Mountain biker and geology professor Kurt Refsnider and his team unveil spanking new 2,700-mile dream bike route through the American West. | Continue reading
Yay for books! | Continue reading
Without a doubt, advances in technology have revolutionized the way that businesses operate in the modern world. Every year, companies allocate more of their budget toward adopting digital practices and tools to improve productivity and outcomes. Digital adoption, which can be th … | Continue reading
Grippy, comfy to wear, and easy to clean. What more could you ask for? | Continue reading
After a deal with Comcast in a "put/call" agreement, a Disney Hulu ownership has been finalized, with the House of Mouse taking full operational control. | Continue reading
There's one question that almost every American voter asks him- or herself when casting their vote for president. | Continue reading
It’s easy to say you’ll be more energy-efficient, but smart-home devices can help save water, electricity, and money without you even realizing it. | Continue reading
'Quantum technologies' utilise the unique phenomena of quantum superposition and entanglement to encode and process information, with potentially profound benefits to a wide range of information technologies from communications to sensing and computing. | Continue reading
Wait… wasn't Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales fixing news? What happened to that? | Continue reading
The electric vehicle revolution is coming, but it won't be driven by the U.S. Instead, China will be at the forefront. | Continue reading
Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a group, especially when exploring new grounds, says a study published today in eLife. | Continue reading
Hate, as an emotion, is not an efficient response to ideological hate speech. Instead, using tools that hate speakers cannot use may undermine hate speakers' credibility. The arts have the potential to provide a more positive means of communication. | Continue reading
Best-selling author Mark Manson shares his thoughts on life, hope, personal development, and travel in this inspiring and insightful interview. | Continue reading
Last year about 1,000 runners were forced to quit the Stockholm Marathon due to extreme hot temperatures and the difficulty in staying hydrated. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a multifaceted measuring technology that is able to detect a number of … | Continue reading
Even just within the last couple of months, Cyclones Fani, Idai and Kenneth have brought devastation to millions. With the frequency and severity of extreme weather like this expected to increase against the backdrop of climate change, it is more important than ever to forecast a … | Continue reading
Inspired by the behaviour of natural skin, researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, have developed a sensor that will be suitable for use with electronic skin. It can measure changes in body temperature, and react to both sunlight and warm touch … | Continue reading
One of the leading causes of death for frogs, turtles and snakes is road mortality. A study in Denmark found that amphibians have a 34 to 61 percent chance of being struck when crossing a roadway, and slow-moving turtles in Florida had less than a 2 percent chance of surviving a … | Continue reading
This is a follow-up post to Qt on CMake Workshop Summary – Feb ’19 Intro From May 2nd to May 3rd another Qt on CMake workshop was hosted at the KDAB premises in Berlin, where interested stakeholders from both The Qt Company and KDAB gathered together to drive the CMake build syst … | Continue reading
A Loughborough University Ph.D. student has helped shed light on a solar panel puzzle that could lead to more efficient devices being developed. | Continue reading
New research has revealed that marine turtle hatchlings entering the ocean close to jetties have a high likelihood of being eaten. | Continue reading
ETH researchers have combined embryonic cells and liver cells in a new cell culture test. This combination lets them detect adverse effects that new medications may have on embryos early on in the drug development process. | Continue reading
Early release of working software is critical to a successful rewrite. In some circumstances, not sharing data between systems is a good option. | Continue reading
We sat down with Caroline Haskins, author of 'AirPods Are a Tragedy,' to dig deep into the human cost of the ubiquitous buds. | Continue reading
The idea began when UConn junior Christian Heiden '20 (ENG) was working on his Eagle Scout project in high school. It has developed into a non-profit organization that is helping the poor of Haiti and inspiring the curiosity of students in the UConn Child Development Labs. | Continue reading
Although much of the human genome has been sequenced and assembled, scientists have hit roadblocks trying to map unassembled regions of DNA that consist mostly of repetitive sequences, including the centromere. | Continue reading
Starch, a complex carbohydrate, is a vital source of nutrition for many mammals. Humans farm it in the form of rice, wheat, corn, potatoes and oats. Rats comb our garbage piles for scraps of pizza and bread. Wild boars root for tubers. | Continue reading
The indictments show that sometimes stealing phone numbers to hack accounts is an inside job. | Continue reading
This blog post describes Grab’s post-mortem findings for the outage caused by the Redis Cluster failure. | Continue reading
Plus: Spotify wants podcasts to be first-class citizens of its app, the state of indie podcast studios, and Howard Stern/Terry Gross is the most ambitious crossover event in history. | Continue reading
An FCC commissioner hopes that machine learning and distributed crypto-ledgers will free up wireless spectrum for billions of devices. | Continue reading
With Rookout and its non-breaking breakpoints, data scientists can now instantly observe the behavior of ML/AI models throughout their lifecycle. | Continue reading
Disney has released a new Aladdin clip showing a preview of Will Smith singing one of the animated film's iconic songs, Prince Ali. | Continue reading
Creating CSS-based animations and transitions can be a challenge. They can be complex and time-consuming. Need to move forward with a project with little | Continue reading
Professor Aaron Kay found that when we see someone as passionate about their work, we see it as more legitimate to exploit them. | Continue reading
In this paper, we describe a new type of online fraud, referred to as'eWhoring' by offenders. This crime script analysis provides an overview of the'eWhoring' business model, drawing on more... | Continue reading
Writing simple HTML polling using Ruby on Rails ONLY. | Continue reading
A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat) | Continue reading
Integrate the Email Tracking app into Zendesk Support. With email tracking, you’ll never have to ask that question ever again. | Continue reading
My team has been accelerating machine learning on devices and enabling AR face effects for developers (via ARCore & ML Kit). In recent months we’ve worked with Care OS, makers of smart mirror technology, to enable virtual try-ons via their hardware. Here’s a quick demo from Googl … | Continue reading
Tech companies have seen waves of worker protest, but they are still far from democratic. The remedy is to build and exert real forms of worker power inside the workplace. | Continue reading
Broiled salmon is a simple and efficient way to get perfectly cooked fish on the table: it bakes in 5 minutes! Add a bourbon glaze, and it's heavenly. | Continue reading
Given the current atmosphere of political polarization, conventional wisdom suggests that conversations about politics—especially those taking place online—are both unpleasant and unproductive. However, a new study finds the opposite: average citizens are participating in rich an … | Continue reading