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@choice.npr.org | 4 years ago

Facebook Horizon Is Social VR Inspired by Second Life. That Could Be a Problem

We saw some signs last February that this was coming and now it's here: Facebook just unveiled its new social VR world, called Horizon: Starting with a bustling town square where people will meet and mingle, the Horizon experience then... | Continue reading


@nwn.blogs.com | 4 years ago

J.K. Simmons Returns as J. Jonah Jameson on The Daily Bugle Website for ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’

In honor of the digital release of Spider-Man: Far From Home video this week, fans can now watch a J. Jonah Jameson video featuring J.K. Simmons. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

How to diagnose demotivation: the 3 components of motivation

Most of us have goals we want to accomplish. Some are bigger, some are smaller. Sometimes it feels easy to get the work done, and sometimes it’s hard to stay motivated and we procrastinate. Fundamentally motivation is the desire to act and move towards a specific goal. It often e … | Continue reading


@nesslabs.com | 4 years ago

How I got Rust working in Xcode

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@ericasadun.com | 4 years ago

Vegan Creamy Mushroom Ramen

This incredibly simple Vegan Creamy Mushroom Ramen is a rich and flavorful 15 minute meal that only requires a handful of ingredients! | Continue reading


@budgetbytes.com | 4 years ago

The Desperate Plight Behind “Darkness at Noon”

Arthur Koestler’s novel of the Moscow Trials laid bare the gulf between Communist ideals and the reality they produced. | Continue reading


@newyorker.com | 4 years ago

Daily API RoundUp: Mercedes-Benz, Applied Recognition, Figure Eight, DroneMapper

Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Backup, Mapping, Auto, and Recognition. Highlights include the Trend Micro Smart Check API for enterprise security, and the Figure Eight API for machine learning data annotations. Here's a rund … | Continue reading


@programmableweb.com | 4 years ago

‘Popstar: Never Stop Stopping’ Sing-Along Screenings Coming to Alamo Drafthouse in October

There's a run of Popstar sing-along screenings coming to Alamo Drafthouse locations across the country. DOINK-DE-DOINK! | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Converting Callbacks to Promises

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@zellwk.com | 4 years ago

A Visit to FARC's Jungle Lair

For three years, there has been peace between the Colombian military and FARC. Now, though, some of the leftist guerrillas are preparing to resume their armed campaign. DER SPIEGEL visited a FARC training camp deep in the jungle. | Continue reading


@spiegel.de | 4 years ago

Google Sends Advertising Dollars to Fake News Sites

New research shows Google's online ad technologies provide an estimated 70% of ad revenue to 1,700 websites purveying misinformation. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 4 years ago

Stylistic Variation on the Donald Trump Twitter Account: A Linguistic Analysis

Twitter was an integral part of Donald Trump’s communication platform during his 2016 campaign. Although its topical content has been examined by researchers and the media, we know relatively little about the style of the language used on the account or how this style changed ove … | Continue reading


@journals.plos.org | 4 years ago

A home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. No jailbreak required

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@altstore.io | 4 years ago

United Nations Online Volunteering

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@onlinevolunteering.org | 4 years ago

The Oceans We Know Won't Survive Climate Change

Sea-level rise will become unmanageable, and life will flee the world’s tropical oceans, if carbon pollution keeps rising, a new report from the UN climate panel says. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 4 years ago

You’re Not Alone If You’re Crying at Work

I have, to my knowledge, made at least two people so upset that I’ve reduced them to tears in the workplace. The first of these... | Continue reading


@melmagazine.com | 4 years ago

The Future of the Construction Industry (Infographic)

- By Nuadox Crew -  Raconteur recently published a neat infographic on the future of the construction industry. Enjoy! Full size image: JPG - PDF Source: Raconteur Read Also 3D concrete printing could... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Dropbox launches new “smart workspace”

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@blog.dropbox.com | 4 years ago

Best Buy sees growth in health care technology for elderly

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest consumer electronics chain, known for selling TV sets, cellphones and laptops, is looking to health care as a big source of its future growth. Best Buy... | Continue reading


@apnews.com | 4 years ago

An ecologist who wants to map everything

Thomas Crowther wants to restore the planet, but first he needs to know how many trees, fungi, worms and microbes live on it. | Continue reading


@nature.com | 4 years ago

And Now, To Celebrate a Haircut, We Present Two Sides of John Scalzi

The first look is one I like to call "Newly Divorced Suburban Dad Makes His First Tinder Profile": The second is "Man Wrongly Convicted is Finally Released, But Prison Has Changed Him": I don't know, maybe I have them reversed. It's so confusing. Also: Hello, in addition to getti … | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 4 years ago

What’s in a Mixtape?

