A longtime consulting engineer who now works for the federal government saw our discussion of mnemonics for remembering the resistor color code. He shares one he learned in college. It goes “Budweiser ...

A new open-source tool called Betterleaks can scan directories, files, and git repositories and identify valid secrets using default or customized rules. Secret scanners are specialized utilities that ...

Don Froylan Creamery's string cheese has been named "Best of Class" at the 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin. Judges awarded the Salem company's hand-stretched string cheese 99.55 ...

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...

Once envisioned as a bridge between Java and JavaScript, the Detroit project never got off the ground. Now, there are efforts at reviving it, adding a Python engine to the mix. Intended to enable ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools. MIT ...

Only days after Spotify announced its foray into physical book sales, which included an audiobook feature that lets you sync your listening and your offline reading progress, Amazon-owned Audible has ...

Microsoft’s research shows how poisoned language models can hide malicious triggers, creating new integrity risks for enterprises using third-party AI systems. Microsoft has developed a scanner ...

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...

Greysun is the Lead Guides Editor at GameRant, where he oversees game help coverage for everything from the biggest AAA releases to standout indie and live-service titles. Professionally, Greysun has ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 8, 2026 at ...