NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
At the end of January, Washington, DC, saw an extremely unusual event. The MAHA Institute, which was set up to advocate for some of the most...
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[$] Development statistics for 6.19
Linus Torvalds released the 6.19 kernel on February 8, as expected. This development cycle brought 14,344 non-merge changesets into the mainline, making it the busiest release since...
Read moreKeebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Height-Adjustable Key Caps
Now, we can’t call these LEGO key caps for obvious reasons, but also because they don’t actually work with standard LEGO. But that’s just fine and...
Read moreAI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year’s Super Bowl with generative AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or...
Read moreSeeed Studio's Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI
The 6-DoF arm handles 1.5 kg loads with a 650 mm reach, targeting desktop AI work.
Read moreFerrari’s first EV will have an interior designed by Jony Ive
Ferrari released the first interior images of the company’s first all-electric supercar, called the Ferrari Luce (“light” in Italian). This is the second time the Italian...
Read moreDisclosure Day Super Bowl trailer: Could it be… aliens?
Steven Spielberg directed two of the best alien films of all time: E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Now he’s going back to those...
Read moreTrying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS
Speaking of charts… When was the last time you had to use a pie chart? If you are one of those people who have to give...
Read moreWhy the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lots of influential...
Read moreBuilding Prometheus: How Backend Aggregation Enables Gigawatt-Scale AI Clusters
We’re sharing details of the role backend aggregation (BAG) plays in building Meta’s gigawatt-scale AI clusters like Prometheus. BAG allows us to seamlessly connect thousands of...
Read moreHow Duke Energy enforces cloud security at scale with Terraform & Vault, and 6 lessons
Seven years ago, managing security and compliance was fairly straightforward at Duke Energy. Most of the company’s applications ran on-premises. Security teams had complete control over...
Read moreBlacklight, our privacy inspector tool, now tracks X and TikTok pixels
We’ve updated Blacklight, our popular privacy tool, to check for TikTok and X trackers. Gabriel Hongsdusit Since 2020, readers have used Blacklight, our pioneering website privacy inspector...
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