Author: Vidya Saras

What would it look like if a Three.js/WebGL 3D web experience behaved like a watercolor painting—fluid, responsive, and interactive? In Susurrus, I explore this idea using Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR), approaching stylization as both an aesthetic and a performance consideration. In this case study, I’ll walk through how this project was designed and built. Concept: Comfort That Doesn’t Exist A forgotten windmill floats on the water, rendered with the delicacy of a watercolor painting yet fully 3D and interactive. In Susurrus, the scene feels natural and cozy at first glance, but subtly surreal and absurd upon closer inspection. Soft sound design…

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 ■ Face north just after nightfall and look very high. There you’ll find the Pointers, the end stars of the Big Dipper’s bowl, on the meridian pointing down toward Polaris straight below. From the Pointers to Polaris is about three fists at arm’s length. And whenever the Pointers are highest there on the north meridian, Leo walks westward across the south meridian at his highest. SATURDAY, APRIL 25 ■ The Moon will occult 1st-magnitude Regulus for most of North and Central America today. Regulus will vanish behind the Moon’s dark limb during twilight for the much of…

Nick Bayly gains a brief but extremely memorable insight into the Japanese golfing experience on a short trip to Kawaguchiko, located in the foothills of Mount Fuji, where 18 holes is treated with a reverence rarely experienced anywhere else in the world It was long before my somewhat ambitious application to attend the golf competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was scuppered by a global pandemic that I first harboured hopes of playing golf in Japan. I’m not entirely sure why my interest was piqued to tee it up in The Land of the Rising Sun, but the very fact…

Witnesses report clashes in the centre and north, in what has been described as the largest jihadist attack in years.

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldUS authorities believe the alleged shooter at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening was targeting Donald Trump and other administration officials, acting US attorney-general Todd Blanche said on Sunday.Blanche told CBS News that federal investigators were “still looking into” the shooter’s motivations for the attack, but said they believed he had been “targeting members of the administration” and acted alone. Officials believe the alleged shooter travelled from Los Angeles to the US capital by train via Chicago and that he had…

April 26 is Alien Day, and Disney’s celebrating the occasion with a big new piece of xenomorph merch. That would be an animatronic Xenomorph that stands at 6 feet and 8 inches tall. Sculpted in detail to look like it came from the movies, the animatronic also moves like the iconic monster—it’s got an inner mouth, and the torso moves in a side-to-side motion. For Alien fans with indoor space or a covered porch to put it and $450 to spend, the Xenomorph animatronic may be for you, and you can order it from Spirit Halloween starting today.   The Alien franchise got some…

Bitcoin’s latest onchain and derivatives data point to a constructive setup, with VanEck highlighting negative funding rates and a clustered hash rate drawdown alongside softer volatility and cautious positioning.  The firm notes in their latest report that realized volatility fell from about 56% to 41% as US‑Iran tensions eased, while the 7‑day average funding rate dropped to roughly -1.8%, its lowest level since 2023 and in the 10th percentile of readings since late 2020. Since 2020, bitcoin’s average 30‑day return during periods of negative funding has been 11.5%, compared with 4.5% across all periods, with a 77% hit rate for…

The first two weeks of the ether sale are over, and we have to date received over 25000 BTC from selling over 50 million ETH. This marks the largest cryptographic token sale to date, and with the two endowments places ETH as being the token with the 8th highest total value, even beating out the beloved Dogecoin at 17.3MUSDvs17.3M USD vs 17.3MUSDvs15.5M. A total of 6670 transactions have been made, with values ranging from the minimum 0.01 BTC to a high of 500 BTC, and purchases continue to come in every hour. Additionally, the ether sale marks the largest use…

Toncoin is at a crossroads. After a brief rally that pushed the asset toward $1.41 earlier this week, the token has since retreated to $1.35, printing a 2.7% weekly loss and leaving traders asking the same uncomfortable question: is this a healthy pullback before a breakout, or the beginning of a more serious unwind?The chart tells a nuanced story. The 24-hour candle shows an open at $1.33, a high of $1.35, and a close right at $1.35 — technically constructive, but uninspiring. Volume clocks in at $133.44 million with a Vol/Mkt Cap ratio of 3.97%, suggesting moderate participation but nothing…

As researchers and practitioners debate the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday it used early access to Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find and fix 271 vulnerabilities in its new Firefox 150 browser release. Meanwhile, researchers identified a group of moderately successful North Korean hackers using AI for everything from vibe coding malware to creating fake company websites—stealing up to $12 million in three months.Researchers have finally cracked disruptive malware known as Fast16 that predates Stuxnet and may have been used to target Iran’s nuclear program. It was created in 2005 and was likely…