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Codeberg Divides

Codeberg recently updated its terms to exclude projects primarily written with generative AI, sparking debate about the…

Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck

Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Co-Opting Linux Processes for High-Performance Network Simulation (2022)

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Mag Computer: A Mag History of RAM (1960–2025)

The episode "Mag Computer" explores the history of computing power from 1960 to 2025 by using RAM as a proxy for…

3GPP Version 19

3GPP Release 19, the second 5G-Advanced release, completed on schedule in December 2025 with fully implementable…

Preventing line breaks in elements

The author implemented a solution to prevent awkward line breaks in short code snippets on their website by…

Writing a Debugger from Scratch

A former Microsoft debugger developer is writing a new debugger from scratch in Rust to both improve their Rust skills…

WebGPU Unleashed: A Practical Tutorial

"WebGPU Unleashed" is a free practical tutorial book teaching graphics programming in JavaScript using WebGPU, a new…

Open Weights and American AI Leadership [pdf]

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Plants vs. Zombies for PlayStation 2

This is a GitHub repository for a cross-platform port of Plants vs.

Interview with a Maintainer

Erin Marsh, the primary maintainer of libcapstan—a foundational protocol library used by 80 million downloads…

AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say

Rule would allow states to decide how much—if any—public input there can be.

PCI DSS DMARC Requirement: What Section 5.4.1 Requires

PCI DSS v4.0.1 does not explicitly mandate DMARC by name, but Requirement 5.4.1 makes automated anti-phishing mechanisms…

My Emacs Configuration (Dired)

This blog post discusses the author's Emacs Dired configuration and workflow, explaining how they use Dired as a…

Kaizen #4: Overhauled Homelab

Tim Hårek Andreassen documented his homelab overhaul after moving into a new house and encountering network…

OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app

ChatGPT Voice on desktop can work with both ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents.

Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund AI spending

Oracle laid off approximately 21,000 employees (13% of its workforce) to fund a $300 billion computing deal with OpenAI…

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against overregulating open-weight models

Letter: https://images.nvidia.com/pdf/Open-Weights-and-American-AI-L...

Elon Musk AI Warning: Humans Will Lose Control Within 10 Years

Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence will exceed the combined intelligence of humanity within five years.

Patreon laying off 20% of staff

Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS

Half-Life 2 has been successfully ported to run natively on HaikuOS, compiled from open-source engine code, marking a…

Facebook launches a dedicated Marketplace app for sellers, adds a free verification system

Seller is a dedicated Marketplace app for people who list and sell items frequently.

Programming language file extensions that match ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard assigns two-letter country codes that coincidentally match file extensions for numerous…

India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Amid Protests

The order gave GitHub three hours to pull three code repositories, citing the messaging app's use during protest…

Why is programming so captivating, yet so agonizing?

AI coding tools are lowering barriers to programming, prompting renewed reflection on why the craft is simultaneously…

I Tried Building a Real App with AI. It Took a Year

After trying dozens of existing habit-tracking apps, a developer and his wife found none that met their specific…

My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page

A security researcher discovered a GitHub admin token hardcoded in Hanwha security camera firmware that had…

The case for MUDs in modern times

MUDs (Multi-User Dimensions) are text-based virtual worlds where players control avatars through typed commands in…

The IBM PC, Part 1: Arrival

In the early 1980s, the personal computer market was highly fragmented, with competing manufacturers like Apple,…