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This is the Excel feature I've been waiting 10 years for

If you've ever wished Excel could handle text patterns the way Python or JavaScript does, these functions deliver exactly ...
Science Daily

Wild new “gyromorph” materials could make computers insanely fast

Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves ...
Reuters

Nigeria's Tinubu approves $1.42 billion debt write-off for state oil firm NNPC

ABUJA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has approved the cancellation of $1.42 billion and 5.57 trillion naira ($3.85 billion) in debts owed by state oil firm NNPC Ltd to the ...
Hackaday

Pocket-sized Test Pattern Generator Helps Check Those CRTs

[Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made, palm-sized tool that uses an ESP32-based development board to output different test patterns in PAL/NTSC. If one is checking ...
The New Yorker

What If Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?

This past year, a computer scientist named Tuhin Chakrabarty tried to coax artificial intelligence into producing great writing. Chakrabarty, who had recently completed a Ph.D. at Columbia University, ...