Intel Arc A770 somehow beats the Nvidia RTX 4090 in 8K video playback tests

Intel’s Arc GPUs are finally here, and initial reception has been, well, mixed. The broad consensus seems to be that the flagship Arc A770 16GB is a decent mainstream gaming graphics card with a stellar price-to-performance ratio, but current driver and power consumption issues mean the Arc designs need a little refining. One area where…

A live snake appeared in the business-class section of a United Airlines jet, terrifying passengers

A garter snake was found onboard a United Airlines flight, port authorities told the media. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images United Airlines passengers spotted a snake in business class after the plane landed in Newark, per reports. Some passengers shrieked and raised their legs when the snake made an appearance, per News 12…

Retaking Ukraine’s Luhansk region is slow going because so many Russian troops fled there in other retreats, its governor said

A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded fellow soldier on the road in the freed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine on September 12, 2022. AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov Ukraine retook almost all of Kharkiv in a swift counteroffensive sending Russians into retreat. The governor of the occupied Luhansk region said many of those who fled ended…

United Airlines says hybrid working could help to keep travel demand surging, despite US airfares rising by 43% over the last year

United’s results had been “by most metrics, the best operational quarter in our history,” CEO Scott Kirby said. StudioPortoSabbia/Shutterstock Air ticket prices are soaring, but United Airlines doesn’t see travel demand falling away soon.  Hybrid working will allow more people to travel for leisure, the airline said in its Q3 results.  United’s Q3 results were…

Lyft’s app now lets you reserve and pay for a parking spot

Lyft now lets driver’s search, reserve and pay for a parking spot on its app, The San Francisco Chronicle has reported. It has partnered with parking company SpotHero to offer the service, promising “guaranteed parking, quick-find locations and transparent pricing.”  The company will offer the service in “select locations,” including San Francisco, but Lyft didn’t…