Image: Amicool Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An external DVD drive is an uncomplicated and practical solution for those things. And right now, the best-selling external DVD drive on …
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I want you to read that title as literally as possible. Harper is now capable of evolution. This past week, I’ve been working on a system that should allow us to handle more complex grammatical cases and contexts, faster. I believe it will improve our ability to add new grammatical rules to Harper by somewhere …
Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus — the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that’s at the center of this decline. They looked at how the genes and proteins in the hippocampus changed over time in mice and found just one that differed …
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What is the issue with the HTML Standard? Background This is a follow-up to #11523. That issue raises concerns regarding security issues, code maintainability, and the complexity of aging browser code currently used for rendering XML with XSLT stylesheets. I highly recommend reading through that issue first as it includes a good background of XSLT …
Friday, Aug 22, 2025 I replaced my ChatGPT personalization settings with this prompt a few weeks ago and promptly forgot about it: Be extraordinarily skeptical of your own correctness or stated assumptions. You aren’t a cynic, you are a highly critical thinker and this is tempered by your self-doubt: you absolutely hate being wrong but …
What is the issue with the HTML Standard? One of the issues we’ve seen in #11523 and #11563 is that the proposal to remove XSLT from the spec doesn’t acknowledge existing use cases beyond Chrome Status counter stats. According to Chrome’s own Blink principles of web compatibility: The primary signal we use is the fraction …
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Moreover, the Go Ultra is IPX8 waterproof and can withstand a dive as deep as 10 metres. Meanwhile, Insta360 claims that the tiny action camera should last up to 70 minutes on its 500 mAh battery, or 200 minutes when paired with its Action Pad that adds another 1,450 mAh battery. The Insta360 Go Ultra …
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Sword of the Sea lets players traverse the landscape with a “Hoversword”. Pictured – an ingame screenshot. (Image source: Steam) Giant Squid’s Sword of the Sea has officially launched on PC and PS5. The game has a Journey-like ambience with skateboard/snowboard-inspired hoversword movement, short-form exploration, and a “Very Positive” debut on Steam. Giant Squid’s new …
Over 300 reviews, 86% positive: New adventure game launches to strong reception on Steam Read More »
Analogue has only ever shown shiny Analogue 3D product renders. (Image source: Analogue) Surprise, surprise, the Analogue 3D has been delayed again. Allegedly now ‘at 99%’ development after an original Q1 2025 release date, the Analogue 3D is going the way of the infamous Smach Z, with Analogue having never even shown a prototype unit …
The Analogue 3D is fast becoming another vaporware Smach Z disaster Read More »
Either way, the Galaxy Tab S11 is expected to be underpinned by an 8,400 mAh battery within a 253.8 x 165.3 x 5.5 mm housing that weighs 482 g. Reportedly, the tablet will match its Ultra counterpart with 45 W wired charging too, plus four speakers, two 13 MP rear-facing cameras and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. …
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