Pixar today released RenderMan® version 24, the biggest release in its long history, introducing a next-generation rendering architecture for animation and visual effects, RenderMan XPU™.

There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Two researchers from Basel and the US consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this unusual predation strategy.

github copilot has, by their own admission, been trained on mountains of gpl code, so i'm unclear on how it's not a form of laundering open source code into commercial works. the handwave of "it usually doesn't reproduce exact chunks" is not very satisfying

It should be clear by now that Facebook is long-term serious about VR/AR. An opportunity to help guide the effort: facebook.com/careers/v2/job… Note that I wouldn't pass the listed "minimum requirements", so maybe don't take them as gospel.

Residents of an apartment block that collapsed last week were warned of worsening structural damage.

The country has recorded its highest ever temperature - 49.6C (121.3F) - for the third day in a row.

It’s well established that estimating software projects is hard. This is true, but you should learn how anyway.

In the wake of the Covid pandemic, a growing number of workers are rethinking what they want in a job and a lifestyle.

Asking elected officials to keep silent is bad for democracy.

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Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.

Take a virtual trip to alien worlds, and maybe even plaster your living room with new, futuristic space tourism posters. 

Apple is not backing down on its plan to return to three days of in-person work a week starting in September, despite employees complaining about the...

I'm not saying there was no computer security in the 1980's but, wait... Yes. Yes I am.

Starting in August, the drama school plans to eliminate tuition for returning and future students, removing a barrier to entry for low-income students and those worried about debt.

The backstory behind Elder.js and the thinking behind the 5 biggest design decisions.