A new post cross-published on the Topos Institute blog examines e-graphs, the congruence-maintaining data structures used in tools like egg and egglog for equational reasoning and computer algebra. The author reviews recent proposals by two research groups to give e-graphs categorical semantics via 'e-hypergraphs,' and introduces plans for an alternative concept called an 'e-diagram' built around the notion of an initial functor. The piece is framed as the first in a series exploring how diagrams can be used to prove equations.
epatters.org
· 2026-11-08
Google has launched a search Easter egg tied to Nintendo's upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, releasing Thursday. Searching "Zelda" or "Master Sword" on Google.com shows the Master Sword icon, which when clicked triggers an animation reverting the page to a 1998-style design, complete with the old "Google!" logo and classic blue-link layout. The retro view, free of ads or AI overviews, reverts to the current Google Search once a new query is entered.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-02
Searching 'Zelda' or 'Ocarina of Time' on Google now reveals an animated Master Sword icon that, when clicked, transforms the results page into a retro 1998-style layout with old Google branding. The throwback page shows a curated list of seven links, including Nintendo's official Zelda site, Wikipedia, and Amazon listings, rather than live search results. The feature works on both desktop and mobile and coincides with the upcoming release of the Ocarina of Time remaster.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-02
Searching Google for "Zelda" or "Ocarina of Time" now triggers an animation leading to a retro version of the search results page styled like 1998, complete with blue hyperlinks and the old "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, timed to Nintendo's Ocarina of Time remake launch. The effect only applies to game-related searches and reverts to Google's current results page, including AI Overviews, for anything else.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-02
A writer known as Dave describes watching his kids become engrossed in a buggy, feature-limited easter egg on a school document platform, eventually crashing the browser, while they rarely stuck with the more robust coding tool Scratch for long. He draws a parallel to visual art, noting that a blank canvas with many options can induce paralysis, whereas scrap paper and a pencil invite immediate doodling.
ratfactor.com
· 2026-10-24
To mark the 25th anniversary of the original iPod's launch, Apple built a fully interactive virtual version of the device into Apple Music's website, triggered when a broken page is loaded. The recreation includes a working click wheel, a library of over 1,000 playable 90-second song snippets, and even the hidden Brick game from the original device.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-23
To mark the 25th anniversary of the iPod's 2001 debut, Apple added a hidden feature to its Apple Music website. Visiting a nonexistent page on music.apple.com, such as music.apple.com/ipod, now displays a fully interactive original iPod model with a working click wheel and buttons, letting users browse and play 90-second previews of songs from artists popular at the device's launch.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-23
Apple has embedded an interactive recreation of the original iPod into Apple Music's error page, discovered by users on social media. The virtual device plays early-2000s tracks like Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" and Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc," and appears whenever a nonexistent Apple Music URL is visited.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-23
Filmmaker Peter Jackson assisted in acquiring an ancient moa egg, one of fewer than 40 known to survive, after a Colorado gallery put it up for auction this June. The egg has now been repatriated to New Zealand with involvement from a de-extinction startup.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-19
Chicken-keeping author Lisa Steele told CNET that egg whites have two layers — a thick albumen around the yolk and a thinner, watery layer around that. She says straining an egg before poaching removes the thin, watery portion responsible for the wispy strands that typically cloud poaching water.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-30
McDonald's is developing new menu options including grilled chicken, wraps and egg bites, alongside smaller portion sizes. The company points to roughly 30 million Americans now using GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as a factor shaping demand for its food offerings.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-25
Apple has released iOS 27 to the public, with the redesigned Siri AI chatbot as its marquee feature. Alongside the update, users have discovered a hidden Easter egg referencing Apple's early Mac operating system history from the 1980s.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-15
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