Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency
https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa
https://www.ft.com/content/9fdb4e2b-93ea-436d-92e5-fa76ee786caa
Ft
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency
Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
The legacy of the iconic Nakagin capsule tower
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/moma-nakagin-capsule-tower-exhibition-many-lives-museum-modern-art-new-york-05-23-2025/
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/moma-nakagin-capsule-tower-exhibition-many-lives-museum-modern-art-new-york-05-23-2025/
designboom | architecture & design magazine
MoMA to explore the legacy of the iconic nakagin capsule tower in upcoming exhibition
From Hosts.txt to Modern Internet Infrastructure
https://axonshield.com/from-hoststxt-to-modern-internet-infrastructure
https://axonshield.com/from-hoststxt-to-modern-internet-infrastructure
AXON Shield
From HOSTS.TXT to Modern Internet Infrastructure | AXON Shield
The development of DNS demonstrates an impressive journey from its initial basic form into a modern distributed system which provides high resilience. The internet initially used a basic centralized text file named HOSTS.TXT for its operations. The rapid…
Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales
the Guardian
Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars
Exclusive: The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024
What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything Alexa had heard
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/what-i-discovered-when-i-asked-amazon-to-tell-me-everything-alexa-had-heard
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/what-i-discovered-when-i-asked-amazon-to-tell-me-everything-alexa-had-heard
the Guardian
‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard
For years, Alexa has been our on-call vet, DJ, teacher, parent, therapist and whipping boy. What secrets would the data reveal?
The Logistics of Road War in the Wasteland
https://acoup.blog/2025/05/23/collections-the-logistics-of-road-war-in-the-wasteland/
https://acoup.blog/2025/05/23/collections-the-logistics-of-road-war-in-the-wasteland/
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Collections: The Logistics of Road War in the Wasteland
This week, we’re doing another ‘silly’ topic, but this being me, it is a silly logistics topic, because – as the saying goes – amateurs talk tactics, professionals tal…
Using the Apple ][+ with the RetroTink-5X
https://nicole.express/2025/apple-ii-more-like-apple-5x.html
https://nicole.express/2025/apple-ii-more-like-apple-5x.html
nicole.express
Using the Apple ][+ with the RetroTink-5X
About four years ago (?!) I wrote a blog post called The Great Composite Comparison, where I compared a number of methods for upscaling composite video. At t...
Why old games never die, but new ones do
https://pleromanonx86.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/why-old-games-never-die-but-new-ones-do/
https://pleromanonx86.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/why-old-games-never-die-but-new-ones-do/
Pawlicker's Blog
Why old games never die (but new ones do)
It’s well known that video games today are disposable pieces of slop. Modern multiplayer games tend to fall into one of two categories: they’re abandoned after a while and the servers a…
Is America Headed for an Age of Dumb Phones?
https://www.businessinsider.com/appstinence-movement-tech-lovers-dumping-smartphones-age-of-dumb-phones-2025-5
https://www.businessinsider.com/appstinence-movement-tech-lovers-dumping-smartphones-age-of-dumb-phones-2025-5
Business Insider
Is America headed for an age of dumb phones?
Tech lovers are trading in their smartphones for dumb phones and embracing 'appstinence'
'Crypto king' turned NYC townhouse into torture chamber to gain partner Bitcoin
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/manhattan-crypto-kidnapping-torture-bitcoin-password/6277345/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/manhattan-crypto-kidnapping-torture-bitcoin-password/6277345/
4 New York
Wealthy ‘crypto king' turned NYC townhouse into torture chamber to gain partner's Bitcoin, sources say
The 28-year-old was brought to the Nolita home, where he was held and tortured for several weeks, according to sources.