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
"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
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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
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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
It’s just about halfway to Halloween and Home Depot is ready to start rolling out spooky season decor to celebrate. The store’s most viral release—Skelly, the 12-foot skeleton—is consistently hard to find as the holiday gets closer, so with that in mind the popular must-have will … | Continue reading
Ming-Chi Kuo used to just provide supply chain data and he was remarkably reliable at that. Then he moved into more general punditry, and honestly it feels like things are off the rails enough that I find it hard to take his data seriously without looking into it further. The | Continue reading
From murder investigations to the mysteries of the universe, these five genre-blending books will have you hooked... The post Five SFF Mysteries That I Couldn’t Put Down appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Manan Kapoor in the Los Angeles Review of Books: IN OUT OF PLACE: A Memoir (1999), Edward Said recalls that after graduating from Princeton in June 1957, he was torn by “differing impulses”: he could pursue a fellowship from Harvard for graduate study or return to Cairo to work a … | Continue reading
Dan Falk in Quanta: In 2022, researchers at the Bee Sensory and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Queen Mary University of London observed bumblebees doing something remarkable: The diminutive, fuzzy creatures were engaging in activity that could only be described as play. Given small wo … | Continue reading
Benjamin A. Schupmann at the Oxford University Press Blog: That a popular candidate could be disqualified from running and removed from the ballot might, at first glance, seem at odds with the very idea of democracy. For that reason, despite his evident role in instigating an ins … | Continue reading
The release of Manor Lords on Steam and PC Game Pass is almost upon us and while we are waiting… Continue reading Manor Lords: How to upload your own custom coat of arms The post Manor Lords: How to upload your own custom coat of arms appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Tired of the so-called AI PCs already? Buckle up because we, or perhaps the artificial intelligence, haven’t even begun to peak. More power-efficient ARM-based CPUs don’t get nearly as much limelight as the x86 type. Still, chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to turn your eyes toward it … | Continue reading
It’s the eternal question . . . what do you want, if given these three options: (a) 54 Jamaican beef patties (b) 1/216 of a conference featuring a collection of washed-up business executives, academics, politicians, and hangers-on (c) A soggy … Continue reading → | Continue reading
NASA is a proud boomer that loves posting a good photo album. The space agency released 100 of its best 2023 photos on flickr, which go through the exciting highlights of the previous year. Read more... | Continue reading
If you’ve never heard of plus minus betting, this refers to a specific odds format that’s used by online sportsbooks.… Continue reading Plus Minus Betting – How to Understand Odds & Plus and Minus Betting Explained The post Plus Minus Betting – How to Understand Odds & Plus and M … | Continue reading
Check out this neat tool made by MeFite robintw: the British Placename Mapper and it lets you search for British place names that match certain queries. So you can find all places named 'churchill' or 'royal' in their name. Sadly, nothing seems to be named 'biscuit'. | Continue reading
With help from our coming AI overlords: Transducers and eduction in Clojure are ways to efficiently process and transform data, especially when working with large datasets. Here's a simple explanation: Transducers: Transducers are functions that can be composed together to create … | Continue reading
If you have really basic questions about your new AirPods, this guide will help you with everything from connecting them to cleaning them. It also includes some tips for improving sound and customizing controls—that will make the most out of your new Apple earbuds. Read more... | Continue reading
Karim and Stevie J discovered each other in the wild west of the digital art platform Hic et Nunc back in 2021. Stevie was blown away by one of Karim’s... | Continue reading
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"Watch your grease lift away." Renter transforms 'disgusting' oven with simple three-ingredient routine: 'This would've made my life so much easier' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Y house sits on a ridge, bordered by mature spruce and fir, and looks down towards Anna Lake and the Rocky Mountains beyond. The principal level of the house is arranged in a Y-shaped plan that maximises the potential of the site Continue reading | Continue reading
Businesses in Africa, Asia, and South America hit before moving on to western targets. | Continue reading
The first autonomous car race (27 April 2024) is a really important historic event that appears to have been missed by the main media. We expect the race will birth a fascinating new "television sport" with a fan-base of highly-educated technophiles drawn by the technological pro … | Continue reading
Ben Kawaller on how his ‘progressive’ neighbors don’t want low-income residents to move to West Hollywood. | Continue reading
Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half. | Continue reading
This week we generate the C code for struct and map definitions automatically, using annotation processors to simplify writing programs. The post Hello eBPF: Generating C Code (8) appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading
Meet Studio by WordPress.com, our new, free, open source local WordPress development environment. | Continue reading
There’s been a lot of interest in Tesla’s 4680 batteries since before they were even announced, but their development and ramp-up have been a bit below par in terms of most people’s expectations. I’ve seen various claims about these, and those claims have diverged quite a bit as … | Continue reading
“We’re strong believers in the meaning of games as forms of culture, and as part of the political landscape” The post NYU Game Center Faculty Write Letter Of Support For Gaza Protestors appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Current conditions: A Saharan dust storm turned skies red in Greece • More heavy rain is expected in China’s flooded Guangdong province • Red Flag fire weather warnings are in place across much of New Mexico. THE TOP FIVE 1. Key takeaways from Tesla’s quarterly earnings report Te … | Continue reading
Justin Jackson: We Need More Calm Companies A calm company's purpose is to provide exceptional service to customers while simultaneously improving the lives of the people who work there. I love this, and it’s good to be reminded that there are many companies out there that | Continue reading
Cookware, in particular, is something that can last for years, and buying secondhand is a great way to get quality items. Shopper blown away after investigating cookware purchased from thrift store: 'Like blindly buying a Ferrari for next to nothing' first appeared on The Cool Do … | Continue reading
I'm pretty sure today is one of bakers' least favorite holidays ever, if only because it's so stinking hard to spell: (I admit it: I had to double check that there aren't two Fs in "professional.") (Just to be clear: there aren't.) "Proffional" "Profissional" I like how this bake … | Continue reading
Apple’s Neuromancer adaptation finds itself a new hacker. Al Pacino and Dan Stevens are teaming up for a new exorcist horror. Plus, more casting news from Wednesday season 2, what’s coming on Chucky season 2, and a new clip from X-Men ‘97. Spoilers get! Read more... | Continue reading
In 2011, software engineer and satirist Manu Cornet posted a cartoon on his blog mocking Microsoft’s culture of cutthroat competition under CEO Steve Ballmer. The cartoon depicted the company’s org chart as a collection of guns, each one pointing at another employee. It became a … | Continue reading
The 3.7 billion-year-old rocks may extend the magnetic field’s age by 200 million years. | Continue reading
Google Maps may extend its generative AI feature to everyone, according to several reports. The feature was unveiled at the… Continue reading Google Maps may expand generative AI feature to everyone The post Google Maps may expand generative AI feature to everyone appeared first … | Continue reading
Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life,” according to the official mission objectives. Read more... | Continue reading
Medically, AI is helping us with everything from identifying abnormal heart rhythms before they happen to spotting skin cancer. But do we really need it to get involved with our genome? Protein-design company Profluent believes we do. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science T … | Continue reading