Air pollution is increasingly recognized as having negative effects on brain health. Here we take a look at what those are.

Build data processing and data analysis pipelines that leverage the power of LLMs 🧠 - anishathalye/semlib

"We're not in it for the money. We're in it for our own selfish pursuit."

Massive Attack used live facial recognition technology on concertgoers, turning surveillance into provocative art that sparked debate about privacy.

In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.

Some states have moved to require age verification to ensure only adults are watching porn, but no states have outright banned the viewing of pornographic material.

Interviews reveal behind-the-scenes wrangling after a record $200 million ballot effort and bitter court battle. But challenges still remain.

## E: apparently it needs to be said that I am not suggesting you switch to
Linux on your phone today; just that development needs to accelerate. Please
don’t be one of the 34 people that replied to tell me Linux is not ready.
Android has always been a fairly…

A reaction and assorted observations about Apple's September 9 Awe-Dropping event.

Ghost Kitchens Are Dying.

Investors need to diversify and hedge even as stock reach record highs.

The Great Pyramids took decades to build. It was a monumental feat of human ingenuity and collaboration. Today, we software developers erect our own pyramids each day - not from stone, but from code. Yet despite far more advanced tools, these systems don’t…

Posted on Monday 10 Oct 2022. 1,417 words, 11 links. By Matt Webb.

Malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor on npm is part of a supply-chain attack hitting 40+ packages across maintainers

A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances.

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand.