Batteries that use a sodium-ion chemistry rather than the commonplace lithium-ion could offer a number of advantages, owing to the cheap and abundant nature of the element. Scientists at Washington State University have come up with a design billed as a potential…

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump's posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.

Developer of AppGet was fine with Microsoft copying his project for WinGet, but annoyed it didn't bother crediting him.

26 April 2018 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 10 June 2021You may call them guidelines, heuristics, or rules of thumb. No matter, the purpose is the same: to provide a reasonable approximation of the truth. These rules of thumb can help guide your understanding…

We asked ourselves if it was time to switch to a less invasive analytics app than Google Analytics; one where lengthy privacy policies weren't needed to figure out their compliance with privacy laws of various countries. Read this blog post to learn more…

Apple today doubled the price for upgrading the RAM on the entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro, with customers in the United States now being charged...

The science of adapting to cold weather could change treatment of inflammatory diseases, insomnia, and trauma.

“It flew really well, very crisp. We couldn't be happier.”

Ask Court to Enjoin and Deter Willful Infringement Today, member companies of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (“IA”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District…

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As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the…

The cost of renting an apartment in the Bay Area fell sharply in May, as layoffs and the...

Since the pandemic started, there’s been approximately 61,260 tech layoffs [1]. Close to 30% of the layoffs came from public tech…

The Hertz bankruptcy is not a story of financialization by an entrenched, self-dealing management team. It's a story of financialization by an entrenched, self-dealing minority ownership.

I briefly describe each tool (pip, venv, pip-tools, pyenv, conda, pipenv, poetry and Docker), why it’s created and the problems it’s tackling. You can find a table summarizing all the information and the usual setups people use.