We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched … | Continue reading
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Imagine having a picture on your wall that completely changes when the room gets too warm. Engineers at MIT have created a new printing technology called Thermochromorph to make full-color images that switch in response to temperature. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Scienc … | Continue reading
I was using my 5G router setup with Vanilla OpenWRT and QMI Cellular as a protocol for quite some time, but there were irregular disconnections etc. Updating the firmware of the modem didn’t help. Some days ago, I noticed that it’s also possible to configure with Modem Manager (w … | Continue reading
Deciding which file system to use for hard disks can be difficult. Here are the advantages and disadvantages explained in detail, for HFS+ and APFS. | Continue reading
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading
Black holes are some of the strangest, most wondrous objects in all the Universe. With huge amounts of mass concentrated into an extremely small volume, their interiors inevitably collapse down to singularities, surrounded by event horizons from which nothing — not even light — c … | Continue reading
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The … | Continue reading
Flipkart has hired Kabeer Biswas, co-founder of Indian delivery startup Dunzo, as the Walmart-owned e-commerce group expands its quick commerce business in the world’s most populous nation. Biswas will lead Flipkart’s quick commerce business, called Flipkart Minutes, a source fam … | Continue reading
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been posting a lot about programming with coding assistants lately, and that I’ve also doing more writing in general (such as summarizing awesome podcasts and talks that I’ve watched or heard recently). These are not unrelated. I’ve been telling … | Continue reading
Inspired by the mechanics of the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education. | Continue reading
Through 12 January, you can get 1TB of Koofr cloud storage for just £88.98, with no recurring fees. Best of all, it's yours for life. | Continue reading
Freedom Wars Remastered is out now on consoles and tomorrow on PC (Steam) in Asia. The remaster of the 2014 PS Vita launch game is curiously being published by Bandai Namco, despite the game IP being own, and still owned, by PlayStation. There’s plenty small text surrounding the … | Continue reading
It’s unlikely you’ve missed the story. In recent weeks, US President-elect Donald Trump has again repeatedly voiced his desire for the United States to take “ownership and control” of Greenland – an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump first floated the idea of t … | Continue reading
One of the buzziest products at CES 2025 is far simpler than any massive, crisp-pictured TV or next-gen EV for street and sky. The all-new Swippitt IPS is a fast power-up solution for mobile phones. Forget handcuffing your iPhone to an electrical socket or wireless dock for the n … | Continue reading
Elon Musk concurs with other AI experts that there’s little real-world data left to train AI models on. “We’ve now exhausted basically the cumulative sum of human knowledge …. in AI training,” Musk said during a live-streamed conversation with Stagwell chairman Mark Penn streamed … | Continue reading
As wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area, one resident of a tony neighborhood made a desperate plea for help on social media. “Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades?” asked Keith Wasserman on X. “Will pay any amount.” The … | Continue reading
Wildfires have been raging across Los Angeles County since Tuesday morning, but only in the past 24 hours or so has the city’s air quality begun to suffer. That’s because of the classic path of the Santa Ana winds, Alistair Hayden, a public health professor at Cornell who studies … | Continue reading
Shutterstock/Jun Huang Debate erupted this week over the growing number of beach tents, or “cabanas”, proliferating on Australian beaches. The controversy, which began on social media, was fuelled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who declared it was “not on” for beachgoers to r … | Continue reading
Over 1,000 structures burned in the span of two days, Jan 7-8, 2025, near Los Angeles. AP Photo/Ethan Swope Powerful Santa Ana winds, near hurricane strength at times, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and pushed wildfires into several neighborhoods starting Jan. 7, 20 … | Continue reading
Meteorologist Mathew Cappucci on California Fires. Air quality now the worst in Western Hemisphere, over the most populous metro in the country. Includes some of the most terrifying video I have ever seen. | Continue reading
This robot vacuum from Dreame has a robotic arm that can pick up items and use tools from its toolbox (pictured in the background) to clean more areas of your home. | Image: The Verge I’ll see your arm and raise you an arm and two legs. It was the battle of the bots on the CES sh … | Continue reading
mtphoto19/Shutterstock Olive oil is synonymous with the Mediterranean diet, and the health benefits of both are well documented. Olive oil reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and premature death. Olives also contain numerous healthy nutrients. Now evidence is moun … | Continue reading
