Chrome renders PNGs differently than Safari because of embedded ICC profiles
TL;DR A PNG that looks washed out in Chrome but normal in Safari and desktop viewers was traced to an…
How a Janet Jackson song once crashed certain laptop hard drives
TL;DR A Windows developer recounted a support-era incident in which playing Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” video caused some laptops to…
New York to Require Social Platforms to Display Mental Health Warnings
TL;DR Reuters reported that New York will require social media platforms to show mental health warnings to users. The available…
PNG displays differently in Chrome than in desktop image viewers
TL;DR Some PNGs with embedded wide-gamut color profiles can look washed out in Chrome while appearing normal in desktop image…
VSCode rebrands as ‘The open source AI code editor’ on its download page
TL;DR Visual Studio Code's website now bills the editor as "The open source AI code editor," highlighting built-in AI features,…
After-Christmas Deals on WIRED-Tested Gear to Redeem Gift Cards (2025)
TL;DR WIRED rounded up after-Christmas discounts on gadgets its reviews team has tested, highlighting items like an Anker 25,000-mAh laptop…
Immutable ostree-based Arch Linux image modeled on Fedora Silverblue
TL;DR A GitHub project packages an ostree-based, immutable Arch Linux image that omits a traditional package manager and leans on…
NMH BASIC: tiny 1990s BASIC interpreter, implementations and quirks
TL;DR NMH BASIC is a compact BASIC interpreter written in the early 1990s and distributed with source and binaries for…
Inside an Effort to Automate Federal Retirement Processes Nationwide
TL;DR The source is a post titled 'We Automated Federal Retirements' that appears to address automation of federal retirement workflows.…