The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature. | Continue reading
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday, which will see the social networking giant removing fact-checking across its apps in favor of a crowdsourced community notes feature, similar to X’s. The Mastodon found … | Continue reading
On October 16 and November 20, Elon Musk tweeted videos of himself clearing the highest level of the Diablo IV video game in about 2 minutes. While Diablo IV has been out since mid-2023, the latest “season,” called The Pit, launched on October 7. Many asked: How did he find the t … | Continue reading
Roadshow Pictures The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller looking at the selection of the new pope. But what is a conclave, and where did this ritual begin? The institution of the conclave is the formal process by which a pope is elected. As cardinals cast their secret … | Continue reading
Everett Collection/Shutterstock Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s when African American culture flourished in New York City. Bentley’s risqué performances intrigued audiences. So did the entertainer’s relatio … | Continue reading
Like anything in life, the secret to becoming Steph Curry or Sabrina Ionescu is practice, practice, and more practice. You practice when it’s too hot, too cold, you’re tired, or you’re sick. Finding a willing one-on-one partner through all of that is, however, another question en … | Continue reading
Maël BALLAND/Pexels When I (Nathan Brooks English) was six years old, I snuck a starfish home from the beach and hid it in my closet. I regret that now, as my parents did then when the smell of rotting starfish overwhelmed the house. I regret it also because that starfish had a p … | Continue reading
topimages/Shutterstock The popularity of e-bikes has soared over the past decade. Shared electric bikes for rent have become a common sight in major cities worldwide, while private ownership is also rising. Since 2020, both sales and import of e-bikes have nearly tripled in Austr … | Continue reading
Przemek Klos/Shutterstock Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. But if they didn’t, and you didn’t already have a credit ca … | Continue reading
The Conversation, CC BY Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies – the Americans (hey bae!) – seem to be taking over our English. For many Aussies, our linguistic border security is a matter of cultural and national … | Continue reading
While just about everyone loves the thought of growing fresh herbs n' veggies in their own kitchen, not everyone has the green thumb required to do so. The Plantaform system was designed with that fact in mind, as it grows edible plants automatically … using a nutrient-rich fog. … | Continue reading
Gridware's sensors listen for sounds that the company’s software has been trained to identify as different hazards to the grid. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
The Intake is a low-tech magnetic device that helps you breathe better. | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Photo by Amanda Hesser Hello from … | Continue reading
When government-supported businesses fail, they attract criticism from both political opponents and the media. (Shutterstock) A common government strategy to increase prosperity in economically lagging regions is to provide financial assistance to technology-based businesses. Thi … | Continue reading
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
The engineer and aspiring astronaut developed an outreach program at Lincoln Laboratory to help bring hands-on STEM activities to all. | Continue reading
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There’s a nascent, concerted effort to make Oklahoma the first state to ban new renewable energy projects. And it’s picking up steam. Across the U.S., activism against wind and solar energy has only grown in intensity, power, and scope in tandem with the recent renewables boom. T … | Continue reading
If a philanthropic organization is looking to support local news in a given community, it typically wants to figure out the answers to a few questions before committing funding: What are the community’s information needs? Who, if anyone, is meeting those information needs, and wh … | Continue reading
The Russian ISP blamed the Ukrainian hackers for causing a "complete failure" across its internet infrastructure. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
Meta announced its reducing its protections against hate speech and discriminatory content, with advocates warning its opening up the floodgates to more online hate. | Continue reading
stokkete/Shutterstock The idea of becoming a “soft girl” – a woman who embrace values that are seen as soft, such as beauty and family life, at the expense of a career – is an emerging trend among some social media influencers. Soft girls often opt to be financially supported by … | Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s threat of 25 per cent tariffs against Canada — combined with his ongoing denigration of Canadian sovereignty, including his recent threat to take the country “by economic force” — have Canadians rightly concerned about the immediate future. Unfortunately, the feder … | Continue reading
The Palisades, Hurst, and Eaton fires now spreading across Los Angeles are yet another reminder that our rapidly changing climate now acts in unprecedented ways, with hurricane-force winds, longstanding drought, and a host of other factors contributing to blazes that have so far … | Continue reading
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The AI news cycle didn’t slow down much this holiday season. Between OpenAI’s 12 days of “shipmas” and DeepSeek’s major model release on Christmas Day, blink … | Continue reading
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microsoft/phi-4 Here's the official release of Microsoft's Phi-4 LLM, now officially under an MIT license. A few weeks ago I covered the earlier unofficial versions, where I talked about how the model used synthetic training data in some really interesting ways. It benchmarks fav … | Continue reading
Google announced 'Daily Listen,' which provides AI-generated audio of topics you're interested in. | Continue reading
A captivating and fascinating evolution to their sonic vocabulary, Psylhouette soars through landscapes that are both devastating and hopeful managing to find beauty in all of them. | Continue reading
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Co-founder Anton Pronkin originally shared this letter on our community forum. In it, he expands on Anytype’s history and our priorities for this year. Its relevance is broad, so we’re also publishing it here. This year has been the most exciting in Anytype& | Continue reading
As of Jan. 8, get the OnePlus 13 for $100 off at Best Buy with a free $100 gift card with purchase. | Continue reading
It’s 2025, the year when mainstream computing will start to shift from a race to develop increasingly powerful tools to a race to develop increasingly powerful abilities. The difference between a tool and an ability is subtle yet profound. From the very first hammerstones to the … | Continue reading
Triller, a would-be competitor to TikTok, is hoping to capitalize on the potential for a TikTok ban in the U.S. by pitching to creators to move their content from the popular short-form video app to its own. The company has now launched a website, SaveMyTikToks.com, which promise … | Continue reading
The Lenovo Legion Go S Windows 11 version goes on sale this month and the SteamOS version ships in May. | Continue reading
richardjohnson/Shutterstock Throughout 2024, many home owners and prospective first-time buyers would have kept a close eye on the Bank of England’s base interest rate. Eventually, the first cut arrived in August (from 5.25% to 5%), followed by another drop to 4.75% in November. … | Continue reading
News that Dutch publishing house Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) has confirmed plans to experiment using AI to translate fiction has stirred up a thought-provoking debate. Some believe it marks the beginning of the end for human translators, while others see this as the opening up of … | Continue reading
The angry debate over US visas and foreign workers that erupted over the holidays has exposed splits within Donald Trump’s Maga supporters on immigration policy. The fiery words exchanged between two Trump factions over H-1B visas, which allow immigrants to work in the US based o … | Continue reading
On Sunday, January 5, it was reported that James Lee Williams, better known as the British drag performer The Vivienne, had died at the age of 32. For fans and followers of British and international drag performers, this news has come as a shock. Not just because of the young age … | Continue reading
For far too long, the decline in the biodiversity of our rivers and lakes has been out of sight and out of mind. As a freshwater ecologist I have long felt frustrated as conservation and research is dominated by land and sea species, even though our rivers, lakes, ponds and other … | Continue reading
Scharfsinn/Shutterstock Many of us feel guilt when we fly because it is a very obvious source carbon emissions. Aviation causes around 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But we do not perhaps feel the same guilt when we walk into a new building, even though global concrete … | Continue reading
Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc in December. The three countries have been granted a six-month grace period from January 29, when their exit becomes official, to reconsider the … | Continue reading
In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Blake Stockman, former tech recruiter at Google, Meta, Uber, and YC. | Continue reading
How Copilot can generate unit tests, refactor code, create documentation, perform multi-file edits, and much more. The post How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples appeared first on The GitHub Blog. | Continue reading
The post-pandemic years haven’t been especially kind to connected fitness. As bigger names like Peloton and Mirror have struggled, however, plenty of smaller firms like Tonal are still going strong. At CES 2025 on Wednesday, the Bay Area firm announced the arrival of its new stre … | Continue reading
Entertainment technology brand Aurzen has launched an interesting take on the pico projector. Rather than having to carry a tripod in your bag, the Zip sports a tri-fold form factor that pulls out to a Z shape for positioning ease. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, C … | Continue reading