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hubie writes:You've done it too, haven't you? Or maybe you know someone who has? Stuck their tongue to a piece of frozen metal in the winter, even though they know it's cold? But is it dangerous?

Afroman Wins 'Lemon Pound Cake' Lawsuit Over Raid-Turned-Music-Videocanopic jug writes:Rollingstone and Techdirt are covering the court decision regarding Joseph Foreman, whose stage name is Afroman, over his rights to free speech and musical expression. The background was a botched raid on his home in 2022 which happened while he was out. Among other things the deputies destroyed his gate and front door and "miscounted" $400 of his cash and, almost, a lemon pound cake.

hubie writes:Is mathematical beauty real? Or is it just a subjective, human 'wow' that is becoming redundant in an AI age?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/malicious-packages-using-invisible-unicode-found-in-151-github-repos-and-vs-code

hubie writes:Researchers played music to cells - aggressiveness of laryngeal cancer decreased:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:On Saturday, March 21? What about a cheeseburger?

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:If you can't make the chips and you can't run the turbines, you can't run an industry:

canopic jug writes:Over 15 years ago software engineer, Vincent Driessen, had published a mighty fine, illustrated explanation of Git branching only to find that recently Microsoft used its AI to not just plagiarize it but misrepresent it.

jelizondo writes:Futura reports the first observation of a phenomenon predicted by Einstein over a 100 years ago:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/100-years-later-where-is-robert-goddards-first-liquid-fuel-rocket/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/the-science-of-how-fireflies-stay-in-sync/

canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Blain Smith, was written an essay discussing the role of a well-rounded education has had in creating the ICT ecosystem we have today. In it he describes quite a few luminaries, although he did miss Perl's creator, linguist Larry Wall. He is highly relevant because, for a couple of decades, Perl was the glue that held the Internet together which enabled the explosive growth from the mid-90s through the mid-00s.

hubie writes:Chimps' love for crystals could help us understand our own ancestors' fascination with these stones:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/woman-sneezes-out-maggots-after-fly-larvae-get-trapped-in-her-deviated-septum/

hubie writes:Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have been forgotten:

hubie writes:New UBC research shows apocalyptic thinking is widespread and shapes how people respond to global threats:

fliptop writes:After a costly EV mistake, Porsche is betting on gas engines, hybrids, and eFuels to protect its identity and rebuild profits:

fliptop writes:Starting May 8, every Instagram DM becomes readable by the same company that sells ads against everything else you do on the platform:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2019/11/ibm-sonic-delay-lines-and-history-of.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Musk can't convince judge public doesn't care about where AI training data comes from:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Chinese Loongson 3C6000 CPUs now have heat spreaders with words in Cyrillic?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The reliable internet connections provided by Starlink offer a huge advantage on the battlefield. But as access is dependent on the whims of controversial billionaire Elon Musk, militaries are looking to build their own version:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The Iran war is going to be costly for the tech sector:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/nvidia-is-reportedly-planning-its-own-open-source-openclaw-competitor/

hubie writes:And that is not nearly enough:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Amazon Expands Health AI Access For Virtual Health Carehttps://www.cnet.com/tech/amazon-expands-health-ai-access-for-amazon-users-looking-to-receive-virtual-healthcare/

hubie writes:New study challenges notion that aging means decline, finds many older adults improve over time:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Every month most people receive a bill for water, gas, electricity, internet, or insurance, and in the future, if the CEO of OpenAI has anything to say about it, a monthly bill for AI use.

hubie writes:A new, general theory argues it is not about costly or exaggerated show-offs but about the inherent trade-offs between investments and benefits animals (and humans) face when they signal:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:After 14 years in orbit, NASA's Van Allen Probe A dropped back into the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2119616/americans-diy-solar-panels-avoid-high-electric-bill/

fliptop writes:Troubled SaaS icon Adobe tumbled after hours, sending its stock to 7 year lows after the company announced that CEO Shantanu Narayen will resign from the creative software giant amid deep skepticism about the company's ability to survive and thrive in the AI era:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Most of the devices are made by Asus and are located in the US:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Craig H. Barratt's appointment should settle a governance issue over Intel's Foundry future:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/

According to Tech Review, a number of different "dashboard" websites have popped up recently, displaying a variety of data sources related to the current war in Iran. They are meant to mimic the sorts of dashboard displays used by governments...but these have been "vibe coded" and don't have traceable sources of data. As well as being entertaining, it seems that these are often tied to gambling on various war-related topics. Story at https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/09/1134063/how-ai-is-turning-the-iran-conflict-into-theater/ or if paywalled, try https://archive.ph/G0zut

owl writes:https://www.thewave.engineer/articles.html/productivity/legos-0002mm-specification-and-its-implications-for-manufacturing-r120/

c0lo writes:(15 Dec 2025) Fortescue Infinity Train gets 14.5 MWh battery that never needs charging [update]

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/ig-nobels-ceremony-moves-to-europe-over-security-concerns/

hubie writes:Two deeply rooted assumptions in global demographic debates are challenged: that fertility will rebound as societies develop, and that "replacement-level fertility" is an ideal to be pursued:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openais-massive-stargate-data-center-canceled-as-firm-cant-reach-terms-with-oracle-operator-struggles-with-reliability-issues-meta-said-to-be-interested-in-snatching-excess-capacity

hubie writes:When personalized ads get too intrusive, consumers are less likely to buy:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/are-consumers-doomed-to-pay-more-for-electricity-due-to-data-center-buildouts/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Two of ME-CENTRAL-1's three availability zones went offline after Iran targeted Amazon's cloud infrastructure:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2116892/canada-discovery-botswana-rare-earth-minerals-tech-companies-want/