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Your toddler's first app shouldn't look like a slot machine

24 February 2025 @ 1:00 am

Pok Pok SubscriptionTL;DR: Get Pok Pok, the award-winning, Montessori-inspired learning app for kids 2-8, for life for just $59.99 (reg. $250). Parents, we need to talk. If your kid is glued to a

PDFs are annoying. This award-winning app fixes that.

23 February 2025 @ 10:00 pm

PDF Expert Premium PlanTL;DR: Get a lifetime subscription to PDF Expert Premium Plan for Mac for just $139.99. Edit, sign, convert, merge, and annotate PDFs effortlessly. Does this scenario sound

Still using PowerPoint for diagrams? Stop that. Get Visio 2024 for $80 instead.

23 February 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Microsoft Visio Professional 2024TL;DR: Ditch the scribbles and get Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for just $79.9

Sergey Tsyrulnikov breaks record for most hot water bottles burst in one minute

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Guinness World Records (publicity image)Watch a guy smash the world record for Most Hot Water Bottles Burst In One Minute. Sergey Tsyrulnikov has incredible lung strength. I'm certain it wouldn't be possible for me to pop a single hot water bottle by blowing into it, no matter how hard I tried.  —

Wired dissects an iPhone and explains what each part does

23 February 2025 @ 2:45 pm

Image: Wired / YouTubeWatch how every piece of an iphone works. Wired dissects an iphone and explains what the function of each component is. We also learn about how the parts of the different Iphone models have changed over time. I use my phone (a bit too much) every day of my life, yet I had no idea about most of the things covered in this video. —

"You'll Do Bad Things" might be the most gorgeous horror comic you read this year

23 February 2025 @ 2:20 pm

Artwork by Adriano Turtulici / Image ComicsI always get a kick out of a good metafictional genre story. Give me a crime/horror comic that reflects on the nature of storytelling within the crime/horror genres, and I'm all in. But it's rare that I also come out of such a story with an excitement for something beyond the heady ideas. —

This mechanical sculpture captures the agony of trying to find where the sticky tape begins

23 February 2025 @ 2:15 pm

This mechanical sculpture titled Eternal Frustration, created by inventor and artist Stoccafisso design, sums up the annoyance one feels when trying endlessly to peel back a roll of clear tape. This incredible sculpture featuring a wooden hand picks and picks at a rotating roll of tape with no success. —

Genius invention lets you snack without getting your hands dirty

23 February 2025 @ 2:01 pm

Image: PxhereThe Snackuum is a tool invented by Unnecessary Inventions. Contrary to the name of this YouTube channel, this invention looks very necessary to me. I despise getting my hands covered in dust when I'm snacking, because I often like to snack while I'm doing something that requires me to have clean hands

Epic wall-climbing lizard toy entertains humans and cats alike

23 February 2025 @ 12:00 pm

The wall-climbing cat toy (product shot)I'd be overjoyed if I had one of these wall climbing cat toys. Although my cat would go wild for it, I know I wouldn't be able to stop playing with it either. The toy is shaped like a lizard, is about the size of a small kitten, and has the ability to scurry up and down the walls. —

HP imposes 15-minute mandatory hold time for phone support, quickly backtracks

23 February 2025 @ 11:56 am

HPBritish tech news site The Register reported on Thursday about a new policy instituted for HP telephone support. Beginning on February 18th, all callers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy started receiving a message that their wait time would be fifteen minutes, even when a customer service agent was available to speak with them. —

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Is it possible to have separate tables side-by-side in markdown?

24 February 2025 @ 1:48 am

I'm trying to make a layout for some documentation and would prefer to have some of my tables horizontal and not vertical. Is this even possible in markdown? I've tried a few different approaches including escape characters but I can't get the result I want. The format below treats these as one unified table with an empty column of cells connecting the two: | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | |---|---| |---|---| | A | B | | C | D | Trying this markdown example out in the Super User (Stack Exchange) markdown processor shows these results: 1 2 3 4 A B C D So, is it possible to have separate tables side-by-side in markdown? What has to be done if this even can be done?

Where am I supposed to put the `./my_vim.nix` file on my system and what am I supposed to put in it?

