Enter the World of How To Train Your Dragon at Universal's Epic Universe

Soar with Toothless and Hiccup at Universal Epic Universe, which will soon boast an imaginative world of Vikings inspired by DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon. Details for the Isle of Berk area, one of the five new cinematic portals of Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, ha … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 40 minutes ago

The Book That Explains How the Biden Administration Sees the World

Why are relations between China and the United States deteriorating? Why does the global outlook feel like it’s darkening? A few weeks ago, Brian Deese, President Biden’s former top economic aide, offered a theory on Shift Key, the podcast I cohost with Princeton engineering prof … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 48 minutes ago

Is Dollar General Open on Easter?

You can still snag those last-minute needs. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 55 minutes ago

Rare meningitis and bloodstream infections on the rise in the US, CDC warns

The CDC issued a health alert about an uptick in invasive meningococcal disease in 2023 that appears to be continuing into 2024. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

How to Turn Off Find My iPhone

So you’ve decided to go off the grid with your iPhone. There are legitimate reasons for shutting off Find My iPhone, like when taking in the device for repair or selling it to another party, so this walkthrough is for you. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Gardener shares cheap method for near-infinite fresh fruit: 'Enjoy your free strawberries'

"Definitely going to give this a go." Gardener shares cheap method for near-infinite fresh fruit: 'Enjoy your free strawberries' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

The internet disrupts everything (members post)

A short story of a broken furnace, a wealth of information, and the need for experts to save the day. Oh, and the most badass portfolio site I've ever seen. | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 1 hour ago

(Podcast) Downstream 65: More Serotonin

Lots of Disney this time! We talk Disney’s big succession question, Taylor Swift’s Disney+ numbers, and Disney’s deal in India. Also, a quick Sports Corner on NFL streaming rights, Spulu, and ESPN as a streaming aggregator.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 hour ago

A Quick Guide to Luna Snow, the Marvel Heroine You've Never Heard Of

Yesterday, Marvel revealed yet another upcoming video game:Marvel Rivals, a team-based multiplayer shooter inspired by the likes of Overwatch and Valorant. But among its roster of stalwarts—X-Men Storm and Magneto, Guardians of the Galaxy members Star-Lord and Rocket, and of cour … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Magnetic flashlights can go solo or unite to double the light

The Dynamic Duo "flashlight" is actually two flashlights – a wide-beam that illuminates a broad area, and a more focused narrow-beam. They can be used individually as needed, or magnetically joined together to form one dual-beam unit. Continue Reading Category: Outdoors, Lifestyl … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

What to Do With All Those Leftover Easter Eggs—Beyond Egg Salad and Deviled Eggs

Here are a half dozen clever ideas for making the most of your slew of boiled eggs, including grating them atop vegetables, stuffing them inside meatloaf, and more. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 1 hour ago

All the Grocery Stores Open and Closed on Easter Sunday 2024

Here’s where you’ll be able to shop. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

'This Is a Sputnik Moment': NYC Is Adding AI Metal Detectors to the Subway

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan to make the city’s subways safe: metal detectors. But these are not just any metal detectors because these detectors come with AI. As for how well they work, it’s not looking so good. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Decade-old Linux ‘wall’ bug helps make fake SUDO prompts, steal passwords

A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'util-linux' library that could allow unprivileged users to put arbitrary text on other users' terminals using the 'wall' command. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 2 hours ago

Sam Bankman-Fried signature license plates?

A sad day for Joe Biden’s second-largest donor (NYT): Could the federal government reduce the budget deficit by selling license plates and other collectibles made by Sam Bankman-Fried? If he’s going to be in prison for at least a few years why not start up a line of Effective Alt … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 2 hours ago

Prolonged volcanic activity killed the dinosaurs not an asteroid

Well, this is interesting. All these years I’ve thought the demise of the dinosaurs was occasioned by the impact of an asteroid that struck Earth sixty-six million years ago. That may be still the case, but some scientists believe relentless volcanic activity, spanning more than … | Continue reading


@disassociated.com | 2 hours ago

Bipedal robot takes a beating, keeps on hiking

LimX Dynamics’s bipedal robot, P1, can keep its footing, even when traversing rough terrain unlike any it’s seen before. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 2 hours ago

Fortified 14th-century castle and moat discovered under hotel in France

Archaeologists found a 600-year-old castle with a moat in Brittany, France. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

A Data Broker Reportedly Tracked Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island

A data broker compiled a report on the geographical movements of visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophile island,” culling it from mobile data that it acquired via unknown means, a new investigation by Wired reveals. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Started a new project.  To do with money, but no specifics here.  Less being the thesis

and centralized punctuation of the effort and method.  Over budget at the store by $30.55…. What can I do, my kids are here and I don’t limit in providing for them.  Regardless of what some hasty-w… | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 hours ago

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Professor Kahneman dies at 90!

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 Thinking slow and slower: Professor Daniel Kahneman died yesterday. Headline included, the start of the New York Times obituary provides some basic background: Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 Daniel Kahneman, who never … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 2 hours ago

Scientists Find Evidence in Mice That Inherited Alzheimer's Could Be Transmittable

A new study this week points to a potential transmission risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found evidence in mice that an inherited form of the neurological disorder can be passed on via bone marrow donation. While such a danger has yet to be confirmed in humans and likely … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Apple Sues Former Engineer for Leaking Products He Hated to 'Homeboy'

Apple filed a lawsuit earlier this month against former software engineer Andrew Aude, alleging he leaked info about products he wanted to “kill” to a journalist saved in his phone as “Homeboy.” The secret projects included Apple’s new Journal app and the Vision Pro, first report … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

35 Years Later, Heathers Has Been Often Imitated, Never Duplicated

Heathers was released in theaters March 31, 1989, capping a decade of teen movies more defined by John Hughes comedies (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) than wickedly acidic satire. Other high school-centric films in 1989 included Say Anything, Dead Poets’ Society, a … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Your Best Nightmare, Songs of Sabotage, Clash Valian, and more great stuff for you to enjoy!

