Stories by ripe

How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?

The little-known story of the first IoT device

The Magic of a Yellow No. 2 Pencil (2019)

Personal taste fell out of fashion

How much an Uber driver makes in Boston

Boston University grad students demonstrate flaw in MBTA tap-to-pay system

Manufacturer bloatware is finally becoming optional – and this app is proof

Russian Satellites Have Been Jamming GPS Signals Across Europe, Scientists Say

Philly cops admit they're tracking "First Amendment activity" critical of AI

Edgar Allan Poe's story that taught me about cryptography (2024)

How did Asterix and Obelix learn to speak fluent Hindi? (2019)

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An AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation

Notes on AI, Labor, and China

Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15M for allegedly using her image to sell TVs

Samsung warns memory shortage will be worse next year

The Lingua Franca of LaTeX (2019)

How the UK Retreated on Cloud and Called Its Local Media Band-Aid a Plan

Men Are Arrested in $1M Lego Theft in California

Iguanaworks has closed and our products are no longer sold

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