Chinese Provider Seekink Eyes European Market Entry

The electronic paper (E-Ink) market is being driven globally by several key players. Since 2015, the Chinese company Seekink Inc. has specialized in the development and production of E-Paper displays, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Now, Seekink is planning to … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 15 minutes ago

TRMNL: Smart E Ink Display with WiFi and Long Battery Life

Smart monitors are now available from various manufacturers, usually with strong smart home integration and the possibility of voice control. The TRMNL is one such device, which uses E Ink technology. This offers a number of advantages: readability is guaranteed in direct sunligh … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 15 minutes ago

Goodreads Founder Launches Smashing – AI and Human Recommendations

Goodreads‘ co-founder Otis Chandler is back to build the next big app community. But this time, his focus isn’t on books; it’s on the content you can find online, including news articles, blog posts, social media posts, podcasts and more. With Smashing, an AI and community-powere … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 16 minutes ago

Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs

Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It's been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Te … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 21 minutes ago

Do it how you want to do it

Jason Kratz replying to my earlier post on Instagram and photography: The implication is that somehow it was wrong for them to transition from snapshots of family events, etc. to being more artful in taking photographs to put online. Let’s be clear: there is nothing wrong with th … | Continue reading


@gregmorris.co.uk | 31 minutes ago

Mars Quakes Reveal Daily Meteor Bombardments on the Red Planet

An international research team has estimated that Mars is hit by 280 to 360 large meteorites annually, based on seismic data from NASA’s InSight Mission.... | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 32 minutes ago

Gryphon Rue – 4n_Objx

Gryphon Rue 4n_Objx Alexander Calder’s grandson bridges electronic and avant-garde in a series of deft and impish collages 4n_Objx by Gryphon Rue On 4n_Objx, Gryphon Rue plays with sonics in a way that a visual artist might manipulate light. The Brooklyn musician’s third album of … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 38 minutes ago

Europe’s next tech leaders: Bridging the skills gap

Europe is facing a pressing need to fill its talent gap in emerging technologies. Turning bright minds into innovators and entrepreneurs requires more than technology expertise. The necessary skill set lies in real-life experiences, exchanging with peers and technology experts, a … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 44 minutes ago

Shrinking down to the size of an atom

In a different take on showing the scale of very tiny things, Epic… Tags: Epic Spaceman, scale, small | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 50 minutes ago

Construction giant rolls out new, nearly silent electric compact rollers — here's how they could change the industry

There should also be a cost savings for construction companies. Construction giant rolls out new, nearly silent electric compact rollers — here's how they could change the industry first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 53 minutes ago

In Michigan, homeowners associations can’t stop rooftop solar anymore

When a homeowner decides to get solar panels, it sets off a series of to-dos. They have to find a contractor, make sure their roof is ready, and — for some of the millions of Americans living under homeowners’ associations (HOAs) — make sure their neighbors won't complain about t … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 53 minutes ago

Leading hydrogen aircraft startup is suddenly grounded

Around this time last year, Universal Hydrogen was flying high. The startup had successfully flown a 40-passenger aircraft using primarily hydrogen over a series of trips from central Washington down to Mojave, California. The test flights marked a significant — if still very ear … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 53 minutes ago

beetRoot: Yet Another Web Dev Framework?

beetRoot is a slim and rapid Java web development as well as a full & secure client-server framework ready to run. The post beetRoot: Yet Another Web Dev Framework? appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading


@foojay.io | 57 minutes ago

Shared reality

Online interactions are weirdly unique. They happen in shared, digital spaces—forums, chats, comment sections, social media platforms—where it’s easy to forget that more often than not, the people interacting with each other don’t share the same day-to-day reality. And sometimes … | Continue reading


@manuelmoreale.com | 58 minutes ago

FDA fast-tracks personalized therapy for hard-to-treat-prostate cancer

Prostate cancer needs testosterone to grow. In metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), an advanced form of the disease, the cancer continues growing despite a reduction in testosterone brought about by chemical or surgical castration. As such, mCRPC has few treat … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

The 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist for Australian fiction

The shortlist for the 2024 Miles Franklin literary award for works of Australian fiction, was announced earlier today. Of the ten novels named on the longlist in May, the following six titles have been included today: Only Sound Remains, by Hossein Asgari Wall, by Jen Craig Anam, … | Continue reading


