Collaborate Disseminate
“Approximately half of Gen Z and millennials who have purchased a CD do not own a CD player,” according to midyear sales statistics from entertainment data company Luminate. It’s driven in part by “collection building”, according to their report [PDF]:… Continue reading Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs – Though Half Don’t Have CD Players
“One of the most interesting BSD variants of the 2010s, NextBSD, has come back to life under new management,” reports The Register:
Aside from the homepage, there’s a GitHub repository — but beware, this is separate from the old one, whose repo… Continue reading NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD
In a sign of our times, CNBC’s Jim Cramer “said Wednesday that it’s time for companies to prove artificial intelligence is paying off,” reports CNBC:
“I need cold hard return facts,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Or, I, too, will grow more skeptical th… Continue reading CNBC’s Jim Cramer Says He Needs ‘Cold Hard’ Proof AI Is Paying Off
Launched in 2006, NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by the planet Pluto in 2015. But this week it “awakened from its longest sleep ever,” reports CNN.
It’s now 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometers) from Earth…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft went… Continue reading Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA’s New Horizon’s Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science
Thursday the union that helped organize thousands of workers across numerous Microsoft-owned video game studios filed unfair labor complaints against Microsoft over the layoffs of 1,600 employees. The gaming news site Aftermath says the complaints alle… Continue reading Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios
Last year just 0.6% of new vehicles made for U.S. customers were stick shifts, reports the Washington Post, citing preliminary government data.
“That’s a precipitous drop from the 34.6 percent of vehicles with manual transmissions produced in 1980.”
… Continue reading The ‘Death of the Stick Shift’ is Almost Here for Americans
“Git and email are the two really only tools I use,” Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026. But ZDNet reports that he also shared his thoughts on Rust, C, and patch-checking tools:
“I use Google as a way to look things up.” He added, … Continue reading Linus Torvalds on Rust, C, Bugs, and AI Patch-Checking Tools
“Japan’s experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday,” reports the Associated Press, as Japan “seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by Space… Continue reading Japan’s Space Agency Conducts First Test Flight For Experimental Reusable Rocket
America “is facing what’s projected to become the largest labor shortage in its history,” according to experts interviewed by the Washington Post:
Economists warn that the worsening labor problem, due in part to a skills shortage and population shif… Continue reading America May Soon Be Facing Largest Labor Shortage in Its History
America “is facing what’s projected to become the largest labor shortage in its history,” according to experts interviewed by the Washington Post:
Economists warn that the worsening labor problem, due in part to a skills shortage and population shif… Continue reading America May Soon Be Facing It’s Largest Labor Shortage in Its History