I don't know whether to be impressed, terrified or skeptical. This is startup Astribot's eponymous robot competently performing domestic tasks: Tidying up a worksurface, preparing food, vacuuming, ironing, folding clothes, etc., purportedly without being teleoperated:My kneejerk … | Continue reading
Tesla has won a key approval to roll out its Full Self Driving software suite in China but is facing calls for more regulations in the US, The post Tesla Clears FSD Hurdle In China But System Faces Further Scrutiny In US appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Newport, Rhode Island, is a summer oasis. It boasts mansions from the Gilded Era, a Cliff Walk that peers out over the Atlantic Ocean, some of the best sailing in the world, white sand beaches with gently rolling surf, and a marina area filled with enticing shops, restaurants, an … | Continue reading
“The Art of Stealing Tulips From The Devil’s Garden” tallies up to be Pacific Death’s sixth single of the year. With every release he increasingly pushes the boundaries of experimentation between genres, frequencies, and rhythmic complexities. | Continue reading
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments. [...] | Continue reading
Unlike Bigfoot, the Chupacabra is a real animal—though the question remains: What kind of animal? The post A Vampiric Mystery: Tales of the Chupacabra appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"Lawmakers in consumer countries should put in place strong laws with tough enforcement." Major clothing brands under fire after investigation alleges use of 'tainted' materials: 'It has become very clear' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably seen all sorts of photos of the EV9 I was reviewing last week. While I had it, I took it out on several adventures, visiting the Very Large Array, a sandstone canyon, and two national parks. Now, it’s time to tell one last ... [continue … | Continue reading
At first glance, Marc Andreessen would appear to have all sorts of contradictory beliefs. From a distance, the venture capitalist spouts your standard brand of right-wing libertarianism, but he’s also somehow a huge fan of the Pentagon. He’s a big fan of “America” but doesn’t see … | Continue reading
Meta is once again facing investor skepticism over its spending; I can understand reasonable doubt in the short and medium term, but the long-term bet on Mark Zuckerberg still seems worth making. | Continue reading
It’s hard to imagine that some of the most sumptuous animated movies ever made have yet to be converted and released in the format, and yet, none of Studio Ghibli’s exquisite back catalogue has made its way to 4K UHD quite yet, even as the films enjoy regular re-releases in theat … | Continue reading
I’d love to do the countdown for an important rocket launch or be busy in the control room. I watched the Starship attempts live and watched some of the previous milestones for SpaceX live. I always have goosebumps before the launch and enjoy words like “Nominal” and “RUD”. I enj … | Continue reading
This week on AppStories, we are joined by Susan Prescott, vice president of developer relations, education, and enterprise at Apple, along with 2024 Swift Student Challenge winners Harshitha Rajesh and Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg to talk about the challenge and the students’ projects … | Continue reading
Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a fossil? On a two-year retrieval mission of nearly 60 hours in an underground cave, we met our limits—and went beyond. Read … | Continue reading
The album of the week is for “What We Fear the Most” by Attic Theory. This is 9Albums/EPs You Should Liste To Week 17, 2024. | Continue reading
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. [...] | Continue reading
"You have to go around that tree." The boy was telling a friend how to run the obstacle course he and the other kids had created. After running around the tree, there were some stairs to climb, a clamber through the sand pit row boat, a scamper up and a slide down the concrete sl … | Continue reading
Located on a sprawling 1.5-hectare plot within a residential community by the Itupararanga reservoir near Piedade, São Paulo, Piedade House was designed by ARKITITO Arquitetura as a vacation home for a family that enjoys hosting guests. Continue reading | Continue reading
Learn how building with Deno helped Slack launch their new development platform in weeks and not months. | Continue reading
Cobbler's ability to perfectly balance all of the possibilities and boil them down into their emotional core is definitely proof of how remarkable he is as an artist and producer. | Continue reading
John Voorhees at MacStories: Today, the European Union announced that it has added iPadOS to the products and services subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The designation gives Apple six months to comply with the DMA. iOS is already subject to the DMA, and Apple’s response … | Continue reading
Our summer themed activity pack is summer fun for kids no matter what the season or weather. Your kids will… The post Printable Summer Activity Sheets appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
The average retirement age in the Netherlands is almost 66 years, with the age increasing by three months since 2022. The average age of the 86.000 workers who retired in 2023 was... | Continue reading
This year’s winner of the Green Alley Award designs a metal-free and chipless RFID tags The post Scanning the future: the startup behind chipless, metal-free, paper RFID tags appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Mechanical watches that can show a date correctly are pretty rare, and the ones that do are very expensive (starting at $10k). But why? Let me explain. | Continue reading
A “perpetual learner,” Nunez was beloved at MIT and in her community. | Continue reading
Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has existed; here are five highlights from days of yore... The post Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"Why am I this age without knowing this?" Laundry expert shares common product making clothes less effective at absorbing sweat: 'I'm never buying it again' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Do you love origami animals? Let’s learn how to make an adorable origami bunny! This tutorial is perfect for kids… The post Cute Origami Bunny Tutorial for Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Jess Weatherbed at The Verge: Following an almost eight-month investigation into whether Apple’s iPadOS holds enough market power to warrant stricter regulation, the European Commission has now designated the iPad operating system as a Gatekeeper service under its flagship Digita … | Continue reading
Structured concurrency allows to run asynchronous tasks within clearly defined boundaries of supervision. Introduced as a preview feature in Java 19, it helps to manage the lifecycle of running forks by requiring the developer to define a scope and enforcing the rule that tasks c … | Continue reading
NHTSA has opened an investigation after two separate fatal crashes at night. | Continue reading
One of my favorite Josh lines that’s really stood the test of time and cuts through a lot of noise in a conversation: Don’t put crap in the design system. Josh Clark What is crap? Crap is rushed work, low-quality […] | Continue reading
My wife and I spend a lot of time together. We're not attached at the hip or anything, but we're really close, we get along, and we have plenty of things in common. Maybe it's cliche, but we really are best friends. So it's going to be weird when she leaves early tomorrow morning … | Continue reading
Disney has released the first trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King, Barry Jenkins’ continuation of the live-action Disney remake universe. It certainly has Mufasa. It certainly has a lot of other animals that exist in this trailer just for you to go “look, animals! Lion King!” It al … | Continue reading
Auditory pareidolia is a phenomenon in which people can hear familiar sounds from seemingly static background noise. | Continue reading
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024 How well do we know ourselves? "Your concerns are my concerns," the Hemingway character said. We refer to the Mariel Hemingway character in the 1979 feature film, Manhattan. According to the leading authority on the topic, "the film received critical acclai … | Continue reading
Insufficient moderation of political ads risk undermining electoral process. | Continue reading
Welcome to a world where your reading list becomes your listening playlist. We are thrilled to introduce you to ListenLater.net — an innovative service that turns articles into podcasts, making your favourite reads accessible in your favourite podcast app. Have you ever stumbled … | Continue reading
L'articolo BOLOGNAFIERE: L’ASSEMBLEA DEGLI AZIONISTI APPROVA IL BILANCIO 2023 INTEGRATO IL COLLEGIO SINDACALE proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading
In 1978, Dan White murdered San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Of this, there was no doubt. White had turned himself in, then tearfully and remorsefully confessed to shooting each of the men — his former colleagues — multiple times. At White’s 197 … | Continue reading
Want to experience twice as fast load times in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. It’s easy to set up, blocks all YouTube ads, and doubles the speed at which Safari loads. Magic Lasso Adblock is an efficient … | Continue reading
When installing raceways or conduit brackets, each installation screw requires two holes on opposite channel walls. One hole is sized to fit the shaft of the fastener, while the opposite hole must be larger than the fastener's head. This is so the installer has enough room to dri … | Continue reading
Shane Frederick, who sometimes sends me probability puzzles, sent along this question: Among married couples, what’s your best guess about how often the wife is taller than the husband? • 1 in 10 • 1 in 40 • 1 in … Continue reading → | Continue reading
This is my regular digest of links and media I found notable over the last week. Did I miss something? Let me know! Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit Mastodon has established itself as a US 501(c)(3) with a really exciting new board. I'm a long-term fan of Esra’a Al Shafei in pa … | Continue reading
Walt Disney Studios has releases a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” a prequel to “The Lion King,” with a teaser trailer. The Details “Mufasa: The Lion King” is a live-action/animation hybrid movie that uses Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daugh … | Continue reading
Rabbit R1, the bright orange AI gadget that became the talk of the town during CES 2024, was launched and demoed at a private event in New York last week. The “pick-up party” as the company called it was exclusively for the first few hundred buyers and now we’re seeing some early … | Continue reading
The firmware which drm/kms drivers need is becoming bigger and bigger and there is a push to move to generating a generic initramfs on distro's builders and signing the initramfs with the distro's keys for security reasons. When targetting desktops/laptops (as opposed to VMs) thi … | Continue reading