"If we really want to reach the green transition at scale, we really need to involve everyone in this transformation." Expert offers insight on how space technologies are becoming even more important: 'Can help the green transition from end to end' first appeared on The Cool Down … | Continue reading
[The Ripken heritage really put this thing over the top.] While writing last week’s post on apian baseball cards, I made an off-hand reference to the Billy Ripken “Fuck Face” card. If you collected cards in the late ’80s or early ’90s, it’s likely you’re very familiar with this i … | Continue reading
Jonathan Kandell in the New York Times: Mr. Simons equipped his colleagues with advanced computers to process torrents of data filtered through mathematical models, and turned the four investment funds in his new firm, Renaissance Technologies, into virtual money printing machine … | Continue reading
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My wife and I have had four dogs over the course of our three and a half decades together. Whenever I have made the mistake of pulling on any of their leashes, they have all pulled in the opposite direction, every time. Believe me, left to their own devices, they always want to g … | Continue reading
Juntao Qiu is a thoughtful front-end developer experienced with the React programming environment. He's contributed a couple of useful articles to this site, describing helpful patterns for front-end programming. In this article he describes patterns for how single-page applicati … | Continue reading
Helldivers 2 has sold over 12 million copies within 12 weeks of release. It is now the fastest selling PlayStation game, surpassing previous record holder God Of War Ragnarok. Helldivers 2 is also PlayStation’s biggest PC game to date. This was revealed in the financial year 2023 … | Continue reading
Rhyme sought to maximize the architectural potential of Copper House, a 78-square-meter apartment in Moscow. This apartment boasts several advantages, such as high ceilings and densely positioned panoramic windows that flood the space with natural light. Continue reading | Continue reading
What Companies Don’t Know About How Workers Use AI is worth a read, but the thing that really caught my eye is the stat from the 2023 Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report that found that nearly 4-out-of-5 U.S. adults report low or no trust that businesses will use AI respons … | Continue reading
Results from the longest-running trial of semaglutide—the active ingredient in the popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy—are in, and the verdict is decidedly positive. The study found that people taking semaglutide tended to maintain their initial weight loss for up to four years. Oth … | Continue reading
The debut season of Amazon’s lavish Lord of the Rings prequel, Rings of Power, played a long game to get to whole bunch of questions it left off for season two. Well, now our first look at the sophomore season is here, and at least one of those questions is being pretty resoundin … | Continue reading
Hasbro's line of G.I. Joe action figures was a tremendous hit in the '80s. The largest toy they produced in the line-up was this USS Flagg aircraft carrier, which was the size of a coffee table:Image: Internal Confusion 9 The monstrous toy's original 1985 commercial:Last week som … | Continue reading
Two major class action lawsuits against Nintendo over Switch Joy-Con drift are to be dismissed due to an arbitration clause.… Continue reading After 5 years lawsuits over Joy-Con drift have concluded The post After 5 years lawsuits over Joy-Con drift have concluded appeared first … | Continue reading
Yes, this does exist. The best book covers show a visual personification of the book, matching its mood in a compelling way. But this collection of public domain book covers, posted by hurdy gurdy girl, do not do that and the results are mesmerizing in a hilarious way! | Continue reading
There are so many parts of Steve’s iPad Pro manifesto I would quote here on MacStories, but I’m going to limit myself to just a couple of excerpts. What I like about this story is that it’s a balanced take on the limitations of iPadOS from the perspective of a developer, laid out … | Continue reading
It’s over six years since Life Sim This Grand Life passed you by. You have probably never heard of it,… Continue reading New indie life-sim set to dabble where The Sims and Life By You fear to tread The post New indie life-sim set to dabble where The Sims and Life By You fear to … | Continue reading
It's all just a (numerical) misunderstanding The post Today In Excellent Video Game Patch Notes: ‘Xenophobic Mushrooms’ appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
By Joe Sweeney and William Woodruff Last November, we announced our collaboration with Alpha-Omega and OpenSSF to add build provenance to Homebrew. Today, we are pleased to announce that the core of that work is live and in public beta: homebrew-core is now cryptographically atte … | Continue reading
There will be a moment, coming soon, when AI makes the leap from tool to entity. | Continue reading
The last time Lego ventured there and back again to its Lord of the Rings line, we found ourselves at the House of Elrond, a bastion of all that is good in Middle-earth as Rivendell became the first Lord of the Rings set after years of absence. Now, a year later, the brick-builde … | Continue reading
"Oh yeah, spread the CyberFever." Excitement grows as Tesla announces more details about its global Cybertruck tour: 'I would buy one tomorrow if it was possible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Buffeted by the wind, Juan Masello was 80 feet above the surf, rappelling from the jagged cliff face. Ignoring memories of splintered bones and brushes with death, he focused on reaching the ledge beneath the overhang. There he found the crevices he had been looking for. He unfur … | Continue reading
Chip Bergh remembers the first pair of Levi’s jeans he bought before that make-or-break first day of middle school. Owning and wearing those jeans—making a good first impression among classmates—was so important to him that, when he could not find the brand in any local store, he … | Continue reading
