Amazon’s Durability — Amazon looked behind in AI in the training era, but is well place in the inference era, thanks to its continued investment in the long-term.
I turned a Raspberry Pi and an old Kindle into an Amazon package tracker—and it cost nothing — A project that truly delivers.
Evans battles nerves to become Scotland's breakout star — Angharad Evans added another breaststroke gold to become Scotland's breakout star in the pool at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did — The new biography Steve Jobs contains a remarkable claim about the power supply of the Apple II and its designer Rod Holt: [1] Instead o...
YouTube creators can now turn playlists into shows — Easy way to package a series.
The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick — _Closed Conduit Hydraulics_ is a place where intuitions don’t always serve you well ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: http://sendcutsend.com/practicalengineering The garden hose is a backyard version of the s
Finding Success in Industry as a Chip Designer — Academe and industry require different approaches
Free Daytime Electricity Is Coming. How It Actually Works — The Solar Sharer Offer launches 1 July 2026. Here's what changed, how the cap works, and how to maximise free daytime electricity for your home.
GoPro warned it may not survive. The AI memory crunch is killing companies that make things people hold. — Memory prices rose 80-115%. Revenue fell 26%. GoPro warned of "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue. It's exploring a sale or pivot to defence.
Inside Nokia’s Race to Catch the iPhone and Android Wave — How the iPhone and then Android killed the feature phone
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild — A little tour of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system 🌌Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/Practical-Engineering 🚣Watch The Colorado Problem: https://nebula.tv/thecoloradoproblem?ref=practical-engineeri
I'm Building a Secure USB Drive That Hides Itself — This article was written by a human, for humans. Many places don’t respect privacy laws, in certain situations you may be forced to unencrypt …
Linux on the Atari Jaguar. No, really. — The challenges around porting Linux to an old videogame console by Atari
Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor — Also, it's a twofer with the GreenPlasma zero-day local privilege escalation.
Apricot Computers: An underrated British brand — Designing and building in the UK was expensive but they sure were innovative
Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases — Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.
NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon — NASA’s Glenn Research Center is advancing a novel regenerative fuel cell system to revolutionize power generation and energy storage for future Moon missions.
Anthony Green & Zayna Youssef Cover Porno For Pyros' "Pets": Listen — Almost immediately after Jane’s Addiction’s initial 1991 breakup, frontman Perry Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins formed Porno For Pyros, a band that had what was arguably an even more chaotic run. Most of…
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FreeBSD ate my ram! — I spent a whole month researching FreeBSD's kernel's virtual memory system to understand why tools like htop, btop and fastfetch report different information about RAM usage. I ended up submitting patches to all of these projects.
Strangely, Matrix Multiplications on GPUs Run Faster When Given "Predictable" Data! [short] — Great minds discuss flops per watt.
Pork Tenderloin With Street Corn — Stir-frying slices makes this dinner doable on any given night.
The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’ — The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike
Oxide 3D Explorer — Explore the Oxide Cloud Computer in 3D. Navigate from rack to sleds to CPUs with guided tours of the components that make up the Cloud Computer.
These Are the Only Shoes I Need to Pack on a Trip—And They're Under $75 — Finally, the plain white sneaker has a worthy opponent.
How VictoriaLogs Stores Your Logs in a Columnar Layout — A beginner-friendly tour of how VictoriaLogs stores your logs on disk: streams and daily partitions, immutable parts, blocks and columns, and the files inside a part (timestamps, values, bloom filters, column headers, and…
GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension — GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension.
Apple Maps expands Detailed City Experience to Rome and Naples - 9to5Mac — Apple Maps users in Rome and Naples can now see more detailed versions of both cities, including 3D landmarks, lane markings, and more.
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The adder at the heart of Intel's 8087 floating-point chip — In 1980, Intel released the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor, a chip that could make math up to 100 times faster. As well as arithmetic...
someone wrote a 47-page guide on why their mechanical keyboard sounds so good — and it's actually about physics, not just vibes. i fear i am becoming them.
GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum — GrapheneOS discussion forum
Making an autocorrect mini golf club (part 1) — Check out https://brilliant.org/StuffMadeHere/ for a free 30-day trial and 20% off your annual premium subscription! Create a FREE Onshape account at: https://Onshape.pro/StuffMadeHere and get the free design files for the AutoClub:
Logitech’s tiny folding mouse improves upon the laptop trackpad — The design looks like a flip phone.
‘What ceasefire?’ Palestinians inspect destruction after Israeli strike — Palestinians inspect the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis.
Education Firm Anima Sinks Over 30% as Analysts Pan M&A Deal — Shares of Brazilian education company Anima Holding SA slumped a record 33% on Wednesday after it agreed to repurchase a business it had sold five years ago, with analysts citing high valuation and an increase in…
Last Chance: Apple Card Sign-Up Promo Can Earn You Free AirPods Pro 3 — Time is running out on the Apple Card sign-up promo that began last month. For three more days, you can effectively receive AirPods Pro 3 for free when you sign up for a new Apple Card, but there are some str
Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? — Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw — The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said.
Deals: M5 MacBook Pro, M5 MacBook Air, Hue Bridge Pro, more 9to5Mac — The AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and all-time low on AirPods Max 2 roll on, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is starting...
Apple boss Tim Cook says prices to rise due to memory chip costs — The firm's outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices will rise or which products will be affected.
iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more — Probably the last big updates we'll see before the next versions appear at WWDC.
Primavera fans react after headline acts Doja Cat and Massive Attack cancelled over weather — Fans have expressed their confusion that no back-up plan was put in place at the festival in Barcelona.
The Forbidden Alloy of WW2 — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Polar Pro's Luna Ultra ND Filters Might Be More Obtainable Than Insta360's — Insta360 has not successfully rolled out widespread availability of its Luna Ultra ND filter set, and Polar Pro might beat them to market.
Samsung will let you block apps that spam notifications with ads — Samsung has a new feature for Galaxy phones that gives users the ability to easily block apps that are spamming...
The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism | Scott Larson — This is a personally driven community presentation from my work experience on the effects of current forms of technology. In it, I argue that big players like Google and Facebook build predictive…
Joshua Khane (@JoshuaKhane) — Microsoft DELETED my account AND OneDrive!!?? After ACKNOWLEDGING that I’m the owner of the account and that it was compromised??? 25 fucking years of data, thousands of euros spended on games?? My son’s baby pictures? GONE! All because…
Infographics: Operation Costs in CPU Clock Cycles, Take 2 - 6IT — The cost of thread context switch, including cache invalidation, can reach up to 3 million CPU cycles RTTI can be quite expensive, with dynamic_cast being up...
How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust Going? — I think it’s important to be very Canny when someone makes a claim that supports a company’s large valuation.
Pixelated 099: Should we be worried about the Pixel 11? — On this week's episode of Pixelated, Damien, Abner, and Will look at the latest Pixel 11 leaks and Google's new Fitbit Air.
Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises
Stack Overflow’s forum is dead thanks to AI, but the company’s still kicking... thanks to AI — The platform is raking in millions of dollars in revenue, with AI an ironic new source of revenue....
Meta's new model wants "deep access" to your personal life... — OpenRouter is the only API you need for AI. Every model, the best uptime and no subscription. Try it free:…
Airbus launches new flight test programme for Wing of Tomorrow — Airbus is launching a new flight-test campaign to evaluate the performance of high-span wings for next-generation single-aisle aircraft.
Uber has always wanted to be more than a ride; now it has reason to hurry | TechCrunch — The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry — as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.
Gaza residents weigh in on election of new Hamas leader — Gaza residents weigh in on election of new Hamas leader
Google’s Gemini 3.7 Flash targets coding and agents with a 50% introductory price cut — <p>Google is <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-3-7-flash/">rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash</a>, a new version of its workhorse…
Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million - Startup Fortune — Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, completing its full ownership of the robotics
Emerging-Market Stocks, Currencies Gain After Soft US Jobs Data — Emerging-market stocks and currencies climbed at the start of a new week as expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes eased following Friday’s unexpectedly weak US employment report.