Yesterday my new colleague J. successfully defended their PhD thesis at Delft University. It was fun to attend. It’s been a while since I was last at a PhD defense. Also had a pleasant lunch in Delft with colleague P beforehand. | Continue reading
Double-keyed Caching: How Browser Cache Partitioning Changed the Web Addy Osmani provides a clear explanation of how browser cache partitioning has changed the landscape of web optimization tricks. Prior to 2020, linking to resources on a shared CDN could provide a performance bo … | Continue reading
Los Angeles is on fire, and it’s possible that much of the city could burn to the ground. This would be a disaster for California’s already wobbly home insurance market and the residents who rely on it. Kettle Insurance, a fintech startup focused on wildfire insurance for Califor … | Continue reading
Energy Innovation: Rising utility bills are a huge concern for U.S. families – ⅓ of households had to forego basic necessities to pay energy bills last year. But new Energy Innovation research finds the biggest culprits behind rising prices include fossil fuels and the climate ch … | Continue reading
While the Ultrahuman Ring Air Rare models feature the same health-tracking tech, their new precious metal coatings are a bold statement in luxury wearable tech — especially with a price tag that’s far from affordable. | Continue reading
Fabio Cicala is currently working on a project called "Rude Awakening", which this single will be a part of. As hinted by the title, it will be music about major life events, that call people to introspection and to start living in a more thoughtful way. | Continue reading
Anyone that thought 5 years ago that battery chemistry was a static constant, was way wrong. We’re still in the model T stage of battery technology. | Continue reading
Govee’s Gaming Pixel Light turns your creative prompts into vibrant, customizable art with the help of AI — and it’s more than just a cool light show. | Continue reading
As of Jan. 9, get the Google Pixel 8 Pro for $400 off at Amazon, which makes it just $599. | Continue reading
Meta returns political content to Threads and Instagram, minus fact-checkers, drawing backlash over hate speech and misinformation. | Continue reading
Get the brand-new Shokz OpenFit 2 earbuds at Amazon for $179.95 and score a free protective case, too. | Continue reading
Imagine a city where self-driving electric cars whiz along roads designed exclusively for them. The sidewalks are a mix of people and robots going about their daily business. A drone flies overhead to deliver your latest Amazon package of toothpaste, thankfully, as you used up th … | Continue reading
The Canadian government recently announced it is indefinitely pausing new permanent residency sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents. Up until the pause, a limited number of qualifying Canadian citizens and permanent residents were able to apply to bring a parent o … | Continue reading
Following a recent lawsuit settlement, Apple has been compelled to clarify what Siri does and doesn't do with private data. | Continue reading
Branislav Nenin/Shutterstock Around 20% of eight to 16 year olds in the UK had a probable mental health disorder in 2023, according to NHS statistics. This is up from 12.5% in 2017. At the same time, a 2024 report from the Children’s Commissioner for England found that more than … | Continue reading
In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV. There have been claims in some media outlets that this surge in infections is overwhelming hospitals in Ch … | Continue reading
We are constantly confronted by history. The history of our cultures and traditions. Of our families. Of our own personal relationships. Can we – or should we seek to – ever escape the tightly woven net of our preoccupation with our past? Jesse Eisenberg explores these questions … | Continue reading
One of the more unexpected plot twists on the latest series of the BBC’s The Traitors was contestant Charlotte revealing that despite being from London, she was putting on a Welsh accent to seem more trustworthy to her fellow contestants. Leaving aside the fact that, if she gets … | Continue reading
PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock Entrepreneurship has long been hailed as a springboard of innovation, creativity and economic growth. Governments actively promote entrepreneurship as a vehicle for boosting employment with policies designed to make it easier for people to s … | Continue reading
With real-time transcription, task management, and a minimalist design, Bee Pioneer’s wearable AI wristband is a serious contender — if privacy concerns can be managed. | Continue reading
The best Amazon deals on Jan. 9 include the M3 MacBook Air, Instant Vortex, Bose SoundLink Flex, and Sunny Health Premium treadmill. | Continue reading
“We take nothing by conquest…Thank God,” wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847. The United States had just purchased 55 per cent of Mexico for US$15 million as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The … | Continue reading
These are the best tech products of CES 2025, according to on-site experts and editors from CNET, Mashable, PCMag, ZDNET, and Lifehacker. | Continue reading
Let's look at the specific challenges and strategies for right-sizing with Java application fleets in cloud environments. The post Advanced Fleet Right-Sizing with High-Performance Java Platforms appeared first on Azul | Better Java Performance, Superior Java Support. | Continue reading
I’ve had my eyes on changeable frames like this for a while now. I figure they would make it easier to show off my son’s ever-growing collection of artwork, but a lot of the ones I’ve seen get pricey. That’s why I love this hack from Debbie (@debstari) which highlights the popula … | Continue reading
In a talk at the Objective by the Sea – security conference in Hawaii, Bill Marczak, a senior researcher at The Citizen Lab, and Microsoft’s Christine Fossaceca provided an in-depth analysis of the discovery of QuaDreams’ spyware technology. In April 2023, we published a report t … | Continue reading
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Watch Duty is a helpful way to figure out which areas have been evacuated and which fires have been contained. | Continue reading
Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The launch of the new Raspberry P … | Continue reading
Now that the CES 2025 is nearly over, it's time to do a recap of the coolest stuff I've seen this year. | Continue reading
Communication of the Commission on a blueprint towards a European degree last April. Photo credits: Eric Vidal / European Union Significant obstacles remain to the introduction of European joint degrees, according to a European Commission survey of ten Erasmus+ pilot projects<… R … | Continue reading
Tropical countries like Panama have lots of different tree species, but most may die at the same temperature. Martin Pelanek / shutterstock Last year, much of the world’s largest coral reef system was transformed into a white boneyard, featuring ghostly silhouettes of horns, brai … | Continue reading
Tropical countries like Panama have lots of different tree species, but most may die at the same temperature. Martin Pelanek / shutterstock Last year, much of the world’s largest coral reef system was transformed into a white boneyard, featuring ghostly silhouettes of horns, brai … | Continue reading
Rarely do we see CES products already on the market, but Anker just dropped a new charger and power bank that lets you power your phone and laptop on the go. | Continue reading
On Rok's debut album, the Scottish artist brings forth an incandescent work that never stays in one place. There is so much happening, it can be dizzying in the best possible way. | Continue reading
BMW is rethinking its car infotainment experience with a bunch of new technologies working in tandem. Starting late 2025, it'll begin outfitting all of its vehicles with what it's calling the 'Panoramic iDrive' system, which combines new screens and revamped software. Continue Re … | Continue reading
The global ocean's surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner Photography/Moment via Getty Images The oceans are heating up as the planet warms. This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-bre … | Continue reading
Note California heat as fires expanding in LA, meanwhile cold jetstream trough settles in East of the Rockies. Associated Press: Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provok … | Continue reading
Prerequisite Hi! I’m Anointing, your friendly neighborhood software engineer. I’m an Outreachy GNOME intern currently working on the project titled “Implement the SVG2 Text Layout Algorithm in Librsvg.” In a previous blog post, I briefly introduced my project and tasks. If you mi … | Continue reading
Doug Lewin is a Texas based energy expert and well worth a follow: Texas Energy and Power Newsletter: ..the biggest ongoing risk remains homes with inefficient heating systems and poor insulation. These systems put immense strain on the grid during winter storms, leading to poten … | Continue reading
[“They chose politics over what was best for the country.”] On January 6, 2021, Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell defended the lives of elected officials in the Capitol complex. Four years later, he rightly feels betrayed. Link: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6th-four- … | Continue reading
Every person and organization has to make their own decisions about which social platforms they will have an account on, publish their content to, engage with, and support (with use or contributions both time and financial). There is no right answer for everyone. And, to many tha … | Continue reading
As they say - new year, new us. But before we jump full-speed into 2025, it’s time to clear our heads and go through a (slightly overdue) recap of 2024. | Continue reading
Lawrence O’Donnell speaks of the experience of being evacuated from LA’s fire area, and not knowing the status of his house. Below, terrifying video from a homeowner trapped by flames, reassuring his anxious dog. No word on if the filmer survived. Below more footage from Fox Weat … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s largest public network, empowering companies with funding for international cooperation in research, development, and innovation. Since 1985, the governments and public funding agencies within our network have supported the research and development of over 7 … | Continue reading
Within days of Donald Trump’s election win in November 2024, China’s president Xi Jinping was at a ceremony opening a deep-water port in Peru as part of a “diplomatic blitz” through Latin America. Xi’s presence was a symbol of China’s rising influence in the region. The Chinese-f … | Continue reading
Hi, this is Vivien. 99% of my time at Datawrapper I’m responsible for writing the... | Continue reading
Current conditions: Winter storm Cora is expected to disrupt more than 5,000 U.S. flights • Britain’s grid operator is asking power plants for more electricity as temperatures plummet • Parts of Australia could reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming days because the monsoon, … | Continue reading