security Google says it can mitigate Spectre with "negligible" effect Cory Doctorow

gadgets CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse Rob Beschizza

Technology Anthropic's "too dangerous" AI was accessed by guessing the URL Ellsworth Toohey

gaming Valve's big Steam Deck update makes old hardware feel new Séamus Bellamy

Games Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii Rob Beschizza

Games Hero shooter Highguard lands on Steam with 74% negative reviews Grant St. Clair

surgery Tiny robot hands perform delicate stitches on single corn kernel (video) Popkin

Emulate a PC on a Nintendo Entertainment System Rob Beschizza

ai slop Google image search filling up with AI slop Jason Weisberger

security ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data Rob Beschizza

russia Russian linux kernel maintainers removed due to sanctions Rob Beschizza

Games You can now play AAA games on Linux on Apple Silicon Rob Beschizza

gadgets How to build a $240 gaming PC Rob Beschizza

Science Popcorn kernels popping in slow motion, as seen through a macro lens Popkin

politics "Casey won't fly commercial": DeSantis campaign spent more on private jets than advertising Mark Frauenfelder

snacks Global popcorn market popping with new flavors such as Fruity Pebbles, hot chili pepper, and lime Jennifer Sandlin

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

animation Tiny skeleton works a popcorn factory in stop-motion animated short Popkin

Technology Cory Doctorow interviewed about cyberpunk and surveillance capitalism in The New Yorker David Pescovitz