Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells with a Microwave
Although solar panels may seem like a kind of magic, they’re really quite simple devices, in their silicon form featuring nothing but the p-type silicon wafer...
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 Happy New Mars Year! We mark the start of a...
Read moreAMD GAIA 0.25 Brings Several Improvements For Local AI Agents On Ryzen AI
AMD GAIA 0.25 is out this week as the latest feature release for this open-source project that began as "Generative AI Is Awesome" and is now...
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BleachBit 6.0.6 released with fixes for admin cleaning on Linux
BleachBit, the free, open-source and cross-platform system cleaning utility has a new maintenance release out – with support for Ubuntu 26.10. BleachBit 6.0.6 introduces cleaners for...
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Moonlighter studio won’t host a public playtest of its next game due to rampant AI-led cloning: ‘We know we’re not the only developers feeling this way’
ReVamp will get a limited Discord playtest.
Read moreRequire Police to Get a Warrant to Search ALPR Data
This post was co-written by Andi Cao, an EFF legal intern. Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are mass surveillance. They photograph every passing car and log...
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From personas to archetypes: a living, shared understanding of the people we build for (Part 1 of 2)
Personas are easy to create but often ignored. This is the first of two posts about how we developed archetypes to keep our personas fresh at...
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An RV on a Bike
Bicycles are the ultimate form of transportation freedom. They’re easy to repair, parts are cheap, and they will travel almost anywhere for free, as long as...
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Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn’t seen for decades
Congenital measles can be fatal, and survivors require monitoring for years.
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Audacious 4.6.2 fills the last gaps in its Qt Winamp mode
Audacious 4.6.2 lets you drop Winamp skin files onto the Qt window to install them, and adds keyboard navigation for toolbar buttons. You're reading Audacious 4.6.2...
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Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’
President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that Elon Musk's SpaceX shares for children will be given through Trump Accounts. Musk said earlier today that he would...
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The Chemistry in Stellar Nurseries is Complex, and a New 3D Model Highlights It
Young stars form in molecular clouds, and once they're turned on, they begin to shape their natal clouds with radiation. Researchers developed a new 3D model...
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