TIL during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world …
Usain Bolt estimated he ate 1,000 McDonald's chicken nuggets during the Beijing Olympics -- or 100 per day over 10 days at the Athletes' Village.
TIL Muscular Christianity was a Victorian doctrine which suggested that participation in sport could contribute to the development of Chris…
Muscular Christianity is a term applied to a religious movement that originated in England in the mid-19th century. It is an approach to life and social outreach which emphasizes the benefits of sport and other physical…
Google will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your hand
This document provides information about data collection, camera permissions, and accessibility for hand gesture verification.
Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving
Its autonomous test fleet in Houston were 24/7 "rolling hazards," he warned.
TIL that medical consensus classifies Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI, including concussion) as a progressive, lifelong chronic disease rather …
The first aim of the workshop was to describe the evidence for characterizing traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a chronic condition. Presentations and discussions over three sessions explored epidemiological data on the i…
SpaceX Stock Plunge Wipes Out $600 Billion After Cursor Deal Spooks Investors
Elon Musk’s rocket firm pulled back from a rally that pushed its market value ahead of Amazon and Microsoft.
Japan's Semiconductor Gas Production Collapses To Zero After China Cuts Off Tungsten, Leaving TSMC, SK Hynix And Samsung Exposed
China has stopped exporting a critical gas to Japan, leading to severe shortages of semiconductors that affect TSMC, SK Hynix & Samsung.
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
The new "Fractal" operating system kernel, developed at MIT, gives researchers a clearer look at how computer chips work internally. It was used to study the branch predictors inside Apple's M1 processor, where it revea…
TIL that the oldest aircraft still in use in the United States military was built in 1957.
57-1419 is the tail number of an individual Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker. It is currently the oldest aircraft in active United States military service.[1] As of 2013, 57-1419 had 22,300 flight hours.[2]
Vulnerability Disclosure: Stealing Emails via Firefox’s AI Features
Imagine the following: You visit a webpage with a lot of text you don’t want to read and ask your AI assistant for a summary. A few moments later, the AI assistant has extracted one of your emails and sent it to an atta…
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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers
No, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those who care. If anything, it’s the year the internet died,…
[Video] Can You Speedrun Subnautica on a Bike?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook warns AI-driven price increases are unavoidable
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'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply drie…
But developers of SSD controllers still benefit from the situation.
Burning Gas Pollutes So Much, Dirty EV Battery Manufacturing Evens Out In About 2 Years
Studies show that getting the minerals to make an EV battery is bad for the environment, but driving a gas-powered car is far worse.
TIL Harvey Ball came up with the smiley face we all know, in minutes for a Life Assurance Company.
It's supposedly the 50th anniversary of the original design of the iconic image, but its history since then is surprisingly complex with millions of dollars at stake
Article by IO+ about alternatives to Outlook and Gmail
Protect your data from espionage and comply with the NIS2 Directive. Discover eight secure, European alternatives to American email services
Americans to be hit with record-high electricity bills this summer
Cooling costs have increased 40 percent since 2020
Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues
"I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore."
TIL that full automation of subway systems is illegal in the United States
An outdated federal law blocks transit modernization
Meta CTO reports employee morale is near historic lows, prompting leadership to propose boosting workplace snack budgets
The internal report first circulated via Polymarket.
MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says
MIT's researches found that EVs save 40%–60% of emissions compared to gas cars, with that going up to 90% in urban driving.
‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm – Krebs on Security
For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. Th…
The Onion’s rebooted InfoWars is coming July 2nd / In the midst of a prolonged fight in court, the satire news site is officially relaunchi…
InfoWars has been in ownership limbo for more than a year
Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
Social media algorithms shape the beliefs people form /// Even small changes to content curation algorithms can shape what people come to b…
The content people see on social media is typically determined by an algorithm. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and TU Dresden have now demonstrated in a co…
YouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI Use
He says his loved ones don't think his LLM use has been "healthy."
Bernie Sanders Introduces Legislation to Create $7 Trillion AI Sovereign Wealth Fund
This Bill Would Give the American People, Not Oligarchs, Control Over the Future of AI WASHINGTON, June 18 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act to give the public a 50…
UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns— Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in governm…
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots
MIT Researchers: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
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Wiki Workers United/Claims and responses
The WMF have repeatedly suggested they don't yet know whether most eligible employees support unionization.
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap's stock takes a dive
Snap's long-awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
Chinese CXMT to Match Micron's DRAM Manufacturing Capacity This Year
Chinese memory giant CXMT has been expanding its capacity so rapidly that the company is now able to compete with one of the largest memory manufacturers in the world—Micron. According to analysis from Citrini Research …
Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month
Mozilla is trying to innovate and bring new features to Firefox, but the browser continues to lose users. Despite these concerning market trends, the company is actively...
How Rogue Officers Turned a Nationwide Camera Network Into a Tool for Stalking
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of mi...
New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
In a statement, James said Kalshi violates New York's anti-gambling laws, which are designed to protect minors from betting and combat gambling addiction in adults. "No matter...
AMD ‘had to re-engineer’ the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a re-release — 10th Anniversary Edition chip had ‘a whole body of engineering work’ put in…
It’s possible AMD planned to bring the Ryzen 7 5800X3D back sooner, but a lot of development work was going on behind the scenes.
Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T
A former Apple engineer alleges he was fired after refusing AT&T requests for device identifiers without customer releases. Apple denies wrongdoing.
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.
TIL the number of serial killers peaked in the US in the 1970's. In the 70's there were 300 known, 1980s 250 known.
Looking at the most-streamed movies or television shows on any given streaming service, it would be easy to assume that serial killers lurk behind every corner. The stories of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and the Boston St…
Internet Age-Gates Are A Growing Global Threat | Techdirt
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet government…
Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS
The Callback 8020 still runs apps made for Android, btw.
Dear Pinboard, I'm breaking up with you. It's me and it's you.
I'm ditching Pinboard after 15 years because I've outgrown paying for a service that feels abandoned when I can just self-host the thing myself.
EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption attempting to neuter SKG.
The European Commission has rejected a petition bearing 1,294,188 verified signatures to propose legislation against making end-of-life premium games permanently unplayable.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable
AMD engineer shuts down discussions on the issue
TIL the last convicted Salem witch, Elizabeth Johnson Jr., was officially exonerated in 2022, 329 years after she had been found guilty
Elizabeth Johnson Jr. has been officially exoneratedâthanks to a dogged band of middle schoolers
TIL there's actually a difference between coffin and casket. Coffins are tapered to the body (6 or 8 sides), usually with a separate lid, t…
A coffin or casket is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, for burial, entombment or cremation. Coffins are sometimes referred to as caskets, particularly in American English.