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Jim Rossman: Are QR codes computer-friendly?

I have a friend who calls me occasionally to come help him with various little things having to do with the technology at his house. This week, one of his requests was to learn more about QR codes and ...

WebGPU now works across all major browsers, bringing desktop-class graphics to the web

Following recent updates from Mozilla and Apple, all major web browsers now support WebGPU across Windows, Mac, and Android. The new API grants web browsers flexible ...
How-To Geek on MSN

This tool lets me turn any website into an ebook

Calibre is a must-have tool for anyone that owns an ebook reader. It lets you create a library of ebooks, edit them, and send ...

The indie web is here to make the internet weird again

The indie web began a few years after the end of GeoCities, which Yahoo shut down in 2009 (at least, in the US — GeoCities ...
IEEE

Circularly Polarized Ka-Band High-Gain Antenna Using Printed Ridge Gap Waveguide and 3-D-Printing Technology

Abstract: A low-cost high-gain circularly polarized antenna is proposed, the proposed antenna achieves a gain of 20 dBi and an axial ratio bandwidth of 6.5%. The proposed antenna is extremely low in ...
Hindustan Times

Bigg Boss 19: Not Farah Khan but this celeb will replace Salman Khan as host this Weekend Ka Vaar

This Weekend Ka Vaar, the contestants won't face Salman Khan's wrath and instead of him Bollywood filmmaker Rohit Shetty to host the show. Neither Farah Khan nor Salman Khan will host this Weekend Ka ...
Vulture

The Beast and Me

Two episodes out from the finale, we have hit the point of no return: Whatever lingering doubts we might have still had about Nile’s potential innocence, or even his dormant capacity for love and ...
The New York Times

You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic.

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...
IEEE

Wideband Circularly Polarized Phased Array Antenna for K/Ka-Band Satellite Communication Using ME-Dipole Elements

This letter presents a new K/Ka-band circularly polarized (CP) phased array antenna (PAA) using magneto-electric dipole (ME-dipole) elements. First, a novel CP ME-dipole element is proposed, combining ...
Oregonian

Asking Eric: Self-aware friend cut me off when I pointed out they were using me for free therapy

Dear Eric: I recently set boundaries with a friend who would vent to me about another friend of theirs, with whom I’m only barely acquainted. I asked them to stop processing this other friendship of ...
Live Science

Scientists create world's first microwave-powered computer chip — it's much faster and consumes less power than conventional CPUs

The processor, which can perform faster than conventional CPUs, is the world's first fully functional microwave neural network (MNN) that can fit on a chip, scientists reported in a study published ...