As infrastructure spread across America in the 20th century, we learned that bridges periodically need to be inspected. Having a look at the road surface was easy; just shut down traffic and let the inspector walk it. But inspecting the underside is more challenging, particularly … | Continue reading
Pickups are a big deal in several traditional auto markets as well as in smaller markets in Africa. About 60,000 Toyota Hilux pickups are sold in South Africa each year and a similar number in Australia. This is excluding sales of other popular pickups such as the Ford Ranger and … | Continue reading
Engineers are cooking up a new clean energy solution: charging up crystals with solar energy to temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), potentially making them a greener substitute for the carbon-intensive processes that smelt steel and cook cement. Read … | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced a host of new accessibility features, such as eye tracking and vocal shortcuts, that should arrive on iPhones, iPads, and Apple Vision Pros later this year. Read more... | Continue reading
Virtual reality meets noir thriller in this artfully constructed tale, where the "real" and artificial worlds bleed into one another in increasingly intense and surreal ways… The post Open Your Eyes: Dreams and Nightmares of Our Own Creation appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Today’s CPI report has continued an 11-week trend of data arriving above 3%, leaving traders skeptical about the possibility of… Continue reading Bitcoin and Altcoins Prices Pump as CPI Report Shows US Inflation Falls to 3.4% – Best AI Cryptocurrencies to Buy Now The post Bitcoin … | Continue reading
Volkswagen Group Africa has reiterated its commitment to using renewable energy. Volkswagen Group Africa says transitioning to renewable energy is more than just a means to avoid the disruptive effects of power outages for Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA), but rather a conscious st … | Continue reading
The second pattern in Juntao Qiu's series on data fetching is on how to avoid the dreaded Request Waterfall. Parallel Data Fetching queries multiple sources in parallel, so that the latency of the overall fetch is largest of the queries rather than the sum of them. more… | Continue reading
Nestled on the serene shores of Phu Quoc island, the Phu Quoc Prison History Museum carries a haunting legacy of suffering and resilience. Once a site of immense brutality during the Vietnam War, it now stands as a solemn memorial, bearing witness to the atrocities endured by pri … | Continue reading
Einstein's theory of general relativity is our best description of the universe at large scales, but a new observation that reports a "glitch" in gravity around ancient structures could force it to be modified. | Continue reading
In ‘Proof of Concept,’ the Grist video team shines a spotlight on some surprising environmental research and discoveries. | Continue reading
It was only just recently that we started hearing about Warner Bros.’ plans for Dune: Prophecy, the mysterious streaming series prequel inspired by the events of Sisterhood of Dune, again. But out of nowhere, we’ve just got a thunderous first look at its take on Dune’s world. Rea … | Continue reading
Laura Miller in Slate: “I’m a writer; I tell stories,” reads the first line of Claire Messud’s This Strange Eventful History, a novel based on her own family’s past. Admittedly, that’s not the most promising opener, since everyone from ad executives to life coaches goes around ca … | Continue reading
In a small trial, some people with inherited vision loss experienced improvements in their sight after being treated with CRISPR. | Continue reading
"My jealousy knows no bounds!" Shopper finds vintage furniture with hidden value at thrift store: 'I'm surprised Goodwill didn't try to jack the price up' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
“Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl.” For many people, Marty Robbins’ classic gunfighter ballad is their first and sometimes only impression of Texas’ largest border city. They may be surprised to discover that the setting of the song, Rosa’ … | Continue reading
Teddy Amenabar in The Washington Post: Older people who aren’t picky eaters appear to have better brain health than those who prefer more limited diets, according to a large study of British adults. The research tracked the dietary preferences of nearly 182,000 older adults in Br … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024 It's part of a very long story: At the start of Monday's report, we cited the gloomy numbers which have emerged from the latest administration of the New York Times/Siena College poll. This morning, during the 6 o'clock hour, Joe Scarborough trashed the me … | Continue reading
The all-volunteer student-run bike shop, founded by graduate student Bianca Champenois, provides repair and maintenance services, emphasizes hands-on learning, and promotes sustainable transportation. | Continue reading
SRAM & Hammerhead have just released the latest version of their GPS cycling computer, the “new Karoo”. This unit combines much asked for hardware updates, with a smattering of software updates, to provide a natural evolution over the existing Karoo … Read More Here → | Continue reading
Rethinking our relationship with clothes can be a gateway to a new way of thinking, says Aja Barber, who wrote the book on it The post ‘There’s joy and connection in searching for secondhand fashion gems’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Vision Pro’s live captions convert spoken words to text onscreen. This year’s accessibility feature preview from Apple, timed to get a one-day jump on the annual celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, continues last year’s expansion beyond the traditional sight, sound … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and to mark the occasion, Apple has previewed several new accessibility features coming to its OSes later this year. Although this accessibility preview has become an annual affair, this year’s preview is more packed … | Continue reading
Outer Range’s first season was a wild ride—a sci-fi Western about a rancher whose land contains a mysterious hole made of time itself. The Prime Video series returns with plenty of fresh weirdness, but it feels sharper—as star Josh Brolin promised—with a plot that’s less meanderi … | Continue reading
