From the the two methods of encoding 8-bit data as human-readable ASCII, for a time, uuencode format was more popular. USENET 'binaries' groups were filled with uuencoded posts with whatever goodie...

Elon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship”

I see most smart devices (laptops/tablets/phones) now have the option to optimize your battery by charging it to 80% only.
But wouldn't this reduce your capacity i.e. your brand new battery now onl...

Scientific Reports - Inhibition of ALDH2 by quercetin glucuronide suggests a new hypothesis to explain red wine headaches

Spotify’s “unprecedented” popularity justified the deal.

The high Tesla Model 3 fault rate can be attributed to Tesla's lack of definition of service intervals, among other factors.

Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.

On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA's SLS rocket.

The Windows App could pave the way for consumer cloud PCs

SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that.

Fast and Portable Llama2 Inference on the Heterogeneous Edge.

The 2-degree threshold for two-straight days is symbolic, but indicative of how swiftly the climate is warming.

A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.

Hashed Lookup Table based Matrix Multiplication (halutmatmul) - Stella Nera accelerator - joennlae/halutmatmul

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Amazon’s AI Ready initiative comes as new AWS study finds strong demand for AI talent and the potential for workers with AI skills to earn up to 47% more in salaries.

Northvolt is proud to add sodium-ion to its cell chemistry portfolio, enabling safe, low-cost, sustainable power for energy storage systems.