That price tag includes all of the book megachain's debt. Elliott's acquisition of the largest retail bookseller in the U.S. comes less than a year after it bought Waterstones, the largest in the U.K.

These cute rodents are the number one culprit for animal damage to aerial fiber. To a lesser degree, fiber owners report similar damage by rats and mice. Squirrels mainly chew on cables as a way to sharpen their teeth. Squirrel teeth grow up to 8 inches per…

A new study found that we consume between 74,000 and 121,000 plastic particles annually—and that’s likely an underestimate

Recent breakthroughs in AI for multi-agent games like Go, Poker, and Dota, have seen great strides in recent years. Yet none of these games address the real-life challenge of cooperation in the...

Today's random discovery: The PS1 game Spongebob Squarepants: Supersponge VIOLATES THE GPL.

The biggest fire in California history was started by a man trying to plug the entrance of a wasp nest with a hammer and stake in Mendocino County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Thursday.

Financial troubles have forced Maker Media, the company behind crafting publication MAKE: magazine as well as the science and art festival Maker Faire, to lay off its entire staff of 22 and pause all operations. TechCrunch was tipped off to Maker Media’s…

New details about its engine, together with other design features, point to extremely efficient performance that could change commercial air travel.

We present the first acoustic side-channel attack that recovers what users type on the virtual keyboard of their touch-screen smartphone or tablet. When a user taps the screen with a finger, the...

Disclaimer: I would like it to be made very clear that I am absolutely 100% open to the idea that I am wrong about anything in this post…

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A λ-calculus grammar/interpretor written using LALRPOP and `λ!`. - nixpulvis/lalrpop-lambda

tl;dr This is a good move for users in the iOS ecosystem, and is primarily designed as an alternative for apps that currently use "Sign in with [Facebook/Twitter/Google]" to avoid leaking sensitive user info.
Yes, Apple is entering the ...

A modern file explorer that pushes the boundaries of the platform. - files-community/Files

In this post, I will try to explain the intricate details of python packaging. I spent the best part of my evenings in the past two months to gather as much information as possible about the problem, the current solutions, what is legacy and what is not.

Whether a child finishes first or last will no longer be indicated in primary and secondary school report books from next year