The origin and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains shrouded in mystery. Here I identify a data set containing SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early in the Wuhan epidemic that has been deleted from the NIH’s Sequence Read Archive. I recover the deleted files from…

Google will shut down a program aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds after participants said it enforced "systemic pay inequities."

Text classification is a very frequent use case for machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). It’s used for things like spam detection in emails, sentiment analysis for social media posts, or intent detection in chat bots. In this series…

Mysterious mega-drone that buzzed police helicopters during a night chase over Tucson described by pursuing chopper pilots.

Buffett’s resignation as Gates Foundation trustee comes as the charitable organization faces a tumultuous time with the divorce of its two founders.

Aquinas tells us that curiosity is a vice .  Before you clutch your pearls, dear village atheist reader, know that Aquinas was not condemni...

Some of my personal thoughts on how we design open source projects

Nature - Well before people domesticated crops, they were grinding grains for hearty stews and other starchy dishes.

Play Freeciv online in 2D or 3D! Freeciv is an empire-building strategy game starting at the dawn of time. Can you survive to dominate a modern world?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes almost all of the world’s most sophisticated chips, and many of the simpler ones, too. Its dominance poses risks to the global economy, amid geopolitical tensions and a major chip shortage.

Nature - Cryptochrome protein has the properties needed to be a magnetosensor.

3dasd # Welcome to 3dasd.com, home for a fully open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner!
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I’m not maintaining this site and this whole project anymore. If you happen to have any questions, you can still reach me via the contacts though.…

We are thrilled to announce Visa is acquiring Tink. This is the beginning of a new chapter in open banking, and we couldn’t be more excited about what this means for our employees, our customers and the future of financial services.