ProPublica investigates how NW Natural’s “Less We Can” campaign promoting renewable natural gas failed to deliver on its promise of a greener energy source. The company, while touting its commitment to lower carbon emissions, continued to rely heavily on fossil fuels and even increased its sales of fossil natural gas. This story reveals internal documents […]
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Google successfully challenged a €1.49 billion antitrust fine from the EU, emphasizing Margrethe Vestager’s mixed record in court. The EU accused Google of abusing its dominance with AdSense from 2006 to 2016, but Google argued the case was limited to a subset of text-only search ads. Qualcomm, however, failed to repeal a €242 million antitrust […]
JSON For You is the ultimate JSON visualization and processing tool, offering features like Graph and Table view modes, structured and text comparisons, and error context validation. It supports nested parsing and importing/exporting CSV files, all within a well-designed and user-friendly UI. To set it up, simply run a few commands in the repo’s root […]
Lunar Resources, a startup based in Houston, is aiming to build the largest telescope in the solar system on the far side of the moon. CEO Elliot Carol plans to construct the FarView radio-telescope array with autonomous robots that will mine resources from the lunar surface to create metal antennas. This innovative project not only […]
This website features the reconstructed source code for David Braben’s groundbreaking game, Lander, originally released for the Acorn Archimedes. The code has been meticulously documented and explained, offering insight into the inner workings of this classic game. While the original source code is not available, this reconstructed version faithfully reproduces the game’s functionality. Visitors can […]
LWN subscribers support publishing and gain access to all site content and extra features. At DebConf24, the Brazilian Debian community shared strategies for boosting participation. They overcame barriers like lack of documentation, tool confusion, language issues, and technical jargon. The community created a Portuguese-based wiki, streamlined packaging tools, and improved communication through bridges between IRC, […]
Bluesky has experienced a significant increase in activity following Brazil’s ban on Twitter, leading to a surge in traffic volume on Bluesky’s AT Proto firehose. The firehose, designed to maintain synced copies of user repos, has seen a 1,300% increase in event rate, resulting in a jump from 24 GB/day to over 232 GB/day of […]
In a nostalgic look back, the author details their journey recovering old shareware games from the past and the process of attempting to resurrect abandoned game experiments. They share anecdotes of almost-rans and prototypes that never made it to completion, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned from each project. The narrative also delves into the […]
OpenFreeMap is a free service that allows you to display custom maps on your website or apps. You can self-host or use their public instance, all of which is open-source with no ‘open-core’ model. They use map data from OpenStreetMap and offer unlimited map views and requests for free without any registration, user database, API […]
Winamp, a beloved multimedia player from 1997 known for its flexibility and compatibility with various audio formats, has millions of loyal users. Although its development has slowed down, the source code is now open to the community for modernization. Building the Winamp desktop client involves using Visual Studio 2019 and Intel IPP libs. Dependencies like […]