I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS–and You Should Too
I waste too much time scrolling through social media. It’s bad for my health, so why do I keep doing it? Because once in a while, I’ll find a post so good that it teaches me something I never knew before, and all the scrolling feels worth it. But I’ve stumbled upon an old piece […]
Mathematicians Discover New Way for Spheres to ‘Kiss’
In May of 1694, in a lecture hall at the University of Cambridge, Isaac Newton and the astronomer David Gregory started to contemplate the nature of the stars, only to end up with a math puzzle that would persist for centuries. The details of their conversation were poorly recorded and are possibly apocryphal — it […]
Setting Up an RK3588 SBC QEMU Hypervisor with ZFS on Debian
The BananaPi M71 2 aka ArmSoM-Sige73 has attractive specs for use as an efficient but capable device for small-scale server deployment. As it’s performant enough to be interesting for real-world mixed workloads with some margin, it makes sense to consider it as a KVM hypervisor. Very relevant for setting up a small private cloud (雲立て […]
Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket
Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth. But then, the New Glenn rocket didn’t move. And still, the engines produced their blue flame, furiously burning away methane. The thrust-to-weight of the rocket must have been in the vicinity of 1.0 to 1.2, […]
Blue Origin New Glenn Mission NG-1 (video)
New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36. Following separation, the first stage autonomously descends to a landing platform located several hundred miles downrange in the Atlantic. The two BE-3Us ignite, propelling the second stage into space. The fairing separates and the Blue Ring Pathfinder payload, which will remain affixed to the second stage throughout […]
Anthropic achieves ISO 42001 certification for responsible AI
We are excited to announce that Anthropic has achieved accredited certification under the new ISO/IEC 42001:2023 standard for our AI management system. ISO 42001 is the first international standard outlining requirements for AI governance and helps ensure AI systems are developed and used responsibly. Achieving this certification underscores our commitment to AI safety and responsible […]
Intel’s Tofino P4 Software Is Now Open Source
Contributed by Deb Chatterjee, Intel We are excited to usher in the dawn of a new era for the P4 programming language. For many years, the Tofino family of programmable Ethernet switches, powered by P4, has represented the cutting edge of network innovation. Tofino’s unprecedented levels of programmability have enabled organizations to shape their networks […]
‘Passive House’ Survives Fire in California
The California wildfires are still ravaging the Los Angeles area a week after they started. The stories of residents who live in the area and have lost everything are heartbreaking. Against this catastrophic backdrop, a lucky few houses were spared; for one reason or another, these residents’ homes are miraculously still intact. But how can that […]
Australian Open resorts to animated caricatures to bypass broadcast restrictions
An animated Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios and Carlos Alcaraz (Images: Australian Open) The first Grand Slam of the year is well and truly underway, with the Australian Open at Melbourne Park beginning earlier this week. As one of the biggest events on the Australian and international sporting calendar, it’s available in Australia to watch on […]
Docker Desktop Broken on Mac OS Update for over a Week
Incident Status Operational Components Docker Desktop Client Machines January 7, 2025 17:37 PSTJanuary 8, 2025 01:37 UTC [Investigating] Some users are seeing an issue starting Docker Desktop on macOS where macOS reports that either com.docker.vmnetd or com.docker.socket is malware. The workaround is to: 1. Quit Docker Desktop and check that no remaining docker processes are […]