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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
Zuckerberg: AI Agent Development Slower Than Meta Expected
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that progress on AI agents is lagging behind the company's own expectations. That admission stands out given Meta's ag
After 30 months with ORMs, one engineer's verdict: just learn SQL
A developer reflects on two and a half years of working with SQLAlchemy and Hibernate against Postgres and SQLite, concluding that object-relational mappers are