The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement

When I started programming, my whole day revolved around development. I’d wake up, write code, and go to sleep. And that’s how it was day in and day out. My entire social circle consisted of people who also wrote code. I studied frameworks, libraries, and…

It's a reality-TV-as-hangout-movie portrait of the Theranos fraudster, which is Fielder's way to ask: What makes someone like Elizabeth Holmes tick?

The $70 Xteink X3 puts Silicon Valley to shame.

Vast majority of new devices on market still don't give repair information to owners, but give themselves top marks for repairability

Abstract. Urinals are a staple of public spaces yet their designs have remained essentially stagnant for over a century. The use of urinals often results i

– Some cows in the fields.
Brain Fog
My brain is not the same as it was a few years ago. When I started working as a Software Engineer, everything was novel and mentally demanding. I notably remember how during my first professional months I’d come back home…

A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. - iczelia/bzip3

I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.

I have been using Bing Wallpaper happily for years. Today, for the first time I noticed a hecking ad in place of my wallpaper. Why this level of nickel and diming. This is atrocious UX, its ad over entire screen, For a moment I thought I installed some adware…

An interactive tour of what’s new in PostgreSQL 19: property graph queries, REPACK, plan advice, temporal updates, and more, with short runnable SQL examples you can edit and run in the browser.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit from Mississippi residents related to lead-contaminated water.

$12,431 in fake invoices, 2,797 spam emails, $0 revenue.

A short list of articles that temper my enthusiasm around AI, and drawing a
few lines in the sand along the way.

Can automation harm workers without replacing them? We study jobs in which workers value both producing useful output and knowing that the output depends on their own contribution. A credible machine alternative can weaken that second source of meaning even…

Tesla killed its Solar Roof and told certified installers it will ship only panels. Contractors tell Electrek they sank six figures into the program.

German police discovered multiple suspected launch devices positioned near a high-voltage power line close to the Weisweiler power plant in North.

A Tesla Model 3 ran a stop sign in Buena Vista, NJ and killed 82-year-old Stephen Field. Tesla's own data confirms its driver-assist was engaged.

If you’ve never seen a bad production of Macbeth, you’ve probably never seen a production of Macbeth. Famously cursed, the play has inspired perhaps the gravest superstition in the superstitious…