“Gen Z is rediscovering Tumblr — a chaotic, cozy corner of the internet untouched by algorithmic gloss and influencer overload…” writes Fast Company, “embracing the platform as a refuge from an internet saturated with influencers and algorithm fatigue.” Thanks to Gen Z, the site has found new life. As of 2025, Gen Z makes up
Read MoreThe RTL-SDR dongles get most of the love from people interested in software-defined radio, but the Pluto is also a great option, too. [FromConceptToCircuit] shares code to turn one of these radios into a spectrum analyzer that sweeps up to 6 GHz and down to 100 MHz. You can see a video of how it
Read More“U.S. stock market futures plunged on Sunday evening,” reports Yahoo Finance, “after the new U.S. tariff policy began collecting duties over the weekend…” The EU will vote on $28 billion in retaliatory tariffs Wednesday, Reuters reports. (And those tariffs will be approved unless “a qualified majority of 15 EU members representing 65% of the EU’s
Read More“Three Microsoft CEOs walk into a room…” Satya Nadella posted on X.com, “and are interviewed by Copilot!” As part of Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration, Microsoft CEO Nadella joined former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in a funny two-minute video (also available on YouTube) in which Nadella asks Copilot for an AI-powered roast of
Read MoreA couple of months back, Electronic Arts did something uncharacteristically benevolent and released several of the old Command and Conquer games under the GPLv3. Logically, we knew that opened the doors up to the games being ported to new operating systems and architectures, but we admit that it was still a little surprising to see
Read MoreA couple of months back, Electronic Arts did something uncharacteristically benevolent and released several of the old Command and Conquer games under the GPLv3. Logically, we knew that opened the doors up to the games being ported to new operating systems and architectures, but we admit that it was still a little surprising to see
Read MoreIf you’re taking your laptop away from the safe environs of your home or office desk and still want to stay online, you’ve got a couple of choices (assuming it doesn’t have cellular connectivity built in): hunt around for a Wi-Fi network you can connect to or run a Wi-Fi hotspot from your phone. Running
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of people signed up to attend over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk yesterday. Today, estimates from groups involved in planning the protests suggest the protesters in the US and abroad may have actually numbered in the millions. Activist group MoveOn is “estimating millions of attendees” went
Read MoreThe search for the perfect productivity tool often begins with the desire to simplify work and life. Like many, I tried different platforms to bring structure to my scattered notes, projects, and tasks. Over the years, I have dabbled in tools like Notion, Obsidian, and Evernote — each with its own strengths and weaknesses. So
Read MoreBreaking down the confusing world of color spaces. The best method that we have for defining color is by using math. Specifically, mind-boggling mathematical models called color spaces that use geometry to assign colors as a fixed point that we can reference, ensuring the blue that I see is the same blue you see. As
Read MoreAI is a big focus for Google right now. Perhaps you’ve noticed. It’s impossible to go on Google Search these days without seeing an “AI Overview” at the top of your search results. Google is repeatedly touting Gemini as the next great AI assistant, and Google’s recent Pixel 9a announcement also came with the news
Read MoreMacworld The latest upgrade from OpenAI is finally on the horizon, but there are a few things you can practice now that will help you make the most of it when it’s here. You don’t have to wait before you start practicing the skills you’ll use for GPT-5.0. You can already use ChatGPT to automate huge parts
Read MoreMacworld The latest upgrade from OpenAI is finally on the horizon, but there are a few things you can practice now that will help you make the most of it when it’s here. You don’t have to wait before you start practicing the skills you’ll use for GPT-5.0. You can already use ChatGPT to automate huge parts
Read MoreU.K. postmasters were mistakenly sent to prison due to a bug in their “Horizon” accounting software — as first reported by Computer Weekly back in 2009. Nearly 16 years later, the same site reports that now the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission “is attempting to contact any former subpostmasters that could have been prosecuted for
Read More[Ben Eater]’s breadboard 6502 computer is no stranger to these parts, so it was a bit of a surprise that when [Mark] wrote in asking us if we’d covered [Ben]’s getting MS BASIC running on the breadboard, that our answer was “no”. Well, that changes today! This is a three-part video series, documenting how [Ben
Read MoreThe Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, “But as Starliner’s thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go…” Starliner had flown to within a stone’s throw of the space
Read MoreThe Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, “But as Starliner’s thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go…” Starliner had flown to within a stone’s throw of the space
Read MoreIf you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when audio records were not flat — they were drums, which was how the original Edison phonograph worked. [Our Own Devices] did a video earlier showing
Read MoreIf you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when audio records were not flat — they were drums, which was how the original Edison phonograph worked. [Our Own Devices] did a video earlier showing
Read MoreMicrosoft has created a real-time AI-generated rendition of Quake II gameplay (playable on the web). Friday Xbox’s general manager of gaming AI posted the startling link to “an AI-generated gaming experience” at Copilot.Microsoft.com “Move, shoot, explore — and every frame is created on the fly by an AI world model, responding to player inputs in
Read MoreMeta has announced the release of Llama 4, its newest collection of AI models that now power Meta AI on the web and in WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct. The two models, also available to download from Meta or Hugging Face now, are Llama 4 Scout, a small model capable of “fitting in a single
Read MoreMeta has announced the release of Llama 4, its newest collection of AI models that now power Meta AI on the web and in WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct. The two models, also available to download from Meta or Hugging Face now, are Llama 4 Scout, a small model capable of “fitting in a single
Read MoreBerkeley, California is “the latest city to try to block landlords from using algorithms when deciding rents,” reports the Associated Press (noting that officials in many cities claim the practice is driving up the price of housing). But then real estate software company RealPage filed a federal lawsuit against Berkeley on Wednesday: Texas-based RealPage said
Read More“The third James Bond novel was published on this day in 1955,” writes long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger. Film buff Christian Petrozza shares some history: In 1979, the market was hot amid the studios to make the next big space opera. Star Wars blew up the box office in 1977 with Alien soon following and while
Read More“The third James Bond novel was published on this day in 1955,” writes long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger. Film buff Christian Petrozza shares some history: In 1979, the market was hot amid the studios to make the next big space opera. Star Wars blew up the box office in 1977 with Alien soon following and while
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