The US Supreme Court's decision this week in Trump v. Slaughter, giving the US president the power to control supposed-to-be independent agencies set up and fu

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A massive compilation of historic OSes and the emulators to run them

Software Freedom Conservancy (“SFC”) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab. After recent news of v...

Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe disagreements, it is rare for tempers to fray. It is even rarer for those internal disagreements to spill over into public. Which is what…

The UK Government, for all its faults, is pretty good at publishing contracts it has awarded. That's why I get depressed when I see rage-bait nonsense about how companies have been award "Top Secret" deals. Right now you can go to https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk and search for whichever bête noire has you riled up. You might want to argue that the company is corrupt, incompetent, or …

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Virtual Schlüsselgerät 41 (SG-41) - A simulation of the cipher machine which was built to replace Enigma

Many non-human characteristics make AI attractive, Sue-Anne Teo said to open this year's We Robot: endless patience, long and detailed memory, and sycophancy. I

Martin Gillow's 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor's mechanics and enciphering logic online An enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via a browser.…

Japan’s election last month and the rise of the country’s newest and most innovative political party, Team Mirai, illustrates the viability of a different way to do politics. In this model, technology is used to make democratic processes stronger, instead of undermining them. It is harnessed to root out corruption, instead of serving as a cash cow for campaign donations.

200,000-strong union says spy-tech firm's ICE work undermines patient trust British doctors are being urged to pull back from the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) after their union called on members to stop non-clinical use of the Palantir-built system.…

"What kind of Internet do you want [him] to inherit?" "Him" was then measuring his age in weeks. "Not *this* Internet." Now, when said son has grown to measur

With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a

Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.

Eurovision 2025: Pairing Songs with Subpar Beers from Tesco Because That's What Heroes Do

Why Your Grandpa's Encryption Machine Has More Clout Than Your iPhone