There’s a lot of hype about AI agents right now, but developing robust agents isn’t yet a reality in general. Imbue is leading the way towards more robust agents by taking a full-stack approach; from hardware innovations through to user interface. In this episode, Josh, Imbue’s C … | Continue reading
For students and sightseers seeking to reach National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's premier center of higher learning, the easiest route from the rest of the city is Xiziwan Tunnel, or Old Shoushan Cave. This concrete tunnel burrows through a mountain to reach the s … | Continue reading
While I’m not sure I want an iPad that runs macOS as Matt suggests I am sure that my iPad is my favourite form factor for a computing device. I’m typing at it now, but I often grab it off my stand and take it to another part of the house to have a recipe, […] | Continue reading
The Xbox 360’s online store is closing down at the end of July. But before it goes, several dozen games… Continue reading Xbox 360 sale brings back a lot of great memories at a deep discount The post Xbox 360 sale brings back a lot of great memories at a deep discount appeared fi … | Continue reading
What started as a 36-hour hackathon project last weekend could empower the open-source community to upend the smart glasses industry. Five team members built a $20 pair of smart glasses, dubbed Open Glass, that connects what you see and hear to an AI chatbot, such as Meta’s Llama … | Continue reading
"No climbing to the top!" When our daughter was in kindergarten, her school installed an amazing rope-and-steel climbing structure. The kindergartners were forbidden from climbing to the very top, which meant that adults were always hovering around the thing, "reminding" the chil … | Continue reading
Wait, wait, wait, you mean it’s possible to do comedy and cartography at the same?! As pointed out in this post by rory about the Map Men YouTube series, it is not only possible, the results are... | Continue reading
Today is my first day post-sabbatical, getting back in the swing of things with Automattic. W.org, all the things. What a unique experience! I found the lead up to the sabbatical and planning process to be infinitely valuable, the sabbatical itself to be interesting experentially … | Continue reading
But unlike the phone system, we can’t separate an LLM’s data from its commands. One of the enormously powerful features of an LLM is that the data affects the code. We want the system to modify its operation when it gets new training data. We want it to change the way it works ba … | Continue reading
This fruity, spicy, refreshing lemonade uses the natural oils in lemon peel as a solvent for the spicy capsaicin in hot red chiles to create a potent and flavorful spicy lemon syrup. | Continue reading
Wuthering Waves is almost upon us, but there is still time to pre-register alongside the 29 million other souls who… Continue reading How to pre-register for Wuthering Waves The post How to pre-register for Wuthering Waves appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world... The post The Apocalypse Will Be Televised: Revealing Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
This store is nestled in lovely Magnolia Park. It’s one of the newer oddities shops in Burbank that carries everything from vintage taxidermy, haunted items, occult materials, art from local artists, clothing, jewelry, and more. There are many macabre items to see throughout the … | Continue reading
Paul Campos forwards along this quote from University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers: The income of the average American will double approximately every 39 years. And so when my kids are my age, average income will be roughly double what … Continue reading → | Continue reading
The consensus about the new iPad Pro is in: the hardware is more powerful and impressive than ever, but it’s still largely hampered by software that just hasn’t managed to keep up.… | Continue reading
If you’ve been to the Downtown Disney area of the Disneyland Resort recently, you’ve probably stumbled across a big blue Police Box that looks like it was teleported their from 1960s era London. You weren’t seeing things. It is a promotion for the BBC series “Doctor Who” which is … | Continue reading
A pickup truck isn't anything without tie-down gear, which all have their pain points. Ratchet straps are the go-to for hauling larger items, but they're overkill for smaller stuff, and tedious to wind up. Bungie cords can work well for smaller items, but there's a length/tension … | Continue reading
As artificial intelligence development continues apace, protestors are fighting back. On Monday (May 13) a group of 20 or so… Continue reading ‘Pause AI’ protestors are fighting to put AI development on hold The post ‘Pause AI’ protestors are fighting to put AI development on hol … | Continue reading
Kuro Games much-anticipated gacha game, aiming to take on the likes of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail launches soon… Continue reading Wuthering Waves – Everything we know about the PC version before launch The post Wuthering Waves – Everything we know about the PC version be … | Continue reading
Jill S. writes, "I gave them a napkin so they could match the icing colors to it. But instead..." ***** Lisa P. wanted her friend's birthday to be a critical success, but we all know how ordering a cake is a roll of the dice: MERCER HAVE MERCY (That one's for you, Critters) ***** … | Continue reading
- - - In this era of economic turmoil, climate catastrophe, and cliques of cool teens just waiting to make fun of your shoes, we live in a heightened state of fear. We’re afraid of the world and afraid of each other—but not nearly as afraid as we should be! McSweeney’s contributo … | Continue reading
Paul Walter Hauser teases his mystery Fantastic Four character. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider series is a go at Amazon. Plus, what’s coming in Evil’s final season. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
As usual, Google I/O 2024 is an absolute whirlwind of news and announcements. This year, rather than focusing on hardware, Android, or Chrome, Google spent most of this year’s developers’ conference convincing us that its AI features are worth prioritizing. One of those projects … | Continue reading
Looking out over the blue waters of the bay, Ventnor Winter Gardens now stands on the grounds of the original Ventnor Parsonage. Purchased by the Ventnor Urban District Council in 1929, the Victorian stone parsonage with spacious gardens was transformed into a stunning venue that … | Continue reading