Airbus Helicopters has flown its high-speed concept copter, which dashes 50% faster than other commercial copters, for the first time. The 249-mph (216-kt, 400-km/h) Racer demonstrator is not only fast, but consumes up to 25% less fuel. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transp … | Continue reading
Mother Nature likes to mess. Honestly, when she gets crazy it’s time to watch out, everybody. Swirling oceans, spinning winds, icy rain drops — you never know what she’s got cooking in the atmosphere. One of her off-the-menu specials is definitely a fresh batch of clear blue skie … | Continue reading
Stellar Blade has a few side quests which require solving a puzzle. And it’s not the sort that you can brute force your way out of. This short guide has the solution to the simple puzzle quest, as well as how the solution is derived for those curious. Stellar Blade Simple Puzzle … | Continue reading
Stellar Blade has a few side quests which require solving a puzzle. And it’s not the sort that you can brute force your way out of. This short guide has the solution to the fdsfsdfds quest, as well as how the solution is derived for those curious Stellar Blade Wisdom Puzzle Solut … | Continue reading
Parts of Germany are forecast to see warmer temperatures than Spain over the May 1 public holiday next Wednesday, according to BBC Weather. Winter will turn to summer for May 1... | Continue reading
These past few months, the amount of posts in this website reviewing books or videogames and things has risen quite a bit, so I just wrote a bit about that. | Continue reading
"If we don't have a way to reconcile these things, these laws are not going to be able to work." New tool offers potential breakthrough to hold companies accountable for deforestation: 'We need to be able to trace these' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
GigaBash, the kaiju-bashing arena brawler game by Passion Republic Games, is teasing a new DLC. A new Godzilla DLC. The game previously had a Godzilla DLC pack (and an Ultraman one after that), but looks like there’s going to be “new threats on the horizon” by way of more Godzill … | Continue reading
CATL made headlines around the globe last August when it presented the Shenxing battery, an LFP pack capable of adding 400 kilometers (249 miles) of range in a mere 10 minutes at the charger. Not a year later, and that pack's powering actual cars. This year, the company has rolle … | Continue reading
Mary Jo Foley: In a perfect world, Microsoft would take security seriously again. It would be transparent about breaches. Its execs would stop gloating about increasing security service revenue at a time when Microsoft can’t secure its own employees, let alone customers, against … | Continue reading
"The idea is to slow and filter the water." Landscaper shares video of stunning DIY yard project: 'I'm very impressed you did that in one year' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Consumers in the Netherlands have launched a case against Apple after customers alleged that a number of iPhone models were deliberately slowed down by software updates, to... | Continue reading
"There's misinformation and fear-mongering, and then there’s reality." County officials approve controversial solar farm project after hours of deliberation: 'We have an obligation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to my friend and colleague Daniel Garnier-Moiroux about the amazing awesome implications of passkeys in a Spring Security application. | Continue reading
Welcome to the weekend reading list, edition #223. If you want to see your article here, reach out to me on Twitter/X or the blog. Você tem sugestão de artigos em Português? Gostaria de ver seu artigo divulgado aqui no blog? Envie sua sugestão pelo Twitter/X ou pelo blog. NYJavaS … | Continue reading
"You need to take a good third of that out, and start mixing in some organic material to loosen it up." Gardener frustrated after realizing they used wrong material in raised garden bed: 'You 100% got scammed' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Food Delivery Leak Unmasks Russian Security Agents This story is from April 2022 but I realize now I never linked to it. Yandex Food, a popular food delivery service in Russia, suffered a major data leak. The data included an order history with names, addresses and phone numbers … | Continue reading
There are lessons to be learned from the straightening of Swindale Beck and its eventual return to glory. Experts revive river after undoing misguided decision made 200 years ago: 'We had salmon and trout spawning in the river again' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Arriving alongside the main Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release are new versions of the official Ubuntu flavours, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. What follows is a concise, top-level overview of the key new features and changes in some of the most popular Ubuntu flavours, p … | Continue reading
It’s been a little while again! I think I like these collected updates rather than doing daily micro-dumps, and it’s also nice posting it here instead of on Mastodon or whatever. Timeline-based social media kinda bums me out these days. | Continue reading
If coral reefs die or dwindle in health, whole ecosystems could be affected. Researchers uncover new oceanic locations where microplastics are accumulating: 'Global initiatives are necessary to conserve these rich ecosystems' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Fans of Pixar’s sleeper hit Turning Red will be happy to know that Mei and her friends have taken over both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in a big way. Read more... | Continue reading
Just had my first Topgolf experiance in Buford, GA. Much better than the usual client dinner, and quite a lot of fun, even (or maybe especially?) for non-golfers. Reply via email or Mastodon. | Continue reading
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
We love Ruby on Rails at thoughtbot. And we love JavaScript too. Even with the growing popularity of Hotwire and Stimulus, React is still a popular choice. But it’s not always simple to integrate React with Rails. What are the options for building a React + Ruby on Rails app? 1. … | 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've never felt comfortable taking photos in a studio because, even though you have all the equipment you could possibly need, walking into the room without a clear plan can sometimes leave you feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do. Luckily I'm in no shortage of Pinterest … | 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
We must be reasonable! | Continue reading
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