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Dartmouth's AI-graded quiz platform lifts stats final scores 0.71–1.30 SD
Phosphor, a web learning platform built by Dartmouth researcher Jonah Bard, embeds LLM-graded practice quizzes directly into course readings so that active reca
Firework strikes Delta jet on July 4 landing at Chicago Midway; no damage found
Delta Flight 1076, arriving at Chicago's Midway International Airport from Atlanta on the evening of July 4, made contact with a firework as it came in to land.
Flipper Zero team reverses course, pledges renewed firmware maintenance
After community backlash over the perception that Flipper Devices had abandoned its firmware, the team says it will resume active maintenance under a new, more
Google's AI era gutted the blog economy: 79 of 100 top blogs lost most of their traffic
A cohort study tracked 100 blogs that were held up around 2022 as proof the "start a blog, rank on Google, monetize with ads and affiliates" model worked—the si
Homegames: An 8-year solo-built, GPLv3 platform for making browser games
Homegames is a free, open-source platform for creating and playing multiplayer games entirely in the browser. Players need no account to jump in, and creators g
How a 1956 Antitrust Decree Forced Bell Labs to Give Away the Future
In 1956, AT&T settled a seven-year antitrust fight by agreeing to license all 7,820 of its unexpired patents royalty-free to any American firm, and to license f
Nasal Spray Reverses Brain Aging in Animal Models, Texas A&M Team Reports
Researchers at Texas A&M's Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine report a two-dose intranasal therapy that sharply reduced chronic brain inflammation and resto
New es40 fork adds JIT and S3 graphics, boots Windows 2000 on emulated DEC Alpha
A fresh fork of Camiel Vanderhoeven's es40 DEC Alpha emulator has surfaced with substantial upgrades over prior versions like AXPBox. The standout additions are
OpenAI's Codex to add new 'GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra' model, engineer says
A single post on X from an OpenAI staffer states that a model referred to as 'GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra' will be available in Codex, OpenAI's AI coding tool. That one s
OpenPrinter: an open-source, DRM-free inkjet you can refill and repair
Open Tools is crowdfunding OpenPrinter, an inkjet printer/plotter built as a deliberate rejection of the locked-down consumer printer market. The hardware runs
OpenWrt One article blocked by Anubis anti-scraper challenge
The requested page for the OpenWrt One open-hardware router could not be retrieved. Instead of the article, the fetch returned an Anubis bot-verification page —
Signalbox maps Great Britain's rail network in real time
Signalbox is a browser-based tool that renders the live state of Great Britain's rail network on an interactive map, showing trains as they move across the coun