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
"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
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
Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. [...] | Continue reading
The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code. | Continue reading
Two trans Canadian artists are pulling out of US concerts as Donald Trump's border crackdown sparks 'panic.' | Continue reading
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
The demands placed on Harvard by the Trump administration are internally contradictory. | Continue reading
Just like when I was a Field Sales Sup’ at the first telecom. My attitude today and yesterday, […] | Continue reading
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
Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill lead a stacked cast in the not-a-horror-film hitting theaters June 6. | Continue reading
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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
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
After the labor board staffer reported concerning activity, a threatening message was taped to his door including sensitive personal information. | Continue reading
This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
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
RTX 5060 includes 8GB for $299; RTX 5060 Ti has 8GB or 16GB for $379 and $429. | Continue reading
Jonathan Haidt on how the show portrays the horrors of a screens-based childhood | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
A refurnished Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen, 16GB) is on sale at Woot for $85. | Continue reading
Google might bring the chatbot to supported watches with an Assistant app update. | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Hertz alerted customers that their personal data was exposed to hackers through its vendor Cleo. Here are the details. | Continue reading
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
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
The post Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China (Who’s Ready To Receive It) appeared first on NOEMA. | Continue reading
She will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Cate Blanchett. | Continue reading
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
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
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
Meet the next pinball game coming to an arcade near you. | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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