Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer
Before DOOM would run on any computing system ever produced, and indeed before it even ran on its first computer, the game that would run on...
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AWS Introduces Fifth-Generation Graviton Processor with M9g Instances
AWS recently announced the new Graviton5 processor and the preview of the first EC2 instances running on it, the general-purpose M9g instances. According to the cloud...
Read moreRuss Allbery: Review: Challenges of the Deeps
Review: Challenges of the Deeps, by Ryk E. Spoor Series: Arenaverse #3 Publisher: Baen Copyright: March 2017 ISBN: 1-62579-564-5 Format: Kindle Pages: 438 Challenges of the...
Read moreA Steam Machine Clone For An Indeterminate but Possibly Low Cost
For various reasons, crypto mining has fallen to the wayside in recent years. Partially because it was never useful other than as a speculative investment and...
Read moreAeryn OS Continuing To Focus On Tooling & Infrastructure In 2026
The Aeryn OS Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS has published a 2025 retrospective to recap the project changes over the past year as well...
Read moreQron0b: a Minimalist, Low-Power BCD Wristwatch
Over the decades we have seen many DIY clocks and wrist watches presented, but few are as likely to get you either drawing in the crowds,...
Read moreNo, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images
Despite reporting to the contrary, there’s evidence to suggest that Grok isn’t sorry at all about reports that it generated non-consensual sexual images of minors. In...
Read moreHealthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
With the new year comes a new report of a deadly, puzzling infectious disease. In a January 1 case study, health officials with the Centers for...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Found in Light Fixture
Probably a college prank. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered....
Read moreLouis-Philippe Véronneau: 2025 — A Musical Retrospective
2026 already! The winter weather here has really been beautiful and I always enjoy this time of year. Writing this yearly musical retrospective has now become...
Read moreOpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products
OpenAI, the company that developed the models and products associated with ChatGPT, plans to announce a new audio language model in the first quarter of 2026,...
Read moreAdding Solar Power to an Electric Tractor
In my country, we have a saying: the sun is a deadly lazer. Well, it’s not so much a folk saying as a meme, and not...
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