This year in Paris, the Athletes' Village will be supplied with mattresses by veteran supplier Airweave. The Japanese company configures their titular product in four different densities, and prior to the 2020 Olympics, their plan had been to allow each athlete to specify which t … | Continue reading
Rich people have a lot of stuff. There's money to be made in designing the stuff. But there's also a good buck in making and selling them organizational objects for their stuff.That's the lesson learned by Ian Holme and Phil Hadfield. Britons and school buddies, the duo burned ou … | Continue reading
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Stationary battery manufacturer Hithium and Maxxen, a 100 percent subsidiary of Kontek Energy, which has 30 years of energy industry experience have announced their exclusive strategic partnership at the Türkiye launch of this cooperation on May 17, 2024, in Is … | Continue reading
Microsoft demo is like chatting with GameFAQs when you don't have a friend to hang with. | Continue reading
Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, yesterday announced its collaboration with the City of Henderson to upgrade street lighting infrastructure with state-of-the-art LED technology. The $21 million pr … | Continue reading
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has reached a groundbreaking $2 billion settlement with the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Genesis… Continue reading Crypto lender Genesis reaches $2B settlement The post Crypto lender Genesis reaches $2B settlement appeared first on … | Continue reading
In no particular order… Connection Curation Guidance Opinions Values Judgment Feedback Deep expertise Deterministic results (always the same output for the same input) Accuracy Clarity Transparency Trustworthiness Sustainability Being & going offline Honesty Privacy Protection & … | Continue reading
I turn to large capacity pens when my work load grows extensive. A deep well of ink in-hand is comforting, especially as my mental energy dwindles amongst balancing multiple simultaneous tasks. A comfort arising from shifting the immediacy of tracking ink levels to next week. Tho … | Continue reading
This is Jessica. Xuechunzi Bai, Angelina Wang, Ilia Sucholutsky, and Tom Griffiths, posted a paper recently showing that when you prompt a number of large language models to do IAT-inspired tasks and make associated decisions, they exhibit implicit biases. For … Continue reading … | Continue reading
There is nothing in your way. What you see is attainable. Stop telling yourself it’s a dream, or […] | Continue reading
What is tougher than building a software-only or hardware-only startup? Building a combined hardware and software startup. This is what Oxide is doing, as they build a “cloud computer.” A deepdive. | Continue reading
This already affordable, powerful Newtonian reflector is now almost $230 off in this great telescope deal. | Continue reading
Today's links Linkrot: The internet is a library built on quicksand. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writ … | Continue reading
New research this month is the latest to link the use of Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1 drugs to a greater risk of gastroparesis, a potentially serious medical condition. So what exactly is gastroparesis and how worried should you be about it if you’re on or thinking about taki … | Continue reading
There are not many people in the world who have had the amazing experience of seeing such a beautiful fireball, let alone to record it. — Ali Reza Hayati - Fusses about matters | Continue reading
Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly availab … | Continue reading
Santa Rosa, CA. Freeman Auto. Waiting for car. Came here without an appointment but I have work to […] | Continue reading
It’s very possible we’ll know more about UFOs soon. Due to a stipulation inside the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, the federal government is now required to share any and all internal reports on the subject of unidentified flying objects with the National Archives, whic … | Continue reading
After three years of being exclusively on Epic Games Store for PC gamers, Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts is now finally… Continue reading Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts is finally coming to Steam The post Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts is finally coming to Steam appeared first on ReadW … | Continue reading
Drinking water systems pose increasingly attractive targets as malicious hacker activity is on the rise globally, according to new warnings from security agencies around the world. According to experts, basic countermeasures—including changing default passwords and using multifac … | Continue reading
A Tesla owner in Ohio had a terrifying experience recently when his car tried to drive him right into a crossing train, according to multiple videos posted to the Tesla Motors Club forum. The vehicle was in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode and allegedly, this isn’t the first time the … | Continue reading
I am laughing. I am at peace with this Mike Madigan today. This draft, this figure and structure. […] | Continue reading
Shenzhen-based smart projector maker JMGO has announced an update to last year's N1 series triple-laser models. The N1S Ultra and N1S sport a handy gimbal-like stand for positioning ease and both gain Google TV with native Netflix. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, T … | Continue reading
I’m a huge fan of Alexander Payne (not just because my cousin produced About Schmidt). If you’re not familiar with his work, try Election, Sideways, and The Descendants. The Holdovers (streaming on Amazon Prime) is Payne’s latest and features a teacher who loves giving bad grades … | Continue reading
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While many of 2024's most anticipated horror titles are yet to come—think A Quiet Place: Day One, Longlegs, Trap, and MaXXXine—there are also plenty of must-see titles that either already wrapped their theatrical runs, or were released straight to streaming. Plan your next horror … | Continue reading
Bern, Switzerland, is a city of springs with beautifully decorated fountains offering free spring water all around town. Most of these are decorated with various statues, such as the famous Child Eater of Bern. However, this spring in Bern, known as the Mosesbrunnen (or Moses Fou … | Continue reading
Adobe is continuing to push generative AI efforts as they add new features to Lightroom that aim to make distractions… Continue reading Adobe Lightroom gets an impressive magic eraser, as it expands further into AI The post Adobe Lightroom gets an impressive magic eraser, as it e … | Continue reading
Terrific Tuesday in Sonoma County… Grateful, at peace, in love… ❤️ | Continue reading
Nintendo has announced an agreement with Embracer Group to acquire the Florida-based team Shiver Entertainment. Shiver, responsible for developing Mortal… Continue reading Nintendo announces acquisition of Switch game developer Shiver The post Nintendo announces acquisition of Sw … | Continue reading
Robert Alexander built a pretty cool Blogroll Network Map. Based on scraped blogrolls, it builds and visualizes a map of blogs. It contains almost 500 feeds, a lot to explore for boring days! | Continue reading
We tested multiple ways to store bananas to both speed and slow ripening. Here, we are sharing our results and explaining the science behind them, along with our recommendations for how to best store bananas. | Continue reading
Senior Audrey Chen landed an internship at NASA before she was old enough to drive. Here’s her secret to success. | Continue reading
As the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 approaches in late 2025, speculation is rising about whether Take-Two will set… Continue reading GTA 6 price speculation suggests game may cost more than $70 The post GTA 6 price speculation suggests game may cost more than $70 appeared first … | Continue reading
In a new update to its full self-driving (FSD) mode, Tesla is reportedly removing what its drivers call “steering wheel nag.” Read more... | Continue reading
Juntao Qiu's next data fetching pattern looks at how to specify fallback behavior using markup. This allows developers to pull such declarations out of the JavaScript components and into the markup they use while laying out the rest of the page. Juntao's React example shows how t … | Continue reading
"I'm 100% with you on this." Renter seeks advice after experiencing strange restriction with several apartments: 'I can't really understand this rule' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A speculative noir needs to commit to all of its genres. The post Sugar and the Challenging Art of Genre Hybrids appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Cyberattacks are a constant worry in today’s digital world, threatening businesses of all shapes and sizes. Hackers are getting craftier… Continue reading How AI is Used in Proactive Cybersecurity Operations The post How AI is Used in Proactive Cybersecurity Operations appeared f … | Continue reading
BEDEO and Protean have been converting commercial vans to hybrid power for some time. | Continue reading
In the U.S., most people only have access to the Cavendish, a slender, slightly curved banana with a cheerful shade of yellow. Around the world, however, there are thousands of varieties to know and love—here are a few. | Continue reading
Sam Leith in The Guardian: ‘Catland”, as Kathryn Hughes describes it, is two things. One is the imaginary universe of Louis Wain’s illustrations – in which cats walk on their hind legs and wear clothes, and humans do not feature. In the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, these ki … | Continue reading
Nikki Crowley in The Conversation: I am a neurobiologist focused on understanding the chemicals and brain regions that underlie addiction to alcohol. I study how neuropeptides – unique signaling molecules in the prefrontal cortex, one of the key brain regions in decision-making, … | Continue reading
The game developer behind Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, has officially opened a new Poland studio in Warsaw with two… Continue reading Larian opens new Poland studio after seeing talent in the area The post Larian opens new Poland studio after seeing talent in the area appeare … | Continue reading
I know I post flowers and books lately but here’s a car. It’s a car and it’s locked. | Continue reading
We are behind schedule in launching our new Apple subscription, in part because we have to upload a thousand or more files manually. Apple has an API that podcast host providers can tap into, but … | Continue reading
John McWhorter in Persuasion: Donald Trump is incapable of meaningful participation in such an event. Only in the sense that “match” can apply to both chess and mud wrestling could the word “debate” apply both to the Kennedy-Nixon event and to Trump’s on-stage behavior. Trump can … | Continue reading
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