A new opinion piece argues that software development uniquely warps people's judgment, turning ordinary professionals into anxious, erratic decision-makers. The author contends this happens because software combines speed, money, abstraction and near-limitless changeability in a way few other industries do, removing the natural friction that normally forces people to accept the cost of a decision once work has begun. Unlike building a house, where changing plans mid-construction has obvious physical consequences, software can be endlessly reworked, which the writer says fuels constant second-guessing and instability in teams.
An essayist contends that software projects, despite being fundamentally simple systems of forms, databases and workflows, tend to make otherwise rational people behave erratically. The piece attributes this to the unique combination of speed, cost, complexity and near-limitless ability to change direction that software allows, unlike physical construction where changes have visible, immediate costs.
Amazon has cut the price of SHOKZ's OpenDots ONE open-ear earbuds by 30% off their retail price, saving buyers $60. This matches the lowest price the earbuds have hit since launch.
Research organization Reflective has published its SAI Research Roadmap, outlining a plan to close major scientific gaps around stratospheric aerosol injection, a form of solar geoengineering. The roadmap estimates coordinated research could take about a decade and cost $370 million, versus 20 years and $1.4 billion if efforts remain fragmented. It notably calls for outdoor experiments releasing increasing amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to study effects.
A Geekbench 6 benchmark result attributed to Apple's unreleased A20 Pro chip has surfaced online, showing single-core and multi-core scores roughly 25% higher than the current A19 Pro. The chip, built on a 2nm process, is expected to power the upcoming iPhone Duo foldable and iPhone 18 Pro models, with clock speeds nearing 5 GHz.
A new clip from the third episode of 'Dark Matter' season two, titled 'Everything Beautiful, Everything Terrible,' shows the series confronting a major plot complication that arose from its multiverse premise. The action-heavy preview suggests the show is directly grappling with the ripple effects of its characters' choices across parallel realities rather than glossing over them.
Proxylity introduced DTLS Listeners, a new capability that adds TLS-style encryption and authentication to UDP-based applications without altering their datagram structure. The service handles DTLS 1.2 or 1.3 session negotiation, decrypts incoming data, and forwards plaintext to configured Destinations, encrypting responses before sending them back to the client. Each Listener automatically receives a Proxylity-managed server certificate accessible via a CloudFormation attribute.
A new analysis details how Microsoft, Amazon and Google's parent Alphabet collectively received roughly $28 billion in federal contracts between 2018 and 2022, with the top five major tech defense contracts alone reaching at least $53 billion in ceiling value. Separately, venture capital investment in defense tech startups hit nearly $100 billion from 2021 to 2023, a 40 percent jump over the prior seven years combined.
A new analysis finds Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet collected roughly $28 billion in federal contracts between 2018 and 2022, with the five largest tech contracts from 2019-2022 carrying combined ceilings of at least $53 billion. Separately, venture capital poured nearly $100 billion into defense tech startups from 2021 to 2023, a 40 percent jump over the prior seven years combined.
Yoto has announced a fourth-generation Yoto Player and a refreshed Yoto Mini, both aimed at kids' audio listening without needing a smartphone. The new Player adds a green dial for quick access to up to 20 favorite tracks or stories without inserting a Yoto Card, plus 64GB storage, faster downloads and simplified routine settings. The redesigned Mini is now rugged and water/dust-resistant, holds up to 1,000 hours of audio, and also supports card-free playback via the same green button.
A new open-source project called EterDB extends PostgreSQL with the ability to reverse individual transactions, including updates, deletes, or entire batches, even after they have been committed. It tracks dependencies between reads and writes so that changes relying on a bad transaction are also caught, and it retains an append-only history that allows recovery of data from weeks or months earlier.
GOG has expanded its Preservation Program with five new titles—Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Armikrog, Descent, Hitman: Codename 47, and Myst—each paired with 3D-scanned box art in GLB format. Through a new partnership with fan-run Big Box Collection, GOG now also offers flat, printable versions of these box designs that users can cut, fold, and assemble into physical replicas.
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