2025-05-18
Benevolent Orca Pods Are Adopting Baby Pilot Whales in an Apparent Effort to Clean Up the Species' Image
Baby Bump As so-called "killer whales" have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in...
The B-52J Bomber Faces a New Enemy and Its Not Russia or China This Time
The B-52 Stratofortress has been a mainstay of the US Air Force since the early days of the Cold War when the enormous bomber entered service. Though comparatively ancient—the B-52...
SR-72 Darkstar Is More Than a Top Gun: Maverick Fantasy
The SR-72 is one of Lockheed Martin’s most mysterious projects. Designed to reach insane speeds beyond Mach 6, it is envisioned as the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Not much...
Something Wild Happens When You Try to Take a Video of a Car's Sensors
Public service announcement: don't point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. On Reddit, a user named Jeguetelli recently shared a video demonstrating why. As the camera zooms in...
China’s J-36 Fighter Might Be the ‘Great Enemy’ of the B-21 Raider
Ever since it was revealed in December 2024, the world’s military aircraft analysts have been trying to discern what possible mission the Chengdu J-36 combat aircraft is designed for. Some...
MSI's clever new 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor can detect when you leave the screen and turn itself off to begin its anti-burn-in cycle
Speedy and smart, two things I hope to be again when the jetlag clears.
After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen's developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it
"For future gameplay kit introductions, we’ll ensure these items are obtainable in-game on day one."
Engineers Reveal Robot That Takes Care of Old People So You Don’t Have to
[debating whether this falls under advanced humans or robotics] The United States is not a great place for old people, to put it lightly. Though the elderly population is at...
Microsoft CPO: If you aren’t prototyping with AI you’re doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada
Aparna Chennapragada is the chief product officer of experiences and devices at Microsoft, where she oversees AI product strategy for their productivity tools and work on agents. Previously, she was...
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Elon Musk Is Doing Business With Actual Terrorists, Nonprofit Finds
Who's paying for a blue checkmark on X-formerly-Twitter these days? According to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), the answer is: a bunch of terrorists. The TTP...
Startup Claims Its "Superwood" Is Stronger Than Steel
TK A new startup is making the bold claim that it can mass-produce "Superwood," which it says is stronger and lighter than steel, with 90 percent lower carbon emissions compared...
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
Published on May 18, 2025 9:38 AM GMTNear-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting...
Watch a 98-Year-Old World War II Vet Absolutely Demolish a Tesla With a Tank
Crushing Fascism A 98-year-old World War II veteran, who served in the British Army, absolutely destroyed a Tesla vehicle with the license plate "FASCIM" in a recently shared YouTube video....
Better, Simpler Strategy - A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
"Better, Simpler Strategy" presents a refreshingly straightforward approach to business strategy that cuts through complexity by focusing on value creation. Oberholzer-Gee, a Harvard Business School professor, argues that many organizations...
AI Chatbots Are Becoming Even Worse At Summarizing Data
Ask the CEO of any AI startup, and you'll probably get an earful about the tech's potential to "transform work," or "revolutionize the way we access knowledge." Really, there's no...
Sunday Rewind: Scaling the product and the team by Rachael Shah
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2020 MTP Engage Manchester talk from Rachael Shah, then Delivery Lead at the Co-op, which challenges us to think holistically about scaling our products....
C64 Games memories - Citadel
In this video I take a look at Commodore 64 "Citadel" published in 1989 by Electric Dreams. I look at the double buffered screen, dynamic sprites, nicely timed score panel...
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 10/20 - Powermonger (Amiga)...
The TechBeat: This 150-Line Go Script Is Actually a Full-On Load Balancer (5/18/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...
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