Bonfires are a summer and early fall tradition. You might think they’re easy to throw together in a few minutes, but they can be tricky—and potentially dangerous. According to the Forest Service, out-of control campfires are the second leading cause of wildfires in the National Forest. And making a bit more effort…
Source: LifeHacker – The Easiest Ways to Create the Ultimate Summer Bonfire
As NASA shifts its gaze back to the Moon and sets its sights on Mars and beyond in the coming decades, the agency is rethinking the means by which we’ll get there. After previously announcing a collaboration between NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a nuclear-powered rocket intended…
Source: Gizmodo – NASA and DARPA Tap Lockheed Martin for a Nuclear Propulsion Demonstration
Mesh router systems are a great way to beef up your home’s WiFi network and one of the best-reviewed units out there is the TP-Link’s Deco XE75. You can now pick up this tri-band system for 30 percent off, from $450 down to $330. For the price, you get three units, or nodes, to place throughout the home. This isn’t the lowest price ever for this system, but it’s just $10 more than this year’s Prime Day deal.
So what’s so special about this system? It’s just solid on all fronts, offering an easy installation, seamless integration with the three major wireless bands (2.4, 5 and 6), connectivity with up to 200 devices and enough coverage to handle 7,200 square feet. You also get three analog ports for each node, totaling nine possible wired connections for gaming consoles, computers and other devices that demand ultra-high speeds.
In our round-up of the best mesh wireless systems, we wrote that TP-Link’s offering “expertly balances raw power and user-friendliness.” As a matter of fact, the only negatives we found were minor nitpicks, like shorter-than-average power cables and an app that could use a bit more polish.
There’s one potential downside for some consumers. This system comes with three units, making this the perfect set-up for larger-than-average homes of four bedrooms or more. If you live in a smaller home, you probably don’t need all of this mesh goodness. You’d be fine with one or two units, depending on the size of your space. These smaller packs are also on sale, but just 18 to 23 percent off, depending on which combo you go with.
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Source: Engadget – One of our favorite mesh WiFi systems, TP-Link’s Deco, is 30 percent off
KDE developers have announced which features they will remove in the upcoming Plasma 6 desktop environment. Here’s what they are!
The post Plasma 6 Development Update: Unveiling Features Removals appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – Plasma 6 Development Update: Unveiling Features Removals
No-bake desserts get a lot of shade most of the year, but the dead of summer is when they shine brightest. Suddenly the insults stop and the compliments fly. Clear a space in your fridge because we’re jumping in the deep-end of no-bake desserts with this simple yet dazzling Panna Colada Pie.
Source: LifeHacker – Make This No-Bake Panna Colada Pie If You Hate Your Oven Right Now
Apple and Google are increasingly dominant players in the maps provision business. Such is the scale of their domination; some might say the Silicon Valley pair control a duopoly. This hasn’t gone without note among other tech titans, and now a powerful group formed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon (Amazon Web Services, AWS), and TomTom have formed
Source: Hot Hardware – Amazon, Meta, Microsoft And TomTom Join Forces To Take On Apple And Google Maps
Tesla reportedly created a secretive “Diversion Team” tasked with trying to quickly divert and cancel as many appointments for range-related issues as possible. The unit, according to a Reuters investigation, was reportedly responsible for closing hundreds of cases per week of upset Tesla owners complaining about…
Source: Gizmodo – Tesla’s Shadowy ‘Diversion Team’ Buried Hundreds of Range Complaints Every Week, Report Says
Reddit has started testing its version of verification badges on its platform with a new “Official” label. According to a post by a Reddit admin, the new label is in early testing and is only available to a small group of organizations (“in the double digits”) that already have existing relationships with Reddit. The company says that the label will appear next to their usernames, similar to how flairs are currently implemented.
Reddit clarifies that this should not be taken as an endorsement or promotion on its part and that it’s simply there to identify authentic brand accounts. “The label is a visual indicator of an authenticated profile, and it does not unlock any special privileges or protections. This new ‘Official’ label should not be mistaken for our existing ‘Promoted’ label, which continues to be our (only) indicator of a paid ad,” Reddit says.
It’s worth noting that this is a test on Reddit’s part and it’s unclear if or when the company plans on expanding the program to cover more than just businesses. Reddit seems to be taking the classic Twitter approach, manually verifying brands at this time. This is in contrast to other platforms such as Instagram, which allow users to pay for their respective verification badges. Though, it’s possible that Reddit shifts to the latter method down the line when it needs to start verifying both users and brands.
Reddit has had a rough last several months as the company has changed its API rules. Third-party developers used Reddit’s APIs to build thousands of apps that hook into the social media platform. With the shutdown, many subreddits closed or restricted access in order to protest the change. And of the subreddits that were forced to open back up, some started marking all new posts as NSFW, which prevented Reddit from monetizing them.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/reddit-is-testing-verification-labels-for-brands-174640320.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
If you scroll toward the bottom of Twitch’s homepage, you’ll see a curious carousel: “Probably Artificial, Hopefully Intelligent,” a subsection of livestreams dedicated to and powered by AI. It’s weird, as you’d expect, but tucked in there is something weirder. There’s an AI version of megastar Félix “xQc” Lengyel.…
Source: Kotaku – Twitch Star xQc Could Be Replaced By His Own AI
The fchmodat()
system call on Linux hides a little secret: it does not actually implement
all of the functionality that the man page claims (and that POSIX
calls for). As a result, C libraries have to do a bit of a complicated
workaround to provide the API that applications expect. That situation
looks likely to change with the 6.6 kernel, though, as the result of this patch
series posted by Alexey Gladkov.
Source: LWN.net – [$] Flags for fchmodat()
Enlarge / A Waymo Via truck. Check out all that self-driving equipment on the front. (credit: Waymo)
Google’s cost cutters are taking another bite out of Waymo. After being hit by layoffs that cut 8 percent of staff, it now looks like the self-driving truck program—Waymo Via—is dead. Waymo’s announcement blog post tries to put a brave face on things, saying the company is “Doubling down on Waymo One,” its ride-hailing service, but also mentions that the company will “push back the timeline on our commercial and operational efforts on trucking, as well as most of our technical development on that business unit.”
Waymo says it will somehow “continue” its partnership with big rig manufacturer Daimler Truck North America (that’s where the big, blue Waymo Via truck came from), but Waymo’s actions paint a different picture. TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec reports that “the vast majority of employees on Waymo’s trucking team have taken other roles within the company. A few number of individuals will be affected by the change but will be helping with the wind down of the program.” Waymo’s website has also been completely stripped of trucking mentions. The page for Waymo Via used to be at waymo.com/waymo-via but now 404s (archive here), and the top-level navigation button for “Trucking” is gone.
Waymo’s focus on ride-hailing makes some sense. The reliability requirements for ride-hailing are much lower than trucking, making it a more lenient business. If you have a truck full of cargo, it’s a major issue if something goes wrong and it can’t reach its destination on time. The truck routes are many hours long over long distances and usually have some kind of delivery time attached. Your self-driving hardware and software has to work perfectly during all that. Ride-hailing is way easier. Trips are usually measured in minutes and in a localized area where you can easily dispatch support people if something goes wrong. Because the app is a central point of customer bookings, you can easily pause and resume accepting customers anytime. That makes it easy to shut down the fleet to deal with technical difficulties or bad weather. You can also rigidly control your service area and accept or decline trips on a whim. Everyone can just use Lyft instead.
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Source: Ars Technica – Waymo kills off autonomous trucking program
As SAG-AFTRA enters its third week on strike alongside the WGA (which has been on strike since May 2), some performers are doing everything they can to make the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers pay attention. One such actor, Mike Massa—who is also a prolific stunt double and stunt…
Source: Gizmodo – A Stunt Performer Set Himself on Fire on the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line
When we refer to working 40 hours a week, are we really working 40 hours—or are we waiting on colleagues to respond to emails, chatting with coworkers, and wasting away in meetings for a sizable chunk of that time? There are simply some hours that aren’t true work hours, even if they occur during the work day. Times…
Source: LifeHacker – The Difference Between Idle Time and Downtime at Work (and Why It Matters)
So you’ve taken the fight all the way to Ultima after liberating Bearers and smashing crystals to shiny smithereens (on your own terms, no less). Now you’re in search of a fitting follow-up experience. But with so many fantasy RPGs out there, it can be tough to know which may make a worthy successor to the saga of…
Source: Kotaku – 8 Games To Play After Final Fantasy XVI
Disneyland Park’s popular Fantasmic! special effects show is delayed until 2024 following an April incident where its Maleficent dragon animatronic caught on fire. The Snow White animatronic will not return when the show resumes next spring, though Fantasmic! will continue to prominently feature a battle between…
Source: Kotaku – Disney Kills An Iconic Dragon After Fire, Show Delayed Until 2024
The first step in lifting a barbell is loading weight plates onto the bar. At some gyms, there’s only one type of bar, and it weighs 45 pounds, and that’s all you need to know. But that’s not the only type out there, and if your gym has different bars of different shapes and weights, it’s possible to get confused.
Source: LifeHacker – All the Different Bars at the Gym, Explained
A former military intelligence officer sat in front of a Congressional subcommittee yesterday and delivered testimony that hinted the American government has been hiding proof of alien life for decades. David Grusch, who served as a representative on two Pentagon task forces investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), gave his testimony
Source: Hot Hardware – Former Military Intelligence Officer Hints Aliens Are Real In UFO Testimony To Congress
The GNOME design team has a fresh new concept that will possibly revolutionize how we handle multiple windows in the same screen space.
The post GNOME Plans to Add a New Kind of Unconventional Window Management appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – GNOME Plans to Add a New Kind of Unconventional Window Management
Leaving your phone at home when you head to the beach or the lake is not really an option anymore—not, that is, if you need directions, entertainment, weather forecasts, the ability to take photos, and access to the outside world. So we all bring our phones, and risk getting them wet and ruined.
Source: LifeHacker – This Gear Will Protect Your Phone at the Beach
Guide for learning to install Firewalld on Debian 12 Bookworm: Including Fundamental Commands and Exemplary Scenarios.
Source: LXer – How to Install Firewalld on Debian 12 Bookworm