23 February 2025 @ 11:06 pm

The “Python 3 support for vim” section of the NixOS Vim page states: “If you have defined your vim configuration in a ./my_vim.nix file you can install vim with python 3 support instead of python2...” But it doesn't make any mention of where to put that file. I'm not seeing it in the documentation too, maybe I skipped over it? Maybe it's obvious for people more experienced with moving around a system. I'm fairly new to Linux, and very new to NixOS. I'm trying to get Python support in vim on NixOS. I've tried finding documentation how to do this and have not.

Prevent spillover ¶ creating an unwanted blank final page LibreOffice Writer?

23 February 2025 @ 9:25 pm

Where the last page of a LibreOffice Writer document ends with a table that reaches the bottom margin, the paragraph mark that follows the table spills over onto a new page, which is otherwise blank, skews the page number fields in the footer, etc… In Word I would set the paragraph mark as hidden which prevents the blank final page being shown or printed. Does LibreOffice Writer have an equivalent feature or technique? Setting the font size to 1 is a little clumsy.

BIOS mildly corrupted, yet cannot update due to symptoms of the issue. How can I proceed?

23 February 2025 @ 8:58 pm

I have a Thinkpad 470s which works great and would serve my sister very well for going to school, but it has one annoying issue - if it goes to sleep or hibernates, it will not wake up. Once it hits that state, I cannot find anything that can wake up the laptop. In order to get it working again, I have to hold the power button until the machine restarts. I've run diagnostics and can't find anything problematic in the laptop. In trying to find the latest drivers, I found that the BIOS driver is out of date compared to Lenovo's website. This corresponds to the information I've found in other threads about similar issues - the BIOS needs to be fixed or updated. The problem I'm running into is that when I try to run the BIOS update, the laptop either goes to sleep or hibernates as one of the first steps. Then it gets stuck there and cannot wake up to move forward. When I hold the power button to power cycle it, the laptop simply logs back into Windows, with no awareness th

Number of commits in a Pull request for a repo

23 February 2025 @ 1:14 pm

If I do 20 commits in a Pull request in a repo and then that pull request gets merged, will my commits (as a contributor to that repo) be counted as 20 for that repo or 1 (as one pull request was merged)?

Where does Fujitsu [ScanSnap Home] store "Tags"

23 February 2025 @ 12:37 am

The computer crashed, but I was able to backup %APPDATA% and the actual scanned documents. The PDF documents can be seen in ScanSnap, but not the tags. How can I get the tags back? Bear in mind, the import/export feature does not apply here. Since I was unable to export from the PC prior to a disk crash. However, I do have all of the original data/configuration files. Anyone with knowledge of where the "Tags" are stored?

ImageMagick only trimming one side, how can I trim both?

21 February 2025 @ 11:25 pm

I'm trying to use ImageMagick(7.1.1-43) to automatically crop a photograph of a coin, removing the surrounding background. I want to trim the image based on a "fuzz" factor, effectively removing the mostly-uniform color. However, my current command only trims the left side of the image, leaving the right side untouched. My Goal: I want to trim both the left and right sides of the image equally, removing as much of the wall as possible while preserving the coin. Command Used: ./magick 20240614_093525.JPG -fuzz 51% -trim +repage img1.jpg Original Image: enter image description here Returned Image: enter image description here What

No DNS after installing wireguard + mullvad

1 September 2024 @ 10:28 pm

I followed these instructions to install wireguard https://mullvad.net/en/help/easy-wireguard-mullvad-setup-linux I downloaded config files and placed them in /etc/wireguard/config. I ran the command wg-quick up config_file_name inside /etc/wireguard/config as root. My outputs are: [#] ip link add ca-mtr-wg-004 type wireguard [#] wg setconf ca-mtr-wg-004 /dev/fd/63 [#] ip -4 address add 10.70.65.136/32 dev ca-mtr-wg-004 [#] ip -6 address add fc00:bbbb:bbbb:bb01::7:4187/128 dev ca-mtr-wg-004 [#] ip link set mtu 1420 up dev ca-mtr-wg-004 [#] resolvconf -a ca-mtr-wg-004 -m 0 -x [#] wg set ca-mtr-wg-004 fwmark 51820 [#] ip -6 route add ::/0 dev ca-mtr-wg-004 table 51820 [#] ip -6 rule add not fwmark 51820 table 51820 [#] ip -6 rule add table main suppress_prefixlength 0 [#] ip6tables-restore -n [#] ip -4

MS Word, cannot remove final blank page - Table at the end of document

9 April 2024 @ 9:30 am

On the last page of my Word document that I have text, I have a table. This table ends about an inch from the bottom of that page. However, Word has then decided that it will insert a completely blank page after this. I do not want that blank page. I've tried for days/weeks to get rid of this page, turning on show formatting to view hidden characters and to see if some formatting element can be removed, looking up many webpages to try and find a solution etc. If I remove the table, the final blank page goes, but as before, the table itself has about an inch of free space before the end of the page, so why would it be causing this hanging page to appear after the table? To reiterate, there is no part of the table on that empty page, or text; it is just a completely unnecessary and unwanted final blank page that Word has decided on its own to insert, and I cannot find any way to remove. Note that if I do press "Show/Hide formatting", a black solid square

Rebuild .m4a file with ffmpeg

26 November 2022 @ 8:24 am

I have a couple of corrupt m4a file that I'd like to try to repair by rebuilding the container, so I thought ffmpeg could do that easily. However, when I run this, even on a valid file, I get an error: >ffmpeg -i "in.m4a" -c:a copy "out.m4a" [...] [ipod @ 000001fd30ab52c0] Frame rate very high for a muxer not efficiently supporting it. Please consider specifying a lower framerate, a different muxer or -vsync 2 [libx264 @ 000001fd30a844c0] using SAR=1/1 [libx264 @ 000001fd30a844c0] MB rate (129960000) > level limit (16711680) [libx264 @ 000001fd30a844c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX [libx264 @ 000001fd30a844c0] profile High, level 6.2, 4:2:0, 8-bit [libx264 @ 000001fd30a844c0] 264 - core 161 r3048 b86ae3c - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2021 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 t

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Lord Of The Rings: War Of The Rohirrim Rides Onto Max Next Week

23 February 2025 @ 7:50 pm

Lord Of The Rings War Of The Rohirrim HeraIf you need some new Lord of the Rings media in your life, War of the Rohirrim may give you a fix.

Why Chocolate Is Suddenly So Expensive

23 February 2025 @ 7:19 pm

Dark chocolateRising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Captain America: Brave New World’s Ending Almost Teased a Clearer, Different Threat

23 February 2025 @ 5:25 pm

Captain America 4 Teaser FistIn another version of Brave New World, Sam would've become more directly connected to the looming MCU crisis.

The CIA Is De-Woke-ifying Itself

23 February 2025 @ 5:15 pm

The CIA EmblemAmerica's terrifying spy agency is done with DEI.

Hasbro and Space Marine II Devs Team on “Tentpole” IP Game

23 February 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Space Marine 2 Titus TyranidsSaber Interactive's been conscripted to bring their magic on Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II to make a game out of a major Hasbro brand.

New Technique Turns Ordinary Rocks Into Carbon-Capturing Machines

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Chemists With Carbon Capturing MineralsThe method speeds up CO2 absorption—potentially helping the fight against climate change.

The SCUF Valor Pro Asks If There’s Such a Thing as a Sub-High-End Controller

23 February 2025 @ 2:00 pm

Scuf Valor Pro 2The $100 SCUF Valor Pro is so close to $200+ controllers like the Instinct Pro, but that doesn't mean those more-expensive, wireless devices are moot.

First 3D Map of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Reveals Bizarre Weather

23 February 2025 @ 1:00 pm

Layers Of Tylos AtmosphereMeet Tylos: a gas giant 900 light years away and with a climate never seen before on any planet known to scientists.

Polish Treasure Hunters Unearth Seriously Badass Two-Handed Medieval Sword

23 February 2025 @ 11:00 am

Photo of medieval sword unearthed in PolandThe remarkably well-preserved sword dates to the Late Middle Ages, in an archaeological find that's metal as hell.

Flash Sale Alert – Get PIA VPN At a Record-Low Price & 4 Free Months

22 February 2025 @ 10:00 pm

Pia Vpn Good Deal FebruaryEnjoying a high-quality VPN has never been more affordable. Proof of that is the promotional offer from Private Internet Access.

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A GPU or a CPU with 4TB HBM-class memory? Nope, you're not dreaming, Sandisk is working on such a monstrous product

23 February 2025 @ 9:05 pm

Sandisk has unveiled High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) for AI workloads which will have a major impact on the $100 billion HBM market.

xAI could sign a $5 billion deal with Dell for thousands of servers with Nvidia's GB200 Blackwell AI GPU accelerators

23 February 2025 @ 6:34 pm

Reports claim Dell is about to secure a $5 billion deal to supply Elon Musk's xAI with yet more AI servers.

Race to 100TB HDD heats up as Seagate pulls rug under Western Digital, Toshiba feet by acquiring HAMR-specialist

23 February 2025 @ 4:34 pm

Seagate is set to buy a specialist in HAMR HDD production, a move which will be bad news for rivals Western Digital and Toshiba.

New video leak may have revealed the full Nothing Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro design

23 February 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Leaked promo videos for the upcoming Nothing phones have appeared online, telling us more about the handsets.

The iPhone 16e is here, and I just can’t believe how expensive it is

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

The iPhone 16e has officially replaced the iPhone SE as Apple’s cheapest handset, but cheapest doesn’t necessarily mean cheap – in fact, I can’t quite believe how expensive the iPhone 16e is.

NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #358)

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #624)

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

Quordle hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #1127)

23 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

A data center in every home! Energy company wants to heat your water for (almost) free but there's a catch

23 February 2025 @ 2:05 pm

A British Gas-backed trial will see waste heat from data centers used to deliver free hot water to UK homes.

Like the Crucial T705 but more affordable? Micron 4600 PCIe Gen5 SSD comes painfully close to its award-winning sibling

23 February 2025 @ 1:03 pm

The Micron 4600 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD caters to a range of users, from professionals to gamers and content creators.

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LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features

12 December 2023 @ 4:10 pm

 In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.

ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: Which Grammar Checker is Better in (2022) ?

13 March 2022 @ 3:04 pm

Grammarly vs prowritingaidProWritingAid VS Grammarly:

Sellfy Review 2022: How Good Is This Ecommerce Platform?

12 March 2022 @ 11:54 am

 SellfyAre you searching for an

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Manchester City v Liverpool: Premier League – live - The Guardian

23 February 2025 @ 4:45 pm

Manchester City v Liverpool: Premier League – live  The GuardianConfirmed Liverpool line-up v Manchester City  Liverpool FC

Body found in search for missing jogger Jenny Hall - Sky News

23 February 2025 @ 4:26 pm

Body found in search for missing jogger Jenny Hall  Sky NewsBody found in search for missing runner Jenny Hall  The Independ

Volcanic eruption that cooled the Earth and turned the Sun green - Earth.com

23 February 2025 @ 4:13 pm

Volcanic eruption that cooled the Earth and turned the Sun green  Earth.com

Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’ - The Guardian

23 February 2025 @ 4:12 pm

Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’  The GuardianHackers steal more than £1BILLION in cryptocurrency in 'worst hack in history'  GB News

German election live: voters head to polls amid fears over Ukraine security, Trump and rise of far right - The Guardian

23 February 2025 @ 4:08 pm

German election live: voters head to polls amid fears over Ukraine security, Trump and rise of far right  The GuardianGerman election latest: Conservative Merz predicted to win and far-right to make big gains - follow live  BBC

Scientists Just Found a Black Hole That’s Eating the Universe - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

23 February 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Scientists Just Found a Black Hole That’s Eating the Universe  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries ChannelHow to Grow Supermassive Black Holes  Astrobites

‘It shouldn’t be such a fight’: the drama school supporting working-class actors - The Guardian

23 February 2025 @ 4:00 pm

‘It shouldn’t be such a fight’: the drama school supporting working-class actors  The Guardian

Grandmother spoken to by police after criticising Labour politicians online - The Telegraph

23 February 2025 @ 3:48 pm

Grandmother spoken to by police after criticising Labour politicians online  The TelegraphDetectives accused of acting like Orwellian 'Thought Police' as they doorstep gran for slamming Labour councillors on Facebook  GB News

British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban - BBC.com

23 February 2025 @ 3:27 pm

British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban  BBC.comView Full coverage on Google News

Zelenskyy offers to step down in exchange for peace and Ukraine’s Nato membership - Financial Times

23 February 2025 @ 3:26 pm

Zelenskyy offers to step down in exchange for peace and Ukraine’s Nato membership  Financial TimesVolodymyr Zelenskyy suggests he would be willing to step down 'for peace' – video  The Guardian

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14 outstanding images from the 2025 World Nature Photographer Awards

23 February 2025 @ 8:01 pm

A playful polar bear. A helpless robber fly. And two hippos battling in golden light. The post 14 outstanding images from the 2025 World Nature Photographer Awards appeared first on Popular Science.

