New Mac adware, leaked from a flashcards app.

This website allows you to select a city and then draws every single road on a screen.

Object Oriented Programming died several times already. This time might be the last.

GPs in England have been told to hand over all patient data to NHS Digital, says GP Ameen Kamlana

With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds and interpreting the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment.

Coronavirus gain-of-function research comes from playing the "Science Game"

The first of the gas-giant orbiter's back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years.

A first lesson in meta-rationality, or stage 5 cognition, using Bongard problems as a laboratory.

After finishing up the macOS M1 article the blog staff took a little break. Then they saw the date.
Upon looking at the actual changelog, however, something became readily apparent: this wasn't going to be just a progress report; this was going to be a MEGA…

A closer look at the “illegal” opcodes and undocumented instructions of the MOS 6502 MPU.

Continuous Documentation means updating docs in lockstep with updating the codebase. Here's why it's a crucial organizational capability.

Doing high-performance 3D rendering on the Web has always been a tricky proposition. WebGL, in its quest for programmer familiarity and cross-platform ubiquity, adopted the API of OpenGL ES. As suc…

Left turns are dangerous and slow down traffic. One solution? Get rid of them. New research shows that limiting left turns at busy intersections would improve safety and reduce frustrating backups.

hen one reaches 80, one is considered to be ripe and ready for picking. Picking usually consists of the pickers asking the pickee to reflect back on the wisdom he has gained over his lifetime. This request is based on the false assumption that wisdom increases…

A faster version of Apple's linker. Contribute to michaeleisel/zld development by creating an account on GitHub.

A model checker for implementing distributed systems. - stateright/stateright

Apple claims its App Store is carefully curated so that only the best apps get through. The truth is, the App Store is littered with scams and "fleeceware," which uses fake user ratings to trick customers into paying for something they don't want.

The AI researcher on how natural resources and human labour drive machine learning and the regressive stereotypes that are baked into its algorithms