Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by the news that on Tuesday, the US finally passed support package for Ukraine. Russia’s war on Ukraine Joe Biden told Volodymyr Zelensky this week that he will “move quickly” to send Ukr … | Continue reading
"The defendants in this case illegally tampered with the onboard diagnostics systems and removed the emissions control components from hundreds of diesel trucks." Diesel repair shop faces hefty fines for illegally disabling vehicle pollution monitoring devices: 'EPA will vigorous … | Continue reading
If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript by Angus Croll My rating: 3 of 5 stars The intro mentions the natural language nature of Javascript. I wonder if the book had been concieved a few years later if it would rather have been Python or Ruby – both of which are way more like human languag … | Continue reading
New York Times, today: The U.S. economy remained resilient early this year, with a strong job market fueling robust consumer spending. The trouble is that inflation was resilient, too. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the f … | Continue reading
This breakthrough shows that it may be possible to harvest solar energy directly from space cost-effectively. Scientists achieve 'world-first' technological breakthrough in quest to extract solar power from space: 'Harnessing the power of space to benefit life on Earth' first app … | Continue reading
Google has chosen to send a response to my article to Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Roundtable. Here is my response. (1) On the March 2019 core update claim in the piece: This is baseless speculation. The March 2019 core update was designed to improve the quality of our search | Continue reading
I wrote a couple of days ago that Tesla produced 1,000 Cybertrucks one week last month. It’s a notable milestone, but if that was the output every week this year, that would still just be a little more than 50,000 trucks. Though, a reader pointed something out I hadn’t caught ... … | Continue reading
"The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device." | Continue reading
All the morning with my workmen with great pleasure to see them near coming to an end. At noon Mr. Moore and I went to an Ordinary at the King's Head in Towre Street, and there had a dirty dinner. Afterwards home and having done some business with... | Continue reading
"I think it is important to bring this emerging phenomenon to the public to let them know that the night might not save us." New groundbreaking study upends traditional thinking on major factor governing massive wildfires: 'Long been overlooked' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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A new six-part sci-fi series is pretty good! The post A Thousand Suns Can Tell A Thousand Stories appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The "AI mouse" is just the start. | Continue reading
Everyone loves a public good, and one of the classic examples is clean air. When I breathe in clean air, no one else gets any less of it, and you can’t exclude people from enjoying it. But how do we know whether the air we’re breathing is clean? And is that information a public g … | Continue reading
Growing up around El Paso and southern New Mexico, Guadalupe Mountains National Park has long been a place to go. As a kid, I spent a lot of Saturdays getting up early in the morning to go visit Pratt Cabin in McKittrick Canyon, and even got to go inside a ... [continued] The pos … | Continue reading
For flavorful arroz rojo with the fluffiest grains, toast the rice before cooking it with an aromatic tomato purée and chicken stock. | Continue reading
Rad Power Bikes was the first brand to truly move into the electric bike space with a full range of models and has been a dominant brand ever since. A few weeks ago, the brand announced a renewed focus on safety with a new Safe Shield battery as the firm ... [continued] The post … | Continue reading
THR caught me off guard with this projection. They’re saying David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” being released 8 days from now, is currently tracking for a $35 million opening. | Continue reading
by Jeremy Schwartz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A Texas s … | Continue reading
"You're gonna save so much money on soil." Gardener demonstrates simple hack to help save money on soil: 'I've never seen this method' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A partnership between Moderna and OpenAI provides a real-world example of what can happen when a company leans into generative AI. | Continue reading
Like the video games before it, Fallout is a hit. The Prime Video series is getting a second season, which means we’ll get to see what’s next for Ella Purnell’s Lucy. After leaving the artificial confines of Vault 33, she got a crash course in surface-dwelling life in the post-ap … | Continue reading
Sugar cookie, meet cheesecake. READ MORE... | Continue reading
This is a recent instagram post of the Vietnamese singer Suni Ha Linh. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SUNI (@sunihalinh) The translation is accurate. búbèi dìngyì de huā 不被定义的花 "undefined flower(s) / non-defined flower(s) / flower(s) that is/are not defined" Who kno … | Continue reading
