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If you were asked to make an e-commerce website in 2025, what language would you reach for? Show of hands: JavaScript? Go? Pascal? Well, there was at least one taker for that last one: [jns], and h…

Automation is no longer a distant idea reserved for large corporations, but it is reshaping daily operations across industries of every size. Tasks once performed manually are increasingly managed by software, algorithms and machines that can process data and complete functions with unmatched speed. Gregory Hold, CEO and founder of Hold Brothers Capital, underscores that

Weeknotes 361 - A design debate discussing the usual edges, triggered thoughts on the next AI society. And lots of other news from last week captured.

While many of us chase the latest tech trends, innovative builders in Sub-Saharan Africa are leveraging a nearly 30-year-old messaging protocol to process hundreds of billions in transactions annually, reminding us that the best technology isn't always the shiniest, it's what actually solves customer problems.

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Immersive-experience designer/engineer Ed Lantz introduces the archetype of the technoshaman – one who uses the power of XR (extended reality, combining augmented, mixed, and virtual reality) technologies to craft multisensory digital worlds and experiences that elevate and harmonize human consciousness on a mass scale.  

AI can write code, but it can’t build real software. Software engineering remains human work because AI can code, not engineer.

A prominent analyst has spent the past 30 years suggesting the Web was not long for this world. It keeps proving him wrong.

I convinced a state senator that government websites indiscriminately blocking VPN users is bad. Here’s the case I made, which you can use yourself to keep fighting the good fight.

The electrical system warning light had gone on in my Kona EV over the weekend, and all the manual said was to take it to the dealer for evaluation. I first

It’s something of a shock to be reminded that Microsoft’s Windows 95 is now 30 years old — but the PC operating system that brought 32-bit computing to the masses and left behind …

We’ve had something of an anniversary of late, and it’s one that will no doubt elicit a variety of reactions from our community. It’s now 25 years ago that Windows 95 was launched…

As a Hackaday writer, I see a lot of web pages, social media posts, videos, and other tips as part of my feed. The  best ones I try to bring you here, assuming of course that one of my ever-vigilan…

Deutsche Telekom pushes the limits of Kubernetes, containers and networks in its satellite network simulation.

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Unless you are over a certain age, you probably take it for granted that electronic gadgets you buy have some FCC marking on them. But it wasn’t always true. [Ernie] submits that the FCC&#821…

Having a gadget’s battery nestled snugly within the bowels of a device has certain advantages. It finally solves the ‘no batteries included’ problem, and there is no more juggling…

Back in 2016, we took you to a collection of slightly dilapidated prefabricated huts in the English Home Counties, and showed you a computer. The place was the National Museum of Computing, next to…

This article originally appeared on Medium. Tim O’Brien has given us permission to repost here on Radar.One of the most unexpected changes in software

Turns out they're not powered by hopes and dreams.

Decreasing transportation and communications costs increases resiliency in theory, but destroys it in practice. The only way to have resiliency is through less efficiency.

And also, what the heck is AGI anyway?

AIBO and Furby: the two 'little guy' robots who escaped the screen in the 90s. A post about their competing philosophies and their impact on today's AI.

For more than a decade I've either been a podcaster or thought about starting another podcast. That ends now.

One downside of working with the old Inmos Transputer devices is the rarity and cost of the original silicon. Obviously, you can’t sidestep the acquisition of the processor—unless you emulate…

During the AI research boom of the 1970s, the LISP language – from LISt Processor – saw a major surge in use and development, including many dialects being developed. One of these diale…

In this age of digital streaming services is there still a place for books and albums and physical media? I believe the answer is yes.

Posted on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025. 590 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.