Why I believe that podcast mixtapes are the next frontier in podcast discovery. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

The Charger Daddies Will Stop at Nothing to Make Sure Your Phone Is Juiced

James, a 39-year-old software engineer in London, doesn’t let his overnight guests suffer the panic and indignity of waking up to a low battery alert.... | Continue reading


@melmagazine.com | 4 years ago

Jessica Meir Just Became the First Female Swedish Citizen in Space

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@swedesinthestates.com | 4 years ago

The Failure Mode of Clever

So, apropos of nothing in particular, let's say you wish to communicate privately with someone you've not communicated with privately before, for whatever reason you might have. And, wanting to stand out from the crowd, you decide to try to be clever about it, because, hey, you a … | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 4 years ago

An Artist, a Shantyboat, and the Lost History of American River Communities

Wes Modes is documenting life along America's waterways. | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 4 years ago

A Primer on Boolean Satisfiability

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@homes.cs.washington.edu | 4 years ago

Fond.co (YC W12) Is Hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Portland

Fond strives to help companies create fun and rewarding experiences for their employees through next generation social recognition programs. Fond is disrupting the Rewards and Recognition industry with its easy to use, highly configurable SaaS platform that consolidates employee … | Continue reading


@jobs.lever.co | 4 years ago

Alexa Smart Oven

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@amazon.com | 4 years ago

Dynamic Luminescence Manipulation for Rewritable AndMultilevel Security Printing

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@secure.jbs.elsevierhealth.com | 4 years ago

AWS: SNS, SQS or Both?

This is an overview of SNS, SQS and how they can be used in isolation or together to send persistent and immediate messages. | Continue reading


@helenanderson.co.nz | 4 years ago

The Guide to Kubernetes Security

New container deployments are just as vulnerable to attacks and exploits from hackers and insiders as traditional environments, making Kubernetes security a critical component for all deployments. | Continue reading


@neuvector.com | 4 years ago

Jason Bateman to Direct ‘Clue’ Remake, and He Plans to Star Alongside Ryan Reynolds

The Clue remake has found its director in Jason Bateman, who just won an Emmy for directing a few days ago. Bateman plans to star alongside Ryan Reynolds. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Attacking Kubernetes Through Kubelet

Abusing the kubelet default configuration to gain access to the kube-apiserver. | Continue reading


@labs.f-secure.com | 4 years ago

Vrased: A Verified Hardware/Software Co-Design for Remote Attestation

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@usenix.org | 4 years ago

Fremont police Tesla runs low on juice in high-speed chase

“I am down to six miles of battery on the Tesla so I may lose it here in a sec,” Officer Jesse Hartman said. | Continue reading


@eastbaytimes.com | 4 years ago

What Is CrowdStrike and Why Is Donald Trump Blabbering About It to Ukraine

Donald Trump talked about a cybersecurity firm in a phone call with the Ukraine President that is now the focus of an impeachment inquiry. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 4 years ago

Git – Working properly on a source code

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@blog.xnorcode.com | 4 years ago

Isoflat – Free isometric and flat graphic resources

IsoFlat is the best place to discover the finest selection of free vectors. Designers love the diversity of isometric design and flat collections! | Continue reading


@isoflat.com | 4 years ago

Git – The basics to get you started

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@blog.xnorcode.com | 4 years ago

Assume Networks Are Compromised, DoD Official Urges

Users should assume every computer network is compromised, the deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering said. | Continue reading


@defense.gov | 4 years ago

Plumbing Stanley Kubrick (2012)

Electric scooter providers JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin have just been granted permits to operate their respective services in San Francisco beginning Oct. 15, 2020. This is part of the city’s longer-term permitting program for electric scooters. Each scooter provider will initiall … | Continue reading


@ianwatson.info | 4 years ago

Brain Exams Aim to Predict Who Is at Risk of Committing Murder

Cutting-edge research is revealing new ways to potentially prevent violent acts, including mass shootings, years before the thought of violence ever crosses the minds of murderers. | Continue reading


@nbcbayarea.com | 4 years ago

Clothespin Bat Magnet

These easy to make Clothespin Bat Magnets are a fun way to display kids Halloween arts and crafts right on your fridge! Make several of easy displaying! | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 4 years ago

AltStore

I honestly can’t believe I’m finally writing about all of this. Everything in this blog post is something I’ve been working on in some form or another for the past several years. In order to make sure I didn’t shoot myself in the foot by revealing too much, however, I didn’t allo … | Continue reading


@rileytestut.com | 4 years ago

Atmospheric Evolution on Low-Gravity Waterworlds

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@iopscience.iop.org | 4 years ago

Ember v3.13 Released(Octane Preview)

Ember.js helps developers be more productive out of the box. Designed with developer ergonomics in mind, its friendly APIs help you get your job done—fast. | Continue reading


@blog.emberjs.com | 4 years ago