Month: February 2025

Trump vs. Twitter: The president takes on social media moderation

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After Twitter gave one of President Trump’s tweets a modest reality check, the president threatened to “shut down” social media companies, personally targeted a Twitter employee, and signed an executive order that would affect the entire internet. It’s the latest salvo in a long-simmering feud between the president and his favorite social media platform. Although he has … Read more

Ethereum L2 Taiko And DoraHacks Are Launching The Largest Anonymous Community Vote In Crypto History

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**SINGAPORE, Singapore, February 7th, 2025/Chainwire/–**Taiko, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, and DoraHacks, the largest hacker movement in crypto, are spearheading the biggest anonymous community vote ever conducted in Web3. The initiative aims to advance decentralization in community governance through the Taiko Grant Factory Hackathon. The Taiko Grant Factory Hackathon is designed to unleash developer creativity—driving … Read more

How This Acoustic Panel Performed in a Real-World Sound Test

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Unit cell design and analysis 3 Unit cell experimental and numerical characterization 4 Rainbow AM labyrinthine panel 4.1 Panel design and fabrication 4.2 FE model of the AM panel 4.3 AM panel characterization 4.4 AM panel sound absorption results 5 Numerical evaluation of different labyrinthine sound absorption … Read more

Two new games you can play basically forever

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 70, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, go Chiefs I guess, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been reading about kicking sugar and NBA trades and the rise of … Read more

The Science of Soundproofing: A Look at 3D-Printed Acoustic Panels

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Unit cell design and analysis 3 Unit cell experimental and numerical characterization 4 Rainbow AM labyrinthine panel 4.1 Panel design and fabrication 4.2 FE model of the AM panel 4.3 AM panel characterization 4.4 AM panel sound absorption results 5 Numerical evaluation of different labyrinthine sound absorption … Read more