Author: Vidya Saras
If youâre a developer or designer constantly exploring next-level UI elements and interaction designâlike many in the Codrops communityâyour choice of plugins is as critical as your choice of theme. Donât settle for outdated or one-trick plugins. Whether youâre implementing advanced booking systems, designing interactive sliders, or creating complex data tables, the right plugins should adapt and evolve in tandem with your vision. Why You Need Future-Ready Plugins Front-end technologies shift at a breakneck pace. New JavaScript frameworks emerge, CSS specifications keep evolving, and user expectations only get higher. Plugins that arenât actively maintained or lack the flexibility to integrate…
We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lift off for the first time.Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, aimed to launch its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13), during a three-hour window that opened at 1 a.m. EST (0600 GMT).Blue Origin pushed the planned launch time back multiple times before finally calling the attempt off at around 3:10 a.m. EST (0810 GMT).”Weâre standing down on todayâs launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window.…
Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says it is up to him and his coaches to get the side out of its current poor run of form.The Chiefs were thrashed 69-17 by French Top 14 leaders Bordeaux in the Champions Cup on Saturday.The loss, which saw Exeter concede 11 tries, ended any outside hopes of making the knockout stages. Exeter opened the scoring thanks to Paul Brown-Bampoe’s try, but from then on it was all Bordeaux as the French side went 31-5 up at half-time before adding another 38 points in the second half.It was the latest defeat in a…
At least 16 civilians in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air strike, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs.Residents told local media the victims were members of local vigilante groups and civilians defending themselves from armed gangs notorious for kidnapping people for ransom.The strikes targeted militant gangs in Zurmi and Maradun areas and the state governor, Dauda Lawal, offered his condolences to the community.The military has acknowledged conducting air strikes, which it said had dealt “a decisive blow to bandits terrorising villages in the area”.The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it was investigating “reports of…
Itâs been a little while, and weâve got some news. đ Itâs happening! đ After being cooped up for the last years, it’s exciting to finally say that Devcon 6 will take place in the first half of Q4-2022 in Bogota, Colombia. We know that Devcon has a special spot in everyoneâs heart (ours too!), and we canât wait to share more information very soon (stay tuned!). In the meantime, the Road to Devcon continues with another project that we’ve been working on recently. Meet a little something new Devconnect is a week-long gathering in Amsterdam that will feature independent…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political sources saw as a tight race between incumbent Najib Mikati and International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam. The designation of the prime minister is the next step in the formation of a new administration following Aoun’s election to the vacant presidency, which reflected a shift in the power balance since Hezbollah was pummelled in the war last year with Israel and its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled. Aoun, who enjoys the support of the United States and…
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Recent AI models are surprisingly humanlike in their ability to generate text, audio, and video when prompted. However, so far these algorithms have largely remained relegated to the digital world, rather than the physical, three-dimensional world we live in. In fact, whenever we attempt to apply these models to the real world even the most sophisticated struggle to perform adequatelyâjust think, for instance, of how challenging it has been to develop safe and reliable self-driving cars. While artificially intelligent, not only do these models simply have no grasp of physics but they also often hallucinate, which leads them to make…
A few months ago, Prime Video revealed it was getting the ball rolling on a TV adaptation for Mass Effect. For fans, the squadmates of each game are part of the franchiseâs charmâso much that Jennifer Hale, who voiced the female version of Commander Shepard, thinks the show should include them. Speaking to Eurogamer, Hale said sheâd be down for coming back to reprise Shepard âin any form,â including the fifth game BioWareâs currently making. Both her and fellow Shepard actor Mark Meer rose to voice acting prominence via the original trilogy, and she still holds love for the sci-fi RPG franchise.…
It was back in August 2019, just about the time Democrats were wasting everyone’s time with the first fake impeachment scandal, when Donald Trump originally introduced the idea of buying Greenland from Denmark.At the time, the notion was dismissed by the pointy-headed arbiters of right and wrong known as the mainstream media, who concluded that Trump must see his presidency as an extended season of "The Apprentice." In this episode, the modern-day land baron outsmarts the Scandihoovian rubes who didn’t know the "green" in Greenland was cold hard cash.Like almost every other preconception of…