It’s outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser
With HBO’s critically acclaimed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms gearing up for its season finale on Sunday, it’s time to check in on that other Game...
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Supreme Court Rules Most of Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal
In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration’s signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on the hook for at least $175 billion in...
Read moreHD on a VHS Tape? How Did They Do It?
There was a period from the 1970s to the mid-2000s or so when a fixture underneath the family TV set was a VHS videocassette recorder. These...
Read moreNintendo brings GBA-era Pokémon to the Switch, but not Switch Online subscribers
For my money, the 2004 Game Boy Advance re-releases of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are still the best versions of the original Pokémon games. They fixed most of the bugs...
Read moreSupreme Court blocks Trump’s emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Donald Trump was not authorized to implement emergency tariffs to ostensibly block illegal drug flows and offset trade deficits. It’s...
Read morePotentially Coming to a Browser :near() You
Just before we wrapped up 2025, I saw this proposal for :near(), a pseudo-class that would match if the pointer were to go near the element....
Read moreLinux 7.0 Shows Significant PostgreSQL Performance Gains On AMD EPYC
When beginning some early Linux 7.0 kernel benchmarking this week for looking at its performance in its early development state, I started off testing on Core...
Read moreHow to Install Java on Mac in 2026
Java is the most widely used programming language for enterprise software, Android development, and university computer science courses. Apple doesn’t include Java with macOS, so you...
Read moreHow to Run Rust on Jupyter Notebooks
If you’ve ever wanted to combine the power of Rust with the interactive goodness of Jupyter notebooks, you’re in the right place. Maybe you’re tired of...
Read moreHow to Build and Deploy a Production-Ready WhatsApp Bot with FastAPI, Evolution API, Docker, EasyPanel, and GCP
WhatsApp bots are widely used for customer support, automated replies, notifications, and internal tools. Instead of relying on expensive third-party platforms, you can build and deploy...
Read moreAsk Hackaday: Do You Have a Dead Man’s Switch?
During the Cold War, the specter of a nuclear “dead man’s switch” was central to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). In the event that...
Read moreClimate Physicists Face the Ghosts in Their Machines: Clouds
In October 2008, Chris Bretherton lifted off from the coast of northern Chile in a C-130 turboprop plane. It was too dark to see the sandy...
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