More and more people buy electric cars every year, and 2024 is again showing strong growth in EV sales. That also means that more and more of the EV-buying population are mainstream buyers. Early adopters have approached EVs in a different way than how mainstream buyers do (even … | Continue reading
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron, Wired: A joint investigation by WIRED, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Netzpolitik.org reveals that US companies legally collecting digital advertising data are also providing the world a cheap and reliable way to track the movements of American mi … | Continue reading
Bluesky WebSocket Firehose Very quick (10 seconds of Claude hacking) prototype of a web page that attaches to the public Bluesky WebSocket firehose and displays the results directly in your browser. Here's the code - there's very little to it, it's basically opening a connection … | Continue reading
Hot off the heels of The Game Awards announcing its list of nomination comes an all-new awards show, just for indie games. The Indie Game Awards, the IGAs for short, is a new awards-only (no world premier trailers) event to celebrate “excellence in indie gaming with categories th … | Continue reading
The power source could "provide virtually limitless clean, safe, and affordable energy." Scientists announce major breakthrough on journey to harness 'holy grail' energy source: 'Leveraging our world-class capabilities and hundreds of subject experts' first appeared on The Cool D … | Continue reading
"A perfect example of how we are working to increase circularity and reduce the linear take-make-waste approach to business." Outdoor apparel brand rolls out new puffer jacket with unusual source of material: 'Something we are immensely proud of' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hey, remember that wacky story from Cabel Sasser’s GDC talk of all those Playdates that went missing, and then resurfaced in May? The story, in full, is in the latest episode of the Playdate Podcast. ⌥ Permalink⌥ Permalink | Continue reading
New research unveils the evolutionary origins of stem cells through a groundbreaking experiment that successfully created a mouse using ancient genetic tools. Published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers has achieved a groundbreaking milestone: the cre … | Continue reading
The guy being interviewed here at 1:10 made me think of the “I didn’t think leopards would eat MY face” meme. | Continue reading
Prepare to start seeing unprecedented shapes and designs in the motocross world. Spanish company Stark Future is taking titanium 3D printing out of the prototyping lab, and into mass production of its insane electric dirtbikes. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport Ta … | Continue reading
"I told her to move somewhere with a HOA if she doesn't like it." Homeowner sparks debate after sharing unconventional front yard design: 'My neighbor says it's an eyesore' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"It feels impossible to find safe products." Engineer calls out Revlon for alleged misleading claims about its products: 'I probably would've fallen for it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Many trending influencers have a way of normalizing overspending and overconsumption in the pursuit of happiness and gaining fans. Social media users call out influencer's outrageous beauty haul: 'How can you really review something if you only use it once?' first appeared on The … | Continue reading
Our ideas become stronger when we’re forced to defend them. We wish our university challenged us like it challenges the right wing. | Continue reading
As I do week notes, one of my usual practices when finishing my blog posts is no longer needed, a conclusion | Continue reading
Image: Strava Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava’s look, and place a ban on using data “for any model training related to artificial intelligence, machine lea … | Continue reading
Charlotte Gordon in The Washington Post: The Monty Python sketch of Thomas Hardy writing “The Return of the Native” takes place inside a packed soccer stadium with an announcer providing play-by-play analysis of the author’s glacial writing process. In hushed tones, the announcer … | Continue reading
Just as the car pulled into the low-rent automatic wash attached to the gas station and wrapping around and behind the snack shop, I pulled my cellphone out of my jacket pocket and hit the big red record button. Not documented here are the interior’s colorful flashing lights, whi … | Continue reading
Sahana Sitaraman in The Scientist: Cancer cachexia, or the wasting syndrome, is a catastrophic condition that causes dramatic and involuntary loss of muscle mass, fat and weight, alongside extreme fatigue, anorexia and anemia in patients with cancer.1 This severe stress reduces t … | Continue reading
"This is amazing." Homeowner stunned after cooking with completely invisible stove: 'This is magic' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Baby ahead of me in line Eyes staring, beautiful they shine Fresh opened, trusting, kind Shimmering wisdoms new and divine. Not stained with adult guile Which sorrow’s sediment piles Ensouled only a short while She makes me smile. What in her life shall she see When time marches … | Continue reading
Stress hormones, not impaired insulin signaling, may underlie obesity-related diabetes, according to Rutgers research. Elevated stress hormones counteract insulin’s effects, even with intact signaling. This insight could lead to treatments targeting stress hormones rather than in … | Continue reading
