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Study Hacker History, and Update It

Looking through past hacks is a great source of inspiration. This week, we saw [Russ Maschmeyer] re-visiting a classic hack by [Jonny Lee] that made use of a Wiimote’s IR camera to fake 3D, or at least provide a compelling parallax effect that’ll fool your brain, without any expensive custom hardware. [Lee]’s original demo was

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Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google’s ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google’s ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more  —  In February 2019, Dina Srinivasan, then an independent scholar, published an academic paper entitled ‘The Antitrust Case Against Facebook’ …

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Sources: effective altruism leaders were warned of Sam Bankman-Fried’s issues in 2018 and 2019, but they dismissed claims and threatened those raising concerns (Charlotte Alter/TIME)

Charlotte Alter / TIME: Sources: effective altruism leaders were warned of Sam Bankman-Fried’s issues in 2018 and 2019, but they dismissed claims and threatened those raising concerns  —  Leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned beginning in 2018 that Sam Bankman-Fried was unethical …

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DOOM Ported to a Single LEGO Brick

By now you’ve all seen the tiny LEGO brick with a working screen in it. The work of one [James “Ancient” Brown], it was truly a masterpiece of miniaturization and creativity. Since then, [James] hasn’t stopped innovating. Now, he’s demoing a playable version of DOOM running on a single plastic brick. We’ve covered the construction

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Xiaomi 13 Pro review: Good omens

I decided to get a little spooky for the Xiaomi 13 Pro review. After all, what is 13, if not the unluckiest of numbers? So, I grabbed my black cat and Ouija board and asked the great beyond what I had to look forward to with this high-end flagship. Instead of an answer, my cat

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A look at four publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which hinges on defining the legal ownership of ebooks, ahead of oral arguments on March 20 (Maria Bustillos/The Nation)

Maria Bustillos / The Nation: A look at four publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which hinges on defining the legal ownership of ebooks, ahead of oral arguments on March 20  —  Or that they haven’t already started to pollute Google searches.  And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive …

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A look at YouTube and TikTok “hustle gurus” claiming to teach followers how to earn passive income through dropshipping, crypto schemes, AI companies, and more (Rebecca Jennings/Vox)

Rebecca Jennings / Vox: A look at YouTube and TikTok “hustle gurus” claiming to teach followers how to earn passive income through dropshipping, crypto schemes, AI companies, and more  —  YouTube and TikTok are plagued with 20-something “passive income” bros who want your attention — and your money.

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The Blue Soup Saga Is One Beefy Mystery

Beef soup! You’d normally expect it to be somewhere from reddish-brown to grey, depending on how well it was cooked and prepared. However, strangely, an assistant professor found the beef soup in their fridge had mysteriously turned blue. That spawned an investigation into the cause which is still ongoing. [Dr. Elinne Becket] has earned her

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