OTR Backup 07/08/2025

• Blender 5.0 Set to Bring HDR Support for Linux Wayland Users

• All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding

  Four major web browsers dominate the market: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple’s Safari. What most users don’t realize is that Google effectively bankrolls over 80% of the…

• I tested Perplexity vs Google AI overview with 7 prompts — the results were shocking | Tom's Guide

• NotebookLM Is the Perfect AI Tool for School or Work. Here's What It Does - CNET

• I'm an Irishman in Canada — Here are 9 things Canadians do so differently to Irish people - Narcity

  I moved to Toronto in April 2024 from a small town in the west of Ireland. Since then, I've been struck by some notable differences between Canadians and Irish people. Some are small and amusing; others were a genuine culture shock at first.

• Math’s Block-Stacking Problem Has a Preposterous Solution | Scientific American

  In principle, this impossible math allows for a glue-free bridge of stacked blocks that can stretch across the Grand Canyon—and into infinity

• Dyson's vertical farming revolutionizes strawberry growth

  A new video takes you inside Dyson's impressive vertical farming operation, which is home to 1,225,000 strawberry plants and shows you how the company is applying its manufacturing knowledge to producing homegrown food for British consumers.

• Elon Musk forms pro-tech 'America Party' | Mashable

  Following through on his threat to Trump, Musk announces he has formed the 'America Party' to break through the American duopoly and bring tech interests to the fore.

• Elon Musk confirms xAI is buying an overseas power plant and shipping the whole thing to the U.S. to power its new data center — 1 million AI GPUs and up to 2 Gigawatts of power under one roof, equivalent to powering 1.9 million homes | Tom's Hardwa

• ‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve

  To understand the causes of ‘grade inflation’, a new study sought the opinions of those closest to the phenomenon: university teachers.

• Hands on with Windows 11 Notepad's new markdown support

  Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad.

• When Constant Change Is the Norm, Paradox Is Your Superpower

• ChatGPT has secret codes — these are the four you need to use | Tom's Guide

• What can you see in this optical illusion? The answer could be determined by where you grew up | Creative Bloq

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