Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: AM I RIGHT?! Today's News: | Continue reading
Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14. | Continue reading
Social media is awash with motivational quotes extolling the virtues of making mistakes. I probably glanced sideways at some quote or other on Instagram — like, five years ago — because now my search tab is full of the things. Daily I’m reminded that experience is simply the name … | Continue reading
Desalination — changing seawater into safe drinking water — could avert a crisis. Here's how to make it less costly and labor-intensive. | Continue reading
"Great metaphor for how humans are treating the planet." Bystander captures video of tourists smashing rock formation at national park: 'Destroying what nature created over thousands of years ago' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Svelte 5 Release Candidate and all the other highlights from Svelte Summit Spring | Continue reading
US prosecutors sought 3-year sentence for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. | Continue reading
Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, hopefully reducing the revenue stream for poachers. Continue Reading | Continue reading
A simple product built to completely reorganize your truck camping experience, the Pack Rack will debut as a multifunctional piece of indoor/outdoor camping furniture. It rides in a pickup truck bed as an adjustable-height shelf for holding gear and cargo, turning what might othe … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024 Suppressing the doorman's (false) tale: Once again, it's time for us to fess up. We'll start by quoting the first paragraph of the guest essay we discussed in this morning's report. The essay appeared in the New York Times. Headline included, it starts exa … | Continue reading
We recently gathered some Practical AI listeners for a live webinar with Danny from LibreChat to discuss the future of private, open source chat UIs. During the discussion we hear about the motivations behind LibreChat, why enterprise users are hosting their own chat UIs, and how … | Continue reading
Ransomware attack on the $371 billion company hamstrung US prescription market. | Continue reading
We collaborate with open-source and commercial model providers to bring their unreleased models to community for preview testing. Model providers can test their unreleased models anonymously, meaning the models' names will be anonymized. A model is considered unreleased if its we … | Continue reading
Disney Cruise Line has released another update on the progress of Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, which will be the newest port of call for its Caribbean cruises once finished. New Updates Nestled along the sand dunes of Serenity Bay, the vibrantly colored architecture of … | Continue reading
A lot of Star Trek opinion is based on the paradoxical idea that the series within the franchise simply “get good” at some point. TNG’s not TNG until Riker has a beard, we say, ignoring all the fantastic ideas the series got into before that. The idea of Trek shows usually having … | Continue reading
Fairfield Peet’s. 12:59…. Sparkling water and two hardboiled eggs. Again don’t feel comfortable here. Just came here to […] | Continue reading
Bacterial spores strengthen the plastic, then revive to digest it in landfills. | Continue reading
It works for iced coffee, too! READ MORE... | Continue reading
People across the world, and the political spectrum, underestimate levels of support for climate action. This “perception gap” matters. Governments will change policy if they think they have strong public backing. Companies need to know that consumers want to see low-carbon produ … | Continue reading
The retail giant aims to enable the construction of 10 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects by 2030, which will generate enough electricity to power an estimated two million households. Walmart announces major investment in several innovative solar projects across the count … | Continue reading
“We need more scientists who can explain their work clearly, explain science to the public, and help us build a science-literate world.” | Continue reading
A couple of days ago, I decided to reboot my blog. But first, I exported all posts to Day One, and wiped all the posts, pages, and uploads from this page. The new blog will focus on technical content, photography, and opinion (and less about personal/family stuff). As part of the … | Continue reading
The time loop is getting a little more complicated The post The Lazarus Project Season 2 Trailer Throw Us for a Loop with a Time Travel Machine appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Prehistoric cold viruses are hard to find in the historical record, but scientists have unearthed some evidence in ancient human teeth. | Continue reading
Amazon says it's working on stopping others from "making your AWS bill explode." | Continue reading
Researchers have found a blue hole they say is the deepest in the world—and they’ve yet to find where it bottoms out. The formation is the Taam Ja’ Blue Hole in Mexico’s Chetumal Bay, and it has so far been measured to 1,378 feet deep, or 420 meters below sea level. Read more... | Continue reading
With the clean energy transition, economically disadvantaged communities are wary that — again — their neighborhoods will be the location for big infrastructure projects. The concern is warranted, according to a 2024 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists. That report conclud … | Continue reading
Mystery LLM highlights transparency issues in AI testing. | Continue reading
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is just over a week away and if you are still on the fence about it, a major revelation in a new trailer might change that. Read more... | Continue reading
Barnes and Noble Read for Free in Stores was a system that has been around for over a decade. It allowed US users to bring their Nook in stores and read most ebooks for free for an hour. Early on, this type of thing drove Nook adoption and was one of the standout features that [… … | Continue reading
An e-cargo bike that can carry goods and passengers? Yes, please. The Oh Wow Conductor Plus is a convertible electric trike that is designed to act as a cargo bike when you need to haul stuff, and to quickly switch into a cycle rickshaw/pedicab mode when you need to carry ... [co … | Continue reading
I mentioned a book I was planning to write in my "Embrace the weird" post a couple weeks ago. The book idea is definitely weird, as it's a super niche one. I'm writing a guidebook to the fourteen different stadiums that make up the | Continue reading
The retailer is adding 300 new items to shelves! READ MORE... | Continue reading
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.” | Continue reading
Crafted by the award-winning local construction firm Level Ground Enterprise, the Park Hill residence exemplifies a seamless fusion of mid-century modern architecture with Scandinavian simplicity Continue reading | Continue reading
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was sentenced to four months in federal prison on Tuesday, first reported by the Associated Press. Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering violations as part of Binance’s agreement with the United States Department of Justice, al … | Continue reading
"Wait, now I feel bad for tossing these." Frugal homeowner shares hack to make use of annoyingly common silica gel packets: 'Collect hundreds of them and use them' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A teenager finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HBCU for the young, Black, and magical. The post Read an Excerpt From LaDarrion Williams’s Blood at the Root appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates. | Continue reading
If your iPhone hasn't been waking you up lately, you're not alone. | Continue reading
“Deceptive advertising and misinformation posed a risk to public health." | Continue reading
Nestled in the enchanting landscapes of Joshua Tree, the Starlit Sky House, designed by RMR architecture, represents an idyllic retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Continue reading | Continue reading
A new vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language that allows arbitrary code execution upon deserializing specially crafted RDS and RDX files. [...] | Continue reading
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem won over audiences with its sci-fi mysteries, complex characters, and startling visuals. If you’re still haunted by that Panama Canal scene—in which a ship full of people is sliced into ribbons—or the unpredictable landscapes of the VR game world, here’s … | Continue reading
Google has increased rewards for reporting remote code execution vulnerabilities within select Android apps by ten times, from $30,000 to $300,000, with the maximum reward reaching $450,000 for exceptional quality reports. [...] | Continue reading
Actor Jeff Bridges is returning to the grid for “Tron: Ares,” the third installment in the “Tron” trilogy of movies. The Details In a conversation with the Film Comment podcast, Bridges not only talked about his career, but mentioned he was going to play a part in the third insta … | Continue reading
With decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, she will lead the center as MIT boosts social impact experiential learning opportunities. | Continue reading
Would you be willing to eat pitch-black garlic cloves in exchange for no stinky breath? Researchers in Australia are studying and hoping to popularize a unique, specially aged variant of the cooking herb. The blackened variant apparently has a sweet flavor, while still having the … | Continue reading