The Cloud: The dystopian book that changed Germany (2022)
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221101-the-cloud-the-nuclear-novel-that-shaped-germany
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221101-the-cloud-the-nuclear-novel-that-shaped-germany
Bbc
The Cloud: The dystopian book that changed Germany
For many Germans, The Cloud remains the ultimate "catastrophe book". But did it empower generations of children or leave them traumatised for life, asks Sophie Hardach.
TSA lines are so out of control that travelers are hiring line-sitters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/03/28/tsa-line-sitters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/03/28/tsa-line-sitters/
Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition
CNN
Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited
A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before. Police in Fargo, North Dakota, have acknowledged “a…
Comparison shows audiophiles waste a lot of money
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/comparison-of-usd4-000-boutique-audio-cable-to-usd7-amazon-basics-cable-shows-audiophiles-waste-a-lot-of-money-scientific-audio-equipment-analysis-with-analyzer-shows-no-difference-in-quality
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/sound-cards/comparison-of-usd4-000-boutique-audio-cable-to-usd7-amazon-basics-cable-shows-audiophiles-waste-a-lot-of-money-scientific-audio-equipment-analysis-with-analyzer-shows-no-difference-in-quality
Tom's Hardware
Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment…
'Black Pearl solid silver conductors drawn in diamond coated dies and insulated with virgin FEP dielectric' doesn't help.
The rise and fall of IBM's 4 Pi aerospace computers: an illustrated history
https://www.righto.com/2026/03/ibm-4-pi-computer-history.html
https://www.righto.com/2026/03/ibm-4-pi-computer-history.html
Righto
The rise and fall of IBM's 4 Pi aerospace computers: an illustrated history
The morning of April 12, 1981, 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, the Space Shuttle thundered into the...
First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales
https://mashable.com/article/sony-sd-card-sales-suspended-memory-shortage
https://mashable.com/article/sony-sd-card-sales-suspended-memory-shortage
Mashable
First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales
A sign of the times.
Midnight train from GA: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle
https://isp.netscape.com/news/story/0001/20260329/e4d8ea591b3b036142c2bf2dee7dff5a
https://isp.netscape.com/news/story/0001/20260329/e4d8ea591b3b036142c2bf2dee7dff5a
ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-wont-let-you-type-until-cloudflare-reads-your-react-state-i-decrypted-the-program-that-does-it/
https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-wont-let-you-type-until-cloudflare-reads-your-react-state-i-decrypted-the-program-that-does-it/
Buchodi's Threat Intel
ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State. I Decrypted the Program That Does It.
Edit April 2, 2026: I've been getting inbound interest from researchers wanting to run their own queries. The MCP integration I use for my own research lets you analyze live mobile telemetry continuously collected from real devices in the wild, directly from…
The road signs that teach travellers about France
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260327-the-road-signs-that-teach-travellers-about-france
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260327-the-road-signs-that-teach-travellers-about-france
Bbc
The road signs that teach travellers about France
From abbeys and bridges to fish soup and Resistance history, France's motorway signs offer drivers a crash course in the nation rushing past their windows.
'Project Hail Mary' Crosses $300M in Sales to Become Amazon/MGM's Highest-Gross
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/project-hail-mary-global-box-office-amazon-mgm-highest-grossing-film-1236702246/
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/project-hail-mary-global-box-office-amazon-mgm-highest-grossing-film-1236702246/
Variety
‘Project Hail Mary’ Crosses $300 Million at Global Box Office to Become Amazon MGM’s Highest-Grossing Film, ‘Scream 7’ Passes $200…
'Project Hail Mary' has passed $300 million at the global box office to become Amazon MGM's top earner, while 'Scream 7' topped $200 million.
There is No Spoon. A software engineers primer for demystified ML
https://github.com/dreddnafious/thereisnospoon
https://github.com/dreddnafious/thereisnospoon
GitHub
GitHub - dreddnafious/thereisnospoon: A machine learning primer built from first principles. For engineers who want to reason about…
A machine learning primer built from first principles. For engineers who want to reason about ML systems the way they reason about software systems. - dreddnafious/thereisnospoon
Philly courts will ban all smart eyeglasses starting next week
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/smart-glasses-ai-meta-courts-20260326.html
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/smart-glasses-ai-meta-courts-20260326.html
Inquirer.com
Philly courts will ban all smart eyeglasses starting next week
The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania said the rule is designed to protect witnesses and jurors from intimidation.
The Sudden Fall of OpenAI's Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-sudden-fall-of-openais-most-hyped-product-since-chatgpt-64c730c9
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-sudden-fall-of-openais-most-hyped-product-since-chatgpt-64c730c9
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | The Sudden Fall of OpenAI’s Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT
Sam Altman hoped Sora would turn OpenAI into a creative pioneer. Instead, it looks like an expensive strategic miscalculation.