Royal Road Is Quietly Creating the Next Generation of Fantasy Authors
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Discovery·Oddities·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via boingboing.net
Hikers let Gemini plan their Mount Shasta climb. Search and Rescue brought them home
Trust AI to help fix your PC or make a funny image to tease your friends; don't use it to plan your ascent of a 14,000-f
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Oddities·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via boingboing.net
JD Vance is a real tool
Couch enthusiast JD Vance offered two helpful reminders today that beneath the eyeliner, beard, expensive suits, and eno
Nouk Desk1 min read
Today's Sections
World
See All →Global affairs & events
Discovery·World·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via bbc.co.uk
Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage and Russia is the chief suspect
Escalating sabotage across Europe points toward a new, covert front in the Russia-West conflict.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·World·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via bbc.co.uk
Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days
A record-breaking pig kidney transplant brings humanity closer to solving the organ donation crisis.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·World·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via bbc.co.uk
US investigating if missile hit Iran wedding, Vance says
Reports of a missile hitting an Iranian wedding threaten to deepen regional instability.
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Technology
See All →Innovation & digital life
Discovery·Technology·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via arstechnica.com
US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case
A court ruling preserves Google’s ad monopoly despite finding illegal anti-competitive behavior.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Technology·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via theverge.com
Sam Altman apologizes for 'messy' GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying users
OpenAI stumbles as technical failures plague the highly anticipated launch of GPT-6.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Technology·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via arstechnica.com
Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion
Nvidia secures its AI dominance by acquiring the critical open-source platform Hugging Face.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Culture
See All →Art, music, film & society
Essay·Culture·Oct 2, 4:35 PM
Royal Road Is Quietly Creating the Next Generation of Fantasy Authors
The free-fiction website where strange web novels become cult hits, readers become investors in stories, and some amateur writers end up building full-time careers. There is a corner of the internet where a cultivation novel about a man deciding he would rather become a farmer h…
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Discovery·Culture·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via bbc.co.uk
Freddie Mercury mural unveiled at Wembley Park
A new anamorphic mural of Freddie Mercury only appears from one specific viewpoint.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Culture·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via bbc.co.uk
'Gromit was nearly a cat!': Secrets from 50 years of Aardman
Aardman's half-century retrospective reveals the iconic Gromit was almost a cat.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Humor
See All →Levity & wit
Discovery·Humor·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via theonion.com
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Touting the new feature as yet another innovation to help every traveler get where they're going, Goog
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Humor·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via theonion.com
MapQuest Jumps To Top Of App Store After Refusing To Rename ‘Lake Ontario’
Legacy mapping tool MapQuest shot up to become the top navigation app in Apple’s app store after refusing to comply with
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Humor·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via theonion.com
Gloria Steinem, Researcher Who Discovered Existence Of Women, Dead At 92
The post Gloria Steinem, Researcher Who Discovered Existence Of Women, Dead At 92 appeared first on The Onion.
Nouk Desk1 min read
Life
See All →Living, health & the human experience
Oddities
See All →Strange, curious & unexpected
Discovery·Oddities·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via boingboing.net
Hikers let Gemini plan their Mount Shasta climb. Search and Rescue brought them home
Trust AI to help fix your PC or make a funny image to tease your friends; don't use it to plan your ascent of a 14,000-f
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Oddities·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via boingboing.net
JD Vance is a real tool
Couch enthusiast JD Vance offered two helpful reminders today that beneath the eyeliner, beard, expensive suits, and eno
Nouk Desk1 min read
Discovery·Oddities·Sep 4, 6:00 AM·via boingboing.net
7 Microsoft Office apps are yours for life with this $15 deal (MSRP $229)
TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows lets you enjoy seven tools for a one-time low price
Nouk Desk1 min read