We need a plan that supports cultural dynamism and protects American workers. Ten commonsense proposals from Reihan Salam. | Continue reading
The newspaper says it is leaving X because of misinformation, but it is guilty of the same tactics it claims to oppose. I should know—I was once a target. | Continue reading
100M+ global places of interest now available for commercial use under an Apache 2.0 license # | Continue reading
"Downplaying the threats and undermining the solutions with dangerous misinformation." Newspaper stirs controversy with allegedly biased coverage of newly elected government: 'Continue to sow confusion' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
the full story of how two pallets of Playdates worth $400,000 were stolen in Las Vegas and eventually recovered # | Continue reading
every new feature they add increases lock-in, making it harder to leave while they court some of the worst people online # | Continue reading
"The fact that Google is promoting this seems vastly out of touch with basic human decency." Google ad leads to discussion about 'cheating at life' features: 'How can Google promote this as a positive?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
James Baggott, writing for Car Dealer Magazine: Jaguar unveiled a new look, logo and direction for its cars at what was quite possibly the most bizarre automotive media launch I’ve ever attended — here’s what happened. Embargoed until today, the event felt like a hallucinogenic s … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy The "No Longer in Business" sign went up today at Ludlow Garage, 151 Attorney St. between Houston and Stanton. As we reported last week, co-owner Jerome Vasconcellos and his brother-in-law, Mario Marques, decided to sell their auto repair mechanic shop that ha … | Continue reading
This is a very dangerous thing for everyone involved. City dwellers outraged after dangerous trend takes over new infrastructure: 'It makes it incredibly unsafe' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The sixth flight of SpaceX's Starship went off today without a second capture landing of the Super Heavy first stage, but it did have a dramatic daylight powered soft landing of the Starship second stage in the Indian Ocean. And a banana. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science … | Continue reading
For the love of god, quit calling your newsletter “my Substack”. “You can talk about your work as *your work*. It’s your newsletter, or your email, or your blog. Or just your writing. But it sure as hell isn’t ‘your Substack.’” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
The idea of building a "tiny home" is one that has gained a certain amount of traction in recent years. Homebuilder shares incredible video tour of tiny home built in Asia: 'This is great' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Chrome away from home | Continue reading
The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world's top 50 banks, notified customers of a po … | Continue reading
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understa … | Continue reading
Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark energy may have evolved | Continue reading
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has made significant contributions to understanding the universe’s structure over the past 11 billion years, confirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity on a cosmic scale. Through extensive data analysis of nearly 6 million g … | Continue reading
TL;DR: Save 57% on a Merlin AI 1-year subscription and get ChatGPT, Gemini, and more top AI tools in a convenient Chrome extension and web app. Merlin AI is like a virtual assistant that lives inside your computer. Pay $49 for a 1-year subscription (reg. — Read the rest The post … | Continue reading
"Say it with me, leave no trace." Footage highlights strange finds after analyzing 8,000 pieces of Yosemite litter: 'Oh no' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The largest survey of our universe ever conducted suggests that it closely matches the model most favored by cosmologists. It's unclear what this means for alternative theories attempting to explain bizarre discrepancies. | Continue reading
The Hollywood Reporter, which of course is where one now goes to find news of incoming Executive Branch appointments and nominations, “Trump Nominates Dr. Mehmet Oz to Run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services”: “America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Phy … | Continue reading
A 93-year-old Los Angeles woman who heard strange noises under her floor for weeks thought it was animals living under her house — until the sounds got louder. That's when her family called the police, only to find a naked gentleman living in their crawlspace. — Read the rest The … | Continue reading
"Get a lawyer." Distraught homeowner shares shocking photo after returning home to find property destroyed: 'File a police report for vandalism' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Detection is a key step needed for understanding." Satellite imagery reveals troubling reality for remote beaches — but researchers have created a silver lining first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Autumnal contrast Nature vs Norman Foster. Quote of the Day “It is not what we have as children, but what we are deprived of as kids that defines us and our behaviours for rest of our lives.” Om Malik Musical … Continue reading → | Continue reading