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Monthly Archives: May 2021

World Faces Longer Supply Shortage as China’s Factories Squeezed

Posted on May 27, 2021 by HeyJK
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(Bloomberg) — Eric Li’s factory making glass lampshades for companies including Home Depot Inc. is being stretched to its limits with sales doubling their pre-pandemic level.
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Lose weight and remember more? Intermittent fasting may improve long-term memory

Posted on May 26, 2021 by HeyJK
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LONDON — Intermittent fasting (IF) is becoming a common practice among dieters trying to burn fat and lose weight, but a new study finds it may hold cognitive benefits as well. Researchers from Kings College London report IF helped improve the long term memory retention of a group of lab mice.
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M1X Mac mini reportedly to feature thinner chassis redesign, use same magnetic power connector as new iMac

Posted on May 25, 2021 by HeyJK
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In his latest video, Jon Prosser claims that the upcoming M1X-powered Mac mini will also introduce a new generation of industrial design for Apple’s standalone Mac.
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These 100 companies produce 90 per cent of all single-use plastic waste generated globally

Posted on May 19, 2021 by HeyJK
Plastic Waste Makers Index: Top 100 polymer producers
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Daniel Kahneman: ‘Clearly AI is going to win. How people are going to adjust is a fascinating problem’

Posted on May 18, 2021 by HeyJK
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Daniel Kahneman, 87, was awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 2002 for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making.
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Movies Every Physics Student Should Watch

Posted on May 13, 2021 by HeyJK
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Physics movies affect many of us powerfully due to the combined impact of scenery and music, technical detail and philosophical dialogue, futuristic lighting and a multitude of other special effects, all of which elicit deep feelings and even help us to reflect on our lives.
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Mind over matter: brain chip allows paralysed man to write

Posted on May 12, 2021 by HeyJK
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Paralysed from the neck down, the man stares intently at a screen. As he imagines handwriting letters, they appear before him as typed text thanks to a new brain implant.
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The Hypnotic World of Degenerate Spirals

Posted on May 10, 2021 by HeyJK
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Recently, I was looking for a way to add a spiral to my website1. My search led me to this CodePen, which I found fascinating. For one, the code for simulating the spiral was very simple. But what really caught my attention was what happened when I started playing with the provided “angle” slider.
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The Unbuilt Streets of California’s Ghost Metropolis

Posted on May 10, 2021 by HeyJK
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In 1958, a Czech-born sociology professor named Nat Mendelsohn purchased 82,000 acres of land in the Mojave Desert, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, and founded the optimistically named California City.
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Sell! Sell! Sell!

Posted on May 5, 2021 by HeyJK
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Hulu series features story of Winter Park Boat Tour

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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The Places Where We Live is a three-part Hulu series featuring a series of short films inspired by real people, places, and events across the country. Hulu describes the series as “modern folklore about everyday situations and the things we take for granted.” It’s a must-watch.
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Designing a guitar with hot-swappable pickups

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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Lately I’ve been learning to play guitar. I wanted to be able to try out a bunch of different pickups on my guitar, to get a feel for what sound I prefer.
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Bartosz Ciechanowski

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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I’m a huge fan of the transform property. Combining rotations, translations, and scalings is one of the easiest way to modify a shape of a UIView or a CALayer.
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Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Posted on May 3, 2021 by HeyJK
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The invention of the internal combustion engine in the 19th century has revolutionized transportation over land, water, and air. Despite their omnipresence in modern day, the operation of an engine may be cryptic.
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Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?

