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Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM

Discord is finally giving up on Electron, the cross-platform framework that lets developers build desktop apps using web technologies. Electron web apps are notoriously heavy on system resources, and Discord is now moving its desktop app fully to Rust - a modern programming

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Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of the Supreme Court

The 2026 midterm results dramatically reshaped Congress and more than a dozen state governments, fueled by an immense backlash against President Donald Trump and his party. They have also drastically changed the landscape for the future of the Supreme Court and the federal

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In Kenya, the Philippines and Venezuela, low-paid labour fuels the driverless future of the Global North - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Playstation and Spider-Man performance see Sony profits surge

Sony is enjoying a sharp profit spike in its latest quarterly financials, largely driven by its PlayStation business and the blockbuster success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to the company's September earnings, Sony's net profits climbed to 449.60 billion yen (about

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Voters fiercely reject data centers

Fierce pushback to data centers helped carry Democrats to victory in key races across the nation this week, and where the centers were explicitly on the ballot, they lost overwhelmingly. Midterm voters both rejected industry-backed candidates and overwhelmingly backed

Trump Has Even Warped How We View Victory

Well, we did it, America. Democrats have taken back the House and Senate . Not by a trickle. Not by a wave. By a “ blue tsunami .” Liberals won in districts where the entire local Democratic Party once held its annual convention in a VW bus. With room for the band. Democracy

The Surreal Has Become Real in Texas

The picture , so perfectly composed, takes on a certain unreality: James Talarico, Texas’s first incoming Democratic senator in over 30 years, sitting across from incoming Democratic Governor Gina Hinojosa (the first since 1990), clinking Whataburger cups at around 1 a.m. while

The Blue Wave Disintegrated Red America

The blue wave landed in the states too, with consequences that rival the changes coming to Washington. Sane, pro-equality policies can now be adopted for most Americans at the state level, and the number of states where a plutocratic, racist agenda can be easily enacted has

The 2026 Midterms Put an End to “Stop the Steal”

On election night, around 9:30 p.m.—before Texas turned blue, before the other flips in North Carolina and Iowa and on and on—the far-right podcaster Jack Posobiec happened to say something correct on X: “It’s going to get worse.” Posobiec came to prominence in late 2016 with

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I need order and routine – just as much as I crave excitement and variety. What’s life like with both autism and ADHD? - by Sarah Hendrickx Read on Aeon

Healthcare powers Democrats’ midterm rout: 4 takeaways

Voters sent a strong rebuke of the GOP health agenda on Tuesday night as Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, rejecting Republicans who pushed sweeping healthcare cuts. Here are four takeaways from the results: Health affordability was a winning message