$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
Longtime fans of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 know that the series’ one constant is change (well, that and bad movies). The show’s...
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The foundations of software: open source libraries and their maintainers
Open source libraries are repositories of code that developers can use and, depending on the license, contribute to, modify, and redistribute. Open source libraries are usually...
Read moreTiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key...
Read moreALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.
There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never got the...
Read moreVault certificates and secrets inventory reporting: Improve visibility and audit readiness
HashiCorp Vault users need to have continuous answers to questions like: What secrets and certificates do we have? What do we know about them? Do any...
Read moreVideo Friday: Robot Collective Stays Alive Even When Parts Die
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming...
Read moreLinux 7.0 Lands ML-DSA Quantum-Resistant Signature Support
Adding to the exciting features for the big Linux 7.0 kernel release is support for the Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm “ML-DSA” quantum-resistant signature algorithm…
Read moreHow to Build a Production-Grade Distributed Chatroom in Go [Full Handbook]
If you’ve ever wondered how chat applications like Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp work behind the scenes, this tutorial will show you. You’ll build a real-time chat...
Read moreZillow Has Gone Wild—for AI
As the housing market stalls, Zillow’s CEO sees AI as “an ingredient rather than a threat” that can both help the company protect its turf and...
Read moreBuilt for momentum: Tailscale Winter Update Week
It’s Winter Update Week: five days of shipping, sharing, and showing where secure connectivity is headed next.
Read morePresentation: Building Embedding Models for Large-Scale Real-World Applications
Sahil Dua discusses the critical role of embedding models in powering search and RAG applications at scale. He explains the transformer-based architecture, contrastive learning techniques, and...
Read moreAre the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?
N one of the leading interpretations of quantum theory are very convincing. They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is fundamentally...
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