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Zero Breeze Mark II Portable Air Conditioner (2022): Campsite Cooler
Back in 2019, as part of my review of the Zero Breeze Mark II portable AC unit, I invoked the sacred name of Tim Curry and one of his most fantastic roles, Herkermer Homolka, in the 1995 camp classic Congo. (“It’s the lost city of Zinj.…
How to Use a Laptop as a Second Display for Your Desktop
If you don't see these drop-down menus, you should see a prompt asking if you want to install the wireless projection feature: Just follow the prompts on screen to do this. The feature you want is labeled as Wireless Display and…
Mathematicians Transcend a Geometric Theory of Motion
“ homology theory depends only on the topology of your manifold. is Floer’s incredible insight,” said Agustin Moreno of the Institute for Advanced Study.Dividing by ZeroFloer theory ended up being wildly useful in many areas of geometry…
Satellites and AI Can Help Solve Big Problems—If Given the Chance
However, as in the Amazon, identifying problem areas only gets you so far if there aren’t enough resources to act on those findings. The Nature Conservancy uses its AI model to inform conversations with land managers about potential…
Gmail Is Kind of a Mess. Here’s How to Fix It
There are 1.5 billion (with a b!) active Gmail users, which Google clearly sees as an asset it can leverage. Perhaps you've noticed: Google keeps filling the interface with buttons for other services.The left sidebar on the desktop, and…
Business Email Compromise Scams Are Poised to Eclipse Ransomware
Ransomware attacks, including those of the massively disruptive and dangerous variety, have proved difficult to combat comprehensively. Hospitals, government agencies, schools, and even critical infrastructure companies continue to face…
It’s the End of a Pokémon Era
Since the beginning of Pokémon, there has always been Junichi Masuda. As a cofounder of Pokémon developer Game Freak, Masuda worked on the very first titles, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green (Pokémon Blue in the states), released in 1996.…
Yuga Labs confirms BAYC Discord server hack with 200 ETH worth of NFTs stolen, the third time a bad…
Eli Tan / CoinDesk:
Yuga Labs confirms BAYC Discord server hack with 200 ETH worth of NFTs stolen, the third time a bad actor impersonated a Yuga Labs-run account to steal funds — The company behind the Bored Apes…
‘Dune’ Is One of the Most Influential Sci-Fi Books Ever
Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, first published in 1965, is still extremely influential. Science fiction author Matthew Kressel recently re-read Dune for the first time in more than a decade.
“I was worried,” Kressel…
Yandex CEO and co-founder Arkady Volozh resigns after being included in the latest European…
Reuters:
Yandex CEO and co-founder Arkady Volozh resigns after being included in the latest European Union's sanctions list; the company itself has not been sanctioned — Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) said on…