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Phrack at 40: A New Manifesto Mourns the Corporatization of Hacking
To mark four decades of Phrack, an author writing as TMZ revisits the 1986 Hacker's Manifesto and argues that the subculture it captured has been hollowed out.
Put the Phone Down in the Bathroom — Your Brain Needs the Downtime
A tongue-in-cheek argument against scrolling on the toilet, framed as a rebuttal to the always-on attention economy. The author's core claim is that the bathroo
Squeak 6.1 'Vanessa' lands after 4 years with 9,000+ method changes
Squeak, the open-source Smalltalk environment nearing its 30th birthday, has shipped version 6.1, codenamed 'Vanessa.' It's the first release in roughly four ye
The Coming Arms Race Over AI Wearables That Record Everything You Say
Always-listening AI accessories—pins, pendants, and smart glasses that act as silent notetakers, assistants, or even ersatz therapists—are moving from niche gad
USGS reports magnitude 7.4 earthquake near San José del Palmar, Colombia
This is a U.S. Geological Survey event alert for a magnitude 7.4 earthquake located about 5 km south of San José del Palmar, Colombia. No article text accompani
Windows 11's Weather app eats 1 GB+ of RAM — because it's a WebView2 web app
Microsoft's built-in Weather app for Windows 11 consumes an outsized amount of memory for such a simple task. Testing by Windows Latest measured it at over 1.2
Zuckerberg knocks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta swings back to open models
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is positioning the company against competitors that keep their AI models proprietary, framing Meta's renewed emphasis on op
A 2011 wager on link rot: will one URL still resolve in 2022?
In 2011, two web veterans put a decade-long bet on the table at Long Bets over whether a single URL would survive. Keith argued that link rot is the web's entro
AI-Built Solver Cracks Magic Hexagons Far Past the Previous Order-9 Record
A magic hexagon fills a hexagonal grid so that every straight line of cells, in all three directions, adds to the same total. Only one non-trivial 'normal' vers
Amazon Plans 7.65GW Off-Grid Gas Plant in Texas to Power AI Data Center
Amazon has acquired land and state permits in Pecos County, Texas, to build an AI data center campus fed by its own 7.65-gigawatt natural gas power plant—initia
Chrome Extension Kills LinkedIn's Home Feed, Keeps the Rest Working
A developer frustrated by LinkedIn's algorithmic home feed built a lightweight Chrome extension that surgically removes it while leaving the platform's more uti
Designing Game Difficulty: Smooth the Curve, Don't Just Crank It Up
A common misconception in game design is that levels should get relentlessly harder as players progress. The real goal is to make players feel they're improving