Carpentopod is a walking coffee table, designed and built by Netherlands-based game developer Giliam de Carpentier. Inspired to improve upon Theo Jansen's Strandbeests, Carpentier wrote software to generate leg linkage mechanisms, then have them virtually compete against each oth … | Continue reading
Sipeed NanoKVM: A RISC-V stick-on This is the Sipeed NanoKVM. You stick it on your computer, plug in HDMI, USB, and the power button, and you get full remote control over the network—even if your computer locks up. How did Sipeed make it so small, and so cheap? The 'full' kit abo … | Continue reading
The second and final chapter of Netflix and Fortiche's excellent League of Legends prequel will spread itself across November. | Continue reading
The magazine placed star reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave pending a review of her work. | Continue reading
American Dialects - As a southerner, I realize my own accents, but there are a variety of them across the country. - linkage.lol/american-… | Continue reading
Many hand soaps contain chemicals used for fragrance or categorized as formaldehyde. Woman shares simple, money-saving alternative to store-bought dish soap that you can make at home: 'I can't wait to try this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Cooler weather brings cosmic horror, alternate histories, dystopian fiction, and more from independent presses this fall. The post Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for September and October 2024 appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
In Bend, Oregon, you can find the ruins of Tumalo Dam, an early 20th-century irrigation project that never actually managed to hold water. Irrigation projects, under the rubric of "reclamation," were all the rage during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Western United … | Continue reading
Vincent Callebaut Architectures' (VCA) eye-catching twisting residential tower takes the form of a DNA's double helix in Taipei, Taiwan. It boasts impressive sustainability features and thousands of plants and trees on – and around – its exterior, helping create a pleasant experi … | Continue reading
Get the Nikon Z6 II plus accessories for $1,496.95 in this Adorama deal — including 64GB card, carry case and more. | Continue reading
A study linked electrolyte abnormalities in individuals with eating disorders to a higher risk of death and serious health issues. Researchers recommend electrolyte testing to improve patient outcomes. A recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry revealed that 32% of people … | Continue reading
I just read “Charlie Hustle: The rise and fall of Pete Rose and the last glory days of baseball,” by Keith O’Brien, and it gave me some insight into the logic of gambling addiction, along with a question. The insight—which … Continue reading → | Continue reading
You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn't so Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs And what's wrong with that? I'd like to know 'Cause here I go again. ~Wings (Paul McCartney) On her album Cowboy Car … | Continue reading
Your local movie theater is about to get a whole lot nicer. | Continue reading
Save 74% on this premium quality refurbished laptop all the speed and storage you need for work or play. | Continue reading
Today's links Tech monopolists use their market power to invade your privacy: The FTC shows that privacy is a competition issue. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where … | Continue reading
Image: Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images For more than two weeks, Brazilians have been without access to X. Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked the platform after Elon Musk failed to comply with court rulings. As X evades the ban and Musk’s companies work slowly toward a resol … | Continue reading
Today's Drop covers the HTTP QUERY method, a proposed addition to enhance complex read operations in web APIs, allowing query parameters in the request body instead of URLs. This improves flexibility, caching, and automatic retries. Additionally, tools like hr and reachable enhan … | Continue reading
UN report: Organization should take much more active role in AI monitoring, oversight. | Continue reading
Avalon Stone shows maturity and artistic growth in her latest single, exploring the familiar alternative rock musings from new creative angles and giving it new life. | Continue reading
David Goldman in Tablet: No idea has fallen flatter than the “end of history,” popularized by political philosopher Francis Fukuyama in his eponymous 1993 book. Few still believe that all human beings will accept liberal democracy and free market capitalism as the final forms of … | Continue reading
Plus, Superman & Lois' final season gears up for its big death moment. | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Hey, folks! Every week for the past four years, the team behind Verge Deals has combed the web, looking for the best deals and discounts on the tech we love most at The Verge. We pride ourselves in having tried and tested every product we recommen … | Continue reading
You know the problem with grapes? They're just so... grapey. MUCH better. (Yes, I know that's not cake. But funny grape signs ARE MY JAM.) When possible, it's always nice to work in a good "f you" to a congratulatory cake: Really keeps 'em guessing. When Bakers Forget How Waterme … | Continue reading
"So jealous!" Shopper dumbstruck after stumbling upon inventory of iconic shoes in mint condition local thrift shop: 'Brand new, in box, tag on' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I recently posted this on Threads: My regular reminder that anytime someone says “99% of users” is completely making things up and has done precisely zero investigation outside of their own experience. Once you notice this, you start to see it everywhere. People have a very bad h … | Continue reading
I’m not a DIY kind of person. Growing up, I gravitated to books more than making things. When presented with an IKEA instruction manual, I clam up. I bash, screw, and twist things in the hope that they will stay up. Occasionally, a carpenter or builder will come to our house. The … | Continue reading
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge The iPhone 16 is great. But it’s great in pretty much exactly the ways you’d expect it to be great — gone, it seems, are the days of big new ideas about these slabs of glass we all use all day. And that’s basically okay! But it does make you wonder: … | Continue reading
Indian authorities believe wolf attacks have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and confusion grips local villages. | Continue reading
Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest. | Continue reading
A recent article at Outside tells us the story of a really beef-headed lawsuit the State of Utah recently filed against the federal government. In the lawsuit, the state claims that the feds (specifically the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM—not to be confused with the other BLM … | Continue reading
Clear and still, except for the periodic crashing down of a walnut, each one followed by a small entourage of yellow leaves. The sun clears the ridge and the trees […] | Continue reading
The TV presenter and bestselling author on the magic of irrationality, people who monetise anger, and remembering to enjoy the view The post Life lessons: Richard Osman on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Gemma Conroy in Nature: An ideas generator powered by artificial intelligence (AI) came up with more original research ideas than did 50 scientists working independently, according to a preprint posted on arXiv this month1. The human and AI-generated ideas were evaluated by revie … | Continue reading
We've got a feast for your eyes today, and it's some of the most mesmerizing footage we've seen through a microscope this year. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Microscopes, Video | Continue reading
[“A cross between a hammerhead shark and a marital aid”] Five years ago, I met a robot named Marty who was working at the supermarket. It was somewhat disconcerting to be confronted with a near seven-foot-tall automaton while picking up cereal at Stop & Shop. Still, at least it l … | Continue reading
For the first time, scientists explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current. Researchers at Northwestern University have unraveled the long-standing mystery of why rubbing objects together generates static electricity. They discovered that different forces at the fron … | Continue reading
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft just signed a deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. If approved by regulators, the software maker would have exclusive rights to 100 percent of the output for its AI data center needs. … | Continue reading
In this week’s final edition of Squirrel News, we're highlighting the Ashaninka tribe’s work to restore their Amazon territory, how Arizona is breaking down language barriers for Navajo voters through audio ballots, and the partnerships between hospitals and anti-hunger organisat … | Continue reading
Things have been extremely busy! I have If any of these might interest you, here are the details! Article on Science and Language in New Scientist First, about the latest article I’ve written for New Scientist magazine. (My other New Scientist articles can be found at the bottom … | Continue reading
Current conditions: Cleanup efforts have begun in Italy’s washed out Emilia-Romagna region • Endangered freshwater dolphins are washing ashore at Brazil’s Lake Tefe as water levels recede due to drought • The Colorado Rockies could see some snow this weekend. THE TOP FIVE 1. Thre … | Continue reading
Sarah Posner on Bluesky, linking to a kamalahq tweet and a kamalahq Instagram post: In the thread below: a completely rambling, unhinged, incomprehensible quote from Trump at his Flint town hall with Sarah Huckabee Sanders that the Harris campaign distributed, then news headlines … | Continue reading
Exceptions are often a better way to handle errors than returning them as values. We argue that traditional exceptions provide better user and developer experience, and show that they even result in faster execution. ⚠️ This post links to an external website. ⚠️ | Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this piece is co-posted with our friends at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. By Grace Kenyon hen I went to journalism school after studying piano performance as an undergrad, I encountered a fair number … | Continue reading
The research team can hopefully contribute to improving the already strong performance in the industry by better understanding the batteries that power the vehicles. Scientists identify unexpected issue with common EV battery component: 'Physical effects that have so far countera … | Continue reading
Everyone’s iPhone camera might look a little different with the new Photographic Styles. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When I walked into the building that houses the Steve Jobs Theater for the iPhone 16 launch last week, the first person I saw taking a photo of the room w … | Continue reading
Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park's bald cypress swamp. | Continue reading
Working the Stacks Reach up for the light cord and tug through its little knot of resistance, and there’s Samuel Johnson, sharing the floor with Nietzsche, Anthony Trollope, Franz Fanon, Isbert and Edith Sitwell, German small-print dictionaries, black bound insurance tables, hist … | Continue reading