Humans are not creatures well suited to cold environments. Without a large amount of effort to provide clothing, homes, and food to areas with substantial winters, very few of us would survive. The same is true of a lot of our infrastructure since things like ice, frost heave, and large temperature swings can all negatively
Read MoreThe weekend may have made you realize you need to expand your gaming options. Or even your fitness options. Either way, the Meta Quest 2 is a solution. And, thanks to the fact the Amazon Big Spring Sale still has a day to run, you can get it for an all-time low price right now
Read More“Hollywood is bracing for another actors strike, this time against the videogame industry,” according to MarketWatch: “We’re currently in bargaining with all the major game studios, and the major sticking point is AI,” SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said Thursday. “Actors at all levels are at risk of digital replication. We have strike authorization
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Among the amazing features of the in-process analytical database DuckDB, writes software engineer Paul Gross in DuckDB as the New jq, is that it has many data importers included without requiring extra dependencies. This means it can natively read and parse JSON as a database table, among many other formats.
Read MoreInstant cameras are on the rise once again, but what about the camera you found in your dad’s garage?
Read MoreThe world of Elden Ring expands on June 21st with a new world, items, and bosses to slay. | Image: Amazon We spent much of the time following Elden Ring’s launch begging FromSoftware to expand the universe of its latest Game of the Year award-worthy soulslike. By now, you’ll realize our prayers were answered. Elden
Read MoreThe first-generation Roam speakers. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos will launch the follow-up to its Roam wireless AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth speaker in June, along with a new app specifically for its portable speakers. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who writes in his Power On newsletter today that the company
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury It’s been a little over five months since I first got my hands on the Google Pixel 8 Pro and shot my first photo with it. At the time, I immediately noticed one infuriating change in the Google Camera‘s interface that put
Read MoreOn April 8, a thin band of North America, Canada, Mexico will be in the path of totality for the 2024 Solar Eclipse, and you probably don’t want to use your iPhone to capture it. Here’s how you can snag some pictures of the event without ruining your equipment. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls As the
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook, currently in China for talks with suppliers, told state media there that the Apple Vision Pro will come to mainland China later this year. Cook was responding to a question from reporters at the China Development Forum in Beijing. He added that the company will further invest in research and development
Read MoreBackbone, which makes a popular gaming controller, wants to unite various ecosystems by shedding video game exclusivity while also improving access to cloud gaming and remote play.
Read MoreThe DJI Air 3 is a highly versatile, easy-flying drone with serious videography skills.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons In the grand scheme of things, we really are spoiled by today’s Android phones. Modern devices pack a host of cool features when you really think about it. Even affordable mid-range phones offer high-quality touchscreens, fast charging speeds, big batteries, speedy connectivity, and
Read MoreAmong a slew of new features reported to be coming to iOS 18 later this year, the home screen is said to be more customizable for users. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple will make it easier for users to customize the home screen in iOS 18, but doesn’t go into any details on the
Read More“It was three years of my, life you?” a 93-year-old William Shatner tells the Guardian when asked about playing Captain Kirk on the original Star Trek series from 1967 to 1969: It gladdens him to see how much joy the series has brought its many fans, but the richest rewards came in his introduction to
Read MoreImage by Cath Virginia / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 31, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hi, sorry for my bad taste in TV, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been
Read MoreA new study suggests that sudden jumps in LLMs’ abilities are neither surprising nor unpredictable, but are actually the consequence of how we measure ability in AI.
Read MoreApple introduced a new feature known as Screen Distance on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. The feature is turned on by default on iPhones for children under 13 in a Family Sharing Group. If you’re using iOS 17, chances are that you have noticed a Screen Distance alert but have no clue what it is
Read MoreToday, wireless-enabled microcontrollers are everywhere and can be had for just a few bucks. You can use them to build all kinds of connected projects more cheaply than ever before. [ROBO HUB] demonstrates this well with an incredibly simple WiFi-controlled RC car build. The build is based around an NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller, paired with an
Read MoreHere’s some advice for safely experiencing the total solar eclipse on April 8 as the moon casts a slender shadow across Mexico, the United States, and eastern Canada.
Read MoreMacworld Feeling more stressed lately? Tired of being unable to express your feelings effectively? Art therapy can promote stress relief and offer a healthy outlet for your emotions, and now, you can access non-clinical art therapy on your iPad or Mac, thanks to Groodles. Groodles is an app that brings art therapy to your fingertips,
Read MoreIt’s normal for a Windows 11 user to face WiFi issues, and the problems are often on the software side. Many users have recently reported experiencing issues with internet connectivity while using WiFi on their laptops or desktops. If you’re a Windows 11 user and experiencing issues with your device’s WiFi, it’s time to troubleshoot.
Read MoreEvery person has a different idea of what makes noise “loud,” but there are some things we all can do to turn the volume down a little.
Read More[Oscar] is no stranger to writing hard-to-read C code. While most of us do that by accident, there are those who strive to write the most unreadable code and enter it in the IOCCC — the International Obfuscated C Code Contest. One of his winning entries was a single C function that emulates an 8080.
Read MoreIt was March 24, 1999 that The Matrix premiered, premembers the Wall Street Journal. “To rewatch The Matrix is to be reminded of how primitive our technology was just 25 years ago. We see computers with bulky screens, cellphones with keypads and a once-ubiquitous feature of our society known as ‘pay phones,’ central to the
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