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Satellite data hints at the scale of their deception

This is the first part of the third part of our series (I, II) discussing the patterns of life of the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of all humans who lived in our agrarian past…

Recent college graduates searching for jobs are finding that practical degrees, work experience and even connections are no match for sluggish hiring.

My >10 year old programming habits have changed since Claude Code launched. Python is less likely to be my go-to language for new projects anymore. I am managing projects in languages I am not fluent in—TypeScript, Rust and Go—and seem to be doing pretty…

HTGAA '25 - MIT/Harvard Synthetic Biology online course

I’m an independent developer who built Punge, an on-device NSFW image detection app. The idea was simple: give people tools to manage…

Trend adds to pressure on Donald Trump over inequality as he threatens to undermine reliability of economic data

Firing the BLS commissioner won’t prevent the effects of tariffs. But it will reduce American economic leadership and increase uncertainty for businesses, workers and investors.

How schools deny advanced math to their highest-scoring students

UniFi OS Server is now available in Early Access, and it's being promoted as a major advancement for MSPs and enterprise IT teams. But does it actually solve

An upcoming documentary recounts how Python went from a group of developers collaborating to having its own foundation (and user conference).

Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients? 

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist—one that is different from the usual states of solid, liquid, gas or plasma—at the interface of two exotic materials made into a sandwich.