And a public transport special for Podcast Ads In The Wild. Sponsored by Supporting Cast. What do Dateline, Radiolab, Search Engine, Criminal, The Rest is History, and Planet Money have in common? They all rely on Supporting Cast to sell podcast subscriptions. Find out why! Visit … | Continue reading
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of the shooting of Slovak PM Robert Fico. The shooting of Robert Fico A suspected “lone wolf” gunman was on Thursday charged with the attempted murder of Robert Fico, the Slovakia … | Continue reading
Product manager Ash Zade joins the home team to talk about the journey to OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered add-on for Stack Overflow for Teams that’s available now. Ash describes how his team built Enhanced Search, the problems they set out to solve, how they ensured data quality and … | Continue reading
"We are upselling really basic things." Woman calls out frustrating sustainability 'trend' circulating on the internet: 'It makes no sense' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"We can create a better chance for healthy trees and plants to withstand a wildfire." Rancher shares before-and-after footage after releasing goats onto land overgrown with 'fire fuels': 'Those goats are machines' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
AI offers a chance to do a lot of things much better – parental internet control is a great example. The Angel AI app introduces kids to the web in a way that's tailored to their age and interests, with no ads, inappropriate content or privacy risks. Continue Reading Category: Ch … | Continue reading
AWESOME! All-new awesome things posted daily here: The post #200 Actually making the right amount of spaghetti appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
Researchers think a farmhouse in the Pyrenees was set on fire by Carthaginian troops on their way to attack Rome. | Continue reading
The material could be made as a thin coating to analyze air quality in industrial or home settings over time. | Continue reading
"You have to have a solution that operates 24 hours a day." Energy company builds high-temperature concentrated solar systems for round-the-clock power: 'Trying to solve the problem of intermittency' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The coalition government has announced that it will launch a new online information platform and advertising campaign about the procedure of applying for German citizenship.... | Continue reading
18 Projects in 10 States Will Supercharge the U.S. Clean Energy Supply Chain and Open New Markets for Solar Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $71 million investment, incl … | Continue reading
Newsletters are all the rage now. In recognition of that, I blogged here two years ago about the idea of writing a solo newsletter. Since then I’ve been co-producing this one with Katherine Druckman at Reality 2.o. It’s a Substack one, so I know how that game works on the product … | Continue reading
Offshore wind exists in harsh, isolated ocean environments, presenting unique challenges for operating and maintaining wind turbines and systems. Today, WETO released a roadmap assessing current operation and maintenance practices for U.S. offshore wind farms and future challenge … | Continue reading
Nearly $1 Billion Dedicated in Support of Just and Sustainable Deployment of Floating Offshore Wind The U.S. departments of Energy (DOE), Interior, Commerce, and Transportation today released a report summarizing their progress toward the goals of the Floating Offshore Wind Shot™ … | Continue reading
Funding will be provided to 57 projects across six regions to increase drought resilience and improve water delivery systems, advance Biden-Harris administrations’ National Climate Resilience Framework ALBUQUERQUE — Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis today … | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Thursday 2024-05-16 16-May-2024 – Report: Palia studio Singularity 6 lays off 36 employees Brief Summary: “This most recent layoff, reportedly impacting about 40 percent of the company, comes mere weeks afte” 16-May-2024 – Nicolas Cage to play Spider-Man N … | Continue reading
The study's findings shed light on the lasting impacts of discriminatory practices. Study uncovers stark health disparities in communities affected by historically restrictive housing loan practices — here's why it matters first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Kaiju brawler game GigaBash is getting bigger with the release of its third paid DLC pack, Godzilla: Nemesis. Godzilla: Nemesis adds two more playable characters, both being adversaries to Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Hedorah. Both characters have unique playstyles based on Godzil … | Continue reading
More than 200 industry, labor, political and academic leaders converged to advance strategies and policies for building a nationwide bullet train network in America. Highlighted speakers here. WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, House Speaker Emerita … | Continue reading
Welcome to the weekend reading list, edition #226. NYJavaSIG The NYJavaSIG hosted Billy Korando and the audience leaned about the JDK Flight Recorder. You can watch the recording of this and past events on the NYJavaSIG YouTube channel. Testing How to Increase Test Coverage with … | Continue reading
"A big step in the right direction." Gardener shares before-and-after photos of barren yard transformation: 'The possibilities are limitless if you get creative' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Oakland Unified School District’s 74 EV school buses and charging infrastructure provides up to 2.1 gigawatt hours of energy back to the grid, reduces 25,000 tons of emissions annually OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA — Zūm, the modern student transportation platform, announced yesterday that … | Continue reading
