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Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

Daily word puzzle - use up all of the letters with two short words

On Barbados’ Pebbles Beach, racehorses train in the ocean.

The bill would ensure most cryptocurrency tokens are treated as commodities and not securities, limiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s oversight.

Linux commandline tool to provide mutex/semaphore process safety for long running bash/sh operations. - bigattichouse/waitlock

Build, Manage and Deploy AI/ML Systems. Contribute to Netflix/metaflow development by creating an account on GitHub.

Diving into Elegoo Arduino Uno R3 Starter Kit, the most complete Arduino kit

Most avocados sold in the U.S. are imports from Mexico, where farming has environmental and human-rights impacts little known to consumers.

In the early 2000s the Xbox was released. We are nearing the 20 year anniversary so its time to dive into the A20 "hack".

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Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.

At museums, curators are incorporating smells that can transport visitors to a different time.

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer

Recently, I wrote an article about my journey in learning about robots.txt and its implications on the data rights in regards to what I write in my blog. I was confident that I wanted to ban all the crawlers from my website. Turned out there was an unintended consequence that I did not account for. ...

I just introduced a new feature on the website! 🎉As usual, whenever content is POSSEd (Publish (on your) Own Site, SyndicateElsewhere), you will find links t...

Do you think all Android phones are too big? I agree! We need to work together to convince someone to build a small Android phone again.

Computers are starting to have opinions on how our APIs should look like

Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds.

The super-magical Wi-Fi landline for kids. No screens, no texting, no strangers — just real conversation with Grandma, besties, and contacts you approve. Plug in, twirl that cord, and time-travel to pure voice fun.

A practical and thoughtful guide for new engineering managers. Learn how to build agreements, avoid micromanagement, run effective 1:1s, and navigate your first months with clarity.

The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.

The chipmaker's Oregon workforce is at its lowest point in more than a decade.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people's brains develop and function, impacting behaviour, communication and socialising.

Starting in May, we had a series of feature launches with agentic AI partners that gained far more momentum than we predicted. In two short timespans, the rate of new database creation increased more than 5x, and the rate of branch creation increased more than 50x. While we were humbled by the uptic...

The long read: Frustrated with my life back in the US, I was captivated by the idea of a new home – and new life – for less than the price of an espresso. So I travelled to Italy to find out whether it was too good to be true

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have never quite figured it out.

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Large Language Models fool you. They don't produce language, but place words in a row. But it's understandable that you think you are dealing with a clever computer. One that occasionally says something that resembles the truth and sounds nice and reliable. You are excused to believe in this magic o...

Our lead developer was forcibly conscripted into a war and we've been asking for help regularly since then and expressing that the situation was dire. Android 16 making our life harder than expected made it worse. The Android 16 changes weren't really the important part...