Today's Drop is all about "scrolling", just in very different contexts. Blogscroll is a curated directory of personal websites, the seekrit middle section is all about accessibility; and Scrollama is a JavaScript library for implementing scrollytelling features efficiently. | Continue reading
Dreame’s newest robot vacuum can climb up a step. It’s a start! | Image: Dreame First, they sprouted arms; now, robot vacuums are getting legs. The latest bot from Dreame has two small legs that can push it up and over a step as high as 6cm (about 2.5 inches). The Dreame X50 Ultr … | Continue reading
André Grétry was one of the greatest composers of the late 18th and early 19th century. He became so renowned for his opéras comiques (comic operas) in France that he was asked to give music lessons to Queen Marie-Antoinette. After the French Revolution, he became Napoleon's prot … | Continue reading
Observation Hill, more commonly known “Ob Hill,” is a rocky, 750-foot lava dome towering over McMurdo Station, an Antarctic research station. The site, now a destination for climbers in search of expansive views, was once home to a nuclear power plant that ran from 1962 to 1972. … | Continue reading
1,580 people were charged with federal crimes for the riot at the U.S.… Tags: conviction, riots, Washington Post | Continue reading
AMD has just officially announced its full lineup of Ryzen Z2 chips for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, after a brief tease this fall — but as of today, it’s pretty muddy who they’re for or what they’re going to do for handheld PC gaming. First off, although AMD told jou … | Continue reading
Strix Halo is here. | Image: AMD AMD promised eventual “mobile gaming dominance” back in 2022, and it feels like we’re getting closer every day. Today, the company is announcing not one, not two, but three different families of chips designed to take it there, including final con … | Continue reading
Image: Dell Dell has made its latest UltraSharp 4K monitors more attractive to PC gamers by doubling the previous generation’s 60Hz refresh rate. The 27-inch and 32-inch 4K UltraSharp Thunderbolt displays announced at CES have been updated with new IPS panels that provide 120Hz r … | Continue reading
The Acer Swift Go 16 AI. | Image: Acer Acer is putting AMD chips in its ultra-thin Swift Go 16 AI and Swift Go 14 AI Copilot Plus laptops, both of which come with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor. Until now, Acer only offered its Swift Go 14 Copilot Plus laptop with a Qualco … | Continue reading
Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Dell’s new monitor can beam audio directly toward your ears. The Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED uses a camera beneath its display for AI-powered head tracking, allowing it to adjust the sound coming out of its five 5W speakers based on your pos … | Continue reading
Image: Acer Acer is revealing new all-in-one and mini PCs at CES 2025, and they’re among the first non-laptop computers to get Copilot Plus AI features. The new Acer Aspire S AI all-in-ones, offered in a “minimalist white profile,” come in two sizes, according to a press release. … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD is previewing its next generation of GPUs at CES today, based on its latest RDNA 4 architecture that includes AI-powered FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling. The Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 will both be available in Q1 from a variety of video c … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD is unveiling its latest flagship desktop CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, today at CES. After the 9800X3D wowed us with its gaming performance, we’ve been waiting to see what AMD’s second generation of 3D V-Cache technology could do with more cores and higher boost freque … | Continue reading
Image: Acer Acer is announcing two new Nitro Blaze gaming handhelds at CES 2025, and one of them, the Nitro Blaze 11, is truly giant with a massive 10.95-inch screen. Seriously, it’s huge — just look at this photo of a person holding it! It’s absurd! Image: Acer In addition to th … | Continue reading
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A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was gored to death while visiting an elephant park in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, a university student who was on the island of Yao Yai, was bathing the elephant with her boyfriend at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre when the animal — most lik … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Apple has announced a slew of additions to its fitness subscription service, Apple Fitness+, including new workout programs for strength, yoga “peak poses”, breath meditation, and even training for pickleball. New editions of the Artist Spotlight series are also on … | Continue reading
An upcoming line of LG Smart TVs will include an Xbox app so Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play their own games or stream titles through the cloud, no Xbox required. | Continue reading
Explore the depths of space through Hubble’s latest snapshot from Hydra, revealing distant galaxies and the mesmerizing Einstein ring—a result of gravitational lensing that provides a glimpse into the universe’s formative years. This week’s Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the W … | Continue reading
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America's first president-elect felon is demanding that a New York judge delay his January 10 sentencing for a mere 34 felonies. In a 17-page court filing dripping with royal prerogative, Trump's legal team insists that his impending return to the White House should put his crimi … | Continue reading
Apple didn’t see fit to describe the bugs addressed by these updates, and they don’t address any security vulnerabilities, so there’s no need to update your iPhone or iPad right away unless you’re experiencing problems. | Continue reading
You may have lost if you had Yellowstone's super volcano exploding on your 2025 bingo card. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! I don't think many people worry about Yellowstone's supervolcano as a top threat to existence in North America, but if you were, … | Continue reading
The new offshore drilling ban could help the US Department of Energy achieve its mission of diversifying the US hydrogen supply chain beyond natural gas, and into more sustainable sources. The post New Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Ban: Implications For Clean Hydrogen appeared firs … | Continue reading
In 2015, a group of women threw a bachelorette party in a bar somewhere in Canada. The bartender on duty said "they had dick everything – straws, inflatables, glitter — and of course — Dick Candy." At that moment, the bartender was struck by an idea: why not monetize the age-old … | Continue reading
The Verge’s inconsistency to include a link to the primary subject in their articles finally drove me to create an account so that I could leave a comment about it. Something I almost never do. I prefer to comment on things via my own site or on its relevant social media post. Bu … | Continue reading
Shelby Dennis made a plastic container "boat" for her orange tabby kitten so that he can join her safely while she's in the bath, | Continue reading
The latest episode, 'Zero Friends Again,' destroyed not just the Onyx Cinder, but that new toy you just bought too. | Continue reading
Bless him. The post Jeremy Strong Will Never NOT Jeremy Strong first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
The deal awaits approval by Bolivia’s parliament. Bolivia announces $1 billion deal with Chinese company for 'white gold' production: 'We hope to close that deal as soon as possible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
even if you don't care about this conspiracy theory, Maia and Ryan's OSINT research is an interesting read # | Continue reading
“The news media is the least trusted group among 10 U.S. civic and political institutions involved in the democratic process,” the polling firm Gallup concluded in a 2024 analysis. Despite news organizations’ pledges to provide fact-based reporting, and ongoing investments to bui … | Continue reading
Meta began to put its business-oriented headset to bed back in October, and now it's no longer available to buy. | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! In Silicon Valley, police busted two individuals suspected of stealing $1,000 worth of beef from Safeway. Apparently, this kind of theft isn't particularly rare. In this case, the suspects filled a cart full of prime cut … | Continue reading
The conditions needed to create thunderstorms are very rare, and can be dangerous, meteorologists warn. | Continue reading
Apple has released iOS 18.2.1 for iPhone users, and iPadOS 18.2.1 for iPad users. The new software updates are said to include important bug fixes, and are therefore recommended for all users to install. No published security updates are included in the release, and it’s not enti … | Continue reading
Image: Net Ease Games With the Marvel Rivals train firmly on its way, it’s time to start the game’s first official season. In a short trailer, Marvel Rivals developer Net Ease has announced that season 1 begins later this week on January 10th. According to the trailer, season 1 f … | Continue reading
Steve Newman at Am I Stronger Yet?: No one seems to know whether world-bending AGI is just three years away. Or rather, everyone seems to know, but they all have conflicting opinions. How can there be such profound uncertainty on such a short time horizon? Or so I thought to myse … | Continue reading
Postponing a major event like the Allstate Sugar Bowl, with over 68,000 tickets sold, is a logistical challenge. Following the New Orleans terrorist attack, the city had no choice and now looks ahead to the Super Bowl. -Andrea Doyle | Continue reading
Kamala Harris told us that Donald Trump would end our (beloved) democracy and rule as a (hated) dictator. Today she tells us that it will be her “sacred obligation” to certify the end of democracy and the beginning of the hated dictator’s rule: Today, I will perform my constituti … | Continue reading
Lawbreaking is an acid that dissolves civic life. Those of us who love New York need to say: no more. | Continue reading
🏦 Have you ever wondered how to scale an engineering team while building a bank? From embracing immutable data to designing a "molding clay" approach to code, James Trunk, VP of Engineering at Griffin, challenges the norms of building in regulated environments. 💻 … | Continue reading
When haters deny HTML’s status as a programming language, they’re showing they don’t understand what a language really is. Language is not instructing an interlocutor what to do in a way that leaves no room for other interpretations; it is better and richer than that. Tim Carmody … | Continue reading
Image: John Deere The next time you pass a farm tractor tilling a field, check to make sure there’s somebody in the cab. Chances are, there won’t be. Today at CES, John Deere announced a host of new fully autonomous vehicles that it says will revolutionize farming, landscaping, a … | Continue reading
I was here last year… This time getting a sticker, at Johnson City Coffee Co. A convenient place on the way to or from west Texas. ☕️ | Continue reading
If you weren’t tired of ARM-based PCs, Qualcomm says its new Snapdragon X eclipses X86 in power efficiency for cheap PCs. | Continue reading
Hundreds of perforated Cambrian shells reveal distinctive predator-prey dynamics in the ocean 517 million years ago. Researchers from the American Museum of Natural History have uncovered the earliest known evidence of an evolutionary arms race in the fossil record. The 517-milli … | Continue reading
What does the capybara say? The post One Crew Member on the Golden Globe-Winning Animated Film Flow Had the Absolute Best Job appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading