Sisto: A Simple Piece of Furniture with Multiple Configurations

Doing more with less: This Sisto piece is just six pieces of plywood, butt-jointed and with exposed fasteners. Its simple construction aside, its configurations are manifold: A pair of them lets you do even more: Sisto is by Copenhagen-based furniture designer Edoardo Lietti. I … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 3 minutes ago

Shopper speechless after spotting original tags on designer jacket in thrift store: 'You find the best stuff'

"Wow! That is nice." Shopper speechless after spotting original tags on designer jacket in thrift store: 'You find the best stuff' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 minutes ago

Anthropic launches research tool and Google Workspace integration

Anthropic is launching two major features today: Research and Google Workspace integration. The company announced today that Claude can now connect directly to your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Documents, turning the AI assistant into what Anthropic calls “your frontline workplace … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 3 minutes ago

Microsoft blocks ActiveX by default in Microsoft 365, Office 2024

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 6 minutes ago

Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked

The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 9 minutes ago

Trans Musicians Are Canceling US Tour Dates Due to Trump’s Gender ID Rules

Two trans Canadian artists are pulling out of US concerts as Donald Trump's border crackdown sparks 'panic.' | Continue reading


@wired.com | 11 minutes ago

Trump’s Energy Team is a Keystone Kops Crapshow

Hard to have much respect for Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who portrays himself as a hard headed, data driven guy (just not so much on climate data). He took the job knowing that the “Drill Baby Drill” mantra was bullshit, that oil companies could not and would not follow that … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 13 minutes ago

Harvard Literally Can’t Comply

The demands placed on Harvard by the Trump administration are internally contradictory. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 13 minutes ago

Mid-Month Check-in….

Just like when I was a Field Sales Sup’ at the first telecom. My attitude today and yesterday, […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 14 minutes ago

Comcast announces a five-year price lock for Xfinity internet plans

Comcast has announced that new customers can choose a five-year, guaranteed price lock-in for its Xfinity internet plans. The plans won’t require an annual contract, and range in price from $55 to $105 per month, according to a release emailed to The Verge. They also include unli … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 16 minutes ago

The Life of Chuck Trailer Promises Something Different From Mike Flanagan and Stephen King

Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill lead a stacked cast in the not-a-horror-film hitting theaters June 6. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 17 minutes ago

The MAGIC Lab uses psychology to understand perception and free will

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@3quarksdaily.com | 18 minutes ago

Google must stop favoring Search and Chrome on Android in Japan

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered Google to stop making deals that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices. Nikkei Asia says that it’s the first time the regulator has issued a cease and desist order to a major tech company. The regulator fou … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 18 minutes ago

Linguistic relativity: snow and horses

For the record: "Do Inuit languages really have many words for snow? The most interesting finds from our study of 616 languages", The Conversation (4/10/25); rpt. in phys.org/news (4/13/25) Authors: Charles KempProfessor, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbou … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 20 minutes ago

Whistleblower Reportedly Stalked by Drone Following DOGE Complaint

After the labor board staffer reported concerning activity, a threatening message was taped to his door including sensitive personal information. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 22 minutes ago

This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter....

This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 23 minutes ago

caroline Reveal New Album, ‘caroline 2’

They've also shared the Caroline Polachek-featuring lead single 'Tell me I never knew that' Photo by Henry Redcliffe caroline have shared details of their second studio album, caroline 2. Taking in eight tracks, the record features recent single 'Total Euphoria', which opens the … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 24 minutes ago

Nvidia nudges mainstream gaming PCs forward with RTX 5060 series, starting at $299

RTX 5060 includes 8GB for $299; RTX 5060 Ti has 8GB or 16GB for $379 and $429. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 27 minutes ago

What Adolescence Understands About Phones and Kids

Jonathan Haidt on how the show portrays the horrors of a screens-based childhood | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 27 minutes ago

Florida aircraft sales tax avoidance talk at Sun ‘n Fun

Happy Tax Day for those who celebrate (i.e., Americans who aren’t smart enough to have joined Mitt Romney’s Club 47). David Brennan and Jackie Mustian, attorneys at Moffa, Sutton, & Donnini, gave a talk at Sun ‘n Fun about how people avoid owing a 6 percent sales tax when buying … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 30 minutes ago

Deel’s CEO is now in Dubai, complicating Rippling’s lawsuit

Rippling’s efforts to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz have been significantly complicated by the fact that Bouaziz and his lawyer are now in Dubai, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch. The UAE is a country with a reputation of being a safe haven for those wanting … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 31 minutes ago

Witness a dynamic dialogue between two visionary CEOs

Step into an extraordinary fireside chat featuring Ali Ghodsi, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Databricks, alongside Dario Amodei, the innovative co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. Discover how their groundbreaking partnership is set to accelerate the evolution of domain-specif … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 32 minutes ago

Farmer reveals effortlessly simple hack for repurposing old towels: 'Makes them even better ...'

