Deutsche Telekom pushes the limits of Kubernetes, containers and networks in its satellite network simulation.

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Unless you are over a certain age, you probably take it for granted that electronic gadgets you buy have some FCC marking on them. But it wasn’t always true. [Ernie] submits that the FCC&#821…

Having a gadget’s battery nestled snugly within the bowels of a device has certain advantages. It finally solves the ‘no batteries included’ problem, and there is no more juggling…

Back in 2016, we took you to a collection of slightly dilapidated prefabricated huts in the English Home Counties, and showed you a computer. The place was the National Museum of Computing, next to…

This article originally appeared on Medium. Tim O’Brien has given us permission to repost here on Radar.One of the most unexpected changes in software

Turns out they're not powered by hopes and dreams.

Decreasing transportation and communications costs increases resiliency in theory, but destroys it in practice. The only way to have resiliency is through less efficiency.

And also, what the heck is AGI anyway?

AIBO and Furby: the two 'little guy' robots who escaped the screen in the 90s. A post about their competing philosophies and their impact on today's AI.

For more than a decade I've either been a podcaster or thought about starting another podcast. That ends now.

One downside of working with the old Inmos Transputer devices is the rarity and cost of the original silicon. Obviously, you can’t sidestep the acquisition of the processor—unless you emulate…

During the AI research boom of the 1970s, the LISP language – from LISt Processor – saw a major surge in use and development, including many dialects being developed. One of these diale…

In this age of digital streaming services is there still a place for books and albums and physical media? I believe the answer is yes.

Posted on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025. 590 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.

Business principles work—until they don't. What matters is building gut-level next token prediction.

No.375 — Future Risks Report ⊗ AI for scientific discovery is a social problem ⊗ Mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution ⊗ Codex Atlanticus

The OODA loop—for observe, orient, decide, act—is a framework to understand decision-making in adversarial situations. We apply the same framework to artificial intelligence agents, who have to make their decisions with untrustworthy observations and orientation. To solve this problem, we need new systems of input, processing, and output integrity. Many decades ago, U.S. Air Force Colonel John Boyd introduced the concept of the “OODA loop,” for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. These are the four steps of real-time continuous decision-making. Boyd developed it for fighter pilots, but it’s long been applied in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. An AI agent, like a pilot, executes the loop over and over, accomplishing its goals iteratively within an ever-changing environment. This is Anthropic’s definition: “Agents are models using tools in a loop.”...

What years of software development reveal about progress, process, and people, reflections on why good judgment outlasts tools, and simplicity always wins.

As a classic car enthusiast, my passion revolves around cars with a Made in West Germany stamp somewhere on them, partially because that phrase generally implied a reputation for mechanical honesty…

Not too long ago, part of using a computer was often finding the correct disk for the application you wanted to run and inserting it into your machine before you could start. With modern storage, t…

Ok, you caught us. It certainly isn’t going to be the year of Algol. When you think of “old” programming languages, you usually think of FORTRAN and COBOL. You should also think o…

The Future of AI-Assisted Development

In a fascinating op-ed, David Bell, a professor of history at Princeton, argues that “AI is shedding enlightenment values.” As someone who has taught writing

Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting

The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.

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