Year: 2026

Mexico’s victory over Ecuador made the earth shake. Was it an artificial earthquake?

Mexico’s victory over Ecuador made the earth shake. Was it an artificial earthquake?

πŸ”₯ Check out this must-read post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Science,World Cup 2026 πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Literally the earth The lights were on after the two goals that helped Mexico beat Ecuador in the round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. The Mexican digital platform for Early Warning and Comprehensive Risk Management (SASSLA) reported that fan celebrations following goals by Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez caused a "large artificial signal" recorded by a Raspberry Shake seismometer located near Mexico City's stadium. The seismic warning system noted on its social media accounts that β€œthe outburst of…
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megawatts by microwave

megawatts by microwave

πŸš€ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: In 1914 the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, investigated the possibilities of developing the Columbia River. Thousands of arid but potentially fertile acres needed only water to become the Imperial Valley of the Northwest. Locked in the mountain ranges were valuable ores awaiting electricity to turn them into needed metals. Two years later the State engineer of Oregon urged the development of the Bonneville site as a national-defense measure: he saw in the proposed power project a source of fertilizer in…
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Best grill and grill deals for July 4th: Weber, Traeger, Recteq

Best grill and grill deals for July 4th: Weber, Traeger, Recteq

✨ Discover this trending post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Deals,Gear / Products / Home,Gear / Products / Outdoor,Gear / Products / Kitchen,Deals πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: However, the $100 price reduction is the same in both sizes. So the best deal of all is definitely the two-burner version, down to just $699 for the Fourth of July weekend.Note that despite the lack of sales, Traeger released a budget grill line called the Irontop this year. I tested it and found that the wind shield is better than the more expensive version. The same applies to the stability…
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Mouse β€” Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

Mouse β€” Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

πŸš€ Discover this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: AI File Editing Is BrokenMost AI agents edit files today with one built-in tool β€” string replacement. They can't see proposed changes before saving or roll back changes cleanly.Mouse fixes these problems through coordinate-based editing, staged changes with atomic rollback, and tool-response engineering.Mouse provides AI agents with six declarative operations like INSERT, DELETE, and ADJUST, not just REPLACE, with a natural syntax for surgical accuracy.Staged Changes with Atomic RollbackMouse stages all risky edits for approval or atomic rollback. Your agent can Save, Cancel, Inspect, or…
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Heat domes are dangerous. Fourth of July activities will make matters worse

Heat domes are dangerous. Fourth of July activities will make matters worse

πŸ”₯ Read this insightful post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Science,Science / Health,Beat the Heat πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Like New York The city is bracing for an intense heat wave amid the July 4 weekend and World Cup celebrations, and government officials and local hospitals are stepping up efforts to prevent heat-related illnesses.Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) by Thursday, with a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees β€” unusually hot for New York. Friday is expected to be very hot.β€œThese are very dangerous conditions, and they will affect every part of our…
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If you’re a button, you have one job – Unsung

If you’re a button, you have one job – Unsung

πŸ”₯ Discover this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: One thing I was (and still am) worried about when it comes to my recent big interactive essay is that by showing all these classic desktop examples, the whole thing might appear old-fashioned, relevant only to a bygone era. Yet, the challenges it shows are universal. Here’s something I just spotted. This is how you rotate an image on an iPhone and on a Nothing Phone: It’s a pretty standard control – tap once to rotate counterclockwise, tap a second time to do it again,…
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Meta charges a subscription for smart glasses features. Welcome to the new era of consumer technology

Meta charges a subscription for smart glasses features. Welcome to the new era of consumer technology

πŸ’₯ Read this trending post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Like and Subscribe βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Chris Harrison, director of the Future Interfaces group at Carnegie Mellon University, doesn't believe the new subscription is intended to help pay for Meta's spending on AI. β€œThe industry has made huge strides, even in the last six months, but certainly in the last 18 months, it has improved the efficiency of token generation – running these models much more efficiently,” says Harrison. β€œIt's not about recovering the costs of AI, it's about monetizing customers.”As adoption grows, this…
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The University of Oxford Is Older Than the Aztec Empire and Other Facts That Will Change Your Perspective on History

The University of Oxford Is Older Than the Aztec Empire and Other Facts That Will Change Your Perspective on History

πŸ”₯ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: The historical timeline you keep in your head might not be as accurate as you think Colin Schultz; Updated by Meilan Solly Updated: November 5, 2024 | Originally Published: October 11, 2013 Teaching in Oxford, England, began no later than 1096.Β TenochtitlΓ‘n, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images: Public domain and Txllxt TxllxT via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 As early as 1096, teaching had already started in Oxford, England, setting the stage for the…
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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams

πŸ’₯ Explore this must-read post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address, always presenting as a marketing or PR expert) has really read the book, the scammer offers marketing services of various kinds, usually for a not-exorbitant fee of a few hundred dollars. If the author bites, they’re referred to a Nigerian β€œassistant” or β€œpayment…
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Inside a Luddite festival to harness Gen Z’s rage against big tech companies

Inside a Luddite festival to harness Gen Z’s rage against big tech companies

πŸ”₯ Read this insightful post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Touching Grass πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: On Sunday In the evening in the middle of Tompkins Square Park in New York City's East Village, hundreds of people gather in front of a giant paper face of a woman wearing a crown. It is a theatrical backdrop, its body composed of drapes that resemble a dress but serve a dual purpose, allowing the actors to dart on and off the stage.I'm here to see a show called "The Recreation of the Luddites," which is a history of the…
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