NPR officially leaves Twitter
3KMashable / 15h
We may look at NPR as a pioneer at some point down the line. That's because the publicly supported news organization just abandoned Twitter , becoming one of the biggest outlets to do so to this point. The move came after Twitter (which you may have heard is now under the stewardship of Elon Musk) unexpectedly added a "government-funded media" label to NPR's Twitter page last week. SEE ALSO: Elon
Ahsoka Casts The Expanse's Wes Chatham as Thrawn's 'Right Hand Man'
2KGizmodo / 17h
Star Wars: Ahsoka isn’t just bringing back Admiral Thrawn , it’s also possibly introducing one of his most faithful allies. Joining the cast of the Rosario Dawson-led series is The Expanse’s Wes Chatham, who will reportedly be playing a major ally of Thrawn. Read more...
Where to buy Nvidia RTX 4070: where to find stock right now
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7min
Nvidia RTX 4070 Retailer Quicklinks US RTX 4070 retailers: Nvidia | Amazon | Best Buy | Micro Center | Adorama | B&H | Newegg UK RTX 4070 retailers: Nvidia | Amazon | Scan | Overclockers | Ebuyer | Box The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 is here at long last, going on sale on April 13, 2023, for a US MSRP of $599 (about £500 / 870), and midrange gamers finally have a graphics card that they might actuall
Snap signs new music licensing deals to expand its Sounds library
TechCrunch / 1h
Snap has signed a deal with multiple music labels to expand its Sounds library , the social app’s product that lets people use song clips in Snaps and Stories. The company said participating labels include US-based UnitedMasters, Netherlands-based BUMA/STEMRA, and SUISA Digital Licensing AG. This includes a repertoire of IP bodies including SUISA: Switzerland, AKKA/LAA: Latvia, Albautor: Albania,
Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform
TechCrunch / 2h
Meet Thynk , a new company that wants to build the definite enterprise software solution for the hospitality industry. The startup just raised a $13 million Series A round. This round was led by Singular , with a New-York based fund managed by Itai Tsiddon and Belgian investment firm CNP (Groupe Frère) also participating. Fly Ventures, an existing shareholder in the startup, invested once again.
Google Maps will help you navigate US national parks
100+Engadget / 2h
Google is updating Maps with more detailed information about national parks in the US to make them easier to navigate and potentially prevent from getting lost. When you search for a particular park on Android or iOS, you’ll now see photos and videos of its key attractions — say the Old Faithful or the Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone — taken by others who’d been there before. Maps will now
LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M
83TechCrunch / 2h
Danish company LMS365 , an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding. Used by companies including logistics giant Hellmann and soda bottling franchise G&J Pepsi , LMS365 allows users to create their own courses from scratch or import them from a third-party such as Go1 or LinkedIn Learning ,
Quordle today - hints and answers for Thursday, April 13 (game #444)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints. And you might need them - because this popular online game takes the Wordle format and quadruples the difficulty. So if you already find yourself searching for Wordle hints , you'll probably need some for Quordle too. I'm a Quordle and Wordle fanatic who's been playing since December 2021, so I can definitely help you solve Quordle today and improve
You can now use ChatGPT on Windows 11 without ever opening your browser
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 3h
Windows PowerToys strikes again with a brand-new update, introducing a huge change to how ChatGPT will function through the Windows 11 OS. Windows Central reported that the PowerToys widget will introduce a new plugin to allow for direct access to the Open AI-based application without having to run a browser first. This is a huge development, as it makes ChatGPT more accessible for Windows 11. It
Sony's new wired audiophile headphones are built for incredible spatial audio
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Sony Pro is updating its studio-grade headphones by revealing the MDR-MV1 which is said to be specifically “designed for professional sound engineers and music creators," and the rapid rise of spatial audio. Although the company is pitching this as something meant for studio production, the output it produces will almost certainly appeal to audiophiles and it starts with the device’s structure. T
‘Endless Dungeon’ release has been pushed back to October 19th
500+Engadget / 5h
Looking forward to playing Endless Dungeon next month? Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait half a year longer to play the roguelite twin-stick shooter, because Amplitude Studios and Sega have pushed back its release date to October 19th. It was previously slated for a 2022 debut, but the developer ultimately announced a May 18th, 2023 launch date for the PC (Steam and Epic), Xbox Series X/S, PlayS
'Wordle' today: Here's the answer, hints for April 13
Mashable / 5h
You're nearly there! It's Thursday, tomorrow is Friday, and after that, glorious weekend time. To pass the long hours, let's tackle yet another Wordle ! We're here as always to help guide the way with our expert Wordle advice and the solution. If you prefer to just be told the answer, you can scroll to the end of this article for April 13's Wordle solution to be revealed. But if you'd rather work
This Incredible Interactive Map Lets You Explore The Surface Of Mars
SlashGear / 6h
Now you can explore Mars from the comfort of your home. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently shared an annotated, interactive map of the red planet.
The Polyend Tracker Mini is a powerful and portable studio in a box
200+Engadget / 8h
Easily one of the most fascinating devices I've had the pleasure of reviewing is the Polyend Tracker . It's hard to overstate what a unique piece of hardware it is. The company followed up last year with the Play , another sample-based groovebox that took a more immediate approach to music creation. Now the company is back, yet again, taking its undeniable sampling prowess mobile with the Tracker
Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances Explores a Volatile New Realm
Gizmodo / 8h
Versatile and prolific author Adrian Tchaikovsky won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016 for his sci-fi tale Children of Time , but he’s equally as well known for his Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. He returns to the fantasy genre with his next novel, City of Last Chances , and io9 has a first look today! Read more...
14 Best FPS Games For Android, Ranked
SlashGear / 8h
Most of us got our first taste of first-person shooters on a console or a PC, but mobile gaming is quickly catching up. Here are the 14 best Android FPS games.
Europe is about to launch one of its most ambitious missions ever
Ars Technica - All content / 8h
Enlarge / An Ariane 5 rocket is seen on the launch pad with the JUICE spacecraft on Wednesday, April 12. (credit: ESA) As soon as Thursday morning, the European Space Agency will launch a large probe to Jupiter to study some of the giant planet's most intriguing moons. With a mass of 6 metric tons, the Jupiter Ice Moons Explorer—or JUICE—is the largest deep space mission launched by the European
La Borinqueña's Connection to Puerto Rico | io9 Interview
52Gizmodo / 9h
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nyupreservation : Preservation Week 2023 Virtual Presentation: Conservation of Balinese Shadow Puppets from the Mabou M...
Music, Arts & Literature / 9h
nyupreservation : Preservation Week 2023 Virtual Presentation: Conservation of Balinese Shadow Puppets from the Mabou Mines Archives Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Location: Virtual Event/Zoom Registration: https://nyu_preservation_week_2023.eventbrite.com Image: a Balinese shadow puppet from the Mabou Mines Archive, NYU Special Collections. Since last November, Conservation Center st
Arkansas passes social media law requiring age verification
Engadget / 9h
Arkansas has become the second state to pass a law requiring social media platforms to verify the ages of their users. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed the “Social Media Safety Act” into law, which requires companies verify the ages of users under 18 and to gain parental consent before minors create new accounts. Utah recently passed similar measures, which also impose strict rules on h
Italy gives OpenAI initial to-do list for lifting ChatGPT suspension order
56TechCrunch / 9h
Italy’s data protection watchdog has laid out what OpenAI needs to do for it to lift an order against ChatGPT issued at the end of last month — when it said it suspected the AI chatbot service was in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ordered the U.S.-based company to stop processing locals’ data. The EU’s GDPR applies whenever personal data is processed, and there’s
Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Stoned, and Abused in India
31Wired / 9h
An Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
HBO's The Last of Us Might Not Follow the Second Game's Story Exactly
Gizmodo / 10h
It’s no secret that season one of HBO’s The Last of Us was very faithful to the video game it’s based on. There were some changes, additions , and tweaks, but in terms of overall intent and story , the game and the show were very similar. That would lead fans to assume subsequence seasons of the show would be equally… Read more...
NPR quits Twitter over 'government-funded' label
500+BBC News - Technology / 10h
The not-for-profit news outlet says the description is misleading and undermines its credibility.
Virginia Norwood, ‘Mother’ of Satellite Imaging Systems, Dies at 96
1KNYT > Technology / 10h
A pioneer in aerospace, she invented a technology that has enabled scientists to map and study the earth for more than 50 years.
