Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe
BBC/ Getty Images/ Beatrice Britton(Credit: BBC/ Getty Images/ Beatrice Britton)When you see pasta, your brain probably...
China bans compulsory facial recognition; use in private spaces like hotel rooms
Asia In Brief China’s Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Public Security have outlawed the use of...
The Vatican's Latinist: On the Career of Reginald Foster. (2017)
In 1970, the Procurator General of the Discalced Carmelite Order, Finian Monahan, was summoned to the...
VMware turns its back on small businesses: 72-core license policy backlash
VMware by Broadcom has officially declared war on small and mid-sized businesses with the rollout of...
Cool, but Obscure X11 Tools
A small collection of tools for the X Window System, some more and some less obscure....
A guide to Home Row Mods
If you’ve been browsing mechanical keyboard communities, and especially the niche that is ergonomic mechanical keyboards,...
RDNA 4's "Out-of-Order" Memory Accesses
AMD's RDNA 4 brings a variety of memory subsystem enhancements. Among those, one slide stood out...
The Compressed Book Edition
Image: The Compressed Book Edition. Image by Marie Verdeil and Hugo Lopez. View original image View...
First Known Photographs of Living Specimens
To my great surprise, I just realised it's been more than two and a half years...
North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution
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Zero ASIC launches first open standard eFPGA /w open-source bitstream, toolchain
Cambridge, MA – March 18, 2025 – Zero ASIC, a U.S. semiconductor startup on a mission...
The Myth of Liquid Detection
Macs have developed their own mythology, and this week I unintentionally came across a myth that...
Semantic Diffusion
Semantic Diffusion. I learned about this term today while complaining about how the definition of "vibe...
Books on Making and Maintaining Friendships
As I write this, I’m wrapping up the sixth month of my year-long Foundations project. This...
Supply Chain Attacks on Linux Distributions – Fedora Pagure
Note: This article is part of a series on the security of the infrastructure of Linux...
Copyright infringement is a 'strict liability' offence
Infringement is decided on a case by case basis. If you think your work has been...
California bill would force ISPs to offer 100Mbps plans for $15 a month
While the California proposal will face opposition from ISPs and is not guaranteed to become law,...
The Scammer's Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away with It
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Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military at a seismic moment
“Do you think you can trust Putin?” German Brig. Gen. Ralf Hammerstein asks with a wry...
Home Battery versus Generator
The risk of grid blackouts is rising, and the Department of Energy said weather-related power outages...
The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern American Climbing Gym
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A Brief History of the Miracle Bacterium
At 1:15 p.m. on Monday, August 8th, 1904, a British physician named M. H. Gordon took...
The Great Hobby Lobby Artifact Heist
Around four thousand years ago, in a metropolis called Irisagrig situated between the Euphrates and Tigris...
Bitter Lesson is about AI agents
In 2019, Richard Sutton, wrote his groundbreaking essay titled ‘The Bitter Lesson’. Simply put, the essay...
Unknown microorganisms used marble and limestone as a habitat
Date: March 19, 2025 Source: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Summary: In the desert areas of Namibia,...
