Sometimes you’re looking for a component for a project that you know should exist, but you just cannot find it. Something like a 14-segment LED display, but not just one with a fixed color, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In August 2025, I wrote about Finchetto, a UK photonics startup working on an optical packet ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 78 and dislike the short gray days of winter. I know that light therapy is used for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and I would like to try it. How do I know which light box or ...

Linus Torvalds used vibe programming for a toy program. Vibe programming remains risky for serious projects. Linux developers have adopted AI tools for maintenance work. Linus Torvalds has started ...

AI coding tools are rapidly changing how we produce software, and the industry is embracing it—perhaps at the expense of entry-level coding jobs. Generative AI’s ability to write software code has ...

With "vibe coding," almost anyone can be a programmer. Just ask an AI to generate code through a ChatGPT-like conversation, and refine the output. This technique is rapidly becoming a popular way for ...

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...

While smartphones have dramatically transformed how people communicate, they've also contributed to distracted driving. In fact, authorities are working on systems that include cell phone tracking and ...

China's new vibe-coding app LingGuang got so hot it briefly crashed from demand. Its AI camera can analyze scenes in real time and generate videos on the fly. I tried LingGuang and stacked it against ...