Save $100 on the excellent Garmin Instinct 2 smartwatch before Black Friday even arrives

One of our favorite rugged outdoor fitness trackers is under $200 at Amazon right now. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 38 minutes ago

Tom the Dancing Bug: "We win, you lose"

YOU CAN give the gift of Tom the Dancing Bug this holiday season! Volumes of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book collection are available for purchase, including THE TOM THE DANCING BUG HOLIDAY SIX-PAK: For a limited two-week long Black Friday, you can buy all six books at a sp … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 41 minutes ago

'Supergiant' gold deposit discovered in China is one of the largest on Earth — and is worth more than $80 billion

Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 41 minutes ago

Revealed: the best Christmas gifts you’ve ever received

In need of festive gift inspiration? Take a cue from our readers, who reveal the most meaningful presents they’ve received The post Revealed: the best Christmas gifts you’ve ever received appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading


@positive.news | 42 minutes ago

Cyberpunk 2077 hits 30 million copies sold, proving that comeback stories are real

Cyberpunk 2077 has had a rocky history, perhaps more so than most other games in recent memory. Wher deadlines resulted in the game originally being rushed out as a buggy mess back in 2020, many gamers declared it dead on arrival, or worse, a cheap cash grab put out by a studio c … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 42 minutes ago

Link Dump #5

Time for a heaving link dump becuase I'm well into triple figures in my Raindrop inbox. First up are a pair of intorductions: one to Alpine.js by Blake of HTML for People fame and one for htmx. I'm always on the lookout for something a bit less complicated than a full-on framewor … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 52 minutes ago

Move over, Taylor Swift screaming goat! There's a new ruminant diva in town

The National Park Service does it again! I've written before about their awesome social media accounts, and I'm back to share more. This time it's Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota that's posted their take on the hottest movie of the week—Wicked. — Read the rest Th … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 52 minutes ago

NSO Group Spies on People on Behalf of Governments

The Israeli company NSO Group sells Pegasus spyware to countries around the world (including countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Mexico, Morocco and Rwanda). We assumed that those countries use the spyware themselves. Now we’ve learned that that’s not true: that NSO Group em … | Continue reading


@schneier.com | 53 minutes ago

The Theme Park Preservation Society's fantastic and clever Disney theme park designs

I really like the designs that artist Henry Taylor creates for his Theme Park Preservation Society project. He devises illustrations and objects that look like perfectly authentic artifacts from the universe of Disney theme parks. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 56 minutes ago

Trump's Second Term Will Change AI, Energy, and More

U.S. presidential administrations tend to have big impacts on tech around the world. So it should be taken as a given that when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, his second administration will do the same. Perhaps more than usual, even, as he staffs his cabinet … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 58 minutes ago

'This is a marriage of AI and quantum': New technology gives AI the power to feel surfaces for the 1st time

Combining quantum science with machine learning has led to a model that can accurately measure how surfaces feel to the touch. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 58 minutes ago

Orcas are wearing salmon as hats – again

In 1987, a female orca near Puget Sound began wearing a dead salmon on her head. Other whales in her pod, along with two other pods, joined in on the fashion trend and also started wearing salmon hats. Fashion trends among cetaceans must be fleeting because no more salmon hats we … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Udo Ijibike: Outreachy Internship Series: Files Usability Test Report

During my Outreachy internship with GNOME, Tamnjong Larry Tabeh and I conducted user research exercises under the inspiring mentorship of Allan Day and Aryan Kaushik. In this blog post, I’ll discuss the usability test we conducted for GNOME’s Files, also known as Nautilus. This b … | Continue reading


@blogs.gnome.org | 1 hour ago

Mega Black Friday streaming deals — up to 90% cheaper to watch nature docs and science shows

Stream your favorite nature documentaries, natural disaster movies and science TV shows ahead of Thanksgiving and Christmas with these Black Friday streaming deals. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Revealing Hidden Worlds: Monochromatic Light Unveils the Secrets of Crystalline Drops

A new technique employing monochromatic light improves the study of internal structures in materials affected by light scattering, enabling detailed observation of particle concentrations. When driving through a bank of fog, car headlights are only moderately helpful since the li … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Another City Trip

Yesterday was sunny, with lovely blue skies. It was also part of Julie’s first full week of retirement, and she wanted to go back into the city of Norwich. She needed to change something bought on our recent trip there, and buy some more wrapping paper. I agreed to accompany her, … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 1 hour ago

The Strange World of… Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi 

Following the unexpected death of the Czech musician Vojtěch Havel last month, Miloš Hroch offers a guide to the extraordinary work he created in partnership with his wife Irena, picking out nine essential releases Irena and Vojtech Havlovi. Photo by Milan Bures “The music seeped … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 1 hour ago

Into the blue

At a week-long police boot camp, a shy girl from Copenhagen learns to handcuff suspects, respond to riots and handle guns - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading


@aeon.co | 1 hour ago

Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry

President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too. | Continue reading


@restofworld.org | 1 hour ago

Diagnostic dilemma: A man's heart stopped after he ate too much licorice

A man experienced cardiac arrest after eating a different flavor of candy than he had historically. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

How To Never Miss an IKEA As-is Deal Again

The IKEA As-is section is the most important stop on the IKEA maze for budget-conscious home decorators. Those limited-edition pieces, slightly imperfect furniture, and discontinued designs can save you hundreds – if you know where to look. But who has the time to constantly chec … | Continue reading


@ikeahackers.net | 1 hour ago

2024 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 1

The Anarchist’s Gift Guide – comprised only of stuff we have bought and used in our shop – starts today and runs over the next 13 days. Chris started this “gift guide” years ago (read past recommendations here) after watching a woodworking TV personality’s “gift guide” for one of … | Continue reading


@blog.lostartpress.com | 1 hour ago

Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities

Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor This article was produced by The Maine Monitor, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2022-23. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. … | Continue reading


@propublica.org | 1 hour ago

Learn how to play the mouth trumpet—or have a good laugh failing

Have you ever wanted to learn to play the mouth trumpet? I recently stumbled upon Emma Nissen, a singer/songwriter who plays a mean mouth trumpet—her mouth trumpet is so good, I swear it sounds like an actual trumpet. It kind of blows my mind, actually. — Read the rest The post L … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study finds

Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, but exactly how they do it has long remained a mystery. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Breathe easier this Black Friday with 38% off this Coway Airmega air purifier

Save $88 on this Coway Airmega AP-1512HH air purifier at Amazon Black Friday and save energy too, thanks to its impressive eco mode. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Proba-3 Takes on the Sun: A Bold Mission To Track Solar Energy

Proba-3 is a groundbreaking mission that relies on the teamwork of two spacecraft to unlock the Sun’s secrets. While the Coronagraph spacecraft captures the faint glow of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the Occulter spacecraft acts as a shield, blocking the intense light of the solar … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

Save $110 on these massive astronomy binoculars at Amazon

The powerful Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 are now 22% off for Black Friday — get unparalleled views of the cosmos for $389 in this Black Friday binocular deal. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

How Trump Could Dent EVs in America

It’s been a news-filled few weeks — so it’s time for a roundup. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse talk about what Trump’s cabinet selections might mean for his climate policy and whether permitting reform could still happen. Then Rob chats with Corey Cantor, seni … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 2 hours ago

Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.

by Nick Grube, Honolulu Civil Beat This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Honolulu Civil Beat. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. … | Continue reading


@propublica.org | 2 hours ago

Explore and Download 14,000+ Woodcuts from Antwerp’s Plantin-Moretus Museum Online Archive

We appreciate illuminated manuscripts and historical books here on Open Culture, adhere though we do to a much more restrained aesthetic style in our own texts. But that’s not to deny the temptation to start this paragraph with one of those oversized initial letters that grew eve … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 2 hours ago

The Hype Around Signals

From KnockoutJS to modern UI libraries like SolidJS, Vue.js, and Svelte, signals revolutionized how we think about reactivity in UIs. Here’s a deep dive into their history and impact by Atila Fassina. | Continue reading


@smashingmagazine.com | 2 hours ago

We are instinctively turned off by stories labeled 'AI-generated' — even if they were secretly written by other people, study finds

Even when a creative work is made by humans, we think it’s missing a key element of art if we think it's been written by an AI — that capacity to fully immerse you in the world being created. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption.

The director of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 hours ago

Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.

About 80 townships and counties are challenging the state's Public Service Commission over how it plans to implement a new permitting-reform law. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 hours ago

Criminal Mind: Part Three

This is the third part of a fiction serial, in 840 words. Working in the environment of a gangster’s hangout, Tony knew that he was going to get picked on. He was new, he was the youngest, and he was sleeping with the woman who used to be available to many of them. Eventually, th … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 3 hours ago

Scientists Uncover Hidden RNA Structure That Triggers Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have identified that G-quadruplexes promote harmful protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases. Blocking G4s with 5-ALA stopped Parkinson’s-like symptoms in mice, suggesting a promising path for early disease intervention. Researchers at Kumamoto University hav … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago

The long walk

Before buying a house, it makes sense to spend a day on foot, walking around the neighborhood. You’ll notice things you might have missed in a car. Before starting a business, spend a few shifts working the cash register at a similar establishment. And before going into marketing … | Continue reading


@seths.blog | 3 hours ago

Moana Revisited: A Better Disney Princess

Rather than forging a new identity, she returns to old paths. Moana is not following her inner voice. She is listening to the echoes of her ancestors. | Continue reading


@frontporchrepublic.com | 3 hours ago

Entra ID authentication on Ubuntu at scale with Landscape

Authd allows Entra ID authentication on both Ubuntu Desktop and Server. Learn how to configure Authd at scale using Landscape and Cloud-init […] | Continue reading


@ubuntu.com | 4 hours ago

Understanding AI Prompt Injection Attacks

Understand the different types of prompt injection attacks, and a few prevention strategies. | Continue reading


@feeds.feedblitz.com | 4 hours ago

Memes Midweek

After a cold sunny day yesterday, we now have perpetual darkness and torrential rain. Light relief needed! | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 4 hours ago

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 720)

1. Art Excavation by Shan Hur I love the make-believe element of Shan Hur’s installations, offering the viewer an appreciation for the art itself, but also for the adventurous ways in which objets d’art can often be discovered. 2. This Roman glass work from 300 AD, survived intac … | Continue reading


@messynessychic.com | 4 hours ago

New Research Explains How Children Learned for 99% of Human History

Hunter-gatherer children acquire life skills early through community-based learning, demonstrating how egalitarianism and diverse social interactions preserve cultural knowledge across generations. Unlike children in the United States, hunter-gatherer kids in the Congo Basin ofte … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 4 hours ago

Inside M4 chips: Matrix processing and Power Modes

A matrix multiplication test appears to be run on the AMX matrix co-processor, and behaves differently from in-core tests. And what Power modes really do. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 5 hours ago

Scientists Unearth Ancient Protein That Could Rewrite Evolution

Researchers have found an ancient protein fold that might explain how life’s basic building blocks became the complex systems we see today. This long-lost structure could help solve mysteries about early life and evolution. Discovery of a Lost Protein Fold Two RIKEN biologists ha … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 5 hours ago

Ken Burns’ New Documentary on Leonardo da Vinci Streaming Online (in the US) for a Limited Time

A quick heads up: The filmmaker Ken Burns has just released his new documentary on Leonardo da Vinci. Running nearly four hours, the film offers what The New York Times calls a “thorough and engrossing biography” of the 15th-century polymath. Currently airing on PBS, the film can … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 5 hours ago

Spring AI With ChromaDB Vector Store

Learn how to integrate ChromaDB, an open-source vector store, with Spring AI. | Continue reading


@feeds.feedblitz.com | 5 hours ago