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Meta puts the 'Dead Internet Theory' into practice

Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

The Tsunami of Burnout Few See

Jimmy Carter helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital in 1952

Fedora Seems to Be Dying of Neglect by IBM

Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life in a Corporate Office

Backup Your Computer Data 3-2-1

Pooping Before You Exercise Has an Effect on Performance

The Myth of a Superhuman AI

Sound from the Aztec skull whistle: "aversive and scary"

Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at the Sun. What Happened

Walmart Body Cameras

6 Linux Distros to Watch Out for in 2025

A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout loop

The Albuquerque "Broken Arrow" Nuclear Accident

A Good, Old-Fashioned Photo Led to Arrest of UnitedHealthcare Shooter

Camera Ignores Perspective and Sees Behind Walls

Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

2025 will be a bad year for remote work

A middle schooler found a new compound in a piece of goose poop

Endless OS vastly simplifies the Linux desktop so anyone can enjoy it

You can reduce your risk of dementia

Novel crystals can harvest water from air without any energy input

Announcing The Linux Command Line, 6th Internet Edition

How a cash-strapped county found success with a 32-hour workweek

Single Line Mazes

Climb aboard the SS United States before it takes its final voyage [audio]

It all started with a Big Bang. Behind the birth of the universe

Gnome OS to Become a General-Purpose Linux Distro?

Largest arthropod lived 300M years ago. What it looked like

Florida domed homes have survived category 5 hurricanes

A Response to Paul Graham's "How to Make Wealth" (2012)

Camping in the clouds: the Aeromodeller II (2009)

A Steam Powered Submarine: The Ictíneo (2008)

Microsoft's GitHub Is Losing Traffic, Based on an Extensive Web Survey

Using Snap Command on Linux

How the QR code was invented [audio]

How Agile Are You Really?

USS Iowa, Battleship of Presidents

Adapt or Die, Or?

Icons of Aviation History: The X-13 Vertijet

Betty Robinson Died in a Plane Crash, Then Came Back to Win a Gold Medal

Book Review: The Great Gatsby by the Xerox 914 Photocopier

What Are Occlupanids?

First Whole-Eye, Partial-Face Recipient Achieves Remarkable Recovery

US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power next generation of reactors

Here's How I Work Online Efficiently Without a PC

Flight engineer reveals what it was like to operate Concorde

What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Pizza? [video]

Scientists Discovered a Way to Make Your Batteries Survive Way Longer

Why you should stop using your solar-powered power bank

Mapped: How Many Hours Europeans Work Each Week

The Third Atomic Bomb

Building the Spiral of Turbines in the 1920s and 1930s

Story Behind Photograph of Busboy Who Held Dying Robert Kennedy in 1968

King Kong: Behind the Scenes Photos Show the Making of 1933's Classic

Ask A RESEARCHER: What did people use as rain gear in the past?

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

Dyson spheres: Scientists say they've found potential evidence

The Great Electric Car Race of 1968

Human Computers: The Women Who Powered Early Technology

The hidden spaces on planes that are off limits to passengers

Should Employees Be Paid? Why People Think It's Time

There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

Firebird III: 1958 General Motors Car, Looks Straight Out Sci-Fi

The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like

Third Thumb: People have no difficulty getting to grips with extra thumb

What Does GPT Stand For?

Massachusetts collected $1.8B from surtax on the state's highest earners

We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels

Autistic Woman Embraces Tech, Advocates for Disability Rights via iPad

The next union organizing wave is at Apple

The CIA's former master of disguise tells her story

The Airbus A340 was built to rule long-haul travel, but now it’s vanishing

Boeing lost $32B since 2019, no end in sight. Can it keep losing money?

New U of A research questions T. Rex intelligence, culture-building

Submersible Superyachts for Billionaires

Visa List: Digital nomad visa requirements in 2024