This $70 Credit-Card-Size E-Reader Is Winning Over Readers — Flaws and All
A tiny $70 device, no bigger than a card, has become the strange subject of much discourse among readers who prize its odd, plain charm.
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Programmer Breaks 512-Bit RSA Keys Of E-Certify, A Certificate Authority From The 90s
A curious solver factored 512-bit RSA keys once trusted by Netscape 4.51, an old certificate authority named E-Certify.
Giardi asks whether New England’s blockers can keep Drake Maye upright against Seattle’s pass rush
A tale of the Patriots' guardians and the Seattle contest anew: can they shield their quarterback better than before?
Caltech’s Mathathon Brings the Hackathon Format to Research-Level Mathematics
A gathering at a hall of science bids teams solve deep conjectures in mathematics with new engines of thought, forty hours given, prizes two.
The Rehearsal’s Creator Turns His Deadpan Lens on Theranos, and the Result Sees Right Through Its Founder
Nathan Fielder's surprise film upon Elizabeth Holmes stirs Telluride, a quiet inquiry into a mind that will not yield its secret.
Smartphone Makers Are Quietly Ignoring the EU’s Repairability Requirements
A tale told: makers pass over EU repair rules for phones, whilst deals and breaches vex the wide realm of technology.
We Are Amused by Clavicular and We Do Not Agree With Him: Ten Posts, Ranked
Ranked by how completely each post is him — not by whether he is right.
Small interpreter builds itself from scratch, line by line
A developer has packed a working Python interpreter into 1024 bytes of C code. The project, titled “Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes,” was discussed on Hacker News, Reddit, and Lobste.rs. The interpreter does not break the source into pieces ahead of time, build a tree of instructions, or turn the code into a […]
Switzerland’s Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
Switzerland moves 3,000 federal computers off Microsoft toward open source tools, a plan born of dread over foreign eyes upon its secrets.
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