Mind Upon Mind: Improve Us

In a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column, which is also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” Hayward wrote, “The influence of mind upon mind is extraordinary.” The idea being there’s often room for improvement. (You can read the entire column here.) Recently, … | Continue reading


@blog.lostartpress.com | 27 minutes ago

A Revolutionary Animal Overpass Is Rising Over L.A.’s Busiest Freeway

Wildlife crossings help decrease the millions of vehicle collisions with large animals that occur every year in the US | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 28 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 33 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 33 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 33 minutes ago

TRUST: Can you believe the things you're told...

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025 ...by billionaire volunteers? Johnny Carson was one of the first to raise one form of the question. He did so at the start of his career: Who Do You Trust? Who Do You Trust? [was] an American television game show. Under the title Do You Trust Your Wife?, th … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 35 minutes ago

Sttp client 4: the Scala HTTP client you always wanted, released!

The sttp client is an open-source HTTP client for Scala, integrating with every Scala stack, be it synchronous, a.k.a. direct-style, Future-based, or using functional effect systems such as cats-effect, ZIO, Monix, Kyo. The library is available for Scala 2.12, 2.13, and 3 on the … | Continue reading


@softwaremill.com | 37 minutes ago

Prefabricated timber tower will be constructed in just 90 days

An ambitious new timber tower in Toronto, Canada, is due to begin construction soon. Thanks to its innovative prefabricated wooden design, the residential building named 230 Royal York is expected to rise in a mere 90 days. Continue Reading Category: Architecture, Lifestyle Tags: … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 40 minutes ago

Kevin Kelly points a new way forward into the Age of AI

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America helps build out some big through lines on what's possible with AI in the next 25 years. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 43 minutes ago

Officials issue urgent warning as deadly disease prompts historic vaccine rollout: 'We must work together'

The vaccine comes at a crucial time in the fight against the disease. Officials issue urgent warning as deadly disease prompts historic vaccine rollout: 'We must work together' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 43 minutes ago

Apple’s China Problem, Apple in the Short Term, Tech’s Complement Risk

A focus on the tariff's impact on Apple specifically, and how Apple itself contributed to China's technological development. | Continue reading


@stratechery.com | 46 minutes ago

Rustikon 2025 - summary & highlights

The first edition of Rustikon is officially behind us! It burst onto the tech scene as Poland's first-ever Rust conference, with its great vibes, experts and a thriving community, all gathered in one place in the heart of Warsaw. Co-located and inspired by the Scalar Conference w … | Continue reading


@softwaremill.com | 47 minutes ago

It’s Not Black Friday, but This Jackery Power Station With Solar Panel Is Still $600 Off

Save 46% on the Jackery solar generator 1000 v2 bundled with a 200W solar panel for a limited time. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 47 minutes ago

Wahoo Bolt 3 and Wahoo Roam 3

if switching to Wahoo, get one of these new Gen ELEMNT bike computers rather than the older ones The post Wahoo Bolt 3 and Wahoo Roam 3 appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 49 minutes ago

The Return of the Dire Wolf (or not)

Colossal Biosciences has done the unthinkable: birthing extinct dire wolves through 20 precision genetic edits. It is not just sci-fi anymore – they’ve turned ancient DNA into living, breathing reality. The dire wolf, largely assumed to be a legendary creature made famous from th … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 49 minutes ago

Elon again upset after gamers mock his lack of skill

Billionaire Trump aide Elon Musk "ragequit" an online game after repeatedly dying and enduring the mockery of those gamers paying attention. He called them "retards" and logged off Path of Exile 2. Musk went live on X on Saturday, showing himself playing Path of Exile 2 aboard hi … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 50 minutes ago

The Telling

Sutty, an observer from Terra, arrives on the planet Aka to find a singular, oppressive capitalist state has taken over the entire population in the years she spent traversing the stars to get there. | Continue reading


@aworkinglibrary.com | 50 minutes ago

Simon Pegg Still Has Hope For Star Trek 4

Plus, A24's Death Stranding movie finds an intriguing director. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 50 minutes ago

Starving cannibalistic spiders won't hunt their siblings, but they'll quickly dine on their corpses

Social signals stop young labyrinth spiders from hunting their siblings even when they are starving. However, the cannibalistic spiderlings quickly feed on the corpses of their brothers and sisters. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 56 minutes ago

It’s a Baseball! It’s a Pearl! It’s…

[Always Be Checking-if-your-design-is-vulvular] One of my favorite things about minor league baseball is how teams simply do not care about their identities. They’ll start with the most ridiculous name, and then change it to something else preposterous for a single night. In a ri … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Pro-Trump Billionaires Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

The billionaire class stands to lose more than the average American from Trump's dumb trade war. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Geely Group Has Launched 48 New Models Since Tesla Revealed the Cybertruck

One of the things people have been warning about for years, long before Elon Musk brought a blowtorch to the Tesla brand, is the fact that Tesla has quite a limited, simple product line. Whereas Chinese EV producers are rolling out new models approximately twice a day (or, well, … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Start menu is bigger and fixes a major pain point

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 Start menu design that’s bigger and more customizable than what exists today. Windows watcher phantomofearth discovered the new design in recent builds of Windows 11, where the updated Start menu has a larger layout and finally lets you di … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain

Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

How a Tiny Pill Is Taking On One of the Deadliest Cancers

Scientists have identified a key vulnerability in pancreatic cancer by targeting transcription-replication conflicts—cellular disruptions that cause genetic instability in tumors. Their novel approach uses a drug called AOH1996, which slowed tumor growth in lab models and reduced … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Laura Loomer Has the Dumbest Possible Conspiracy Theory for the Anti-Trump Protests

Our reality just keeps getting stupider. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Motorola’s stylish stylus phone comes in blue or blue

Motorola is refreshing its budget-oriented stylus phone with the 2025 edition of the Moto G Stylus in two bold colors: blue, and for a change of pace, blue. They both come with a “leather-inspired” back panel finish and a stacked spec sheet when you consider its $399 price — thou … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Why all companies should think beyond Large Language Models

The current wave of AI hype was kicked off by the rollout and subsequent development of ChatGPT. And in the public mind, it is with this kind of application that AI is most strongly associated — the LLM-powered chatbots that we can talk and listen to in natural language. But it i … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 1 hour ago

The Good Ship Grace in Los Angeles, California

In 1934, a destitute radio musician named Paul Myers was wandering the docks of San Diego in a drunken stupor when he heard the sound of a ship’s bell. He felt a call to become a preacher, and within months had turned his life around, reunited with his family, and begun hosting a … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago

Dear Atlas: What’s the Best Way to Travel Solo at 60?

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a question for our experts? Submit it here. * * * Dear Atlas, What advice do you have for a 60ish-year-old single woman who wants to travel but doesn’t have … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago

🔗 Understanding use and using in Elixir

About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 1 hour ago

Scientists uncover unexpected use for EV battery parts in major tech breakthrough: 'This could open the door to a new class'

"This could significantly lower the environmental footprint of lithium production." Scientists uncover unexpected use for EV battery parts in major tech breakthrough: 'This could open the door to a new class' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

EFF, Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill

Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement risks contained within the draft Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill). Clause 8 … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 1 hour ago

Switch 2: the good news and bad news

In most ways, Nintendo’s Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of its weirdest ideas – Wii U, anyone? — but this time seems to have stayed the course in the b … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Odd-Looking Blue Creatures Are Washing Up in Large Groups on California's Beaches Once Again

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

Ignorance is Bliss

Sometime last year, I ran across this cartoon. I'm not really sure its origin or where I even ran across it, but I immediately related to it. I shared it with a couple of friends and like anything else neat I find online, I waited for it to fade into a distant memory. But it didn … | Continue reading


@brandons-journal.com | 1 hour ago

Amazon Quietly Discounts the Anker 737 Portable Power Bank by Nearly 50% for a Limited Time

Save 41% on this 24,000mAh three-port charger that can fire up a MacBook despite being the size of a soda can and just 1.5 pounds. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Soaring high with a flock of birds and their human ‘foster parents’

The northern bald ibis was extinct in Europe. Now it’s back, and people are helping it to migrate for winter The post Soaring high with a flock of birds and their human ‘foster parents’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading


@positive.news | 1 hour ago

I Just Discovered This “Magical” 15-Second Trick for Removing Stubborn Stickers from Jars (with Zero Effort!)

It’s so easy! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Adjusting item numbers in URL drop down / More adblock compatiblity work – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3658.3

In today’s snapshot, we provide a setting to adjust the number of items in URL dropdown and continu chipping away at improved ad blocker rule capatiblity. | Continue reading


@vivaldi.com | 1 hour ago

Life Clock

After I built my little counter last year, it got a flurry of attention. It got pretty large and was killed off a bunch as well. But after a while the attention fell off and I was really the only one tending to it, growing it. And something so big and bold needed more activity. | Continue reading


@joshbeckman.org | 1 hour ago

City residents warned to stay vigilant after unusually frequent encounters with urban predators: 'Don't let them hang around'

"If you're going to feed them, you're inviting other animals to come and eat there also." City residents warned to stay vigilant after unusually frequent encounters with urban predators: 'Don't let them hang around' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Renewable energy now handles 40% of our global electricity needs

A report from UK-based climate and energy think tank Ember notes that clean energy sources accounted for 40.9% percent of electricity produced around the world in 2024. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technology Tags: Clean Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power, Electricity | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Framework stops selling some laptops in U.S. due to new tariffs

Framework, makes of modular and repairable high-end laptops, has stopped selling some models due to new tariffs on imports. "Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April 5th, we're temporarily pausing U.S. sales on a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Creating Workplaces Free of Forever Chemicals

What companies need to know about PFAS—and how to reduce risks to employees and customers. | Continue reading


@hbr.org | 1 hour ago

The 256GB 10th Gen Apple iPad Just Hit a Price We Never Thought Possible

The unsung hero of the tablet world is just a buck above its all-time lowest price while this 30% off Amazon deal is still running. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Your Company Wants to Close Pay Gaps. Here’s Where to Start.

What to do after you’ve identified where gaps exist. | Continue reading


@hbr.org | 2 hours ago

Teen restrictions expand on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger

Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, bringing those protections to Facebook and Messenger and adding new limits for teenage Instagram users. After introducing “Teen Accounts” to Instagram in Septemb … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago