Does Carbon Fiber PLA Make Sense?
Carbon fiber (CF) has attained somewhat of a near-mystical appeal in consumer marketing, with it being praised for being stronger than steel while simultaneously being extremely...
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Build a dinosaur runner game with Deno, pt. 4
Building a leaderboard with database integration for our example browser-based game.
Read moreAfter 5 Years, Apple Finally Upgrades the AirTag
The second-generation AirTag features Apple’s newer Ultra Wideband chip and has a louder speaker and better range.
Read moreEU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes
The EU has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI following a public outcry over how its Grok chatbot spread sexualized images of women and...
Read morePatch Proposed To Allow Toggling Linux Kernel VT Support At Boot Time
A patch causing a healthy technical debate today on the Linux kernel mailing list would allow the kernel virtual terminal “VT” support to be enabled/disabled at...
Read moreSecurity updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gimp, glib2, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, kernel, net-snmp, pcs, and thunderbird), Debian (apache2, imagemagick, incus, inetutils, libuev, openjdk-17, php7.4,...
Read moreNvidia makes AI weather forecasting more accessible, no supercomputer needed
With very few exceptions, large-scale weather forecasting has been the domain of government agencies with access to massive supercomputers. But that is changing. Nvidia launched two...
Read moreCable cuts, storms, and DNS: a look at Internet disruptions in Q4 2025
In 2025, we observed over 180 Internet disruptions spurred by a variety of causes – some were brief and partial, while others were complete outages lasting...
Read moreGeoPandas Basics: Maps, Projections, and Spatial Joins
GeoPandas extends pandas to make working with geospatial data in Python intuitive and powerful. If you’re looking to do geospatial tasks in Python and want a...
Read moreThe power of sound in a virtual world
In an era where business, education, and even casual conversations occur via screens, sound has become a differentiating factor. We obsess over lighting, camera angles, and...
Read moreLinux Kernel 6.19 RC7 Released: A Large Release Candidate Justifies the Extra Week
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.19-rc7. While the patch is larger than usual for this stage, the release is going smoothly with a final stable version expected...
Read moreInitial AMD GFX13 Target Merged To LLVM 23 Git – Presumably RDNA5
Added to the LLVM 23 Git codebase minutes ago is a pull request adding the initial AMDGPU GFX13 target for their next-generation graphics core IP. AMD...
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