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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

Airbnb is testing out AI search with a 'small percentage' of users
Disney accuses ByteDance of 'virtual smash-and-grab' when using copyrighted works to train its AI
What to read this weekend: The unsettling new horror novel, Persona
OpenAI has officially retired the controversial GPT-4o model
Watch the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission dock with the ISS
MasterClass deal: It's the last day to get 50 percent off subscriptions
Disney+ and Hulu deal: Get the bundle for $10 for one month
Grab our favorite wireless headphones while they're on sale for an all-time-low price
This Elevation Lab AirTag 10-year extended battery case is on sale for only $16 right now
Presidents' Day sales 2026: The best tech deals to shop this weekend from Apple, Sony, Anker and others
Apple Presidents' Day sales: Get the Apple Watch Series 11 for $299, plus more deals to shop this weekend
Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online
How to customize your iPhone home screen with iOS 26
Relooted, Reanimal and other new indie games worth checking out
Bitcoin biopic starring Casey Affleck to use AI to generate locations and tweak performances
Two years of the NordVPN Complete plan is 70 percent off
Valve's latest Steam beta lets you add your PC's specs to game reviews
Apple's Magic Mouse is down to $68 right now
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy accessory lets you play VR Mario and Zelda on Switch 2
The best power banks and portable chargers for every device in 2026
ExpressVPN deal: Two-year plans are up to 81 percent off right now

Google Tech

2026 NBA All-Star Saturday live updates: Slam Dunk Contest results, highlights - CBS Sports
Berlin Film Festival Issues Lengthy Statement Defending Jury & In Response To “Media Storm”: “Artists Should Not Be Expected To Speak On Every Political Issue Raised To Them” - Deadline
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted - NPR
NBA All-Star 2026: Live updates, highlights through the weekend - ESPN
States reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensus - AP News
TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown - AP News
Winter storm warning issued as Tahoe braces for feet of snow - San Francisco Chronicle
In Munich, Europe Says It Is ‘De-risking’ From the U.S. Amid Trump’s Unpredictability - The New York Times
Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits. - The New York Times
‘Rosebush Pruning’ Review: Karim Aïnouz’s Black Comedy Is A Bad-Taste Riot - Deadline
A Sex Crisis Has Hit The Winter Olympics And It's No Put-On - HuffPost
Newsom says Trump’s attacks are bringing Europe together - Politico
Trump officials condemned Don Lemon. He’s bigger than ever after arrest. - The Washington Post
Canadian Olympic curler says he's no cheat, attacks Sweden - ESPN
Officials investigate second measles case in Dane Co. - Channel 3000
Rupert Grint on the Rise of Fascism: ‘Obviously, I’m Against It’ - Variety
DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts - The Daily Beast
Orbán slams 'Putin-ing’ as primitive and frivolous as he declares Brussels as the real threat - Euronews.com
5 ways losing love affects you and what an expert says you can do to start feeling better - CNN
Presidents' Day sales 2026: The best tech deals to shop this weekend from Apple, Sony, Anker and others - Engadget
Wall Street Banks Are Paying Their CEOs Like It’s 2006 Again - Bloomberg.com
I found the best Presidents Day TV deals on the latest from Samsung, Sony and more - CNN
Harry Styles: ‘I’ve learnt how to slow down’ - The Times
After a 2-decade ban, kites fill Lahore's skies during a Pakistani springtime festival - NPR
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her - NPR

Wired

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  • IDEAS
  • BUSINESS
Best Apple Watch (2026): Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3
- Adrienne So
How to Choose the Right Gaming Laptop (2026): What You Need to Know
- Luke Larsen
Best Alternatives to Google’s Android Operating System (2026), Tested and Reviewed
- Scott Gilbertson
Ring Kills Flock Safety Deal After Super Bowl Ad Uproar
- Maddy Varner, Andrew Couts
Here’s What It’s Like to Use H&R Block’s DIY Tax Service (2026)
- Molly Higgins
Gear News of the Week: Samsung Sets a Date for Galaxy Unpacked, and Fitbit’s AI Coach Comes to iOS
- Julian Chokkattu
Lola Blankets Are 45 Percent Off This Presidents’ Day Weekend
- Boutayna Chokrane
Best Presidents’ Day Mattress Sales of 2026
- Julia Forbes
Robot Dogs Are on Going on Patrol at the 2026 World Cup in Mexico
- Jorge Garay
Sony Promo Codes and Discounts: 45% Off
- Ryan Waniata
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
OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK
- Zeyi Yang
Senators Urge Top Regulator to Stay Out of Prediction Market Lawsuits
- Kate Knibbs
Join Our Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs
- Aarian Marshall, Jeremy White
Zillow Has Gone Wild—for AI
- Steven Levy
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
- Zeyi Yang
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
- Maxwell Zeff
I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me
- Will Knight
Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private
- Miles Klee
AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator
- Joel Khalili
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE
- Lauren Goode

Tech Crunch

How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO)
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

Who is Sabih Khan, Apple's Chief Operating Officer and potential CEO
iOS 26 adoption rate isn't the crisis some analysts are portraying
Ugreen NASync DH4300 Plus review: Beginner-friendly, easily expandable
Again, don't count on Mac Studio stock levels for release timing
Why Ferrari turned to Jony Ive to design its new car's controversial interior
Apple testing, but still undecided about clamshell folding iPhone
Amazon's Presidents' Day Sale slashes Apple Watch, iPad, AirPods, Mac, accessories to as low as $13
Ring killing Flock deal exposes the trust problem in AI-powered home security
Fix blurry photos, upscale, and enhance image quality with this Mac app
YouTube's bare-minimum app for Apple Vision Pro is better than nothing -- hands on
Aqara U400 review: UWB home key will be hard to beat
Siri delays, Health delays, and Apple Creator Studio limits on the AppleInsider Podcast
iPhone 17e update may not be as fast as expected
Third Optis jury trial results in a victory for Apple in the US
Siri & Apple Intelligence upgrades still coming in 2026 in spite of rumors

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  • Drudge Report
  • Orlando Sentinel
  • OBJ
  • Daring Fireball
  • Zero Hedge
  • New York Times
  • The Atlantic

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Hacker News

Show HN: Off Grid – Run AI text, image gen, vision offline on your phone
Colored Petri Nets, LLMs, and distributed applications
Descent, ported to the web
News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
A header-only C vector database library
uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts
Amsterdam Compiler Kit
A review of M Disc archival capability with long term testing results (2016)
Vim 9.2
My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker
Show HN: Sameshi – a ~1200 Elo chess engine that fits within 2KB
Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you
How many registers does an x86-64 CPU have? (2020)
Unicorn Jelly
YouTube as Storage
Discord: A case study in performance optimization
An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened
IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption
Show HN: Open Notes – Community Notes-style context for Discord
Launching Interop 2026
The consequences of task switching in supervisory programming
Instagram's URL Blackhole
Zvec: A lightweight, fast, in-process vector database
Show HN: MOL – A programming language where pipelines trace themselves
The Perfect Device
Flood Fill vs. The Magic Circle
5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools
Windows NT/OS2 Design Workbook
Can my SPARC server host a website?
Ask HN: How to get started with robotics as a hobbyist?

Slashdot

Small Crowd Pays to Watch a Boxing Match Between 80-Pound Chinese Robots
US Government Will Stop Pollution-Reduction Credits for Cars With 'Start-Stop' Systems
Dates with AI Companions Plagued by Lag, Miscommunications - and General Creepiness
Social Networks Agree to Be Rated On Their Teen Safety Efforts
ByteDance's Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt
Earth is Warming Faster Than Ever. But Why?
The EU Moves To Kill Infinite Scrolling
Sudden Telnet Traffic Drop. Are Telcos Filtering Ports to Block Critical Vulnerability?
Anthropic's Claude Got 11% User Boost from Super Bowl Ad Mocking ChatGPT's Advertising
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket To Bet on Strikes
Autonomous AI Agent Apparently Tries to Blackmail Maintainer Who Rejected Its Code
600% Memory Price Surge Threatens Telcos' Broadband Router, Set-Top Box Supply
Anna's Archive Quietly 'Releases' Millions of Spotify Tracks, Despite Legal Pushback
Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit
Meta's New Patent: an AI That Likes, Comments and Messages For You When You're Dead

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