The research on what smoke does to a body is just beginning.

In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors: They simply will not install on a Microsoft Windows computer…

As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

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Building a Lua interpreter in Go

EU lawmakers recently voted to ban airlines from charging passengers additional fees for bringing carry-on bags on flights.

Notes about creative coding on the Web.

The most famous quote from Knuth’s paper “Structured Programming with go to Statements” is this: There is no doubt that the grail of efficiency leads to abuse. Programmers waste e…

Over the years we, as a family, have been moving our purchases away from Amazon, except in one single place: Kindle ebooks. For me it's that I'm incapable of r…

A new Oceana analysis reveals the global scale of China’s visible fishing fleet

Do not get arrested challenge 2020

Bitcoin was designed to be trustless and secure — but what happens when the engine that powers its security starts running dry? We identify key problems, provide possible solutions, and debunk some myths.

this: you've just spent $640 billion training the chonkiest language model known to humanity (lol) and decide to call it "Behemoth". it can annoy you on wh...

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm.

Gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders.

Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.

While funding is being organized, TechTuber 'Peri Fractic' ropes in lots of big Commodore names from yesteryear to build new hope.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.