Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
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Why do Japanese studios suffer fewer layoffs? Because they have smaller teams and don't pay their execs $30m, says one expert
It's been a pretty grim year for video games. Aside from the "return of Xbox" new CEO Asha Sharma promised awhen taking over, which enacted the...
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Podcast: Signals and Levers: Building Thriving Engineering Organizations
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi about systems thinking as a lens for software...
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Review of Elecrow ThinkNode M9 QWERTY terminal with MeshCore firmware
Last August, CNX Software covered the launch of the Elecrow ThinkNode M9, a standalone LoRa terminal running MeshCore firmware with a QWERTY keyboard, a color display,...
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Article: Architecting Secure and Scalable Facial Verification Systems
When three thousand employees verify at once, synchronous API calls collapse. This article presents a four-layer architecture for high-volume face verification: client-side filtering that cut cloud...
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Best Open Earbuds (2026): Shokz, Bose, Soundcore, and More
I’ve tested dozens of open earbuds. My favorite ones let you hear the world and your tunes equally.
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Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons
Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
Read moreThe specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech
In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous. Last weekend, Anthropic CEO...
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"Publishers are afraid of certain parts of the world": Saber Interactive's message to North American studios is to get their head out of their own geography
Layoffs have been a constant drumbeat in gaming industry news since 2022. Even if the cadence of layoffs seems to have slowed in 2026, the severity...
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Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology
Cosmic topology is as esoteric as cosmology can get. But a growing number of astrophysicists think it holds keys to understanding the universe on its largest...
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Alloyed Helps Make UK Made Turbojet Engine
The UK’s Ministry of Defense has worked with Alloyed to develop a 3D printed, UK-made turbojet engine. From idea to testing took seven months. The duo...
Read morePetter Reinholdtsen: Long term storage of Mattermost messages with Noark 5 XML
It is said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, a quote often attributed to the American philosopher George Santayana. And...
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