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The Secret Inside Joke Developers Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight for Decades

For decades, software developers have been slipping jokes into their work. One of the most enduring, clever, and geekily satisfying inside jokes has been hiding in plain sight: the recursive acronym.

Google is building an experimental new browser and a new kind of web app

Disco is not coming to replace Chrome, but rather to test GenTabs, an AI-forward way of using the web.

Say hello to Google’s ‘Disco’, an AI tool that makes web apps from browser tabs

GenTabs will be the first Disco feature, and many more are coming.
PC World

This free app plays music better than Windows Media Player

If you’re in the minority of people who haven’t yet jumped on the Spotify bandwagon and if you have a large MP3 collection, then you need Foobar2000. Foobar2000 is a simple and lightweight music ...
Forbes

AI Browser Agents Radically Transform How We Use The Internet

Most of us were introduced to the internet through web browsers. Who remembers Netscape Navigator? Or the more recently departed Internet Explorer? For 30 or so years, they’ve been an essential ...
NBC Sports

Players continue to use smelling salts despite NFL rule: “It’s a meathead thing”

During training camp, the NFL sent a memo to teams prohibiting them from providing smelling salts to players, citing a player-safety issue. The league, though, couldn’t ban ammonia packets without ...
CNN

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation

In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration ...
Game Rant

ARC Raiders Players Want One Annoying Extraction Problem Fixed

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is a lifelong gamer with a passion for a variety of genres. A connoisseur of everything from JRPGs and ...
PCMag

Everyone Can Now Use Opera's AI Web Browser, But It'll Cost You

The year of AI browsers is ending with Opera opening up its own version to everyone. First unveiled in May, Opera Neon has ...
New York Post

OHL player suspended for year after using ‘stick as a weapon’ to leave opponent bloodied

One Ontario Hockey League defenseman chose to use his stick as a “weapon” during a recent game and is now paying the price. The Brampton Steelheads’ Luke Dragusica was suspended for the remainder of ...
Silicon Valley

Roblox steps up age checks, using players’ video selfies

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...
The New York Times

Week 12 fantasy football intel, predictions using player prop lines

Brock Purdy has Carolina's pass defense on his mind in Week 12. Matt Kartozian / Imagn Images Though they’re ultimately two different lenses, sports betting can provide some smart intel for fantasy ...