Borrowing tools from seismology, the new Earth Rover Program is developing low-cost technology to measure soil health.

With soils degrading worldwide, the goal is to give farmers and scientists better data to restore the ground that sustains terrestrial life.

by John Cannon
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/eart…

#carbonconservation #carbonemissions #climatechange #conservation #technology

Earth Rover Program seeks to track the world’s soil health

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine fields across four continents believe they’ve hit upon more than just the earth beneath their feet.

^{Terna Gyuse (Mongabay)}

TIL that HVAC systems are vital to keep people alive in this extreme temperatures
This is a normal temperature in Canada in the state of Montreal

Since I live in the tropics I only have to check my PPE for temperatures at the high 40° Celsius and the low 18° c

This output is compliments of Open Weather Maps

@Timpostma

#Weather #OWM #programming #HVAC #technology

TIL that vlc (GUI version) happily spawns more copies to play music from different directories. I use pavucontrol / pipewire here and its so smooth its almost like a dream

The ramfootprint is also very light

#vlc #programming #audio #technology #OpenSource

"UK Government unveils £43m funding competition for low-carbon aviation innovation"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Technology

edie.net/uk-government-unveils…

Not sure how many of you use ChatGTP, but you might want to scale back.

"The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.

In tests done by the Guardian, GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen different questions."

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#news #technology #TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AI #GenAI #grok #grokipedia

Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal

Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers

^{Aisha Down (The Guardian)}

Mein erster Beitrag auf Mastodon 🐘 🥳

Endlich im Fediverse angekommen 💪😊
Es fühlt sich gut an, in einem unabhängigen europäischen Netzwerk unterwegs zu sein - weit weg von den üblichen Datenriesen.

Ich freue mich auf einen konstruktiven Austausch, spannende Einblicke und darauf, hier viele freundliche Menschen kennenzulernen.

#neuhier #hamm #mastodon #ebike #besterfreunddesmenschen #Tierschutzhunde #xbox #xboxone #technology #smartphone #smarthome #politik #political #umwelt #gay #socialmedia

You can still buy wooden clothespins. What's the subscription fee and where's the app. Package doesn't say. How do they work?

#technology #closeup #photography

Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that

Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.

windowscentral.com/microsoft/w…

#Microsoft #Windows11 #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #encryption #technology #software #dystopia

An email I sent from my #Proton address was just kicked back by a Microsoft server. Anyone else having this problem?

Oh no, I can't send emails...don't threaten me with a good time.

#technology

History of Mass Transportation: The Zentralbahn De 110 005-6 Electric Locomotive in Meiringen BE, Switzerland, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0…

#photography #technology #train #locomotive

History of Mass Transportation: The Zentralbahn De 110 005-6 Electric Locomotive in Meiringen BE, Switzerland

^{etidiohnew.blogspot.com}

🌙🔋 Traditional #solar panels need the #sun to work, but researchers have developed a device that works the opposite way.

By "shining" invisible infrared #heat into the freezing cold of #space, this thermoradiative diode can generate a steady stream of electricity even in total darkness. It’s a #breakthrough that could eventually power deep-space satellites and even wearable #tech using nothing but body heat.

👉 extremetech.com/science/revers…

#technology #cleanenergy #physics #innovation #stem #science #future

🧠📱 What happens to your #brain after just ten minutes of swiping through a feed? Joss Fong cuts through the chatter to find real evidence regarding attention, agency, and short-form content.

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post/i…

#biology #body #culture #health #research #science #technology #tech #psychology #video #tksst

🌎📐 Working at the Naval Proving Ground in #Virginia, Dr. Gladys West used complex algorithms to map the #Earth’s irregular "geoid" shape.

Her mathematical foundation, combined with #Einstein’s relativity, is what allows the #GPS on your phone to be accurate within centimeters today.

👉 bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban…

#math #stem #blackhistory #physics #history #technology #innovation

Remembering Gladys West: who used Einstein to create GPS

Two main contributors enabled our modern global positioning system (GPS): Albert Einstein and Gladys West. Here's how she made it happen.

^{Ethan Siegel (Big Think)}

Where can I sign up for the new Europe's social media called W? I can't find any links.

#socialmedia #europe #tech #digital #sovereignty #community #network #platform #future #innovation #privacy #web #online #signup #news #technology #eu #connection #internet #growth #launch #modern #society #data #security

I have stopped putting those descriptions on my images I had no idea what horrific problems they cost

#LLM #AI #miscreant #technology #image #Alt

ft.com/content/55235da5-9a3f-4…

Prediction: because of the physical limitations of low earth orbit #LEO - these idiots (#Mush #Bezos etc.) will destroy that #space in no time. Bye-bye #space-based benefits such as #research.

