Firefox can now do offline and privacy-preserving translation of eight languages with more on the way. Powered by open-source and machine-learning.

There is still considerable debate about whether mask mandates in the K-12 schools limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children attending school. Randomized data about the effectiveness of mask mandates in children is still entirely lacking. Our study took…

"In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough."

Insights on running a Home Area Network (HAN) nearly completely on open
source software, including configurations and metrics.

A typewaiter. Like a typewriter, but this one keeps moving whether you press anything or not.

A minor release of Go with a grab bag of nice improvements

Princeton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a 30-year lifespan. The new device is the first of its kind to rival the performance of silicon-based solar cells. A pioneering new test method will help industry develop…

While Perl might seem like an outdated noscripting language, it still has plenty of relevant uses today.

From cyberspace to AI, Steven Lisberger’s 1982 sci-fi classic was way ahead of its time. The team behind it explain how they made a game-changer

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who've had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn't theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select…

Were German saboteurs behind the 1917 explosion at a naval ammunition depot, or has the identity of the real culprit been hiding in plain sight all along?

The authorities are looking into whether the automated features of the Tesla car were involved in the crash

Sorry, that was a kilobit.

There are 2⁸¹⁹² things you can do with a kilobyte - more than the number of atoms you get by replacing each atom with all the atoms in the observable universe 24 times!

A kilobyte is way too much data to be useful. 🙃

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A University investigation cleared the professors of wrongdoing.