This article by a former NASA engineer and Google veteran argues that building datacenters in space is a terrible idea due to challenges with power, thermal regulation, radiation tolerance, and communication

Digg is officially back under the ownership of its original founder, Kevin Rose, along with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

Search over 3 million screencaps from The Simpsons with Frinkiac

study involving 302 office workers across six countries revealed that indoor air pollution, specifically PM2.5 and CO2 levels, significantly impacts cognitive function, with higher concentrations leading to slower response times and reduced throughput

Both natural DNA repaired breaks and edits leave lasting damage. This damage seems to occur with CRISPR edits as well as natural occurring breaks in DNA

Ambience Antarctica is an Internet radio station inspired by Antarctica, with ambient music accompanied by visuals from Earth's least-populous continent. Features almost-live webcams and satellite imagery, weather forecasts, flyby videos, a daily quote, and occasional wildlife to spot

Blender 5.0 has been released with major upgrades including HDR and wide-gamut color support on Linux via Wayland/Vulkan, significant theme and UI improvements, new color-space tools, revamped curve and geometry features, and expanded hardware requirements

nani??

The Aptera is an electric autocycle with a drag coefficient of 0.13, modern supercars are between 0.30 to 0.39. The carbon fiber body is made in Modena, Italy, at the facility of C.P.C. Group that makes parts for several brands, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati. Assembly takes place in Carlsbad, CA. The Aptera has a 400 mile range. Solar panels add 40 miles of range per day to the vehicle, allowing free charging on days you drive less than 40 miles. The three wheeler is a two seater hatchback with plenty of cargo space for your needs. The launch edition target price is $40,000 and goes in to production early 2026

Valve is ready to rejoin the VR hardware race with the Steam Frame, a lightweight standalone SteamOS headset

At the same time, though, the scope of private life itself seems to be shrinking. Our experiences are flattened by the mass culture that everyone consumes, regurgitates, remixes (and that AI is now beginning to remix for us). Social science and marketing—combined with coercive technology—turn what seem, from the first-person perspective, like deeply personal choices into statistically predictable and controllable behaviors

ahhh, endlich. es reinigt sich.

A home where "technology is always in the background, working and listening, feels anxiety-producing" instead of restorative, architect Yan M. Wang tells Axios

WTF

In my mind, "Apple" as a brand used to be synonymous with "attention to detail" but sadly, over the course of the last 8 - 10 years, their choices have become anything but detail oriented.

This year, things have gotten so bad that I'm starting to think they've stopped caring about user experience, accessibility, and detailed QA tests altogether.

Carmakers Chose To Cheat To Sell Cars Rather Than Comply With Emissions Law, 'Dieselgate' Trial Told

[Lazy Hovercraft] has got the solution with his new site RealDice.org, which, well, rolls real dice.

Arts at CERN artists showcased in Copenhagen

The exhibition Soft Robots at Copenhagen Contemporary presents artworks developed in dialogue with CERN’s scientific community

2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux

Gordon Murray Revives Iconic F1 GTR With Stunning S1 LM