How to kick off your new year with a view of the Quadrantid meteor shower
300+Mashable / 17h
Hoping to kick the new year off with a nice view of a meteor shower? You're sort of in luck because the night of Jan. 3 and the early morning of Jan. 4 will present a so-so opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Quadrantids. The brighter the moon in the sky, the less detail you're going to see, and in that sense, this year will be good but not great for Quadrantids fans. Last year, by contrast, th
How Tracking and Technology in Cars Is Being Weaponized by Abusive Partners
NYT > Technology / 58min
Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.
SpaceX Starship Production Needs to Be 300 Per Year
Next Big Future / 1d
The super heavy booster can be used more frequently than the ship, as it returns in about ~6 minutes and can theoretically be ready for reflght in an hour. The ship needs to complete at least one orbit, but often several to have the ground track line back up with the launch site, so reuse ... Read more
Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing
Ars Technica - All content / 2h
Enlarge / A Huawei Technologies Co. Mate X5 smartphone arranged in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (credit: Bloomberg via Getty ) Every large smartphone maker except Apple is betting that “foldable” phones will help revive a lackluster mobile market, despite the devices still largely failing to attract mainstream consumers. Foldables, which have a screen that opens like a book or c
This helpful AI text and speech toolkit is on sale for 80% off
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: A lifetime license to the Jott Pro AI Text and Speech Toolkit is on sale for £31.55, saving you 80% on list price. While humans have always led busy lives, it seems with the advancement of technology, we are expected to do more and more within a single day. So, any tips and tricks for saving time are most welcome. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a way to cut out the tedious work of note-taki
Rough night? These movies will cure your New Year's Day hangover.
Mashable / 3h
Your stomach is an oil slick of Christmas cookies and tequila, and your skull feels like it's filled with pulsing concrete. Happy New Year, baby! For many, the New Year's Day hangover is as familiar a tradition as the Times Square ball drop — but with less auld lang syne and more watered-down Gatorade. Luckily, streaming services from Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, and Tubi offer tons
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for December 31
Mashable / 5h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for Dec. 30's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle co
Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, December 31, 2023
LifeHacker / 5h
If you’re looking for the Wordle answer for December 31, 2023 read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is medium difficulty; there’s nothing too hard about it, but it uses an often-overlooked letter. I got it in four. Beware, there are spoilers below for December 31, Wordle #925! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to
Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, December 31, 2023
LifeHacker / 6h
Happy New Year’s Eve! If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Sunday, December 31, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we’ll learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for December 31, NYT Connections #203! Read on if you wa
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for December 31
Mashable / 6h
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the e
Baldur's Gate 3, Lego Fortnite, and 7 other games that defined 2023
33BBC News - Technology / 8h
Despite lay-offs and the end of a gaming mainstay, 2023 was a year filled with brilliant video games.
Quordle today – hints and answers for Sunday, December 31 (game #706)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also keep
Aaarr matey! Life on a 17th century pirate ship was less chaotic than you think
20Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Enlarge There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that fell through the cracks in 2020, each day from December 25 through January 5. Today: Pirates! Specifically, an interview with historian Rebecca Simon on the real-life buccaneer bylaw
allcatsconstitutethesamefamily:Source details and larger...
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
allcatsconstitutethesamefamily : Source details and larger version . My modest collection of vintage tigers is purring along.
I guess I’m a projector person now?
TechCrunch / 10h
I’ve been one of the those “I don’t own a TV” people for a long time. Really my entire adult life, excepting those times when I shared my living space with someone who brought their own to the party. My exact motivation is a bit hazy all these years later, but at a certain point, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ronald Searle Cats, 1967
Music, Arts & Literature / 10h
nobrashfestivity : R onald Searle Cats, 1967
Some Vizio TV owners can claim a share of a $3 million settlement over misleading marketing
Engadget / 10h
Vizio TVs’ “effective” refresh rates have been confusing customers for years, and the company may now owe payments to some buyers who were misled by the term. As spotted by The Verge , Vizio recently agreed to settle a class action lawsuit in California over what plaintiffs claim is “false and misleading” advertising. While some Vizio TVs are marketed as having a “120Hz Effective Refresh Rate” or
Third Time’s the Charm? Air India’s Airbus A320 Gets Stuck Again!
View from the Wing / 10h
If a single Airbus A320 was misjudged by a single truck driver or crane operator, acting alone, we could chalk that up to that's what insurance is for . But these aren't - or at least shouldn't be - operations planned by a single individual. Even a 34 year old narrowbody aircraft fuselage headed to the boneyard is worth measuring for height, and checking the heights of bridges along the planned r
Man and cat, Hubbard County, Minnesota, ca. 1910?
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
petsincollections : Anderson, Clark. 1910?. “Man and cat, Hubbard County, Minnesota.” American Swedish Institute, Accessed December 27, 2023. https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/swede:244
Weekly Review: December 30, 2023
One Mile at a Time / 11h
I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! I can’t believe 2023 is coming to a close, and I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year in advance! Here’s to a great 2024 hopefully filled with lots of good flight and hotel deals, and more of a return to normal when it comes to supply and demand (and award availability!). On the points & travel front, this week the oneworld Lounge Seoul Inch
Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection
Music, Arts & Literature / 11h
libraryofva : A Box Party at the Opera. Rotograph Co, Copyright 1905
Denton Welch, Self Portrait With Cat, before 1948
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
ratatoskryggdrasil :
Amazon Echo Frames review, MrBeast jumps the shark and the Apple Watch gets un-banned
23TechCrunch / 12h
Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping the week that was in tech. Typically, the stretch between Christmas and New Year’s tends to be on the sleepier side — but that wasn’t the case in 2023. Fortunately, the TC crew was around to document all that happened. This edition […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft launches Copilot for iPhones and iPads right after Android
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 12h
That didn't take long: just days after launching a dedicated Copilot app for Android , Microsoft has restored balance to the universe again by making the same app available for those users who prefer iPhones and iPads. As initially spotted by The Verge , the Copilot app for iOS and iPadOS seems to be an exact replica of the Android one, and is also free to use. The same rules apply: you can use i
Unsigned
Music, Arts & Literature / 12h
soul-luminnous-eyes : Woman in the book and Cat, 19th century, oil on canvas, 42x32 cm *Lyonnaise School in the movement of Joseph Bail (1832-1922) Inspired by the Schools of Flanders and Holland (Proantic)
Batman Returns Writer Talks Plans for Scrapped Catwoman Spinoff
25Gizmodo / 12h
Before and particularly after the movie starring Halle Berry, it appears to be a rule that you don’t have Catwoman in a live-action movie without Batman getting top billing. But that wasn’t always the case—back in 2018, we learned
