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Daily News Stuff 1 June 2026

Leftover Chinese Edition Top Story AMD has announced two new old CPUs that are on the one hand somewhat overpriced and underwhelming and on the other hand eagerly awaited by hobbyists. (Tom's Hardw...

Like a Wire Bender, But For Pop Tubes

Are you familiar with pop tubes? Resembling the corrugated section of a bendy straw, they are at the core of PopTuber, an intriguing research project from the Actuated Experience Lab …read more

Summer Bonus Season Picks Up Steam As Elite Firm Hands Out Up To $35K

Associates at this firm are swimming in bonus money. The post Summer Bonus Season Picks Up Steam As Elite Firm Hands Out Up To $35K appeared first on Above the Law.

The Art of the Deal cont'd, cont'd

Serious questions about Trump's scheme to get the government to (a) put $1.776 billion into a slush fund under his control, and (b) drop ALL tax claims the IRS has against him, are, I'm happy to re...

Beijing’s Hukou Reform Is Not Welfare-Oriented

Christopher Nye & Charles Sun

The Emissions Are Zero And So Are The Brain Cells

Read The Emissions Are Zero And So Are The Brain Cells I'm selling electric vehicles when they're still quite new and novel. Customer: "How far will it go?" Me: "About a hundred miles on a full cha...

Study shows that regularly watching sports reduces risk of depression among the elderly

Unless you live in Buffalo. Who doesn’t want to be taken out to the ball game, and be bought so many peanuts and Cracker Jacks they may never want to go back? Not only is it a great way to get some...

Sweyn's Close Call

Sweyn's care for his people allowed Harald Hardrada to escape during their sea skirmish, but Sweyn himself had a similar close call. In 1062, at the Battle of Niså off the coast of Halland (a Swedi...

Stability > New Features - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #138

Rumor has it that in the upcoming operating systems to be released this year (including iOS 27 and macOS 27), Apple will adopt a refinement strategy similar to the Mac OS X Snow Leopard era. This m...

The Only Venomous Primate in the World Looks Like a Plush Toy but Has a Deadly Weapon

If you search for slow loris online, you’ll find videos with millions of views. You see a cat-sized primate with huge eyes and slow movements. It hugs a plush toy, holds a cocktail umbrella, or shu...

This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability

M5Stack's offering has already pulled in over 10,000 Kickstarter backers.

Micro-granting in India – BoF at IndiaFOSS/2026

I have proposed BoF (Birds of Feather) session and discussion at IndiaFOSS/2026. The proposal is yet to be approved as of today. I am logging the same content here for readers of my blog post and a...

Welcome to Uruky, AlternativeTo's new official partner!

Following closely the arrival of our first partner, we are absolutely thrilled to announce that Uruky has joined AlternativeTo as our second official partner! This is an exciting moment for our tea...

Describing highly variable processes with Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA)

A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.

Stagnation

I've finally added back skincare to my morning routine. A good facial cleanser and SPF moisturizer really does go a long way, man. My forehead feels as smooth as my brain, lemme tell ya. I have som...

Sunbeam

Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ?

Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ? J’apprends avec tristesse le décès de l’architecte Philippe Samyn, un esprit incroyable aux idées fulgurantes avec qui j’ai eu de longues et passionnantes discussions. Phi...

Hackaday Links: May 31, 2026

If you’re located in the Northeast United States and thought you heard an explosion yesterday afternoon, it wasn’t just your imagination — multiple sources have now confirmed that a 1 …read more

Some Customers Should Know When To ‘Bale’

Read Some Customers Should Know When To ‘Bale’ I'm taking some cardboard boxes to the back to be broken down by our baler, when I see a customer inside it. Me: "Uh… what are you doing?!" Customer: ...

Weekly Robotics #362

Today, I’m on my way to ICRA! I’m super excited to see what some of the top robotics researchers have been up to and catching up with some friends. If you are joining this event, let’s try to grab ...