Posted on May 2, 2021 by HeyJK
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If electric vehicles are ever going to fully supplant gas guzzlers on the world’s roads, they’re going to need an entirely new type of battery.
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Engadget

Letterboxd Video Store's first film rentals will be available this week
Congress removes right to repair language from 2026 defense bill
Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 30 years
An AI copycat of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard went unnoticed on Spotify for weeks
Google and Apple partner on better Android-iPhone switching
Here's how Google is laying the foundation for our mixed reality future
TikTok announces shared feed and collections features
Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
How to watch Rivian's Autonomy and AI day and what to expect
Meta will let Facebook and Instagram users in the EU share less data
Analogue is weaponizing your nostalgia with these translucent versions of its 3D console
Tech's biggest winners of 2025
Uber will let marketers target ads based on users' trip and takeout data
Best Guess Live is Netflix's take on HQ Trivia
The developer behind ICEBlock is suing the federal government
The 22 best gift ideas for the remote worker in your life
Blink budget security cameras will support AI-powered video descriptions
The Google Pixel Watch 4 is cheaper than ever right now
Apple Watch Series 11 drops $100 to an all-time low price
Trump says if Netflix buys Warner Bros. its market share 'could be a problem'
Apple's AirPods Pro 3 are back to an all-time low price

Google Tech

Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect - AP News
Nvidia Wins Trump’s Approval to Sell H200 AI Chips in China - Bloomberg.com
John Harbaugh: Discussion with NFL on Isaiah Likely, Aaron Rodgers reversals "didn't clear anything up" - NBC Sports
Trump walks back support for releasing video of second boat strike - CBS News
Today's biggest science news: Japan earthquake tsunami | Kilauea lava fountains | Northern Lights forecast - Live Science
Golden Globes nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Sinners’ lead with most nods - The Washington Post
Judge expands criminal contempt probe over deportation flights, saying Kristi Noem failed to provide answers - CNN
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia - Politico
Paramount Makes $77.9 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner After Netflix Struck Deal - The Wall Street Journal
Tsunami Warning Is Downgraded After 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake in Japan - The New York Times
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies - The Washington Post
Former Trump attorney Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey - NPR
New images show an interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth - CNN
Eagles at Chargers Live Updates | Monday Night Football - Philadelphia Eagles
10 Best Uses For Your Steam Deck (That Aren't Gaming) - bgr.com
Guest column | The ACC broke the College Football Playoff, and Notre Dame paid the price - The Washington Post
Jimmy Kimmel Extends Deal With Disney’s ABC for at Least a Year - Bloomberg.com
Ted Sarandos Tries To Assuage Fears That Netflix-Warner Bros Merger Will Collapse Theatrical: “We Didn’t Buy This Company To Destroy That Value” - Deadline
Why Some Doctors Say There Are Cancers That Shouldn’t Be Treated - The New York Times
Berkshire Loses Geico CEO Combs to JPMorgan. It’s Preparing for Life After Buffett. - Barron's
The Kennedy Center Honors continue Trump’s vengeance on liberal Hollywood - Vox
Trump announces $12 billion in aid to farmers - NBC News
Jasmine Crockett launches campaign for Texas Democratic Senate primary after Colin Allred drops out - CBS News
Bomb explosion kills over 30 in eastern Congo after army clashes with pro-government militia - AP News
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos - Politico

Wired

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The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
- Boone Ashworth
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
- Leah Feiger
OpenAI Should Stop Naming Its Creations After Products That Already Exist
- Reece Rogers
For the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness
- Jorge Garay
The 47 Best REI Cyber Week Outdoor Deals (2025)
- Scott Gilbertson
JBL Grip Review: A Bluetooth Speaker With Lava Lamp Vibes
- Simon Cohen
The Best Cookbooks of 2025: Soju Party, Fat and Flour, Salsa Daddy, Italo Punk, and More
- Joe Ray
The Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is Coming. Don’t Miss It
- Jorge Garay
30% Off Samsung Promo Code | December 2025
- Molly Higgins
The Best Printers for Home and Office: Brother, HP, and More
- Brad Bourque
Greener Is Getting Going
- Kate Brandt
Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
- Moritz von der Linden
The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever
- Ryan Roslansky
A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
- Julia Ebner
Social Media Is Getting Smaller—and More Treacherous
- Ethan Zuckerman
A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
- Tori Tsui
AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
- Sander van der Linden
Inequality Is a Health Risk—and It’s Getting Worse
- Arline Geronimus
To Keep Gen Z, Companies Need to Level Up
- Rachel Botsman
Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out
- Cory Doctorow
Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup
- Steven Levy
Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
- Matt Burgess
Watch the Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event Right Here
- WIRED Staff
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
- Steven Levy
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire: We’re Building an ‘Economic OS’ for the AI Era
- Andrew Couts
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Believes the Market Will Reward Safe AI
- Marah Eakin
What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents
- Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Evan Ratliff
AMD CEO Lisa Su Says Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown
- Angela Watercutter
ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI Bets
- Zeyi Yang
An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design
- Will Knight

Tech Crunch

What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2025)
Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025
LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Top 10 AI Tools in 2023 That Will Make Your Life Easier
Top 10 AI Content Generator & Writer Tools in 2022
Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in 2022
TOP 11 AI MARKETING TOOLS YOU SHOULD USE (Updated 2022)
Most Frequently Asked Questions About Affiliate Marketing
What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: Which Grammar Checker is Better in (2022) ?
Sellfy Review 2022: How Good Is This Ecommerce Platform?
Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?

Apple Insider

iPhone owners in Japan just got Messages via Satellite
Netflix will continue licensing Warner Bros. hits to Apple TV
Apple chief Johny Srouji confirms he isn't going anywhere
Apple and Google's iPhone-Android switching update starts to roll out
Australian age-check law pulls Apple deeper into platform governance
Second release candidate of iOS 26.2 surfaces ahead of public release
Apple AirPods Pro 3 return to $219, matching Black Friday pricing
Apple Car Key is coming to Rivian's electric vehicles, no sign of CarPlay
Apple's 'Severance,' 'Slow Horses,' and latest hit 'Pluribus' nominated for Golden Globes
Aqara Siri integration, Chamberlain goes anti-smart home, and two new reviews on HomeKit Insider
Amazon's $299 Apple Watch Series 11 deal delivers lowest price ever
ICEBlock developer suing DOJ, ICE, & more after Apple App Store removal
Paramount bids to stop Netflix buying Warner Bros
Apple Fitness+ expands to 28 new countries with AI dubbing
New leak revives claim of under-display Face ID for iPhone 18 Pro

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The Lost Machine Automats and Self-Service Cafeterias of NYC (2023)
Scientific and Technical Amateur Radio
The Universal Weight Subspace Hypothesis
Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far
Running on Empty: Copper
Delivery robots take over Chicago sidewalks
Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help
Trials avoid high risk patients and underestimate drug harms
Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?
Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1
Deep dive on Nvidia circular funding
AI should only run as fast as we can catch up
We collected 10k hours of neuro-language data in our basement
Launch HN: Nia (YC S25) – Give better context to coding agents
Legion Health (YC S21) is hiring a founding engineer (SF, in-person)
A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos
Hunting for North Korean Fiber Optic Cables
Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
AMD GPU Debugger
Nova Programming Language
Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros
Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
IBM to acquire Confluent
Flow: Actor-based language for C++, used by FoundationDB
Microsoft Download Center Archive
Word spacing
8086 Microcode Explorer
Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams

Slashdot

Taiwan Cries Censorship As Government Bans Rednote
IBM To Buy Confluent For $11 Billion To Expand AI Services
Firefox 146 Now Available With Native Fractional Scaling On Wayland
Meta Pledge To Use Less Personal Data For Ads Gets EU Nod, Avoids Daily Fines
Lenovo's Next Gaming Laptop May Have a Rollable OLED Screen That Stretches Ultrawide
Social Media's Relentless Shopping Machine Has Created an Army of Debt-Laden Buyers
China's Growth Is Coming at the Rest of the World's Expense
Denmark Posts Its Last Letters as Hallowed National Mail Ends
How the Dollar-Store Industry Overcharges Cash-Strapped Customers While Promising Low Prices
Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates
Paramount Skydance Launches Hostile Bid For WBD After Netflix Wins Bidding War
Amazon Pitches AI Tools as Co-Workers While Axing Jobs

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