[“Yeah, we had about 70,000 people show up. Plus the tens of millions watching at home, of course.”] If you watched Super Bowl LX on Sunday, you saw a downright boring football game. But if you watched Bad Bunny’s halftime show, you saw an impressive and intricate spectacle. Usin … | Continue reading
There are amazing and very creative signs people design for the annual commemorations of the 25th of April, in Portugal. I embarked on building a web application that would not only celebrate this boundless creativity, but also shine a light on a critical date in Portuguese histo … | Continue reading
We know there is a problem with rail ticketing in the EU - anyone who has ever tried to book trains cross-border has encountered the issues. If you can find the trains you want, you often cannot get prices for the tickets. And even if you can get prices, you | Continue reading
Best-selling author Gregg Hurwitz reveals how the ‘psychopathic algorithms’ warping young men inform his latest book. | Continue reading
Art Garfunkel sat on a NYC rooftop in 2022 and sang a verse of "Scarborough Fair" with Tab Laven accompanying him on guitar. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Art Garfunkel Performs a Verse of ‘Scarborough Fair’ From a New York City Rooftop was originally publis … | Continue reading
Sophos has acquired Arco Cyber. The addition of the British security company is intended to bring AI-powered governance capabilities to organizations lacking security leadership. The deal should help MSPs and MSSPs deliver “CISO-level guidance” at scale. This could be a potential … | Continue reading
Table of Contents Reactive Streams: The Contract Behind ReactorProject Reactor Core ConceptsBackpressure: The Hard Part Reactive Does Not Mean FasterMongoDB Reactive Driver: Architecture OverviewIntegrating MongoDB Reactive Driver with Project ReactorPerformance Considerations wi … | Continue reading
Think you have just five senses? The true number could be much higher. | Continue reading
"Solved! Thank you everyone." Passerby shares photo of frustrating discovery on local sidewalk: 'There were so many of them' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order that cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map intended to add five Democratic seats in the U.S. […] The post An interim docket with long-term effects appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
When I worked at an energy efficiency organization, a manager once said, “There are metrics and there are meaningful metrics.” Some measuring yields numbers that may not be useful or applied productively. Lately while writing about electric vehicle chargers, one metric that stood … | Continue reading
In a joint advisory issued late last week, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) and federal cybersecurity office (BSI) said attackers are attempting to gain access to private messaging accounts in order to monitor confidential communications and potentially compromise bro … | Continue reading
Disclaimer: Not all climate deniers are pedophiles, but I bet most pedophiles are climate deniers. — Sara Peach is Editor at Yale Climate Connections (via email): As I’ve written, Epstein expressed doubt about mainstream climate change science.In a typo-laden email that appears t … | Continue reading
Tesla used to absolutely dominate brand loyalty surveys in the United States, and elsewhere. The vast majority of Tesla buyers said they’d buy a Tesla again or buy a Tesla as their next vehicle. However, recent research has shown that Tesla brand loyalty has dropped a lot in the … | Continue reading
Donald Trump demands ‘kindness and respect’; Chinese-made electric vehicles are here to stay; and more in Rupa Subramanya's Canada newsletter. | Continue reading
Insider Brief Orange Business said it is rolling out post-quantum cryptography across its global network through a new collaboration with Cisco, aiming to protect enterprise and public-sector data against future attacks enabled by quantum computing. According to a blog post by Je … | Continue reading
Netflix has 'One Piece' trailers for days, and the newest wants you to know you're in for a fun time with your pirate friends. | Continue reading
The device brings the study of farts “into the 21st century,” the researchers say. | Continue reading
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DALI’s new KUPID is a price-conscious loudspeaker bringing sound quality to a wider consumer base without sacrificing on style. | Continue reading
On a warming planet, knowing whether the home you’re about to invest your life savings in is at risk of being wiped out by a wildfire or drowned in a flood becomes paramount. And yet public data is almost nonexistent. While private companies offer property-level climate risk asse … | Continue reading
If it feels these days as if everything in technology is about AI, that’s because it is. And nowhere is that more true than in the market for computer memory. Demand, and profitability, for the type of DRAM used to feed GPUs and other accelerators in AI data centers is so huge th … | Continue reading
"This is an example of government working." Experts confirm unbelievable comeback of rare creatures from brink of extinction: 'They're very unique' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
AI does not appear to be a miracle cure for improving the signal-to-noise ratio for SOC teams. Even though AI assists security professionals, the old issue of alert fatigue remains at large. AI tooling is not yet capable of eliminating noise, distractions, and doubts when defendi … | Continue reading