Behind the wheel of Lamborghinis ripping across a frozen lake

23 February 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Tire studs keep the supercars from dangerous and uncontrollable skids. The post Behind the wheel of Lamborghinis ripping across a frozen lake appeared first on Popular Science.

Unistellar Odyssey Pro smart telescope review: Approachable in every way but the price

23 February 2025 @ 2:00 pm

The Unistellar Odyssey Pro makes astronomy and astrophotography incredibly easy, provided you are willing to pay for convenience. The post Unistellar Odyssey Pro smart telescope review: Approachable in every way but the price appeared first on Popular Science.

If you’re not using this PDF app, then you’re doing it wrong

23 February 2025 @ 2:00 pm

Edit PDFs on your Mac as easily as you would edit a Word doc. The post If you’re not using this PDF app, then you’re doing it wrong appeared first on Popular Science.

Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus

23 February 2025 @ 1:01 pm

The new study could also offer important clues into human evolution. The post Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus appeared first on Popular Science.

Subscriptions are overrated—own Office 2021 for just $59.97

23 February 2025 @ 12:00 pm

This one-time purchase gives you full access with no recurring costs. The post Subscriptions are overrated—own Office 2021 for just $59.97 appeared first on Popular Science.

Get a $199 Scosche multi-device charging dock for just $39 right now

23 February 2025 @ 4:14 am

Scosche is offering 35 percent (or more) across its entire site, including chargers, cables, and more. The post Get a $199 Scosche multi-device charging dock for just $39 right now appeared first on Popular Science.

The best speaker wires according to experts and audiophiles

23 February 2025 @ 2:42 am

Does music get you wired? Well, here are the best wires to get your speakers music. The post The best speaker wires according to experts and audiophiles appeared first on Popular Science.

11 tips to get more out of Apple Calendar

22 February 2025 @ 6:00 pm

There's more to this Apple app than you might have realized. The post 11 tips to get more out of Apple Calendar appeared first on Popular Science.

Edit like a pro forever—lifetime access to Luminar Neo is just $120

22 February 2025 @ 2:00 pm

Get artsy with your photos. The post Edit like a pro forever—lifetime access to Luminar Neo is just $120 appeared first on Popular Science.

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If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them

23 February 2025 @ 5:25 pm

Aleph Alpha's Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI Interview  Despite the billions of dollars spent each year training large language models (LLMs), there remains a sizable gap between building a model and actually integrating it into an application in a way that's useful.…

Here's the ugliest global-warming chart you'll ever need to see

23 February 2025 @ 2:49 pm

Earth is running a fever. That's not news. What's surprising is exactly how fast its temperature is rising Analysis  As you've likely read in many a headline-shouting article, our precious Blue Marble Earth just experienced its warmest year since reliable record-keeping began.…

California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid

22 February 2025 @ 12:36 pm

Beast remains as mythical as the return on AI investment Some muy importante legislation is stuck in the cogs of Californian bureaucracy – an Assembly Bill to recognize Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, as the official state cryptid.…

Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses

22 February 2025 @ 9:49 am

And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley After another round of mass layoffs and reports of slashed stock options for remaining employees, Meta has like clockwork opted to reward its top executives with a substantial bonus increase.…

Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely

22 February 2025 @ 12:13 am

Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access Docker has delayed its plan to limit image pulls – the downloading of container images – from Docker Hub, by one month and has altered previously published quotas.…

Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say

21 February 2025 @ 11:04 pm

After fifteeen years decade of big hype, less than 25% of orgs measure value of data, analytics Fifteen years of big data hype, and guess what? Less than one in four of those in charge of analytics projects actually measure the value of the activity to the organization they work for.…

Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash

21 February 2025 @ 9:11 pm

Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have come up with a cheap and simple way for satellites to be identified from the ground using lights to blink out an ID code.…

T-Mobile US puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing

21 February 2025 @ 7:05 pm

911 gets VIP treatment in 'one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity' T-Mobile US has signed a deal to provide telecoms for emergency services in New York City using network slicing to their ensure calls and data traffic are prioritized above other users.…

Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027

21 February 2025 @ 5:03 pm

Plus: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen not happy with SpaceX chief for 'lie' about 'abandoned' Starliner crew SpaceX boss Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited as soon as possible, perhaps by 2027.…

ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics

21 February 2025 @ 3:00 pm

It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news Developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, ST Micro detailed a new photonic integrated circuit (PIC) on Thursday that it says will support pluggable optics capable of shuttling bits around the datacenter at up to 1.6 Tbps.…

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TICTeC 2025 keynote announcement: Fernanda Campagnucci

10 February 2025 @ 10:33 am

The keynote speakers set the tone for TICTeC each year, kicking off the conference with a timely provocation that seeds ideas through the sessions that follow, and informs new channels of discussion. Our first keynote announcement for TICTeC 2025 is Fernanda Campagnucci, Executive Director of InternetLab, who brings unparalleled expertise in transparency, digital transformation, and…

The Action Scorecards help staff justify climate action

6 February 2025 @ 10:50 am

Cambridge City Council was the second highest scoring district council in the UK on the Council Climate Action Scorecards, a joint project between mySociety and Climate Emergency UK (CE UK). Given their success, Climate Change Officer at Cambridge Janet Fogg was keen to tell us how they’ve been using the Scorecards since they were launched.…

The Scorecards show councils what ‘good’ looks like

6 February 2025 @ 9:24 am

Kelly Murphy is the Climate Change Officer at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, a local authority in Hertfordshire that oversees a mix of urban, suburban, and rural areas. As Kelly explained, Welwyn Hatfield works collaboratively with nine other authorities within the Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership (along with County Council and Hertfordshire Futures), where they share…

January 2025 News from the ATI Network

4 February 2025 @ 4:06 pm

2025 definitely felt like it’s had quite the entrance and things have been full and exciting here at mySociety’s transparency team! So let’s take a look at how 2025 started for the ATI Network mySociety: have been working hard putting together a schedule for TICTeC, there’s going to be an ATI day on June 12th…

Borough council appreciates what they “learn and and get out of engaging with the Scorecards”

31 January 2025 @ 2:22 pm

Following a call out by Climate Emergency UK (CE UK) to councils across the UK that were using the Scorecards, we were grateful that Gedling Borough Council responded and wanted to talk more. Annie from CE UK spoke to Sim Duhra, their Climate Change Manager, and learned about the current and potential uses of the…

Scorecards empower residents to get involved in climate action

31 January 2025 @ 1:55 pm

In many of our recent case studies, we’ve seen how councils benefit from the Council Climate Action Scorecards — but they are also of use to campaigners and residents who would like to fully understand, or perhaps get involved in, their local authority’s climate action.  We heard from a Cirencester resident about how information on…

How Scorecards sparked a wave of carbon literacy training at South Cambs Council

31 January 2025 @ 1:37 pm

The Council Climate Action Scorecards are having tangible effects in councils across the UK, encouraging better, more effective climate action. We recently asked councils to let us know what the Scorecards have done for them, and Luke Waddington, Climate and Environment Project Officer at South Cambridge District Council, answered the call. Pleasingly, the Scorecards have…

TICTeC 2025 keynote announcement: Marietje Schaake

30 January 2025 @ 11:12 am

Every year at TICTeC, we strive to find keynote speakers that can speak directly to the present moment for the civic tech field.  At a time when tech and democracy are becoming ever more entwined, we’re delighted that Marietje Schaake will be kicking off the first day of proceedings at TICTeC. Marietje is a former…

How to get to Mechelen for TICTeC 2025

23 January 2025 @ 1:41 pm

Eurostar booking is now open for the dates that TICTeC is running (10 -11 June), so it’s a great time to benefit from the best travel prices. Even if you’re not coming from the UK, read on for advice on how to join us in Mechelen, easily, cheaply or sustainably — and ideally, all three!…

You’re travelling to Mechelen for TICTeC

23 January 2025 @ 1:37 pm

…so why not stay a few more days? We’re all busy people, but if you’re making the trip to Mechelen in Belgium for TICTeC this June, it makes sense to stay on and sample some of the city’s unique attractions. First things first: if you haven’t already read our post on how to get to…