@disassociated.com | 1 hour ago

Podcast Episode: Fighting Enshittification

The early internet had a lot of “technological self-determination" — you could opt out of things, protect your privacy, control your experience. The problem was that it took a fair amount of technical skill to exercise that self-determination. But what if it didn’t? What if the b … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 1 hour ago

The Original Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland Manuscript, Handwritten & Illustrated By Lewis Carroll (1864)

On a summer day in 1862, a tall, stammering Oxford University mathematician named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a boat trip up the River Thames, accompanied by a colleague and the three young daughters of university chancellor Henry Liddell. To stave off tedium during the five-mi … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 1 hour ago

ReHacked vol. 274: S. Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware, Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work and more

South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware — over 600,000 torrent users report missing files, strange folders, and disabled PCs | Tom's Hardware #security 💡 Is it OK to defend(?) the copyrights by slaughtering the security? Express your opinion in the … | Continue reading


@rehackedhub.com | 1 hour ago

147: Tornado

In this episode, Geoff White (https://x.com/geoffwhite247) tells us what happened to Axie Infinity and Tornado cash. It’s a digital heist of epic proportions that changes everything. This story comes from part of Geoff’s book “Rinsed” which goes into the world of money laundering … | Continue reading


@darknetdiaries.com | 1 hour ago

Homeowner halts landscaping project after realizing contractor's dangerous mistake: 'This is an area where my 5 year old and friends play'

"No way you're expected to pay for that." Homeowner halts landscaping project after realizing contractor's dangerous mistake: 'This is an area where my 5 year old and friends play' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Step up your coding with Continuous Feedback: Free Udemy Course

What do you know about the code changes that were just introduced into the codebase? When will you notice if something goes wrong? The post Step up your coding with Continuous Feedback: Free Udemy Course appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading


@foojay.io | 1 hour ago

Super-Sized

I can’t really do justice to just how large the structure around this doorbell button is, or how large this sign is. I can, though, note the exquisite tension between “I need to protect this thing” and “I’ve so protected this thing that I need to restate its purpose because it is … | Continue reading


@disquiet.com | 1 hour ago

🔗 Cookie-based authentication with Laravel Sanctum

This is a detailed step-by-step guide for setting up Laravel Sanctum with cookie-based authentication. It explains the logic behind each step and how to set up Postman. We also tackle the most common CORs issues. ⚠️ This post links to an external website. ⚠️ | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 1 hour ago

How to discover what Apple silicon CPU cores are doing

How could you study how Apple silicon CPU cores are used to run code? Comparisons between Activity Monitor, Xcode Instruments, and powermetrics. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 1 hour ago

Parent frustrated after finding what school sends student home with: 'Give your school that feedback'

"If you do nothing, it won't change." Parent frustrated after finding what school sends student home with: 'Give your school that feedback' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Holes in Bayesian statistics (my talk tomorrow at the Bayesian conference, based on work with Yuling)

3 Jul 2024, 11am, at the International Society of Bayesian Inference meeting at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: Every philosophy has holes, and it is the responsibility of proponents of a philosophy to point out these problems. Here are a … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 2 hours ago

The scientist’s 10 commandments

From the 10 biblical commandments to the first 10 amendments of the US constitution, which comprise the Bill of Rights, there are many lists of governing rules that apply to our individual lives as members of civilized society. Yet for scientists, there are many other “best pract … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 2 hours ago

Fresh Corn Salad

It is Canada Day here in Canada as I write this. A national holiday that has most people off of work and celebrating the great nation that is Canada! There will be fireworks and BBQ's plenty of get-togethers, etc. In the USA it will soon be the 4th of July holiday. A very similar … | Continue reading


@theenglishkitchen.co | 2 hours ago

Shopper calls out Costco for deceptive store recycling program: 'These should be illegal'

"Tell them if they don't sort it you'll be in touch with the press." Shopper calls out Costco for deceptive store recycling program: 'These should be illegal' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Rust has a HUGE supply chain security problem

"If only Rust had this feature, we would use it for all our greenfield projects!" Said nobody. Rust adoption is stagnating not because it's missing some weird feature pushed by programming language theory fanatics, but because of a lack of focus on solving the practical problems … | Continue reading


@kerkour.com | 2 hours ago

Cataclismo Releases In Steam Early Access This Month

After signing to publish Digital Suns’ upcoming RTS with brick-by-brick castle building Cataclismo, publisher Hooded Horse has now provided more details on what to expect when the game launches later this July. First off, there’s now a concrete date, July 22. And second, this wil … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 2 hours ago

