Back at the IAA Transportation 2022 exhibition, German Tier 1 automotive supplier Mahle presented the Super Continuous Torque (SCT) motor, an electric machine capable of running continuously at 90% of its peak power. It was an impressive little workhorse, and this year, Mahle fur … | Continue reading
Image: Getty Baidu’s robotaxi division, Apollo Go, just rolled out its latest robotaxi across multiple cities in China, and if stakeholders in the US aren’t nervous yet, they should be. The RT6 is the sixth generation of Apollo Go’s driverless vehicle, which made its official deb … | Continue reading
First Recall iteration never released, was picked apart by security researchers. | Continue reading
Jon Pack sniffed all the dogs that came by in order to suss out the different varietals of each breed as a Dog Sommelier. | Continue reading
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids Summit: 11–12 December 20 … | Continue reading
VERY effectively! The post Jodie Turner-Smith Has Draped Herself in Velvet first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
There's a fun new tool at Edhiphy. The designers pulled the full text from twelve leading philosophy journals from 1890 to 1980 and counted the occurrences of philosophers' names. (See note [1] for discussion of error rates in their method.) Back in the early 2010s, I posted seve … | Continue reading
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"We will stop at nothing to deliver on that promise to our growing global community of riders." Zero Motorcycles announces groundbreaking new measure to transform the motorcycle market: 'Our mission … has been to revolutionize' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Katherine Mansfield House was the childhood home of Katherine Mansfield, one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers. Mansfield's works frequently addressed themes that were considered taboo or controversial, such as sexual identity, class differences, and the complexities o … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced today that its controversial AI-powered Recall feature is finally rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel using Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. [...] | Continue reading
“House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, months before she is set to arrive on Capi … | Continue reading
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is releasing the first preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot Plus PCs today. After a series of delays, Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now install a new build of Windows 11 that includes Recall and Click to Do — a feature that’s very simi … | Continue reading
That's almost $100 less for Apple's best AirPods. | Continue reading
Not normal: Lions are climbing trees in Botswana. “It appears that climbing trees can be a big advantage for hunting, resting, and beating the heat.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
Cut to the scene of “On the Bloggerfront” where in a taxi, a tired old blog post sits dejected next to its former friend, Google, looking smug and dapper in an overcoat: Google: Look, kid, I — how many readers you got, Slick? When you posted one hundred and sixty-eight times in a … | Continue reading
Image: Plex Plex is beginning to test its “newly reimagined Plex experience,” which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms “very soon.” Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is “designed to bring everything you love … | Continue reading
Online Exclusive! The Dolby ATMOS Soundbar is bundled into this great deal as an added bonus. | Continue reading
The variety and scope of work involved as an SA is also very unusual. One day could be an architecture review, the next a security incident review with a CSO, the next a customer enablement session, the next public speaking. This is why I personally enjoy the work as an SA so muc … | Continue reading
Manuel Moreale: Sometimes I spot posts like Chris’ Media Diet in my RSS feed and I’m always amazed by the fact the people manage to keep up with movies and TV series and the rest of the media landscape. I can totally see how someone posting a post like mine makes it feel like I j … | Continue reading
Identity management revamped: Amazon Cognito unveils customizable login flows, passwordless options, and tiered pricing for tailored authentication experiences. | Continue reading
Just as my obsession with relevance and economic security have often crowded out what’s really important — relationships — I’ve let my preoccupation with the election results crowd out the blessings in my life. God, I’m so fucking sick of politics. So … let’s talk about cars. Fas … | Continue reading
Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large tree | Continue reading
The hair-raising case is an example of the rare condition known as Rapunzel syndrome. | Continue reading
Sapphic Arcane fans have started prayer circles online hoping the League of Legends series goes out with a bang. | Continue reading
For those who didn’t have time to watch the whole four-hour video Morgan posted earlier. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now. | Continue reading
A lot is happening in carbon, and we sat down with Magnus again after speaking with him in 2022. What are you currently most excited about in the carbon markets? Two things excite me the most: First, the real, quiet shift towards removal, and second, the increasing adoption of lo … | Continue reading
Our stroll to the first morning of work in San Francisco included the usual sights, e.g., a homeless encampment in the same frame as a self-driving Waymo: Also, a smashed office building glass door: It also took us past a Silicon Valley Bank “Experience Center” and the San Franci … | Continue reading
Private School Labeler on Bluesky I am utterly delighted by this subversive use of Bluesky's labels feature, which allows you to subscribe to a custom application that then adds visible labels to profiles. The feature was designed for moderation, but this labeler subverts it by d … | Continue reading
Amazon is slashing prices on all Apple computers for Black Friday, including the latest iMac with the M4 chip. | Continue reading
Here's what we looked at this week:LG develops a stretchable display that can follow compound curves.Material science + fear-based marketing: The Armor-Tex is a stab-proof jacket. Nike showed off their 3D-printed Air Max 1000s.Industrial Design student work: Maoxin Yuan's the … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 26 in a case involving the showing that plaintiffs in “reverse discrimination” cases must make, followed by oral arguments on March 4 in a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to... Th … | Continue reading
'Inin Games will be working closely alongside Ys Net to honor [Shenmue's] legacy while ensuring its accessibility to even more fans around the world.' | Continue reading
"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy." | Continue reading
After talking about Pocket alternatives a few other options have been recommended. Including NextCloud bookmarks (which Marcel talked about in the link above) and then Glasp. Out of the gate I don’t see an extension for Firefox so I’m out on that point alone but there is somethin … | Continue reading
If Donald Trump — who tried to overthrow the 2020 election, calls journalists "the enemy of the people," and has repeatedly promised to go after his political opponents — makes you a tad nervous, Lara Trump says your instincts are "unwarranted and unfair." — Read the rest The pos … | Continue reading
A seemingly wild conure parrot flew in through the open door of Martha Càrdenas' apartment and immediately made himself at home. | Continue reading
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A rare chance to get 52% off ($630 off) the JBL 9.1 Channel Surround Soundbar, it's only for Black Friday. | Continue reading
I asked Anthropic’s Claude to build me a simple, interactive calculator as a static website for looking at year over year growth. It’s simple math, but nice to have something that shows a chart and I can easily click on and play with. This whole process took less than ten minutes … | Continue reading
One of the advantages electric vehicles have is that their batteries can store energy to be used for purposes other than driving. Vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-load are some of the terms used to describe this versatility. So, if you have a Ford Lightning, Chevy Silverado EV, or … | Continue reading
Projects in Texas and North Dakota support clean energy transition as MIT moves closer to 2026 net-zero goal. | Continue reading
Just as my obsession with relevance and economic security have often crowded out what’s really important — relationships — I’ve let my preoccupation with the election results crowd out the blessings in my life. God, I’m so fucking sick of politics. So … let’s talk about cars. Fas … | Continue reading
This one was hard to decide, hard enough I listen to only Tragically Hip albums for 2 weeks. The Tragically Hip seem like some Canadian institution. I remember when Gord Downie died a few years ago I was disappointed that I had never got to see them in concert. After all that tim … | Continue reading
1. Why school vouchers failed in Kentucky. 2. Writing a book with ten autonomous AI agents. 3. Too many three-pointers in the NBA now. 4. NZ update (NYT). And the FT on Maori issues. 5. Macroeconomic monitor for Milei. 6. Generative AI simulations of 1,000 people. 7. Shruti Rajag … | Continue reading
It is on us to build the new one—and to ensure that it is free. That begins by telling the truth. | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Raynaldo Ortiz was found guilty in April of injecting IV bags with anesthetics, leading to the death of one person and poisoning 11 more. A judge yesterday sentenced him to 190 years in jail, the maximum possible, with n … | Continue reading