As the Emmy buzz intensifies for the cast and crew of FX and Hulu’s “Shōgun,” news has emerged in the Hollywood press about the series being extended for two more seasons. Variety reports that these additional seasons are currently in the early stages of pre-production. While not … | Continue reading
The recovery of this incredible species is fantastic news, and the whales seem to be singing about their improved prospects. Underwater audio suggests blue whale population could stabilize following centuries of whaling: 'To piece together the puzzle of ... whether they're recove … | Continue reading
'We didn't shutter those studios', says man who clearly appears to have shuttered two studios The post CEO Of Take-Two, Reportedly Closing Two Studios, Denies Closing Two Studios appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
"You don't know where it came from." Gardener learns about major landscaping mistake after sharing photo of ailing tree online: 'Not a good idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Like a lot of people, once I saw the trailer for Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” a dystopian thriller set in… | Continue reading
Hanoi, Vietnam — VinFast Auto (Nasdaq: VFS) today announced that it received a record-breaking number of 27,649 non-refundable and non-transferable pre-orders for the mini-SUV VF 3 within 66 hours, setting a Vietnamese automotive record, demonstrating the impressive appeal of the … | Continue reading
Hangzhou, China — Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), China’s largest private-owned automotive group, this week welcomed new equity investors to Zeekr, global premium electric mobility technology company following the completion of an initial public offering on the New … | Continue reading
It was standing room only when the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Director Lauren Boyd stepped onto the stage for a panel discussion at CERAWeek 2024. “Geothermal: How Big is it Going to Get?” was the Tuesday morning hot topic, featuring an … | Continue reading
The destructive nature of urban renewal left the U.S. too scared to build anything at scale ever again. | Continue reading
There's a long way to go, but the Australia-Asia PowerLink may be the massive cornerstone of a cleaner, safer future. Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition' first appeared on Th … | Continue reading
AI-generated code is going about as well as you’d expect. Fun! We start with The Register: Pulumi AI and its online archive of responses, AI Answers, is a case in point. Google’s search crawler indexes the output of Pulumi’s AI and presents it to search users alongside links to h … | Continue reading
AM Craft’s CEO says that the wider adoption of 3D printing should enable airlines to accelerate sustainability goals that the industry is pursuing. Latvian start-up AM Craft this week announced the closing of a 600,000 euros pre-seed funding round led by Change Ventures, with the … | Continue reading
Waymo has spent most of my adult life working on self-driving vehicles (originally under the Google brand, until about 7½ years ago). For a long time after it finally started offering robotaxi service for non-employees, the service was free. Since December 2018, though, Waymo has … | Continue reading
"Who wants to pay for a new fence? No one." Homeowner concerned neighbor's overgrown lawn will unleash invasive species on their property: 'I am afraid it will only spread more' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
n a world with lots of noise trying to grab any attention, Frank Joshua's music welcomes the inner silence, providing a calming, soothing sound to dive deep under the quiet surface. | Continue reading
The resurgence of Belton Lake was a cause for celebration for local residents. Lake nears record water levels after years of severe drought: 'It's been a while since we've seen this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Like many websites, it used to be a good one The post DeviantArt In 2024 Sure Sounds Like A Shithole appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Far greater control over file compression/decompression than Files allows. | Continue reading
When social justice protests swept the country in 2020, tech companies mostly welcomed employee activism. The Gaza demonstrations are getting a much different reception | Continue reading
Oracle has released a new update of the Java Visual Studio Code extension. This update adds support for Java 22 features… | Continue reading
"I don't understand how people can just carelessly do stuff like this." Passerby shares frustrations after finding trash left in a natural area: 'This place deserves better' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Market segmentation is a technique for determining who will buy or use your product. Essentially you brainstorm a boatload of possible user types, organize them, and rank them. By the end of the exercise, you should have a shortlist of customer segments you can research and inter … | Continue reading
Yet another incredible story on Cabel Sasser’s blog, this one about a supposedly vintage Apple Employee badge: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! … | Continue reading
My talk for Google I/O 2024 | Continue reading
This year is already off to a very good start at the movies but 2025 is looking even bigger, in more ways than one. Fresh off the huge success of last year’s Oppenheimer and this year’s Dune: Part Two, IMAX just revealed 14 titles in 2025 that will not only be released in IMAX, b … | Continue reading