We venture into the dark, fascinating, and often misunderstood world of the Defense Department's code word and nickname generating processes.

With David Packard's birthday passing last week, and HP's recent leadership woes, we at Gizmodo feel it's time to remember early HP's innovative founding culture. We bring you an inspiring excerpt from Packard's book, with a foreword by his son.

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This year, we saw a dazzling application of machine learning. The OpenAI GPT…

[This post is the seventh in an ongoing symposium on “Should We Break Up Big Tech?” that features analysis and opinion from various perspectives.] [This post is authored by Alec Stapp, Research Fellow at the International Center for Law & Economics] Should…

Experimental PlayStation 4 emulator. Contribute to AlexAltea/orbital development by creating an account on GitHub.

         

Lessons learned and mistakes made while turning an open-source project into a profitable SaaS product.

The grand political experiment to marry Beijing’s brand of authoritarianism with a bastion of civil liberties appears to be facing a moment of reckoning.

Disturbing video taken in #Shenzhen just across the boarder with #HongKong. Something extraordinarily bad is about happen. #China #HongKongProtests #Democracy #SaveHongKong https://t.co/Gad5R5HVZL

A Fast and Safe Python based on PyPy. Contribute to mesalock-linux/mesapy development by creating an account on GitHub.

Solar power has become cheaper than grid electricity across China, a development that could boost the prospects of industrial and commercial solar, according to a new study.

I went to a counter-serve restaurant recently, and when the time came to pay for my order, took out my wallet, presented a $20 bill, and was told, “Sorry, we don’t accept cash.” I was flabbergasted.

The long read: In 2014, an American dad claimed a tiny parcel of African land to make his daughter a princess. But Jack Shenker had got there first – and learned that states and borders are volatile and delicate things

Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is teaming up with university researchers to create digital elevation models of the Earth's terrain.

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