A hobbyist programmer has finished a retro-style demoscene intro running on a stock 128Kb ZX Spectrum, featuring a scrolling text with custom fonts, a three-channel AY soundtrack, VU meters and a parallax starfield. The project, started on December 13th, compiles to 10287 bytes of code (19552 bytes as a full tape image), and is available as a downloadable .tap file, a YouTube capture, a pouet.net listing, and a browser-runnable version via the creator's TNFS site.
markround.com
· 2026-10-12
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle a May 2020 lawsuit brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleging the company misclassified drivers as contractors instead of employees. Pending court approval, at least $237 million will go toward back pay for minimum wage and benefits owed to drivers who worked between April 2016 and December 2020. Uber, which was named in the same lawsuit, has not yet reached a settlement.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-02
At the UN General Assembly in September, Panama's president José Raúl Mulino proposed a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature, which would recognize nature as a legal 'subject of rights' with intrinsic value. On 24 September, Panama, Tonga and Vanuatu launched the For Nature Coalition of States, joined by founding members Palau and Dominica, to build diplomatic support for the idea within the UN's Harmony with Nature process.
nature.com
· 2026-10-02
A developer released Rhun, an open-source code editor built in assembly language, featuring tabs, syntax highlighting, fuzzy search and an optional Vim mode. It integrates running builds, shell commands and AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex, supports diff review and committing, and offers 39 light and dark themes.
rhun.app
· 2026-10-01
At the UN General Assembly opening on September 22, 2026, twenty countries issued a joint statement demanding that artificial intelligence remain under human direction, oversight and control. The United States did not join the group in signing the statement.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
UnoDOS is a graphical operating system family built from one shared source tree, originally a 16-bit real-mode GUI OS written in x86 assembly that fit a kernel, window manager, two filesystems and applications onto a single floppy disk. It has since been ported to home computers, consoles, handhelds, single-board computers and a phone, with its flagship version, pc64, running bare-metal on modern 64-bit PCs with its own drivers, network stack, browser, office suite, compiler and hypervisor. Prebuilt images and a verification ledger (PLATFORMS.md) documenting real-hardware versus emulator-only support are published on the project's releases page.
github.com
· 2026-09-29
Citing supply chain sources, Jiemian News reports Apple's assembly yield for the upcoming foldable iPhone Duo is just over 60%, with suppliers estimating it may take six more months to reach mature production levels. Apple is reportedly aiming for 6-8 million units by the end of 2026, far below the 20-30 million typical for flagship Pro models, with pre-orders set to open October 16.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-29
A new benchmark evaluates AI systems on their ability to interpret instructions and reason through the multi-step process of assembling IKEA furniture, a task long considered notoriously difficult even for humans. Early results reportedly show that AI models still struggle to fully complete such assembly tasks without errors.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-28
A developer completed a project demonstrating high-quality digital audio playback through the ZX Spectrum's basic 1-bit beeper speaker, present on every model of the machine. The technique was verified working on original 48K hardware, a modern Omni 128 clone, and multiple emulators including Fuse, EightyOne, Zesarux, Spectaculator and Clock Signal.
bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com
· 2026-09-27
A programmer published a retrospective post listing ten lines of code that shaped their personal history with computing, ranging from a classic BASIC 'Hello World' loop to a JavaScript console oddity and a self-modifying 6502 assembly routine. Each example is accompanied by an explanation of why it mattered to the author, whether for nostalgia, humor, or technical insight.
pixelambacht.nl
· 2026-09-27
Coastal Assembly, a startup founded by MIT researchers, installed an artificial reef off a Marriott resort island in the Maldives two years ago to combat beach erosion. The project offered an alternative to sand dredging, a common erosion fix that provides only temporary relief and can damage marine ecosystems. The reef is designed to work with natural coastal processes to help rebuild the shoreline over time.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-25
A study published in Nature by Morales and colleagues presents assembled genomes for 103 bat species, including 42 newly generated for the project, covering representatives of every known bat taxonomic family. The dataset gives scientists a broad genomic view of bat diversity and evolutionary history across the order Chiroptera.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
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