Should Deutsche Bahn be obliged to sell tickets of private rivals in DB Navigator?

It was in the news this week that night train startup European Sleeper has contacted the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) in Germany over Deutsche Bahn’s refusal to sell its tickets on bahn.de and in its DB Navigator app. I can see European Sleeper’s point of view very cl … | Continue reading


@jonworth.eu | 34 minutes ago

3/28/2024

A band of salmon-colored cloud above the horizon half an hour past sunrise. From the top branch of a walnut tree, a brown-headed cowbird sings his single, complex note. | Continue reading


@morningporch.com | 37 minutes ago

The Tiniest Nuclear Reactors Are Untried, Untested, and Gaining Legions of Fans

When politicians tell the CEO of Radiant Nuclear that they love small modular reactors, he groans inwardly and just keeps smiling. Doug Bernauer’s Radiant is not trying to make SMRs. His company — a VC-backed startup currently in the pre-application phase with the Nuclear Regulat … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 38 minutes ago

VR headsets vulnerable to 'Inception attacks' — where hackers can mess with your sense of reality and steal your data

Popular VR headsets like the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro can be broken into, with hackers adding fake experiences called "inception layers" that let them manipulate how a user behaves. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 43 minutes ago

American EV company Canoo seen testing pickup in Oklahoma: 'Performs like a battleship'

"Looks like something from a Jurassic Park movie. Love it!" American EV company Canoo seen testing pickup in Oklahoma: 'Performs like a battleship' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 44 minutes ago

How do you register a new Kindle to your Amazon Account?

When you purchase a new Kindle e-reader from Amazon, and are not buying it as a gift, Amazon has an option to automatically register the Kindle to your Amazon account. When the device is shipped off and you unbox it for the first time, and go through a simple setup process, the K … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 1 hour ago

Dauerbrenner Freizeitwohnsitze: Es fehlt eine sinnvolle, professionelle Regelung

Das Thema Grundverkehr, also der Erwerb von Eigentums- oder Nutzungsrechten an einem Grundstück, ist hierzulande wieder einmal heftig aus dem Ruder gelaufen. Bekanntlich hat die Gemeinde Going am Wilden Kaiser einem deutschen Spitzenmanager die Nutzung seines Wohnsitzes untersagt … | Continue reading


@tp-blog.at | 1 hour ago

SAVE THE DATE: ENAT Annual General Assembly, Brussels, Monday 3rd June 2024

ENAT welcomes its members to the Annual General Assembly, taking place at our new address in the heart of Brussels on Monday afternoon, 3rd June 2024. Monday 3rd June 2024. ENAT Annual General Assembly. Time: 13.00 to 16.00 hours. Venue: The AGA takes place at ENAT's new official … | Continue reading


@accessibletourism.org | 1 hour ago

Hardware Vulnerability in Apple’s M-Series Chips

It’s yet another hardware side-channel attack: The threat resides in the chips’ data memory-dependent prefetcher, a hardware optimization that predicts the memory addresses of data that running code is likely to access in the near future. By loading the contents into the CPU cach … | Continue reading


@schneier.com | 1 hour ago

March 28 2024, 6:56am

If anyone knows a way to create a keyboard shortcut for Safari to copy the current tab’s URL to the clipboard that doesn’t make one want to set one’s laptop alight and heave it out the nearest window, please do let me know. Reply via email or Mastodon. | Continue reading


@campegg.com | 1 hour ago

The Book of Chaos: Hard to Believe This Was Me

I am not who I wasthen again,none of us arewho we were, I mean. It’s hard to think about it . . .. . . what’s it been now, 33 years? That’s a long timeand although this is not meanymore, nor has this been mefor a very long timeI still remember the violence from the […] | Continue reading


@thewrittenaddiction.com | 1 hour ago

The Arc of History Bends Towards ….

A little over a decade ago I was at a small conference, where I happened to share the stage with a British lawyer, Polly Higgins, seeking to internationally criminalise ‘ecocide’, alongside various other speakers. One of those others was a self declared rationalist running a data … | Continue reading


@zylstra.org | 1 hour ago

The most empowering changes you have made in your lives

We asked readers: what have you done to empower yourself in these strange times? This is what you said The post The most empowering changes you have made in your lives appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading


@positive.news | 1 hour ago

This cob home looks like something out of a fairy tale — here's what makes it special

"I believe in a future where natural building and self-made homes are accessible." This cob home looks like something out of a fairy tale — here's what makes it special first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Falling Apart

On the last day of our holiday I could feel either the same bug I had before going away making a comeback – doing an encore of sorts – or an entirely new bug caught on the aeroplane making it’s presence known. Given that I had two days at home before returning to work, I […] | Continue reading


@jonbeckett.blog | 1 hour ago

More Dutch employees reported to the House for Whistleblowers in 2023

The number of workers in the Netherlands filing reports at the Dutch House for Whistleblowers (Huis voor Klokkenluiders) increased to 369 in 2023, compared to just 243 the year... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.nl | 1 hour ago

Expert explains why she has buried her pet turtles in the backyard for more than 20 years

“We hope you enjoyed turtle day!” Expert explains why she has buried her pet turtles in the backyard for more than 20 years first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Heat pump sales are booming across the country — but is there a hidden cost?

You can expect to pay between $100 and $200 a year to ensure it’s running smoothly. Heat pump sales are booming across the country — but is there a hidden cost? first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Frustrated gardener catches thief who took first cucumber from their garden: 'I could think of much worse fates'

“Was planning to put it in a salad this weekend…” Frustrated gardener catches thief who took first cucumber from their garden: 'I could think of much worse fates' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

A Family Occasion

Julie sent me a photo from her phone, taken at a family wedding last September. I am sitting next to my younger cousin Paul, and you will see the family resemblance. The others besides Julie are cousins, and the lady far left is Paul’s wife. A nice reminder of a happy day. (The p … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 1 hour ago

The New EPA Car Standards Could Mean Even More Hybrids

Last week, the Biden administration announced its final car emission standards, aimed at pushing the auto industry to create more zero-emission vehicles. While there’s plenty in the 1,200-page document for policy wonks, politicians, environmental advocates, and automakers to hem … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 2 hours ago

Lufthansa ground staff reach pay deal with airline

Lufthansa airport ground staff have reached a pay agreement with their employer, the German trade union ver.di has announced. Ver.di announces pay deal between ground staff and... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.de | 2 hours ago

TamponGate. Babies in Bars. Plus. . .

Peter Savodnik on Evan Gershkovich’s year in Russian prison. Eli Lake on campus lunacy. RIP Joe Lieberman, Richard Serra, and Daniel Kahneman. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 hours ago

Brazil banned these killer kites. Influencers are keeping the black market alive

By advertising on Instagram and TikTok, and selling through marketplaces, vendors are finding their way around the ban. | Continue reading


@restofworld.org | 2 hours ago

Episode 706.1 | MicroConf US Tickets Will Sell Out Soon!

MicroConf US in Atlanta is here in just a couple weeks, and this is your last call to buy tickets. We've sold more than 90% of the tickets, and we will sell this event out as we have for many years. The event is April 21st through the 23rd in Atlanta, Georgia at the amazing Starl … | Continue reading


@startups-for-the-rest-of-us.castos.com | 2 hours ago

Meta’s long-standing problem with “shaheed”

An overdue ruling from the Oversight Board. | Continue reading


@restofworld.org | 2 hours ago

Scale AI’s Remotasks platform is dropping whole countries without explanation

Workers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan were booted off the AI-training service earlier this month. | Continue reading


@restofworld.org | 2 hours ago

Firm to build revolutionary plant that can turn pollution into building materials: 'This investment marks a pivotal moment'

"We are poised to accelerate our global commercialization efforts." Firm to build revolutionary plant that can turn pollution into building materials: 'This investment marks a pivotal moment' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Why an Eco-warrior Left the Movement—and Became a Christian

If the First Industrial Revolution used water and steam to fundamentally change the nature of work, the current industrial revolution—the disruption of automation, information, the internet, and now AI—is transforming everything about the way we work, connect, and interact with t … | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 hours ago

Get a free Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail

Credible leaks from the Honkai: Star Rail 2.2 version beta are coming thick and fast now. One of the latest… Continue reading Get a free Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail The post Get a free Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 2 hours ago

Scientists floored by life-saving effect seen in world's first malaria vaccine: 'I was surprised I didn't hear any gasps'

"As a malaria researcher, I used to dream of the day we would have a safe and effective vaccine against malaria." Scientists floored by life-saving effect seen in world's first malaria vaccine: 'I was surprised I didn't hear any gasps' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Let The Good Times Roll – Food Truck Season

Burger of the Day: The Burger Truck – All American Burger Song of the Day: Good Times Roll – The Cars | Continue reading


@cimple.life | 2 hours ago

Supercharge your thinking with the co-founders of Beloga

Beloga offers multi-source knowledge management to offer hyper-contextualized insights, streamline workflows, and make information retrieval easy. In this interview, we talked about addressing the challenges of knowledge management and transfer, cultivating an environment conduci … | Continue reading


@nesslabs.com | 2 hours ago

4 Books In Which Children Are Accused – And Their Parents Wrestle with the Truth

I’ve long wanted to write a story where I take something that is considered a universal positive—the love of a parent for their child—and super-charge it and challenge it to the point where that love becomes dangerous. In my experience, we will do things to protect the ones we wo … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 3 hours ago

'Richly decorated' Roman villa with 'curse tablets' and tiny axes unearthed in England

The remains of the ornately decorated Roman buildings contain numerous artifacts, including "curse tablets," tiny axes and a horse-headed belt buckle. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 3 hours ago

The Song From the 1500’s That Blows Rick Beato Away: An Introduction to John Dowland’s Entrancing Music

In 2006, Sting released an album called Songs from the Labyrinth, a collaboration with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov consisting mostly of compositions by Renaissance composer John Dowland. This was regarded by some as rather eccentric, but to listeners familiar with the early m … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 3 hours ago

Staring Into The Abyss

Man must face the reality of his own existence and his ultimate fate. To stare into the abyss of eternity, to examine and grasp the meaning of life, is a necessity. | Continue reading


@frontporchrepublic.com | 3 hours ago

Tenant in disbelief after investigating HOA's refusal to repair hurricane damage: 'It's all very sketchy'

"What IS a surprise is that they had no insurance to cover any of the common areas or amenities." Tenant in disbelief after investigating HOA's refusal to repair hurricane damage: 'It's all very sketchy' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Using satellite imagery to tell stories

Satellite imagery on its own can be limited in what it can say… Tags: Nightingale, Robert Simmon, satellite imagery, storytelling | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 3 hours ago

YouTuber ‘TodayTrader’ Launches Free Crypto Giveaway Of 120 Million PEPE Tokens

Crypto influencer TodayTrader has announced a giveaway opportunity for his audience of over 10,000 subscribers. In one of his latest… Continue reading YouTuber ‘TodayTrader’ Launches Free Crypto Giveaway Of 120 Million PEPE Tokens The post YouTuber ‘TodayTrader’ Launches Free Cry … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 3 hours ago

Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the stories we tell about climate change

In "H Is for Hope," Kolbert explores the contradictions of a global problem, from A to Z. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 hours ago

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th March 2024

Woken by a powerful, disturbing dream, in which I have had to organise some sort of awayday for graduate students, arrive at the venue to unpack everything and take over the room from the previous group punctually at half past six ready for dinner – only for the leader of that gr … | Continue reading


@thesphinxblog.com | 3 hours ago

Emo senses your smile before it happens and responds in kind

A robot called Emo that senses when a human is about to smile and simultaneously responds with one of its own could represent a big step towards developing robots with enhanced communication skills more conducive to building human trust, a new study suggests. Continue Reading Cat … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 3 hours ago

Ukraine’s DTEK continues EU push with purchase of Polish battery storage project

DTEK’s first major infrastructure investment in Poland is a key building block in the company’s plan to create a pan-European energy system uniting Ukraine and the EU. DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company which has in recent months been making a concerted push to boost … | Continue reading


@emerging-europe.com | 4 hours ago

Obsidian just ate my article

Well fuck. I just spent the last hour writing up an article on my quest for the perfect lounge chair, and somehow, the entire thing just got wiped out. All I remember is hitting ⌘+t to open a new tab, searching for a reference article using ⌘+o, pulling it up, going back to the o … | Continue reading


@bryanmanio.com | 4 hours ago

The Beautiful Art of Making Japanese Calligraphy Ink Out of Soot & Glue

Founded in 1577, Kobaien remains Japan’s oldest manufacturer of sumi ink sticks. Made of soot and animal glue, the ink stick—when ground against an inkstone, with a little water added—produces a beautiful black ink used by Japanese calligraphers. And, often, a 200-gram ink stick … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 4 hours ago

5 easy hacks to achieve a spotless bathroom

Cleaning our homes is a dirty job. 5 easy hacks to achieve a spotless bathroom first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

Geothermal cuts emissions and costs at these Minnesota public schools

This story was first published by Energy News Network . Geothermal heating and cooling is emerging as a go-to technology for Minnesota school district St. Paul Public Schools as it seeks to renovate aging facilities in line with the district’s climate action plan. Minnesota’s sec … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 4 hours ago