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In 1975, AMD could make these processors for 50 cents and sell them for $700, providing a great financial springboard to establish the company in PC CPU making.

Lately libc++ has been adding the C++17 [[nodiscard]] attribute aggressively to every header.
(I’m not sure why this month, but libc++ my guess is that they just dropped support
for some old compiler such that all their supported compilers now permit the…

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Permission checks that query on every request will break at scale. Learn how pre-computing permissions at write-time enables fast reads, with working SQL examples and an interactive demo.

Tonbo is an embedded database for serverless and edge runtimes. - tonbo-io/tonbo

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean hydrogen ...

Browser automation for AI agents and humans. Contribute to VibiumDev/vibium development by creating an account on GitHub.

The French coder who accidentally hosted Silk Road domains and inherited a hacked exchange shares the psychological toll of Japan's detention system.

A minimalist text editor in 100 loc. Contribute to antonmedv/textarea development by creating an account on GitHub.

Predictions for 2026 include growth forecasts for various social media platforms, advancements in federated technologies, and anticipated shifts in how organizations and governments engage with decentralized networks.

A new YouGov study of seven EU countries – France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Spain – examines public attitudes social media regulation and banning political advertising from social platforms.

Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring assets from 9-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.