SMOROBOT brings powerhouse cordless robot pool cleaners to CES 2025

What's harder to clean than a floor? A pool! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 38 minutes ago

Linux Foundation & Google Form New Group to Manage Chromium

Google is teaming up with the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Meta, and Opera to form a new Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers group. Members of the group, managed by the Linux Foundation, will work together, pool resources, talent, time, and expertise to improve, innovate, and a … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 38 minutes ago

How to Survive the Next Four Years

Jessica Tarlov, a panelist on Fox’s The Five and my Raging Moderates co-host, has emerged as an important voice in American politics. This week I asked her what big lessons we should take from the election, and — more important — what options Democrats have going forward. I’ll be … | Continue reading


@profgalloway.com | 39 minutes ago

Trump’s Sentencing Made No One Happy

But it still mattered for the rule of law. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 42 minutes ago

Google Pixel 8 Pro hits record-low price of $599

The $400 price drop is the best deal we've ever tracked on the previous-gen Pixel. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 58 minutes ago

How to build MongoDB Event Store

I have always said that is not the best choice for event storage, and guess what? I just released the stable version of the MongoDB event… | Continue reading


@event-driven.io | 1 hour ago

How AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are responding to the LA wildfires

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images As wildfires continue to devastate parts of Los Angeles County, hundreds of thousands of residents are without power as utility crews work to restore connectivity. Mobile carriers are also taking action to keep their services online … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts say

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at play. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Passenger plane with entirely new 'blended wing' shape aims to hit the skies by 2030

A new type of passenger plane will adopt a design that blends wings into the aircraft's body, which its creators say will cut fuel consumption by 50% and reduce noise. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

1,700-year-old Roman hoard includes gold coins depicting illegitimate emperor

"Secret" excavations in Luxembourg reveal 141 Roman gold coins from eight Roman emperors and one usurper. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Yeedi Cube robot vacuum and mop drops to an all-time low of $300

You’ll only need to empty the Yeedi Cube’s base every once in a while. It handles the rest. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The Yeedi Cube doesn’t have the modularity and extremities of some of the cool new robot vacuums we’ve seen at CES 2025, but the self-emptyin … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Amazon deal of the day: Snag a pair of AirPods Pro 2 while theyre back down to $179.99

The best Amazon deals on Jan. 10 include the AirPods Pro 2, Ultimate Ears Megaboom 4, 50-inch Omni QLED Fire TV, and Fitbit Inspire 3. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

The Unfightable Fire

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 1 hour ago

Robots Shod in Moose Shoes

[If you lose your job to AI, you can always apprentice as a robot farrier.] Estonian scientists recently published research on making robots more agile, by giving attaching moose-like hooves to their feet. The moose shoes could make robots more capable, by enabling them to: navig … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Ubiquity Machine shows versatility and heart on new EP “Romeo and Juliet”

The music released by Ubiquity Machine, a duo consisting of Howard Rabach and The Rabbit, has always seamlessly matched glittery electronics amongst its acoustic and electric guitars with graceful precision. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 1 hour ago

Upgrade your living room with $150 off this 65-inch Insignia 4K Fire TV

As of Jan. 10, get $150 off the Insignia 65-inch F50 Series 4K HD Fire TV at Best Buy. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

Three-Wheeled Electric Vehicles Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

The US startup Aptera deploys embedded solar panels to raise the bar on autocycles in the electric vehicle market. The post Three-Wheeled Electric Vehicles Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Leaving LA: A Climate Scientist’s Story

Peter Kalmus is our national conscience on climate. Met him in San Francisco about 5 years ago. Walks the talk. Peter Kalmus in New York Times: I am utterly devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires, shaking with rage and grief. The Altadena community near Pasadena, where the Eaton … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 1 hour ago

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Management

Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I feel like if prayers came with a token fee people would consume a lot less. Today's News: | Continue reading


@smbc-comics.com | 1 hour ago

A treasure trove of Galaxy S25 renders just leaked, including colorways (Updated)

New colorways plus a welcome change for the Galaxy S25 Ultra. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 2 hours ago

Fact Check: Trump’s Promises on Energy

Just in case you were wondering. Despite these factors, experts told The Hill in November that much of the momentum the renewable energy sector picked up under the Biden administration is likely to continue under Trump. “In the next few years, there isn’t too much that the presid … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 hours ago

Humans Thinking at Full Capacity

As you step onto a preschool playground or a play-based classroom, the first thing visitors are struck by is the never-ending swirl of bodies in motion. Adult visitors to Woodland Park have always stopped at the gate or doorway seemingly afraid to get in the way of as children mo … | Continue reading


@teachertomsblog.blogspot.com | 2 hours ago

Disney, Fox, and WBD give up on controversial sports streaming app Venu

Fubo gave in, but DirectTV and Dish were still trying to block Venu’s launch. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

PowerSchool data breach leaks info of students and staff at schools across the US

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Schools across the US and Canada are warning parents that a data breach may have leaked information for students and employees. The K-12 operations platform PowerSchool, which supports over 60 million students and has over 18,000 cus … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Swappable lenses let you place this laser projector exactly where you want it

