Two crypto thieves decided to settle an argument over who was wealthier by screensharing as they transferred crypto between wallets to prove ownership. In doing so, one of them — known online as "Lick" — revealed a wallet address that crypto sleuth zachxbt…

Eating too much ultraprocessed food can be bad for us, yet they can be so hard to resist because they’re hyper-palatable. Here are 5 things to know to cut back.

GPU code can now use Rust's standard library. We share the implementation approach and what this unlocks for GPU programming.

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread

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Nature - After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

System package managers and language package managers are solving different problems that happen to overlap in the middle.

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Hello! One of my favourite things is starting to learn an Old Boring Technology that I’ve never tried before but that has been around for 20+ years. It feels really good when every problem I’m ever going to have has been solved already 1000 times and I can…

The Bonnet problem asks when just a bit of information is enough to uniquely identify a whole surface.

The world has benefited from the Apple cofounder’s generosity of spirit for 50 years now—and it’s not just about the PC revolution his genius helped catalyze.

The new year has started and I was once again looking for a simple calendar to do some yearly planning. I've tried to find something for this use …