2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web

Study is first to show how tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. The study suggests no generation since 1939 will live to 100 on average, reshaping how societies must plan for aging and pensions

This news article details an investigation by German journalism students into Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast. The students connected these ships to drone swarms over military bases, uncovering a pattern of suspicious activity involving multiple ships and drone incidents. The investigation revealed connections to Russian military-linked facilities and raised concerns about potential espionage and sabotage activities

More and more people are turning to GoFundMe for help covering the cost of housing, food, and other basic needs

This video discusses the impact of tissue culture on the rare plant market, exploring topics such as natural and artificial scarcity, the Terunoworld Incident, and the value of rare plants

On December 5, 2025, Cloudflare experienced a significant outage due to a configuration change intended to mitigate a vulnerability in React Server Components. The outage lasted approximately 25 minutes, affecting 28% of HTTP traffic

Search over 3 million screencaps from The Simpsons with Frinkiac

A quantum internet is no longer just theory after scientists successfully teleported the polarisation state of a photon between two completely different quantum dots located in separate buildings

What are scam centres – explained in 30 seconds

Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for the multibillion dollar scam industry, which has proliferated in the region in recent years

"The internet is being increasingly polluted by AI generated text, images and video," argues the site for a new browser extension called Slop Evader. It promises to use Google's search API "to only return content published before Nov 30th, 2022" — the day ChatGPT launched — "so you can be sure that it was written or produced by the human hand."

We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies

The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health

In an essay published in The Verge, Benjamin Riley argues that today's AI boom is built on a fundamental misunderstanding: language modeling is not the same as intelligence

Teheran muss WAS BITTE??

The web has a superpower: permission-less link sharing.

This ability to create and disseminate links is almost radical against the backdrop of today’s platforms.

To some, the hyperlink is dangerous and must be controlled

Researchers are turning to drones to help them discover the health and habits of large marine mammals and other wildlife

Most discourse on AI is low-quality. Most discourse on consciousness is super-abysmal-double-low quality. Multiply these - or maybe raise one to the exponent of the other, or something - and you get the quality of discourse on AI consciousness. It’s not great

xD

another supply chain attack has hit the npm registry in what Amazon describes as "one of the largest package flooding incidents in open source registry history"

The Aptera is an electric autocycle with a drag coefficient of 0.13, modern supercars are between 0.30 to 0.39. The carbon fiber body is made in Modena, Italy, at the facility of C.P.C. Group that makes parts for several brands, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati. Assembly takes place in Carlsbad, CA. The Aptera has a 400 mile range. Solar panels add 40 miles of range per day to the vehicle, allowing free charging on days you drive less than 40 miles. The three wheeler is a two seater hatchback with plenty of cargo space for your needs. The launch edition target price is $40,000 and goes in to production early 2026