Eight Antarctic architecture highlights

Following the unveiling of the Discovery Building today, we look at eight architectural highlights from Antarctica over the…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/387865/

How-To Geek: Stop wasting money on dashcams and repurpose your old smartphone instead. “With the right app, an old phone can handle loop recording, manage storage automatically, and start recording hands-free every time you drive, which makes it a surprisingly practical alternative to buying dedicated hardware.”

Spotted on Hacker News: Search Bench. From the announcement: “I built Search Bench as a small experiment to compare search engines without showing which engine produced which results. It was inspired by the idea behind the LLM Arena, but applied to search.” I did two searches, one with a common word (cows) and one with a much rarer word (agrivoltaics). The cow query was a close choice but I […]

Lifehacker: These Are the Best Price-Tracking Tools I Use As a Deals Writer. “As a shopping and deals writer, that is what I do for a living, and I know how time-consuming it can be. Luckily, you don’t have to figure it all out yourself: Here are the best websites and extensions I’ve been using for years to check price history and track prices so that you can be sure you’re getting the best […]

Search Engine Journal: 19 WordPress Alternatives: From Simple Builders To Enterprise CMS. “This guide provides an overview of leading WordPress alternatives across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders that offer drag-and-drop simplicity. We look at flexible open-source options for developers and tech-savvy users. We also cover blogging-focused options, ecommerce […]

ZDNet: I’ve used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out). “Over the decades, I’ve tried almost every browser that’s come to market, from the most basic, terminal-based ones to the very complex and bloated. Within that spectrum, there are some browsers that rise so far above the rest that there’s no comparison between the bad, the mediocre, and the good. […]

Search Engine Journal: 19 WordPress Alternatives: From Simple Builders To Enterprise CMS. “This guide provides an overview of leading WordPress alternatives across key website categories. We explore user-friendly website builders that offer drag-and-drop simplicity. We look at flexible open-source options for developers and tech-savvy users. We also cover blogging-focused options, ecommerce […]

MakeUseOf: I tested 5 open-source music players and this is the only one I kept. “There are many open-source music players for Android out there, and I’ve tried a handful of them, including Harmony Music, OuterTune, and PixelPlay. In fact, GitHub users rounded up 24 free and open-source music players for Android in a repository, so they’re easy to find and navigate. However, if you’re new to […]

Fifteen buildings to look out for in 2026

We’re ringing in the new year with a look at 15 landmark architecture projects scheduled for completion in…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/348130/

Mashable: In Memoriam: All the tech that died in 2025. “Some of the entries on our in memorium list lived long, fruitful lives and contributed lasting legacies to the ever-evolving technology space. (RIP, Skype.) Others were flash-in-the-pan features or straight-up flops (we’re looking at you, Humane AI Pin), destined to meet an early death. Regardless, they’re all worthy of remembering for the […]

Lifehacker: The Best Apps for Tracking Any New Year’s Resolution. “I like all the best general progress tracking apps, but when it comes to resolutions, you are looking at something time-bound and specific by its very nature, so you should try apps that are tailored more to what you’re doing.”

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Best data visualization projects of 2025 · From interactive experiences to thoughtful maps https://ilo.im/169iqu

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Best new icons of 2025 · A look at the top news, trends, and icons https://ilo.im/169i9i

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MakeUseOf: I tested 5 major Google Maps alternatives — this is the one I’m keeping. “Over several months, I relied entirely on five popular navigation apps—Sygic, Magic Earth, OsmAnd, HERE WeGo, and Waze [Waze?] —for everything from urban navigation to foreign city breaks and far-flung motorcycle trips off the beaten track. After plenty of traffic jams, reroutes, and signal drops, some […]

MakeUseOf: This website literally walks you through the coolest parts of the internet. “I once discovered a website that allows me to listen to radio stations from around the world for free. But this time, I might have found one that’s even better: Viralwalk, a website that allows me to discover some of the coolest sites on the web. I’d give fair warning: don’t visit this website if you […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/12/makeuseof-this-website-literally-walks-you-through-the-coolest-parts-of-the-internet/

ZDNet: Want to save your old computer? Try one of these 9 Linux distros – for free. “With these operating systems, you can revive an old machine and make it run as though it were new. Here are 9 Linux distributions that are perfectly at home on older (and even newer) hardware.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/10/zdnet-want-to-save-your-old-computer-try-one-of-these-9-linux-distros-for-free/

Lifehacker: YouTube Has a New Annual Recap. “Taking a cue from YouTube Music and YouTube Gaming, YouTube as a whole is now finally introducing a Spotify Wrapped-style annual recap. Simply called YouTube Recap, this feature will break down your watching habits across all categories in 2025.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/07/lifehacker-youtube-has-a-new-annual-recap/

Mashable: The 3 biggest AI fails of 2025 — Friend, imaginary summer reading lists, and so many hallucinations. “Generative AI could have written this introduction, but there’s a good chance it would have started hallucinating. Hallucination, which Google failed to mention in its AI-filled 2025 keynote, led to many, many AI fails in 2025. But it wasn’t the only factor. Below, please enjoy our […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/06/mashable-the-3-biggest-ai-fails-of-2025-friend-imaginary-summer-reading-lists-and-so-many-hallucinations/

Pluralistic: All the books I reviewed in 2025 (02 Dec 2025)

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LatAm Journalism Review: Five tools to detect, analyze and counter disinformation. “The following list brings together five tools that media outlets and fact-checking organizations use for tasks ranging from tracking disinformation and analyzing its dissemination patterns, to recovering deleted content and analyzing audiovisual material.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/02/latam-five-tools-to-detect-analyze-and-counter-disinformation/