Moscow has been stealthily funding much of its war costs with risky, off-budget financing overlooked by the West. That funding is now under pressure, offering new leverage to Ukraine and its allies.

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12. App...

The cargo cult metaphor is commonly used by programmers. This metaphor was popularized by Richard Feynman's "cargo cult science" talk with a...

After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon.

A curriculum focused on current industry trends risks becoming obsolete before students even graduate. So how can Northeastern teach students skills that will stand the test of time? The university, which recently announced it would completely overhaul its…

It was a little too cute and a little too slow, and that led to a massive failure.

Today’s public incident writeup comes courtesy of Brendan Humphries, the CTO of Canva. Like so many other incidents that came before, this is another tale of saturation, where the failure mod…

When I was analysing the structures of CYOA works a few years back, I began to recognise some strong recurring design patterns. I came up with some home-brewed terminology, but didn’t ever la…

right to repair laws should include provisions requiring manufacturers to unlock a device's bootloader (to provide root access) upon consumer request.

OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

A crowd-pirated recreation of Bee Movie, now FREE Movie!

A staple of old Buster Keaton/Laurel and Hardy films is the car that falls completely apart, either when closing one of the doors or even when driving, like so:

How exactly did they pull these s...

What if something can't be found through Google Search? Does it still exist? That question I have to ask myself when I found that a blogpost...

The Adventures of Tintin officially entered the public domain in 2025. We now all own the alluring aesthetics of this timeless classic.