Affordable starter home is 3D-printed in just 18 hours Affordable starter home is 3D-printed in just 18 hours | Continue reading
Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched. | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) killed net neutrality back in 2017 under former president Donald Trump, but on Thursday, it brought it back from the dead. Read more... | Continue reading
The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if these platforms are taken down by law enforcement. [...] | Continue reading
HMD will still make Nokia phones but is shipping self-branded phones, too. | Continue reading
Over the past several years I’ve from time to time met a writer who expresses being stuck or stymied or burned out, and I’ve pretty much always recommended that they try asemic writing as a warm-up exercise. It’s a practice that I often begin my day doing and I think is perhaps u … | Continue reading
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The Italian-designed Linky 2.0 takes what was already a pretty cool folding electric longboard and makes it even better in a number of key ways. If its Kickstarter works out, one could soon be yours for a pledge of €649 (about US$696). Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, … | Continue reading
In a recent article, I wrote about problems I had charging a Kia EV9 I’m reviewing. The vehicle itself has been great, but I wasn’t able to charge at two Francis Energy stations in New Mexico, even after calling customer support. This, in turn, led to me needing to charge ... [co … | Continue reading
Hunting for life on other planets is hard; it’s like trying to spot an ant on the other end of a football field. The closest potential host, Venus, is 25 million miles away. Beyond our Solar System, exoplanets that have piqued astronomers’ interest are light-years away. To search … | Continue reading
Everyone has a book in them, or so they say. It’s a pithy turn of phrase, one that’s possibly inspired the writing of a billion plus manuscripts. Slightly less inspiring though, is the revelation that ninety-six percent of books sell less than one thousand copies. Everyone has a … | Continue reading
Four final rules deliver on the Biden-Harris Administration’s day-one commitment to lead on climate action and to protect all communities from pollution WASHINGTON — Today, April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution fro … | Continue reading
Despite the apparent danger, many in the area appeared unnerved. Video of tourist's terrifying encounter with elk sparks anger online: 'It always bothers me seeing people be this careless around wild animals' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
On Thursday, the Biden administration issued rules to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and pollution from U.S. power plants, while top officials weighed in with an important message: Clean energy is more than ready to supplant the fossil-fueled power plants the new regulation … | Continue reading
“To iterate is human, to recurse divine.” -Peter Deutsch Recursion is a natural idea. When humans perform repetitive tasks, we don't assign state variables, and we generally don't keep counters. We just keep doing the same thing over and over until we arrive at some kind of termi … | Continue reading
OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally. | Continue reading
alpaca-clouds: Alright, let me talk about one thing in terms of accessibility in science fiction settings - and Solarpunk specifically - that also has more than one side to it: Cars and accessibility. Because it is more complicated than you’d thing. See: The fact that our world i … | Continue reading
Garmin Connect Opinions The post Do you love the new Garmin Connect v5? appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants. | Continue reading
Architect David Parsons has masterfully updated a Californian bungalow located in Sydney's Rosebery suburb, now known as the Rosebery Residence. As the principal of David Parsons Architect, he infused the property with a modern twist on indoor-outdoor living Continue reading | Continue reading
When The Flash launched in October 2014—the second project of the CW’s bold attempt to flesh out its own superhero cinematic universe—its premiere episode ended with a bold statement: not only would the series be still going in a decade’s time, it would have grown enough to tackl … | Continue reading
A few days ago the United States Congress passed a law stipulating that video-sharing social network TikTok either be sold by Chinese owned company ByteDance, or face being banned in America. It seems like drastic move, but American lawmakers have their reasons. The proposal has … | Continue reading
Guests will soon be able to get an insider’s look at “Drawn to Life,” the dazzling live theatrical production presented by Cirque du Soleil and Disney, with an all-new behind-the-scenes experience coming in May 2024. The Details Called the “Page to Stage Signature Experience,” th … | Continue reading
Despite the obstacles, the dream of beaming solar power from space down to Earth has been gaining momentum and edging closer to reality. The post Space Solar Power Is Happening Sooner Rather Than Later appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading