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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
Starring the Computer: A Database of Every Machine's On-Screen Cameo
Starring the Computer is a reference site that catalogs appearances of real computer hardware in film and television, indexed by machine rather than by title. B
The Art Institute of Chicago's API Flags Artworks Nobody Looks At
The Art Institute of Chicago exposes a curious boolean in its public API: has_not_been_viewed_much. Rather than tracking popularity in the abstract, the field e
The unreasonable engineering of kitchen foil — and folding it into its own tools
Kitchen aluminum foil is a deceptively high-performance material. At roughly 10 μm thick, 400 mm wide, and meters long, it reaches aspect ratios up to a million
Why great customer support failed to build loyalty for an indie podcast app
When the owner of the Castro podcast app took over, he bet that thoughtful, human-written support replies—informed by using the product daily—would be an easy c
Xbox 'Reset': 3,200 Jobs Cut, Four Studios Spun Off, Management Flattened
Xbox leadership (in a memo signed 'Asha') announced what it calls the biggest restructuring in the division's history: roughly 3,200 roles eliminated across FY2