PSA: Hostelworld doesn’t allow you to rate a hostel less than 2/5 Had a bad experience at a hostel I booked on Hostelworld. Wanted to leave a bad review that reflected my feelings on that place. And I discovered it is apparently not possible to leave a review that is less than 2/5, even if you give the lowest possible score to everything. Which means that all hostel ratings on Hostelworld are crazy overinflate…

Air-Conditioning Is a Perk Many New York Homeless Shelters Don’t Allow Families living in city homeless shelters need a doctor’s note to install air-conditioning units. But some residents say shelters still make it difficult to get them.

Does Luminar Neo allow for something similar to frequency separation? Been using Photoshop for a long time, and for portraits I have been comfortable using frequency separation but wanted to try out dodging and burning for skin color retouching. But, I’m also considering leaving for Luminar Neo. However, I’m having a hard time finding any videos of skin retouching with Luminar Neo other than removing blemishes and…

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp is working on bringing a feature to allow users to generate images of themselves using Meta AI submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

New regulations in China that allow security officers to access devices such as phones and laptops without warrants are due to come into force on 1 July 2024. Anyone had any personal experience with having their electronics randomly searched? I was already struggled to travel with my partner and now this. submitted by /u/TenantReviews

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Allow, for Now, Emergency Abortions in Idaho According to Bloomberg News, a document posted briefly to the court’s website suggested a majority of the justices would reinstate a lower-court ruling that paused the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Ukraine Urges West to Allow Use of Weapons to Hit Russian Air Bases After bombs again rained on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Western partners to permit the use of their weapons against air bases inside Russia.

Japan Passes Law to Allow Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone New legislation in Japan requires Apple to allow third-party app stores and payment providers on the iPhone. The Japanese parliament has passed the Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software, a law that compels Apple to allow access to third-party app stores and payment providers on devices that run iOS. The legislation, …

Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments submitted by /u/PuddingFeeling907

Rumor: iOS 18’s Revamped Control Center Will Allow for Multiple Pages Rumors continue to surface about changes planned for Control Center on iOS 18, which Apple is set to unveil during its WWDC keynote on Monday. The latest word comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who today confirmed our report from earlier this week that said users will be able to rearrange controls directly within Control Center. Gurman also re…

Does China Southern Airlines allow mobile phones? I have some flights (AUS-LND) return coming up, i remember years ago when flying CSA they didn’t allow me to use my phone during the flight at all. Is this something they still in force? I just remembered after pre downloading a bunch of entertainment on my phone lol. Also, pretty niche but has anyone received meals for their dietary restriction…

X has new rules that officially allow porn now Illustration: The VergeAs spotted by TechCrunch, X updated its guidelines to let users “share consensually produced and distributed adult nudity or sexual behavior” as long as it’s labeled and not in a prominent location, such as a profile picture or banner. After this article was published, the @Safety account tweeted saying, “We have launched…

Blinken Hints U.S. May Allow Ukraine Greater Latitude to Strike in Russia The U.S. secretary of state suggested that Ukraine’s use of American-supplied arms could expand beyond the current limitation to strikes in the Kharkiv area.

Biden to Allow Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia The permission is intended solely for Ukraine to attack military sites in Russia being used to attack the Kharkiv area, U.S. officials said.

Democrats Adopt Nomination Plan to Allow Biden on the Ohio Ballot Party leaders said they would nominate the president via a virtual roll call of delegates before the national convention, overcoming a glitch that had threatened to keep him off the November ballot.

Gurman: iOS 18 Will Allow Users to Recolor App Icons and Place Them Anywhere Apple’s iOS 18 update will introduce new features for further customizing the iPhone’s home screen, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman claimed that Apple will allow users to change the color of app icons in ‌iOS 18‌. For example, “you can make all your social icons blue or finance-re…

Do Not Allow Putin to Capture Another Pawn in Europe Georgia’s new law against “foreign influence” is actually a troubling sign of Putin’s influence in Ukraine’s neighbors.

Messaging app Telegram to allow Tether stablecoin payments Users of encrypted messaging service Telegram can now start sending money via the stablecoin USDT by using The Open Network blockchain.

In an Unusual Vote, Democrats Rescue Measure to Allow Vote on Ukraine Bill A resolution to pave the way for the foreign aid package was on track to die in committee amid Republican opposition when Democrats stepped in to save it.

LPT the requirement of slowing down near schools is not only in case there are kids walking nearby, it’s also to let parents out into traffic so the teachers don’t have to stand in the Sun or rain all day waiting for traffic to allow the parent line to move. Way too many people speed past the cars trying to enter the road and then slow down after not letting anyone out. That’s actually worse than if you just fed past the whole thing. I’m pleading with people please always let at least one parent go from the school line. submitted by /u/TheRichTookItAll