When the brightness of the star Betelgeuse dropped dramatically a few months ago, some observers suspected an impending supernova—a stellar explosion that could also cause damage on Earth. While Betelgeuse ...

It might have taken 35 years but this Commodore 64 program has been found… on vinyl!

A mix of hidden standards make the ubiquitous cable a pain to deal with

Police forces across Ontario engaged in broad, illegal searches of a now-defunct COVID-19 database, two civil rights groups alleged Wednesday, claiming the use of the portal violated individual privacy rights for months.

The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking

Attrition among women in the industry continues, according to a report from Accenture and Girls Who Code.

Sweden's H&M has been fined 35 million euros by the German authorities for internal data security breaches at its customer service centre in Nuremberg, the fashion retailer said on Thursday. ... | August 5, 2021

A friend of a friend at Google interviewed at Facebook right as the virus hit. Accepted new job in March. Didn’t quit old job. Apparently does both jobs at home in 55 hours/week. Neither company knows yet. Might have reversed the co’s, not sure. I have so…

A quick look at how you can configure your GitHub Actions workflows to only run when a certain phrase is present in the commit message.

This is an insane paragraph. Airlines look like they make money from flights, but they actually make money from loyalty programs. Without its loyalty program, Delta would be worth -$7 billion. With it, it’s a $19 billion company.

My friend starts her first software engineering job today, after learning to program in prison. Here's how she got the job, and how you can help more people like her get jobs after getting out: First, let's be clear that my friend served 13 years for a serious…

It’s an amazing place. But we can all feel the ways it’s fcked, too. Here are some things you can do to unfck it!

'In Conversation' about cybersecurity's biggest problem-- 'Why would they quit, there is so much more money to be made?'

YouTubers are using AI to bring history to life. But historians argue the process is nonsense

You know how sometimes if you mistype a filename in Bash, it corrects your spelling and runs the command anyway?* Such as when changing directory, or opening a file.
I have an idea: Suicide Linux. Any time - any time - you type any remotely incorrect command…

Learn about OTP, a set of tools and libraries that Elixir inherits from Erlang.

Research in programming languages offers powerful tools, but our systems of notation stymie outsiders. Can we change our notational approach and broaden our audience—without compromising on c…