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DataImpulse Proxy Service Review

A relative newcomer in the industry, DataImpulse has grabbed a slice of the proxy pie thanks to its wallet-friendly, high-performing service. From more than 90 million ethically-sourced residential IPs across 195 locations to mobile and…

5 ways I speed up my Android phone beyond clearing system cache - all for free

ZDNet

5 ways I speed up my Android phone beyond clearing system cache - all for free

Here's how I improve the performance of my Google Pixel, Samsung, and even Motorola. Or at least make it seem that way.

ZDNet

One Script, Five Dialects: How to Turn a Screenplay Into AI Video Prompts for Any Tool

One Script, Five Dialects: How to Turn a Screenplay Into AI Video Prompts for Any Tool

Runway wants physics. Veo wants JSON. Kling wants beats. Here is how to stop rewriting the same scene four times. Last month I spent an entire afternoon on a single establishing shot. Empty street, one man, a light turning on in a window…

How Multi-Model AI Pipelines Lose the Truth at Handoffs

How Multi-Model AI Pipelines Lose the Truth at Handoffs

Consider a hypothetical but representative handoff. A research model returns a careful finding: an association observed in one dataset, in a controlled setting, with limited generalization beyond the domain tested. Correlation, not cause…

Why Boring Traders Make More Money

In 2024, the S&P 500 returned 25%. The average equity investor made 16.5%. Same market. Same year. An eight-point gap between the index and the people trying to beat it. That gap wasn’t bad luck. DALBAR tracks this every year, and the…

Rare moment humpback whale gives birth captured by drone off Australian coast – video

The Guardian

Rare moment humpback whale gives birth captured by drone off Australian coast – video

A drone pilot has captured what is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world, and the first ever documented by drone. While conducting aerial observations of migrating humpback…

The Guardian

'Single's Inferno' stars Yoo Si-eun, Lee Gwan-hee confirm romance

'Single's Inferno' stars Yoo Si-eun, Lee Gwan-hee confirm romance

Yoo Si-eun and Lee Gwan-hee, who starred in the hit South Korean reality dating series “Single’s Inferno 3,” surprised fans after announcing their months-long relationship to the public. Yoo and Lee released a joint statement via the…

AllAfrica

Nigeria: Exclusive - How Alleged Coup Plotters Planned to Recruit Repentant Boko Haram, Civilian JTF Members

[Premium Times] This report, a part of an extensive PREMIUM TIMES exclusive reporting series on last year's failed coup plot against President Tinubu, reveals how and why the alleged leaders of the conspiracy planned to recruit repentant…

AllAfrica

What to Know About Project Sunrise, a 22-Hour Nonstop Flight Between London and Sydney

The New York Times

What to Know About Project Sunrise, a 22-Hour Nonstop Flight Between London and Sydney

Qantas plans to launch the world’s longest commercial flight next year from Sydney to London, using specially manufactured Airbus jets.

The New York Times

How cloud architecture is reinventing primary storage for the AI era

How cloud architecture is reinventing primary storage for the AI era

AI has sparked a race to build ever more powerful infrastructure, with headlines dominated by GPUs, networking and energy demand. But behind the scenes, another part of the technology stack is undergoing an equally significant…

What It Took to Get Useful Metrics Out of Nginx

What It Took to Get Useful Metrics Out of Nginx

The whole thing started with one plain, annoying question: how do we get real metrics out of nginx? Nginx sits in front of basically everything we run, terminating connections, proxying requests, doing its job quietly the way nginx always…

BTS to skip Grammy consideration for 2027 amid new Asian Pop Category

BTS to skip Grammy consideration for 2027 amid new Asian Pop Category

K-pop supergroup BTS has decided not to submit its music for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards, the group announced on Wednesday, July 29. All seven members — RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook — shared the same statement…