2025-05-07
Gears and Other Mechanical Things
This is a 1930 short film from avant-garde filmmaker Ralph Steiner that shows dozens of gears and other machinery at work. (thx, matthew) [This is a vintage post originally from...
Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate Fighter Has a Clear Message for Any Air Force On Earth
Key Points: Russia’s Su-75 “Checkmate,” a single-engine stealth fighter concept unveiled in 2021 as a low-cost export alternative to Western 5th-generation jets, faces likely insurmountable hurdles and is probably destined...
Polygon Gutted by Large-Scale Layoffs After Sale to Sweatshop Aggregator Valnet
Kyle Orland, reporting for Ars Technica last week: Vox Media has sold video game specialist website Polygon to Internet brand aggregator Valnet, the publisher of content-churning sites including Game Rant,...
UK AISI’s Alignment Team: Research Agenda
Published on May 7, 2025 4:33 PM GMTThe UK’s AI Security Institute published its research agenda yesterday. This post gives more details about how the Alignment Team is thinking about...
Just months after reportedly cancelling two live service games in development, Sony announces a new PlayStation studio with a live service game in development
TeamLFG is a new internal PlayStation studio that may be working on the former Bungie project codenamed Gummy Bears.
Some of the cardinals tasked with choosing a replacement for Pope Francis...
Some of the cardinals tasked with choosing a replacement for Pope Francis have watched the Hollywood movie Conclave in preparation for the real-life process. “So many of the conclave participants...
As support for Windows 10 counts down, End of 10 asks 'why not Linux?'
What is the penguin hiding behind that enigmatic smile?
Signal Clone TeleMessage Deleted Video About How It Works—Here’s What It Said
A hacker compromised TeleMessage, a company that provides Signal chat archiving services to the Trump administration. TeleMessage has now hidden a video on YouTube that explained its Signal service.
Emails Show Elon Musk Begging for Privacy While Siccing His 200 Million Twitter Followers on Specific Private People He Doesn't Like
Billionaire Elon Musk has demonstrated an extreme level of disregard for other people's privacy. He's singled out individuals to chase his fanboys after them. It's a glaring double standard, the...
Hazelight's Split Fiction sells over 4 million copies in 2 months
Josef Fares and team have certainly found a big niche.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: These Hackers Want to Save the Internet From Itself (5/7/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 7, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Sinking of Lusitania...
Four Predictions About OpenAI's Plans To Retain Nonprofit Control
Published on May 7, 2025 3:48 PM GMTDiscuss
The Navy’s Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for Any Navy Around the World
Key Points: The US Navy’s Ford-Class aircraft carriers, the most expensive warships at $13.3 billion, face scrutiny regarding their value and survivability. -Designed with advanced technologies like EMALS to enhance...
McMansion Hell on Trump’s gaudy “dictator chic”. “This ruling class nostalgia for...
McMansion Hell on Trump’s gaudy “dictator chic”. “This ruling class nostalgia for times of absolute domination over the populace and its use as a conservative signifier is a defining characteristic...
The best budget 4K gaming monitor has practically halved in price to just $330
It's hard to say no to 4K at this price.
Russia’s Su-57 Felon Fighter Has a Message for the F-22 and F-35
Key Points: Russia’s Su-57 Felon, its first fifth-generation fighter, attempts to blend stealth features with traditional Russian emphasis on supermaneuverability for close-quarters combat. -While incorporating design elements like internal weapons...
A Disciplined Way to Avoid Wireheading
Published on May 7, 2025 3:20 PM GMTThis is a crosspost of a post from my blog, Metal Ivy. The original is here: A Disciplined Way To Avoid Wireheading.What is...
Check out this brilliant video breaking open a bricked Nintendo Switch 2 chip to see what makes it tick, and why we're looking at around Steam Deck GPU performance from the new console
Want to literally see inside the Switch 2's processor?
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