Giving a preview of the future of military aircraft, General Atomics unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which is an autonomous warplane designed to augment air forces with cheaper, expendable robotic fighters. Continue Reading Category: Mili … | Continue reading
Robin Mackay By The North Sea Author and Urbanomic director Robin Mackay drifts through mourning, melancholia and HP Lovecraft over dusty synths and mutant bass By The North Sea by Robin Mackay Part audio essay, part crypt-synth record, part junglite mutant bass music, part unfin … | Continue reading
"It's time for Massachusetts to regain its place as a top ten solar and storage market." State to advance new legislation aimed at revitalizing solar energy industry: 'These reforms are the spark the market needs' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The ‘best’ 15-minute cities were revealed, there was hope for reefs, and psychedelics tackled ‘existential distress’, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
YouTube Thumbnail Viewer I wanted to find the best quality thumbnail image for a YouTube video, so I could use it as a social media card. I know from past experience that GPT-4 has memorized the various URL patterns for img.youtube.com, so I asked it to guess the URL for my speci … | Continue reading
While Sid Meier’s name is still on every new Civilization game, the pioneering game designer is not the sole creative lead, or an auteur figure, for the series. But he still regularly contributed in some form in the newer games in the series bearing his name, including the upcomi … | Continue reading
Researchers discovered the crystal structure of an alternative DNA configuration within the insulin gene, providing insights into its role in diabetes. This breakthrough in crystallography could pave the way for targeted diabetes treatments by understanding and manipulating DNA s … | Continue reading
"Truly the aspect of college I miss most. Community at your fingertips." Urban planner reveals how layouts of college towns impact students' university experiences: 'Really craving it now' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When you picture a sci-fi energy source, glowing green crystals are right up there. Scientists in China have now demonstrated just that, in the form of a “micronuclear battery” that can provide continuous low levels of power for decades. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technol … | Continue reading
Sharp has a significant presence in the e-reader segment. The last time the company’s e-paper business made headlines was when it had introduced the ePoster series of displays. It comprises of three displays, the A1, A2, and the A3 having 42-inch, 25.3-inch, and 13.3-inch sized d … | Continue reading
No cookie on the white stuff. No white stuff on the cookie. AWESOME! All-new awesome things posted daily here: Photo from: here The post #110 A perfectly executed clean twist of an Oreo cookie appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
Tests in seawater off the coast of Denmark and Florida showed that the surfaces retained almost 100 percent effectiveness over a 13-week period. Navy-funded researchers discover solution to major efficiency problem with underwater solar panels: 'A consistent self-polishing effect … | Continue reading
The interlocking bricks, which can be repurposed many times over, can withstand similar pressures as their concrete counterparts. | Continue reading
The number of people living in Germany aged 100 or older is increasing, according to recent census figures from the Federal Office of Statistics (Destatis). More 100-year-olds... | Continue reading
A recent article at The Autopian raised an interesting point about the Kia EV9’s electric motor. Unlike most electric motors, it can change its winding configuration on the fly, effectively doing the same thing as shifting gears in an ICE vehicle. But, to explain how amazing this … | Continue reading
We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV companies are facing extreme block … | Continue reading
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSats are now providing essential data on how the Arctic and Antarctic emit heat into space, helping to forecast the effects of climate change. This data is vital for understanding the polar regions’ role in Earth’s temperature regulation and the overarching gre … | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Thursday 2024-09-19 19-Sep-2024 – Shrek’s home sprayable in PowerWash Simulator next month Brief Summary: ” The Shrek DLC heading to PowerWash Simulator now has a release date: 10th October. Read more” | Continue reading
It can be difficult to tell on your own when you're experiencing heat-related illness symptoms, not just feeling discomfort from the heat. Experts issue warning for population at highest risk amid deadly heat waves: 'Hundreds died alone' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
We finally have an actual look at what's to come for Netflix's biggest surprise hit. Here's what the 'Squid Game' Season 2 teaser reveals. | Continue reading
At the Six One Indie Showcase, developer Videocult of Rain World fame revealed new gameplay of their next project, Airframe Ultra. Announced a year ago and teased recently at the PC Gaming Show, Airframe Ultra gets a decent chunk of gameplay shown here and it looks familiar yet a … | Continue reading
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has revealed the countries that were visited the most for vacations by Dutch residents in 2023. For those living in the Netherlands, the most popular... | Continue reading
