Here's what we looked at this week:A good example of improving an existing product's UX by listening to customers' pain points: Star-M's special Raceway Bit speeds installation times for electricians. Milwaukee's alternative designs for vacuum-based drill dust shrouds.Elements Ed … | Continue reading
Jeremy Hsu in New Scientist: Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at once in the world’s largest election by cloning their voices and digital likenesses. Even dead public figures, such as politician and actress Jayaram Jayalalithaa, are getting … | Continue reading
Wooden wind turbine blades can outperform conventional composites while reducing costs and improving recycling rates. The post Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made Of Wood Can Outperform Composites appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
From my father, there’s still an old Commodore 64 he used when he was young. I kept it since I thought I might try some retro-computing. But now (some years later) in the process of cleaning up my flat and throwing out things I no longer need, I tried to connect it to the TV, but … | Continue reading
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ended in 2021, and Captain America: Brave New World isn’t arriving until 2025. But Marvel doesn’t want you to forget about one of its signature heroes, now played by Anthony Mackie, amid all the Deadpool & Wolverine hype, teasing Sam Wilson’s new … | Continue reading
Google has rolled back a recent release of its reCaptcha captcha script after a bug caused the service to no longer work on Firefox for Windows. [...] | Continue reading
This white spice paste is the cornerstone of many Indonesian meals and is the base of many other essential flavorings within the cuisine. Plus: Having a jar in my fridge means I can whip up my favorite meals at a moment’s notice. | Continue reading
Write freely. Don’t think. One paragraph to the next. Don’t think about what to write – where you […] | Continue reading
Yes, fine, kaadu egg on my face—I unwittingly designed a planet-destroying, fully armed, and operational battle station. But put yourself in my shoes: you’re a mid-tier, ambitious architect, and you get singled out of your whole firm, Coruscant Skyline Legacy, to design the bigge … | Continue reading
"I love how colorful you've made them with just what disposable stuff you had or found." Gift-giver gets creative using toilet paper rolls as DIY present: 'I loved this idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
09:19 Laundry on…. Several errands to run. Running, not today. Taking the day to situate the new office […] | Continue reading
A companion bill to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was introduced in the House last month. Despite minor changes, it suffers from the same fundamental flaws as its Senate counterpart. At its core, this bill is still an unconstitutional censorship bill that restricts protected … | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Really you start to wonder about all those pale blonde princesses in storybooks. Today's News: | Continue reading
Every celebrity has various trolls who say mean things about them online, a fact of life for most famous people in the modern era. But Tiffany Haddish isn’t just a passive observer when people insult her on social media networks. Haddish says she’s tracked down people trolling he … | Continue reading
In 2021, it cancelled an EV months before production—now it's preparing for 2025. | Continue reading
It’s fair to say Apple AirPods, both the pro and non-pro versions, are some of the most popular earbuds on… Continue reading Apple AirPods 4: Release date, specs, price and everything we know so far The post Apple AirPods 4: Release date, specs, price and everything we know so fa … | Continue reading
Let’s continue our origami adventure! Today, we’re going to learn how to make a cool origami cube. To get started,… The post How To Make Origami Cube appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
There is a fashion these days amongst tech pundits to go on and on about how awful Siri is, but in my experience it’s not, it’s amazing. I use it all the time. I use it mostly through my watch, where I have Raise to Speak turned on so I don’t even have to say […] | Continue reading
A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in what would be a historic first. The Chang’e-6 mission launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 a.m. ET on Friday. The lunar probe was riding on board China … | Continue reading
Though OpenAI is yet to make its Sora text-to-video model available to the public, it's ability to produce realistic, high-resolution video clips already has movie makers worried for job security. Now the tool has moved into the world of pop music videos. Continue Reading Categor … | Continue reading
Does he love facing mortality or what? The post Robin Hood Will Never Die, But Hugh Jackman Will Star in The Death of Robin Hood appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Alfie is a science fiction thriller novel written by French author Christopher Bouix, published in 2022. The story is told by Alfie, the artificial intelligence of a powerful home automation system. Alfie is an high-end AI-based home automation system made by AlphaCorp. Implement … | Continue reading
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b reveal that the hot gas giant is tidally locked, meaning one side permanently faces its sun while the other always stares out into space. | Continue reading
Valorant’s developers have stepped in to dispel sinister rumors about anti-cheat client Vanguard. Controversial posts have been surfacing that say… Continue reading Valorant developers speak out on Vanguard security concerns The post Valorant developers speak out on Vanguard secu … | Continue reading
Dave Winer kindly let me know about a proposed standard for linking to OPML blogrolls. Given that I added a page containing my blogroll last year, it was easy enough for me to add a tiny bit of code to the header to add support for automatic detection of my blogroll. | Continue reading
A few photos from a newish $500/night Marriott hotel in Newport Beach, California: Note the circular waterfall in the middle of the driveway. One of the more interesting features is a massive video screen above the bar at the end of the pool: Why can’t we have this in every room … | Continue reading
The TikTok account Globetrots combines Google Earth and text-to-speech to show top-ten lists… Tags: AI, generative, listicle, storytelling, TikTok | Continue reading
More of this, please. The post Romain Gavras’s Sacrifice Has an Excellent Cast and a Wild-Ass Premise appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
A fusion reactor in San Diego surpasses a limit on plasma density. | Continue reading
These tables are a small-space dream! READ MORE... | Continue reading
Tomorrow is May the Fourth, but you have a few more weeks to save up ahead of Heritage Auctions’ next Star Wars-themed sale, which happens May 31. The superstar of this one is Kenner’s famously rare Boba Fett figure with “rocket-firing” action, which was never released after bein … | Continue reading
They can power businesses and homes, charge numerous electric vehicles, or provide backup power in the case of an outage. Energy storage startup raises nearly $30 million in funding to give new life to old Tesla batteries: 'Critical factor for the success of the future energy sys … | Continue reading
Back to Tiffany Aching and the Chalk… The post Terry Pratchett Book Club: I Shall Wear Midnight, Part I appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
In 2023, the ostensibly authoritative World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that non-sugar sweeteners “not be used as a means of achieving weight control or reducing the risk of noncommunicable diseases.” Non-sugar sweeteners are found in diet sodas, yogurts, and snack bars … | Continue reading
The history of solar energy is an American success story. Since the creation of the first silicon solar cell 70 years ago, solar leaders have been innovating, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and growing this American-born technology into an essential part of our nation’s en … | Continue reading
"We are completely revolutionizing air conditioners," writes startup Transaera, "with advanced materials that remove moisture from the air before cooling it. Then we use the heat generated by the air conditioner – instead of wasting it – to dry the material for the next cycle. Th … | Continue reading
Today is beautiful, and will only get more so … Enjoy. ❤️ | Continue reading
This is the thirty-third part of a fiction serial, in 750 words. Realising they just couldn’t shut themselves away in her office every day, Hettie gave George some homework to keep him busy in the mornings. He had to memorise the contact details of numerous agents and friendly Ge … | Continue reading
For any species to endure, it must find reward in two things: sex and conflict. The importance of the sex drive is obvious. But if we’re not wired for conflict, we’ll meet the same fate as if we never reproduced. Evolution is a competition for resources, and conflict is inevitabl … | Continue reading
Today marks World Press Freedom Day, an annual celebration instituted by the United Nations in 1993 to raise awareness of press freedom and remind governments of their duties under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, the day is dedicated to the imp … | Continue reading
Hey, it’s that time Apple made an ad directly targeted at me. I just used Precision Finding last week while traveling around the D.C. area; it was a handy way for my wife and to find each other in the Smithsonian museums when one of us would go off with the kid for a bit.… | Continue reading
Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely coming from the soles of specialized climbing shoes worn by gym goers. The authors say that custo … | Continue reading
His delegation’s trip to campus includes a conference on entrepreneurship and a meeting with Institute President Sally Kornbluth. | Continue reading
This week on MacStories Unwind, we return to an animal kingdom to discuss invading fire ants, raccoons, and wild boar before recommending a Mario classic and Amazon’s TV adaptation of the Fallout videogame series. Links and Show Notes Ghost in the TV John Versus the Fire Ants Red … | Continue reading
Microsoft is on a crusade against passwords and they’ve scored a huge victory this week with the introduction of Passkeys… Continue reading Microsoft to make signing in easier with passkeys – here’s how it works The post Microsoft to make signing in easier with passkeys – here’s … | Continue reading
Disney+ has released a final clip for Lucasfilm’s upcoming, original animated series “Star Wars: Tales of the Empire,” which will debut on the streamer on May 4, 2024. The Details Star Wars: Tales of the Empire” is a six-episode journey into the fearsome Galactic Empire through t … | Continue reading
Is this pairing of director and material just too good to exist? The post The Next Exorcist Movie Might Get Mike Flanagan as Its Director appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading