Nokia Design Archive Now Available Online

Remember the pre-smartphone era, when cell phone design was fun and experimental? When phones had actual buttons?Here's a chance to revisit some of those designs: Today Finland's Aalto University launches the Nokia Design Archive. Freely accessible to all online, it contains "ske … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 6 minutes ago

A Designer Fundraiser for the LA Fires

As fires continue to devastate the Los Angeles area, designers are stepping up to help. UX designer and design writer Hang Xu and writer Lex Roman have created a series of livestream events, running through Friday, to raise money for those who have lost their homes in the fire."V … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 6 minutes ago

Brilliantly innovative on-demand transit system set to open in 2026

This is not your grandad's cable car gondola. Born of an amusement ride and opening to the public in 2026, this remarkably clever kiwi idea offers quick, cheap, on-demand urban transit – that's much more direct and private than public transport. Continue Reading Category: Urban T … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 9 minutes ago

Honda says the Acura RSX will be the first original EV with the Asimo operating system

Image: Honda Honda announced that its first original electric vehicle — that is, an EV built on its own platform and not one based on another automaker’s tech, like the Honda Prologue — will be the Acura RSX, due out in 2026. The Acura RSX, shown above still in camouflage, is bas … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 10 minutes ago

TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok will shut down entirely in the US on Sunday without intervention from the US Supreme Court, unnamed sources have told Reuters. That would go beyond the ban’s requirement for app stores to stop offering downloads of the app, but not i … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 10 minutes ago

[Article] Small-World Serendipity

We travelled 7,000km across the ocean only to find, by complete coincidence, that the Caribbean’s biggest cymruphile is the captain of a boat we chartered when we fancied a morning of reef-snorkelling and turtle-spotting. | Continue reading


@danq.me | 11 minutes ago

“The terror among academics on the covid origins issue is like nothing we’ve ever seen before”

Michael Weissman sends along this article he wrote with a Bayesian evaluation of Covid origins probabilities. He writes: It’s a peculiar issue to work on. The terror among academics on the covid origins issue is like nothing we’ve ever seen … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 17 minutes ago

Blog Question Challenge

I was tagged by Kyle and B to do this so here it is. Why Did You Start Blogging In The First Place? Initially I thought I'd be some hot take blogger getting posts retweeted by loads of people and be popular or something. We all wanted to be Gruber back then. More recently I'm blo … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 18 minutes ago

Micheal Fordays goes power pop and plays with production structures on the heartfelt single “Here at the Gates”

Micheal Fordays says that even though the song was written originally a few years ago, it fits perfectly on the new album The Odds of Magic and after hearing "Here at the Gates" I cannot wait for the rest. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 21 minutes ago

Wednesday Poem

January i The jays are commissars in uniform that rule By evolutions ordinance. Its lesser birds Survive haphazardly: the wrens are refugees, And robins following the railroad south have veered Toward destitution’s camp, where fields are deeply scrolled And hushed by January’s ha … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 24 minutes ago

Drop #592 (2025-01-15): In Living Color

Today's colorful drop features Flexoki, a color scheme for coding and prose; the "Definitive Ranking of Pantone Colors of the Year", and. Colorify Rocks' tools for discovering harmonious color combinations, emphasizing accessibility through various free resources. | Continue reading


@dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev | 25 minutes ago

SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon missions. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 25 minutes ago

DJI Stops Automatically Blocking Drone Flights Over Airports and Military Bases

"The geofencing system was created as a voluntary built-in safety feature," the company writes. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 26 minutes ago

Sandwell District Reveal New Album, ‘End Beginnings’

It marks the first full-length new project from the techno outfit since 2010's Feed-Forward Sandwell District have a new album on the way, titled End Beginnings. Following on from 2010's only previous full-length studio album by the techno project, Feed Forward, which was reissue … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 28 minutes ago

How to bulk save your TikTok videos

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge There’s a general sense of doom on the TikTok feeds these days, and no wonder: it looks like the video service may be banned in the US as of January 19th. TikTok creators are offering satirical goodbyes to their Chinese spies and wondering … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 30 minutes ago

We’ll Be Meeting Several Aiel in The Wheel of Time Season 3

Including one figure that fans have been waiting to meet... The post We’ll Be Meeting Several Aiel in The Wheel of Time Season 3 appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 35 minutes ago

Marvel’s Vision Show May Bring Back a Very Early MCU Villain

Plus, Osgood Perkins teases the explosive gore of The Monkey. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 35 minutes ago

Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Cards Are Powerful, but Their Real Promise Hinges on ‘Fake’ Frames

I’ve seen the RTX 5090 double the framerate of 4090, though a big part of that is due to DLSS 4 and multi-frame gen. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 36 minutes ago

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Processor Is Nearly 60% Off, the Lowest Price Since Its Release Last Summer

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor which released last summer is just $269 now on Amazon. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 36 minutes ago

Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe

A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 36 minutes ago

See? Not Just An American Thing

And now, for a little international flair, here's a Cake Wreck all the way from Norway. We begin with a guy ordering a cake for his coworker, Arnold: (The original article is written in Norwegian, so I've put this conversation through Google Translate.) "Can I please order a marz … | Continue reading


@cakewrecks.com | 36 minutes ago

Microsoft relaunches Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents

Image: The Verge Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat today, complete with the ability to use AI agents. Copilot Chat is Microsoft’s latest attempt to get people used to using AI at work and relying on it enough to tempt them into … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 36 minutes ago

Google is making AI in Gmail and Docs free — but raising the price of Workspace

Image: The Verge If you wanted to use all of Google’s AI features inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and the rest of the Workspace suite, you previously needed to pony up another $20 per user per month for the Gemini Business plan. As of Tuesday, it’s free. Google is bringing all … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 36 minutes ago

Chef shares quick and easy 'genius' hack to keep your herbs fresh for longer: 'Such a game-changer'

"I've wasted so many herbs over the years — never again!" Chef shares quick and easy 'genius' hack to keep your herbs fresh for longer: 'Such a game-changer' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 36 minutes ago

10 biggest world threats of 2025, ranked | Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, has been delivering his insightful Top Risks Report for 15 years. The primary objective? To systematically outline how we should approach the world’s most significant threats and opportunities in any given year. Bremmer’s T … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 36 minutes ago

🔗 Shell Scripting with Elixir

About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 36 minutes ago

AOL voice artist Elwood Edwards created personalized greetings

Elwood Edwards achieved fame as the voice that welcomed you to your AOL account, warmly informing you that "You've got mail!" after all the old-timey modem screeching was done with. Elwood died in November. John Graham-Cumming writes about his encounter with Elwood's post-AOL voi … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 37 minutes ago

Aonic sinks $10 million into Richie Games developer Mega Fortuna

The investment includes the option to purchase the Turkish company for $70 million. | Continue reading


@gamedeveloper.com | 45 minutes ago

The Muster Point Project impresses with new influences and storytelling on single “Darlin'”

It's a fun experiment for The Muster Point Project, as Kevin manages to incorporate that punk aesthetic into his own sound perfectly as the production oscillates between genres seamlessly. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 49 minutes ago

Planners Use Visioning to Start Off 2025 

Visioning can be a powerful tool to start the year. But it’s not enough, says Tyra Dyson, who leads a workshop for planners focused on turning visions into reality. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading


@meetings.skift.com | 52 minutes ago

On the need to disrupt the structure of a blog

Chris Armstrong, advocating for a digital garden over a blog structure: A blog structure places the highest emphasis on ‘what’s new’… but what’s new has had the least scrutiny and little authority. Robin Rendle linked to Armstrong’s post recently and reading it reminded me of my … | Continue reading


@cdevroe.com | 52 minutes ago

An early morning view of the Green Mountains in Vermont, taken through the kitchen window of a kind stranger who fed my wife and me two meals and let us spend the night in her home, take showers and wash our clothes when we were hiking through her area. #photography | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 54 minutes ago

Introducing the Next Era for Skift Meetings Awards

Visioning can be a powerful tool to start the year. But it’s not enough, says Tyra Dyson, who leads a workshop for planners focused on turning visions into reality. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading


@meetings.skift.com | 58 minutes ago

Industry Trends 2025 by Mosaic Team

Explore Mosaic's vision for the future of mobile mapping and immersive environments in 2025. From advancing photogrammetry workflows to driving innovations in AI, AR/VR, and digital twins, discover how our technology is reshaping industries and enabling smarter, more efficient so … | Continue reading


@mosaic51.com | 59 minutes ago

Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead

An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Popular sleeping pill shown to block brain's critical cleaning cycle

Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Now, new research shows that a common prescription sleep aid can disrupt this essential process. Continue Reading Category: Slee … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Record-Breaking Efficiency and Longevity: New Research Eliminates Major Weakness in Organic Solar Cells

Researchers enhanced organic solar cell efficiency and stability by eliminating a loss mechanism using a SiOxNy passivation layer, achieving record-breaking performance and longevity. Researchers at Åbo Akademi University in Finland have discovered and eliminated a previously unk … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Samsung’s Top-Selling 11-Inch Galaxy Tablet for Just $100? Yes, Please!

Save $70 on the Galaxy Tab A9+ and then tack on up to $50 in instant trade-in credit to bring the price down to a cool C-note. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Meta cutting 5 percent of workforce to jettison 'low performers'

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wants to 'raise the bar' internally, but some divisions continue to flag under his leadership. | Continue reading


@gamedeveloper.com | 1 hour ago

Honor’s Magic 7 Pro looks flagship through and through

The Honor Magic 7 Pro ships in blue, black, and a shadowy grey. | Image: Honor Honor’s flagship Magic 7 Pro launches in the UK and Europe today, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and protected by top-tier water-resistance. It also features a high resolution 200 megapixel telephot … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

What the Oil and Gas Industry Expects from Trump

Current conditions: Severe thunderstorms brought transportation chaos to Sydney and left 120,000 homes without power • Greece may resort to filling hotel pools with seawater instead of fresh water due to extreme drought • A clipper storm will bring some snow to the Great Lakes an … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Stop Relying on Others for Validation at Work

How to cultivate a deeper sense of self-worth. | Continue reading


@hbr.org | 1 hour ago

A Lifetime Subscription to Microsoft Office Pro 2021 Is Back at Its Holiday Price of Just $60 (72% Off)

StackSocial is giving your productive 2025 an early boost by taking 72% off the price of this huge suite of apps, now just $60. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Cisco has a plan to stop AI from going rogue

The post Cisco has a plan to stop AI from going rogue appeared first on The Logic. | Continue reading


@thelogic.co | 1 hour ago

Amogy raises $56M to commercialize ammonia for heavy duty transit

A New York–based startup that sailed what it says was the first ammonia-powered vessel announced Wednesday that it has raised $56 million in new venture funding. Amogy, which was founded by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD graduates, aims to help decarbonize sector … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 1 hour ago

Her Vacant Chair in Taunton, Massachusetts

The Mayflower Hill Cemetery in Taunton was established in the mid-19th century and is home to numerous historical graves. Among them is one headstone with a unique design that not only holds a tragic backstory, but is also allegedly possessed by the spirit resting there. Pearl E. … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago

Homeowner makes concerning discovery after digging around sickly tree: 'These things ... suck'

"The tree has barely bloomed in 4 years, loses most the leaves early in summer, has had some mild fungus issues." Homeowner makes concerning discovery after digging around sickly tree: 'These things ... suck' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Wednesday 15 January, 2025

Bath time in the West End Amazing what you see when you wander round London with a camera. Quote of the Day “One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@memex.naughtons.org | 1 hour ago