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May 23, 2026 from Hackaday

Touchable POV Display Blooms In Mid Air

Typically, when we think of touch screens, we think of LCDs or OLEDs with a resistive or capacitive sensing layer laid over the top. However, a team from the University …read more

May 23, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat:

A short excerpt from yesterday's 15K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this… The post Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump...

May 23, 2026 from Palladium

The Burden of Discernment

Scientific institutions are struggling to survive under a mountain of publications and poor standards of peer review. Artificial Intelligence could usher in a new era of knowledge, or be its downfa...

May 23, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

South African app AutoFinders helps people identify problem cars before they buy them

“Capetonian Eugene Zoghby launched an app to address a common problem in the South African automotive retail market: the many used vehicles sold with hidden historical damage and other issues.” Yes...

May 23, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Café Building 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXI

Thank you as always for reading The Newsletter Leaf Journal. If you enjoy this issue and have not done so already, you can follow this newsletter by signing up for our weekly email, adding our RSS ...

May 23, 2026 from Peter's Path

Marskramer Path part 05

Hiked part 5/20 of the Marskramer Path, 12.4 kilometres from Rijssen to Holten. In this stage you climb from the Reggedal via the Ligtenbergerveld and the Zunasche Heide to the high moraines of the...

May 23, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 23 May 2026

Peak Three Edition Top Story Spotify is focusing on AI to deliver everything except what it is paid to deliver. (Tech Crunch) Spotify wants to become an "everything audio" app, only it's all AI. Au...

May 23, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

To flush() or not to flush()

Bei I/O sollte man vorsichtig sein, wie oft man flushed. Insbesondere, wenn die Programmiersprache eigene Ideen hat, wann geflushed werden soll.

May 23, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Sync-in 2.3 brings Markdown editor, improved file editing & search, and trash retention

Sync-in 2.3 brings a dedicated Markdown editor that offers both visual and source modes for Markdown file editing. Alongside this, both text and Markdown editors now provide a unified search interf...

May 23, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software

Amazon Web Services - Four Years and Out

Today marks four years since I joined AWS. My last day will be Friday. I have to say being fired from AWS is actually a relief. There have been a lot of changes to the company since I joined in 202...

May 23, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Using Fountain Pens for Note Writing

My note taking process has evolved a lot over the years. Originally I used my iPad with the Apple pencil, but having to charge it every few days was a pain. Then I switched to the Remarkable 2, whi...

May 23, 2026 from Your Local Epidemiologist

From questions to confidence: What changed my mind on vaccines

YLE webinar recording, takeaways, and FAQs

May 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Bizarre Japanese vending machine sells “Peace and Equality” and “Angels and Demons”

We find out just how devilish and angelic these 100-yen surprises are. Our reporter Natsuno Futon was strolling the streets of Oyama City in Tochigi Prefecture the other day when she came across an...

May 23, 2026 from Daily Medieval

A Noble End

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Alfheah (also Alphege, was captured during an invasion of Vikings in 1011. Eadric Streona was supposedly sent to negotiate. Unfortunately, Eadric might not have been t...

May 23, 2026 from Jordi Villar

The Algorithm Behind Shazam

I never really thought about how Shazam works. You hold your phone up, it tells you the song, you move on. Then I read this article by Per Thirtysix and got curious enough to dig in. What I found s...

May 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Romans Recycled Emperor Statues: A Study Reveals How and Why the Faces of Power Were Recarved

In ancient Rome, statues of emperors were not immutable. They could change faces. A ruler who had fallen from favor would see his features chiseled away to make room for the image of his successor,...

May 23, 2026 from The Autodidacts

20 years of Linux and I finally started using job control

And it’s amazing

May 23, 2026 from Roy Tang

How I Use My Notes App

Previously: Note-taking / Todo Workflow Trying to go through my notes app today (I use SimpleNote) to clean out old notes, as I find I need to do occasionally. I typically have many pinned notes th...

May 23, 2026 from It's FOSS

Firefox Just Saved Us All from Spammy Online PDF Tools

Firefox's PDF viewer just got a feature that online tools have been charging for.

May 23, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Choosing How to Build and Host a Blog

My thoughts on various factors to consider in deciding how to build and host a blog or writing website.