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canopic jug writes:Veteran journalist and distinguished blogger, Robert X Cringely, is back from a multi-year hiatus. His first couple of posts were that he is back and where he had been. The latter leads into his current post on the AI industry's betting on failed models.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/researchers-develop-a-new-process-to-get-lithium-out-of-rocks/

Reuters reports https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/even-north-korea-someones-your-parking-spot-2026-05-12/ on the recent surge in private cars in the DPRK.

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:From a reimagined search box to AI agents that hunt for apartments on your behalf, Google Search is being rebuilt with AI at its core:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:LX 7G100 proves hype trumps performance:

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AnonTechie writes:An interesting essay on the Internet by Terry Godier

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.phoronix.com/news/HP-Sponsoring-LVFS-Fwupd

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Are we pilots or are we passengers? Aschbacher asks:

hubie writes:Researchers have visualized mosquito flight behavior for the first time, which could improve mosquito-control strategies:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-moves-to-exempt-linux-from-its-upcoming-age-verification-law-after-backlash-over-forcing-operating-systems-to-collect-users-ages-amendment-proposed-by-the-same-lawmaker-who-wrote-the-original-law

Researchers Issue Warning About using WiFi routers as surveillance techAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://gizmodo.com/researchers-issue-warning-about-tech-that-could-turn-every-router-into-a-potential-means-for-surveillance-2000763181

5 ways Pope Leo says AI Could Warp Humanityjelizondo writes:Axios reports on the latest papal encyclical:

"c0lo" writes:Power prices to fall for most customers, with bigger drops for businesses:

hubie writes:From insects to birds to mammals, communication signals follow a common tempo:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/vast-space-seeks-to-diversify-by-building-satellites-as-well-as-space-stations/

hubie writes:'Star Wars' used to be the ultimate theatrical experience, but have years of Disney+ spin-offs dulled its multiplex appeal?

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/05/20/ai-sackings-reach-new-zealand-which-will-use-it-to-eject-14-percent-of-government-staff/5243076

An Anonymous Coward writes:FreeBSD isn't Linux, but if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Greek mountaintop ground station aims infrared beams at CubeSats in ESA-backed optical networking trial:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The EU has chosen Swedish investment giant EQT to run a new 5bn fund aimed at keeping Europe's most promising deep tech companies on home soil:

owl writes:https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/the-coolest-record-player-ever-made

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating 'unnecessary pain and pointless work':

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:AI will indeed eat the world - if your world involves software-size margins:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Chip startup NextSilicon's high-performance-computing-focused accelerators get Sandia National Lab's stamp of approval:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The 24 Megawatt subsea AI facility houses 2,000 servers and uses ocean water for passive cooling:

looorg writes:Humanoid looking robots sorting parcels is the new cat video that the Internet can't stop watching? Still not everyone is convinced that it's real or if it is fake, or somewhere in between. Why after all would the robots touch their faces if not for the VR people removing their goggles etc?

Snotnose writes:What if you posted a famous painting and told people it was AI generated?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:UK folk increasingly don't believe AI jobs revolution will end in prosperity for anyone outside the boardroom, say researchers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/the-us-space-enterprise-is-desperately-waiting-for-starship-will-it-finally-deliver/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:CFO says GPU rentals are 'structurally higher margin than CPU cloud'

An Anonymous Coward writes:A battle is looming not just over privacy, but the future of the human species.

"fab23" writes:Coding After AI - Are Humans Still Good Enough for Software Development?:

CISA Leaves Open Door for HackersPiMuNu and Arthur T Knackerbracket write:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/in-stunning-display-of-stupid-secret-cisa-credentials-found-in-public-github-repo/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:At 25, Kurt Godel proved there can never be a mathematical "theory of everything." Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the implications:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Got an older Kindle? Don't throw it away or rush to upgrade:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Data centers are skewing the power supply market, resulting in higher prices for everyone:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:New X-rays and CT scans showed small case with locking mechanism containing metal instruments:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Varda hails success of autonomous touchdown tech and celebrates heat data haul:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Older Intel 7-based processors are locked up for servers and industrial use, leaving OEMs with little choice:

liar writes:https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5822366/musk-altman-openai-jury-verdict-claims-dismissed

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Iran's claim over subsea chokepoint pushes US tech companies to overland fiber:

PiMuNu writes:Mysteries by their very nature don't invite consensus. Without a clear answer, people's opinions tend to diverge over what the most likely solution is. Physics mysteries are no different, as evidenced by the results of a survey APS conducted last summer.Building on an earlier survey, the American Physical Society's "Physics" Magazine ran a ten-question survey that covered some of the biggest controversies in cosmology, particle physics, and general relativity. More than 1600 people took the time to share their opinions with us, making this, to our knowledge, the largest survey to date focused on physicists' views of open questions in physicshttps://physics.aps.org/articles/v19/34

An Anonymous Coward writes:The retail bookseller plans to open 60 more stores in the US this year:

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e24z2q7xqo

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/casimir-force-co-opted-to-generate-free-energy-midichlorians-not-included/