I was recently the guest on TWIML - the This Week in Machine Learning & AI podcast. Our episode is titled Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison, and the focus of the conversation was the ways in which I use LLM tools in my day-to-day wor … | Continue reading
I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has been predicted to be transfor … | Continue reading
"This was sorta accidental." Homeowner pleased to discover landscaping results after ditching lawn mower and weed killer: 'What can I do to make sure it stays like this?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Jay Tan and Alexis Copeland, of Microsoft: Our studies showed that while our illustrations could be described as colorful, inclusive, and genial on a surface level, they were received within consumer culture as uninteresting and emotionless. The flat vectorized style that was onc … | Continue reading
Yellow Brick Games announced that they will be bringing their upcoming game Eternal Strands to Tokyo Game Show 2024. It will be the first time the public can get a hands-on with a playable demo available on the show floor. The TGS 2024 demo will allow attendees of the show to tak … | Continue reading
Day 19 for the collage challenge. Here are the original photos and credits: Photo by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash Photo by Vizag Explore on Unsplash Photo by Elvir K on Unsplash Photo by Madhushree Narayan on Unsplash | Continue reading
Scientists discovered a link between copper regulation and neurodegeneration, using the worm gene swip-10. Their findings suggest that restoring copper balance could offer new treatments for disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Research on simple organisms frequent … | Continue reading
From September 23 to 25, 2024, NIMO is set to host an exciting, live streamed 1v1 Celebrity Gaming Challenge in Malaysia, where local gaming stars will go head-to-head in an intense series of matchups. The winner will walk away with a cash prize, while the runner-up will face a l … | Continue reading
"We don't want to downplay this event, but we also do not want people to panic." Louisiana recovers after dealing with Category 2 hurricane — here's what happened first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
433 miles on the road today. 🚗 Grateful for the ability to travel to be with family; yearning for a high-speed rail system. | Continue reading
"Thank you for being a nature hero!" Video shows actor rescuing seagull tangled in fishing line: 'That was one of the most touching things I have ever seen' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I saved during 2024 Summer. | Continue reading
Netflix has shared a tantalizingly brief look at what to expect when the smash hit series returns in December. | Continue reading
Vivaldi web browser has arrived on the Canonical Snap Store – officially. This closed-source, Chromium-based web browser has been available on Linux since its debut in 2015, providing an official DEB package for Ubuntu users (which adds an APT repo for ongoing updates). And last … | Continue reading
Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or sola … | Continue reading
Enthusing about how other people share their notes. | Continue reading
"Drought is not a crisis, it is a risk." Experts bust common myths about droughts: 'The cascading impacts of drought can touch all regions and sectors' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Intake, compression, power, then exhaust. Every 4-stroke engine ever made – about 80% of all engines currently in existence – function on this principle – even rotary engines. But now, Porsche has filed a patent to make a 6-stroke engine. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Tr … | Continue reading
Image: Firaxis / 2K Games Netflix’s newest games are actually a bit old. During its Geeked Week 2024 presentation, the streaming service revealed it’s adding Civilization VI and Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition as well as a host of other titles to its ever-increasing and legit … | Continue reading
Introducing Contextual Retrieval Here's an interesting new embedding/RAG technique, described by Anthropic but it should work for any embedding model against any other LLM. One of the big challenges in implementing semantic search against vector embeddings - often used as part of … | Continue reading
The company has already rolled out several other packaging initiatives in the UK. Nestlé expands innovative paper packaging across major brands — here's what you need to know first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Welcome to the weekend reading list, edition #243 NYJavaSIG The NYJavaSIG has a great night with 2 presentations from two of its own. Victor Grazi presented about Virtual Threads and Neha Sardana presented about project Amber. You can watch the recording of this and past events o … | Continue reading
Join Michael Moynihan and Batya Ungar-Sargon as they sit down with guests Abigail Shrier and River Page. | Continue reading
"It's high time we take action." Video captures man's rescue of sea turtle entangled in fishing net: 'Absolutely heartbreaking' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Sharrow Marine has quietly been working to disrupt the marine industry with a reimagined propeller it calls the "future of propulsion." The tech originally looked like it might be too expensive and make/model-specific to see that future to fruition in a substantial way, but Sharr … | Continue reading
Nobody needs to know any of this ahead of release The post Video Game Previews Are Not Great appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading