The Stranger Things Season 5 finale epilogue and its end credits were inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, creators the Duffer brothers have revealed. Warning! Spoilers for Stran...
As usual, 2025 was a year of deep congressional dysfunction in the US. But state legislatures were passing laws that govern everything from AI to social media to the right to repair. Many of these law...
Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller has long been considered the wealthiest man in America's history. NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images America has more billionaires than ever, led by Elon M...
Beirut is cracking down on traffickers who enjoyed impunity for decades. But the roots of their illicit empires run deep...
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
See the interior and exterior of the 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco from every angle....
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
Article URL: https://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438642 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
Lil Uzi Vert performed at a party celebrating FaZe Clan's listing on the Nasdaq. Andrew Toth/Getty Images for FaZe Clan FaZe Clan's top talent left last week, marking the end of an era at the esports ...
The long-standing alliance between the US and Canada experienced a challenging year after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on the northern neighbor. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI The long-sta...
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/12/30/openais-cash-burn-will-be-one-of-the-big-bubble-questions-of-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438390 Points: 9 # Comm...
This year delivered a full-on ninja and samurai takeover, with a wave of new releases offering more katana-heavy action than ever before....
2025 saw the US-China rivalry weaponize every layer of the technology stack—from minerals to models to military doctrine....
Survivors of the Eaton and Palisades Fires find healing and community working on a Rose Parade float to honor the lives and communities lost in last year's wildfires. (Image credit: Kirk Siegler/NPR)...
In the early 2000s, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean introduced moviegoers to one of the decade’s most iconic film characters: Johhny Depp’s quick-witted pirate lord, Captain Jack Sparrow. On the bac...
As an undergraduate student of anthropology long ago, I remember studying the phenomenon of “compartmentalism” as a hallmark of primitive cultures or societies – their capacity to hold contradictory b...
Dr. Stephanie Widmer explains the health effects that can be gained from the popular trend in which some people choose to stop drinking alcohol for the month....
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Article URL: https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/the-future-of-software-development-is-software-developers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424233 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
Nick Kyrgios bested top-ranked women's player Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to win a lighthearted "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition match in Dubai....