Nate was an AI shopping app that promised to automate the checkout process. DOJ says workers in the Philippines completed transactions manually. | Continue reading
Tracklib compiled and broke down the most popular electronic music samples that have been used by artists from 1990 through 2024. | Continue reading
The White House's drafted budget for NASA slashes research into the cosmos. | Continue reading
Rob Shearer wrote a detailed and fairly scathing critique of Mastodon. I don’t agree with everything in the post, but I do think he’s right about migration: One of the big selling points of Mastodon was that you can pick which instance your account lives on, but it is easy to cha … | Continue reading
Violent crumpling of rock left a continental edge that is much more interesting than we imagined The post Eastern North America Is a Geological Hotbed appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
"I love this idea." Woman shares brilliant hack to reuse old toilet paper rolls: 'Never thought of this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Jared Hess thinks the frenzied audience reactions to his movie are 'hilarious.' | Continue reading
Kirkwood Imaging created a heartfelt video about taking his elder dog for a car ride at night with the top down. | Continue reading
Will it run Doom? The question that has challenged tinkerers and hardware hackers for years has now come full circle. Limited Run Games has announced a new collector’s edition of the iconic first-person shooter that ships in a box that itself can play Doom on a built-in screen. T … | Continue reading
At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 763, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a subpoena.” Usually these sorts of … | Continue reading
ChatGPT’s latest image generator had an explosive debut thanks to the viral Studio Ghibli art trend, and LinkedIn users have now jumped on a new gimmick: turning yourself into a toy. There are several flavors of the trend being shared. The “AI Action Figure” variant appears to ha … | Continue reading
I need Apple to blink once for yes and twice for no, because its getting weird. | Continue reading
Microsoft is testing a new Defender for Endpoint capability that will block traffic to and from undiscovered endpoints to thwart attackers' lateral network movement attempts. [...] | Continue reading
A solar jet captured by the Solar Orbiter unleashed a mind-blowing 200,000-fold increase in a rare helium isotope, 3He – far surpassing anything ever recorded. Scientists traced it to a quiet region of the Sun with unexpectedly weak magnetic fields, upending previous assumptions … | Continue reading
We’re publishing a lot these days. Here’s what you can’t miss. It’s a dizzy, disorienting moment. Let us help you make sense of it. | Continue reading
Reading A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. | Continue reading
From the celebrity Amazing Race we could have had, to the world's largest cheese buffet. The post Fugs & Pieces, April 11, 2024 first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
"We need to have many, many other providers, in fact, to meet the demand." Massive real estate firm makes game-changing deal to update hundreds of properties: 'We have such a large demand' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
TL;DR: Empower non-Bluetooth tech with wireless capabilities when you get the EVE II Bluetooth Transmitter & Receiver for $42.97. Give new life to your older tech when you use the EVE II Bluetooth Transmitter & Receiver to turn them wireless. Plug directly into older devices with … | Continue reading
A catafalque is a decorated wooden framework that supports the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral. But the catafalque in the local church in La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Spain is more than that. It is a most unique example of funerary art from the Baroque era. It i … | Continue reading
Testing found that the holy water was "heavily contaminated." | Continue reading
Featuring Nicola Kastner, CEO of Event Leaders Exchange (ELX), and Kevin Hinton, managing director, group travel, at U.S. Travel Association, this week’s Skift Meetings webinar had one overriding theme — uncertainty. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading
A documentary called "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection" will unveil the most detailed digital reconstruction of the shipwreck ever created. Experts are using the model to study the vessel's demise | Continue reading
Nautilus, the ten-episode adventure drama starring Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) officially has a release date on its new platform. Today, AMC, which bought the rights to the show after Disney+ dropped it, released a teaser for the series as well as several first-look image … | Continue reading
The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of modern humans. It suggests the species lived in diverse environments | Continue reading
The slop is monetized, too. | Continue reading
T Bone Burnett in the New York Times: In our culture, music is most often written about in terms of sales, streams and chart positions. That is, of course, the least intelligent way to think about or talk about music. Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs” is unconcern … | Continue reading
Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong? | Continue reading
Now that Samsung has launched its 2025 lineup, including the high-end Frame Pro, we’re starting to see steep discounts land on the 2024 models. Right now, for example, Samsung’s 85-inch Frame TV — its largest Frame TV to date — has dropped to around $2,498 ($1,800 off) at Amazon, … | Continue reading
"The systems you set up give you the life that you live in. You can only hope it's the life that you want to live" The post How Xalavier Nelson Does It appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
May the Fourth be with your wallet if you bid on Heritage Auctions' upcoming Star Wars sale. | Continue reading
I have some old stuff transcoded to Real Audio, because why not? It’s like a magical hidden file-format from years past. Granted the streaming software is so old, it breaks with NAT, but there was an older playable RAM / … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Malta's Studio NiCHE has revealed its latest project, which transforms a centuries-old karrejja (a narrow, often vaulted passageway typical of 16th-century Maltese architecture) into a striking 28-sq-m (301-sq-ft) studio that’s equal parts history and innovation. Dubbed The Blue … | Continue reading
As a part of Snack Shop series, Annie Arriaga investigates the latest and greatest viral snack shops in New York City to see if the hype is real, if the snacks are yummy, and if the spot is underrated, overrated, or perfectly rated. If you’re a matcha girlie like me, you’ve had m … | Continue reading
Thanks Obama. | Continue reading
For the blogging client…. (notes) What do you want to say? What is your message? Don’t have a […] | Continue reading
In the midst of the tariffs, an even bigger story is brewing: Trump is attempting to take over American Universities. | Continue reading
Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is critically important for us to speak up to ensure that essential work c … | Continue reading
In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of Africa, thousands of stone tools made by early humans are revealing connections between prehistoric peoples of the continent. Archaeologists that made the discovery called it an “important” find that hints at the ways in wh … | Continue reading
"Ensures projects stay on track." Former banking executive launches innovative project to revolutionize the way businesses operate: 'Actionable insights' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Another day, another deadly air crash. This time it was a small plane that dropped from the sky Friday morning in Boca Raton, killing all three people on board and injuring a bystander on the ground, who was rushed to the hospital. — Read the rest The post Today's plane crash kil … | Continue reading
Chrome for Android is getting a neat visual upgrade. | Continue reading
If you're looking for a great ensalada de bacalao, I got one for you. Whether served as a salad or a cold dish, this filling and satisfying chickpea and codfish salad is a fantastic summer dish with ingredients and flavors we love, and that can be served for Lent and Easter. Read … | Continue reading
Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered into a 3D atlas that creates new possibilities for neuroscience. | Continue reading
All three kids off today. 10:59 just now having a second to note something. Line between fiction and […] | Continue reading
At MacStories, Federico Viticci does some excellent speculation about how Apple might catch up in AI: Yesterday, Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information, published an outstanding story detailing the internal turmoil at Apple that led to the delay of the highly anticipated Siri AI … | Continue reading
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The 2023/2024 GNOME STF project is mostly wrapped up now, so it’s a good moment to look back at what was done as part of the project, and what’s next for the projects we worked on. As a brief refresher, STF (Sovereign Tech Fund, recently renamed to Sovereign Tech Agency) is a pro … | Continue reading