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The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for…

3D visualization in Python

The firm's spending makes clear how much it wants to shape the new rules around government AI policy.

Add a random jumpscare to sites you're trying to avoid

Run local LLMs like llama, deepseek-distill, kokoro and more inside your browser - sauravpanda/BrowserAI

Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

A submarine knife fight simulator.

My DIY home computer with VGA and PS/2 and 4x(!) the processing power of a Commodore C64 or Apple II. - slu4coder/Minimal-64x4-Home-Computer

A bracing conteporary account of the philosopher’s age-old prenoscription for living

Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, establishing a long-running brand of processors. Earlier, I wrote about the ROM in t...

Threads, TLS, a C stdlib race, and Rust: how EdgeDB hit a hidden landmine.

I work from home everyday, I am susceptible to eye strain, eye pain, and dizziness. Having a working environment that’s as easy on my eyes as possible is of critical importance. I'd like to share what I've learned over the years in hopes that it can be helpful…

Creating a highly-integrated open-source laptop from scratch. Power in your hands.

Keep your meetings smooth and your priorities on track!

In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress

High cholesterol is considered 240 mg/dL. The man's was over 1,000 mg/dL.

A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second.

Las Vegas, get ready for lightning-fast internet as Google Fiber arrives to connect the city with ultra-speed broadband.

Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”