KDE Plasma Saw At Least 9 Crash Fixes This Week
KDE Plasma 6.6 feature development work continues winding down while Plasma 6.7 has begun seeing more feature work. This week also saw at least nine different...
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Polymer Skins That Change Color and Texture When Exposed to Water
Researchers at Stanford University recently came up with an interesting way (Phys.org summary) to create patterns and colors that emerge when a polymer is exposed to...
Read moreChromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google’s plan to “onboard kids” into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this...
Read moreThis Mega Snowstorm Will Be a Test for the US Supply Chain
Shipping experts say the big winter storm across a wide swath of the country should be business as usual—if their safeguards hold.
Read moreClearly Filtered Discount: Pitcher, Water Bottle, Under-Sink
Clearly Filtered water pitchers, bottles, and under-sink filters are 10 to 19 percent off. I tested three filters to see how they performed.
Read moreGNU C Library 2.43 Released With More C23 Features, mseal & openat2 Functions
Version 2.43 of the GNU C Library “glibc” was released on Friday evening as the newest half-year feature update. This is a very feature packed update...
Read moreHow to Use the Singleton Design Pattern in Flutter: Lazy, Eager, and Factory Variations
In software engineering, sometimes you need only one instance of a class across your entire application. Creating multiple instances in such cases can lead to inconsistent...
Read moreHow to Evaluate and Select the Right LLM for Your GenAI Application
Every day, we learn something new about generative AI applications – how they behave, where they shine, and where they fall short. As Large Language Models...
Read moreHow to Implement Type Safe Unions in C# With OneOf
Have you ever needed a method to return different types depending on the situation? Perhaps a payment processor that returns different payment types, an order that...
Read more‘Uncanny Valley’: Donald Trump’s Davos Drama, AI Midterms, and ChatGPT’s Last Resort
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts unpack the news from Davos, where Trump and major AI companies shared the stage at the World Economic...
Read moreUS Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid in the Star Trek Universe
Spock befriends a giant space squid in the comic Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #5. As usual, you can also use this...
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