Save 40% on an HP laptop with 8 GB of memory and 512 GB of hard drive storage space. | Continue reading
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.—on phones so it can’t be recovered? Does resett … | Continue reading
The rabbit hole of quantum gets weirder the deeper you go—but also has plenty of promise. | Continue reading
Buying a giant battery for the next blackout or off-grid adventure can be daunting, especially when hundreds or even thousands of dollars are on the line. Get it wrong and you’ve either spent too much money for something you’ll never use or discover that you didn’t buy enou … | Continue reading
The latest software can handle everyday scenarios on the road, even ones it's not used to. Tesla owner shares unbelievable video of car navigating congested roads with no hands on wheel first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Study finds that AI fundamentally lacks the human capability to make creative mental connections, raising warning signs for how we deploy AI tools. | Continue reading
Scientists carefully positioned lasers to compress billions of electrons together, creating a beam five times more powerful than ever before. Researchers at SLAC have achieved a major milestone in accelerator physics by creating an ultrashort electron beam with record-breaking pe … | Continue reading
Cold, windy, and overcast. The ring of daffodils in my yard offers a bright yellow rebuke to the grayness. Drink your tea! says the towhee. I’m trying. | Continue reading
Hello, it's been a while. There's a new links page on gilest.org, where I shall be posting links for the time being. Bluesky's nice and all that, but an archive with some attached RSS (like wot you're reading now) will be a better choice. Since I last troubled your RSS reader, th … | Continue reading
The post ServiceNow looks to Canada as market for AI deals heats up appeared first on The Logic. | Continue reading
In the post-pandemic world, airlines have been struggling to figure out how to deal with […] | Continue reading
Both his daughter and mother had to spend hours in the hospital in hyperbaric chambers. Father reveals how careless cleaning service put his family's health in jeopardy: 'You sue the socks off this business owner' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The beautiful art that came with the season finale of Severance could have been drawn by ChatGPT, it's that good, in the way that machine art is good. There's a point of view reflected in its creations, looking into a soul that in no way exists. We're learning about it, but it's … | Continue reading
My server has been coughing up hairballs tonight. It coughed up a link to this piece from two years ago, when Twitter pulled the plug on their API. It knocked everything I had built on the Twitter API off the air. Every thing. Just like that. That's what tonight was like here. It … | Continue reading
"It's going to be really hard for the world to catch up." Automaker unveils jet-inspired SUV with 'super impressive' features: 'My jaw dropped' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bari Weiss on some great news from our newsroom. | Continue reading
WordLand and Scripting News and a bunch of other sites/apps were off the air starting about 1AM Eastern, but mostly things seem to be working now, shortly after 6AM. It was a big scramble, I had to provision a new server on Digital Ocean. | Continue reading
"It shows how innovation can turn challenges into opportunities for positive change." Report highlights surprising shift in cryptocurrency's future: 'The technology that some feared ... is now helping' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Arctic winter sea ice reached its lowest extent on record at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, while global ice coverage also hit a record low in mid-February. On March 22, 2025, Arctic sea ice reached its lowest winter maximum on record, according to NASA and the National Snow … | Continue reading
Tyler Cowen, Jed Rubenfeld, Coleman Hughes, and others join The Free Press. Plus: NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya sits down for his first interview. And much more. | Continue reading
Do you disagree with any of these controversial takes about bootstrapping? In episode 768, Rob Walling unpacks a series of semi-controversial beliefs about bootstrapping from ScrapingBee’s Pierre de Wulf. Rob evaluates each point from Pierre's tweet, discussing topics like rebran … | Continue reading
by Barry Goldman One day many years ago my wife got stuck in the shower. She doesn’t know exactly how it happened, but that’s the gist. She finished taking a shower, pushed on the door to get out, and it wouldn’t open. She jiggled the door, and she banged on the door, and she pus … | Continue reading
One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full | Continue reading
"They appear to not understand that your perennials are in fact ‘food.’" Gardener fires back at HOA after being fined for lush garden: 'I gave them two chances to be nice' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Chinese tech companies use smugglers, loopholes, and innovation to work around U.S. chip restrictions | Continue reading
Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism - by Gina Rippon Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Keeping your shoes near the front door makes sense. You put shoes on before you leave the house and take them off when you get home, so why not keep them as close as possible? We keep a few pairs of shoes near our entry, currently in a basket, but I’ve been dreaming of a more out … | Continue reading
by McKenzie Funk ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The deporta … | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of Mar 2025. The post Mar 2025 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
This is the first part of a fiction serial, in 751 words. Running late as usual, Sarah parked the car in one of the parent and child spots close to the front of the supermarket. Not that she had a child in the car, but that never worried her. The quick trim, wash, and blow-dry … … | Continue reading
The keys on Clevetura's new CLVX 1 macOS keyboard aren't just for typing, they're touch sensitive, so you can glide your fingers on them to control your cursor, like you would on a supersized trackpad. Continue Reading Category: Computers, Consumer Tech, Technology Tags: Keyboard … | Continue reading
Magnum Sidra: A Celebration of Innovation and Flavour Magnum Sidra is a standout lot from La Palma y El Tucán, one of Colombia’s most forward-thinking farms. Located in Cundinamarca, just outside Bogotá, the farm has become a reference point in the world of specialty coffee - kno … | Continue reading
The new National Institutes of Health director tells The Free Press that he forgives the very people who nearly destroyed his career. | Continue reading
"I can cook and recharge the battery bank at the same time." Tech expert shares demo of next-gen portable energy source during power outage: 'It can actually run a microwave and a grill' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A good two miles this morning, at a forgiving pace but without pain or strain. Coffee and fruit, cleaned up, Morning Prayer, then walked the rest of the way into town to pick up a standing mirror we bought yesterday. Another cup of coffee and toast, and now about to dig in to my … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg — having spent months cozying up to President Donald Trump — will now be looking to reap the benefits as European tech regulators bear down on Meta. The EU is expected to impose fines against the social media giant any day now, having preliminarily ruled in July 2 … | Continue reading
It is precisely because this start-up can fail that the people here work harder, and likely smarter, than the competition. | Continue reading
The Deus Ex developer explained the cuts were made with one of its mandates coming to an end. | Continue reading
What was the first sci-fi TV show? Here's why 'Captain Video' was important, but also impossible to watch. | Continue reading
"What we’re trying to do here is protect water in New Mexico from potential pollution." Senate takes historic action to protect vital resource amid growing concerns: 'We're confident and hopeful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This is no April Fool's — roadway dining season officially kicks off today, April 1. Restaurants and bars participating in the Dining Out NYC program may now start serving in their roadway dining structures. The city allowed approved establishments to begin setting up last Tuesda … | Continue reading
Finally a proof that the universe is not deterministic. The number 41 was drawn in Bulgaria’s 5/35 lottery. It’s supposed to select randomly select 5 numbers between 1 and 35. It’s also another proof that the only way to win from the lottery is to never play. | Continue reading
In this architectural creation, materiality becomes poetry etched in stone, concrete, and steel. Muted tones weave a hushed symphony, while textured surfaces whisper secrets to fingertips. As daylight filters through carefully placed openings, patterns shift across floors and wal … | Continue reading
Today is a day that’s been growing for 34 years, which does not mean that today is different from any day—at least, not really. There will always be a morning, noon, and night.This will always be so.I remember being a kid and learning how to tie my shoelaces. I remember how this … | Continue reading
I have just been looking at some of the April Fool posts on Twitter and they are most amusing. That reminded me of the famous BBC TV April Fool spoof that genuinely fooled hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest. Pinch, punch, first of the month. An … | Continue reading
One of the largest races in the world is the annual Bridge Run in Charleston, SC | Continue reading
Many institutional investors remain committed to sustainable investing. Report reveals seismic change in investment thinking: 'You've got to be attuned to where the economy is going' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age, four friends — and lethal assassins — need to outsmart the team now hunting them. Now, they’re back, out of retirement, in Kills Well with Others. This time, they’re tasked with rooting out a mole threatening to expose their identiti … | Continue reading