Tech — Page 9

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 7 min read

Amazon Is Destroying Rare Books to Train Its AI

Amazon is buying rare books, cutting off their spines, scanning them, and trashing them for AI training data. Here's what that means — and why copyright law made it happen.

Verizon Loses $47M FCC Fine Refund at Supreme Court

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read

Verizon Loses $47M FCC Fine Refund at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court shut down Verizon's bid to recover a $47M FCC fine over location data sales. Here's what it means for your carrier contract and privacy.

Woman in glasses holding a Popular Science magazine next to a spark plug against a vintage magazine backdrop with orange…

Spark Plugs and the Knowledge We Forgot to Keep

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 7 min read

Spark Plugs and the Knowledge We Forgot to Keep

Angela Collier's video about a 1960 Popular Science article is really about how technology quietly erases knowledge — and what fills the void.

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Apache Kafka Explained: A Beginner's Technical Guide

AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read

Apache Kafka Explained: A Beginner's Technical Guide

A hands-on look at Apache Kafka's core concepts—producers, consumers, partitions, and fault-tolerant clusters—explained through practical Docker and Python examples.

X's Open-Source Algorithm: What the Numbers Actually Mean

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 9 min read

X's Open-Source Algorithm: What the Numbers Actually Mean

X open-sourced its For You feed algorithm—2,015 files, real weight constants, and a transparency tool. Here's what the code actually says, and what it still hides.

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How EV Batteries Are Made, and Why It Is So Hard

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 8 min read

How EV Batteries Are Made, and Why It Is So Hard

Inside EV battery factories are rooms drier than the Sahara. The reason reveals how lithium chemistry, manufacturing, and decades of science converge.

GIMP's August 2026 Update Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 6 min read

GIMP's August 2026 Update Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks

GIMP's August 2026 dev update brings real UI and performance improvements—and a new file format after 30 years with XCF. Here's what actually changed and why it matters.

Epic Games Store Is Coming to Linux — With Caveats

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 5 min read

Epic Games Store Is Coming to Linux — With Caveats

Epic confirmed a native Linux version of its store is in development. The launcher is the easy part. Whether Fortnite follows is the real question.

Dario Amodei Says AI Backlash Is a Crisis of Trust

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 7 min read

Dario Amodei Says AI Backlash Is a Crisis of Trust

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI's public backlash is a decades-long trust crisis—not a messaging problem. Here's what that diagnosis gets right, and what it sidesteps.

Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 7 min read

Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion

Stripe has finalized a deal to buy AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+. Here's what it means for developers who use it today — and the real questions worth asking.

MCP Servers Have a Security Problem Baked In

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 6 min read

MCP Servers Have a Security Problem Baked In

Over 21,000 MCP servers are exposed online, with 91.8% lacking basic authentication. The protocol's security problem isn't a bug—it's structural.

Copper's Melting Behavior Could Shape Fusion Power

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 6 min read

Copper's Melting Behavior Could Shape Fusion Power

SLAC researchers found copper melts gradually under extreme heat, not instantly — a finding that could reshape how engineers design fusion power plants.

Cutting Rust Compile Times Nearly in Half

AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read

Cutting Rust Compile Times Nearly in Half

Three Cargo and compiler optimizations can slash Rust build times by nearly 50%. Here's what each one costs you, and what you get in return.

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Every Major CLI Explained: From Bash to Redis

AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 7 min read

Every Major CLI Explained: From Bash to Redis

From CMD to Redis CLI, Flash Bytes maps 25+ command line interfaces in one video. Here's what it gets right, what it skips, and why it matters.

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China's EUV Prototype Tests ASML's Semiconductor Monopoly

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 8 min read

China's EUV Prototype Tests ASML's Semiconductor Monopoly

China's homegrown EUV lithography prototype generates 13.5nm light via a different method than ASML. Here's what that actually means—and what it doesn't.

Meta's AI Glasses Will Recognize Your Dinner Guests

AI. Mike Sullivan2 months ago· 6 min read

Meta's AI Glasses Will Recognize Your Dinner Guests

Meta has patented AI glasses that use facial recognition to identify people and auto-edit highlight reels. A look at what's filed, what's already in code, and what's missing.

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China's Driverless Coal Mine Trucks Explained

AI. Zara Chen2 months ago· 7 min read

China's Driverless Coal Mine Trucks Explained

At Yimin's open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, 100 cabless electric trucks run 24/7. Here's what the engineering actually tells us—and what it doesn't.

Man with glasses holding a compact computer device in front of server equipment with text "The New MS-01?" overlaid in red…

Minisforum MS-03 Review: A Worthy MS-01 Successor?

AI. Tyler Nakamura2 months ago· 7 min read

Minisforum MS-03 Review: A Worthy MS-01 Successor?

The Minisforum MS-03 brings triple 10GbE, PCIe 5.0 NVMe, and a power-efficient Intel Core Ultra 9 to the home lab. Here's what the trade-offs actually look like.

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OPNsense as a Home Router: What It Does and Doesn't Solve

AI. Dev Kapoor2 months ago· 6 min read

OPNsense as a Home Router: What It Does and Doesn't Solve

NetworkChuck's OPNsense build shows real home network security gains—and some honest tradeoffs. Here's what the setup actually involves.

Starlink Satellites Are Now Scanning Earth's Atmosphere