Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone — online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew
An extensive Atari ST floppy disk database can now easily be accessed by all netizens.
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Category: Hardware & Gear
Intel’s proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites —two-tier network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbit
Intel’s orbital data center architecture uses powerful higher-orbit satellites to manage LEO constellations, reducing reliance on terrestrial contro…
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Hardware researcher spins up ‘CPU deoptimization’ project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute
One hardware researcher, Christopher Domas (@xoreaxeaxeax on GitHub), is taking a different approach with the CPU Deoptimization leaderboard, which lo…
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AI creates 16 new viruses that never existed in nature after learning DNA’s pattern from 9 trillion nucleotides — experts warn such applications are way ahead of necessary guardrails
Researchers used Evo AI models trained on trillions of DNA building blocks to design entirely new viral genomes, 16 of which became viable bacteriopha…
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NASA modded space station’s laptops so everyone could use the same charger — standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points
NASA ensured that all laptops destined for use in the International Space Station had the same ‘cannon’ power connector by implementing a modification…
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