Something I didn't understand for a while is that the process of turning row-oriented data into column-oriented data isn't a totally bespoke, foreign concept...

We are releasing DuckDB version v1.5.2, a patch release with bugfixes and performance improvements, and support for the DuckLake v1.0 lakehouse format.

Will your boss require an eyeball scan the next time you need to jump on Zoom?

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price .Read automotive and aftermarket news today on Wheel Front

Suicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found.

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Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik devices allegedly rebooted or disconnected during the conflict.

Bodega Cats of New York documents NYC's bodega cats through stories, photography, the upcoming book, press coverage, and the campaign to protect them.

By playing smaller venues and controlling supply, artists are turning scarcity into hype and resale demand into a signal of success.

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The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.

From the Zed Blog: Run multiple agents at once, in the same window.

A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

We discovered a privacy vulnerability in Firefox Private Browsing and Tor Browser that allows websites to fingerprint and track users across origins using IndexedDB database ordering, even after closing all private windows.

2023 NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment - Results Highlights at Age 13

For over a century, fixed prices have made markets more transparent. Surveillance pricing threatens to reverse that progress by allowing corporations to secretly tailor prices using personal data.

Workspace agents in ChatGPT are Codex-powered agents that automate complex workflows, run in the cloud, and help teams scale work across tools securely.

The Thus chip will first be in new earbuds.

You don't need advice from editors on rejected manuscripts. 

My short story “Ender's Game” was rejected by Ben Bova at Analog back when that was the top market for a sci-fi story. Ben gave me feedback. He thought the title should be “Professional Soldier”…