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Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear. Here's why that's dangerous.

Lithium plays a key role in modern technology. Astronomers weigh in on where to find it beyond Earth.

Did you know there is a type of compiler backdoor attack that is theoretically impossible to defend against? In this post I’ll show you how to implement such an attack in less than 100 lines of code.

3M™ Electrically Conductive Adhesive Transfer Tape 9703 is a low-outgassing Z-axis electrically conductive pressure sensitive adhesive (CPSA) tape that helps enable devices to meet electromagnetic compatibility requirements. It’s filled with silver conductive…

My feelings about OpenBSD and NixOS, trying to figure out where each is the best

Some Canadians now believe certain religions are more damaging to society than beneficial, a new survey shows, as people across the country continue to eschew religion.

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Do members of Homo floresiensis still inhabit the Indonesian island where their fossils helped identify a new human species fewer than 20 years ago?

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If you’ve done any 3D programming, you’ve likely encountered the zoo of techniques and representations used when working with 3D rotations. Some of them are better than others, depending on the situation.

Based on CMU 15-462 course materials by Keenan Crane.…

Florida-based Tri-County Electric Cooperative teamed with Conexon Connect to deploy a 2,400-mile fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, aiming to deliver high-speed broadband to all of its members withi | Conexon Partner Jonathan Chambers told Fierce co-ops like…

Companies progress towards commercial lithium drilling at the Salton Sea, while teams of researchers explore questions about effective extraction methods and environmental impacts.

Sometimes I hear folks in the Crossplane community ask if they can just use Helm instead of opting into our package manager. The technical answer to this question is “yes”, but it typically represents a misinterpretation of what Crossplane is providing in…

It’s not just physical combat—animals have a host of strategies for building clout

On 14 April, 2022, a pair of Ukrainian Neptune ASM missiles struck the Moskva, fatally wounding the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and leading to her demise hours later.* How is it that a warship fitted with an able and capable SAM system, CIWS (close…