In this third article of our series on the making of a 64kB intro, we present how we use and combine a few simple techniques to create a variety of procedural 3D meshes for very few bytes.

About two years ago I came across a .DS_Store file and wanted to extract its information (e.g. file names). After researching the file format and its security implications, as well as writing a parser for it, I would like to share my (limited) knowledge and…

A new machine-learning algorithm, written by an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, has cut through the terrestrial noise to uncover eight currently unexplained radio signals.

I heard that buying a ticket from a different country (like using a VPN to access the website from another country's IP) may change the price. Is it true? Any specific Airline or example that I can...

I have been working with the SLATEC library. Following the closure of Absoft and Lahey during the last few months, I felt that I needed to preserve their versions of the library, which they included as free add-ons that their customers could choose to use.…

Born secretly on 27 March 2017, it was Apple’s biggest gamble. Introduced in High Sierra, it didn’t work on Fusion Drives and had other problems. Also explains version numbering.

Natural history museums have joined forces to produce a global digital inventory of their prized collections, from pinned butterflies to dinosaur skulls.

The tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence. Each is doing it its own way

A leaked draft revealed how the meat industry is obstructing efforts to curb climate change

Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities we serve. This decision impacts libraries across the US who rely on controlled digital lending to connect their patrons with books online. It hurts…

This is insane. PayPal has restricted our business account because we have invoiced a license key containing the random letter sequence “ALEP”.

Now they ask us to provide an explanation of the reference to “Alep”.

If we don’t, they even threatened to close…

To help us celebrate three decades of open source innovation, State of North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared March 26, 2023, as Red Hat Day across North Carolina.

GitHub, the popular developer platform owned by Microsoft, has laid off virtually its entire engineering team in India.

Calculate the sine, cosine, tangent, and more in CSS.

I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one.

European Union countries gave final approval on Tuesday to a landmark law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany won an exemption for cars running on e-fuels.