Further proof that talent and common sense aren't always a package deal: Now if only it said "CREST HERE" on the left. John's taken over e-mail submission duties here at CW, and speaking of "duties..." ... yesterday he named this file, "pretty much just poop.jpg" NAILED IT. ("Cak … | Continue reading
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Der Beitrag DUNYĀ: Die Farbenladen-Ausstellung im Juni erschien zuerst auf MUCBOOK. | Continue reading
The honey industry isn’t all buzzing bees and rolling hills. Here’s how one co-op is rising above the challenges The post The Mexican honey co-op finding sweet success in a volatile sector appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Yes, Tesla is offering a financing deal that’s hard to pass up. The company is offering 0.99% APR financing on a new Tesla Model Y! That’s a crazy-low financing option. Note that it’s only available on the Model Y, though, not the Model 3. Wait, what’s going on — the ... [continu … | Continue reading
Apple and other streaming companies are interested in shaking up the entertainment industry’s compensation model. According to Bloomberg, under the newly proposed system (which is really only an idea, at this point), talent—like actors and other production staff—would be paid bas … | Continue reading
After several weeks of sunny weather and high temperatures, the Netherlands is set to be bathed in rain from Tuesday afternoon onwards. Various Dutch cities are expected to see... | Continue reading
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Three events coming up! Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15th, in the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, I’ll be speaking about my book — specifically, about why and how the relationship between ourselves and the universe is not what it seems. The event will be held at the Broadside Boo … | Continue reading
As I move my working life towards planning, proposing, and delivering on major projects, I’ve realized what a pain it can be. From the outside looking in, those three steps look easy, but to do them properly, you first need to outline exactly what the result shouldn’t achieve. Yo … | Continue reading
Die EU Kommission verschärft die Regeln für Booking.com, der als Gatekeeper eingestuft wird. Booking ist Gatekeeper Das Thema Booking hat uns im TP-Blog schon mehrfach beschäftigt. Nun gibt es politische Neuigkeiten aus Brüssel. Booking ist ein wichtiger Akteur im europäischen To … | Continue reading
Last year, a mechanical engineer set a Guinness World Record for the fastest battery-powered RC quadcopter, which was clocked at 224 mph. Now that record has been smashed by a custom-made drone that clocked nearly 300 mph. Continue Reading Category: Drones, Technology Tags: World … | Continue reading
Putting aside all the privacy and users’ rights violations by AI companies, the state of AI today is fascinating. We’re living in a world full of amazing advancements in tech and life. The fact that AI can now help blind people get through everyday life, or talk to you about your … | Continue reading
The past decade has seen humanoid robot makers trying to make their creations more and more like humans. But here in 2024, we seem to be witnessing an odd shift in the dexterity of our bipedal robo-dreams. Put bluntly, robotics companies aren’t afraid of getting weird with the co … | Continue reading
Current conditions: A giant billboard collapsed during a dust storm in Mumbai, killing at least 14 people • Tornado watches are in place across northern parts of Florida • The water is rising again in the flooded Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sol. THE TOP FIVE 1. Fires continu … | Continue reading
How do we conduct UX research when there is no or only limited access to users? Here are some workarounds to run UX research or make a strong case for it. An upcoming part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com). | Continue reading
Maguire. Garfield. Holland. And now, Cage. Read more... | Continue reading
"We know that early exposure to air pollutants has multiple detrimental effects on children's health and well-being." Researchers weigh staggering benefits of policies reducing air pollution from vehicles on children's health: 'Assessments often overlook children's health outcome … | Continue reading
We're excited to announce the general availability of OverflowAI to Stack Overflow for Teams! OverflowAI represents a big step forward in our vision of integrating GenAI offerings within knowledge communities. | Continue reading
Hi there, just stopping by to thank you for your loyalty. It’s flattering, really, how you find a way to wedge me into every email, team meeting, and LinkedIn post. Look, you and I both know why I’m summoned so frequently. I am to vocabulary what a vintage wine is to a dinner par … | Continue reading
Sometimes the internet and gaming is just pleasant and wholesome for a short time and this might just be one… Continue reading Microsoft Flight Sim pilot attempts to recreate historic Hindenburg flight to the USA – all 50 hours of it – and you can track her progress The post Micr … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Late yesterday, iPad Air and Pro reviews were published, and I spent the evening reading and watching many of them, so I thought I’d share some highlights. At Six Colors, Jason Snell, who has used and reviewed iPads for years, brings an excellent perspective to App … | Continue reading
"History is not erased when statues are pulled down. It is made." Some people celebrated when Saddam's statue was toppled in Iraq. Yet those same voices condemn the felling of Coulson, Rhodes, and a dozen other statues. Why? Alex von Tunzelmann has a knack for getting to the hear … | Continue reading
Publishers in the UK have urged Apple to rethink the so-called ‘web eraser’ tool that can block advertisements, as they… Continue reading Breaking the news: publishers beg Apple not to block ads in Safari The post Breaking the news: publishers beg Apple not to block ads in Safari … | Continue reading
Pan pipes, in paintings by Mikhail Vrubel, Poussin, JW Waterhouse, Franz von Stuck, Titian, and others. | Continue reading