Why You Won't Get A Key Fob With A New Tesla
SlashGear / 10h
Tesla's move might not sit well with all its customers, especially for folks that really want a fob, but are now forced to pay a hefty sum for it.
Why You Shouldn't Use Free Charging Stations, According To The FBI
SlashGear / 10h
Security and privacy are two main reasons why the FBI strongly recommends avoiding USB charging stations.
Opera Rolls Out Free VPN To iOS Users
SlashGear / 10h
Opera's bundled-in and free VPN service is finally being rolled out to iOS browser users this week, adding another layer of security for iPhone users.
What Is A Scramjet, And How Does It Work?
SlashGear / 10h
Scramjets operate by forcing air through the engine at well over the speed of sound for the entire process of combustion.
'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for April 13
Mashable / 10h
If Quordle is a little too challenging today, you've come to the right place for hints. There aren't just hints here, but the whole Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe you just need a strategy guide. Either way, scroll down, and you'll get what you need. What is Quordle ? Quordle is a five-letter word guessing gam
Instagram founders' news app Artifact is... Reddit now?
Mashable / 10h
Artifact , the significantly less addictive app brought to you by the creators of Instagram , was originally pitched essentially as a TikTok For You page, but for news. But after launching its brand new social discussions feature, which rolled out on April 11, it looks a lot more like Reddit. The app launched in February and intended to merge articles, facts, and AI. One of the creators, Mike Kri
Everything you need to know about HBO Max becoming Max
Mashable / 10h
After a merger that led to the shelving of several projects — including Batgirl — Warner Bros. Discovery announced its next big move: combining HBO Max and Discovery+ into one streaming service. That new streaming service's name? Max . Warner Bros. Discovery announced several major developments about Max on Wednesday, Apr. 12, including what content to expect from Max and how much it will cost. I
Daily Crunch: Twitter CEO admits he purchased platform for $44B because ‘I kind of had to’
200+TechCrunch / 10h
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here . Good morning, you glorious souls. Have you stretched today? As you’re settling in for the newsletter and the top stories from TechCrunch for today, can you grab yourself a glass of water? We care about you, and we want you to be happy! Know any extraordinary early-
Everything You Need to Know About The Mandalorian's Major New Thrawn Link
Gizmodo / 10h
This week’s episode of The Mandalorian was all about setting the stage, and the stakes, for an explosive end to a very mixed season three . But it also looked to Star Wars ’ future with the presence of a face very familiar to fans of the old Expanded Universe. Read more...
Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge (credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring ) Water has made the Earth the planet that it is—a planet known for its blue oceans. Water shapes the land through erosion and is fundamental to Earth's ability to support life. But we have a hard time understanding exactly how Earth ended up with all this water, as the building blocks that created it were likely to be dry, and the col
House Republican tries to protect Musk and Twitter from FTC investigation
32Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Enlarge / US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Pacific Press) A Republican lawmaker who chairs a key House committee subpoenaed Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan today in an attempt to rein in the agency's ongoing investigation into Twitter. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of th
Leaked Pentagon Documents May Herald a New Era of Revelations
36Wired / 10h
The bizarre release of sensitive US government materials soon after their creation signals a potential shift to near-real-time unauthorized disclosures.
The New York Times Presents: Wordle But It's Math
Gizmodo / 11h
The New York Times has a new web game out this week that, depending on how well you did in high school algebra, may or may not be your new favorite thing. Read more...
Apple Might Be Ditching Touch-Based Buttons on iPhone 15
Gizmodo / 11h
Just what the hell is happening with the iPhone 15’s external buttons? Despite numerous leaks and countless reports that premium iPhone 15s would ditch physical buttons and get new, trackpad-like touch-based controls, the Cupertino company may have made a last-minute change that has thrown all of that out the window,… Read more...
How to Get an OpenAI API Key
How-To Geek / 11h
Lots of applications and AI tools now require you bring your own OpenAI API key. You can generate one on OpenAI’s website, and it comes with $5 of free credit. Here’s how to get started with OpenAI’s API to get ChatGPT-style AI features outside of the standard ChatGPT interface. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Do the Green Powders Everyone Is Drinking Actually Work?
How-To Geek / 11h
Green powders are a health trend that never seems to go away. These powders claim to supplement and even replace your daily fruit and vegetable intake, but is that really the case? Read This Article on LifeSavvy ›
Meta Quest will let you watch thousands of hours of content on multiple screens
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 11h
If you’ve been meaning to watch The Office but never got around to it, you can now start in the metaverse as NBC’s Peacock streaming platform is now available on the Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets. Currently, the service is available to users across the United States and certain US territories like Puerto Rico. However, don’t expect a global roll-out as Peacock is landlocked to those regions
What the End of HBO Max—and the Rise of ‘Max’—Means for Streaming
500+Wired / 11h
Warner Bros. Discovery’s rebranded new service will combine HBO Max and Discovery+ offerings into a juggernaut—or a jumbled mess.
Arthur C. Clarke's Classic Childhood's End Gets a Stunning Folio Society Release
Gizmodo / 11h
Set in the 1970s, Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 sci-fi novel Childhood’s End explores an alien invasion that arrives just as the Cold War superpowers are about to venture into space . The “Overlords” create utopia on Earth —and all seems well, until it very much doesn’t . The Folio Society’s new edition of Clarke’s classic… Read more...
Juul will pay $462 million to 6 states in underage vaping settlement
24Engadget / 11h
The New York Attorney General has announced that its youth vaping lawsuit against Juul is over, ending with an agreement that distribute a $462 million settlement between six states and Washington DC. “JUUL lit a nationwide public health crisis by putting addictive products in the hands of minors and convincing them that it’s harmless," Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. "Today t
Watch Live as JUICE Embarks on Its Historic Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moons
Gizmodo / 11h
A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter and its intriguing moons is gearing up for liftoff, ready to begin an eight-year journey through the solar system to reach icy worlds that may host some form of life. Read more...
Pine64’s New ARM and RISC-V Tablets Run Linux
How-To Geek / 11h
Pine64 makes plenty of hardware geared towards fans of Linux and open-source hardware. Now the company is about to release a new ARM-based Linux tablet, as well as its first RISC-V tablet. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
The New York Times Launches a 'Wordle'-Inspired Math Game
How-To Geek / 11h
Now that the Wordle craze is dying down a bit, The New York Times is launching an addictive math game called Digits. Despite my hatred for math, I can already tell that Digits will take over my life for at least a few weeks—it’s a pretty solid follow-up to Wordle. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
NASA's Simulated Mars Habitat Includes Such Necessities As a PS3 and Settlers of Catan
500+Futurism / 11h
Test Chamber NASA has finally unveiled its 3-D printed simulated Mars habitat — but trust us, it's no theme park. Housed in a massive warehouse at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, the sprawling Mars facility will soon host four volunteers who will be confined to its sandy interior for an entire year as test subjects. By closely monitoring the volunteers, NASA scientists hope to understan
Elon Musk Whines That Buying Twitter Has Been Emotionally "Painful"
500+Futurism / 11h
Hot Blooded Twitter CEO Elon Musk is not one for granting regular interviews in any sense of the word — but when he does, he pulls no punches. In an unexpected and off-the-cuff interview with the BBC , the billionaire made multiple bizarre confessions, including that he's experienced some emotional pain online and that he dresses his Shiba Inu dog like Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes and refers to it
Delta Will Fly To London Gatwick Airport To Stick It To JetBlue And Norse Atlantic
View from the Wing / 11h
Before the pandemic, when Norwegian was operating the route, Delta planned to fly to Gatwick using a Boeing 757 without Delta Suites. It was totally obvious what they were doing, with a product well-matched to Norwegian's. This was supposed to start in May 2020, but didn't happen because of the pandemic - and because Norwegian ceased its transatlantic flying. Now that JetBlue offers a real busine
Frontier announces discounted summer and annual flight passes
28The Points Guy / 11h
Frontier Airlines is back with a discounted all-you-can-fly pass for the summer. Starting today through May 24, the pass is available to purchase for $699 . It’ll let you book unlimited domestic and international flights with the carrier through September. Once the introductory pricing is phased out, the summer-only flight pass will cost $999 annually. Additionally, the airline’s GoWild! Annual P
Everything We Know About Elon Musk's Upcoming X App
SlashGear / 11h
Twitter, the company, has merged itself with a new parent company called X Corp under its new CEO Elon Musk. This could be a big step toward the fabled X app.
iPhone SE 4 Rumor Suggests There's A Long Wait Ahead
SlashGear / 11h
It looks like the iPhone SE 4 will happen and it'll bring some big changes to the budget lineup. However, you may have to wait years to get it.
Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 Gaming Performance: Is It Good Or Are There Better Options?
SlashGear / 11h
The Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 is a decent transforming laptop/tablet sort of device, but can it play games? Are there better options out there at this price?
Drunk Mice Avoided Hangovers Thanks to a Probiotic
Gizmodo / 12h
The hangover cure of the future just might be a chuggable probiotic. In research out this week, scientists in China detail the creation of bacteria that can produce an enzyme meant to help the body break down alcohol faster. Alcohol-fed mice that were given the probiotic beforehand experienced less drunkenness and… Read more...
The Continental Checks in With a Trailer and Goofy Title
Gizmodo / 12h
Following the success of John Wick: Chapter 4 , it was a given that Lionsgate would be continuing the assassin-heavy universe of the action series in some capacity. We’ve known for some time that a TV spinoff by the name of The Continental was in the works, and now we’ve got our first idea of what to expect from the… Read more...
DIY IBM Selectric type balls give ’60s typewriters new life (and Comic Sans)
44Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / A type ball from a 1961 IBM Selectric typewriter. (credit: Getty ) There are some feelings you just can't re-create. And to IBM Selectric loyalists, neither beam spring keyboards nor buckling spring designs nor a modern mechanical keyboard can replicate the distinct feel driven by that legendary type ball. In the '60s and '70s, the Selectric was an office staple, but the growth of PCs a
RIP HBO Max and Discovery+: “Max” launches May 23
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / A still from the HBO series The Last of Us . (credit: Warner Bros. Discovery) As expected, media mega-corp Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a new streaming service that will combine the programming of HBO Max and Discovery+, replacing those services with one single subscription. It will simply be called "Max" (as previously reported), and we learned today that it will launch on May
Pang Pha, the Asian elephant, taught herself how to peel a banana
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
An elephant named Pang Pha learned how to peel a banana with her trunk—but only yellow-brown bananas. Credit: Kaufmann et al., 2023/Current Biology An elephant's prehensile trunk is a marvel of biology, featuring as many as 60,000 muscles that enable the animal to not just breathe, eat, and drink water, but also to communicate and pinch or grasp objects, among other abilities. Some elephants have
Popular porn site must delete all amateur videos posted without consent
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) An Amsterdam court today ordered one of the largest adult entertainment websites, xHamster, to remove all amateur footage showing recognizable people in the Netherlands who did not consent to be featured on the site. The ruling followed complaints raised by the Expertise Bureau for Online Child Abuse, known as EOKM, which identified 10 videos where xHamster could n
'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' Will Be Impossible to Beat
35Wired / 12h
Mario was too iconic to fail. Game adaptations after him will have to try harder.
Biden's new emissions rules are meant to put you in an EV
Mashable / 12h
Newly proposed auto emission standards are making the Biden administration's expectation for the future of cars as clear as unpolluted air: Americans should buy EVs. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Biden Administration proposals aimed at creating "the strongest-ever pollution standards for cars and trucks." The twin proposals — one for light and medium duty vehicles li
EVs just got a big boost. We’re going to need a lot more chargers.
79MIT Technology Review / 12h
The US government is pushing for a massive wave of electric vehicles to hit the roads in the next few years, but the country doesn’t have nearly enough chargers installed to power them all. The Environmental Protection Agency released proposed standards today that set limits for companies on total carbon dioxide emissions from fleets of new vehicles. To make sure they are met, electric vehicles w
3D-Printed Rocket Didn't Reach Orbit, but Relativity Space Is Already Building Its Successor
42Gizmodo / 12h
After its rocket failed to reach orbit last month, California-based Relativity Space doesn’t want to dwell on the past. Instead, the company is leaping forward with its next launch vehicle, which promises to be bigger and better. Read more...