As I write this, five people are dead and at least 1,000 buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that have swept across Los Angeles. Around 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. We are not yet sure of the scale of the disaster, but maps show it is burning across many s … | Continue reading
This attractive acrylic Annabell pendant lamp is by Mottoform, a/k/a industrial designer Elizabeth Salonen. "Light and darkness are a big part of life in Finland," says Salonen. "I'm inspired by light. When it's cold and dark in the Finnish winter, you stay inside. Fire and light … | Continue reading
Here's a small, thoughtful detail on ski accessory manufacturer Yardsale's poles: They contain embedded magnets, making a pair of them easier to carry. Their P1 Poles, aimed at the casual skier, run $149 and are available in several different fixed lengths. Their $189 P2 Poles fe … | Continue reading
Canadian inventor Mitch Krahn suffers from a herniated disc. He finds that leaning far back in his chair helps to alleviate the pain, but finds it difficult to work from that position. He thus conceived of this Ergo Desk, a sitting and standing desk that can also recline, in the … | Continue reading
I am all for floor-cleaning robots ; they can't do you much harm from down there. But Australian manufacturer Roborock decided to give their Saros Z70 robo-cleaner a freaking five-axis arm and a claw.The idea is that when it encounters an obstacle blocking its path, it lifts it o … | Continue reading
The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such seri … | Continue reading
News you maybe can't use, but that's okay. The post Danielle Deadwyler’s Coat Is Cute first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
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PLEASE let a celebrity wear this. The post Batsheva’s Pre-Fall Collection Is a Hoot first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
"What I realized was how trapped debt makes you." Suburban mom ditches city after transforming ordinary sheds into cozy family home: 'You do not have to live like this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop – an isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle, according to Waymo. Apparently, it wasn’t a one-time thing. Around the same time, in another Waymo robotaxi headed for the … | Continue reading
The White House this week announced a new label for internet-connected devices, the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, intended to help consumers make more-informed decisions about the cybersecurity of products they bring into their homes. To earn the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, which is being ad … | Continue reading
I’m old enough to remember musicians getting angry over Guitar Hero. But they always seemed to be missing the point. Nobody was seriously suggesting that a video game controller would replace an instrument that’s been going strong since the 15th century. Guitar Hero was a fun gam … | Continue reading
From the cute and quirky to the straight-up weird, these are some of our favorite robots from the consumer tech show floor. | Continue reading
"We cannot let the interests of companies like [this] trample the efforts of an entire industry." Group calls out 'shameful partnership' between fast fashion giant and public officials: 'A firm and collective response is necessary' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing. | Continue reading
'Citizen Sleeper 2' has yet to launch, but its developer says they're already working on 'Citizen Sleeper 3' — and it probably won't be on the screen at all. | Continue reading
During elementary school trips to the library, if all the books on Bigfoot and the Bermuda Triangle were already checked out by some other kid boning up on life's dangers, my go to source of reading material was the ever fascinating Guinness Book of World Records. I remember pict … | Continue reading
Illustration by Haein Jeong / The Verge Microsoft is rolling back a model upgrade to its AI-powered Bing Image Creator, reports TechCrunch. The rollback came after weeks of complaints by users that the tool just didn’t work as well after Microsoft “upgraded” to a new version of t … | Continue reading
"An attractive opportunity to create a truly international sustainable packaging solutions leader." More products could see innovative new packaging as industry leader announces acquisition: 'A winning position' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s 2025, and companies still don’t know what AI is good for. That’s the impression I got from this year’s CES, which featured AI-powered kitchen appliances, baby cribs, and other products that really weren’t calling for AI. See: Spicerr, an “intelligent” touchscreen-equipped sp … | Continue reading
She IS freshly engaged. The post Selena Gomez Wears White for the Late Night Shows first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
"Completely nonsensical." Popular holiday snack brand sparks debate with image of Santa: 'The longer you look the worse it gets' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s very rare I write for other publications than this one, but I wanted to give CSS-Tricks (especially Geoff) a nod because they’re working their way back to what they did best. This article sort of fits Piccalilli, but I think it fits CSS-Tricks better. I certainly wanted it t … | Continue reading