This month, we're celebrating quick, bite-sized stories. The post Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: March 2025 appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"Spain has reduced plantings by almost 50% over the last few years." Farmers concerned as unpredictable weather causes delay in summer crop: 'Overall volumes remain limited' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Subaru has taken the wraps off a new and improved Solterra for the 2026 model year. The EV has more range, an NACS plug, and more power output with faster charging times. Also unveiled is a new off-road version of the Solterra, the Trailseeker. Continue Reading Category: Automoti … | Continue reading
We all see some things as sacred. | Continue reading
openai/codex Just released by OpenAI, a "lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal". Looks like their version of Claude Code. Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai, ai-agents, openai, ai, llms | Continue reading
The global clean energy transition has been throttled by an unlikely villain: the humble transformer. This once-overlooked piece of grid infrastructure has become one of the most critical bottlenecks in the race to electrify everything. As wind and solar projects stack up, as dat … | Continue reading
Newsrooms in Colorado that once employed hundreds could now “fit around a large dinner table,” Larry Ryckman, publisher and co-founder of The Colorado Sun, told me in December. Leaders at newsrooms like the Sun, seeing the rapid collapse of local news around them, are thinking ab … | Continue reading
Sorry, EFF doesn't hand out candy like the Easter Bunny, but we are here to keep you updated on the latest digital rights news with our EFFector newsletter! This edition of EFFector explains how you can help us push back against the TAKE IT DOWN Act, an internet censorship law; w … | Continue reading
In his latest update, Martin also describes the Game of Thrones book as 'the curse of my life.' | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Emily, a reader of this newslette … | Continue reading
If you’re looking for a clean technology that’s already proven, scalable, and ready to make an impact, look up — literally. Agricultural drones are quietly transforming farming around the world, and they’re doing it in a way that’s fast, efficient, and sustainable. For an industr … | Continue reading
In first 4 months of the year, US measles cases are over double last year's count. | Continue reading
Timothy Snyder on “the beginning of an American policy of state terror” (re: disappearing people to foreign gulags). “Whatever the government does is good, because by definition the its victims are the ‘criminals’ and the ‘terrorists.’” | Continue reading
Atlantic salmon exposed to a common anti-anxiety drug migrate faster, according to new research. That's not necessarily a good thing | Continue reading
Xbox is finally rolling out the ability to purchase games and DLC, as well as sign up for Game Pass directly from its mobile app. But there’s a catch: you’ll no longer be able to access remote play within the Xbox app. The update is arriving for beta testers on iOS and Android, b … | Continue reading
Dave Anderson, formerly Tech Director at Amazon, shares an inside look at Amazon's engineering culture—from hiring and promotions to team autonomy and extreme frugality. | Continue reading
Bless. The post Heidi Klum Is Committed to Sidewalks first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
A beautiful stranger who can act terrified one moment and exert dark charisma the next... The post Never Trust a Beautiful Damsel in the Woods: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Christabel” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
OpenAI is releasing two new AI reasoning models today: o3, which the company calls its “most powerful reasoning model,” and o4-mini, which is a smaller and faster model that “achieves remarkable performance for its size and cost,” according to a blog post. The company also says t … | Continue reading
In recent years, Do Not Disturb has evolved on both iPhones and Android phones: it’s no longer just a simple block on notifications and distractions, but rather a selection of modes you can customize to suit all the different scenarios in your life (like driving, sleeping, workin … | Continue reading
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"I'm surprised the auction didn't start higher." Shopper astounded after scoring unbelievable furniture piece at local auction: 'In that condition' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is usually just another Mediterranean beach resort town which doubles as the "capital" of the Camargue wetlands region. For two days in May, however, it is a meeting point for Romani from across France and Europe who come to ritually bathe in the waters h … | Continue reading
Dear Educator, As you are aware, your state legislature has mandated that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all publicly funded classrooms. Those funds are, of course, inadequate to equip and compensate you and your colleagues, thanks in part to your administration’s strategic … | Continue reading
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Google is adding LLMs to everything, including ad policy enforcement. | Continue reading
A message about empathy during the time of Passover exposes the toxic foundation to the cruelty of the current US administration. The post Empathy & Humanity — Charting A Course Together Into The Future appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
[Claude really ought to be paying royalties to the estate of Kurt Vonnegut.] It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an AI company in possession of a good fortune of VC cash, must be in want of a butthole logo. Link: https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-bu … | Continue reading
Trump's unreleased plans for semiconductor tariffs loom large. | Continue reading
Wealth inequality began over 10,000 years ago, gradually increasing after the advent of agriculture due to population growth and social complexity. Wealth inequality began influencing human societies more than 10,000 years ago, well before the emergence of ancient empires or the … | Continue reading
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a business dispute between the East and the West escalated into violence. | Continue reading
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2.S01 (Introduction to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) creates a learning environment where every student handles a robot. | Continue reading
Schmidt Ocean Institute captured the first live confirmed sighting of a colossal squid near the South Sandwich Islands. | Continue reading
Natasha Lyonne returns as reluctant detective Charlie Cale in Rian Johnson's mystery series, May 8 on Peacock. | Continue reading
As a part of its ongoing Book Sale, Amazon isn’t just cutting prices on its budget-friendly Fire HD tablets — it’s also offering a great deal on the latest Kindle Scribe. Right now, you can buy it with 16GB of storage for an all-time low of $324.99 ($75 off). If you need more sto … | Continue reading
Board members have launched a nonprofit to take over the program from MITRE. | Continue reading
Since early 2024, polls showed near certainty that Conservatives in Canada were going… Tags: Canada, CBC, election, probability | Continue reading
The Asus VivoWatch 6 Aero should let you stick your finger on the watch face to get a blood oxygen and blood pressure reading. | Continue reading
Catch CBS now before the Trump Administration revokes their license. | Continue reading
No waste, no hassle. Mom shares stunningly simple storage hack using empty cleaning wipe bottles: 'Things I wish I knew sooner' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Maybe Natasha Lyonne should just star in everything. The post Everybody’s Lying to Charlie in the Poker Face Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We’re an analog podcast now.… | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The main thing is to get back on the wagon. Today's News: | Continue reading
Lyft said it is acquiring mobility platform FreeNow, giving the ridehailing company its first major presence in Europe after years of operating exclusively in the US and Canada. FreeNow aggregates taxis alongside private vehicles, including luxury rides. The acquisition of FreeNo … | Continue reading
"I basically spent three years trying to prove this wrong. And I couldn’t prove it wrong." | Continue reading
This folding Z-Down chair is by 20th-century Danish furniture designer Erik Magnussen. Magnussen ingeniously figured out how to create the form using just two pieces of bent tubing and two connectors, with the leather seat and backrest slung between them. It is the leather that … | Continue reading
This Concrete Stereo system was designed by Ron Arad in the 20th century. It consists of a turntable, an amp and two tower speakers.Had it been designed in 1993, it would've been seen as an ironic commentary on the fate of the vinyl LP; dominant throughout the century as the cent … | Continue reading