Sea levels have been rising more rapidly over the past several decades as ocean temperatures warm and ice sheets melt. Scientists warn rising sea levels could dramatically alter coastal states: 'There is still large uncertainty' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Hopefully one day they'll be taught a lesson by nature." Resort owners face hefty fines after illegal destruction of natural area: 'Somebody should be in jail' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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But over half of Europe’s battery production plans are at risk without stronger government action. Onshoring the EV supply chain to Europe would cut the emissions of producing a battery by 37% compared to a China-controlled supply chain, according to new analysis by Transport & E … | Continue reading
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — TrueEV, an advocate for electric vehicle (EV) adoption, is proud to announce its exclusive partnership with leading smart electric vehicle company XPENG (NYSE: XPEV and HKEX: 9868). This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the Australian automotive … | Continue reading
"One of the responsibilities of the organizer is to make hydration accessible to people." New research shows concerning cause of music festival cancellations: 'It's happening at an increasing rate' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans. | Continue reading
Matt Sephton: At this point, I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing because I was under the impression that the first emoji were created by an anonymous designer at SoftBank in 1997, and the most famous emoji were created by Shigetaka Kurita at NTT DoCoMo in 1999. But the Sha … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced today that it is accepting applications for the third year of its Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. The SMART Grants Program was made possible by the Biparti … | Continue reading
Penske represents the voice of America’s truck fleets on PACT’s Board of Directors WASHINGTON — Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (“PACT”), a coalition focused on education and advocacy for accelerating the construction of nationwide infrastructure for medium- and heav … | Continue reading
Fortescue, with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies, research institutes, and industry partners, has successfully completed propulsion and manoeuvrability trials of its Singapore-registered Fortescue Green Pioneer in the Port of Si … | Continue reading
US military seeks an "independent review" to determine if Vulcan can scale. | Continue reading
CEP Renewables Begins Construction on 19 MW Brownfield Solar Project in New Jersey RED BANK, N.J. — CEP Renewables announced that construction has begun on its 19 MW dc grid supply Foul Rift solar project located in White Township, Warren County, New Jersey. The project is being … | Continue reading
Historic funding to plug orphaned oil and gas wells will address environmental and safety hazards, create good-paying jobs in communities across both states WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior today awarded $54.2 million from President Biden’s Investing in America a … | Continue reading
Today is day 13 of WeblogPoMo2024, a month long daily blogging challenge. I’m challenging myself to write about a song each day, but there are many other people writing about other things. You should check them out! Today’s song is “Bishuf” by Mashrou’ Leila. I joined Tinder and … | Continue reading
It's amazing what a few well-placed chuckles and vocal tone shifts can do. | Continue reading
A month ago, I spent some time assembling statistics on major geographies’ split of domestic freight tonnage across different modes: road, rail, and water. I was surprised to find that road freight was so much more dominant in Europe than rail compared to other major geographies. … | Continue reading
On the two ends of the energy transition, public policy is working to encourage more non-carbon-emitting electricity generation (think wind, solar, and batteries) and convert what was once powered by combustion in electric power (think electric cars and heat pumps). But then that … | Continue reading
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a sweeping reform to transmission grid planning, one that proponents say is a major, much-needed win for the effort to transition the country’s power sector away from fossil fuels. FERC’s action was praised by clean energy … | Continue reading
Making your own compost is one of the easiest ways to save money and boost your green thumb. Sustainability expert shares simple method for healthier plant growth: 'Packed with calcium and a bunch of other super important minerals' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
April is historically a flat month for the meetings industry. Not this year. -Andrea Doyle | Continue reading
The commencement speech you need to hear. | Continue reading
Latest updates launch in the shadow of WWDC keynote on June 10. | Continue reading
