Stories by thunderbong

Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

SpaceX projected 20M Starlink users by 2022–it ended up with 1M

Vivaldi on Android Automotive is the first browser available on Google Play

Marangoni Effect

Speed Tape

Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’

The Eddie Murphy rule and information embargoes

Google antitrust trial: Tech giant denies abusing power to gain monopoly

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

TikTok Became a Hotbed of Brand Misinformation

Rails and its Ruby dialect (2022)

MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack

Qian Xuesen: The man the US deported – who then helped China into space (2020)

California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair

Apache Nifi: easy to use, powerful, reliable system to process, distribute data

Interview with economic historian, Aaron Benanav, on ChatGPT and automation

Address Database: SQLite DB for Self-hosted address autocomplete suggestions

Invention of the Safety Pin