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Ghislane Maxwell Attempts Feminism in Response to Unsealed Epstein Docs
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On Wednesday evening, 900 pages of largely unredacted documents detailing the international sex trafficking and pedophilia perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and several of his associates and friends—a lot of whom are very famous—were unsealed. The docs—which include several excerpts of depositions—originated from survivor… Read more...
Niklaus Wirth, RIP
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Bertrand Meyer (Hacker News, Slashdot, Reddit): We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design. Niklaus Wirth passed away on the first of January. We mourn a pioneer, colleague, mentor and friend. David M Williams: Wirth is well-remembered for his pioneering work in programming languages and algorithms. For these achievements, […]
How to Be Optimistic About Technology Now
Nick Heer: If you measure your level of optimism by how much course-correction has been working, then 2023 was a pretty hopeful year. In the span of about a decade, a handful of U.S. technology firms have solidified their place among the biggest and most powerful corporations in the world, so nobody should be surprised […]
Doom at 30
Wouter Groeneveld: On 10 December 1993, John Carmack, John Romero, Sandy Petersen, and the rest of the id Software crew completely changed the world by releasing the most violent and satisfying DOS shooter ever created. Hundreds of so-called “DOOM clones” followed, frantically trying to join in on the cash grabbing fun. Several controversial lawsuits and […]
Apple’s Mac Gaming Push
Raymond Wong (MacRumors, Slashdot): No doubt “losing” in gaming for decades has not been fun for Apple. It’s certainly painful and disappointing for Mac users both new and old, who have to buy a separate PC or console to play AAA games. But in 2023, the winds of change began to blow.[…]Gaming on the Mac […]
David Feldman, RIP
Legacy: He earned a BS in Computer Science from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2023, he served as Distinguished Visiting Technologist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art and Design for developing the technology […]
Kyle Richards Says She’d Date a Woman. Good!
I don’t watch any of the Bravo Housewives franchises except for Real Housewives of New York, yet I remain deeply invested in the relationship between Kyle Richards and “her friend” Morgan Wade. Read more...
Mother Stays Winning
You heard it here first: Pamela Anderson is officially both a bombshell and a bonafide fashion girlie now—in addition to being a mother, author, activist, and living pop culture icon, of course. Read more...