"Being aware of these hidden impacts of sea level rise is of significant importance." Scientists issue warning as research points to invisible threat putting coastal cities at risk: 'Now is the time to prepare' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Singleplayer sports games are dream factories The post 40 Years Of Hurt Never Stopped Me Dreaming appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’s due, getting the new Assassin’s Creed game releasing on the same day on PC, consoles, and Mac is a big win, and basically unheard | Continue reading
"Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive." Bystander shares video of tense traffic scene highlighting problems with large vehicles: 'There are so many issues that could be avoided' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Since I began my journey in tech almost a decade ago, I’ve loved attending conferences. They’ve not only taught me a lot but also helped me make some great friends. Trying new things, like giving my first talk and organizing events, has been really rewarding. And this week I’ll b … | Continue reading
For the most part there’s no difference between these two ways of defining a class or module: # nested module Admin class User end end # inline class Admin::User end The difference is often described as stylistic, but there are a couple of functional differences between the … | Continue reading
In many countries across the region, legislative proposals to boost LGBT+ rights that have been on the table for years are not moving forward. Published this week by Europe’s leading LGBT+ organisation, ILGA-Europe, the 16th annual Rainbow Map, which ranks 49 European countries o … | Continue reading
"It might seem like a small thing, but the impact that it has is huge." Resident raises concerns over traffic annoyance happening around the world: 'I hate this so much' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Better storage will enable a faster transition of our energy system to cleaner power generation. Company deploys old oil and gas equipment to solve modern energy storage problem: 'It's a very simple system' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Great for sipping chilled or on the rocks, Cayman Jack® Margarita Flavors offer a sophisticated and hand-crafted experience you can crack open at home or enjoy on your next adventure. Discover all their authentic-tasting margarita flavors at www.caymanjack.com. Tacos can turn any … | Continue reading
This may be obvious to many people already, but I recently thought about this in a few scenarios and figured it may be valuable to articulate it clearly. One note before the main discussion is we should acknowledge that LLMs do have some sort of independent and creative thinking. … | Continue reading
"Gonna tell my husband I'm hiring goats not buying them." Resident shares progress photos after park officials release goats into area infested with troublesome weeds: 'I've always wanted to do this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This intelligent air fryer has dual XL baskets that let you cook two foods at once, completely independent of one another — yet have them finish at the same time. | Continue reading
"The potentialities you develop to the full come as the result of an interplay between you and life's challenges." | Continue reading
Look, I should not tell you to choose my caption as the winner for this New Yorker cartoon. All I can tell you is that I have small, silly dreams and winning this thing is one of them. ⌥ Permalink⌥ Permalink | Continue reading
Oreo has dropped a collaboration with Lucasfilm featuring special edition Star Wars sandwich cookies. Fans will be able to buy packs of the classic treat representing either the light side or dark side of the Force. Read more... | Continue reading
The study found that even if students lived halfway across the country from where a disaster struck that affected their families, they still struggled to keep up with classes. Study uncovers lasting impact of natural disasters on college students: 'A spillover effect on pretty mu … | Continue reading
With my workmen all day till the afternoon, and then to the office, where Mr. Creed's accounts were passed. Home and found all my joyner's work now done, but only a small job or two, which please me very well. This afternoon there came two men... | Continue reading
Paul Ford, Wired: What I love, more than anything, is the quality that makes AI such a disaster: If it sees a space, it will fill it — with nonsense, with imagined fact, with links to fake websites. It possesses an absolute willingness to spout foolishness, balanced only by its c … | Continue reading
An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone. | Continue reading
Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week. [...] | Continue reading
Donnie Yen’s character Caine was at the center of John Wick: Chapter 4's end credit scene and now we know that’s exactly where the franchise will continue. Read more... | Continue reading
But where the company once limited itself to gathering low-hanging fruit along the lines of “what time is the super bowl,” on Tuesday executives showcased generative AI tools that will someday plan an entire anniversary dinner, or cross-country-move, or trip abroad. A quarter-cen … | Continue reading
VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux — for personal use only, though. For Windows and Linux users that means VMware Workstation Pro 17 is now readily available without cost, while macOS users get VMware Fusion Pro 13. B … | Continue reading
"I'm trying this immediately!" Expert gardener shares how ancient planting technique can prevent pests from devouring plants: 'Slugs and the snails love eating the fresh fruit' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
There's a black samurai in the new Assassin's Creed game, and it has made some people mad. You simply don't have to argue about it. The post Stop Trying To Defeat Racism With Logic appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The social season is upon us and Lady Whistledown has returned—and so has our appetite for scandal and sumptuous fare. The new season of Netflix's Bridgerton drops on Thursday, May 16. Make one of these recipes for scones, cream puffs, biscuits, tea sandwiches, and more to eat wh … | Continue reading
Source: Ubisoft. Today, Ubisoft announced that the next major release in the Assasin’s Creed franchise, Shadows, will be released on November 15th on its Ubisoft+ service, PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, Amazon Luna, and Apple silicon Macs via the Mac App Store. According to Ubisoft: As … | Continue reading
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Molly White: I, like many others who have experimented with or adopted these products, have found that these tools actually can be pretty useful for some tasks. Though AI companies are prone to making overblown promises that the tools will shortly be able to replace your content … | Continue reading
One of several innovative South Korean outdoor brands that's built up a devout American following, Helinox has developed a strong reputation for sleek, aesthetic and lightweight camping and backpacking gear. It's best-known in North America for its light, compact chairs, cots and … | Continue reading
Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: Ra … | Continue reading
PaliGemma model README One of the more over-looked announcements from Google I/O yesterday was PaliGemma, an openly licensed VLM (Vision Language Model) in the Gemma family of models. The model accepts an image and a text prompt. It outputs text, but that text can include special … | Continue reading
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The 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were held last week, on Thursday 9 May. The ABIAs are considered the Australian book publishing industry’s night of nights. A book-ish version of the Oscars, if you will. Award winners include Pip Williams, with her novel The Bookb … | Continue reading
When news broke that Warner Bros. was making a new Lord of the Rings movie about Gollum, directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, and produced by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh, we instantly wanted someone to pick their brains about it. Why come back? Why this sto … | Continue reading
If the emergence of generative AI has prompted a lot of excitement and anxiety about the future of work, that’s because it’s arrived a moment when we’re already asking huge questions about our working lives. Tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Bing Chat have appeared on the heels of … | Continue reading
"They have no idea how fast a bear can move." Parkgoer shares photo of family getting dangerously close to bear and her cubs: 'This is how people get mauled' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Nintendo Switch is undoubtedly one of the best consoles that not only Nintendo has created, but also by any… Continue reading Pokémon has sold more games on Nintendo Switch than any other platform The post Pokémon has sold more games on Nintendo Switch than any other platform … | Continue reading
This week on Connected: With Myke on vacation, Stephen and Federico discuss what’s going on with iPadOS, then cover the news from Google I/O and OpenAI’s recent event. | Continue reading
Last year, Amazon announced that self-published authors in the USA who sell their books on the Kindle Store would be able to use a new tool in beta testing. This AI-generated “virtual voice” tool would allow authors to easily turn their ebooks into audiobooks. Now, months after t … | Continue reading
Google's video synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts. | Continue reading
Exceptional students from top programs across the US receive tuition fellowships and conditional acceptance to the MIT Supply Chain Management master’s program. | Continue reading
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The MITES associate director of recruitment and admissions plays a key role in introducing middle and high school students to the world of STEM. | Continue reading
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You can get Ptyxis on Flathub now if you would like to run the stable version rather than Nightly. Unless you’re interested in helping QA Ptyxis or contributing that is probably the Flatpak you want to have installed. Nightly builds of Ptyxis use the GNOME Nightly SDK meaning GTK … | Continue reading