566 Classic tiny LEGO computer brick design from 1979 made into full-scale working computer — Mac Mini implanted into this 10:1 scale inflated reimagining

Newark apartment complex bought for much less than prior value

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George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 1 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›

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PG&E buys San Jose building to bolster South Bay operations

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George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 2 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›

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История краха Webvan: привлекли $800 млн, успешно вышли на IPO, потратили $1,2 млрд, но что-то пошло не так

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nick_dyuba @ Habr 1 place · today 03:22 EDT

В декабре 1996 года Луис Бордерс зарегистрировал в Калифорнии компанию Intelligent Systems for Retail — будущий Webvan. Компания строила онлайн-супермаркет — со своими закупками, складами и ценами. Инновационным в ней было то, что покупатель заказывает продукты через сайт и выбирает получасовое окно, в которое курьер привезет заказ к двери.Сервис заработал 2 июня 1999 года. Через пять месяцев компания вышла на IPO, а к концу первого дня торгов ее оценивали почти... Read more ›

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Что общего у советских НИИ, суперкомпьютеров и гиперскейлеров

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pbuzin (Cloud.ru) @ Habr 2 place · today 03:16 EDT

Что такое гиперскейлер и в чем его неотъемлемая связь с облачными вычислениями и советскими НИИ?Сегодня мы попробуем ответить на этот вопрос, а также рассказать, как развитие технологий позволило AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure и российским Yandex Cloud и Cloud.ru стать крупнейшими облачными провайдерами.  Читать далее Read more ›

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SpaceX's Starship Megarocket Hits Key Milestones In Its 'Lucky 13' Test Flight

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 03:00 EDT

SpaceX's Friday launch of its massive Starship rocket "went quite smoothly," reports CNN, with a SpaceX spokesperson calling this mission "Lucky Number 13" (as the 13th integrated flight test for a Starship spacecraft with a Super Heavy rocket booster): During Starship V3's inaugural test, there were numerous engine issues as several on the booster failed to relight and the Starship spacecraft experienced a nail-biting engine outage. SpaceX also was forced... Read more ›

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What we've been playing - "Gosh I had a really fun 30 minutes with Marvel Tokon before PSN went down"

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Robert Purchese @ Eurogamer.net 1 place · today 03:00 EDT

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie goes back to ancient Greece for an odyssey of his own; Kelsey goes bird watching; and Connor crosses all his fingers and toes for Sony to fix PlayStation Network. Read more Read more ›

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Forget expensive sleepbuds. Buy this pillow instead

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge 1 place · today 03:00 EDT

Tech companies love to sell us expensive gadgets to solve all of life's little problems. Sleepbuds sold by the likes of Anker and Ozlo are a good example. These miniature marvels of engineering sit flush in the ear, and allow side-sleepers to doze off listening to podcasts, audiobooks, music, or white noise without annoying their […] Read more ›

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After four generations of camera stagnation, the Galaxy S27 might finally get a new main sensor

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Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam @ Digital Trends 1 place · today 02:59 EDT

Samsung is reportedly testing a 50MP Sony main sensor for the Galaxy S27 and S27+, although the 12MP ultrawide may remain unchanged. Read more ›

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Хуки Claude Code: запрещаем агенту коммитить без прогона тестов

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Kova13v @ Habr 3 place · today 02:30 EDT

Правило из CLAUDE.md агент забывает на длинной сессии - это текст, а не механизм. Я разобрал слои дисциплины Claude Code и прибил критичные правила хуками: три гейта, после которых коммит без свежего зеленого прогона тестов не проходит, правка теста поднимает флаг, а завершить работу с грязными тестами нельзя. Под катом механика хуков, код всех трех гейтов с живыми прогонами и эксперимент, где гейт пересилил прямую инструкцию пользователя. Читать далее Read more ›

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Как VisiCalc помог Стиву Джобсу в продаже Apple II

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sokolovps (Online patent) @ Habr · today 02:20 EDT

На дворе начало 80-х. Параллельно и следом за LANPAR были разработаны по меньшей мере еще три варианта компьютерного бюджетирования, причем его результаты можно было вывести на экран монитора в виде бухгалтерской таблицы, полюбоваться ей и потом распечатывать на принтере. Только эти бухгалтерские таблицы не были интерактивными, любой их пересчет, даже из-за исправления одной цифры, исполнялся заново после каждого изменения ввода или формул, и — главное — между компьютером и бухгалтером... Read more ›

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Симулятор дальтонизма для сайта, Figma и Chrome: как девять чисел из статьи 2009 года разошлись по четырём инструментам

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Kikodoc @ Habr · today 02:00 EDT

Девять чисел из научной статьи 2009 года сегодня работают у меня в четырёх местах: на HTML-странице, в canvas, в двух плагинах Figma и в чужом расширении для Chrome. Разбираю, как одна и та же матрица цветовосприятия ведёт себя в четырёх средах, где каждая среда сопротивляется по-своему — и почему честные ограничения инструмента важнее его возможностей. Читать далее Read more ›

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Iran-linked group caught hiding surveillance tools in fake apps

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TechRadar 1 place · today 02:00 EDT

Researchers at Recorded Future found evidence that an Iran-linked group is spreading MarkiRAT spyware through fake VPN and media player apps promoted on social media, targeting Farsi speakers worldwide. Read more ›

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The company behind Singha beer removed one of its heirs from every executive role days after an abuse allegation went public — a reckoning Asian family dynasties usually avoid

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Cabinet @ Silicon Canals 1 place · today 02:00 EDT

When Boonrawd Brewery cut ties with Sunit Scott, it did in public what family conglomerates in the region almost always handle in private. The speed and visibility of that decision is its own story. Read more ›

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'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources

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TechRadar 2 place · today 02:00 EDT

Water UK calls out the government for not taking water seriously enough, despite plans to treble data center capacity by 2030. Read more ›

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Samsung Galaxy Watch9 in for review

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GSMArena.com 1 place · today 01:33 EDT

If you have the Galaxy Watch8, then this may look familiar. The new Galaxy Watch9 is here, and it looks and feels about the same. It comes in a simple box with a USB-C magnetic charger and a band. You can get the watch in either 40mm or 44mm, and it will be on sale on August 7 in a few colors - Cream and Graphite (40mm), Graphite and Silver... Read more ›

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Бенчмаркая ключи Dictionary: забыл IEquatable — получил ×5 и 96 байт на каждый поиск

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Geronom @ Habr · today 01:28 EDT

Структура в роли ключа Dictionary — частый случай. Забыл IEquatable — и каждый TryGetValue в 4,4–5,7 раза медленнее, плюс 96 байт в куче на каждый поиск.Проверил на четырёх машинах и трёх рантаймах, снял дизасм FindValue и разобрал, откуда берутся ровно три упаковки, почему override Equals не спасает и при чём тут хэш record struct. Сам рантайм этот разрыв не закроет — и это не баг. Читать далее Read more ›

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Приближаем переворот в теоретической физике

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NPKPRAVDA @ Habr · today 01:25 EDT

О событии Летом этого года в издательство НПК ПРАВДА поступила долгожданная рукопись книги автора Ворошилова В. В., завершающей серию рукописей «Основы единой физической теории». Нас, организаторов издательства, однокурсников, выпускников радиотехнического факультета Ленинградского института авиационного приборостроения 1985 года, со студенческой скамьи, удивляла и раздражала неполнота и противоречивость теоретической физики, особенно квантовая механика, лишенная физического смысла, по признанию самих ее. Read more ›

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Which DJI drone should I buy? Your simple guide to the different ranges and our top-rated flyers

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TechRadar 3 place · today 01:00 EDT

From a budget-friendly buy that blew us away in testing, to fantastic FPV option, to an ultra-capable camera drone for professional content capture. Read more ›

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Nvidia Forms $500 Billion AI ‘Partnership’ With Memory Chip Giant SK

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Phoebe Liu @ The Information 1 place · today 01:00 EDT

Nvidia on Friday announced a $500 billion partnership with the conglomerate that owns SK Hynix, whose high-bandwidth memory chips are critical to Nvidia’s AI servers. The partnership aims to help Nvidia access more memory chips and fill more data centers with its servers. Nvidia’s ... Read more ›

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Free iPhone deal: T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free — how to qualify

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Mashable 1 place · today 00:30 EDT

How to get the Apple iPhone for free. Score the Apple iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro for free with T-Mobile. Read more ›

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Autonomous micro-drone achieves first air-to-air insect kill on the way 'towards completely eradicating mosquitoes' — 40-gram unit uses car parking sensors, can eliminate insects at up to 26 feet

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 05:00 EDT

A micro-drone designed to locate and eradicate mosquitoes has passed an important milestone with its first recorded air-to-air kill. Read more ›

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Korean outfit hosting 1.44MB game development contest to honor the floppy disk — entrants must confine entire fileset, including resources, engine, and library, to miniscule storage format

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 07:00 EDT

There’s a new 'open to everyone' floppy disk-size game development competition with cash prizes for the best three submissions. Read more ›

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AGI AI828 SSD Review: A near-last resort for those on a budget

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 07:10 EDT

The AGI AI828 is a budget drive with subpar performance and power efficiency. This makes it a last resort, although in the current market, it might be good enough for some. Read more ›

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Security engineer ports password cracker hashcat to Gameboy Advance — 16.8 MHz chip can perform a meager 727 hashes a second, 30 million times slower than a modern rig

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 07:30 EDT

Gameboy Advance port of hashcat allows for advanced password cracking in meager hardware — so long as you're willing to wait Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s trademark leather jacket raises nearly $1 Million at charity auction — bidding makes $60,000 valuation look like pocket change

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 09:22 EDT

‘The Jensen Jacket’ achieved a hammer price of $960,000 this weekend. Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 50 Super GPUs are reportedly ready, but stuck in limbo due to excessive GDDR7 pricing — 3GB GDDR7 module costs triple the price of 2GB

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 09:45 EDT

The 3GB GDDR7 chips that the RTX 50 Super GPUs will use reportedly cost twice to thrice as much as the 2GB chips found on vanilla RTX 50-series graphics cards. This would likely push the retail price of these GPUs way beyond Nvidia's target MSRP. Read more ›

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Grab AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary CPU with motherboard and 16GB RAM for just $529 — save over $100 on this epic AMD gaming bundle

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 11:19 EDT

Newegg has a great combo bundle on sale with over $100 in savings for the fastest DDR4 gaming system you can build today. It pairs a Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 16GB of CL16 DDR4-3200 RAM and an Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus WiFi II motherboard. Read more ›

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Jurassic Park packed $4 million of legit 1993 computer hardware — a software engineer detailed every single piece of hardware in the film

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:12 EDT

Google software engineer Fabien Sanglard meticulously listed the computer hardware and software used in the first Jurassic Park film. He even added details for each device, turning the film into something of a computer museum. Read more ›

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Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:22 EDT

TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to a powerful GPU would improve its performance. Read more ›

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AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D plummets to $279 days after launch — the X3D chip rules the mid-range at its discounted price

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:40 EDT

The Ryzen 7 7700X3D has suddenly become a solid value thanks to a $50 promo code, knocking its price down from $329 to just $279 on Newegg. Read more ›

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