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Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.

For the cautious, a good piece of advice is to always wait to buy a new product until after the first model year, whether its cars or consumer electronics or any other major purchase. This gives th…

disaster.radio is a disaster-resilient communications network powered by the sun.

A wireless ad hoc network[1] (WANET) or mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a decentralized type of wireless network. The network is ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, such as routers or wireless access points. Instead, each node participates in routing by forwarding data for other nodes. The determination of which nodes forward data is made dynamically on the basis of network connectivity and the routing algorithm in use.[2]

Making sense of the technology, business, and politics of APIs that is impact all stages of our physical and digital worlds.

What is the difference between smart and intelligent objects? Is this the same as ten years ago? Some thoughts, and notions from the news from last week.

Many Hackaday readers have an interest in retro technology, but we are not the only group who scour the flea markets. Alongside us are the collectors, whose interest is as much cultural as it is te…

No.335 — Intertextuality ⊗ Low-carbon tech needs much fewer materials ⊗ You exist in the long context ⊗ Plastic-eating insect discovered

Posted on Friday 29 Nov 2024. 1,600 words, 14 links. By Matt Webb.

A periodic fascination on this blog is figuring out better ways to get better screenshots of our classic systems, which often hail from the ...

The complex of ideas I’m going to call the Dark Internet Forest emerges from mostly insidery tech thinking, but from multiple directions.

Ofcom's Online Nation report drills into the UK's internet habits for 2024

The just-released elementary OS 8 is interesting, but its impressive but prescriptive interface paradigm lives in an ecosystem of power users. Who blinks first?

In a time when AI-powered imaging software tweaks and smooths every digital photo to appear perfect, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.

When reading this story about the growing popularity of vintage digital cameras in Wired, I was reminded of this quote by Don Draper from the television series Mad Men: “Nostalgia – its delic…

Streamlined observability enables faster troubleshooting and better resource allocation.

By automating routine tasks and augmenting human capabilities, AI can streamline workflows, enhance security and accelerate innovation.

Stanford research in developer productivity has identified 0.1x engineers.

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A theoretical guide to libraries, frameworks, and linking

Growth is a metric many businesses aspire to, but it's not the model that we align with at Tuist. We believe in prioritizing people's joy over growth.

The Internet is now a very complicated place

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A new book explores an intriguing idea: that there are core processes in some platforms that naturally tilt the table towards being implemented in a single company.

The proverb “good fences make good neighbours” is descriptive of why boundaries are needed in our software designs. Not only as a way to break up the problem and make it easier to comprehend and manage, but also to make the teams working in your company get along better and bring out the best in eac