The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sound waves to break down tumors—a technique called histotripsy—in humans for liver treatment.

From LOGiN Magazine (1987, No 5) comes the story of 篠原賢 Kenichi Shinohara — a “cheerful uncle” from Hyogo Prefecture — who at the age of 60 years old began u...

Privacy empowers. Surveillance weakens.

The European Commission wants to turn digital communication apps, such as WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, TikTok and X, into mass surveillance tools so that digital communications of all EU citizens, including their live conversations, photos and videos, can…

Easy and intuitive Kalman Filter tutorial

Activate your voice assistant using wake words and learn how to make your own

"Just say whatever comes into your head each time..."

A new study has found that almost half of Antarctica's ice shelves are shrinking. This could increase ice loss from glaciers and affect the ocean's ability to absorb carbon.

💥 A collection of all documents leaked by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden. - iamcryptoki/snowden-archive

You might think of the Intel 386 processor (1985) as just an early processor in the x86 line, but the 386 was a critical turning point for m...

The new estimate for how much heat we can tolerate makes rising global temperatures even more alarming.

Google has taken the extraordinary step to block reviewers from being able to download popular chip testing benchmarks directly through its Play Store, surprising reviewers of its latest Pixel 8 series smartphones. Incredibly, the company has extended this…

A Special Edition of The Ruffian

Deutsche Bahn’s once-admired service has descended into chaos. Whether decades of poor investment or the company’s unusual structure is to blame, it’s a huge headache for a coalition trying to meet climate goals

Yesterday Lauri Vasama showed me this awesome Godbolt:

struct S {
static std::unique_ptr<S> make() noexcept;
~S();

static std::unique_ptr<S> factory() {
std::unique_ptr<S> s = S::make();
return M(s);
}
};

void take_ownership(S*)…

Ferrari has started to accept payment in cryptocurrency for its luxury sports cars in the U.S. and will extend the scheme to Europe following requests from its wealthy customers, its marketing and commercial chief told Reuters.

A former Caltrans executive who was demoted after raising concerns over freeway expansion accuses the agency of bending rules to build faster.

The constant search for novelty, the lack of software support and the difficulty in repairing mobiles devices are all factors that push users to trade up