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Psychologists from the University of York conducted a study for Channel 4’s new documentary, Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones. The experiment at The Stanway School in Colchester involved Year 8 students giving up their smartphones for 21 days. Results showed positive impacts on sleep and mood, with students falling asleep faster and experiencing improved […]
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Happy holidays from Jeff, Sean, and Sophie! After six years, we’re excited to introduce our new electronic holiday card, powered by the holiday spirit. This unique card harvests energy from ambient radio waves and light, flashing LEDs without a battery. It can even be controlled from your phone without a WiFi network. Curious about how […]
Buzee is a full-text search application for Mac and Windows. Think of it as an eight-year-old labrador retriever who can’t play fetch, but can help you find your files effortlessly. With features like fast search for all types of documents, images, audio, and more, Buzee is lightweight and low on memory usage. Notable sub-features include […]
To use Tailscale, you can install the client on each node, but for cases like embedded devices or existing VPCs, a subnet router is more practical. A subnet router allows devices to communicate using NAT traversal technology, whether running Tailscale or not. In this guide, we explain how to set up and configure subnet routers […]
Study results reveal that ancient Americans relied on mammoths and other large animals primarily for food, challenging previous beliefs about the prehistoric diet. The study, featured in Science Advances, used stable isotope analysis to model the diet of a 13,000-year-old Clovis burial site infant’s mother in Montana. The research indicated that mammoth hunting was integral […]
The Python project “Ultralytics” recently experienced a supply-chain attack where versions 8.3.41, 8.3.42, 8.3.45, and 8.3.46 were affected and had to be removed from PyPI. Although the attack was successful, PyPI was able to audit the situation thanks to Trusted Publishing and PyPA’s publishing GitHub Action. The attack highlighted the importance of securing software forges […]
In the early 1980s, IBM developed the Color/Graphics Adapter for its new IBM PC, defining 16 colors via a 4-bit binary code. The evolution of color 6, referred to as brown, raised questions on how to achieve the desired shade. Amdek monitors needed an upgrade to display 16 colors, as initially, they could only show […]
Streamline your design process with our Figma kit, offering intuitive tools and pre-built components to save time and boost creativity. Customize components effortlessly, build pages quickly, and add content seamlessly to bring designs to life. Our Figma kit ensures a smooth design to code handoff, making implementation quick and hassle-free for front-end developers. With organized […]
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced the idea of entropy, a reflection of our growing ignorance about the universe. Embracing this truth is leading to a rethink of rational decision-making and the limits of machines. Physicists view entropy as a measure of disorderliness, always on the rise. However, entanglement between information and energy […]
Svader allows you to create GPU-rendered Svelte components with WebGL and WebGPU fragment shaders for Svelte 4 and Svelte 5. A fragment shader is a program executed on the GPU that determines the color of each pixel on the screen. The Book of Shaders is a helpful resource for learning how to write fragment shaders. […]