For the time being, Linux and other open-source software projects are safe from California's upcoming age-verification law. State lawmakers recently passed Bill 1856, which introduces several significant amendments to the original Digital Age Assurance Act (DAAA) and its age-verification requirements. Read Entire Article
This tiny space mission wants to reach Alpha Centauri, in about 80,000 years
The Fermi Explorer Mission aims to launch in just three years and arrive at Alpha Centauri in roughly 80,000 years at a cost of less than $15 million – an absolute bargain, relatively speaking. The non-profit is co-founded by Philip Johnston, Ezra Feilden, and Adi Oltean, who recently brought startup......
What was the first widely used web browser?
The Web was young, clunky, and about to explode. Which browser helped make it happen? Read Entire Article
This Is How DLSS 5 Actually Performs (According to Nvidia)
Nvidia's first official DLSS 5 benchmarks promise enormous frame rates, but the underlying render performance tells a very different story, with Neural Rendering looking exceptionally demanding. Read Entire Article
House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of priorities
House lawmakers return to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts
At 91, Dale Sanders reclaims record as oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail
A 91-year-old man who goes by the nickname Grey Beard has reclaimed his record as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail
Democrats aim to unite behind one candidate in Alaska governor’s race as they hope to flip the seat
Democrat Tom Begich has withdrawn from Alaska’s governor's race and is supporting the first-place finisher, fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
California lawmakers pass bill allowing people to identify their Jewish ancestry on state forms
Lawmakers in California have passed a bill that would require state agencies that collect demographic information to allow people to identify their Jewish identity
Researchers catch sharks off NY’s Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators
Researchers are catching a wide range of sharks off the New York’s Hamptons and outfitting them with small trackers as they seek to understand more about one of the world’s few confirmed great white shark nurseries
Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?
New York City has more than 500 miles of coastline. The city’s coastal zone is home to around 1 million people as well as billions of dollars of residential and commercial property, and no two miles of the waterfront are quite the same. The marshy areas of southern Queens, the...