The album of the week is for Your Best Nightmare debut LP “Presents: A Simple Solution For Toxic Masculinity”. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 2 hours ago

Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas

Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 2 hours ago

In loft office, 1st floor. Was going to have a quick power nap after Oliver’s breakfast burrito, but […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 hours ago

Making Your Own Hot-Smoked Salmon Is Easier Than You Think—Here's How

The basic method for hot-smoked salmon is simple: Brine the fish with salt and sugar, then rinse and dry thoroughly before smoking it. The result is silky, rich hot-smoked salmon that's even better than store-bought. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 2 hours ago

8 Egg Sandwiches That Aren't Just For Breakfast

These egg sandwiches work for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. The choice is yours! | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 3 hours ago

Towns come together to help homeowners take advantage of federal funding with home improvements: 'Meeting people where they're at'

The pilot program will help residents save money over the long run. Towns come together to help homeowners take advantage of federal funding with home improvements: 'Meeting people where they're at' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Astronomers have solved the mystery of why this black hole has the hiccups

Blame it on a smaller orbiting black hole repeatedly punching through the accretion disk. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 hours ago

Google may have fixed its Pixel scrolling issue

Google has reportedly resolved a known scrolling issue with its Pixel phone that numerous users had complained about. According to… Continue reading Google may have fixed its Pixel scrolling issue The post Google may have fixed its Pixel scrolling issue appeared first on ReadWrit … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 3 hours ago

No Man’s Land

Lately I’m writing a lot more soapboxin’ posts that I intend, but that’s just the state of affairs in our world right now that is causing such things. Today I am up on my box because I have seen many references over the past week or so to what is being called :modern feminism,” a … | Continue reading


@hamneggs716.wordpress.com | 3 hours ago

Russell T. Davies on Why Doctor Who's Disney Partnership Is So Important

If you watched the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, the most recent Christmas special, or even just the trailer for Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor—you have absolutely noticed the famously low-budget show’s suddenly far more glorious production values. It’ … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

What Are Sweetbreads? (Plus How to Cook Them)

Spoiler, they're not bread. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

China Files WTO Complaint Over US EV Incentives

China has launched a preemptive strike at the WTO against any sanctions the US may be planning for its electric car exports. The post China Files WTO Complaint Over US EV Incentives appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 3 hours ago

HoverAir X1 Follow-Me Sports Drone: Tool, Toy, or Trash?

 Over the last decade and a half, I’ve tested almost every autonomous follow-me drone made in the market. During that time period, we’ve seen many newcomers attempt to break into the market. Albeit, with less success these days given … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 3 hours ago

The One-Step Makeover That Transformed My Dated Kitchen Cabinets

I’m a novice DIYer, and this project was a total breeze. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

PP attachment ambiguity of the day

Chrisma Madarang, "Man Accusing CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp of Sexual Assault Was Paid $480,000: Report", Rolling Stone 3/27/2024: Huffman claimed Mrs. Schlapp attempted to “impugn” his character in her response to the allegations against her husband, calling him a “troubled individu … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 3 hours ago

Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US

Holtec, a manufacturer of nuclear reactor equipment, has an unprecedented plan to restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan. Thanks to a conditional loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, that plan is now $1.52 billion closer to … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 3 hours ago

Shoppers Swear That Once You Try This Nespresso Coffee Maker “There’s No Going Back” (and It’s 25% Off Right Now!)

It comes with a frother and Nespresso voucher! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 4 hours ago

New Apple Immersive MLS Video Dropping Today

Apple has announced that new immersive video is coming to Apple Vision Pro users today at 6 p.m. Pacific. Jason Snell has more: I’m excited to see the finished product — all of Apple’s immersive videos have been pretty amazing — but I have to point out that this five-minute highl … | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 4 hours ago

TikTokers Are Convinced the Solar Eclipse Will Break Our World 'Simulation'

A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8, putting on quite a show for roughly 44 million people who live within the totality—the places on the Earth that will be completely shielded by the Moon as it comes between us and the sun. But there are more than a few people o … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 4 hours ago

Boston Dynamics Unleashes New Spot Variant for Research

At NVIDIA GTC last week, Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders gave a talk about deploying AI in real world robots—namely, how Spot is leveraging reinforcement learning to get better at locomotion (We spoke with Saunders last year about robots falling over). And Spot has gotten a lo … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 4 hours ago

Stephen King’s The Monkey Adaptation Wraps Production, Announces Full Cast, Including Elijah Wood and Tatiana Maslany

If you find a mysterious toy in an attic, leave it there The post Stephen King’s The Monkey Adaptation Wraps Production, Announces Full Cast, Including Elijah Wood and Tatiana Maslany appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 4 hours ago

Read an Excerpt From Brittany N. Williams’ Saint-Seducing Gold

The second book in Brittany N. Williams' young adult historical fantasy trilogy. The post Read an Excerpt From Brittany N. Williams’ Saint-Seducing Gold appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 4 hours ago

There are more active volcanoes than you think

Many people know that Naples is built on two very active volcanoes, Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, and that it is one of the cities most at risk from volcanic activity in the world. But practically nobody knows that Rome is also built right in between two major explosive volcanoes: … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 4 hours ago