Steam, Itch.io Are Pulling 'Porn' Games. Critics Say It's a Slippery Slope
https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/
https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/
WIRED
Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.
Why MIT Switched from Scheme to Python (2009)
https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/link/2110/why-mit-switched-from-scheme-to-python
https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/link/2110/why-mit-switched-from-scheme-to-python
Wisdom And Wonder
Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python
Costanza asked Sussman why MIT had switched away from Scheme for their introductory programming course, 6.001. This was a gem. He said that the reason that happened was because engineering in 1980 …
Tea App Users' Faces and IDs Reportedly Posted to 4chan in Security Breach
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tea-app-users-faces-and-ids-reportedly-posted-to-4chan-in-security-breach/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tea-app-users-faces-and-ids-reportedly-posted-to-4chan-in-security-breach/
CNET
Tea App Users' Faces and IDs Reportedly Posted to 4chan in Security Breach
Women's driver's licenses and selfies are among the data rumored to be circulating online.
Implementing a Functional Language with Graph Reduction
https://thma.github.io/posts/2021-12-27-Implementing-a-functional-language-with-Graph-Reduction.html
https://thma.github.io/posts/2021-12-27-Implementing-a-functional-language-with-Graph-Reduction.html
The "computer janitor" of the Manhattan project
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/richard-hamming-the-computer-janitor-of-the-manhattan-project/
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/richard-hamming-the-computer-janitor-of-the-manhattan-project/
Allaboutcircuits
Richard Hamming: The ‘Computer Janitor’ of the Manhattan Project - News
If you've ever used a memory stick, streamed audio without glitches, or received deep-space telemetry from a probe billions of miles away, you’ve already encountered Richard Hamming’s work.
Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
Ars Technica
Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well.
A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination would redraw the railroad map
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/a-union-pacific-norfolk-southern-combination-would-redraw-the-railroad-map/
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/a-union-pacific-norfolk-southern-combination-would-redraw-the-railroad-map/
Trains
A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination would redraw the railroad map - Trains
Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. would create a 52,215-mile colossus that could offer seamless service from coast to coast, bypassing longtime interchange choke points in Chicago and at gateways…
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/
https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/
Jono Alderson
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
Native CSS transitions have quietly killed the strongest argument for client-side routing. Yet people keep building terrible apps instead of performant websites.
SRAM Has No Chill: Exploiting Power Domain Separation to Steal On-Chip Secrets
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/sram-has-no-chill-exploiting-power-domain-separation-to-steal-on-chip-secrets/
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/sram-has-no-chill-exploiting-power-domain-separation-to-steal-on-chip-secrets/
DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
https://www.theverge.com/report/714103/dji-skyrover-x1-evade-ban-amazon
https://www.theverge.com/report/714103/dji-skyrover-x1-evade-ban-amazon
The Verge
DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
Is the SkyRover X1 a DJI drone in disguise?
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/24/what-if-ai-made-the-worlds-economic-growth-explode
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/24/what-if-ai-made-the-worlds-economic-growth-explode
The Economist
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
Markets for goods, services and financial assets, as well as labour, would be upended
Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/discord-video-game-characters-age-verification-checks-uk-online-safety-act/
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/discord-video-game-characters-age-verification-checks-uk-online-safety-act/
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Users claim Discord’s age verification test can be tricked with video game characters
Discord users are claiming that you can use pictures of video game characters to bypass the platform's new age verification checks.