A word from Steve Albini for the “you don’t need a vision” file: I’ve lived my whole life without having goals, and I think that’s very valuable, because then I never am in a state of anxiety or dissatisfaction. I never feel I haven’t achieved something. I never feel there is som … | Continue reading
Anonymous chatbot that mystified and frustrated experts was OpenAI's latest model. | Continue reading
Three U.S. hospital patients contracted drug-resistant infections in Mexico in 2022 and were still being treated as of March 2024. | Continue reading
A look at how an indie game's music and sound design comes together The post The Ins And Outs Of Being An Indie Video Game Composer appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Speaking of Jason, I re-read his original iPad Pro review this weekend, and this part really jumped out at me: But let’s pull back and get the big picture. No, keep pulling back, this thing’s huge. The iPad Pro is a tremendous piece of hardware. It’s the fastest iOS device ever. … | Continue reading
Dune: Part Two was a hit, so while it’s a little surprising there’s been no official announcement on expected third movie Dune Messiah, here’s a consolation: the first update in awhile on Dune: Prophecy, the Bene Gesserit-centric prequel series (originally titled Dune: The Sister … | Continue reading
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Speaking of Federico, he just published a banger of an article over on MacStories, discussing all the ways that iPadOS is still a mess, 14 years after the launch of the original iPad and 9 years after the launch of the first iPad Pro: I started using the iPad as my main computer … | Continue reading
The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason’s review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creative dreams, but to answer your questions.… | Continue reading
Federico and I joined Jason on this week’s perfectly-numbered episode of Upgrade: The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason’s review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creat … | Continue reading
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GPT-4o hot take: • The speech synthesis is terrific, reminds me of Google Duplex (which never took off). but • If OpenAI had GPT-5, they have would shown it. • They don’t have GPT-5 after 14 months of trying. • The most important figure in the blogpost is attached below. And the … | Continue reading
This tablet offers much more than you’ll actually need. | Continue reading
LLM 0.14, with support for GPT-4o It's been a while since the last LLM release. This one adds support for OpenAI's new model: llm -m gpt-4o "fascinate me" Also a new llm logs -r (or --response) option for getting back just the response from your last prompt, without wrapping it … | Continue reading
M2 Air won't draw new buyers in, but if you like iPads, these do all you need. | Continue reading
Apple’s hardware and chip teams are really at the top of their game. The new M4 iPad Pro is a sleek slab of concentrated computing power, tucked behind a spectacular OLED display.… | Continue reading
Let me cut to the chase: sadly, I don’t have a new iPad Pro to review today on MacStories. I was able to try one in London last week, and, as I wrote, I came away impressed with the hardware. However, I didn’t get a chance to use a new iPad Pro over the past […] | Continue reading
A scene from Angel Baby, a film by Michael Rymer, depicting stars Jacqueline McKenzie and John Lynch. Angel Baby, trailer, is the 1995 debut feature of Australian filmmaker Michael Rymer. You may have seen some of his other work: Battlestar Galactica, Hannibal, both TV series, an … | Continue reading
Our national parks don't just have beautiful landscapes; they are sanctuaries for education and preservation. Parkgoer confronts fellow visitor for feeding wildlife at national park: 'I'm just wondering if we were in the wrong' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The latest M4 iPad Pro is easily the most exciting thing Apple has released this year so far. Yes, it’s even more exciting than the Vision Pro. But why, you ask? What, just because it’s smaller and lighter than the Pro from two years ago? The big reason why is the new, pretty OLE … | Continue reading
Quick NVMe performance testing with fio I've recently been debugging some NVMe / PCIe bus errors on a Raspberry Pi, and I wanted a quick way to test NVMe devices without needing to create a filesystem and use a tool like iozone. I don't care about benchmarks, I just want to quick … | Continue reading
The project is based on John Gardner's 1971 novel that tells the story of Beowulf through the monster's eyes. The post The Jim Henson Company’s Live-Action Grendel Cast Includes Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, & Bryan Cranston appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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OpenAI unveiled GPT-4o on Monday, showcasing the real-time audio features that make it seem like Spike Jonze’s film Her is now becoming a reality. Just like in the movie, OpenAI gave ChatGPT a dynamic, friendly, and arguably flirty, voice that truly sounds just like a human. I’m … | Continue reading