These Are Your Favorite Pontiacs - Jalopnik

A pontiac g6 parked on pavement

Pontiac

Pontiac, it's not just the sad empty city where Woodward Ave ends. It was once a thriving community and, at one time, citizens of had the pride of seeing their city's name on the backs of some of the most fun affordable muscle-car adjacent vehicles the U.S. has ever produced. Were Pontiacs always powerful, beautiful, well engineered machines? Hell no. Did they generally look badass and regular people could actually afford them? Hell, yes. I still, to this day, see tons of Pontiac Grand Ams and G6s driving around Detroit. GM use to build crummy little cars that refuse to die, and I think we all miss them a lot. 

Meta is still flinging the equivalent of a small country's annual GDP down the Reality Labs money pit each and every quarter

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.
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Meta's second quarter earnings are in, reporting revenue of $60.80 billion. That's another record-breaking year-on-year increase of about 28%, though shares are reportedly down by about 10%. Funny, that. Now, time to take a look at how the company's famous money-hole, its VR and AR division, Reality Labs, is doing while I take a big sip of my coffee…

Rice bran compound may help ease irritable bowel symptoms

A naturally occurring compound found in rice bran may influence how strongly the intestines contract, according to new research from Toho University.

The study, led by Dr. Keisuke Obara, Dr. Kento Yoshioka, and Professor Yoshio Tanaka of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, found that ferulic acid (FA) can reduce intestinal smooth muscle contractions by blocking voltage-dependent calcium channels. The discovery could eventually support new dietary approaches for intestinal motility disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Italy-Based Lights On Snags Colombia’s ‘In All My Journeys I Am Returning’ Ahead of Its Locarno Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

Boutique Italian sales agency Lights On has picked up international sales rights to the debut feature of Colombian Manuel Ponce de León’s “In All My Journeys I Am Returning” (“Todos mis viajes son viajes de regreso”) ahead of its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.

Eddie Howe: Does Newcastle manager's departure mark the beginning of the end of Saudi dream?

Howe ended Newcastle's 70-year wait for a domestic trophy when his side won the Carabao Cup last year.

But rumours about the 48-year-old's departure have been circulating since the beginning of this year, when Newcastle sat 13th in the Premier League and securing Champions League football for next season was already starting to look highly unlikely.

Head Of Anthropic's Claude Code Says Prompt Engineering Not That Important

Y Combinator’s Diana Hu recently interviewed Boris Cherny, the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. Cherny said that Claude Code is more capable than is commonly understood, saying that prompt engineering is largely not important. Given that Claude doesn’t require “overthinking,” he suggested Claude Code users would be better off unfollowing AI influencers on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Maingear introduces a new lineup of hidden-cable 'Zero' pre-built PCs - Engadget

The machines, which move wires to the back of the case for a clean look, now offer NVIDIA's latest GPUs.

MainGear's 3D render of its zero-cable desktop computer concept showing components and rear

Maingear

Nano Banana image generation comes to Google Earth - Engadget

This lets people "visualize the past" via AI-created pictures.

Google just announced that its Nano Banana image generation tool is coming to Google Earth, of all things. What's the possible use case here? The company has offered a few options.

At $5,800, Is Buying This 1987 Maserati Biturbo The Best Worst Idea Ever? - Jalopnik

You are very likely to find today's Nice Price or No Dice Biturbo on any number of "worst cars in the world" lists, but that's selling the model short. Let's see if this later edition makes up for the earlier model's sins, and hence might be a compelling purchase.

I've cared for my daughter for 39 years. Retirement wasn't the break I imagined.

I've cared for my daughter for 39 years. Retirement wasn't the break I imagined.

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