ChatGPT’s new formatting blocks make its UI look more like a task tool

OpenAI has quietly rolled out 'formatting blocks,' which tweak GPT's layout to match the UI of the task it is supposed to ...
Interesting Engineering

Single string pull turns flat designs into 3D structures for modular space habitats

A new single-string method lets flat designs deploy into complex 3D structures, with potential uses in modular space habitats ...
Tech Xplore

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.
Autoblog

A Simple Software Tune Finally Gives Europe’s Ford Ranger Raptor the Power It Deserves

ZeroNine Design unlocks more power for European Ranger Raptor V6 engines, because not all heroes wear capes. Despite the global nature of the automotive industry, certain models are still sold only in ...
The Next Platform

Building The Future Of Software In The AI-Native Era

PARTNER CONTENT We are entering a new era where AI isn’t just a tool for transformation but the foundation for reinvention. Frontier firms aren’t waiting. Already, they’re architecting the future with ...
Inc

Microsoft Just Invested in a Cement Startup That Turns CO2 Into Literal Building Blocks

There’s hardly anything on this planet that’s more widely in demand than concrete. And while we need the essential building material for infrastructure, housing, and beyond, it comes at a high climate ...
Wall Street Journal

A 980-Square-Foot House Is Simple and Minimalist, but Building It? Not So Much.

From the air, David Thevenin’s home two hours from Tokyo looks deceptively simple: a small, minimalist concrete structure with a pitched roof. But the single-story home is perched on the side of a ...
EDN

PWM nonlinearity that software can’t fix

There’s been interest recently here in the land of Design Ideas (DIs) in a family of simple interface circuits for pulse width modulation (PWM) control of generic voltage regulators (both linear and ...
Hawaii News Now

Building, solar permits delayed in Honolulu with launch of new software system

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Permits are piling up in Honolulu just weeks after a new system was put in place to try and speed up the process. The city Department of Planning and Permitting said the ...
KPBS

University Heights project offers example for building more housing

Nineteen new homes will be coming to University Heights after a single family home is renovated and turned into apartments. Social media host and reporter Jake Gotta has the story. Nineteen new homes ...
UPI

Judge blocks expedited deportation of migrants without due process

Aug. 30 (UPI) --A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations, ruling expedited removal creates a "significant risk" to migrants' due process. Late Friday night, U ...