Welcome James Gunn's Creature Commandos Cast to DC Studios
82Gizmodo / 12h
Creature Commandos is gearing up to kick off the new DC Studios canon. The animated show from James Gunn will star Indira Varma (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Game of Thrones) and Marvel veteran Frank Grillo, among others. Read more...
Relief on expensive hotel rates emerges — but don’t expect any discounts
The Points Guy / 12h
Travelers (myself included) grimaced over the last 18 months as hotels and airlines throttled rates higher and higher amid a surging post-coronavirus pandemic demand for vacations. However, travel costs appear to be steadying. Hotel rates are up only 8% from a year ago, according to the latest consumer price index released Wednesday. That may still seem like a hefty jump, but let’s put it into pe
ChatGPT Is Consuming a Staggering Amount of Water
100+Futurism / 12h
Water Wars It's no secret that training artificial intelligence algorithms requires insane amounts of energy — but, as a new paper reveals, it also uses up an absurd amount of water, too. Researchers from the University of Colorado Riverside and the University of Texas Arlington have shared a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper titled "Making AI Less Thirsty" that looks into the environmental impact of
A new Arm deal means your next mobile device could use a next-gen Intel SoC
200+TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
Intel and Arm just struck a deal that could change the way future mobile devices are powered, not to mention a whole slew of digital devices in every category of use. While Intel has long made the best processors on the planet for PCs and laptops, it hasn't been as involved in low-powered, lightweight semiconductors like those used in phones, tablets, and IoT devices like smart speakers. That loo
What to Know About Buying Electric Cars and the New Emissions Rule
71NYT > Technology / 12h
Here is what car buyers need to know about the Biden administration’s proposal to push the auto industry to sell more electric cars.
Sure, 'Max' sounds dumb, but HBO Max needed a reboot
200+Engadget / 12h
There are many things I think of when I hear the name "Max." There's Max Headroom, the '80s AI icon that's been on my mind a lot lately. Mad Max! Max Payne! Every friend I've ever had named Max (whose names I've always been jealous of). Even Homer Simpson's alternate persona, Max Power . But there's no universe where I associate "Max" with HBO, even though we've been living with "HBO Max" for yea
Here’s the tech used to create a nearly 20-foot-tall Donkey Kong cabinet
41Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Enlarge / We thank the curators and designers at the Strong National Museum of Play for including a human-scale joystick set at ground level. While more accurate, the cabinet controls would offer terrible ergonomics. (credit: Strong Museum of Play) Working with Nintendo, and perhaps the surreal dreams of emulation enthusiasts, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, intends to
Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Making Water Scarce
30Gizmodo / 12h
As the world gets warmer and droughts grip cities from Madrid to Shanghai, it can seem like we’re headed for a Mad Max -style future where water is a scarce resource. We’re already starting to see a version of this as regular Californians make water cuts while movie stars use as much as they want . But what role,… Read more...
Arts Help launches $6M fundraise to build digital climate library and ESG certification program
27TechCrunch / 12h
Nonprofit Arts Help is launching a $6 million fund to build the world’s first digital climate library to provide public access to the archives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC, which was formed in 1992, has more than 1.7 million paper documents related to the treaty, many of which are in poor condition and are organized using outdated cataloging me
The Webb Telescope finally shows us Uranus' glorious rings
Mashable / 12h
Most pictures of Uranus in textbooks show it as a bright blue, featureless ball. NASA scientists say Uranus' rings have only been captured by two other cameras. They were first scoped out by the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it flew past in 1986. Later, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii spied the planet's ring system with advanced adaptive optics technology. But the James Webb Space Telescope , the preemi
Meet Disney's rollerblading robot prototype
Mashable / 12h
Disney revealed its latest robot prototype at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The child-like robot climbed out of a box onto the stage in a pair of roller skates. To help bring the robot to life, engineers used motion capture to more directly integrate the human aspects of a physical performance and add a more relatable personality to the machine.
With T-Mobile in control, is Mint Mobile still the best wireless bargain?
32TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
The only thing more surprising than learning that Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds had purchased an ownership stake in the new Mint Mobile was learning that his new network had some of the best mobile deals in the US mobile market. T-Mobile acquired the MVNO last month, and its first changes
