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Sunday February 9, 2025. 02:00 PM
This confident and appealing urban EV has bags of charm, history, and usefulness built in—and it could well be the best choice for anyone’s first electric car.
For a long time, 16GB of RAM was considered the standard for gaming PCs. However, most machines would benefit from 32 GB of RAM or higher, especially if you play more visually demanding games or like to game and stream at the same time–these tasks tend to eat right through ...
Whether you’re looking for extra-warm jackets or bedding, you’ve probably seen this term. Let us, er, fill you in.
'It is now 45+ years since C++ was first conceived,' writes 74-year-old C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup in an article this week for Communications of the ACM. But he complains that many developers 'use C++ as if it was still the previous millennium,' in an article titled 21st...
Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.
Friday the Orlando Sentinel covered NASA's 2024 mission-safety report from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (formed in 1968). The report 'commended the agency's handling of last year's beleaguered Boeing's Starliner mission [prioritizing astronaut safety], but revealed...
TL;DR: The Kinhank X2 is a retro console with over 70,000 games built-in, and it can even play movies. Pick one up for only $99.99. Modern gaming consoles cost hundreds, and new games aren’t exactly cheap. If you want a more affordable way to play games you already know...
TL;DR: Build WordPress websites with no coding using MaxiBlocks Pro (3 licenses)—on sale now for just $59 (reg. $447). Interesting fact: WordPress powers 46% of all websites, according to the SearchLogistics site. But building a site from scratch can be...
I just saw an ad for TikTok on a YouTube video. But at the same time YouTube is running ads on TikTok, reports Bloomberg, targeting TikTok content creators in 'an effort to lure these valuable users to the Google-owned rival and capitalize on TikTok's uncertain future.' One...
The tech startup 'purported to make smart home and business products,' writes America's Justice Department — products that were 'meant to stop package theft, prevent weather damage to packages, and make it easier for emergency responders and delivery services to find homes...
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
'Open source can be something of an illusion,' writes TechCrunch. 'A lack of real independence can mean a lack of agency for those who would like to properly get involved in a project.' Their article makes the case that the 'spirit' of open source means more than a...
After finalizing loan terms with the IMF, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved changes to the country's Bitcoin Law last week by a 55-2 vote, 'effectively removing bitcoin's status as legal currency,' reports Reason. Under the new rules, bitcoin is no longer...
Saturday February 8, 2025. 11:08 PM
Twisting two atomically thin sheets of graphene enables 'a host of exceptional properties,' writes MIT News, 'including unconventional superconductivity.' (Which makes this graphene 'a promising building block for future quantum-computing devices.') And now 'We find the...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Telegraph: Volkswagen has teased plans for a 'China-killer' electric vehicle that will cost just €20,000 ($20,664 USD or £16,700) as the German carmaker gears up to take on a flood of Beijing-backed low-cost rivals. The company...
The Free Software Foundation 'hinted that it would organize an unprecedented virtual memorabilia auction' in March to celebrate this year's 40th anniversary, according to an announcement this week. Those hints 'left collectors and free software fans wondering which of the...
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a new article from Ars Technica: On Thursday, mobile security company NowSecure reported that [DeepSeek] sends sensitive data over unencrypted channels, making the data readable to anyone who can monitor the traffic. More sophisticated...
Thursday the White House 'moved to halt a $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations,' reports Politico, 'by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them...' NPR described the move as 'putting in limbo billions of dollars...
To celebrate 2025's newest arrivals in the public domain, the Internet Archive held a special in-person event at their San Francisco headquarters, as well as a virtual celebration online. (It opens with an absolutely gorgeous rendition of 'Happy Days are Hear Again' played...
Friday on a Washington Post podcast, their columnists discussed the hybrid/remote work trend, asking why it 'seems to be reversing'. Molly Roberts: Why have some companies decided finally that having offices full of employees is better for them? Heather Long: It's a loaded...
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