Jun 22
The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV offers some of the best perks on the market — including two years of free charging at Electrify America stations.
Jun 22
Acast subscribers will soon get access to exclusive podcast groups on Facebook
Posted in: Today's ChiliYour favorite podcast might soon have an official, easy-to-find forum. Meta has teamed up with podcast giant Acast to offer exclusive Facebook Groups for podcasts using Acast+ paid subscriptions. Link your membership to your Facebook account and you’ll have a ready-made place to discuss the latest episode with fellow fans — you won’t have to hunt for a message board or use social network hashtags. You’ll also get exclusives like livestreams and Q&A sessions with show hosts.
The two companies didn’t say when subscriber groups would be available. Several podcasts are involved in a testing period, including the beauty show Fat Mascara. The price you’ll pay will likely vary, but podcasters can enable Acast+ for free.
Meta has struggled to compete in the podcasting realm, and began shutting down services in early June. The deal keeps the company involved in the category, however. The social media company can benefit from the rise of paid podcasts (through increased use of its services) without having to pour resources into creating or distributing content. This is the first time a podcast company is using Facebook’s new platform for Interoperable Subscriber Groups, but it might not be the last if Acast’s partnership proves successful.
Jun 22
NASA wants to build and transport a nuclear reactor to the Moon, which would power a sustained human presence for at least 10 years. To that end, the space agency has chosen three companies to develop design concepts for a nuclear fission system to be placed on the Moon in conjunction with the Artemis program.
Jun 22
Jun 22
Google has introduced a new label in Maps and Search that allows businesses to self-identify as LGBTQ+ owned, adding to a series of labels already on Google Maps that are meant to help people locate and support local businesses. It also comes with the capability to report any related harassment.
Jun 22
Jun 22
Born on the same fated day in 1989 to mothers who weren’t pregnant when they woke up that morning—then raised by an eccentric father figure keenly interested in their various superpowers—the Hargreeves siblings have been through a hell of a lot. Season three of The Umbrella Academy arrives on Netflix today to send…
Jun 22
Health officials in the UK are on the hunt for any signs of the dreaded polio, the potentially debilitating viral illness that has been nearly eradicated worldwide thanks to vaccines. The country declared a national incident over conspicuous repeated findings of a weakened version of the poliovirus in London sewage.
Jun 22
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have nothing on Tom Hanks.
Jun 22
Tim Cook spoke in an interview not long after WWDC 2022 about the future of Apple software development and the company’s expansion into more AR-related tech.
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