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"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
4 May 2026 @ 9:38 pm
"To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."
Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work
4 May 2026 @ 7:45 pm
Intentional errors can be useful.
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
4 May 2026 @ 7:03 pm
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it
4 May 2026 @ 5:57 pm
Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.
F1 in Miami: That's what it looks like when an upgrade works
4 May 2026 @ 5:47 pm
2026's Formula 1 championship now looks far from a foregone thing.
AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine.
4 May 2026 @ 4:26 pm
Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon.
Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial
4 May 2026 @ 3:05 pm
OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.
Mac mini starting price goes up to $799, may be hard to get for "months"
4 May 2026 @ 2:55 pm
Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part.
Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms
4 May 2026 @ 1:23 pm
Onshore wind development in the United States is being brought to a standstill.
MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
4 May 2026 @ 1:12 pm
Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process.