$100M Epic MegaGrants

Epic Games has committed $100 million to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community. Show … | Continue reading


@unrealengine.com | 5 years ago

A look inside iqlusion’s Cosmos Hub Validator architecture

By Tony Arcieri and Shella Stephens Here at iqlusion, we have taken our past professional experiences from infrastructure and security teams at notable Silicon Valley companies and applied them in building what we believe is one of the most... | the iqlusion blog | Blog for iqlus … | Continue reading


@iqlusion.blog | 5 years ago

Building websites for Safari Reader Mode and other reading apps

Alternate reading modes offer users improved readability and options for personalisation — people can choose to use these tools for any… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 years ago

Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. This heari … | Continue reading


@commerce.senate.gov | 5 years ago

Which occupations are at highest risk of being automated? Analysis of England

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@ons.gov.uk | 5 years ago

Show HN: What's My Aircraft?

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@whatsmyaircraft.com | 5 years ago

Calm down, dear

I had planned a day of rest with perhaps a little light blogging about kittens. You’re all probably sick of me going on about Brexit. I’m sick of me going on about Brexit. But the lates… | Continue reading


@samizdata.net | 5 years ago

Let's Web Podcast

A podcast that teaches Web development through real mentorship. | Continue reading


@letsweb.dev | 5 years ago

Groups: EPA has dragged heels on oil dispersant rules

Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana say the Environmental Protection Agency has dragged its heels on issuing rules for oil spill dispersants, and they're ready to sue to demand them. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

“We come from Palestine, and both of these athletes live in...

“We come from Palestine, and both of these athletes live in refugee camps.  The camp has a special needs program provided by the Red Crescent, but that ends at the age of sixteen.  And there’s nowhere to go after that.  No programs.  No jobs.  So right now Special Olympics is the … | Continue reading


@humansofnewyork.com | 5 years ago

Duke University pays $112M to settle faked-research lawsuit

Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician's fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

French Musician FKJ Performs Live on Salar de Uyuni, The World’s Largest Salt Flat in Southwest Bolivia

French musician FKJ performed a beautiful live set upon the stunning Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia, the largest salt flat in the world. The event, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Apple’s March 25 Keynote: By the Numbers

Every time Apple holds a keynote event, a host of interesting numbers are shared related to the products announced. Although today's event at the Steve Jobs Theater was unique in many ways, with no hardware announced and a focus entirely on new services, there were still plenty o … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 5 years ago

New virtual reality tool allows you to see the world through the eyes of a tiny primate

Imagine that you live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, you're a pint-sized primate with enormous eyes that are roughly the same size as your brain, and you look a little like Gizmo from the movie, "Gremlins". You're a tarsier— a nocturnal animal whose giant eyes provide you … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

I Literally Made a Noise of Dismay When This Photo Loaded.

It’s BAD. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 5 years ago

‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot Trailers Take You to Another Dimension

Enter Jordan Peele's new take on The Twilight Zone with two trailers for two upcoming episodes of the CBS All Acess series. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 5 years ago

Ikea Hacks for People with Disabilities

Ikea furniture is so ubiquitous that all sorts of hacks and modifications have been designed by fans to coax new uses out of famil | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 5 years ago

Satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Veronica along Australia coast

On March 25, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move in southerly direction along the coast of Western Australia in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the storm. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

Crisis management: When your celebrity advertising endorser generates negative publicity

Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Free University of Berlin published new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science that provides companies with substantiated, actionable insights on strategies for effectively responding to situations where their highly … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

New U.S. Attorney Eyes Tougher Enforcement in Silicon Valley

The message to a roomful of corporate attorneys representing a who’s who of tech companies was clear: The once-sleepy U.S. Attorney’s office in San Francisco has awoken. New U.S. Attorney David Anderson, who recently took over the office responsible for federal criminal prosecuti … | Continue reading


@theinformation.com | 5 years ago

'Streets in Mind' shows NYC through the eyes of B&W street photographer Schaller

SmugMug Films has shared its latest film, Streets in Mind, which takes a look at the life and work of London-based street photographer Alan Schaller. | Continue reading


@dpreview.com | 5 years ago

Nikon: 'The view through the viewfinder should be as natural as possible'

We were in Japan earlier this month for the annual CP+ show in Yokohama, where we sat down with senior executives from several camera and lens manufacturers, among them Nikon. | Continue reading


@dpreview.com | 5 years ago

Starhub all about GitHub profile, public/private activity, stars and much more

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@starhub.be | 5 years ago

Using Apache Airflow's Docker Operator with Amazon's Container Repository

Get the most out of your Docker and Airflow infrastructure. Setup permissions and push to ECR, connect Airflow to ECR, and use your Docker image on Airflow. | Continue reading


@lucidchart.com | 5 years ago

Stephen King's 20 Rules for Writers (2018)

Image by the USO, via Flickr CommonsIn one of my favorite Stephen King interviews, for The Atlantic, he talks at length about the vital importance of a good opening line. “There are all sorts of theories,” he says, “it’s a tricky thing.” “But there’s one thing” he’s sure about: “ … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 5 years ago

Announcing Stork – Delivering Types from JSON Like a Stork in Swift

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@nunoalexandre.com | 5 years ago

The healthcare system can’t get a grip on its giant patient-matching mess

Some of the biggest health companies are trying to fix it, with the help of biometric data and A.I. | Continue reading


@fastcompany.com | 5 years ago

The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish

Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders—some of which are docile, others aggressive— have found that the success of their cooperative societies depend on their neighbours. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

NASA finds heavy rainfall around Tropical Cyclone Joaninha's center

NASA calculated the rainfall rates occurring in Tropical Cyclone Joaninha as it moved through the open waters of the Southern Indian Ocean. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

Wood-based technology creates electricity from heat

A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions and which could someday harness the body's heat to provide energy. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

This Multi-Tasking Breastfeeding Mom is My Hero

Viral photo of This Multi-Tasking Breastfeeding Mom is making moms feel right at home and she is a total hero. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 5 years ago

Matter waves and quantum splinters

Physicists in the United States, Austria and Brazil have shown that shaking ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) can cause them to either divide into uniform segments or shatter into unpredictable splinters, depending on the frequency of the shaking. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

Apple Publishes March 25 Keynote Video

Today at the Steve Jobs Theater, Apple held an event like no other in highlighting its new services in a variety of areas like TV, news, games, and even personal finance. There were no hardware announcements, but it was a fun event in its own right. If you didn't manage to catch … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 5 years ago

ReactWeek Faces Backlash over a Series of Misogynistic Tweets

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@mobile.twitter.com | 5 years ago

Apple pivot led by star-packed video service

With Hollywood stars galore, Apple unveiled its streaming video plans Monday along with news and game subscription offerings as part of an effort to shift its focus to digital content and services to break free of its reliance on iPhone sales. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 5 years ago

A Scrumptious Bite-Sized Chocolate Bar Mini-Puzzle

Areaware has released an adorable, bite-sized mini-puzzle that looks just like a scrumptious chocolate bar that can be taken apart and put back together | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Key Greenland glacier growing again after shrinking for years, Nasa study shows

“That was kind of a surprise." | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 5 years ago

Ciasto marchewkowe

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@whiteplate.com | 5 years ago

Haydn and Herschel in the Clair de Lune

It was a meeting of minds so great that if it didn’t really happen, it would be necessary to make it up. On June 15, 1792, Joseph Haydn, the most famous composer in Europe, journeyed to Slough, England, to the home and astronomical observatory of William and Caroline Herschel. As … | Continue reading


@charlespetzold.com | 5 years ago

Apple TV+, Channels, and the Redesigned TV App: Our Complete Overview

Today during Apple's | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 5 years ago

Review: The Square and the Tower

A blog about science, philosophy, and politics, with lots of silliness. | Continue reading


@astrorhysy.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

The Best Pizza Stone and Baking Steel

We made more than 50 pizzas, 24 flaky croissants, and 10 loaves of rustic bread on four stones and two baking steels. Here's what we recommend. | Continue reading


@thewirecutter.com | 5 years ago

Skymind Learning Portal

Our interactive learning scenarios provide you with a pre-configured SKIL instance, accessible from your browser without any downloads or configuration. Use it to experiment, learn SKIL and see how we can help solve real-world machine learning problems. | Continue reading


@skymind.ai | 5 years ago

South 3rd Street Residence in Austin, Texas / Alterstudio Architecture

In Austin, Texas, the innovative formation of two condos provides increased density and makes the South 3rd Street Residence affordable. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 years ago

Netflix is Testing a Mobile-Only Plan That Costs Less Than $4 Per Month

A Netflix mobile plan is being tested in "select countries" in which subscribers pay less than $4 per month and can only watch content on mobile devices. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 5 years ago

∞ Apple’s Event: Some initial thoughts

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@loopinsight.com | 5 years ago

Wayland 1.17 Is Released

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@lists.freedesktop.org | 5 years ago

The Speeder: Jetpack Aviation opens pre-orders on jet powered flying motorcycle

Jetpack Aviation has leap-frogged its own flying car project with the announcement that it's taking pre-orders now on a self-stabilizing, jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle capable of 150 mph speeds, 20 minute endurance and 15,000 ft altitudes. | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 5 years ago