August 2024 Archive
2971.
NASA says data will guide whether astronauts return on troubled Starliner (washingtonpost.com)
2972.
Sam Altman doesn't care about you (disconnect.blog)
2973.
Florida's Biggest Insurer Says It Needs to Increase Rates by 93 Percent (newsweek.com)
2974.
Carbon removal plant absorbs CO2 at 99,000 times the rate of all Earth's oceans (thebrighterside.news)
2975.
Ask HN: How to Avoid Microplastics/PFAS
2976.
US targets surging grocery prices in latest probe (reuters.com)
2977.
Xkcd Game Theory Question (blog.plover.com)
2978.
What do people ask chatbots? It's a lot of sex and homework (washingtonpost.com)
2979.
Google TV Streamer: Our new entertainment and smart home hub (blog.google)
2980.
Show HN: I made a site that lets everyone edit the same gradient in real-time (internetgradient.com)
2981.
Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution? (noahpinion.blog)
2982.
Chinas Effort to Launch Starlink Rival Accidentally Creates Orbital Debris Field (pcmag.com)
2983.
Y'all are sleeping on HTTP/3 (kmcd.dev)
2984.
Disney drops bid to stop allergy death lawsuit over Disney+ terms (bbc.co.uk)
2985.
Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital (reuters.com)
2986.
X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk's refusal to comply with local laws (theguardian.com)
2987.
Elon Musk is being ridiculous. Companies are free to choose where to advertise (theguardian.com)
2988.
Scientists may have found a cheap, natural cure for baldness (sciencefocus.com)
2989.
Japan stocks rebound sharply after worst rout in history (cnn.com)
2990.
Don't make your own game engine [video] (youtube.com)
2991.
Olympic athletes (legally) use banned drugs (cbc.ca)
2992.
Cartoon Network's Website Was Deleted. That Should Scare You All (slate.com)
2993.
The Experiences of U.S. Adults Who Don't Have Children (pewresearch.org)
2994.
Bangladesh PM Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say (reuters.com)
2995.
Tesla semi-truck fire prompts I80 closure in CA as hazmat response halts traffic (cbsnews.com)
2996.
The $16K Humanoid Robot Leaping into Production [video] (youtube.com)
2997.
Sonos' $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates (arstechnica.com)
2998.
In Japanese You Need a Dictionary to Count Things (aethermug.com)
2999.
OpenVMS x86 E9.2-3 fixes CDE (DECWindows) and adds a Guest Console (raymii.org)
3000.
Demand for seed-oil-free foods is growing (foodnavigator.com)