There are so many ways to repurpose household items that would otherwise end up in the garbage. Farmer reveals effortlessly simple hack for repurposing old towels: 'Makes them even better ...' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 33 minutes ago

Dick Van Dyke Reveals the Hidden Lyrics to ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Theme Song

Dick Van Dyke mentions his current age of 99 and then revealed the hidden lyrics to the "The Dick Van Dyke Show" theme song. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 35 minutes ago

Canadians decline Gavin Newsom's dangerous invitation to visit California

Ignoring the many tales of horror inflicted upon innocent tourists to the United States, California Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged Canadians to visit the Bear Republic. Canadians said no. California depends on international tourism, and the Trump administration's new Draconian poli … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 41 minutes ago

Grab a refurnished Kindle Paperwhite for under $85 and start turning pages

A refurnished Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen, 16GB) is on sale at Woot for $85. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 41 minutes ago

Here’s how Gemini could be coming to your Wear OS watch

Google might bring the chatbot to supported watches with an Assistant app update. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 43 minutes ago

Bridging Earth and space, and art and science, with global voices

Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon, encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 48 minutes ago

OpenAI is reportedly developing its own X-like social media platform

OpenAI is building its own X-like social media network, according to a new report from The Verge. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed. The report states that it’s unknown if … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 51 minutes ago

OpenAI ships GPT-4.1 without a safety report

On Monday, OpenAI launched a new family of AI models, GPT-4.1, which the company said outperformed some of its existing models on certain tests, particularly benchmarks for programming. However, GPT-4.1 didn’t ship with the safety report that typically accompanies OpenAI’s model … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 51 minutes ago

Tom Hiddleston dances through the new Life of Chuck trailer

After a light teaser trailer last month, we finally have our first proper look at The Life of Chuck. And while it doesn’t give too much away, the new trailer provides a good taste of the emotional tone of the movie, which is a heartwarming story of one man’s life that has a touch … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 51 minutes ago

Hertz customer data stolen in breach, possibly including licenses, social security numbers

Hertz alerted customers that their personal data was exposed to hackers through its vendor Cleo. Here are the details. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 52 minutes ago

Auto Brands Leading the US EV Revolution — CHARTS

Which auto brands and auto groups are now ruling the US pure electric vehicle (EV) market? How much competition is there at the top now? Let’s roll into the numbers and charts and see. First of all, yes, despite Tesla losing sales year over year for two years in a ... [continued] … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 52 minutes ago

Solar Power Surges In Nigeria Thanks To Arnergy

Arnergy is a company in Nigeria that has been promoting rooftop solar for residential and commercial customers since 2013. The post Solar Power Surges In Nigeria Thanks To Arnergy appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 53 minutes ago

Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China (Who’s Ready To Receive It)

The post Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China (Who’s Ready To Receive It) appeared first on NOEMA. | Continue reading


@noemamag.com | 54 minutes ago

Cate Blanchett Claims She’s Giving Up Acting, Citing ‘A Lot of Things’ She’ll Do Instead

She will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Cate Blanchett. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 57 minutes ago

Slopsquatting

As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. | Continue reading


@schneier.com | 1 hour ago

Community Debt

Andy Bell: “I’m getting fed up of making the rich, richer”: I’ve forever been obsessed with sharing knowledge. It’s why I’ve blogged so relentlessly over the years because I feel a constant debt to a community that shared so much when I started out. | Continue reading


@christiantietze.de | 1 hour ago

Privacy on the Map: How States Are Fighting Location Surveillance

Your location data isn't just a pin on a map—it's a powerful tool that reveals far more than most people realize. It can expose where you work, where you pray, who you spend time with, and, sometimes dangerously, where you seek healthcare. In today’s world, your most private move … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 1 hour ago

Stern Pinball’s Brand-New King Kong Game Is Totally Bananas

Meet the next pinball game coming to an arcade near you. | Continue reading


@wired.com | 1 hour ago

Grab Apple AirPods Pro 2 for $60 off at Best Buys Spring Sale

Right now, the Apple AirPods Pro 2 are on sale for $189.99 at Best Buy's Spring Sale for a savings of $60. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

Paige Bueckers, As Predicted, Led the WBNA’s 2025 Draft

And we had some fun fashion. The post Paige Bueckers, As Predicted, Led the WBNA’s 2025 Draft first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 1 hour ago

When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions

Comparing GitHub-hosted vs self-hosted runners for your CI/CD workflows? This deep dive explores important factors to consider when making this critical infrastructure decision for your development team. The post When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with Gi … | Continue reading


@github.blog | 1 hour ago

Meet the “First Lady of Engineering”

For more than a century, women and racial minorities have fought for access to education and employment opportunities once reserved exclusively for white men. The life of Yvonne Young “Y.Y.” Clark is a testament to the power of perseverance in that fight. As a smart Black woman w … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 1 hour ago

Homeowners shaken after encountering aggressive intruder blocking their porch: 'It was chaos'

"They’re usually not that aggressive." Homeowners shaken after encountering aggressive intruder blocking their porch: 'It was chaos' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Experts sound alarm after sea lion attacks along Southern California coast: 'Definitely the worst we've ever seen'

The attacks on people in the water are likely the result of a rabies-like condition. Experts sound alarm after sea lion attacks along Southern California coast: 'Definitely the worst we've ever seen' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Recapturing the Magic of Leverage: Heists, Cons, and Competence Porn

Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys. The post Recapturing the Magic of Leverage: Heists, Cons, and Competence Porn appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 1 hour ago

Dr. Chen Wen-chen Memorial in Taipei, Taiwan

Facing the Main Library of National Taiwan University, beside a grassy lawn near the Student Union, sits the Dr. Chen Wen-chen Memorial, a poignant space commemorating a dark chapter in Taiwan's authoritarian past. Dr. Chen Wen-chen, a Taiwanese assistant professor of mathematics … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago