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The 1GB flash drive still works perfectly—but manufacturers stopped making it for a reason that has nothing to do with technology
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The 1GB flash drive still works perfectly—but manufacturers stopped making it for a reason that has nothing to do with technology

The 1GB flash drive didn't vanish because it broke. It vanished because of math: fixed…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
Unitree's 'Superman' robot just ran faster than Usain Bolt — and the company built it in 12 weeks
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Unitree’s ‘Superman’ robot just ran faster than Usain Bolt — and the company built it in 12 weeks

A Chinese startup's humanoid robot hit 12.66 m/s—outpacing human sprinting records in just three months…

By Harilalao Miarisoa
A Manchester developer just beat Minecraft with a UK prime minister simulator — and civil servants say it's scarily accurate
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A Manchester developer just beat Minecraft with a UK prime minister simulator — and civil servants say it’s scarily accurate

A political simulator game toppled Minecraft on the UK App Store. Why Westminster's chaos has…

By Harilalao Miarisoa

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The ‘presence’ people feel in haunted rooms has a frequency — about 19 hertz — and a fencing blade is what finally gave it away

A wave of cold, a grey figure at the edge of your eye that vanishes when you turn. One engineer…

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Your TV remote still fires 1980s infrared at your screen — and the reason Bluetooth never killed it is stranger than you'd think
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Your TV remote still fires 1980s infrared at your screen — and the reason Bluetooth never killed it is stranger than you’d think

Infrared remotes dominate four decades later. Why Bluetooth never replaced them reveals a hidden bootstrapping problem manufacturers can't solve.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Connecticut's mosquito chief warns: Asian tiger species moving north faster than officials can track
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Connecticut’s mosquito chief warns: Asian tiger species moving north faster than officials can track

Climate change is pushing disease-carrying mosquitoes into New England faster than fragmented monitoring programs can detect. Here's why that matters…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
TikTok creator @ubeboobey's mermaid purse cyberdeck just sparked a viral movement of hidden computers disguised as art
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TikTok creator @ubeboobey’s mermaid purse cyberdeck just sparked a viral movement of hidden computers disguised as art

A TikTok creator turned a Raspberry Pi into a mermaid purse. Now thousands are building hidden computers disguised as art,…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant