"Will be doing this tomorrow." Mom shares surprisingly simple trick to deep-clean even the dirtiest of rags: 'This is old-school cleaning' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Twenty-one stories of extreme psychological dread from horror icons! The post Read With the Lights On: Revealing Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror edited by Ellen Datlow appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei: Apple is deepening its ties with China even as it further expands production in Southeast Asia and India, highlighting the balancing act the iPhone maker is striking between politics and business. Apple increased its China-headquartered suppl … | Continue reading
Today's Drop discusses Rust-based utilities and a C bundle for handling time at the CLI, highlighting `tu`, `when`, and `dateutils`. `tu` simplifies expressing times and dates in human-readable formats, `when` assists with time zone conversions, and `dateutils` offers a suite of … | Continue reading
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events and UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, have signed a memorandum of understanding to re-establish a regular exchange between the two. -Andrea Doyle | Continue reading
When one Doctor biologically passes the torch to another, they do so in fire: a cascading, revitalizing burst of energy that blinds, dazzles, destroys, changes, and births in equal measure. Although Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor already went through all that—of a sort—late last … | Continue reading
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 3 licenses ($49.99 value each) for BBEdit. BBEdit is the longest-running text editor on the Mac, and it’s only gotten better through the years. With amazing extensibility using AppleScript, a notebook manager, Anaconda Virtual Environments, … | Continue reading
"It's staggering that these somehow ended up at a flea market!" Shopper astounded after finding '21k gold' jewelry at flea market: 'Absolutely stunning' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Scientists in South Korea have developed a new technique for creating synthetic diamonds that works under ambient pressure. | Continue reading
This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. One of the most comprehensive biodiversity surveys ever carried out in a mangrove forest has revealed that an astonishing array of wildlife makes its home in these key, … | Continue reading
Joe Betts-LaCroix is co-founder and CEO of longevity tech company Retro Biosciences. Under his leadership, and backed to the tune of $180 million by Sam Altman, Retro built its laboratories, at a fraction of the usual cost, from re-fitted shipping containers. The company mission … | Continue reading
PlayStation has announced that, after about three days of online yelling and reviewing bombing, it will no longer require Helldivers 2 players on PC to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account in order to continue accessing the popular sci-fi co-op shooter. Read … | Continue reading
Experience your favourite articles as podcasts. Simply email Listen Later a link, a PDF, or a newsletter, and our A.I. — featuring remarkably human-like narration — will transform it into a podcast episode. Delivered straight to your preferred podcast app. Start listening for fre … | Continue reading
Much of Alaska is empty—of humans, at least. Vast tundra and forest separate cities and villages, dividing the state into more than 150 isolated power grids. The largest of these grids, known as the Railbelt, carries 70% of the state’s electrical energy to about three-quarters of … | Continue reading
May’s already stacking up to be an intense month for big tech companies, and guess who’s starting us off with a bang? Apple is planning something big at its upcoming Let Loose event on May 7. But what could they possibly be showing off? It’s iPads, duh. What do you think that han … | Continue reading
99Bitcoins has officially launched the presale of their 99BTC token on April 10th. In just around 4 weeks, the presale… Continue reading ‘99Bitcoins’ Launches Anticipated Crypto Presale, Raising Over $1 Million The post ‘99Bitcoins’ Launches Anticipated Crypto Presale, Raising Ov … | Continue reading
Apple’s apps and services usually work brilliantly well on Apple devices, but what about when you’re on a computer that isn’t running macOS? While using Apple’s apps on Windows isn’t ideal, it’s significantly easier than it used to be—and you can now get most of your Apple inform … | Continue reading
DraftKings has heralded its performance metrics in Q1 after reporting a 52.7% year-on-year spike in its revenue, up to $1.18… Continue reading DraftKings boss hails ‘outstanding’ Q1 performance The post DraftKings boss hails ‘outstanding’ Q1 performance appeared first on ReadWrit … | Continue reading
Mega Dice, an online gambling platform, launched a crypto presale for its native token DICE last month and has already… Continue reading ‘Mega Dice’ Presale Raises $780,000 in Days: A Closer Look at This Crypto Casino The post ‘Mega Dice’ Presale Raises $780,000 in Days: A Closer … | Continue reading
Bitcoin (BTC) — the world’s first and most valuable cryptocurrency — has surpassed one billion processed transactions. This milestone was… Continue reading Bitcoin beaches one billion transactions milestone The post Bitcoin beaches one billion transactions milestone appeared firs … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024 ...are we all Achaeans now? We start today with a question: What is the total student enrollment at Columbia University? You're asking an excellent question! At this site, we have a close relative who will be a freshman there in the fall. Her exploits as a sch … | Continue reading
Within the Standard Model of particle physics, one finds three almost identical types of particles: the electron, the muon and the tau. Their interactions with the electromagnetic force, the weak nuclear force and the strong nuclear force are exactly the same. In particular, all … | Continue reading
Sony has made a significant decision, responding to the concerns of the Helldivers 2 community. They have canceled their plans… Continue reading Sony cancels PSN and Steam linking for Helldivers 2 The post Sony cancels PSN and Steam linking for Helldivers 2 appeared first on Read … | Continue reading
The Cat of Elon, represented by the ticker $ELONCAT, continues to engage the cryptocurrency community through fascination with Elon Musk… Continue reading Cat of Elon Price Prediction: Dives to $0.00034 Despite Trending Status; What’s Next? The post Cat of Elon Price Prediction: … | Continue reading
[“Stop on by and give us money.”] Organized running races often dole out an assortment of swag to participants. I’ve received small running accessories, snacks, samples of energy gels, and many other freebies. Last month, as part of a race I ran, I was given the following card: I … | Continue reading
1. Hypothetical Health Badge. When you resolve to start flossing every day. You don’t, of course, but even thinking about doing this is pretty impressive. 2. Reluctantly Pretentious Badge. When you start calling your significant other “partner” because no other label really fits. … | Continue reading
While lithium-ion batteries have become the norm for battery-electric vehicles, they are not ideal for long-term energy storage. Billionaire creates startup to revolutionize clean energy with space-based batteries — here's how it would work first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Investing guru Warren Buffett recently raised his concern about the rising misuse of deep fake artificial intelligence (AI) and compared… Continue reading Warren Buffett compares misused AI to nuclear weapons The post Warren Buffett compares misused AI to nuclear weapons appeared … | Continue reading
A cryptocurrency trader has reportedly fallen victim to a sophisticated “address poisoning” scam, resulting in the loss of tens of… Continue reading Crypto trader loses $69 million to ‘address poisoning’ scam The post Crypto trader loses $69 million to ‘address poisoning’ scam ap … | Continue reading
I few years ago, Virgin Media sent me their "Intelligent WiFi Plus Pods". They're part of a mesh network which is meant to improve WiFi coverage around your house. They were basically fine, but they are hardcoded to your Virgin Media service so can't be used for anything else. I … | Continue reading
Olejek tymiankowy posiada wiele właściwości zdrowotnych, które doceniane są od wieków. Dzięki swojemu silnemu działaniu, ma zdolność do poprawy naszego zdrowia w wielu aspektach. Do czego służy tymianek? Korzyści ze stosowania olejku tymianku Olejek tymiankowy, pochodzący z pachn … | Continue reading
Juno engages the Furies to drive Cadmus' daughter Ino and her husband mad. With his dynasty ended, Cadmus and his wife end up as snakes. | Continue reading
One of last week’s puzzles asked how many times per day all six digits on a 24-hour digital clock change simultaneously. Reader mattcoz responded, “This one seemed too obvious, my mind wouldn’t accept that it was that easy.” I’m taking this comment as a challenge. Read more... | Continue reading
I had no idea orchids exist in the wild in Bulgaria. | Continue reading
Bluesky has confirmed the departure of Jack Dorsey from its board with the decentralized social media platform now seeking a replacement… Continue reading Twitter founder Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board The post Twitter founder Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board appeared first o … | Continue reading
Today at Squirrel News, we delve into Australia's move to eliminate $3 billion of student debt, the launch of Germany's long-awaited suicide prevention programme, and the positive outcomes of social media detox, as revealed by a recent study from York University. | Continue reading
A look at the podcast market in the Philippines, and an ill-advised podcast growth method. Sponsored by Supporting Cast. Don't lock your members into one platform! 🔓 With Supporting Cast, YOU own your podcast subscription and control the subscriber relationship. And it's … | Continue reading
Threads, the social media platform linked to Instagram, has made a few tweaks to give users more control over how… Continue reading Meta is updating how Threads quote permissions work The post Meta is updating how Threads quote permissions work appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Lots of complicated details here: too many for me to summarize well. It involves an obscure Section 230 provision—and an even more obscure typo. Read this. | Continue reading
"The structural inefficiency was a huge deal." | Continue reading
Current conditions: The Sierra Nevada received more than two feet of snow, marking the region’s snowiest day of the season • Tropical Cyclone Hidaya lost strength over the weekend • It will be about 80 degrees Fahrenheit and clear in Cape Canaveral for the launch of Boeing’s Star … | Continue reading
We've seen many big hitters capture our imagination, alongside a handful of oddities and misfits that were less successful. | Continue reading
In today’s episode, we welcome Natalie Pistunovich, host of the Go Time podcast, OpenAI Ambassador and Google Developer Expert for Go. She advises companies on how to make the most of AI and adopt it properly and also teaches the Cloud and Infrastructure course for B.Sc. students … | Continue reading
Many solar developers see rural areas as prime land for building large solar farms because of their flat, wide-open landscapes. New national survey uncovers residents' attitudes toward living near large solar farms: 'Size matters' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
LOOM is an expansive light and sound installation comprised of phosphorescent threads that orchestrate a score of light, sound and darkness. Category: Environment / Objects Tags: automation / craft / data / exhibition / installation / labour / light / machine / particle / Sound / … | Continue reading
A green fog of leaves in fog. A pileated woodpecker‘s thunderous drum finds no echo. | Continue reading
Nothing comes the way they used to. And this is not to say about the way things are or how things have almost progressed into some mindless way, or how people seem to overlap or intersect, and yet; no one takes the time to noticeor to look up from their cell phoneand no one takes … | Continue reading
Od wieków medycyna naturalna wykorzystuje olejek tymiankowy jako skuteczny środek wspomagający zdrowie układu oddechowego. To silne, ale i naturalne rozwiązanie, które ma wiele do zaoferowania, począwszy od złagodzenia symptomów przeziębienia po zmniejszanie stanów zapalnych. Jak … | Continue reading