Multitasking in the workplace can lead to negative emotions

From writing papers to answering emails, it's common for office workers to juggle multiple tasks at once. But those constant interruptions can actually create sadness and fear and eventually, a tense working environment, according to a new study aimed at understanding what shapes … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Solve invasive seaweed problem by turning it into biofuels and fertilisers

UK researchers have developed a cheap and simple way of creating biofuel and fertiliser from seaweed, whilst removing plastic from the oceans and cleaning up tourist beaches in the Caribbean and Central America. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Tristan Cross recreated his local pub in VR

Drinks over Zoom just weren't cutting it – so I recreated my local pub in virtual reality, with working pints and motion-captured versions of my friends | Continue reading


@wired.co.uk | 3 years ago

COVID World, Day Fifty-Four

Goodness gracious, 4° with gusting wind feels icy! That did not stop me from putting in a pretty good mile — yes, it may have provided a necessary motivation, since I came in at 9:34, but heavens t… | Continue reading


@akma.disseminary.org | 3 years ago

Poshmark Tells a Story

Gartner for Marketers provides latest insights on marketing research, benchmarks, tools, analysis and strategies that help you achieve your business goals | Continue reading


@gartner.com | 3 years ago

Penn State and NAGP identify and reconstitute two lost Holstein lines

Artificial insemination (AI), breeding value estimation, and genomic selection have allowed substantial increases in milk and component yields for Holstein cows. However, their widespread use has also led to challenges including declining fertility, emergence of recessive genetic … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Breaking down wood decomposition by fungi

Through a combination of lab and field experiments, researchers have developed a better understanding of the factors accounting for different wood decomposition rates among fungi. The new findings reveal how an understanding of fungal trait variation can improve the predictive ab … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

How to tune out common odors and focus on important ones

Quantitative biologists at CSHL have figured out how a fly brain learns to ignore overwhelmingly prevalent, mundane odors to focus on more important ones. It's an important step towards understanding how our senses work and how computer sensing could work better. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Hilton’s Hotels for Heroes

Gartner for Marketers provides latest insights on marketing research, benchmarks, tools, analysis and strategies that help you achieve your business goals | Continue reading


@gartner.com | 3 years ago

New dataset helps tomato growers reduce spread of bacterial canker

Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that can lead to significant losses in greenhouse and field production systems. This disease is caused by the bacterial pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis. The best way to control bacterial canker is by securing clean tomato seed and enforc … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Federico and Federighi, part 2 ↦

In this special episode of AppStories, Federico interviews Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi about iPadOS, pointer support, and more. | Continue reading


@appstories.net | 3 years ago

Russell Stover Hugs It Out

Gartner for Marketers provides latest insights on marketing research, benchmarks, tools, analysis and strategies that help you achieve your business goals | Continue reading


@gartner.com | 3 years ago

How to Report Like a Social Journalist

What I learned during my graduate studies in social journalism. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 3 years ago

How to Think About Chess

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@taaalk.co | 3 years ago

Creative Human Paints a Royal Costume for Her Bulldog Around the Fence Hole That He Looks Through

It's common knowledge that dogs love to peek out of fences to see what's going on in the world outside, particularly when there are strategically placed | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 3 years ago

Bitcoin Halving Just Occured

The easiest and most trusted transaction search engine and block explorer. | Continue reading


@blockchain.com | 3 years ago

When a Walk Is No Longer Just a Walk

After Ahmaud Arbery’s death, even stepping out the front door for a walk provokes a protracted mental checklist of how to stay safe in my own neighborhood. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 3 years ago

How to Perform Classification with Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)

In this article I will show you how to use Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)to build a classifier for tabular data. And don't worry – I will explain allstrange definitions :) There won't be any math in this article (although I like math, it is concise). Iwill try to show things … | Continue reading


@freecodecamp.org | 3 years ago

‘Back to the Future’ Trilogy Cast and Filmmakers Reunite for Josh Gad’s ‘Reunited Apart’ Web Series

Josh Gad's nostalgic web series Reunited Apart rounded up a Back to the Future reunion featuring the cast, filmmakers, and more special guests. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 3 years ago

The changes Monzo is bringing in for its customers

The guidance is relevant to customers with personal Monzo accounts in the UK | Continue reading


@bristolpost.co.uk | 3 years ago

Experts Say When School Resumes, Kids Should Be Allowed To Play More

What will school look like once it officially resumes in-person learning? Will teachers and school districts change the way they approach teaching kids? | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 3 years ago

Pandemic Best Practices: Changing Transit’s Future

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@stewartmader.com | 3 years ago

Apple Goes on Cloud Computing Hiring Spree

Apple has hired multiple well-known software engineers with cloud computing expertise in recent months, according to a report from tech site... | Continue reading


@macrumors.com | 3 years ago

We Launched a New Feature Except No

The leading online platform to prepare for the coding interviews. Master the toughest algorithms, sharpen your problem-solving skills, and land your dream job. | Continue reading


@algoexpert.io | 3 years ago

Thunderclap: Exploring Thunderbolt Vulnerabilities via DMA [pdf]

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@thunderclap.io | 3 years ago

Leeroy Jenkins Turns 15

"At least I have chicken." | Continue reading


@pcgamer.com | 3 years ago

Cloosiv (YC S19) Is Hiring an Android Developer

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@angel.co | 3 years ago

How to Hack taaalk.co – Joshua Summers and Robert Heaton

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@taaalk.co | 3 years ago

(Sponsor) Guardian Firewall

Guardian Firewall empowers users to take back control of their privacy on their iOS devices. Blatant exfiltration of very precise geolocation coordinates and data trackers recording your every move in native apps, just like they do on websites, are the ne... | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

Contactless Payments Are Here to Stay. Here’s How to Set Them Up on Your Phone.

If you haven’t tried contactless payments yet, here’s how to set up your credit or debit card for tap-and-pay functionality. | Continue reading


@thewirecutter.com | 3 years ago

(Podcast) Upgrade #297: Factual Controller

This week Jason and Myke ponder the mysteries of the 13-inch MacBook Pro(s), including why the Touch Bar is frozen in time and whether there’s a bigger change coming to Apple’s laptop line. Also Jason makes another IKEA order, Myke shares some... | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 years ago

“I Used To Make Machines…”

I have no idea what he meant by that. He was struggling with his words making less and less sense. These kind of photographs bother me but I’m drawn to them. Human tragedy is hard to ignore. | Continue reading


@frogpondjournal.com | 3 years ago

Evaluating timeline layouts

To show events over time, you can use a timeline, which is often marks on a line that runs from less recent to more recent. But you can vary the shape. Sara Di Bartolomeo and her group researched t… | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 years ago

Maybe It’s Natural Disaster Day at GFY, Because Here Are The Premieres of Day After Tomorrow

AKA the movie where climate change finally goes get us. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 3 years ago

Why the Lightsaber Duel in ‘The Phantom Menace’ is the Most Important Moment in the Prequel Trilogy, According to Dave Filoni

In the latest episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, we hear a Dave Filoni Duel of the Fates speech which explains why that lightsaber fight is so key. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 3 years ago

Scientists reveal solar system's oldest molecular fluids could hold the key to early life

The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

Bumble bee disease, reproduction shaped by flowering strip plants

Flowering strips—pollinator-friendly rows of plants that increase foraging habitat for bees—can help offset pollinator decline but may also bring risks of higher pathogen infection rates for pollinators foraging in those strips. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

How to boost plant biomass: Biologists uncover molecular link between nutrient availability, growth

Plant scientists have long known that crop yield is proportional to the dose of nitrogen fertilizer, but the increased use of fertilizers is costly and harmful to the environment. Until now, the underlying mechanisms by which plants adjust their growth according to the nitrogen d … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 3 years ago

We're in the Calm before a New Storm of COVID-19 Infections and Deaths

They’ve slowed for now, but as we begin to emerge from our homes, we need to brace for a resurgence | Continue reading


@blogs.scientificamerican.com | 3 years ago

Why I use typed functional programming

TL;DR: Functional programming languages and architectures provides many features (declarative programming; immutability; higher-order functional composition; static typing with type inference; pure functions; lazy evaluation) that offer, in my opinion, more benefits than disadv … | Continue reading


@luizsol.com | 3 years ago

Farewell, TensorFlow

Friday was my last day working on TensorFlow at Google. The past five years were a lot of fun, and I feel incredibly lucky to have been in the war room at 6 AM when we launched the project into the world. Since then, it’s been inspiring to see how people have used TensorFlow, fro … | Continue reading


@mrry.github.io | 3 years ago

Slow Motion Footage of an Industrious Squirrel Working From Home on a Tiny ‘Acorn’ Computer on a Tiny Desk

An industrious little squirrel works from home on a tiny "Acorn" computer on a tiny desk in the backyard of artist Lumi Barron. Barron, who is studying | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 3 years ago

Primary care needs a new operating system

Primary care was meant to be the front door to the healthcare system: the one-stop-shop we rely on for all of our general healthcare needs, and to help us navigate the rest of the convoluted care delivery ecosystem. But as a front door, it’s pretty broken. | Continue reading


@a16z.com | 3 years ago

Apple HomePod Released in India

With amazing sound, spatial awareness and the vast Apple Music library, HomePod takes the speaker to a whole new level. | Continue reading


@apple.com | 3 years ago

The modern way to call APIs in Python

Asynchronous and typing are new standards in Python, and they are especially useful for developing API clients to abstract and test external API response. | Continue reading


@strio.co | 3 years ago

Great Examples for Companion Planting and Permaculture Guilds

Introduction to permaculture guilds and companion planting. Suggests combinations for berries, apples, kale, figs, peaches, rosemary, and echinacea. | Continue reading


@worldwaterreserve.com | 3 years ago

Healthcare Has Left the Building

It used to be that when you got sick, your doctor would come to you. But as medical equipment, expertise and knowledge, and the entire modern healthcare system evolved, we created grand institutions to make granting healthcare to the masses more efficient. That system did us much … | Continue reading


@a16z.com | 3 years ago

Introducing Filecoin Discover

Today, we are pleased to launch Filecoin Discover – a project to help seed Filecoin as the home for humanity’s most important datasets and make it accessible to others, to grow our knowledge base and forge new ideas. | Continue reading


@filecoin.io | 3 years ago