When you want to gain a historical perspective on personal computing and programming languages, why not turn to one of the industry

When most people think about pi, they associate the mathematical constant with arcs and circles. Mathematicians, however, are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University physicists were still surprised to find it lurking in a quantum…

A video of Conway's Game of Life, emulated in Conway's Game of Life.

The Life pattern is the OTCA Metapixel: http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/OTCA_metapixel - for more information, see http://otcametapixel.blogspot.com.au/

The life simulator used is Golly…

A spatially aware video call.

The AI moonshot was founded in the spirit of transparency. This is the inside story of how competitive pressure eroded that idealism.

Move is likely to be part of attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic

California Supreme Court Holds that a Transaction Is Not Required to Sue Online Service Providers for Discrimination.

It’s been a whole year since Foxconn told reporters its buildings in Wisconsin weren’t empty. (They’re still empty.)

(WIP) Turn your VSCode into a decent markdown note taking platform - 0xGG/vscode-crossnote

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“This may be the time,” he said, “to consider a universal basic wage.” This points to what is usually known as universal basic income—a regular, substantial cash payment to people just for being alive.

I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 IBM logic block manual. Someone wrote on the diagram of a FET, changing it to "Nixon FET": "Economic Drain", "WaterGate", "Unimpeachable Source". bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/logic/…

Louis Pouzin helped create the internet. Now he is campaigning to ensure that its design continues to evolve and improve in future

Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what’s being said and faint images of what’s around a corner.

Bold new reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity.

More than two inches long, the world's largest hornet carries a painful, sometimes lethal sting and an appetite for honey bees. It is also the newest insect invader of Washington state.

How a network of websites pushing fear-mongering ebooks amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic.