May 17, 2026 from Hackaday Asimov is an Open Source Humanoid Robot For the Rest of Us Given that some of the more famous demos were by Honda and Tesla, you might be forgiven for thinking you need pockets as deep as a car company to get …read more
May 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- 7-Eleven Japan now sells canned water, but does funky packaging mean funky flavor?[Taste test] Lotte’s canned water makes its convenience store debut. The first time you take a look at the drink section in a Japanese convenance store, you might be surprised by some of the packaging, specific...
May 16, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal Virid Burnout 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXX Leafy intro Welcome to the 280th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form wr...
May 16, 2026 from Hackaday After Stumbling From CVE to CVE Will Linux get a Kill Switch? For the few people who have spent the past weeks living under a security rock, the Linux kernel has found itself the subject of multiple severe bugs in the form …read more
May 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Selfie-Incriminating Evidence Read Selfie-Incriminating Evidence Customer: "My phone has stopped charging!" Me: "Have you got it wet or left it in the sun?" Customer: "I've never even had it near the water!" Read Selfie-Incrimi...
May 16, 2026 from The Linkfest Linkfest #44: Hallucinopedia, Salmon on Cocaine, and How Phil Collins Accidentally Invented Gated Reverb Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I scroll through the endless Borgesian microfiche of the Internet, looking for the finest items of science, cu...
May 16, 2026 from Peter's Path Marskramer Path part 04 Hiked part 4/20 of the Marskramer Path, 21.5 kilometres from Delden to Rijssen. You walk through the stream valley of the Boven- and Midden-Regge. The word regge means 'he who carries water' and im...
May 16, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News stuff 16 May 2026 Dipole Edition Top Story SpaceX has shown of its Starship V3 and is planning for a test flight as early as this week. (Teslarati) The upgrades include an improved PEZ dispenser. Disappointingly, th...
May 16, 2026 from Chuniversiteit I’m not sure what to make of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.
May 16, 2026 from Kev Quirk Is Bitwarden preparing for a sale? Is Bitwarden preparing for a sale?by Jan-Lukas ElseJan-Lukas writes about the warning signs that Bitwarden might be heading for a private equity sale. The irony is that founder built Bitwarden beca...
May 16, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Goodbye Search Console Warum ich Google Search Console nicht mehr nutze und warum ich es überhaupt genutzt habe.
May 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval Edmund at War There were few times in England's Medieval period when it was not at war with someone. Even when they were not forced to defend themselves, they chose to go to warfare territory or to start a Crusa...
May 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918 5/16/1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is enacted. The Supreme Court upheld prosecutions brought under this law in Schenck, Debs, and Abrams. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918 appe...
May 16, 2026 from bearblog Anker PowerConf C200: a case study in webcam security theatre The Anker PowerConf C200 webcam looks like a good security choice at first, with triple-layered defences against hackers invading your privacy. However, this doesn't bear out in reality.
May 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition Remains of a self-sufficient village from the late 3rd century AD—predating the Germanic migrations—and a strange “large, dark, opaque glass bead” discovered in Saxony Gravel extraction at the Liebersee site, a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Belgern-Schildau in Saxony (Germany), has brought to light a series of archaeological structures that document the...
May 16, 2026 from It's FOSS I Gave Desktop Email Clients Another Shot and This New App Delivered Btw, it is lightweight, open source, and not built on Electron.
May 16, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry Fireside Friday, May 15, 2026 Hey folks, fireside this week! Next week we’ll cap off our look at the Carthaginian army by covering some of the ‘odds and ends’ components (slingers, elephants), before looking at how that mixture...
May 16, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Piss On Concrete I've been thrown the fuck off. I am feeling formulaic, creatively destitute. No matter; these things are part of it all, and in my mind's eye—a small glimmer of light will shine and show me the way...
May 15, 2026 from Above the Law Selective Viewing — See Also Ken Paxton Sets His Sights On Suing Netflix: Less to do with consumer protections and more with handling Trump's enemies. Davis Polk Is Committed To California: They're looking to build out a full-...
May 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision Today's order is here; the application that was denied is here. The state's argument for a stay, which the Court… The post S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum De...
