Slapped-together tools to reprogram the BIOS on a bricked HP Envy laptop. - ctag/hp_envy_reviver

"Rather than looking at how to stimulate domestic demand by building bridges or roads, we should provide a proper environment for our future generations because children are Japan's best investment" - Hayao Miyazaki Key points: Hayao Miyazaki argued in 2008…

Today on 4chan someone leaked the source code (?) to the New York Times. They leaked 270GB of data

They wrote that the New York Times has 5,000+ source code repositories, with less than 30 being encrypted (?). It is 3,600,000 files in total

Note: We haven't…

The Post's new CEO Will Lewis tried to stop the paper from publishing a story about allegations he faces in Britain. It wasn't the first time he's attempted to head off unwanted coverage. I know, because he tried to do that to me in December.

After weeks of withering criticism and exposed security flaws, Microsoft has vastly scaled back its ambitions for Recall, its AI-enabled silent recording feature, and added new privacy features.

Everything in the universe, a playful new book argues, vibrates like a guitar string.

How to kill off a top source of browser exploits

40 лет назад молодой советский ученый Алексей Пажитнов, заскучав на работе в вычислительном центре советского НИИ, написал компьютерную игру. Первая, примитивная версия на компьютере «Электроника-60» была готова 6 июня 1984 года. Так появился «Тетрис».

Underwater noise from ships has gotten louder, reshaping marine ecosystems and the lives of animals that depend on sounds to eat, mate, and navigate. Can ships ever pipe down?

State-space models (SSMs) have emerged as a potential alternative architecture for building large language models (LLMs) compared to the previously ubiquitous transformer architecture. One...

General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software. - GitHub - ziglang/zig at 4236b85c722b36cb31595634bae0ff28d6082761

It is hard to recapture the unbridled enthusiasm the world had for concrete, when, in the early twentieth century, it first became widely available. Yet in those years, the possibilities for concrete were seen as endless and noble. Concrete—pourable, moldable…

How a system designed for circus performers and traveling salesmen helps homeless people access services.