The justices on Friday created the prospect of another major ruling on the role of administrative agencies and Congress’s ability to delegate power to those agencies. At the Biden administration’s request, the court agreed to review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for... Th … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover. In September, DirecTV reached an agreement t … | Continue reading
A new National Geographic documentary depicts the human struggle following the killer earthquake and tsunami of 2004. The post Earthquake And Remembrance: The Tsunami Of 2004 appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
I've watched 101 movies so far this year and I reviewed them all in this thread on Mastodon (I'll be doing this on Bluesky as well starting soon). Now,m truth be told, I love movies, and I think most movies I choose to watch are | Continue reading
Emme Hall takes a closer look at the new Hyundai Ioniq 9, an all-electric three-row SUV. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
"You have to remove all traces of it for full eradication." Homeowner receives serious warnings about massive, quickly spreading plant: 'Get rid of it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A passenger was minding their own business on a recent flight when they came face-to-face with what looked like ET's homelier cousin. "I ALMOST LANDED THIS PLANE MYSELF" they Xitted, along with this photo that went viral. The thing in the photo looks like an ominous, hooded littl … | Continue reading
awesome Apple Watch bands, Qi2 charging stations, mouse mats, credit-card-sized AirTags and more The post NOMAD Black Friday – quality accessories for all your apple products appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run … | Continue reading
These past few weeks I've been bringing Datasette and LLM together and distracting myself with a new sort-of-podcast crossed with a live streaming experiment. Project: interviewing people about their projects Datasette Public Office Hours Async LLM Various embedding models Blog e … | Continue reading
"I think Temu's entire business model just revolves around being as annoying as possible." Temu criticized for aggressive marketing strategy that exploits shoppers: 'Mastered the bot game' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 5 … | Continue reading
It’s that time again! All annual Relay membership plans are currently 20% off. Several Relay podcasts produce unique versions of their episodes that are available specifically for members supporting their show directly. These versions are ad-free and include extra, member-only co … | Continue reading
After having been away for a couple of months, when I returned home, I found this message from Maia Karpovich: Yesterday, I ordered some 100 watt 'corn bulbs' from Amazon to deal with the darkness in my bedroom. The box came with some 'warm tips' included as an insert. To boot, t … | Continue reading
OpenAI is funding academic research into algorithms that can predict humans’ moral judgements. In a filing with the IRS, OpenAI Inc., OpenAI’s nonprofit org, disclosed that it awarded a grant to Duke University researchers for a project titled “Research AI Morality.” Contacted fo … | Continue reading
Karoo EXTENSIONS is the name of the new Karoo SDK The post Karoo 3 SDK Di2 | Ki2 | Inbound as Hammerhead gives the green light to a new SDK appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2024 The sound of zero hands clapping: Are we the humans actually capable of conducting a serious discourse? Are we built for such work? As we noted along the way, it isn't clear that the answer is yes. This brings us to new essay for The Atlantic by Arthur B … | Continue reading
Most of us are aware of the American psychologist Abraham Maslow because of his famous hierarchy of needs, usually portrayed as a pyramid. At the bottom, forming the base of the pyramid are physiological needs, like food, sleep, and breathing. The idea is that it is only once the … | Continue reading
Apple Newsroom: Shazam has now officially surpassed over 100 billion song recognitions since it launched. To help put that into perspective: That’s equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth. A person would need to use Shazam to identify a song every second for 3 … | Continue reading
Netflix issued Discord a subpoena asking the social platform to provide user information for suspects tied to its massive leak in August. | Continue reading
The addition of iPhone Mirroring in macOS Sequoia is my favorite addition to the Apple ecosystem in years.1 Here’s how Apple describes the feature: With iPhone Mirroring, you can wirelessly interact with your iPhone and its apps and notifications from your Mac. Your iPhone stays … | Continue reading
Understanding how energy-intensive the practice of cryptocurrency mining is, it is a great opportunity to tap into excess clean energy. Japan's largest electricity provider makes unexpected move with bitcoin: 'The power they generate is wasted' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It's true that it's only a 32-inch TV with a 720p resolution, but it’s priced at just $69! | Continue reading