Valerion’s VisionMaster Max projector at the company’s CES 2025 booth. | Image: Valerion Valerion announced a new feature for its VisionMaster Max projector at CES 2025 that will improve setup flexibility. The company will offer alternate lenses for the projector — a feature typi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

The Saint America Needs Now

Kindness has become countercultural. Perhaps Saint Francis can help. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 2 hours ago

Photos of the Week: Siberian Tiger, Frosty Foliage, Snowball Fight

A snow-and-ice festival in northern China, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles, Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Addis Ababa, an oil spill off the cost of Crimea, and much more | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 2 hours ago

The best mobile skateboarding game now has a New York sequel

Image: Snowman For me, skateboarding has always been about getting into a flow state. Much like playing Tetris, I’m at my best when I’m skating almost subconsciously, not thinking and acting in the moment. It’s not an easy zone to get into, and music has always been my shortcut. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Drop the Outrage Over Trump’s Foreign-Policy Bluster

The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 2 hours ago

TikTok’s last stand: Supreme Court hears arguments over potential ban

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images One last chance before the divest-or-ban law takes effect on January 19th. TikTok has just over a week before it’s forced to either separate from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or functionally cease operati … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Elon Musk wants OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake

Owner of Grok has asked judges in California and Delaware to force sale. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Classifier-free diffusion model guidance

The image generation process can be unconditioned or conditioned by class embeddings or free-form texts. For condition image generation we may want to control the strength of the condition. The guidance scale in Diffusion Models is the same as the temperature in Large Language Mo … | Continue reading


@softwaremill.com | 2 hours ago

Maybe I Am Upright.

i left the music behind, to sit by the windowand watch my shadow live under the sunlight,twirling and laughing as though only that time is,cower when the night came into myself,where my heart is a scornful woman… but i looked up at the night skyto find that my faithfulness toward … | Continue reading


@siamorweng.wordpress.com | 2 hours ago

Govee Smart Home Outdoor Wall Lights Are at Their Lowest Price Yet, Under $50 Each

Save 41% on a set of 2 waterproof outdoor wall lights that bring both safety and a DIY light show to your home's exterior. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

What to Read When the Odds Are Against You

Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 2 hours ago

Creamy Rice Pudding

Creamy Rice Pudding is a simple, delicious, and inexpensive dessert full of warm flavors like vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The post Creamy Rice Pudding appeared first on Budget Bytes. | Continue reading


@budgetbytes.com | 2 hours ago

Thirty years later, this modern PS1 FPGA console plays your favorite retro games at 1440p

Special pre-order pricing is very limited, so don't miss out. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 2 hours ago

Bird Flu Could Have Been Contained

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 2 hours ago

Learning from Finland’s success in combatting homelessness. “It is the result of...

Learning from Finland’s success in combatting homelessness. “It is the result of a sustained, well-resourced national strategy […] which provides people experiencing homelessness with immediate, independent, permanent housing…” | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 2 hours ago

“The king, sir, is much better!”

Algis Budrys wrote this in 1983: Budrys brings this up in the context of how our reading of a book is affected by whatever reviews and publicity materials we’ve seen–an interesting point which I became more aware of after going … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 3 hours ago

Ready Or Not, We're In the New Year

Photo by Rob Young, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-young/) As the shore of 2024 fade away and we move forward (whether we want to or not), community member summerteeth posted a thought provoking question in AskMetaFilter: "What gives you hope for the future, in 202 … | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 3 hours ago

The Vergecast at CES 2025: the biggest stories and best gadgets

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge CES is a TV show. And a car show. And a wearables show. And this year, oddly, kind of a pool-vacuum show? It is the biggest, most elaborate, most bizarre tech show of the year, during which practically the whole industry flies to Las Vegas to show o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 3 hours ago

Voice of the Blood (Hildegard von Bingen)

Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now. | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February

Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems starting with next month's security update. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 3 hours ago

Drop #589 (2025-01-10): In The Zone

Today's Drop features three resources from HTML.ZONE: WASM'd and webbed MarkItDown; Awesome Homelab, a curated directory for open-source applications in personal server experimentation; and Beauty.Codes, which allows customizable code screenshots and snippet management. | Continue reading


@dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev | 3 hours ago

Peter Thiel-backed Startup That Wanted to Buy Greenland Is Thrilled That Trump Wants to Buy Greenland

A techno-colonialist project sees Greenland as the perfect opportunity to trial its utopian ambitions. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

Java 24 : what’s new?

Now that Java 24 is features complete (Rampdown Phase One at the day of writing), it’s time to walk through all the functionalities that bring to us, developers, this new version. This article is part of a series on what’s new on the last versions of Java, for those who wants to … | Continue reading


@loicmathieu.fr | 3 hours ago

Ambien’s Hidden Risk: How Zolpidem May Damage Your Brain’s Cleanup System

A groundbreaking study unveils how non-REM sleep triggers brain cleansing through synchronized neurotransmitter and fluid dynamics, essential for preventing neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers warn against common sleep aids that could disrupt these processes and pose long-ter … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago