August, 2024

A pivotal online hub for ROM hacks goes news-only after two decades
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge ROMhacking.net, a longtime stalwart of the online classic gaming world mostly turned the lights off on Saturday. Nightcrawler, who created and runs RO...

Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Banned A.I. Chips in China
The Times found an active trade in Nvidia chips in China despite U.S. national security restrictions, as well as unreported incidents of how the technology had been used to further defense research....

$1,000,000,000,000 Platinum Coin To Avoid Default Discussed at ‘Highest Levels’ of US Government: Report
Newly released documents from inside the US government confirm the existence of high-level legal discussions on whether the Treasury Department can and should create a trillion-dollar platinum coin. T...

I grew veggie seeds in a hydroponics grow box — here's what happened
If you want homegrown vegetables indoors, you don't actually need soil. Find out what happened when I tried a hydroponics system....