Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding the basis of the hallucinations and delusions that characterize schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. | Continue reading
Much of the ocean’s life remains a mystery to us, but an international team of scientists has just filled in a few blanks after a 40-day expeditionto the Salas y Gómez Ridge. The ridge is a lengthy corridor filled with over 100 underwater mountains that extends from Chile to Rapa … | Continue reading
An object that smashed through a Florida home was part of a pallet jettisoned from the International Space Station along with 5,800 pounds of aging batteries back in March 2021. | Continue reading
But will he be in his element? The post Steve Buscemi Joins Wednesday’s Season Two Cast appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Today's Drop dares asks and explores the question "Why Do We Need More Typefaces?". We then take a look at "Legibility" by Mary C. Dyson which will 100% help you craft better communications. And, we end with a bit of fun from The Washington Post's interactive piece that explores … | Continue reading
"For around the same amount of money, you can buy all of this produce and make at least double what you would have gotten." Grocery shopper issues PSA about common product on store shelves tricking you into spending more money: 'Please do not be tricked' first appeared on The Coo … | Continue reading
Though Doctor Who fans met Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor in Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road,” he’ll be setting out for his first proper season of adventures next month—and the early teases have signaled a big change for the show beyond the new star and the Disney doll … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released draft rules to reinstate net neutrality, with a vote on adopting the rules to come on the 25th of April. The FCC needs to close some loopholes in the draft rules before then. Proposed Rules on Throttling and Prioritization … | Continue reading
The Brits are getting serious about deepfake porn—so serious, in fact, that if you get caught making or sharing the content in the United Kingdom it could soon get you thrown in prison. Read more... | Continue reading
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Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall software. [...] | Continue reading
AirPods have taken the consumer audio industry by storm and successfully entered most households. There’s a chance that most of us (like me) have never tried to look into everything they can do. Let’s look at those hidden features we didn’t know about one of the planet’s most pop … | Continue reading
"Salvage" is a stunning piece of music, really bringing to light Jason Lyles' lyricism and highlighting the film's influence on the artists's music. | Continue reading
With Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) version 12.3 being much more natural and usable than previous versions, I have been using it more in order to track its progress and try to understand it better. It’s still much more enjoyable to drive the car myself, but the technology is truly … | Continue reading
2024 promises to be the year of multi-modal AI, and we are already seeing some amazing things. In this “fully connected” episode, Chris and Daniel explore the new Udio product/service for generating music. Then they dig into the differences between recent multi-modal efforts and … | Continue reading
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NASA's plan to retrieve as many as 30 geological samples from Mars is getting a major rewrite, agency officials said on Monday. The initial plan, which would not return the samples to Earth until 2040, was deemed "too expensive" and "unacceptably too long." | Continue reading
Marvel’s comics have suddenly dovetailed into what’s been going on in Marvel’s movies for a long time—even before the MCU hit stratospheric heights, there’s always been elements from adaptations that then make their way back to the source. But while this has been an often left-un … | Continue reading
Plastic. It’s literally everywhere on our planet, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. And in case you missed the memo, “plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at scale,” and is “virtually hopeless.” However, perhaps by using recycled plastics on a small … | Continue reading
YouTube announced yesterday that third-party applications that block ads while watching YouTube videos violates its Terms of Service (ToS), and it will soon start taking action against the apps. [...] | Continue reading
One more note before I leave…. The psychology of things. People and stories, work and why we choose […] | Continue reading
As the history committee chair of the IEEE Lone Star Section, in San Antonio, Texas, I am responsible for documenting, preserving, and raising the visibility of technologies developed in the local area. One such technology is the Datapoint 2200, a programmable terminal that laid … | Continue reading
Google workers in California and New York are planning a sit-in protest of the company’s ties to Israel on Tuesday, organizers from “No Tech for Apartheid” tell Gizmodo. The protestors demand their company drop Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract held by Google and Amazon to … | Continue reading
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"This is one of those tools that we are developing that could actually help the industry face these challenges against human pathogens and spoilage organisms." Scientists find way to make produce last longer with innovative, antibacterial wax coating: 'Easily scalable and can be … | Continue reading
everyone in the SW on England probably knows those two MTB locations but the same data will be good at... The post Strava Updates Heatmaps – Gravel and Mountain Bike now included appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024 Pretty Boy Floyd nods off: We're guessing that Rachel Maddow read yesterday's New York Times, though then again possibly not. (She surely read this lengthy piece from the April 7 Sunday edition.) We refer to one particular part of what had seemed to be a f … | Continue reading
Rover bills itself as the most popular pet-sitting app in the U.S., with tens of millions of bookings since the service was founded in 2011. But just like other gig-economy apps such as Uber and Airbnb, Rover is offered as a technology platform rather than a direct employer of pe … | Continue reading
Onyx Boox announced it will have two new E Ink tablet devices up for launch on April 23, ITHome reported. It is the Note X3 Youth Edition and the Note X3 Pro E Ink tablets that the company plans to launch next week. The company had earlier launched the Note X3 last fall. The Note … | Continue reading
iReader is all set to launch a new E Ink tablet at an event scheduled on April 23, ITHome reported. The Smart 5, as the e-note device is named is being put forth as the best device to usher in the new paperless era. The company however isn’t revealing all about the upcoming e-not … | Continue reading
Distracting myself again with wine stories. The memories and old photos, people…. Not talking about it anymore, what […] | Continue reading
Disney+ to offer 24/7 channels to play Star Wars content, commercials. | Continue reading
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Joe’s post highlights a nuance re: my little tantrum about the way some (wannabe?) “thought leaders” write that I didn’t tease out in the original note. I should clarify: writing in short, punchy sentences sometimes can help emphasize a point; writing in short, punchy sentences a … | Continue reading
Forty-five years after its release, it’s time to have your chest burst all over again. Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece, Alien, is coming back to theaters later this month, to both celebrate the film’s anniversary and to prep audiences for its latest follow-up, Alien: Romulus. Rea … | Continue reading
Netflix’s game section is now an established part of the brand, despite how I’m constantly fielding queries of “Wait, Netflix has games,” or “How do I download the Netflix games?” every time I mention it. Okay, we have covered both of your concerns. Yes, Netflix has games, and—in … | Continue reading
Boston Dynamics is retiring Atlas, the most famous bipedal robot in existence, according to a new video published on the robotics company’s YouTube page. And we’d be lying if we didn’t admit to getting a little choked up watching the trials and tribulations of Atlas over the year … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself:I was born and raised in Mexico City. I have a master’s in Spatial Planning [meaning absolute space], and I am a map enthusiast and a criminal analysis enthusiast, what better way to represent criminal behavior than using maps! I worked as a crime analyst f … | Continue reading
The other day I was complaining to a friend how I've been spinning my wheels lately, having trouble finding any projects or gigs I could work on. He came back with a quick, short, smart response: Who cares? Just make weird shit. It hit me like a ton | Continue reading
Google would really like it if everyone just paid for YouTube Premium instead. | Continue reading
Why do we fear being lied to? Because we don’t like others manipulating our beliefs. But our fear of being misled by false news pales by comparison to our fear of suffering total “mind-control”, such as depicted in the films | Continue reading
This 40-year-old cookbook still presents the food of New England in a modern way. | Continue reading
Every culture has a story of the eschaton: the end of time. In Norse mythology, the world will end in an epic battle called Ragnarök, with gods fighting the Ice Giants. In Christian lore, the book of Revelations says the final battle will happen at Armageddon. Even modern science … | Continue reading
Celebrity AI sex image scandal spurs Meta to seek comments for policy revamp. | Continue reading
Stephanie Zacharek is the film critic at Time, and Dwight Garner is a book critic for The New York Times. They’re two of my favorite writers to read, so when I found out they were friends, I thought it would be fun to interview them together for the newsletter. We had a good time … | Continue reading
DeWalt's $33 manual Carbon Fiber Composite Staple Gun is made out of the stuff, and thus weighs 50% less. It's actually 2-in-1 tool as it can also fire brad nails.As for design features, it's got a little windows on either side of the nose, so you can see when you're running low … | Continue reading
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Dear valued faculty, In light of the recent budget cuts, the university administration thought it would be helpful to clarify a few things about our institution and our mission. We are not a “school.” We are a hospital system with a football team. We collect grants from the feder … | Continue reading