On the southwest side of Calexico, a border town in California’s Imperial Valley, a surveillance tower casts a shadow over a baseball field and a residential neighborhood. In 2000, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the precursor to the Department of Homeland Security (D … | Continue reading
Guoping Feng, Piotr Indyk, Daniel Kleitman, Daniela Rus, Senthil Todadri, and nine alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research. | Continue reading
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 60 security holes in Windows computers and supported software, including two "zero-day" vulnerabilities in Windows that are already being exploited in active attacks. There are also important security patches available for macOS a … | Continue reading
Today, Microsoft fixed a known issue breaking VPN connections across client and server platforms after installing the April 2024 Windows security updates. [...] | Continue reading
You only need two letters to describe best the latest iteration of Google’s big yearly developer shebang: AI. That’s right; Google I/O has touched on a slew of new features coming to the Mountainview company’s software ecosystem, specifically what could be coming to the still-in- … | Continue reading
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A new $1.16 billion loan from the Department of Energy will help kickstart a network of green hydrogen production facilities in the US. The post Green Hydrogen Tentacles To Spread Across US appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
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"This program is another step in our journey toward sustainability." Hefty brand kicks off new initiative to keep hard-to-recycle plastics out of landfills: 'We are excited to see the difference our collective efforts will make' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Fetislam is an Ottoman stronghold in ruins, situated near the city of Kladovo. Constructed during the Ottoman Empire's reign in present-day Serbia, it served as a military outpost for Ottoman campaigns against Hungary. Built in 1524 under the directive of Suleiman the Magnificent … | Continue reading
My favorite gay vampires have returned, and they’re just as toxic as I remember. If you’re not yet caught up on AMC’s Interview With The Vampire, now is the time. Season 2 started on Sunday, and they’re about to get to the Good Shit. The first season of Interview with the Vampire … | Continue reading
The meme stock rally triggered by the return of “Roaring Kitty” to social media has cost GameStop stock short-sellers more than $2 billion in just two days, according to data firm S3 Partners. Read more... | Continue reading
Longtime influential professor and expert in structural engineering remembered for his mentorship and contributions to the field. | Continue reading
We’ve known for over a year that Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge was working on a television series adaption of the popular video game and movie franchise Tomb Raider, and today we got confirmation that Amazon MGM Studios has officially greenlit the show. “Phoebe has a lifel … | Continue reading
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Coma Beach has made an outstanding return with a gritty EP filled with chaos, pain and their unique style of obscure music we have all come to love. | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 It started with Candidate Hart: Way back in 1987, excitement was building about former senator Gary Hart (D-Colorado) and his "new ideas," or about whatever remained of those new ideas from Hart's 1984 presidential campaign. According to the leading authorit … | Continue reading
One of the best filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola, hasn’t had a major theatrical release in almost 30 years. Instead, the man behind The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now has been making weird art films and his very own wine. And you know what? That sound … | Continue reading
The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda. | Continue reading
A DNA analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair shows that he likely had lead poisoning. | Continue reading
EFF is an organization of lawyers, technologists, policy professionals, and importantly–full-time activists–who fight to make sure that technology enhances rather than threatens civil liberties on a global scale. EFF’s activism team includes experienced issue experts, master comm … | Continue reading
Entering an award program can sometimes seem like a big undertaking, but take it from us, the benefits can be huge. -Adam Stacey | Continue reading
Some stars in our very own Milky Way are some of the earliest ever seen, according to researchpublished today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Read more... | Continue reading
Congratulations to all the finalists! The post Here are the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalists appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing NTLM authentication failures and domain controller reboots after installing last month's Windows Server security updates. [...] | Continue reading
AI model updates galore at Google I/O, including 2m context window, Imagen 3, Veo, and more. | Continue reading
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It’s well known that narcissists are attracted to positions of power. A new study finds that when they reach the highest tiers of management in the business world, they also tend to attract each other — at least at first. An estimated 18% of chief executive officers (CEOs) score … | Continue reading
The Mackinac Bridge, also known as "Mighy Mac" or "Big Mac," stretches some five miles long and connects Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. Outside a storage facility in St. Louis, Michigan, you can find a miniature replica of the Mackinac Bridge. Though it's more than 200 ti … | Continue reading
As if using ChatGPT for college essays wasn’t enough, students are now getting a Gemini tool to help with their Math and Physics homework, too. Google is utilizing its Circle to Search gesture, which was received quite well, to introduce a new feature. Read more... | Continue reading
This hack is extremely economical, providing a fully functional home gardening tool for no additional cost. Gardener demonstrates cheap and easy way to repurpose empty bottles into useful plant tool: 'Love this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A new young adult fantasy inspired by the strength and power of Aboriginal women. The post Read an Excerpt From Ambelin Kwaymullina’s Liar’s Test appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Around 100 miles west of London in the west Wiltshire town of Bradford-on-Avon, a restored large rubber calender machine stands as a memorial to the town's 150th year of association with the rubber industry. Located on Kingston Road, it is one of the largest and heaviest objects … | Continue reading
The first Peter McKinnon video I have watched in a while summed up a very modern photography problem perfectly: just go shoot a sunrise for no other reason than to absolutely fucking enjoy it. In the questions of what will you do with the photos? After. Who cares nothing, do abso … | Continue reading
Okay, this will be of interest to a VERY SMALL number of people. But over on LinkedIn, someone with a perverse interest in ancient history (hi Tim) asked if I still had copies of some UI design documents that I did for the now-defunct compositing package Shake. So, see below for … | Continue reading
On an early February morning in 2024 at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, David Westenberg dons safety goggles and latex gloves. The bespectacled microbiologist and professor of biological sciences for the last 27 years gently removes a series of test tubes conta … | Continue reading
Politics. Capitalism. Family. Exploding genitalia. The post The Boys Will Be Back for a Fifth Season appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Otherworldly Antarctica: Ice, Rock, and Wind at the Polar Extreme by Edmund Stump, published by The University of Chicago Press. © 2024 by Edmund Stump. All rights reserved. Fortune smiled in 1970 when I landed a position on a research project bound … | Continue reading
Google made a big mistake recently. The company accidentally erased the private Google Cloud account of a $125 billion Australian pension fund, UniSuper. Read more... | Continue reading
Google's Gemini AI wants to help you plan, brainstorm, and shop inside Search. | Continue reading
It’s deja vu all over again. Boeing’s long-anticipated Starliner mission has been postponed for a second time due to a newly discovered issue with the spacecraft’s service module. Read more... | Continue reading
Tragic origin story incoming. The post It’s Happening! Nicolas Cage Is Officially in Spider-Man Noir Live-Action Series appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Comcast plans to launch a streaming bundle later this month that will include Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, according to a new report from Variety. Reportedly called StreamSaver, the bundle will be discounted but only available to subscribers of Comcast TV or internet service. … | Continue reading
Scientists are inching closer to making telepathy a reality. In a new study published this week, researchers claim to have created a device that can read and translate a person’s internal speech. The findings only show modest success so far, however, and there are still many hurd … | Continue reading
This morning Amazon’s Prime Videogave us our first look at Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s second season, and it’s leaning all in on Sauron. Times are dark in Middle-earth, and it needs a returned Dark Lord just to make everything a little more ominous. And maybe some sta … | Continue reading
Visitors to Sand Cave, tucked inside Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, will be surprised to find themselves standing on beach-like sand, rather than stone. The cavern’s sandy floor is mostly due to erosion. The cave was once a huge piece of sandstone, but over many years, … | Continue reading
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