Snap breaks into ‘startup squads’ as ad revenue stalls
In Brief Posted: 6:41 PM PDT · September 8, 2025 Connie Loizos Snap breaks into ‘startup squads’ as ad revenue…
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SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar, for…
More than 10 European startups became unicorns this year
Funding season is about to restart in Europe after the summer lull, and if all goes well, it will be…
Porsche’s insanely clever hybrid engine comes to the 911 Turbo S
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Utah’s hottest new power source is 15,000 feet below the ground
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EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
The European Commission announced this week that it’s fining Google €2.95 billion (just under $3.5 billion). The commission found that…
Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced
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Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI images of Superman, Batman, and other characters
In Brief Posted: 9:56 AM PDT · September 5, 2025 Image Credits:Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg / Getty Images Aisha Malik Warner…
Your mouse-free setups
Dear Lobsters, in recent months I’ve been afflicted with increasingly crippling RSI in both my wrists, to the point where…
Made a tutorial Python in 10 minutes for beginners (with homework)
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Fil’s Unbelievable Garbage Collector
Fil’s Unbelievable Garbage Collector Fil-C uses a parallel concurrent on-the-fly grey-stack Dijkstra accurate non-moving garbage collector called FUGC (Fil’s Unbelievable…
Are We Vibecoding Our Way to Disaster?
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GE Aerospace to invest $300M in Beta Technologies, pair up on hybrid-electric power
GE Aerospace is taking a sizable stake in electric aviation company Beta Technologies, with the pair teaming up to build…
Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding
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Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloomHenrik KarlssonSep 04, 20255488ShareBrioches and Knife,…
Evidence that AI is destroying jobs for young people
The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got StrongerA big nerd debate with bigger implications for…
Writing Code Was Never The Bottleneck
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I want to be left alone
I want to be left alone Posted on Jul 26, 2024 Do you want to sign up for text alerts?…
matrix.org Major Outage – Database Incident (September 2nd 2025)
Database incident Incident Report for Matrix Update We are in the process of restoring the matrix.org database from a backup….
Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case
Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC…