How to Build an Embeddable AI Chatbot Widget with Cloudflare Workers
Have you ever wanted to add an AI-powered chatbot to your website, like Intercom or Drift, without paying high monthly fees? In this tutorial, you’ll learn...
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In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything
Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You remove all its visible contents, pump out any gases, and — applying some science-fiction...
Read moreArs readers gave over $42,000 in our 2025 Charity Drive
Last month, we asked readers to donate to a couple of good causes in our 2025 Charity Drive sweepstakes. And boy, did you deliver. With the...
Read moreJEP 525 Brings Timeout Handling and Joiner Refinements to Java’s Structured Concurrency
JEP 525, a highlight in the upcoming JDK 26, refines structured concurrency for clearer, safer task management. This iteration introduces a timeout callback for custom joiners,...
Read moreTech Hiring in 2026: The Rise of the Specialist
I once worked with a boss who would refer to hiring job candidates as “getting married.” Are we ready to marry this candidate? Is that one...
Read moreSamsung Galaxy Z Trifold Hands-On: This Is the Phone-Tablet Hybrid You’re Looking For
At CES 2026, we went hands-on with the three-panel Samsung tablet that folds up to the size of a (large) phone.
Read moreApple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats
The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power...
Read moreFirst Good News of 2026! COCOS 4 Game Engine Goes Open Source
Previously proprietary, this game engine is now fully open source.
Read moreGNU ddrescue 1.30 released
Version 1.30 of the GNU ddrescue data recovery tool has been released. Notable changes in this release include improvements to automatic recovery of a drive with...
Read moreMeet Canonical at CES 2026: A trusted foundation for your device lifecycle
CES 2026 is here, bringing together the technologies defining the next generation of connected devices. With thousands of exhibitors showcasing everything from software-defined vehicles to industrial...
Read morePresentation: Thinking Like a Detective: Solving Cloud Infrastructure Mysteries
Brendan McLoughlin shares a detective’s framework for solving cloud infrastructure failures. He explains the “usual suspects” in the network stack – from DNS to API gateways...
Read moreSecurity updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (tar), Debian (curl and gimp), Fedora (doctl, gitleaks, gnupg2, grpcurl, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli, nginx-mod-fancyindex, nginx-mod-headers-more, nginx-mod-modsecurity, nginx-mod-naxsi, nginx-mod-vts, and usd),...
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