MIT engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the table.
It's not cinema, it's user retention
> Because I work in a nerd-adjacent field, I've been asked a lot over the last few weeks whether I was going to go and see Thunderbolts, and every time I'm asked I give the same answer: lol absolutely not.
It's not cinema, it's user retention
> Because I work in a nerd-adjacent field, I've been asked a lot over the last few weeks whether I was going to go and see Thunderbolts, and every time I'm asked I give the same answer: lol absolutely not.
Mars surface patterns offer insights about the planet’s icy past and its potential habitability, report University of Rochester scientists.
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.
> - Grants Terminated: Washington state’s attorney general alleges the Trump administration has violated a preliminary injunction intended to stop it from cutting research grant funding. .> - Whistleblower Revelations: Internal NIH records obtained by the state attorney general appear to show research grants were cut in response to presidential executive orders. > - DOGE Role: NIH officials testified that DOGE was directly involved in hundreds of grant terminations.
“Juntos somos más! Juntos somos más!” a speaker yelled to raucous cheers at the May Day rally that started outside Josefina Ahumada Workers Center. “Workers make up the majority of the world, so why shouldn’t workers run the world?” The protest saw signs — pillorying billionaires, calling out the r...
Marijam Did’s Everything to Play For makes a case for rebuilding the culture of gaming, which has become infected with rotten politics.
Marijam Did’s Everything to Play For makes a case for rebuilding the culture of gaming, which has become infected with rotten politics.
The promoters of scam currency spent more money than any other group in 2024. They're now realizing a massive return on investment in Donald Trump’s White House.
> On February 11, 2025, Representative Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, questioned crypto industry executives at a public hearing about the dangers of the president of the United States launching a memecoin. These crypto tokens are also known as “shitcoins” since they’re widely considered worthless, a tool for pump-and-dump schemes. Because the rules of congressional decorum had not accommodated themselves to the vulgar conventions of 21st-century financial technologies, Casten had to phrase his question carefully. > > “It’s hard to talk about memecoins with the language that the industry uses to talk about them,” Casten said. “We’ll refer to them as ‘fecal coins’ for the purposes of this hearing. Is it safe to say from your smiles that you generally share the view of the industry that this is not something that has any innate value?” > > “Yes,” an industry representative replied. > > “The president of the United States issued something that has no innate value,” Casten said, before going on to talk about how retail traders may have lost billions speculating on the $TRUMP fecal coin.
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The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy.
The sportswear company offers a case study in the ripple effects of the global trade war, including how workers can get squeezed.
> The sportswear company offers a case study in the ripple effects of the global trade war, including how workers can get squeezed.
Pakistan retaliated against Indian missile strikes, escalating already heightened tensions in the wake of last month's attack in Kashmir.
Pakistan retaliated against Indian missile strikes, escalating already heightened tensions in the wake of last month's attack in Kashmir.
Source of the research: https://www.oligo.security/blog/airborne
I just wanted to add my valuable insight to the discussion here: Fuck Cars.
That is a hard one, you might look into ope source drive solutions, but that would require some setup and if you use a lot of space then also money.
To answer your question, I don't endorse the following solution, but I think it would still be 1% better than using Discord: If you already have Telegram, you can use Whitehole.
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