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Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

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New BMW-branded screws could be used on future vehicles that require special tools to remove, restricting who can work on said vehicles.

A global list of real problems — posted by people who hurt, discovered by builders who can fix them.

And a surviving example of one surfaced in December 2024.

A personal recap of 2025 and a year of a new style of engineering.

The Authority found the App Tracking Transparency (“ATT”) policy to restrict competition The policy lays down the privacy rules imposed by the company on third-party developers of apps off...

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Investigation of the ground pillars for a well-lived life, and how the open web can help us with that.

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.

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A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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New research from Finland's basic income experiment proves that simply trusting people with money—not just the money itself—significantly improves mental health

The self-made tycoon was convicted this week of violating Hong Kong's "national security" law. But he could have escaped it.