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Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.

The first installment of our new blog series, Beyond Their Intended Scope, covers BGP mishaps that may have escaped the community’s attention but are worthy of analysis. In this post, we review a recent BGP leak that redirected internet traffic through Russia…

My best guesses as to why our early stage data startup failed. This isn’t a retrospective, but something closer to advice for past me. Or maybe just exorcism.

Evaluate Markdown code blocks within Vim. Contribute to gpanders/vim-medieval development by creating an account on GitHub.

Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine - elastic/elasticsearch

The illustrator Chris Ware surveys the work of Richard Scarry.

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Apple today unveiled the all-new Mac mini powered by the M4 and new M4 Pro chips, and redesigned around Apple silicon so it’s even smaller.

Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?

The Canadian company, which has traditionally targeted mom-and-pops, is wooing larger retailers.

The robotics development framework that makes deterministic replay testing possible. - basis-robotics/basis

The first AI agent that builds permissionless integrations through reverse engineering platforms' internal APIs. - Integuru-AI/Integuru

GitHub’s Copilot coding assistant will offer new AI models as option for users who want to switch from OpenAI.

For programming, word processing, and other productive work, consider getting an 8K TV instead of a multi-monitor setup.
An 8K TV will have superior image quality, resolution, and versatility compared to multiple 4K displays, at roughly the same size.
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A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.