Collaborate Disseminate
“In all likelihood, in the next 25 years, we’ll find evidence of life on another planet…” begins a new essay by author Dave Eggers in the Washington Post.
“In more than a dozen conversations with some of the best minds in astrophysics, I did not me… Continue reading How NASA Could Find Evidence of Life on Another Planet Within 25 Years
The administrators of Great Britain’s power grid admit that it’s often unable to use energy-storage batteries due to old computer systems and an old network with “not enough cables”, according to the Financial Times — though the system operator s… Continue reading Why the UK’s Power Grid is Sidelining Clean-Energy Battery Storage
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed (CVE-2024-38812) Broadcom has released fixes for two vulnerabilities affecting VMware vCenter Server that can be… Continue reading Week in review: Critical VMware vCenter Server bugs fixed, Apple releases iOS 18
If you are a retrocomputer person, at least in North America and Europe, you probably only have a hazy idea of what computers were in the Japanese market at the …read more Continue reading Where Did the Japanese Computers Go?
Just watching back through bits of this week’s video, the thing that’s really getting at me is the same thing I’ve come back to in so many past videos: lack of organisational disclosure after a breach. Lack of disclosure to impacted customers, lack of
“The cab was cut from a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee,” writes the New York Times. “The engine once revved up a 1985 Toyota Celica; and 107 hand-sewn rubber segments, courtesy of Mr. Tymofichuk’s wife, help to direct low-pressure air beneath the craft so th… Continue reading Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft
The open-source parametric 3D modelling software, FreeCAD, is out in a release candidate for version 1.0. If you’ve tried FreeCAD before and found a few showstoppers, it might be a …read more Continue reading FreeCAD is Near 1.0
“Exceed the speed limit in one of the 27 European Union countries, and you may get some pushback from your vehicle,” reports Car and Driver. “As of July, new cars sold in the EU must include a speed-warning device that alerts drivers if they exceed the… Continue reading California Drivers May Soon Get Mandatory In-Car Speed Warnings Like the EU
For as long as there have been machines, there have been fears of machines taking your job. One of the latest incarnations of this phenomenon is the fast-food ordering kiosk. …read more Continue reading The Surprising Effects of Fast Food Kiosks
Raw network sockets are a curious beasts, as unless you have a strong urge to implement your own low-level network protocol, it’s a topic that is probably best left to …read more Continue reading When Raw Network Sockets Aren’t Raw: Raw Sockets in MacOS and Linux