These stunning furniture pieces are by Australian furniture designer/builder Brodie Neill (who did that ReCoil table we looked at earlier). First off, this Bonsai shelving unit was commissioned by a client. It's made of bronze and hollow:The Atmos desk is "formed from a single su … | Continue reading
Steam’s refund policy for games is simple: You have two hours to play the game after you buy it to decide if you want to keep it. Like all good things, some folks decided to take advantage of a loophole, and now Valve has changed its policy to close it. Read more... | Continue reading
First there was Mamba… now there is Jamba from AI21. This is a model that combines the best non-transformer goodness of Mamba with good ‘ol attention layers. This results in a highly performant and efficient model that AI21 has open sourced! We hear all about it (along with a var … | Continue reading
Google is updating the client-side encryption mechanism for Google Meet to allow external participants, including those without Google accounts, to join encrypted calls. [...] | Continue reading
Honda has struck a deal with the governments of Canada and Ontario that will lead to building a battery factory for electric cars. The post Honda EV Production Plan For Canada Comes Into Focus appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
This simple Shrimp Tacos recipe features flavorful sauteed shrimp served with tangy cabbage slaw, creamy cilantro lime crema, and all of your favorite toppings like avocado slices and cotija cheese. It’s perfect for your next Taco Tuesday! Enjoy more of my favorite shrimp taco re … | Continue reading
"If you keep going and you keep persisting … that can make a big difference." Girl Scout's protest protects forest from potential development: 'Your voice is really powerful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This week, delegates continue negotiations for a global plastics treaty. They have a lot to do. | Continue reading
This is the 29th part of a fiction serial, in 824 words. On the long train journey back to London, Hettie made a decision. She would agree to move to the suburbs, allowing Edward to sell up his interests and buy the double-fronted shop he dreamed of. Given his patience with her w … | Continue reading
Muddycap is the handle of an anonymous artist/designer whose bio reads "I make chairs and shits." His Instagram is a deep portfolio of insane chair designs. (Most appear to be renderings, though he can be seen making models in some shots and occasionally shows IRL full-size build … | Continue reading
The NFL has reinstated Isaiah Rodgers, a star cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles. This marks the end of a challenging… Continue reading Philadelphia Eagles star Isaiah Rodgers reinstated after gambling ban The post Philadelphia Eagles star Isaiah Rodgers reinstated after gamb … | Continue reading
It’s a classic Elon Musk move. Tesla released some pretty grim first-quarter numbers on Tuesday, showing that net income dropped more than 50% from last year. During the earnings call, however, Musk floated his “new” vision for the electric car company. Tesla is now focused on bu … | Continue reading
When I said “Send a text message to Julian Chokkattu,” who’s a friend and fellow AI Pin reviewer over at Wired, I thought I’d be asked what I wanted to tell him. Instead, the device simply said OK and told me it sent the words “Hey Julian, just checking in. How's your day going?” … | Continue reading
Some short housekeeping. How is a human being supposed to deal with their mental health during a chronic illness flare up? This is a question I am pondering today, as I am 2 days without psych medication. This is not due to a med error, but instead due to the fact that I haven’t … | Continue reading
"Just Worried Because" by Shannon Darcy proves itself to be a powerful anthem, meant to be screamed at the top of a building as you dance and rock out and let the demons go. | Continue reading
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This article illustrates how AI can be leveraged to build tools that can be inclusive with a little bit of an additional effort. | Continue reading
Here’s an example of some icons that transitioned well in the Big Sur-ification of macOS icons: And just for good measure, here’s a few more — I love this stuff. While some apps made this transition fun (and further infused their brand with character), others did not. They did th … | Continue reading
The chronology of any comic book storyline or character—woven throughout decades of creative teams, retcons, and realignments to the narrative—is always a complicated affair. But there are few mainstream adaptations with a more convoluted mess of timelines and canons than Fox’s X … | Continue reading
In today’s video I walk you through the process of hooking up Immich’s machine learning components to a Windows 11 system, primarily used as my personal gaming rig, running on WSL2, inside of a docker container with Nvidia hardware acceleration support. | Continue reading
Friendly aliens, adorable moppets, and breathtaking special effects—what's not to love about Spielberg's first big-budget science fiction film? The post Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Yearning for a Place in the Cosmos appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The tiny colons were grown from mouse stem cells, but human versions could one day be used to test new drugs for colorectal cancer, scientists say. | Continue reading
The advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing. | Continue reading
New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels. | Continue reading
New research suggests that Bitcoin whales have been accumulating the cryptocurrency, keeping the price above a crucial resistance level until… Continue reading Bitcoin whales drive price above $67,000 resistance The post Bitcoin whales drive price above $67,000 resistance appeare … | Continue reading
I’ve been mulling over Tracy’s “Webbing” the IndieWeb for a couple of days now, and the more I think about it, the more I find myself nodding along, especially around readers being just as important as writers to the “success” (however we want to define that… more on this later) … | Continue reading
Sony has filed a patent for an auto-play feature, which allows AI to take the wheel for those monotonous grinding… Continue reading Sony files AI ‘auto-play’ which could tackle in-game grinding The post Sony files AI ‘auto-play’ which could tackle in-game grinding appeared first … | Continue reading
Here’s a pretty damning read about LLMs’ impact on the web. Just how SEO produced an extremely lucrative-yet-icky industry, optimizing web content for AI models seems inevitable. SEO will morph into LLMO: large-language-model optimization, the incipient industry of manipulating A … | Continue reading
Southeast New Mexico isn’t always an easy place to visit in an EV. The big thing is that it’s oil country, just like west Texas (a place that’s separated from southeast NM by nothing but an imaginary line). Until just very recently, it was a total EV dead zone, even ... [continue … | Continue reading
PUBG Battlegrounds is reintroducing the game’s original map, Erangel, with all sorts of content and design touches to fully evoke… Continue reading PUBG Battlegrounds will send players back in time with throwback Erangel map The post PUBG Battlegrounds will send players back in t … | Continue reading
Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been crossed, with doctors at New York University Langone today announcing the world’s first combination pig kidney and heart pump transplant. The recipient is a 54-year-old woman named Lisa Pisano who was diagnosed with termi … | Continue reading
Manor Lords is soon to be upon us and we can’t wait to get our hands on the early access… Continue reading Manor Lords global release times – when is it available where you are? The post Manor Lords global release times – when is it available where you are? appeared first on Read … | Continue reading
Simulation games are the gift that keeps on giving. From scratching that cleaning itch with Power Wash Simulator to becoming… Continue reading Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know The post Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – Re … | Continue reading
The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections. [...] | Continue reading
With four motors, deeper fording, and more power, you can forget about the gas version. | Continue reading
"This misinformation is being done at a moment when we see local governments really trying to take the lead." Residents file lawsuit against major utility company for alleged deceptive practice: 'We need to be doing everything we can' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Joel Miller of Miller’s Book Review Substack reads and reviews a prodigious number of books for this regular Substack. Joel formerly served as vice president of acquisitions for Thomas Nelson Publishers. Joel and I discuss how to find time to read, how to choose what to read, and … | Continue reading
[Separating satire from misinformation is difficult but essential.] Apparently, free speech absolutist Elon Musk has died. Link: https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/ | Continue reading
The Swiss daily newspaper Tages-Anzeiger interviewed Oliver Reichenstein, founder of iA, on the Aesthetics of AI. The post AI and the Beauty of Human Flaws appeared first on iA. | Continue reading
Big thanks to the cache owner for their note. Somehow I'd not seen the obvious route. Followed a family of ducks and soon found the cache location. FP awarded in part for the lovely cache but mostly for the attentive CO who posted a note so promptly. TFTC! | Continue reading
Photo: Kindel Media / Pexels In this edition of Squirrel […] | Continue reading
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Korean artist/designer Oneseo Choi must have a steady supply of castoff aluminum extrusions. His "Pattern of Industry" series uses them to make furniture:Because Choi is branded both an artist and designer, it's a little trickier to evaluate the work. If it's art, it's essentiall … | Continue reading
The city of Amsterdam is looking to dramatically cut the number of river cruises arriving in the capital in a bid to reduce the number of tourists visiting the city. The measure... | Continue reading
The latest news DON’T FORGET ABOUT RIGA: Major investors in Latvia have scored its investment climate at its lowest level in a decade. War, they say, makes business uncertain. But those on the ground in Latvia say this cooled interest masks what is gradually becoming an interesti … | Continue reading
I know the secret to making your dreams come true. In an essay written for New Philosopher magazine (content not available online), Oliver Burkman discusses what's called Littlewood's Law, named for a British mathematician by the name of John Edensor Littlewood: Let's suppose . . … | Continue reading
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It’s rare to see a big-budget, AAA blockbuster game coming out of from South Korea in recent times. And here comes Stellar Blade. This new title is developed by Shift Up, the studio famous for their ongoing mobile game Nikke, and directed by Kim Hyung Tae, who have shipped variou … | Continue reading