In the past, every new version of Android felt like a special occasion for the platform’s devoted users. It meant new software features, better algorithms, improved user interfaces, and maybe even something fun, like an easter egg. Read more... | Continue reading
Arguably the most important, game-changing event in the history of Star Wars storytelling happened 10 years ago today. On April 25, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars Expanded Universe was being pushed aside. All future storytelling would be part of the same, cohesive c … | Continue reading
Manu asks where the line falls between self-promotion and advertising. Asking for money feels like a necessity for creators in an age where our jobs are all precarious, wages aren’t keeping up, we lack sufficient safety nets, and the value of art and writing are under attack. Fra … | Continue reading
The webtoon I’m the Grim Reaper by Graveweaver is set to get an adaptation. According to Deadline, Sam Raimi (pictured above) has signed on to executive produce the adaptation along with Zainab Azizi and Graveweaver, the latter of whom will also be part of the development process … | Continue reading
Today's Drop discusses the importance of thoughtful URL design, the exploration of avatar creation resources, and the introduction of Bento Grids as a resource for overcoming creative blocks in UX layout design. It highlights creative URL examples, avatar creation tools, and layo … | Continue reading
If a giant prehistoric salmon isn't scary enough for you, how about one with warthog-like tusks? According to a new study, Oncorhynchus rastrosus possessed just such appendages – even though the fish likely fed on tiny plankton. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science Tags: F … | Continue reading
Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade." | Continue reading
Goldene is the latest 2D material to be made since graphene was first created in 2004. | Continue reading
EPA announces new grant program to fund zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice DENVER — Yesterday, April 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced … | Continue reading
Bboxx is a data-driven super platform that is working to help transform lives by unlocking potential through connecting consumers and deploying innovative products across Africa. Following its successful acquisition of solar energy frontrunner PEG Africa in 2022, Bboxx is now pos … | Continue reading
His Jekyll and Hyde moment might have evaporated with Universal’s ill-fated Dark Universe, but Russell Crowe hasn’t turned his back on horror: on the heels of The Pope’s Exorcist, which became a surprise Netflix smash, he’s got The Exorcism—an unrelated film that obviously shares … | Continue reading
"Enjoy your fast-growing herbs." Gardener shares 'quickest' way to grow herbs using old milk containers: 'I need to try this!' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Can an orphan captive learn the secrets of the Dragon Riders to stand up and avenge his people? The post Read an Excerpt From Taran Matharu’s Dragon Rider appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Plus Raspberry Pi 5 support, better laptop power, and lots of other changes. | Continue reading
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 As opposed to what you might hear: Actually yes, we know what we said. Yesterday afternoon, we said we'd walk you thrown an appalling pseudo-conversation which took place on that morning's Fox & Friends. During the event in question, Lawrence Jones, on th … | Continue reading
The United Nations’ climate summit in Dubai ended last December with a mad dash to lock in a location for this year’s gathering. Which is how we wound up with yet another petrostate — Azerbaijan — as the host. On Thursday at a climate conference in Berlin, Azerbaijan’s minister o … | Continue reading
Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be. | Continue reading
Enjoy ice-cold coffee all summer long when you snag this budget-friendly carafe brewer from Amazon. It's on sale for just $21, and it's perfect for small kitchens. READ MORE... | Continue reading
In a post this morning, John D. Cook listed several types of partial differential equation that are unusual in that they can be solved analytically. The last one in his list caught my eye because it’s one that I know pretty well from the theory of elasticity: Boussinesq’s equatio … | Continue reading
Sure, why not The post A Statistical Analysis Of Twitch Streamers Trying To Name 100 Women appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Here are the useful tools and resources that came out of April. Tags: roundup | Continue reading
I’ve completed my latest side project, the Marked Conductor. Here’s the backstory: Marked 2 offers the option to use Custom Processors (and Preprocessors) which allow you use Markdown (and other) flavors with your own commands to convert them to HTML. This is commonly used for pr … | Continue reading
Kinds of Kindness will soon be seen at Cannes of Cannesness The post Emma Stone Dances to the Weird in Teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Tesla provides updates on how much its Supercharger network, service fleet, and stores grow each quarter in its shareholder letter. However, it came to my attention a few times in recent months that a lot of people don’t catch those updates and are concerned about Tesla keeping u … | Continue reading
Outside of Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool & Wolverine may carry the most pre-release baggage of anything in Marvel history. For Deadpool, you’ve got not just two movies, but also all the behind-the-scenes drama leading up to them. With Wolverine, you’ve got 10 X-Men movies with all … | Continue reading
Jupiter and its moons are a diverse and dynamic subdivision of our solar system’s neighborhood, one that NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been visiting since 2016. Besides hosting the system’s largest planet, at over 300 times the mass of our own planet, the Jovian system includes 95 k … | Continue reading
The SE team has pulled together 5 brands of ketchup you're likely to find in your local supermarket (from Heinz to Hunt's to Annie's) and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest for the best. | Continue reading
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Should a language be easy or comprehensive? | Continue reading
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The Binance CEO's sentencing draws near, and prosecutors have been busy chasing down other crypto criminals. Also, lawmakers take another stab at stablecoin regulation. | Continue reading
What’s a secret to getting more students to participate in an IEEE society? Give them a seat at the table so they have a say in how the organization is run. That’s what the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society has done. Budding engineers serve on the RAS board of directors, have … | Continue reading
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"Something I wish I did not have to learn the hard way!" Home expert warns against trending food storage hack with hazardous side effects: 'There's an actual FDA warning' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Discover three must-watch TV shows on HBO Max for your next binge session! From gripping dramas to thrilling mysteries, there's something for everyone. | Continue reading
This is a different new 3-row EV from the one Toyota will build in Kentucky. | Continue reading
Dive into the world of functional programming in Java and through declarative programming we can able write a better and concise code. The post Java: Functional Programming f(x) – Part1 appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading
Source: Eve. A couple of weeks ago, the MacStories team shared our favorite indoor HomeKit devices. The HomeKit accessory universe is more limited outdoors, but with spring easing into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, we thought we’d share the devices that we use outside, too. … | Continue reading
Renogy is giving deep discounts — up to 50% off — on its solar systems that are more than 300 watts, which can include just the solar panels, or the solar panels plus a charge controller, or a complete kit with solar panels, charge controller, and batteries. And that’s good ... [ … | Continue reading
Russell Crowe is entering his exorcism era! You might remember his turn as a priest in the 2023 film The Pope’s Exorcist. This year, Crowe is donning the clerical collar once again in The Exorcism, a film from writer-director Joshua John Miller, whose father was in The Exorcist i … | Continue reading
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Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll. | Continue reading
4-25-24 Call done. Lasted 12 minutes. Just messaged the Nurse that was the best call of my career, […] | Continue reading
We’ve said this many times before, and will no doubt say it a least a few times before as it nears its final end this season: Star Trek: Discovery is not a subtle show. It never has been, but ever since it really found its confidence and understood where its strengths were, it ha … | Continue reading
Reddit is investigating a major outage blocking users worldwide from accessing the social network's websites and mobile apps. [...] | Continue reading
It’s not just you. Reddit is suffering an outage that’s impacting tens of thousands of people, according to Down Detector Thursday. And it’s not clear when the site may return. Read more... | Continue reading
Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality." | Continue reading