#satellites #orbits #science #technology

Elon Musk’s SpaceX lines up 4 banks for blockbuster IPO

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley set to take lead on listing

^{Ivan Levingston (Financial Times)}

🩹⏱️ Researchers have developed an aerosolized wound spray called SEAL that stops severe arterial bleeding nearly instantly.

The #Baltimore-based team uses a specialized chitosan mixture to create a physical seal, providing a potential lifesaver for soldiers and first responders in remote areas.

👉 newatlas.com/medical-tech/batt…

#medicine #health #innovation #science #biology #tech #technology #research #safety #emergency

Battlefield wound spray stops bleeding in just one second

Researchers have developed a spray-on powder that turns into a wound-conforming gel when it comes in contact with blood. The breakthrough has the possibility of dramatically improving wound care in combat and other life-threatening situations.

^{Michael Franco (New Atlas)}

https://www.techspot.com/news/110243-android-wont-kill-sideloading-after-all-but-new.html

📸 Creating realistic 3D scenes from everyday online photos

techxplore.com/news/2025-12-re…

#3d #3deconomy #photography #technology #computing #vr #xr

Creating realistic 3D scenes from everyday online photos

A new approach is making it easier to visualize lifelike 3D environments from everyday photos already shared online, opening new possibilities in industries such as gaming, virtual tourism and cultural preservation.

^{Andrew Clark (Tech Xplore)}

"But, as Michèle Martin documents in her paper “The Rulers of the Wires”, middle-class women’s “‘delinquent’ telephone activities” took the Telegram Men by surprise. This delinquency included not just social telephone calls in the afternoon, but planned and impromptu meet-ups on party lines where isolated women could dial in and get an update from their community.

This was damned at the time by the Telegram Men as futile and frivolous, but that didn’t stop it from happening."

medium.com/careful-industries/…

#essay #community #technology

Considering how popular the fediverse already is with at least some of the public institutions in Europe, this is a puzzling move.

"European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States."

cybernews.com/tech/europe-soci…

#news #TechNews #technology #SocialMedia #W

• Wsocial
w-social.eu

Social media platform, an alternative to X

~ ~
Check, help, and share the link to the platform 😊

_____
#twitter #x #socialmedia #Europe #freedom #freespeech #News #technology #Mastodon #Media #opensource #foss

If you’re interested in science journalism: @murielvalin from Epsiloon is now on Mastodon. Epsiloon is a French science magazine. #newhere

Wenn du dich für Wissenschaftsjournalismus interessierst: Muriel Valin vom Nachrichtenportal Epsiloon.com ist #neuhier

Bienvenue!

#TeamWissenschaft #journalism #journalismus #TechNews #technology #Science #ScienceNews

Digitale Unterdrückung: So schalten Staaten das #Internet aus

‚Internetabschaltungen sind mittlerweile eine verbreitete Methode, vor allem in autoritären Regimes, die Bevölkerung und Informationen zu unterdrücken. Welche Formen dieser Informationskontrolle gibt es? Wie funktionieren sie? Und was hilft dagegen? Eine Analyse.'

netzpolitik.org/2026/digitale-…

#Netzpolitik #Iran #Technology #Repression #Protest

Digitale Unterdrückung: So schalten Staaten das Internet aus

^{netzpolitik.org}

Once you've reduced all entities in the Cosmos to the same level of "tradeable thing"...suddenly life begins to seem VERY much simpler, and certain overall goals become crystal clear. Whenever anyone in #business or #technology starts blithering too loudly about "efficiency" and "productivity" in that familiar way, this is really what they're talking about.

Reducing all the activities and things in the Universe to quantities of currency makes for a very uncomplicated perspective on the world. Everything's a big marketplace, everything's a big game, everything's a big competition, everything's a big carnival, etc. It's very easy to believe, as per Ned Beatty's chairman of the board in the film Network, that there's never been anything but buying and selling and dollars.

Weather in Marienburg SR SA image build the following way:

* photograph;composed in the districk of Commewijne object is a sluis (NL)
* shell bash
* server wttr.in
* fecth program curl
* formatting lolcat
* composed with Love for all who read this

#Weather #curl #wttr #bash #csh #ksh #zsh #fish #sh #OpenSource #programming #technology #POSIX

TIL about the Pile dataset 886TB oops 886GB of text data, created in 2K20 which can be used for various purposes including LLM training

#Programming #Pile #program #OpenSource #LLM #slop #AI #technology #dataset

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pile…

In light of the LLM research I do, this article is fitting
Read that to see how messed up the alleged Nvidia stance is

#Programming #Nvidia #GPU #Anna #Archive #Books #library #ClosedSource #LLM #slop #bad #technology

torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contac…

A few of my Bass effect pedals illuminated by their respective control & status leds

#JOYO #Behringer #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow

Can you clarify? All Linux flavors I've worked on have man page structures thus Documentation.
Even when I compiled the kernel from scratch in the pre alpha days, the source code had comments including all GNU Richard Stallman sources

#Daily #driving #freeBSD #documentation #man #pages #ghostBSD #OpenSource #Linux #technology

duckduckgo.com/?q=man%20lsblk&…

Hi, I am Yash from India, a software developer.

Started my career as a Jr. Software developer and now provide the services to clients and make their lives or businesses better.

I also enjoy watching cricket and movies, anime, gaming and 3D modelling, and I've recently picked up some new interests, such as mountain tracking and horse riding.

I came to know about fediverse, and I can see what real social media looks like

#introduction #software #founder #agency #tech #technology

Let’s be honest, Ring was already some technocratic, dystopian BS, but if you needed a reason to finally, finally kill it with fire, here’s your reason: Ring is partnering with Flock to help ICE spy on you and your neighbors for the government 👀

#Technology #InfoSec
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amaz…

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

^{Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)}

"If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists."

Interesting column from @TheAtlantic: "Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This."

flip.it/E6qnZb

#Grok #AI #ElonMusk #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This

^{Charlie Warzel (The Atlantic)}

At Vivaldi we continue to make choices that are different from our competitors. We have chosen to not integrate AI or crypto, but instead we integrate a wealth of other features, based on the wishes of our users.

We are a European company with most of the team based in Norway and Iceland, a few around Europe and a couple in the US.

Our servers are based in Iceland.

If you want to get away from Big Tech, maybe give us a try? If you are already using Vivaldi, maybe introduce your friends?

Have a nice day!

vivaldi.com

#Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #AI #Europa #Technology #EU #UK #Germany #France #Poland #Denmark #Norway #Iceland #Greenland

Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser

It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!

^{Vivaldi Technologies}

Current weather for Marienburg SR SA using the power of curl wttr.in {ba{c{k{z{sh}}}}} and lolcat

#weather #bash #csh #ksh #zsh #lolcat #technology #OpenSource #SR #SA #Marienburg #Commewijne

KI -Jetzt wird es teuer für alle

‚War die KI-Blase bislang eher ein Risiko für Investoren, droht es sich in diesem Jahr – ausgehend von den USA – auf die breite Bevölkerung auszuweiten: Steuergeld soll Rechenzentren finanzieren, Subventionen Kohle- und Atomkraftwerke….‘

golem.de/news/ki-jetzt-wird-es…

Ohne Bezahlschranke:

archive.is/VIyjH

#KI #AI #Technology #Atomkraft

Two of my pedals

#JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow

My acoustic guitar, a gift from my wonderful mother, without many parts. The Bridge was glued on the varnish, which is the reason why it jumped at me, sweeped close to my face, before dropping on the strings.

#JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #acoustic #Bridge #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow

ICE-Beamte tragen GoPros und Smart Glasses von Meta #Minneapolis

Im Zuge ihrer massiven Einsätze in Minneapolis sollen Beamte der US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE GoPro-Kameras und smarte Brillen von Meta getragen haben…..

heise.de/news/Minneapolis-ICE-…

#ICE #USA #Meta #SmartGlasses #Technology #Antireport

Minneapolis: ICE-Beamte tragen GoPros und Smart Glasses von Meta

Im Zuge ihrer massiven Einsätze in Minneapolis sollen Beamte der US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE GoPro-Kameras und smarte Brillen von Meta getragen haben.

^{Robin Ahrens (heise online)}

The gift of a wonderful kiss from a sexy female

Photographed in F1.8 on one of my Nikon camera bodies with a 50mm prime lens AF/D. The lens had important filters before it including 81A warming filter

#Photography #lens #Prime #technology #Nikon #Bokeh

Sensuality in Magenta

#Photography #Android #technology #AndroidPhotography #Colour #artificial #magenta

A female in Deep Thought
Composed in monochrome

Monochrome Photography Rules!

#Photography #Android #technology #AndroidPhotography #monochrome #Nikon