just discovered a tiny Mac hack that makes demo vids and screen shares way cleaner — GhostCursor replaces your pointer with a subtle highlight ring that stays hidden from recordings https://macmenubar.com/ghostcursor/
jwst just solved the mystery of star formation in galaxies at cosmic noon. turns out it's not what we thought, and quenching (aka shutting down) is way more complicated than we thought https://astrobites.org/2026/06/12/excels-psbs/
macOS users, have you ever struggled to tell which language your keyboard is set to? FlagBar brings back visual indicators with country flags or custom emojis. lightweight and easy to use {kcurry.bsky.social/article/12345} https://macmenubar.com/flagbar/
turns out fungi are the real MVPs - vast network could stretch from earth to sun a billion times over. {https://nautil.us/hidden-fungal-networks-could-stretch-from-the-earth-to-the-sun-a... https://nautil.us/hidden-fungal-networks-could-stretch-from-the-earth-to-the-sun-a-billion-times-over-1281923/
Erik Gauger hand-drew 176 chili peppers from around the world - each one comes with a description of its origin, heat level, and even hot sauces it features. Fascinating to learn how humans adapted this plant for their own uses. ... https://kottke.org/26/06/a-hand-drawn-visual-guide-to-chili-peppers
jeff bezos' ai startup aims to build an "artificial general engineer" - basically, a robot that can design and build anything. sounds like sci-fi, but it's coming. {kcurry.bsky.social/@link} https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949005/jeff-bezos-prometheus-artificial-general-engineer
amazon's updating its echo hub software with a cleaner, customizable layout that fits more smart home info and controls. includes ring's ai features too. {https://theverge.com/2024/08/15/amazon-echo-hub-update-ring-ai-features} https://www.theverge.com/tech/948814/amazon-echo-hub-homescreen-redesign
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robots still can't do science, it turns out. AI is great at reading literature and designing molecules, but ask it to hold a pipette? nope. {kcurry.bsky.social/url/nautil.us/why-robots-still-cant-do-science-1281910} https://nautil.us/why-robots-still-cant-do-science-1281910/
waymo introduces $29-a-month premium tier for robotaxi riders who want priority pickups and 10% cash back. Uber One, meet Waymo Premier https://www.theverge.com/transportation/947974/waymo-premier-monthly-membership-perks-priority-cash-back
siri won't be your ai girlfriend, apparently. apple says their new siri will just shut up when you don't want to talk {kcurry.bsky.social/post/12345} https://www.theverge.com/tech/948890/siri-wont-be-your-ai-girlfriend
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A new map of global mycorrhizal fungi details the massive scope of the vital systems The post Hidden Fungal Networks Could Stretch from the Earth to the Sun a Billion Times Over appeared first on Nautilus.
Title: The JWST EXCELS survey: Insights into the nature of quenching at cosmic noonAuthors: Maya Skarbinski, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo, Vivienne Wild, Adam C. Carnall, Omar Almaini, David Maltby, Thomas de Lisle, Timothy Heckman, Ryan Begley, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Guillaume Hewitt,
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For his great visual field guide to the chili peppers of the world, Erik Gauger hand-drew 176 peppers from India, South America, Korea, Thailand, Africa, and seemingly every other place on the Earth. Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish ma
FlagBar brings visual keyboard layout indicators back to macOS, replacing plain text with country flags, custom emojis, or your own images. It’s lightweight, easy to personalize, and keeps language switching instantly recognizable at a glance. Visit
Amazon's rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the home screen a much-needed update to the software it launched with in 2024. It had already added Alex Plus AI support, but the new interface has a cleaner, fully customizable layout that fits more smart home info and cont
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first
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Uber One, meet Waymo Premier. The robotaxi operator announced a new $29.99-a-month premium tier for riders who want a more elevated and exclusive autonomous experience. The invite-only membership service is aimed at Waymo customers who use the service most frequently, offering them a number of perks
AI can read the literature in an afternoon and design molecules a chemist never would. So why can't a robot hold a pipette? The post Why Robots Still Can’t Do Science appeared first on Nautilus.
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Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that's very much by design. In an interview with Mostly Human spotted by MacRumors, Craig Federighi said Apple's new Siri won't act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others. "As you may know, if you u
