CinemaCon audiences got an early look at Predator: Badlands, including its setting: an alien 'planet of hurt.' | Continue reading
The marsupial is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Trail cameras capture first-ever footage of elusive species inside protected forest: 'This is an important find' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hyundai isn't exactly the first name you'd think of when it comes to racecars. But it's exactly that perception that the South Korean manufacturer has sought to change with its Insteroid concept. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, C … | Continue reading
Google’s upcoming base Pixel 10 might come with primary and ultrawide cameras that match the hardware recently introduced in the budget Pixel 9A, which aren’t as good as the cameras on the Pixel 9, Android Authority reports. However, the new phone may get a telephoto camera, whic … | Continue reading
The card grading service PSA will no longer take direct submissions from outside the US in response to the Trump administration’s new far-reaching tariffs. In an update on Wednesday, PSA says it’s “reluctantly taking these measures to protect our international customers from sign … | Continue reading
In the wake of Snow White's middling performance, Disney seems to be rethinking the pace and potential of its live-action remakes. | Continue reading
While not deadly in small amounts, increases in carbon dioxide can be very harmful. Scientist debunks misleading claim with chilling analogy: 'It doesn't have to be super high ... to have a really big impact' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
An Introduction When making your own pants, and with any project, it is important to consider the specifications and constraints of your design. In regard to sewing snowboarding pants, there are many aspects that will allow in my pants fitting well and being successful along with … | Continue reading
1. Long Island, New York – We begin today with a crucial stand-off for the future of energy off the coast of New York City: Rep. Chris Smith – one of the loudest anti-wind voices in Congress – is asking the Trump administration to shut down active work on the Empire Wind project. … | Continue reading
Following up on BYD’s passenger electric vehicle sales growth (which put it solidly ahead of Tesla in BEV sales, not to mention overall plugin vehicle sales), let’s take a look at BYD’s commercial electric vehicles sales in March and the 1st quarter as a whole. BYD’s March Commer … | Continue reading
They're still sanewashing Trump. Example. Just listened to Brian Lehrer, a news interview and call-in show on WNYC, which I revere, for many reasons. Lehrer is smart, and doesn't dumb things down for his audience. He usually asks the question I'm dying to hear the answer to, whic … | Continue reading
Today’s conversation is with Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University. Mulvaney is a social scientist who spent much of his time before January 2025 advocating for more considerate and humane renewable energy development. Then Moss Landing … | Continue reading
"These are the people who are going to ruin the national parks for the rest of us." Tourists ignite backlash after rule-breaking video surfaces from national park: 'They should all have to pay a fine' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
DeepMind says AGI could arrive in 2030, and it has some ideas to keep us safe. | Continue reading
The scientific potential of an overlooked flower The post A Closer Look at the Woolly Devil appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with convection, a process that helps move heat and may explain the planet’s tens of thousands of volcanoes. This overturns assumptions that crustal convection o … | 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. New York is known for its specialty coffee. Ove … | Continue reading
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading
To pull this off, the company is rolling out bottles of various sizes. Coca-Cola announces major change to its iconic packaging — here's what's changing by 2030 first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A maximum severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been discovered impacting all versions of Apache Parquet up to and including 1.15.0. [...] | Continue reading
God is a woman in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia. | Continue reading
1/ Trump claimed his tariff plan is “going very well” as global markets plunged in response. “The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom,” Trump said shortly before the Dow, Nasdaq, and the S&P 500 ... Subscribe: Get the Daily Update i … | Continue reading
James Gunn's superhero tale starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, a bunch of other humans, and one really cute dog lands in theaters July 11. | Continue reading
Yes, encryption/decryption occurs on end-user devices, but there's a catch. | Continue reading
One might assume decisions that swing economies worldwide were based on careful research… Tags: calculations, James Surowiecki, tariff, trade | Continue reading
The US smartphone market is weird. Most of us buy our phones through some combination of installment plans, trade-in offers, and carrier deals, so answering the question “How much does this phone cost?†can sometimes require a little galaxy-brain math. President Trump’s 34 … | Continue reading
Carbon capture has always been contentious, but its biggest critics have traditionally been climate activists on the left. Now, in an unexpected twist, it seems to be getting caught up in the same conservative climate culture war that has overwhelmed electric stoves and ESG inves … | Continue reading
The easiest and most affordable way to keep an eye on your home and yard. | Continue reading
Apple shares fell 9% Thursday — not surprising, iPhones are largely made in China, putting them soon behind a 65% tariff. Nike (down 14.5%) and Lululemon’s (down 9.5%) supply chains are now behind the formidable 46% tariff on Vietnam. But why is Vistra, which owns dozens of coal, … | Continue reading
AO Wants to Know is an ongoing interview series where we ask experts in extraordinary subjects to share their knowledge with us. The kitchen is cluttered in every possible way. The sink is piled with dishes, full trash bags are stacked in the corner, a half-eaten sheet cake has b … | Continue reading
The IG will review if Hegseth's love for Signal complies with the agency's policies. | Continue reading
"Put it into water, grow roots, and then plant more basil." Gardener shares surprisingly simple trick for growing basil with minimal effort: 'I'm going to try this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Consumer drones are all just slight variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller "bicopter" which is claimed to be nimbler, quieter, and more energy-efficient than its four-prop counterparts. Continue Reading Category: D … | Continue reading
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Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs. | Continue reading
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The Switch 2's most important feature is the direct result of the 2020 lockdowns. | Continue reading
TikTok is shutting down Notes, its photos-sharing app that rivaled Instagram. In a notification to users, the TikTok Notes team says the app will stop working starting May 8th, and “all related features will no longer be available.” TikTok first rolled out Notes in April of last … | Continue reading
Microsoft is testing out resizable taskbar icons in Windows 11 that can shrink as you open more apps or stay at a smaller size for good. The new options are included in the latest Insider Preview Beta. If you’re on the beta, under Taskbar settings > Taskbar behaviors, you can now … | Continue reading
Social media users have noted that there appears to be no logic behind the tariffs. | Continue reading
Mike Masnick has a great piece at TechDirt running down just how stupid everything about Trump’s tariff trade war is: Whoever on the Council of Economic Advisers used this formula should turn in their econ degree, because this is not how anything works. Even if they then go on to … | Continue reading
At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels. | Continue reading
And it's just the first half! Read part one of sci-fi story “Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep?” by Sarah Langan. | Continue reading
The method benefits homeowners by saving money and avoiding chemicals. Homeowner reveals mind-blowing trick to clean dirty, caked-on oven: 'Just a sparkling-clean oven' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Sometimes you run into a main landmark where you don’t expect one. Like Main Street USA in Hong Kong Disney. So you grab a snack in a diner that serves no hot dogs. You can buy little American flags in the heart of Hong Kong and clothes telling Hong Kong… | Continue reading
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025 ...when the fellow keeps saying this: We've log recommended pity for the person—for the tragic loss of human potential. That said, it's too late to take away his power. Meanwhile, the person in question simply can't seem to stop saying things like this: Pr … | Continue reading
The Switch 2's most important feature is the direct result of the 2020 lockdowns. | Continue reading