The Lord of Light’s magic wasn’t needed.
Luminary will allow podcasters to include links in their show notes
Luminary, the $100 million podcast startup, is fixing one of podcasters’ biggest gripes with the subscriber-oriented platform: the lack of show notes. The company is updating its iOS, Android, and web app to allow creators to include links in their show notes, which are often used to provide related information or links to sponsors, Luminary co-founder Joe Purzycki writes in a blog post. The links don’t appear to be live in the iOS player yet, and Purzycki says the web app update will initially require links to be copied and pasted into the URL bar; clickable links will be coming in the future.
Luminary fumbled its launch with poor messaging and product limitations that hurt small creators. Not only did the app strip out show notes, but…
UK power plants just went five days without burning any coal
UK power plants have just gone over five days without burning any coal, their longest coal-free streak since the Industrial Revolution, Bloomberg reports. The five-day period, which began on May 1st, beats the 90-hour record that was set earlier this year. The UK intends to phase out coal power completely by 2025.
This new record comes just over two years after the UK achieved the milestone of going one day without coal. However, the makeup of the country’s energy sources has changed significantly in that time. The biggest increase has come from wind power, which is up to as much as 27 percent from 12.2 percent, but the proportion of nuclear power also increased from 21.2 percent to 24 percent. Meanwhile, the proportion of the country’s…
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World’s fastest supercomputer coming to US in 2021 from Cray, AMD – CNET
The Energy Department awards a $600 million contract to build Frontier, while China and other countries are buying more supercomputers.
CIA sets up shop on the anonymous, encrypted Tor network – CNET
You can access the agency’s “onion site” to send tips and apply to be an operative.
Sprint to show off 5G at Google I/O – CNET
A trial run before its big push later this month.
GM’s Cruise Automation picks up another $1.15 billion investment – Roadshow
The money comes from a number of institutional investors.
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UE’s Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker is $45 for readers of The Verge
The small waterproof UE Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker is cheaper than usual for readers of The Verge. Daily Steals has the speaker available in new condition and in several colors to choose from for $44.99 for a limited time. The offer code should automatically apply itself, but in case it doesn’t, type in VERGEBOOM at checkout.
This speaker boasts 360-degree sound, and UE claims that it can last up to 10 hours per charge. Despite its smaller size, my colleague Chaim Gartenberg was impressed with its sound, saying it offers “strong, clear sound in my time with it, even at lower ranges (something that smaller speakers traditionally struggle with). And while it might not be quite as loud as its larger counterparts, it still offers more than…