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Tuesday May 27, 2025. 05:30 PM
'The human body is, roughly speaking, one percent phosphorus,' writes Jack Lohmann in Quillette. The exceedingly rare element is one of six that are absolutely essential to life. (The others are carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sulfur, which are more plentiful than...
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Nick Clegg, former politico and Zuckcorp policy Prez, seems confused, can Reg readers help him? Former British deputy PM and Meta apologist Sir Nick Clegg says that forcing AI companies to ask for the permission of copyright holders before using their content would destroy...
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German sportswear giant Adidas disclosed a data breach after attackers hacked a customer service provider and stole some customers' data. From a report: 'adidas recently became aware that an unauthorized external party obtained certain consumer data through a third-party...
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Where does the time go? Before we had the masterpiece of storytelling and world design that is Red Dead Redemption 2, its predecessor was also considered one of the best video games of all time — at least before its weird, half-assed port. — Read the rest The post Red...
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Marshall has officially launched the Kilburn III, the latest version of its well-known Bluetooth speaker. While it keeps the familiar design that fans have come to expect, this third-generation model introduces some notable updates, including more than 50 hours of portable...
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Cory Doctorow wears many hats: digital activist, science-fiction author, journalist, and more. He has also written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, runs the Pluralistic blog, is a visiting professor, and is an advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); his ...
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Human vision is limited to a relatively narrow section of the electromagnetic spectrum. Night-vision goggles allow people to see infrared but are bulky and require power. According to a new study in the journal Cell, scientists have developed contact lenses that may one day ...
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This video gives us the answers to a question I've been secretly wondering for years. Where did office jargon come from? Why do we use phrases like 'circle back later' or 'just looping you in'? I've always wondered if there's some secret manual that contains all the cringey...
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This video explains how 19th century French physicist Jules Antoine Lissajous used tuning forks to map out two-dimensional shapes, called Lissajous curves, that uniquely correspond to every musical interval, the difference in pitch between two notes. Musician Reuben Levine...
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When most people are too late to hop aboard their means of transportation, they typically have to accept the fact that their plane, train, or in this case, a cruise ship, is going to leave without them. The gentleman in this video wasn't going to give up without a fight,...
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More than 50 years after its debut, Uno has achieved unprecedented popularity among adults, but its resurgence is creating problems and confusions as players disagree on fundamental rules. WSJ, in a fun story [non-paywalled source]: Think politics divides? Try mixing...
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If you feel like your devices are constantly watching you, you're not alone. This video from Wired shows how our smart devices spy on our lives. It also tells us what we can do to minimize and control the information that is collected by our smart devices.  — Read the rest T...
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Kyle Barr reports that the $300 Feno smart toothbrush is 'the worst thing I've ever shoved in my mouth.' The gob-filling mouthpiece cleans every one of your chompers simultaneously. He says it works, but he didn't like the experience one bit: it 'made my entire head shake...
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Hackers take personal data bytes from the brand with three stripes Adidas is warning customers some of their data was stolen after an 'unauthorized' person lifted it from a 'third-party customer service provider.'…
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PowerA is entering the Nintendo Switch 2 era with a batch of officially licensed accessories. The most exciting of the bunch is a wired controller featuring Hall Effect sensors. Now, it might be a little disappointing that these controllers are wired rather than wireless....
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The Browser Company has ceased the active development of its Arc browser to focus on Dia, a new AI-powered browser currently in alpha testing, the company said Tuesday. In a lengthy letter to users, CEO Josh Miller said the startup should have stopped working on Arc 'a year...
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The Lunar Solo tent is lightweight, spacious, and offers solid protection from the elements.
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Salesforce has agreed to buy Informatica in an $8 billion deal as a way to quickly access far more data for its AI efforts, it said Tuesday. Steve Fisher, President and CTO of Salesforce, made the argument for how this acquisition helps customers of both companies: “Truly...
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Marc Benioff eyes up all those lovely data tools for AI push Salesforce is to buy Informatica, the enterprise data management and analytics biz, for around $8 billion.…
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Behold Nick Gillard's pico-mac-nano, a tiny and functional replica of the original Apple Macintosh. Only 62mm tall, it's created with a Raspberry Pi Pico and a a 2-inch LCD panel. The final size was always going to be determined by the LCD panel which needed to be able to...
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