What we’re listening to, watching, and reading right now.
There is so much art out there that it’s absolutely impossible to keep up. Whether it’s a slept-on post-punk album from the ‘80s, a new sci-fi...
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Restoring a Commodore PET 3032 in Rough Condition
The restored PET/CBM 3032. (Credit: Drygol, retrohax.net) The Commodore CBM 3032 is a successor to the original Commodore PET 2001, yet due a conflicting trademark issue...
Read moreThe best Switch 2 controller just got better (and a little worse)
The pink option is one of the prettiest controllers I’ve used. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Crowning the EasySMX S10 the best Switch 2...
Read moreJessica Jones joins the fray in Daredevil: Born Again trailer
One of our favorite TV shows last year was Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s revival of the hugely popular series in the Netflix Defenders universe. Who could...
Read moreSnowflake Cortex Code CLI adds dbt and Apache Airflow support for AI-powered data pipelines
Snowflake Cortex Code CLI, Snowflake’s coding agent that was announced at the end of February, recently added support for dbt and Apache Airflow. There are several...
Read moreFFmpeg 8.1 Preparing For Release With Vulkan Improvements, JPEG-XS & More
FFmpeg developers are preparing to soon release FFmpeg 8.1 with some great new features and other improvements…
Read moreThe cute and cursed story of Furby
The hottest toy of 1998 was sort of adorable, and sort of annoying. It couldn’t do much – couldn’t do anything, really – but it could...
Read moreRspress 2.0: AI-Native Documentation, Faster Startup and a Redesigned Theme
Rspress 2.0 has launched with a revamped theme, boosted performance, and innovative AI features, transforming developer documentation. With enhanced build speeds and a new Static Site...
Read moreThe uncomfortable truth about hybrid vehicles
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the EV struggle, follow Andrew J. Hawkins....
Read moreExperimental Intel Nova Lake P Device Bits Merged For Mesa 26.1
Merged this week for Mesa 26.1 are the initial Nova Lake P “NVL-P” device bits for Intel’s ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D drivers. But this support...
Read moreNotable Intel & AMD CPU Changes Merged For Linux 7.0-rc3
This week’s batch of “x86/urgent” patches that were merged overnight for Linux 7.0 contain some fixes and other adjustments worth highlighting for both AMD and Intel…
Read moreTiny, long-armed dinosaur leads to rethink of dinosaur miniaturization
Alvarezsaurids were mostly small-bodied theropods that paleontologists originally misinterpreted as early flightless birds, only to later recognize them as an ant-eating lineage of non-avian dinosaurs. For...
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