Onyx Boox has a new colour e-paper e-notebook that is now available to order, the Onyx Boox Note Air 4C. This device is designed for note-taking and also reading in full colour. The central selling point is the 10.3-inch Carta 1200 colour e-paper display with Android 13 and full … | Continue reading
In ancient Mesopotamia, people rarely wrote about preparing food… “Out of hundreds of thousands of cuneiform documents, they are the only food recipes that exist. We don’t have an explanation.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
— I’m looking for a (new to me) way in this space to express things about beauty, at a time when we have to hold our anger and disappointment and fears in one hand, and fiercely attempt to hold joy and beauty and goodness and truth in the other hand. For now, I’ve the thought tha … | Continue reading
I’ve organized all the best sports technology deals below in the tables by category. I’ll be updating them throughout November & December. Keep in mind not all deals last (especially over Black Friday weekend when Amazon themselves will briefly run … Read More Here → | Continue reading
Researchers have demonstrated that metabolic and bariatric surgery is safe and effective for patients with severe obesity, showing only a 0.7% serious complication rate within 30 days post-surgery. Despite the high risk associated with a BMI of 70 kg/m2 or greater, the study foun … | Continue reading
Lots of details that are beyond me. Blog moderation policy. | Continue reading
"It's pretty arrogant of humans to think they can have all power over the natural instincts of animals." Tourist plays dangerous game harassing elk with razor sharp horns: 'How are people so clueless?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In late August, news arrived that Bruce Springsteen had covered East Village-based singer-songwriter Jesse Malin's song "She Don't Love Me Now." Now there's a video for the track (H/T Bayou!), filmed at Heaven Can Wait on Avenue A, which also cameos. The song is featured on Silve … | Continue reading
Although a number of wheeled robots can traverse uneven terrain, their body doesn't stay level as they do so, making them unsuitable for many tasks. That's where the KATR comes in, as it uses extendable legs to maintain an even cargo deck. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Tec … | Continue reading
How decentralized is Bluesky really? Lots of technical depth in this comparison of the Bluesky (ATProto) and Fediverse/Mastodon/ActivityPub approach to decentralization, from ActivityPub spec author Christine Lemmer-Webber. One key theme: many of the features of Bluesky that aren … | Continue reading
At nearly three million years old, the exoplanet is about the age of a two-week-old baby in planet-years | Continue reading
The short answer is… very. Although literary scholars have long been aware of the existence of Victorian lady detective stories—at least since the 1970s, when Michelle Slung collected fifteen extant narratives published from the 1860s to the 1940s for the anthology Crime on Her M … | Continue reading
Keep in mind, this TV might not fit in every living room. | Continue reading
Black Friday is next week, yet you can already get PIA VPN for just over $2/month. What are you waiting for? | Continue reading
I just realized that there's another kind of enshitification that we're experiencing now because the twitter-verse has split into so many forks. Bluesky is hot now, but this isn't over yet. Developers are deliberately locking their users in by creating new APIs that are not only … | Continue reading
Independent planners are looking beyond their industry associations for the resources and connections they need to build their small businesses. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading
The list of carrot products recalled for potentially containing dangerous bacteria has expanded. | Continue reading
Cruz claims grant program is "boondoggle," urges Biden admin to halt activities. | Continue reading
It's one of Dyson's most powerful vacuums, and it comes equipped with a useful laser. | Continue reading
Salted and unsalted butter are common ingredients in many home cooks’ fridges. But does it matter which one you use and when? I spoke with Serious Eats’ culinary team to find out which butter is best for baking, cooking, and slathering. | Continue reading
I want to buy every one! READ MORE... | Continue reading
"It is great news for the city." City finally receives justice with over $5 million settlement for 3-year old oil spill: 'We can now move forward' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium provides data-driven insights into driver behavior, along with trust in AI and advance vehicle technology. | Continue reading
Forbes: The realization that Donald Trump is returning to the White House next year is rattling the cleantech industry and unnerving climate advocates – with good reason. The last time he was in office the president-elect pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords, called c … | Continue reading
Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known alphabetic scripts | Continue reading
“Small patches of wildflowers sown in cities can be a good substitute for a natural meadow, according to a study which showed butterflies, bees and hoverflies like them just as much.” I love wildlflowers, that’s the post. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading