Inside Target’s Minneapolis forensics lab: retailer aids police with video forensics
TL;DR Target operates a dedicated forensics facility in Minneapolis that analyzes store and smartphone video to identify shoplifters and other…
Dell’s CES 2026 briefing stood out for being refreshingly low on AI talk
TL;DR At its CES 2026 pre-briefing, Dell and Alienware focused on hardware updates and consumer-facing products while largely avoiding AI-centric…
Many Hells of WebDAV: Building a Go WebDAV/CalDAV Client and Server
TL;DR A small team attempted to implement a WebDAV/CalDAV client and server in Go for Homechart and found the ecosystem…
WhatsApp rolls out Member Tags, Text Stickers and Event Reminders
TL;DR WhatsApp announced three group-chat features — Member Tags, Text Stickers and Event Reminders — beginning a staggered rollout starting…
Breville Luxe Brewer (2025) Review: Strong Drip Coffee and True Cold Brew
TL;DR Breville’s Luxe Brewer pairs advanced temperature and flow control with one-button operation to produce high-quality hot drip coffee and…
Pentagon’s New Influencer Press Corps Fails First Big Test in Venezuela
TL;DR A Wired report argues the Pentagon has sidelined mainstream journalists in favor of a right-wing influencer press corps. After…
WhatsApp expands group chat tools with member tags, stickers, reminders
TL;DR WhatsApp announced new group chat features including customizable member tags, text-to-sticker creation, and event reminders. The additions join existing…
RepoReaper: AST-aware, JIT-loading code-audit agent built in Python
TL;DR RepoReaper is an autonomous code-audit agent that parses repository ASTs, prefetches key contexts into a vector cache, and performs…
Archive: Sugar Industry Shaped Research to Shift Heart-Disease Blame to Fat
TL;DR A UCSF analysis of mid-20th century industry records found sugar trade groups worked with nutrition scientists to emphasize fat…
Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle Through Vasocomputation
TL;DR A meditation practitioner frames relaxation as a wakeful skill and explores a theory—vasocomputation—that vascular smooth-muscle tension helps stabilise mental…