A hoard of Norman-era silver coins unearthed five years ago in southwestern England has become Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever, after it was bought for £4.3 million ($5.6 million) by a local heritage trust.

A study of language in <cite>Science</cite> articles from 1997 through 2021 raises concerns about exaggerated claims

I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little about comics of other countries; so put down your Tintins and your ACK hardbacks, and let’s see where this leads us.

Using thermal physics, cosmology, and computer science to calculate password vulnerability to the biggest possible brute-force attack.

Amateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge.

Noah Smith, author of the economics Substack Noahpinion, often refers to a common trajectory in Chinese manufacturing as the “China Cycle”:

“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.
Every line of code written comes at a price: maintenance. To...

The ban stems from Apple's failure to fulfill its investment commitments in Indonesia.

The HTTP 418 I'm a teapot status response code indicates that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot.
A combined coffee/tea pot that is temporarily out of coffee should instead return 503.
This error is a reference to Hyper…

I set out to find a simple definition that would help managers frame the fundamental things they expect from software engineers.

Are we comparing apples with pears?

When conceived, the style was meant to be heavenly and transcendent—so how did it become the vision of a haunted house?