Japan ends negative interest rate policy in historic pivot
Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive...
'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age'
Taking a modern-century spin on “Let them eat cake,” shareholders are having the whole cake, and...
How to write a QML effect for KWin
Since the dawn of the times, the only way to implement any effect that has fancy...
20 Years of "Not Even Wrong"
The first entry on this blog was 20 years ago yesterday, first substantive one was 20...
Garnet – open-source, next-gen, faster cache-store for accelerating applications
Researchers at Microsoft have been working for nearly a decade to address the increasing demand for...
Analog Loophole
Inevitable vulnerability in copy protection This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying...
8h time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death
Research Highlights: A study of over 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted...
Migration out of Africa may have been driven by first glaciation of Pleistocene
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A pair of planetary scientists, one with...
Volkov attack signals Russia's return to cold war-era spying in Europe
It was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective....
Norway's Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
By Felicity Bradstock - Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT Norway plans to store captured carbon...
The "Hidden Standards" Problem in Interviews
The inflection point of every tech interview is when the interviewer gives a scenario, the candidate...
Microsoft will remove the old PDF viewer from Edge in early 2025
In February 2023, Microsoft and Adobe announced a joint effort to improve the PDF viewing experience...
Hitting the Jackpot: The Birth of the Monte Carlo Method (2023)
A game of solitaire, a case of insomnia, a chance meeting at a train station, and...
How Ultrasound Became Ultra Small
A startling change in medical ultrasound is working its way through hospitals and physicians’ offices. The...
Loneliness in Midlife: A Growing Gap Between US and Europe
Summary: New research highlights a significant loneliness gap between middle-aged adults in the U.S. and their...
One Simple Prompt Boosts Claude3 and Mistral's API Calling Performance over GPT4
Subtitle: I Spent $100 to Compare the API Calling Capabilities of OpenAI’s Claude 3 and Mistral’s...
Kindertransport
Organised rescue of Jewish children during the Holocaust For the play by Diane Samuels, see Kindertransport...
An exploding star nova is due to show up in our skies soon. Here's how to view
A nearby exploding star is due to offer a spectacular show that could outshine our North...