Shutterstock This article contains information on deaths in custody and the names of deceased people, and describes ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world. This … | Continue reading
Netflix Baby Reindeer’s phenomenal success has much to do with its writer and lead, Richard Gadd, who plays Donny in a tender semi-autobiographical account of sexual abuse, harassment and stalking. Gadd’s story has brought a fresh perspective on male victimisation, while giving a … | Continue reading
KarolinaGrabowska/Pexels If you didn’t have food allergies as a child, is it possible to develop them as an adult? The short answer is yes. But the reasons why are much more complicated. Preschoolers are about four times more likely to have a food allergy than adults and are more … | Continue reading
Victoria Florence Sperring When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened songbirds, while poisoning critically endangered owls? This is a question conservation managers are grappling with … | Continue reading
Eden V, also known by the name Etsuyo Maru, was a Japanese cargo ship built in 1968. On December 16, 1988, the ship was grounded on the coast near Lesina Marina, despite not having sent a mayday call. The shipwreck has been left to rot for several decades and reportedly contained … | Continue reading
Working with cutting edge technologies to create innovative products, experiences and spaces is a dream job for many of today's designers. Ideally, these designed experiences deliver delight to the intended audience, with interactions that are as clear, understandable and enjoyab … | Continue reading
New “AI Comes Out of the Closet” system seeks to merge artificial intelligence and LGBTQIA+ support. | Continue reading
In the ever-evolving landscape of Web Development, the Frontend arena in 2024 has seen a remarkable fusion of creativity, functionality, and technological innovation. Frontend web development, once primarily focused on crafting visually appealing user interfaces, has transcended … | Continue reading
Posters declaring May 12 the first annual “Steal from Loblaws Day” began popping up across Toronto the last week of April. They have since spread, and have been sighted in Atlantic Canada as well. The appearance of these posters has sparked intense discussions both online and off … | Continue reading
In Aug. 19, 2021, a humpback whale named Twain whupped back. Specifically, Twain made a series of humpback whale calls known as “whups” in response to playback recordings of whups from a boat of researchers off the coast of Alaska. The whale and the playback exchanged calls 36 ti … | Continue reading
At the northern end of the Uniwersytecki bridge in Wroclaw, you might just miss this creepy hand that appears to be reaching out from between the stones that make up the bridge. As Wroclaw is said to be one of the most haunted cities in Poland, this hand may be connected to one o … | Continue reading
Drew Barrymore slavered over Kamala as though she was the second coming. But the past four years proves the empress had no clothes. | Continue reading
This $59 coffee maker by Drew Barrymore's Beautiful line looks good and works great. READ MORE... | Continue reading
A brightly-colored bonanza of shopping, the Ima or "Mother's" Market covers three large buildings in the city of Imphal, India. Established in the 16th century, the market hosts around 5,000 vendors who sell a variety of products, from fruit and vegetables to seafood and spices t … | Continue reading
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I believe that many of the arguments we have around software development practices could be avoided by the simple understanding that all of our mantras need to be understood as proverbs and not laws. If you understand proverbs, then you’ll know that every proverb has an equal and … | Continue reading
I write about Sysprof here quite often. Mostly in hopes of encouraging readers to use it to improve Linux as a whole. An impediment to that is the intrusiveness to test out new features as they are developed. If only we had a Flatpak which you could install to test things right a … | Continue reading
Today, we’re happy to welcome a new member of the Amazon Titan family of models: Amazon Titan Text Premier, now available in Amazon Bedrock. Following Amazon Titan Text Lite and Titan Text Express, Titan Text Premier is the latest large language model (LLM) in the Amazon Titan fa … | Continue reading
Three years ago, I published my projection of grid storage demand and solutions through 2060. At the time, various compressed gas electricity storage solutions such as compressed air, liquid air, and liquid carbon dioxide were in my also-ran technologies. My review of the literat … | Continue reading
You'll be able to watch the whole series on AMC soon The post Snowpiercer’s Fourth Season Hits Tracks Sooner than Expected, With First-Look Photos to Boot appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Discover a world of laughter and exploration with these comforting TV shows! From comedy and travel to insightful documentaries, they're the perfect escape to ease anxiety. Laugh, learn, and immerse yourself in the wonders of the world, the earth, and the animal kingdom. | Continue reading
Deterministic Quoting: Making LLMs Safe for Healthcare Matt Yeung introduces Deterministic Quoting, a technique to help reduce the risk of hallucinations while working with LLMs. The key idea is to have parts of the output that are copied directly from relevant source documents, … | Continue reading
Ans Westra, self-portrait, c. 1963. National Library ref AWM-0705-F They try but invariably fail – those writers who believe they are capable of encapsulating in prose or verse the essence of what it means to be a New Zealander. Even at the point of publication, their works seem … | Continue reading
Rebecca Kern, Politico: TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sued Tuesday to challenge a law President Joe Biden signed to force the sale or ban of the video sharing app. The petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit claims the law viol … | Continue reading
Though there is a lot of greenery even in the heart of Tokyo, from public parks to riverbanks, there remains only one natural gorge: the Todoroki Valley in Setagaya City. Carved by a river of spring water eroding layers of soft loam, the Todoroki Valley runs about half a mile thr … | Continue reading
This past weekend, Lucasfilm dropped Tales of the Empire, the second entry in its animated anthology series exploring the dual stories of characters in the galaxy far, far away. But what worked and what didn’t in getting to explore the stories of Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee … | Continue reading
"Such a good idea!" Plant expert shares watering hack to save money on gardening equipment: 'This is so smart' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The forested island of Ilha Grande, located off the of the coast of Brazil, is largely undeveloped. But towards the eastern end of the island, just outside the village of Abraão, you can find the ruins of a stone aqueduct. Built in 1893 at the request of Emperor Dom Pedro II, the … | Continue reading
Jonathan Bessette and Akash Ball have been named 2024-25 J-WAFS Fellows for water treatment technologies. | Continue reading
Taking inspiration from Janis Joplin, Fanny, and Cream, Seven Red Lions deliver a great homage to the golden era of Rock. | Continue reading
Setting a weird fake horny indie drama to 90s-style techno is a great idea and more people should try it. The post There’s Nothing Stopping A Movie From Sounding Like The PlayStation appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Today’s Let Loose online Apple event was packed with facts, figures, and statistics throughout the presentation and elsewhere. We’ve pulled together the highlights. iPad Pro Source: Apple. The new iPad Pro’s GPU is 10x faster than the original model and 4x faster than the M2 iPad … | Continue reading
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A new attack dubbed "TunnelVision" can route traffic outside a VPN's encryption tunnel, allowing attackers to snoop on unencrypted traffic while maintaining the appearance of a secure VPN connection. [...] | Continue reading
Kudos to Mark Gurman — Apple really did introduce the M4 SoC in the new iPad Pro models. The M4 comes just six months after Apple launched the M3, which is currently used in half the Mac lineup. The other half — the Mac Mini, the Mac Studio, and the Mac Pro — all use […]⌥ Permali … | Continue reading
Today’s Apple event has come and gone, and in its wake are some new iPads, a slightly saner iPad lineup, and some questions. The biggest one for me is this: Does Apple know what the iPad actually needs? Right before debuting new iPad Pros, John Ternus said that Apple was “gonna c … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024 Also, Hannah Dreier's Pulitzer Prize: Yesterday, to its credit if somewhat belatedly, the Washington Post finally began to try to explain. In yesterday afternoon's report, we linked you to David Nakamura's report. Yesterday morning, his report had appeared on … | Continue reading
Apple’s “Let Loose” event unveiled a flurry of new iPads, some packing fancy new chips, others not so much. But amidst the typical Apple fanfare, a realization struck me: the iPad just isn’t for me anymore. Those gorgeous new displays are tempting (seriously, I’m intrigued), but … | Continue reading
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The Sherman tank, known as Duguay Trouin, participated in the liberation of Dijon. On September 6, 1944, the tank, at the head of a platoon of five others in Dijon, was hit by two German anti-tank shells: three of the six men of the crew lost their lives there: Second Lieutenant … | Continue reading
Microsoft deployed a generative AI model on Thursday for U.S. intelligence agencies to analyze top-secret information, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft announced the AI offering at the 2024 SCSP AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. The GPT-4-based mode … | Continue reading
A quick glance at the news headlines each morning might convey that the world is in crisis. Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global w … | Continue reading
As part of a special screening of Furiosa at IMAX Headquarters in Los Angeles, George Miller chatted with press about the highly anticipated prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road. The film, long in development hell during multiple WB regime changes, will finally open on May 24—and it’s w … | Continue reading
"When we first embarked on this project we were overwhelmed by the public interest." Scientists use fascinating method to save future of apple industry: 'We have an opportunity to taste back in time' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Visit an isolated island, a luxury space resort, post-apocalyptic farms, and more in this month's new titles The post All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in May! appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Who can you count on when the chips are down? For one rural city in Kansas, the answer is easy. In the town square of Great Bend, visitors can find a bronze statue dedicated to Jack Kilby, the inventor of the microchip, who once called Great Bend home. Jack St. Clair Kilby was bo … | Continue reading
Check out the event if you missed it, but let’s go from least updated to most updated, shall we? iPad mini Tim Cook might as well have said, “the iPad mini remains a product in our lineup,” as the mini got a single, minor shout out | Continue reading