Native apps are all about control. Don’t like thing X? You can dive in and, with enough elbow grease and persistence, finally get what you want. Write your own C library. Do some assembly code. Even make your own hardware if you have to. But on the web you give up that control. C … | Continue reading
The bill will prevent violators from getting off with minimal fines and continued violations. California increases fines for violations against excessive water usage: 'It's an important step' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bogdan Raczynski You’re Only Young Once But You Can Be Stupid Forever The latest from the Polish-American producer may be more minimalist, even more light-hearted than its predecessor, but it still packs a helluva punch, finds Aydin Khalili You're Only Young Once But You Can Be S … | Continue reading
Félicia Atkinson Space Is An Instrument From simple ingredients – spoke words, field recordings, a few notes from a piano – the French composer builds intense worlds of feeling Space As An Instrument by Félicia Atkinson Félicia Atkinson’s spoken word accompaniments to the tracks … | Continue reading
Essendon House by DeArch is a project that beautifully combines heritage restoration with modern design. DeArch was appointed to oversee both the architectural and interior aspects of the project, blending a sensitive restoration of a heritage home with a modern extension. Contin … | Continue reading
A condition that killed millions of sailors between the 16th and 18th centuries has resurfaced, and looks set to become more prevalent in regions of the world you'd least expect to see it. Continue Reading Category: Diet & Nutrition Tags: Disease, blood vessel, Inflammatory | Continue reading
Stephen King officially announced the release date of his upcoming novel, “Never Flinch,” as May 27, 2025. Although specific details about the book remain a mystery, King hints at the return of his beloved character, Holly Gibney, who first appeared in the novel Mr. Mercedes. Hol … | Continue reading
▰ Suit Up: I’m always interested in the role of sound in user interfaces — even if those interfaces are in fiction, and especially if it’s science fiction. This bit is from the new novella Livesuit, by James S.A. Corey (also author of the Expanse series, and actually two authors … | Continue reading
"How do people not know Teslas record this?" Shocking dashcam footage captures vandal smashing car's mirror and slashing tire: 'I don't understand people that do this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
We enhanced the ability of the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku to recognize and resist prompt injection attempts. Prompt injection is an attack where a malicious user feeds instructions to a model that attempt to change its originally intended behavior. Both model … | Continue reading
Black holes, with their event horizons trapping anything that enters, and accretion disks glowing from accumulated matter, present a fascinating study in extreme physics. As matter spirals into a black hole, it brightens and warps due to intense gravity, creating striking visual … | Continue reading
The next wave of game-changing AI models will soon be upon us – "agent" style models that'll be able to take over entire ongoing tasks and jobs with full autonomy. Anthropic's newest AI model gives us a sneak peek, by taking over your whole computer. Continue Reading Category: AI … | Continue reading
AWESOME! Ready for more awesome? Get brand-new daily awesome things straight to your inbox: Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet The post #87 Weird food combinations that only you love appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
It has become harder to find an available appointment to take a citizenship test since Germany relaxed its naturalisation law in June 2024. If you’re really stuck, is it possible... | Continue reading
Associate professor of architecture Brandon Clifford scrutinizes ancient stone structures, searching for ideas that can revitalize our building practices. | Continue reading
"Our NoviOcean machine maximizes renewable energy by combining wave, wind, and solar power in a single solution." Energy firm revolutionizes power generation with innovative new technology: 'On track to make a big impact' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The municipality of Utrecht has presented plans that would improve the air quality of the city. By expanding the zero-emission zone and banning wood-burning stoves and fireplaces... | Continue reading
Looking for a residential EV charger? There are dozens to choose from . Wirecutter tested several and shared the results of its research. The post Top Home & Portable EV Charger Picks From Wirecutter appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
As I just noted in another article, Chinese EV producers are selling many electric cars in China, but are also now looking for the best way to plant themselves and grow in foreign markets. Europe is the biggest target, as it’s the second biggest auto market in the world. However, … | Continue reading
We can look forward to a new era of cheap, clean travel and a healthier planet. Inside the prodigious plant that's transforming water into fuel: 'Water will be the coal of the future' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Workers developed symptoms after working with infected poultry. In Washington state, four farm workers contracted avian influenza at an egg production facility previously hit by a virus outbreak. Health authorities are actively managing the situation by testing and protecting exp … | Continue reading
"You should be very proud!" Homeowner shares before-and-after photos of backyard oasis transformation: 'When I first moved ... I had one small tree and gravel' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Chinese electric car market is on fire. However, Chinese automakers know their sales in China can only reach a certain level, and there’s a lot more potential out beyond China’s borders if they can move quickly. There’s very little EV supply in many markets still — or even no … | Continue reading
Jeffrey Goldberg, in a must-read, must-share piece for The Atlantic (this is a gift link, which should get you through The Atlantic’s subscriber paywall, and which link I encourage you to share with every potential voter you know): In their book, The Divider: Trump in the White H … | Continue reading
Paving action tonight on Third Avenue... as crews are working between Ninth Street and 12th Street... thanks to EVG reader Doug for the shot. | Continue reading
ChargePoint has launched a $699 Level 2 EV charger for light duty commercial fleets, a price point that supports the case for electrification on a total cost of ownership basis. The post ChargePoint Pitches Affordable Level 2 EV Charger For Commercial Fleets, For Just $699 appear … | Continue reading
Claude Artifact Runner One of my least favourite things about Claude Artifacts is the way it defaults to writing code in React in a way that's difficult to reuse outside of Artifacts. I start most of my prompts with "no react" so that it will kick out regular HTML and JavaScript … | Continue reading
Julie Coker, president and CEO of the San Diego Tourism Authority, is heading to the Big Apple to help revitalize business travel and group business. -Andrea Doyle | Continue reading
"If they do not move in the long term, greater conservation efforts are likely to be necessary." New analysis raises serious concerns after witnessing unsettling behavior of birds: 'This is a response we've hypothesized before' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A new base game update for The Sims 4 is now live, ahead of the release of the Life & Death expansion pack. This base game adds a few new content and features available to all players, mostly death related. The biggest headliner feature is the ability to control Ghost Sims. Right … | Continue reading
The Escondido resident who contracted the mosquito-borne virus didn’t travel to an area where dengue is common. County initiates sweeping measures to intervene after first-ever locally acquired case of dengue emerges: 'Fight the bite' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Boox Palma 2 features a faster processor and a fingerprint reader. | Image: Boox Boox has announced the Palma 2, the next version of its popular smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses some of the original’s shortcomings, with a faster processor to address the origin … | Continue reading
Centaurus A, located 12 million light-years away, dazzles in a composite image highlighting its supermassive black hole and the extensive jets it emits, visible in X-rays and optical light. Recent studies leveraging data from NASA’s Chandra and IXPE satellites offer fresh perspec … | Continue reading
I may have to visit this massive solar farm next time I’m in the area, about an hour outside Austin. 1.3 million solar panels. Made in America so there’s a tax credit too under the Inflation Reduction Act. (Thanks Biden!) | Continue reading
"Businesses are facing a lack of standard methodologies for quantifying climate-related financial risks." Experts sound the alarm about blind spot in corporate financial reporting: 'Still in a nascent stage' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This post has affiliate links. While this isn’t an exhaustive list, here’s some books that are written by fellow disabled people, for disabled people. What makes these selections so unique is the fact that all of the main characters have a disability. But they’re not reduced to t … | Continue reading
40 billion: number of plastic earplugs made per year 43: number of years since Ronald Reagan, then president, defunded the EPA’s Office of Noise Abatement and Control 45: decibel level exceeded by two-thirds of habitual snorers Sources: earplugs (dezeen.com), EPA (fox8live.com), … | Continue reading
Juli Clover, MacRumors: Disney is no longer allowing its customers to sign up for and purchase subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple’s App Store, cutting out any subscription fees that Disney would have needed to pay to Apple for using in-app purchase. As of writing a da … | Continue reading
The Pennsylvania-based act Eastern Pine delivered a fully formed sound with a crystal-clear vision that cuts through like a knife. | Continue reading
"It is taxpayer money getting wasted." Neighborhood on edge after repeated acts of senseless vandalism: 'It's a crime at the end of the day' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"It was a successful Cert flight, and now we’re knee deep in finalizing certification." | Continue reading
According to a document that I viewed, Anthropic is telling investors that it is expecting a billion dollars in revenue this year. Third-party API is expected to make up the majority of sales, 60% to 75% of the total. That refers to the interfaces that allow external developers o … | Continue reading
OpenAI’s monthly revenue hit $300 million in August, up 1,700 percent since the beginning of 2023, and the company expects about $3.7 billion in annual sales this year, according to financial documents reviewed by The New York Times. [...] The company expects ChatGPT to bring in … | Continue reading
"I've seen similar presentations before and just knew something was wrong with what was said." PhD student debunks popular misinformation campaign pedaled by so-called expert: 'A lot of people misuse this graph' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Astronaut photos reveal the dramatic transformation of Madagascar’s largest estuary, the Betsiboka, over decades. Deforestation and agriculture have caused severe erosion, changing the delta’s landscape, forming new islands, and expanding mangroves significantly since 1984. An as … | Continue reading
The end of the road is in sight. Here's everything you need to know about Agatha Harkness' penultimate Wednesday takeover. | Continue reading
"Surprising turn of events." Wildlife experts 'baffled' by rare phenomenon spotted in mountainous region: 'This is no doubt an abnormal event' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"I've never understood why some people think it's ok." Tenant shares frustrations after making concerning discovery left by neighbors: 'I would be irate' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading