2026-08-14
Trump sends the US Navy back to the steam age
Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology
Behind the Blog: Endless Scam Parade
This week, we discuss the mainstreaming of Flock, media appearances, and Spotify's AI move.
Britain Built 4 Naval Frigates for Iran. The US Navy Sank All 4 of Them
Vosper Ltd built four Mark 5 light frigates in Britain for the Imperial Iranian Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. All four were eventually sunk by the United...
How Love Comes to You
We spend our days making plans, making promises, making predictions about the possible, and yet the most bewildering thing about life is that its imagination is always greater than that...
Constellating Wonder: Celebrating 20 Years of The Marginalian (October 23, 2026)
At the dawn of my twenties, lonely, destitute, and disoriented by the demands of making a new life in an alien world, I started keeping notes on my search for...
Memory is pricey, but I've found three PC component bundles that will save you some money, and future-proof your gaming rig
Each of these budget-conscious bundles comes with 16 GB of DDR5.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Post-Quantum TLS for Cloud APIs and Microservices (8/14/2026)
8/14/2026: Top 5 stories on the HackerNoon homepage!
'Lanterns' Review: 'Watchmen' Meets 'Yellowstone' in HBO's Brilliant New Sci-Fi Show
HBO’s Lanterns earns its True Detective comparisons with an exceptional murder mystery about Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and the price of overcomi
It Doesn't Matter if You Use AI, As Long As It's Good
AI Watermarks Miss the Point: Why Good Work Matters More Than Whether You Used Claude, From Pianos and Phonographs to Synthesizers
You Can Now Get Buffalo Wings and Subs Under One Roof — The Two Chains Just Made It Official
Buffalo Wild Wings Go and Jimmy John's are launching their first combined location together, in a Florida town built around game day.
Miracle 'Skyrim' Mod Adds Essential Feature That Was Impossible For Nearly 15 Years
A new Community Shaders mod adds a gameplay mechanic to Bethesda's lauded RPG that you typically only see in modern big budget video games
The US Army’s New Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Can Hit Mach 5 and Has a Range of 1,700 Miles
Meet the Hypersonic Dark Eagle: The Pentagon has long known it has fallen behind in the race for usable, reliable hypersonic weapons. As the Ukraine War and the Iran War...
Premium: How Much Money Does AI Need?
I’ve heard from people in the past that my articles are too long, and I wanted to start by saying that, for the most part, they’re going to stay long,...
Trump Has Ordered US Navy Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Back to Steam Catapults. Nobody Has Built One in 20 Years.
An executive order issued on 13 August 2026 directs the Navy to replace the electromagnetic launch system on the fourth Ford-class carrier with steam catapults. The last American carrier fitted...
Marvel’s 'Alien vs. X-Men' Looks Like a Must Read Comic in New Preview Pages
The X-Men are about to fight the Xenomorphs in new Alien Vs. X-Men book from legendary Marvel writers
How the American Executive Could Control AI Companies
Some of the most notable American AI policies to date have been enacted by unilateral executive branch action. Consider the Department of Defense’s spat with Anthropic, and the resulting threats ...
Modern Warfare 4 Beta Will Include Campaign and Warzone In Series First
The upcoming 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4' betas will feature campaign, multiplayer, and Warzone modes.
Open Problems in Mechanistic Intepretability of Biological AIs
I run a research program at BiodynAI aimed at advancing mechanistic interpetability of bioligical foundation models. I mean models trained on things such as DNA sequences, proteins, gene-expression profiles, cell...
'Marvel Tokon' Reportedly Moves 500K Units In First Week, Kicking Off Sales Figures Debate
According to Alinea Analytics, 'Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' sold 485K units in its first week, sparking a debate about whether it's a bust or not.
$28,000,000,000 Down the Drain: The US Navy’s Fleet of 32 Littoral Combat Ships Just Might Be Its Worst Mistake Ever
A 2022 Government Accountability Office review found the Navy had spent more than $28 billion in constant fiscal 2019 dollars to develop and build 32 Littoral Combat Ships. That is...
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