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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)

We continue Margary’s work by researching Roman roads using modern technology such as LiDAR, which uses lasers fired from an aircraft to create an incredibly accurate model of the earth’s surface beneath any vegetation, revealing surviving archaeology otherwise not visible. The example below is a Roman road in Lincolnshire, just east of Grantham, where until recently it was assumed that the A52 followed the course of a Roman road, which it almost certainly doesn’t. Instead, a different road lead

Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories

There’s no love and care put into crafting our git repositories nowadays. Let’s change that. I’m going to talk about how to handmake your git repositories without using these silly git commands. You might also learn a bit more about how git works under the hood during the process, or whatever. If you’re so inclined, you might also take it as an opportunity to appreciate how the power of git comes not from the complexity of its code but from the simplicity and elegance of its design. I mean,

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What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?

Thanks for reading! If you enjoy this article, last week’s essay on The Death of Partying in the U.S.A., or my feature story on The Anti-Social Century, consider becoming a subscriber to this newsletter to receive more essays on the social crises of our age. In rich countries around the world, birth rates have fallen to historically low levels. Governments have responded with a confetti cannon of policy ideas to increase the number of babies, including parental leave plans, preschool programs,

This midrange robot vacuum cleans as well as some premium models I've tested

ZDNET's key takeaways The new Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni retails for $700 This midrange robot vacuum and mop features auto-emptying, mop washing and drying, and strong suction, which we were able to confirm during testing The downside is that the Deebot N30 Omni doesn't boast the best obstacle avoidance capabilities, which significantly hinders how often you have to rescue it after it gets stuck on a small object. $669.99 at Amazon $379.98 at Walmart more buying choices I've tested robot vacuums

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are still on sale at a record-low price

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Prime Day may be over but you can still get $100 off. Amazon Prime Day may be officially over, but there are still a lot of great deals hanging around. Apple's AirPods Pro 2 remains deeply discounted at just $149. That's a full $100 off the usual retail price and the lowest price we'v

I tested an Android phone with a built-in smartwatch - my thoughts after a month

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oukitel WP300 is available now on Amazon for $425 with a $70 off coupon. This modular smartphone has built-in smartwatch and earbud components, as well as a very bright LED light. Like all Oukitel phones I've tested, the WP300 is thick, bulky, and very heavy. View now at Amazon There are certain brands that have carved a niche for themselves, and Oukitel is one of them. The company creates phones and tablets that are rugged enough to withstand the rougher side of wor

Prime Day and Anker Team Up to Drop the SOLIX C300 Power Bank Station to a Record Low

Summer is going to be over before you know it so you best plan some time to enjoy the warm weather before it goes away. Maybe get on the road and plan a camping trip with the family or some close friends. You can elevate that weekend from camping to glamping so long as you have a solid power bank station to take along with you. Anker has its Solix C300 DC portable power station on sale as part of the Prime Day savings. It’s right now going for 40% off which brings the price down from $250 to jus

This midrange robot vacuum cleans as well as some premium models - and it's 46% off

ZDNET's key takeaways The new Ecovacs Deebot N30 Omni retails for $700 This midrange robot vacuum and mop features auto-emptying, mop washing and drying, and strong suction, which we were able to confirm during testing The downside is that the Deebot N30 Omni doesn't boast the best obstacle avoidance capabilities, which significantly hinders how often you have to rescue it after it gets stuck on a small object. $379.99 at Amazon $379.99 at Walmart more buying choices The Ecovacs Deebot N30 Om

This Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker Could Be Considered Free This Prime Day, Never Been This Cheap Before

Waterproof speakers are more useful than you realize, especially when you can take them from the shower to the pool or the beach and everywhere in between. That’s definitely the case with the Soundcore Motion 300 by Anker, the ultra-powerful, ultra-portable Bluetooth speaker that’s just hit its all-time low price at Amazon. The Soundcore Motion 300 is just $53 right now during a limited-time prime deal that takes 34% off its usual $80 price. A sub-2-pound speaker most definitely qualifies as po

Sihoo’s Prime Day Chair Deals Will Have You Kicking Back in Prime Comfort

Here are two great Prime Day deals that have your back — quite literally. Two of Sihoo’s best, most ergonomically correct, and most comfortable chairs are on sale during this Prime Day. The Sihoo M18 Classic Office Chair is just $120 for the black model or $130 for white, green, or blue when you use the code M18CDL at checkout, and the Sihoo Doro C300 Pro Ergonomic Chair is marked down to just $350 for the black model or $360 for the white version when you use the code Gizmodo at checkout. It’s

Beyond Prime Day, Energizer 20,000mAh Power Bank Is Almost Free at Best Buy’s Black Friday in July

While battery lives on phones are often doing their best, the fact is that they never really last as long as you’d like. It’s a pain to have to suddenly stop using your phone just to try and make that last 10% last until you actually get home, especially when you’ve got a commute ahead of you or anything else where you might want your GPS or some music. See at Best Buy It’s in times like those that you’re going to be incredibly thankful that today was the day you bought a good power bank. That

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T-Mobile starts offering an $830 trade-in discount if you don’t mind locking yourself in

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile is reportedly offering a new loyalty discount of $830 on device trade-ins for select existing customers. To be eligible, customers must not have any active equipment installment plans. The discount will be credited back over a two-year installment period. Eligible customers can check for the offer in the T-Life app or with store representatives. T-Mobile counts itself among the big three carriers in the nation, but the carrier still has to b

Hacker leaks Telefónica data allegedly stolen in a new breach

A hacker is threatening to leak 106GB of data allegedly stolen from Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica in a breach that the company did not acknowledge. The threat actor has leaked a 2.6GB archive that unpacks into five gigabytes of data with a little over 20,000 files to prove that the breach occurred. Partial leak with data allegedly stolen from Telefónica​ The breach allegedly occurred on May 30 and the hacker claims they had 12 hours of uninterrupted data exfiltration before de

Yurei – Open source social media researcher powered by Exa AI API and YouTube v3

yurei app still in progress, not live on https://yurei.app/ yet, but you can clone it and try it out a simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v3. built with vercel's ai sdk. what it does: searches youtube for videos searches reddit for posts searches linkedin (kinda fucked rn, working on it) using grok-21212 as the llm how to install clone this repo npm install or yarn make a .env.local with: NEXT_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:3000 # For development NE

A simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v

yurei app still in progress, not live on https://yurei.app/ yet, but you can clone it and try it out a simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v3. built with vercel's ai sdk. what it does: searches youtube for videos searches reddit for posts searches linkedin (kinda fucked rn, working on it) using grok-21212 as the llm how to install clone this repo npm install or yarn make a .env.local with: NEXT_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:3000 # For development NE

Dell Laptop (32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Now 73% Off, Priced So Low so Don’t Count on It Lasting Till Prime Day

The good folks at Amazon must be getting warmed up for the annual Prime Day blowout, or maybe somebody lit their 4th of July fireworks a little early, because for the second day in a row there is a truly insane Dell laptop deal that’s just dropped out of nowhere. The last one, on the Dell 15 Vostro 3520, took a $2,000 price tag down to just $549. Now it’s the Dell 15 Vostro 3530’s turn in an even bigger deal taking a $2,400 price down to just $650. The Dell Vostro 3530 is the slightly bigger br

The Roman Roads Research Association

We continue Margary’s work by researching Roman roads using modern technology such as LiDAR, which uses lasers fired from an aircraft to create an incredibly accurate model of the earth’s surface beneath any vegetation, revealing surviving archaeology otherwise not visible. The example below is a Roman road in Lincolnshire, just east of Grantham, where until recently it was assumed that the A52 followed the course of a Roman road, which it almost certainly doesn’t. Instead, a different road lead

Exploring Trichromacy through Maxwell's Color Experiment (2023)

Exploring Trichromacy through Maxwell's Color Experiment by Koh Terai with the guidance of Professor Brian Wandell for Psych 221: Image Systems Engineering at Stanford University Last Updated: 19:30 Saturday, December 30, 2023 (PST) We can create most of the colors we see daily using just three colors. For example, you may have heard of R, G, B — Red, Green, Blue — to express many colors. This understanding is fundamental to how we display color on monitors and how we print color. But why three

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Modelling API rate limits as diophantine inequalities

modelling API rate limits as diophantine inequalities You're allowed 10 requests per hour. Each task you run makes three attempts: initial call, retry after 10 minutes, and retry after 30 minutes. What’s the maximum number of tasks you can safely run per hour? Most engineers throw exponential backoff at the problem. And it works great in most cases! But can we, for the sake of having fun, be more mathematical about this? In a way, this is just an integer feasibility problem. the setup Let’

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Watch Glastonbury 2025: Livestream the UK Festival From Anywhere for Free

Joe Maher/Getty Images It's arguably the most sought-after ticket in the world when it comes to music festivals. But if you're not one of the lucky 210,000 attendees heading to Glastonbury, don't worry -- our guide below will show you how to catch all the big-name performances from the comfort of your home, no tent required. Below, we'll outline which live TV streaming service will be streaming this year's festival, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if you're o

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Goodwill shopper discovers $30 PC hiding an RTX 3080 Ti and Ryzen 7

WTF?! Everyone loves a bargain, especially when it involves spending $30 on a PC that has over $1,500 worth of hardware packed inside. That's what happened to one Goodwill shopper who stumbled upon the RTX 3080 Ti/Ryzen 7-powered computer in a South Carolina store. No-Investment9793 posted on Reddit that his dad is a regular customer at the local Goodwill, where he knows everyone. According to the post, someone at the store pointed out the PC, which had been donated by a mother after cleaning o

Watch Glastonbury 2025: Livestream the UK Festival From Anywhere For Free

Joe Maher/Getty Images It's arguably the most sought-after tickets in the world when it comes to music festivals. But if you're not one of the lucky 210,000 attendees heading to Glastonbury, don't worry — our guide below will show you how to catch all the big-name performances from the comfort of your home, no tent required. Below, we'll outline which live TV streaming service will be streaming this year's festival, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if tyou're

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Bernie Sanders: If AI Is Doing Such Amazing Work, Everyone Should Get a Four-Day Workweek

In 2025, we're constantly told, artificial intelligence is bringing about a workplace revolution. Countless billionaires have waxed poetic about the "coming recession" and "unemployment crisis" that their hyped up AI chatbots are sure to bring. Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator from Vermont, has been listening. Calling the US tech industry on its AI hype — which mostly involves generating shareholder value — Sanders recently posed a rhetorical question on the Joe Rogan podcast: if AI is

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Verizon is giving away free swag to mark its customer support upgrades — here’s how to get in on it

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is giving away free concert tickets, gift cards, and merchandise through the Verizon Access rewards platform. Until June 30, customers can also walk into a Verizon store nearby to pick up a freebie, which could include Verizon-branded water bottles, drawstring backpacks, or sunglasses. These gifts celebrate Verizon’s overhaul of its customer service experience. Verizon is revamping its customer support experience, and to mark the occasion, it

Rated Five Stars by 5,000 Reviews, These Anker Noise Cancelling Earbuds Are Now Just $28

There are occasions when it just isn’t worth it to invest $200 or $300 in premium earbuds like AirPods Pro. Anker is a brand that specializes in making affordable and reliable electronic accessories, from chargers to earbuds, and their Soundcore brand is one that delivers quality audio products with consistently high reviews. The Soundcore P30i noise-cancelling earbuds are one example with features and performance on a level with far more expensive models. Even at their standard price, the earb

"Microsoft Locked My Account – I Lost 30 Years of Photos and Work"

I’m beyond frustrated. Microsoft randomly locked my account after I moved 30 years' worth of irreplaceable photos and work to OneDrive. I was consolidating data from multiple old drives before a major move—drives I had to discard due to space and relocation constraints. The plan was simple: upload to OneDrive, then transfer to a new drive later. Instead, Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any legitimate recourse. I've submitted the compliance form 18 times—eighteen—and e

This 300W Solar Panel Power Station Is Almost Free, Amazon Is Clearing Stock at 40% Off

With its compact solar panel, this power station is ideal for making outdoor escapades easy. When it comes to portable power, few products are capable of combining number one ratings, strong features, and an unbeatable price tag (until now). Jackery Solar Generator 300 is currently the top-rated power station out there and Amazon recently reduced its price to an all-time record low: For just $298 after discounting, a whopping 40% off the listed price of $499, this is an offer not worth turning

Anker’s Soundcore Sleep earbuds finally feature active noise canceling

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Anker has announced a new version of its wireless sleep buds that could be even more effective at delivering a peaceful slumber by blocking out disturbing noises using active noise cancellation. Previous versions of the Soundcore Sleep earbuds blocked external sounds passively using just a snug fit inside the ear, but the new Sleep A30 finally ad

Aqara Smart Lock U300 drops to its all-time low price, and I bought it!

I have been looking at smart locks for some time, and just a few days ago, I posted a couple of deals on options from Aqara and eufy. Well, I made up my mind! I pulled the trigger on the Aqara Smart Lock U300, and the deal is still on, so you can take advantage of it, too. It’s $50 off, which brings the cost down to $179.99. Get the Aqara Aqara Smart Lock U300 for $179.99 ($50 off) This offer is available from Amazon, and it is labeled as a “limited time deal.” It’s available in Black and Silve