If transit systems want to attract more riders, they need to find ways to speed up the journey to work. See how the times compare in your metro area.

Although it may not be considered an “old” computer, a TI-83+ from the futuristic year of 1999 has a lot of appeal. It’s got a Z80, it runs a BASIC interpreter with machine-language program support, and lots of fun homemade games were built for it over the…

How did Kubernetes push git to its limit? Some stories from my time (2016-2019) working on Kubernetes.

No atomicity across subprojects – In 2016, Kubernetes was still a monorepo. Everything was developed in a single repository. This meant that developers…

Botany is disappearing from university modules in the UK.

An introduction to the metadata stored as EXIF data within a digital photo, from what it is to how photographers can use it to grow.

By late 2019, VCs had poured over $2 billion into so-called micromobility upstarts. Fast-forward a few years, and it’s apparent this bet hasn’t gone particularly well. We take a look at what happened.

Details for Ghostnoscript's new PDF interpreter

A modern IPv4/IPv6 ipcalc tool, assisting in network calculations in command line and as a tool for noscripts.

I'll admit that I didn't see this one coming: Retraction Watch is reporting that the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC), the world's main repository of small-molecule crystal data, is on the way to pulling nearly a thousand deposited crystal structures…

Lessons from Atlantropa, the megaproject to unite Europe (& erase Africa)

List of changes announced for AWS that may break existing code - SummitRoute/aws_breaking_changes

This is the second part of a three part (I, II, III) look at some of the practical concerns of managing pre-industrial logistics. In our last post we outlined the members of our ‘campaign com…

Sometimes people ask me: “Nicole, how do you convert a Master System game to the NES?”, or some other combination of game consoles. And the answer is invaria...

When putting the Raspberry Pi Zero vs a MangoPi MQ Pro, who wins? Can the RISC-V D1 chip hold its own?

Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Uhura in the original "Star Trek" and paved the way for Black women in Hollywood, has died. She was 89.

Leaked memo reveals the tech giant’s plans to combat the Teamsters in California.