Software abstraction ladder becomes too tall and starts to fall

In the last few years, it seems web performance has fallen by the wayside. Indeed, with many sites now using frameworks like React and Vue…

From Twitter’s spies to complete shutdowns, repressive regimes are using A.I. and VPN fingerprinting to silence their critics

Pseudo-random ramblings from Fogus.

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), acting as the Address Supporting Organization (ASO), today announced it has submitted correspondence to ICANN regarding the Internet Society's proposed transfer of ownership of PIR, the .org registry, to Ethos Capital.

A method, computer-readable medium and system for implementing electronic flashcards are disclosed. Data operable to display a first set of information in a first region of a graphical user interface is generated, wherein the data is further operable to cause…

VPN services typically promote themselves for online security and anonymity, and access to geo-blocked content. And they typically brag about not keeping logs, high download speed, and diversity of server locations. Location diversity isn’t just a bragging…

The Frauchiger-Renner thought experiment has shaken up the world of quantum foundations.

What traits make a successful founder? Over the past year, Basis Set Ventures (BSV) has asked early stage investors representing north of $40 billion in AUM to rate 60+ founders on a number of dimensions, including demographical, behavioral and psychological…

An artificial intelligence (AI) system performs as well as or better than radiologists at detecting breast cancer from mammograms, and using a combination of AI and human inputs could help to improve screening efficiency.

Recently, I’ve started to explore RISC-V. I experienced the journey as pretty refreshing, particularly because I’ve been working on x86 low-level software almost exclusively for about 10 years.

The Australian military's planes and boats are being deployed to provide aid

This makes me happy: Road deaths in Oslo (pop. 673.000) in 2019: Pedestrians: 0 Cyclists: 0 Children: 0 The graph shows the reduction of road deaths since 1975. Article in Norwegian: aftenposten.no/osloby/i/dO0rz… #VisionZero

Readers of my occasional autobiographical posts will know that I came of age in the late 1960’s and early 1970s and was a fully-fledged member of the drug freak generation. Indulging freely in a wi…

ZDNet published this interesting post 2 days ago noscriptd “Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys” which sets stage…