Though we have been building and programming computing machines for about 60 years and have learned a great deal about composition and abstraction, we have just begun to scratch the surface.

A mammalian neuron takes about ten milliseconds to respond to a…

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Apple has booked nearly 90% of chip supplier TSMC's first-generation 3-nanometer process capacity this year for future iPhones, Macs, and iPads,...

As U.S. meat supplies fell in the wake of bison kill-offs, a group of adventurers sought to bring hippo meat to the swamps of Louisiana.

Whether deflecting an awkward moment or lightening the mood in an argument, affecting an accent has become a Gen Z verbal tic

Basic SAT model of x86 instructions using Z3, autogenerated from Intel docs - zwegner/x86-sat

New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls

Open source, local, and self-hosted Amazon Echo/Google Home competitive Voice Assistant alternative - HeyWillow/willow

Twitter’s “official partner” monitored the precise time and location of post-Roe demonstrations, internal emails show.

Opinion | As with people, some dogs may be more neurologically prone to anxiety. But canine stress is often mistaken for mischief.

The Human Immunome Project is one of the most ambitious projects in biology, and it could transform human health.

How to separate the wheat from the chaff when GPT-powered startups are popping up everywhere

The no-framework framework for building component-based purely-functional UIs. - abuseofnotation/vanilla-fp

The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.

The @AnthropicAI 100k context now seems to be available via the Claude web UI, not just the API.

A systematic review of the available scientific evidence suggests the use of non-sugar sweeteners is not advised for weight loss in adults or children, according to the World Health Organization.

A government effort to collect people’s internet records is moving beyond its test phase, but many details remain hidden from public view.

Educated workers are increasingly migrating away from the country’s most expensive major metros — and have been since before the pandemic.