Study finds 'catastrophic' decrease in migratory fish populations: 'A deafening wake-up call for the world'

"We cannot continue to let them slip silently away." Study finds 'catastrophic' decrease in migratory fish populations: 'A deafening wake-up call for the world' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Quoting John Naughton

So VisiCalc came and went, but the software genre it pioneered – the spreadsheet – endured to become arguably the most influential type of code ever written, at least in the sense of touching the lives of millions of office workers. I’ve never worked in an organisation in which s … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 2 hours ago

New Resident Evil Game In Development

Capcom has confirmed that a new entry to the Resident Evil series is in the works. At the tail end of the Capcom Next July 2024 livestream, Koshi Nakanishi, Director of Resident Evil VII revealed the he’s working on the next entry, which should be Resident Evil 9. “We’re making a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 hours ago

Tesla Stock Will Definitely Go Up Or Down In The Next Few Weeks — Maybe

Tesla shares have been holding mostly steady for the past few months, but that may be about to change in the next few weeks. The post Tesla Stock Will Definitely Go Up Or Down In The Next Few Weeks — Maybe appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 3 hours ago

Dozens of groups petition FEMA to declare new classification of 'major disaster': 'Declarations really open up the broadest pockets of funding'

If successful, this petition could make a difference to millions of lives. Dozens of groups petition FEMA to declare new classification of 'major disaster': 'Declarations really open up the broadest pockets of funding' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Gets A Demo Ahead Of Launch

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, the cool-looking but also unorthodox strategy-action game now has a demo, available today on all platforms. The demo has no time limit, and allows players to try the opening portions of the game and wrap their heads around this unique blend of s … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 hours ago

Weeknotes: a livestream, a surprise keynote and progress on Datasette Cloud billing

My first YouTube livestream with Val Town, a keynote at the AI Engineer World's Fair and some work integrating Stripe with Datasette Cloud. Plus a bunch of upgrades to my blog. Livestreaming RAG with Steve Krouse and Val Town A couple of weeks ago I broadcast a livestream with Va … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 3 hours ago

Happy people make better products

The home team welcomes developer and software consultant Ben Borra to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about developer productivity, the value of positive feedback and identifying quick wins, the impact of code assistants on devs’ everyday work, and the challenges of syst … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 3 hours ago

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Releases This September

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, the second remaster for the 2006 zombie horde survival game, is releasing this September. Teased last week, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is really pushing the boundaries of what’s considered a remaster and a remake. This game, only for 9th-gen consoles … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 hours ago

NYC resident perturbed after spotting invasive insect that wreaked havoc last year: 'Those are the babies they laid last year'

"They're all over." NYC resident perturbed after spotting invasive insect that wreaked havoc last year: 'Those are the babies they laid last year' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Better-than-normal hearing unlocked by gene tweak

Age-related hearing loss was primarily thought to be caused by damage to or destruction of hair cells. A row of inner hair cells in the snail-like cochlea converts sound vibrations into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain via the auditory nerve. However, recent r … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 4 hours ago

#168 When the meeting ends early

Welcome back to your afternoon. Welcome back to getting things done. Welcome back to fresh air. Welcome back to AWESOME! Even more awesome: Photo from: here The post #168 When the meeting ends early appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading


@1000awesomethings.com | 4 hours ago

Startup develops innovative self-installing wind turbines for remote sites: 'Solves one of the wind industry's greatest challenges in the coming decades'

The company hopes to bring the system to onshore commercial markets in 2027. Startup develops innovative self-installing wind turbines for remote sites: 'Solves one of the wind industry's greatest challenges in the coming decades' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

Implantable microphone could lead to fully internal cochlear implants

This tiny, biocompatible sensor may overcome one of the biggest hurdles that prevent the devices from being completely implanted. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 hours ago

German Finance Minister says Deutschlandticket must get more expensive

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has expressed doubt that the Deutschlandticket cannot continue to cost 49 euros per month if Germany is to invest in track network... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.de | 4 hours ago

Joint calls with India expected as Brussels seeks deeper tech ties

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April, 25, 2022. Photo credits: Christophe Licoppe / European Union The EU is planning several joint calls with India in next year’s work programme for Horizon Europe, as Brussels tries … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 4 hours ago