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Errors with direct deposit are only the beginning. Here's why you didn't get your stimulus check when your friends and family did.

SAVE 49%: A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £5.09 per month as of Jan. 17, and includes an extra three months for free.

So you want to unblock American Netflix and watch all of the extra films and shows that are currently unavailable in your location, but you don't know where to start. We can help. 

By using a VPN, you can bypass geo-restrictions to unlock streaming sites like Netflix. All you need to do to access American Netflix is sign up to the VPN of your choice, connect to a secure VPN server location in the U.S., and then log in to your Netflix account. Netflix will think you are based in the U.S., so you can watch everything American Netflix has to offer. Read more...

Friday's deadline will stop stimulus check delivery in its tracks. Some people may have to wait weeks or months for their money. Here's what we know.

Tired of your less-than-stellar hair dryer? Here are the pros' picks.

Has the IRS stopped sending $600 stimulus checks for good? How do you file for missing money? What's the latest proposal for a third stimulus check? We answer these questions and more.

In the week after Trump was muzzled, misinformation about election fraud tumbled by 73 percent, a researcher says.

It’s difficult to say whether e-dating has weakened or boosted the pickup line game. It probably depends on who you ask.

To get to the bottom of it, we ventured on over to Reddit to check out the general state of cheesy one-liners to be deployed in an online dating setting. And the results are, well … the results kinda speak for themselves. But as far as we can tell, pickup lines, like cockroaches after an apocalyptic event, have survived the shift to online dating and are doing just fine. 

From the looks of r/pickuplines and other threads we dug into, they continue to be as prevalent — and face-palm inducing — as ever.  Read more...

The move comes as the US braces for the possibility of more violence ahead of the Jan. 20 swearing in of President-elect Joe Biden.

Do you use a GUI? Chances are you have because you use them every single day.

President-elect Joe Biden's vision for a third stimulus check once again shakes up qualifications and a payment total.

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Click here if you want it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. It was yet another week of startups […]

Ford technically started Mustang Mach-E deliveries in December, but some drivers will have to wait considerably longer. Electrek has learned that Ford has delayed several hundred deliveries of the electric crossover by up to a month for “additional q...

Facebook is taking steps to avoid a repeat of what happened on Jan. 6.

When Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. for a mass gathering that eventually ended in the sacking of the U.S. Capitol, many of the groups that attended used social media platforms like Facebook and Parler to organize. Now, ahead of President-elect Joseph R. Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, Facebook is pulling the plug on events.

'We are blocking the creation of any new Facebook events happening in close proximity to locations including the White House, the US Capitol building and any of the state capitol buildings through Inauguration Day,' the social network wrote in a Friday update to its post covering Jan. 20 preparations.  Read more...

You can officially claim autonomous commercial drones for your 2021 bingo card. 

On Friday, Massachusetts-based industrial drone developer American Robotics announced it had received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its fully-automated 'Scout' drones without any humans on-site. 

It's the first waiver of its kind, as the FAA has previously approved the use of autonomous commercial drones exclusively under the condition that human observers be present along the flight path — or that risk of collision be mitigated through otherwise hyper-strict limitations. Advocates of drone technology say those restrictions have long held the industry back. Read more...

Science is poised to get a much more prominent role in President-elect Biden’s administration. Nature and Reuters report that Biden has named breakthrough geneticist Eric Lander (seen above in 2002) not only as the director of the Office of Science a...

DuckDuckGo reaches historic milestone in a week when both Signal and Telegram saw a huge influx of new users.

Owning a car or other vehicle can be a mixed bag. On the one hand, you have the freedom to go wherever you want, without having to rely on public transit, or your own two feet—something that has made them especially coveted during the pandemic. But on the other hand, their expenses can add up quickly, between…

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That Stark Industries toaster and Hydra-labeled watch suggest a dark side beneath the suburban sunshine for Marvel's Wanda and Vision.

Changing the background color for your Instagram Story is easy enough. Here's all your need to know...

In addition to being Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday marks the beginning of a week when the country will hold its collective breath ahead of the presidential inauguration and potential unrest. In other words, it’s the ideal time to reflect on King’s work, including his peace-centered approach to injustice.

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Hollywood's wild ride through the global pandemic continues.

First it was the Warner Bros. decision in late-2020 to shift all of its 2021 theatrical releases over to the HBO Max streaming service. Now, one of the studio's big blockbusters for the year, Godzilla vs. Kong, will be arriving for streaming an unheard-of two months ahead of schedule.

The new release date is March 26, 2021.

It's not uncommon for Hollywood to shift release dates around even when there isn't a dangerous illness sweeping across the planet. But this is still a surprise, starting with the fact that Godzilla vs. Kong is even coming to HBO Max as part of the Warner Bros. 2021 plan. Read more...

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In-store retail has taken an obvious hit due to the pandemic, and even tech giant Apple isn't immuneApple is closing more than 20 stores in North Carolina, Texas, and Georgia, Bloomberg reports, because of the virus spikes in those areas.  

'Due to current COVID-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas,' Apple told Bloomberg in a statement. 'We take this step with an abundance of caution as we closely monitor the situation, and we look forward to having our teams and customers back as soon as possible.'

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using […]

Here's everything you need to know about Apple One, including what it bundles and how much it costs.

Like all industries, the agency world was not left unscathed by the catastrophic year 2020. Agencies big and small had to learn how to serve their clients, pitch new business and create engaging new work, all from the comfort of their homes. Not an easy task, to be sure, but most of them figured it...

Whether you noticed or not, the annual Consumer Electronics Show did happen this year. 

CES 2021 took place in January, even with the COVID-19 pandemic that's gripped the world for the past year and a democratic crisis in the United States that garnered most of the spotlight (and rightly so!). Instead of packing thousands into a convention center in Las Vegas, tech companies and journalists enjoyed the all-virtual tech conference from the comfort of their homes.

Despite the change in format, CES 2021 managed to deliver plenty of fascinating trends and glimpses into the future of technology. From normal advancements like prettier TVs to more timely innovations like smart masks, here's what went down at CES this year. Read more...

Everyone has their view of how the future of work will look. Delta Air Lines thinks the tech industry has got it all wrong.

Everyone in the game may be hot, but some of the characterizations we see aren't as subversive as you might think.

Thousands of dedicated historians, photography enthusiasts, and archivists across the globe have spent years digitizing antique and vintage imagery to make it available for everyone to view online. Whether you're interested in a specific area or era of the past or just feeling nostalgic for different times, browsing these collections is absolutely fascinating. From missions to the moon to quirky 1930s studio portraits via vintage Vogue photoshoots, we're sure you'll find something brilliant to browse in these amazing photo archive websites.

1. Calisphere by the University of California

An amazing, free-to-access resource for Californians — and Californi-fans — Calisphere is an impressive collection of photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more, all from the great state of California. The collection has a wide base of contributors, including all 10 campuses of the University of California. It also includes material and content from libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations in the state. This collaboration has resulted in more than one million photos alone. Read more...

The tech giant wants to help make it easier to travel the world once more.

It’s a long weekend. These discounted picks will help you sit down, tune out, and tune in to your screens to while away the time.

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Machine learning and deep learning have become an important part of many applications we use every day. There are few domains that the fast expansion of machine learning hasn’t touched. Many businesses have thrived by developing the right strategy to integrate machine learning algorithms into their operations and processes. Others have lost ground to competitors after ignoring the undeniable advances in artificial intelligence. But mastering machine learning is a difficult process. You need to start with a solid knowledge of linear algebra and calculus, master a programming language such as Python, and become proficient with data science and machine learning libraries such… This story continues at The Next Web