Building a Neatly Framed Word Clock
Reading analog clocks is a pretty straightforward skill to learn. However, if you’ve already learned to read and don’t want to pick up the extra skill,...
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This Printed Zipper Repair Requires No Unsewing
If a zipper breaks, a 3D printer might not be the first tool one reaches for — but it’s more feasible than one might think. [MisterJ]’s...
Read moreOpen-Source “GreenBoost” Driver Aims To Augment NVIDIA GPUs vRAM With System RAM & NVMe To Handle Larger LLMs
An open-source, independently developed Linux kernel module called GreenBoost aims to augment the dedicated video memory on NVIDIA discrete GPUs with system memory and NVMe storage....
Read moreTrump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal
In September, Donald Trump claimed that “the United States is getting a tremendous fee” for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal...
Read moreWhy AI systems are failing in familiar ways
With the introduction of AI-assisted coding tools and agents, many people hoped we’d solve all the problems for human teams. Without the people, politics, and personalities,...
Read moreHow Grab Optimizes Image Caching on Android with Time-Aware LRU
To improve image cache management in their Android app, Grab engineers transitioned from a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to a Time-Aware Least Recently Used (TLRU)...
Read moreMeta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff
According to Reuters, Meta is looking to offset spending on AI and data centers with a massive round of layoffs. Sources familiar with the matter say...
Read moreGIMP 3.2 Released With Many Improvements
Just under one year since the long-awaited GIMP 3.0 release, GIMP 3.2 is out today as the first feature release building off the GIMP 3.0 foundation…
Read moreTromjaro is a free-trade Linux distribution with plenty to offer
Imagine having an OS that won’t track you, push ads on you, and not force “free” trials on you. Sounds like Linux, doesn’t it? It should,...
Read moreUpcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m giving the Ross Anderson Lecture at the University of Cambridge’s Churchill...
Read moreTypeScript 6.0 RC arrives as a bridge to a faster future
TypeScript 6.0 Release Candidate (RC) is here, and in some ways, it’s the most consequential release since the project hit version 1.0 back in 2014. Not...
Read moreDebian 13.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
Debian 13.4 rolled out today with dozens of security fixes and other general bug fixes with the updated install media for Debian 13 Trixie…
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