Section 230 on trial: Plaintiffs contend social media platforms are defective products, not protected message boards

A key Senate Committee is about to vote on a bill that would help save some of the worst patents and empower patent trolls.
The PREVAIL Act, S. 2220, would sharply limit the public’s right to challenge patents that never should have been granted in the first…

I write a small web application on a small device to remotely wake up my desktop computer.

Tiny native Discord app. Contribute to diamondburned/dissent development by creating an account on GitHub.

Reconstructions of visual perception from brain activity have improved tremendously, but the practical utility of such methods has been limited. This is because such models are trained...

New laptops include features such as enhanced repairability, more recycled materials, efficient power management, and powerful processing capabilities with built-in security and manageability.

This article is about a bit of surprising behavior I recently discovered
using Python's regex module (re) while developing SBOM tooling for CPython.

Folks who've worked with regular expressions be...

Nature - Research is trying to solve the mystery of how memories are laid down when we are very young. Plus, thousands of the compounds in plastics are hazardous and how to cope with climate anxiety.

My survey confirms that consumers are getting angry about new tech (and not just AI)

For the past few months, I’ve been curious about two technologies: the Zig programming language and Ethereum cryptocurrency. To learn more about both, I’ve been using Zig to write a bytecode interpreter for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
Zig is a great language…

Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?

The French mathematician spent decades developing a set of tools now widely used for taming random processes.

Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their content

One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

Andrey Mokhov, Neil Mitchell, Simon Peyton Jones Published in Journal of Functional Programming, Vol 30(E11) View PDF Download BibTex

Battery-pack builders chase maximum range, despite safety risks.

Suyu is a new Switch emulator compatible with the Steam Deck that launches in public beta today.