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Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 13, 2022.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesHere's a friendship test: Would you share your frequent flyer miles with your pals? United Airlines is betting customers will be open to it.The airline on Thursday started allowing members of its MileagePlus loyalty program to pool their frequent flyer miles and tap into that stash for trips on United.A "pool leader" can pick up to four other family members or friends to participate…

The tournament will commence with ‘The Grind’ on April 4 where invited teams will compete to secure their position in the competition. Video game developer Krafton India on Tuesday announced the esports tournament Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2024, with a prize pool of Rs 2 crore.Registration for participants is open now. The tournament will commence with ‘The Grind’ on April 4 where invited teams will compete to secure their position in the competition.“At Krafton India, we are dedicated to…

Having a pool sounds like a great idea, especially for those who enjoy summers and don’t want the effects of climate change to do a number on their bodily exterior.But if you’re gonna get a pool, you’re gonna have to do a whole lot of upkeep to keep that boy in tip top shape. So, you’re either committing, or hiring someone to do it for you… or, well, pushing the responsibility onto your significant other, despite having promised you would take care of it when you bought the house.With a great pool comes great…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that galaxies in the early universe mainly resemble elongated shapes, such as surfboards and pool noodles, rather than round forms. This finding, based on the analysis of near-infrared images from the CEERS Survey, marks a significant discovery about the structure of early galaxies and extends the insights provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin), Micaela Bagley (UT Austin), Rebecca Larson (UT Austin)Hang Ten!…

When you rent a house or an apartment, it comes with certain common sense expectations. Like the idea that your landlord won’t barge in any time they want to without prior notice. Or that their family members won’t be on the premises partying in your pool.However, some landlords take advantage of their tenants by adding loopholes to the contract that benefit them. Redditor u/gordorioaquinno went viral after sharing such a situation with the r/pettyrevenge community. The OP revealed that their landlord’s family members…

Cleaning a pool is necessary but it’s certainly not a fun task, and that’s why the new pool cleaning robots from Aiper should catch your eye. The all-new ‘Scuba’ series of robots includes five different models, designed to fit every budget and cater to your needs no matter what size pool you have. All five robots are cordless too, and they start as low as $199 for the Scuba SE or $399 for the Scuba E1. Aiper says the SE is ideal for pools that are above ground, and around 860 square feet in size. You could probably use…

A luxury item that seemingly every warm-weather homeowner covets, the swimming pool has somehow become troubled waters for a wide range of movie and TV characters. In The Swimmer, it’s a symbol of personal decay for Burt Lancaster’s alcoholic suburbanite. In the simply-titled Swimming Pool it’s the stuff of Franco-British erotic intrigue. And in Stranger Things, there’s all manner of nastiness lurking beneath the seemingly placid chlorinated surface. In short, there are – ahem – depths to the onscreen pool party, more…

Glen Powell is on his way to becoming THE modern rom-com leading man. After starring in the Netflix hit Set It Up, his charm and charisma led him to pivot back to the genre for Anyone But You alongside Sydney Sweeney. While he may seem like a cool and confident actor who has no problem showing off a little bit for a movie, this wasn’t always the case. The Top Gun: Maverick star opened up about being shy about going shirtless in films and how he got over his own apprehensions for his most recent movies. The leading man…

Conceptual model proposed for the deep groundwater circulation system within the Gela Fm. aquifer. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01077-w A multi-institutional team of geoscientists has discovered a deep, ancient underground pool of fresh water underneath part of the Sicilian mountains. In their study, reported in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, the group used…

It was meant to revolutionize finance, and free us all from the tyranny of centralized control of our banking. But it turns out, Bitcoin just might end up killing our planet.That’s the findings of a new study by Alex de Vries, a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who has put forward an estimate for how much water is consumed every time someone buys, sells, or mines Bitcoin on the blockchain.Writing in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability, de Vries calculated that in 2021 mining Bitcoin consumed more than…