for example, can shove enemies off the cliff. Scouts can reposition themselves using a grappling hook, and Sappers…
Image: Christine Sandu/Unsplash Apple’s watchOS 26.4 has made a tiny change you’ll notice almost immediately. The tech giant’s latest Apple Watch update is now rolling out, and while it doesn’t come packed with major new features, it delivers a focused improvement to workout usability. Rather than overhauling the experience, watchOS 26.4 refines a key interaction in one of the device’s most-used apps, reinforcing Apple’s ongoing push to make the Apple Watch a more seamless health and fitness companion. It’s a subtle upgrade, but one that reflects a broader strategy: improving the experience not through big leaps, but through smart, incremental…
The boilerplate has it that German software powerhouse SAP supports mission-critical workloads for thousands of customers all over the world, and as one of the biggest customers of the big three hyperscalers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure – probably runs the largest private cloud in the world. However large its business may be aside, under the surface, the complexities that SAP experiences in securing the confidential enterprise data of thousands of its clients while dealing with an ever-more dangerous threat landscape and the ever-changing data security compliance and sovereignty requirement environment are undeniable. This…
This week, I felt a surge of generalized anxiety, as one does… I’ve had anxiety my whole life, although when I was a teenager I figured I was just your standard issue claustrophobic type-A firstborn daughter. Don’t we all sob in the dead of winter because it feels like the sky is closing in? Don’t all of us walk 23 flights of stairs in their dad’s office building because the elevators might get stuck? Don’t we all want to punch a wall when someone yell-sneezes? Don’t all of us understand intellectually that we are perseverating but still can’t stop? Since…
Margo Oakley and her brother-in-law Mark Blythen bonded when their sister and wife Julia was terminally ill.
Two fantastic indie titles just dropped for Apple Arcade. The platform has received versions of Dredge and Unpacking, both of which have been optimized for mobile devices.Dredge+ is the complete edition of the game, with all released DLC content. This is pretty much a that combines fishing with bone-chilling horror. During the day, you sail around and fish, which involves a fishing minigame and a “pack the fish in the bag” minigame. At night, you are hunted by Lovecraftian monsters that may or may not be real. The developers threw in some tricks to make players doubt their own sanity,…