In the case of “Wake Up!”, it only needs 16 bytes to produce a Matrix-inspired visualization with an accompanying soundtrack. The program is what’s called an “intro”—a short, size-restricted program ...

The fact that a technology has been widely replaced by new innovations certainly doesn't mean the old tech is dead forever. Consider the example of vinyl records. Even in our digital age, this ionic ...

I have accomplished the unthinkable: I have learned to sleep soundly through the night without my phone at my bedside. Please, hold your applause. If it weren’t for the Dreamie alarm clock, I’m not ...

As tools like Claude Code get better, more and more developers are happy to hand off coding tasks to them. The way software gets built has changed for good. The vibes were strong at Code with Claude, ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

While smartphones have taken on the roles of many standalone devices, people are finding a newfound appreciation for doing some things the old-fashioned way. Whether you want one less reason to look ...

There’s a reason why Google Clock isn’t called Google Alarm. While it offers numerous time-keeping and convenience features, from a timer and stopwatch to a world clock and integration with music ...

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...

In July 2008, a 41-year-old Dutch woman developed a rapidly progressing illness after visiting Python Cave, a shallow groove cut into the Maramagambo Forest in Uganda that is home to thousands of ...

For most of my adult life, I’ve been waiting for something like the Ambient Dreamie smart alarm clock to save me from my own late-night scrolling impulses. After a month of testing, I can confirm it ...

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