Dystany Spurlock enters Richmond NASCAR truck race
BACK FOR MORE: Dystany Spurlock Returns to Richmond for NASCAR Homecoming Week. Dystany became the first Black female driver to compete in a NASCAR national series race earlier this year.
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_Nobody Asked for A.I._ Is a Stupid Argument
DANIEL MIESSLER: “Nobody Asked for A.I.” Is a Stupid Argument.
A JPL hack to keep Voyager 1 going a little longer
JUST JIGGLE THE SWITCH A LITTLE: Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware. “In essence, the scheme makes a virtue of the fact that the Voyagers, both launched in the late summer of 1977, are relics (respectfully) of midcentury electronics.”
First impressions of new Highmark Stadium
CHRIS TRAPASSO: First impressions of Buffalo Bills’ new Highmark Stadium | Buffalo Rumblings. I’m looking forward to catching a game this fall in the new digs; sounds like it’s setting up to be spectacular.
Building a better microwave beep
MOST ANYTHING HAS TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE: This Startup Wants to Build a Better Microwave Beep.
iCloud Private Relay leaked users’ real IP sddresses
WHOOPS: Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is Leaking Users’ Real IP Addresses - MacRumors. As it protects Safari, not the full communications from your device, other important parts of a web transaction can slip around iCloud Private Relay. Apple says they’re investigating.
Radiation and You!
SENSURROUND ON X: RADIATION AND YOU! Hello there, boys and girls! Today we’re going to learn about one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena! Radiation! I’m sorry. Several of you just started panicking. Read the whole thing.
Fitbit can now sync with Apple Health
OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER: Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health - MacRumors.
Jays trade deadline quick-react from Bluebird Banter
BUSY DAY IN THE JAYS FRONT OFFICE: Bluebird Banter has Blue Jays trade deadline quick-reaction grades from an active day for Toronto, with as much buying as selling, including acquisition of José Soriano and Spencer Arrighetti, while Dalton Varsho, Adam Macko, Jeff Hoffman, and prospect Arjun Nimmala join Kevin Gausman as notable Jays with new teams.
Gausman traded to Cubs
THE FIRST DOMINO FALLS: Kevin Gausman traded from Blue Jays to Cubs. One of the prospects received in return, Brett Bateman, is already in AAA, and could see MLB playing time sooner than later, particularly if the Jays move an outfielder today.
Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?
I MEAN, BESIDES THE WHOLE THERE’S-A-LOT-OF-MONEY-IN-IT THING: Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?
Why we study UFOs
LIBERTY VITTERT: Why we study UFOs (or UAPs, as it were). In short: just because it’s (probably) not aliens, doesn’t mean we don’t want to try and figure out what it actually is.
Demonstration spacecraft duel in orbit for US Space Force
THE SLOWEST SPACE DOGFIGHT YOU’VE EVER SEEN: Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit.
The Cold Email
ZACH HOLMAN: The Cold Email.
Father of synthwave Kavinsky dead at 50
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: French DJ and electropop musician Kavinsky found dead aged 50. Sometimes known as the “father of synthwave”, his track “Nightcall” played over the opening credits of Ryan Gosling’s 2010 Drive, and was performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A Confession to Make About AI
HAAAAAAAAA: I Have a Confession to Make About AI.
Starship FT13’s soft landing suggests next flight could feature tower catch
FROM LAST FRIDAY: Splashdown: SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight. Outside of an issue during their attempt to simulate a return-to-launch-site landing of the Super Heavy booster, resulting in a too-fast ocean landing, Flight Test 13 went swimmingly — literally. For the first time in thirteen flights, the Starship second stage did not RUD1 after…
The Closest We Get to World Peace: Thirty-Two Years of World Cup Magic
EMILY MCCARTHY: Thirty-Two Years of World Cup Magic. “It may be, along with that first summer of Pokémon GO, the closest we’ll ever get to attaining world peace.”
Starship FT13 delayed to Friday 7/24
PUSHED TO FRIDAY: SpaceX now targeting Friday, July 24 for Starship’s thirteenth flight test, due to weather: Tweet loading...
John C Dvorak dies at 80
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: John C. Dvorak passes at age 80. I remember listening to him on TWiT podcasts for years.