The "irreplaceable" works, including a first edition by Galileo, were taken in a dramatic London heist.

In what may be one of the most Italian things that has ever happened, the Italian State Police rushed a donor kidney from Padua to Rome for a transplant in a Lamborghini Huracan. Last week’s journey is around 300 miles, but with the help of a specially-outfitted…

It’s easy to give useless advice that feels profound.
For example, one of the pieces of advice I give most often to people is to write more. So a few months ago I suggested to a friend of mine that they should write about the situations in which they started…

It's fundamentally different from space. Here's how.

Security researchers have found that Apple apps on Big Sur bypass firewalls and VPNs — this is a huge security and privacy issue.

Redpanda is a powerful, simple, and cost-efficient streaming data platform that is compatible with Kafka® APIs while eliminating Kafka complexity.

Left-leaning parties and trade unionists argue that working patterns need to be rethought

My friend Forrest Burke Fenn passed away at the age of 90 earlier this month, and if I have anything to say about it, far too soon.

Apple Inc.’s ad tracking is the target of two complaints to Spanish and German authorities by a privacy advocate whose earlier legal battles are forcing Facebook Inc. to change the way it transfers data.

Moderna becomes second firm to reveal positive results with nearly 95% protection in trials

A new augmented reality headset will create a map of everything you see

A community developed, Ubuntu based operating system that beautifully integrates the MATE desktop. Ubuntu MATE is a stable, easy-to-use operating system with...

Minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages. - nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener

A tiny Python environment for debugging FreeCAD macros - CrazyRobMiles/FreeCADSimulator

The results add to growing confidence that vaccination can end the pandemic.

A fast video processing library based on node.js (一个基于node.js的高速视频制作库) - tnfe/FFCreator

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites - ytdl-org/youtube-dl

Emacs found in unfamiliar situations

I recently created a tool called cutlet for converting Japanese to romaji.
While working on cutlet I was surprised at the difficulty of finding a good
guide to the difference between romaji systems, particularly their history and
usage, so I wrote this up.