Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track advanced learning. Anne Lawrence-Mathers investigates the Ars notoria, its supposed…

One line of evidence that AI might lead to explosive economic growth is the precedent set by the Industrial Revolution. For hundreds of years — 1252 to 1652, to be precise — the compound annual growth rate of per capita real GDP in the UK was around 0.07%.…

Generative AI can produce book-length works of fiction at near-zero cost. These books are often dismissed as low-quality ``slop'' that buyers will ignore, and are assumed to carry little...

On July 20, Wiki Workers United U.S. demanded voluntary recognition as a union from the Wikimedia Foundation, following a similar request for voluntary recognition made by WWU-UK, the UK branch of WWU, in June. The request by Wiki Workers United U.S. demanded…

See exactly what changed between two 3D model versions — added material, removed material, dimensional drift. Free, in-browser, STL/3MF/OBJ.

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An internal version of Astra, @OpenAI’s next major model family, solved 10 major open problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science.

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Clubgoers are using 3-MMC to dance all night, then taking more to lock in at the office.

The Seinfeld Chronicles digital edition visually and sonically presents an entirely unnecessary data-driven exploration of every episode of Seinfeld.

Ursula K. Le Guin on the presence of technology in her work

Differences between “essential vocabulary” lists, 1953 vs. 2023

A 1997-style personal terminal, home of The Old Internet: boot a working Windows 98 in your browser and surf the 90s web.

Use Nix and NixOS on your DGX Spark! Contribute to graham33/nixos-dgx-spark development by creating an account on GitHub.

Agents Week explores how cloud infrastructure must evolve to serve autonomous agents rather than human browsers. Join us as we unpack the storage, execution, and security primitives needed for an agent-native web.

After years as a paying Cursor customer, I'm done. Stale VSCode builds, an Agent window that keeps re-appearing, and bug reports that rot for months.

Microsoft’s struggling console continues to see unprecedented price bumps.

Back in 2019, SwiftUI was announced as the future of Apple development. Seven years later, it still feels like a beta version struggling with stability, performance, and many other aspects. What’s actually wrong with SwiftUI?