Musings of boz.

tl;dr: Having swap is a reasonably important part of a well functioning system. Without it, sane memory management becomes harder to achieve.

Toyota has apologised for providing incorrect or manipulated data for safety certification tests.

The FAA has approved a license for SpaceX's fourth Starship launch, set for Thursday.

Google will continue to offer a VPN to users of its Google Fi wireless plan and to Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 owners.

About a week ago, there has been a little addition to the 3dbrew wiki page about... Continue reading on Wave Alpha.

highest grade of a fire in a Zoroastrian fire temple

The main thing that's important to know about camera calibration: camera distortions and methods that help computer vision technologies correct them

Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary.

Why bother with Microsoft and its new AI spyware features... When you can always seek your freedom with Linux?

(If you can’t read the code in this post on mobile, try this wrapped version instead, sorry) Suppose you have two values. You know some bits are zero, some bits are one, other bits could be e…

Canadian AI startup Cohere has raised $450 million in funding from returning investors such as Nvidia and Salesforce Ventures, as well as new investors including Cisco and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments, according to a source familiar the matter. This…

After 40 years, the Atari 2600 masterpiece Tarzan has been unearthed.

Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit Material from the far side of the moon has begun its journey for Earth after Chinese spacecraft collected samples and launched them into lunar orbit.

Job openings fell sharply in April as the US labor market continues to cool.

Recent changes to the Canadian Transportation Agency's complaints process broaden the type of decisions airlines can contest in court. Some legal experts say that may lead to more being passengers dragged into legal battles with their airline.