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California sues major 3D-printing filament maker over claims it deliberately catered to ghost gun enthusiasts
Posted on Monday October 12, 2026
The complaint, which was filed on October 5 in San Diego County Superior Court, acknowledges that 3D printing filament is not illegal. However, it alleges that Polymaker intentionally marketed its product toward ghost gun aficionados so they could turn its filament into a regulated "firearm precursor part."Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot telltale signs of AI-generated footage
Posted on Monday October 12, 2026
Nikon's 16th annual Small World in Motion contest is open to any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
An engineer built a Flock-like camera to detect police cars, says officers visited him afterward
Posted on Monday October 12, 2026
Anthony Sistilli described Peel Regional Police's visit last month in a YouTube video that he recently posted. His project uses automatic license plate recognition, or ALPR – the technology police use to record passing vehicles and search for them later. But Sistilli designed his camera to pick out police vehicles...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
82% of approved electronics are tested in China, but the FCC wants that figure down to zero by 2028
Posted on Monday October 12, 2026
The restrictions would cover test labs and certification bodies in countries that deny reciprocal treatment to their US counterparts. Chairman Brendan Carr says fewer than 4% of electronic devices are tested in American labs.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A Spanish museum built a Cray-1 replica powered by 30 old Mac minis
Posted on Monday October 12, 2026
The Museo de Historia de la Computación spent 18 months developing the exhibit. The replica preserves the appearance of the 1976 machine without trying to reproduce its internal hardware. Built to mark the 50th anniversaries of the Cray-1 and Apple's founding, the model is now on permanent display at the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A 1960 paper said human population would go infinite next month. It's about 8.3 billion
Posted on Sunday October 11, 2026
Heinz von Foerster and his colleagues reached their prediction using a hyperbolic growth model. Unlike exponential growth, where a population increases at a constant percentage rate, hyperbolic growth assumes the rate itself rises as the population grows.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A developer got Googlebook OS running on Apple Silicon, but it's far from ready for daily use
Posted on Sunday October 11, 2026
The graphics support is a key part of the work. Googlebook OS uses Vulkan, while Apple's graphics system uses Metal. The project bridges the two graphics APIs so the virtual machine can use the Mac's GPU instead of relying on the CPU to render the interface.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Star Citizen's single-player spin-off gets a Steam page, and early hands-on reports
Posted on Sunday October 11, 2026
Anyone who still believes in Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts' vision after 14 years of repeated delays can now wishlist Squadron 42 on Steam. The space simulation action game is a solo, story-based spinoff of Roberts' MMO, Star Citizen, which remains deep in development.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon's new Alexa tablets ditch Fire OS for regular Android
Posted on Sunday October 11, 2026
The change addresses a longstanding limitation of Amazon's tablets: their app selection. Fire tablets ran Fire OS, Amazon's version of Android, and relied on the Amazon Appstore. The Alexa models will use mainstream Android, bringing native access to Gmail, YouTube and Google Docs alongside Amazon's Kindle, Prime Video, Audible and...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Decompilation on Steroids: Why AI Is Suddenly Cracking Open Old Software
Posted on Sunday October 11, 2026
Everything is being decompiled. GoldenEye, Halo, Photoshop, even bank mainframes: AI is prying open old code at record speed. The secret isn't just AI, it's an answer key to check its work.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »