Without context, fanworks may not seem worth saving, a problem that predates the Internet. Many fanzines and other collections were lost forever; How Fannish estate planning In a public wiki article, Fanlor writes that family members of deceased fans often “don’t know what they’re looking at, and unfortunately much of the fan material ends up...
No lack tablets in the world, from the ever-dominant iPad to an assortment of Android options and Fire tabs to niche oddities like E-ink and the Kindle Scribe stylus. Now OnePlus, the Chinese manufacturer known for its fast and reliable smartphones, is throwing its own Android tablet onto the table. This week, the company announced...
In the world saturated with streaming services, finding a place to watch live on TV is still surprisingly unclear. This is especially true of the Super Bowl. Luckily, there are a few more ways to watch the game live for free. This Sunday, February 12, the Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles at...
“Glad to talk more on that, if you’re interested,” Marc Benioff, founder of Salesforce, wrote to Elon Musk last spring. He continued opaquely: “Twitter’s conversational OS is the town square for your digital life.” This is how billionaires communicate: through slogans, brand identities, and random large sums. Everyone else needs to find out the details....
Supergenes can also complicate the mating process. In some species, supergenes create a breeding system that actually has four sexes. For example, due to a supergene, North American birds called white-throated sparrows have two “morphs” with dissimilar coloration and behavior. Not only do males have to find females, they have to find a mate from...
your devices and Apps really, really want to know where you are so they can tell you the weather, recommend restaurants you might like, or better target ads for you. Managing what you share and what you don’t share, and when, can get confusing quickly. It is also possible that you have inconsistencies in the...
The main goal of Bird Buddy is to detect and identify bird species using artificial intelligence. It does this better than Birdfy, but still has its drawbacks. I get what appears to be hundreds of pigeons in my feeders a day – in fact it’s probably 10 to 20 of the same one – and...
I gave to convince people to take up jogging outside in winter. Gyms are ok! And if you don’t feel like putting on multiple layers of clothing and headlights to run out into the grim, frosty darkness, a few well-intentioned words probably won’t help. But a run during these long, dreary months is a chance...
In total, the performance required the participation of about 800 people, from cameramen to directors, Rihanna, her 80 dancers and seven members of the group. It also required a lot of construction. To minimize the stress on the pitch, the stage Rihanna performed on had to consist of no more than 15 rolling structures (called...
When Nike debuted their Vaporfly 4% marathon shoes over half a century ago the world the course has changed. Records have fallen, laws have been changed, and rivals have struggled to create their own “super shoes.” Fast forward six years and every running brand has its own racing shoe that pairs a carbon fiber plate...
