Routers operating on DFS channels in the 5GHz band must perform a government-mandated radar scan, taking one to ten minutes depending on country, before activating. If radar is detected mid-session, the router exits within ten seconds and avoids that channel for 30 minutes; ASUS and FRITZ! routers handle this differently, with FRITZ! shifting devices to 2.4GHz and ASUS sometimes reducing channel width from 160MHz to 80MHz.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-09
A small group of enthusiasts, including Pauli Rautakorpi, ZeptoBars, John McMaster and Fritzchens Fritz, have been sanding or dissolving chip packages to expose the bare silicon die and photographing it under a microscope. Their combined work, now totaling 356 processors dating from 1972 to 2024, has been compiled into a single browsable collection that lets users view each chip at true relative scale.
sheets.works
· 2026-11-07
A cultural essay examines why science fiction media overwhelmingly favors dystopian and pessimistic futures rather than hopeful ones, citing examples from Metropolis and 1984 to Elysium and Terminator. The piece traces this tendency to sci-fi's role as a vehicle for social critique and to the genre's habit of dramatizing unchecked or unequal technology as the source of societal collapse.
honisoit.com
· 2026-09-14
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