Physicist does the math on Star Trek’s “Picard maneuver”
The trick from Next Generation would be even more effective in real life.
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Net::err_empty_response: Why Pages Return Blank?
Chrome shows NET::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE when a server returns no data after the browser sends a request. Learn what Chromium error -324 means and the common causes behind...
Read moreUbuntu 24.04.5 LTS Released With Linux 7.0 HWE Stack
For those continuing to make use of the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support "LTS" series, Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS is out today as the newest point release...
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OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for Coding and Computer Use
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a new model focused on coding, computer use, long-running agentic tasks, and cybersecurity, with availability across ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI...
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Redesigning a popular robotic arm
Robotic arms are extremely versatile, which is the entire point. But that versatility comes at the cost of complexity when it comes to programming and control....
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Matthias Klumpp: JPEG-XL, AppStream, and better media processing
Two weeks ago, I released AppStream 1.2.0. This release contains a lot of great changes, but one of the most important ones concerns how media are...
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ThreatsDay: 200 Android Flaws, Browser-Built Phishing, 119K Scam Shops + 23 More Stories
A lot of this week’s security news has the same awkward answer to one question: “Why was that allowed to work?” An extension asks for access...
Read moreCSS Statistics 2026 [Preprocessors, Grid And Flexbox]
CSS powers 99.2% of websites surveyed by W3Techs on September 10, 2026, giving it a broader reach than any server-side language or framework. Explore the latest...
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Dirk Eddelbuettel: RDieHarder 0.2.8 on CRAN: Minor Maintenance
An new maintenance version 0.2.8 of the random-number generator tester RDieHarder (based on the DieHarder suite developed / maintained by Robert Brown with contributions by David...
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Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats
Talarico talk to be on YouTube to save ABC stations the hassle of dealing with FCC.
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Stylised XCOM-like tactics game Ex Sanguis straps Othercide's obsession with timelines to a leaner roguelike campaign
The nasal greenhorn strategy gamer understands "strategy" to be about mastery of space by means of clanging offensives, shining shieldwalls, and brute attrition, but the true...
Read more[$] PostgreSQL 19's "scary patch contest"
PostgreSQL 19 was expected to be released in September, in keeping with the database project's longstanding tradition of a major release every year. However, some late-breaking...
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