Note: As of 2022/10/25 the information in this series is slightly outdated. See Part 5 for more up to date information.
The Car Last summer I bought a 2021 Hyundai Ioniq SEL. It is a nice fuel-efficient hybrid with a decent amount of features like wireless…

A startup, Stability AI, wants to open source the AI tech behind image generation systems like DALL-E 2. That could open a huge can of worms.

Research from LUT University and 14 additional leading international universities suggest that the new system would be based largely on solar and wind energy, energy storage, sector coupling, and direct and indirect electrification of almost all energy demand.…

As habitats shift, many mammalian species will meet each other for the first time and swap viruses, modeling study predicts

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It appears that Microsoft has started to block Windows ISO downloads that originate from Rufus.

This interactive map and timleline shows the San Francisco Bay Area's former streetcar routes, with photos.

Want to improve your knife skills? Take a look at this list of Japanese vegetable cutting techniques. Start from the basics, and work your way up to master.

The startup scene is often romanticized as an all-or-nothing endeavor, where you either go all-in and burn the midnight oil or you don’t…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made hazardous chemicals that are spread globally in the atmosphere and as a result they can be found in the rainwater and snow in even the most remote locations on Earth. During the last 20 years, guideline…

Logistics tracks, in reverse chronological order, the journey of a pedometer from a shop in Sweden to a factory in China.

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According to a new survey from DER SPIEGEL, three quarters of all Germans want to continue the operations of Germany's remaining nuclear power plants, throwing into question the country's much-touted plan to phase out nuclear energy. Is the country about…

MoonrRay Production Renderer: An open-source, performant, scalable and modern raytracing production renderer used in high-quality feature-film animation and simulation rendering.