But perhaps hydrogen’s greatest potential lies in its ability to store energy for rainy days. While fossil fuels are stores of energy from prehistoric sunlight, hydrogen can be used to store the solar energy of the previous 12 hours. “You need green hydrogen to continue to increase the amount of renewable power,” says Mowill. Once… Continue reading Forget Cars, Green Hydrogen Will Supercharge Crops
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Inside U2’s Boundary-Breaking Immersive Vegas Show
When U2 launched its Zoo TV tour in 1991, it revolutionized live music. Over the course of 157 shows, the tour—which was in support of their album Achtung Baby—was almost an embarrassment of overwhelming sights and sounds, with cutting-edge visuals (for the time), a lighting system that was encased partially in Soviet-era Trabant cars, and a… Continue reading Inside U2’s Boundary-Breaking Immersive Vegas Show
Best Hiking Boots (2023): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking
In the traditional world of hiking boots, practicality is king, with solid ankle support and a nice bit of leather keeping your feet dry and ankles intact as you head for the hills. Things are changing fast, though, with the modern technology found in running shoes being co-opted into walking boots and trail shoes, helping… Continue reading Best Hiking Boots (2023): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking
Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
Intriguingly, this kind of decoherence will occur anywhere there is a horizon that only allows information to travel in one direction, creating the potential for causality paradoxes. The edge of the known universe, called the cosmological horizon, is another example. Or consider the “Rindler horizon,” which forms behind an observer who continuously accelerates and approaches… Continue reading Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum States
Gear News This Week: Get Ready for a Folding Pixel Phone
The tech industry is about as leaky as a submarine made of Swiss cheese. The latest untimely reveal comes courtesy of CNBC, which reports that internal documents from Google indicate the company is about to announce a folding phone. Word is, Google plans to debut a foldable Pixel handset at its upcoming IO developer event on… Continue reading Gear News This Week: Get Ready for a Folding Pixel Phone
The Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access—Temporarily
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have banned the abortion pill mifepristone. The action means that the drug will remain available and legal under status quo regulations until the case works its way through the appeals process, which could take months. The court’s ultimate ruling could be… Continue reading The Supreme Court Preserves Abortion Pill Access—Temporarily
Imgur Just Banned Porn
Imgur is doing a purge. Effective May 15, the site will scrub pornographic images, along with other inactive content that is not linked to an account, from its archive. The popular image, GIF, and meme service is encouraging people to save images if they don’t want them to vanish from the web forever. But the change… Continue reading Imgur Just Banned Porn
Crocs and Jibbitz Are on Sale Right Now
I’m just going to come right out and say it: Crocs are awesome. Your kids might already be convinced. I’m the proud owner of multiple pairs, ranging from fleece-lined Crocs that keep my cold toes warm in the winter to platform glittery shoes that make me feel très trendy. Several different styles of Crocs’ famous… Continue reading Crocs and Jibbitz Are on Sale Right Now
Stack Overflow Will Charge AI Giants for Training Data
Large language models can generate strings of text based on word patterns learned from the web pages, books, and other bodies of text in their training data. Besides ChatGPT, the programs make up the guts of search chatbots such as Microsoft Bing chat and Google’s Bard, and they underlie a growing number of applications that produce professional and creative… Continue reading Stack Overflow Will Charge AI Giants for Training Data
Workers Are Worried About Their Bosses Embracing AI
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank that tracks public opinion, released a report today on how workers feel about AI. The technology has become an increasingly common workplace fixture over the past few years. And its role is likely to grow as AI becomes more capable, thanks to advances such as the large language models, like… Continue reading Workers Are Worried About Their Bosses Embracing AI