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, the Supreme Court is putting a spotlight on a “Match Made in Utah.” Its website currently features the marriage certificate for Justice George Sutherland and Rose […] The post SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, February 10 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
Today’s most urgent challenges — social fragmentation, educational inequity, food insecurity, environmental stress — seem to have trapped the world in gridlock. Despite all our technological advances, we haven’t yet nailed the basics: Almost a third of the world’s population face … | Continue reading
When you buy a new Nintendo device, there are a few things you can expect: namely, some excellent Super Mario, Pokémon, and Legend of Zelda games, and maybe a great Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, or Smash Bros. The question mark has always been the other stuff. But with the Switch … | Continue reading
I’ve been thinking a lot about prioritization lately. I work at a startup where every second feels like a prioritization decision. There simply aren’t enough seconds in the day, and there’s an endless list of “should-haves” and “musts.” One thing I try to remind myself is that it … | Continue reading
Even when your power goes down, your Wi-Fi won't. | Continue reading
New tunes from an old maker. The post Works in Progress appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
There’s no way back.Or better yet, there’s no way to go back to what was said or change what happened.This is a great lesson to learn.You cannot change or relitigate the past.And this is another great lesson to learn. Whatever could have (or should have) happened, did happen, and … | Continue reading
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Orange Business and Cisco are announcing today their collaboration on Post-Quantum Cryptography- (PQC) secured solutions over the Orange Business global network infrastructure. This provides customers, from enterprises to public sector, with long-ter … | Continue reading
From ASALH: 2026 marks a century of national commemorations of Black history. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, George Cleveland Hall, William B. Hartgrove, Jesse E. Moorland, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination, and commemorati … | Continue reading
We have long had our doubts about the Trump Phone. Since its very first debut, the device - technically called the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 - has seemed utterly impossible to execute as advertised. The Trump Mobile team has also spent the last eight months rapidly moving the go … | Continue reading
"[They] have emerged as a new environmental threat." Research team develops revolutionary solution to major problem in water supply: 'High efficiency' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
How Do I Love You? How do I love you? Oh, this way and that way. Oh, happily. Perhaps I may elaborate by demonstration? Like this, and like this and …………………. no more words now by Mary Oliver from Felicity -Poems Penguin Press, NY, 2016 Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us g … | Continue reading
IBM is launching a new generation of FlashSystem storage with agentic AI as co-manager today. The three new systems, FlashSystem 5600, 7600, and 9600, are designed to reduce storage management work by up to 90 percent through autonomous decisions. IBM is convinced to shake up the … | Continue reading
Meet Ferreiraella populi, a weird mollusk discovered in Japan. Keep reading to find out how Rihanna is involved. | Continue reading
...and pick five highlights from their time at the South London heavy doof haven ahead of final outing this month As most of you will know, London venue Corsica Studios is to close in its current incarnation later this year – a cruel loss for those of us who love a room where cla … | Continue reading
Compared to the aggregate P/E ratio of the 35.76 in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry, Apple Inc. has a lower P/E ratio of 35.21. | Continue reading
Where other ebike makers might choose Bosch, Brose, TQ or even DJI to meet their mid-drive motor needs, Velotric is cycling its own path. The Discover M commuter features a proprietary 500-W Velo-Core mid-drive system that delivers 100 Nm of torque.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicyc … | Continue reading
'Star Trek' and its love of long-lived species was the key to pulling together the new show's wonderful 'DS9' tribute. | Continue reading
Discord is about to force some of the people who use its messaging app to make a choice: Use the platform with restricted features, or prove their age. It's a move that platforms have been slowly approaching, but Discord's teen-by-default rollout is a stronger clampdown that coul … | Continue reading
After a week vibe coding apps using Nothing's Essential Apps Builder, I'm conflicted. I buy into the smartphone maker's vision for software that adapts to you, not the other way around, but right now it doesn't deliver. It's hard to see how this goes from cool novelty to a reliab … | Continue reading
"That’s so cool." Shopper thrilled after finding high-end item for cheap at thrift store: 'I have never seen one of these' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Good take off… time for the weird forward lean. Make the pizza with your skis, yep. Heels are the tip, toes are crust. Nice, Spencer! You’ve got this. Why is Airplane WiFi so bad? Shouldn’t it be the best up here? Isn’t this where all the WiFi is? Phew, this is dangerous. Why don … | Continue reading
Life happens at 1x. Every conversation you’ve ever had. Every walk, every meal, every meaningful experience. None of it comes with a speed dial. We’re biological creatures wired for real-time processing. When someone speaks to you in person, you don’t get to fast-forward through … | Continue reading