Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access

Opinion Time and again, I see people begging for companies with deep pockets to fund open source projects. I mean, after all, ...
WFMZ-TV

Tree-planting project helps Philly go green

It's game day in Philadelphia, and the reigning Super Bowl champs will take on their division rivals Thursday night at the Linc. There will be a sea of green in the stands, and this week, the city ...
Ars Technica

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.
Wired

Pico’s Project Swan XR Headset Wants to Go Where the Apple Vision Pro Failed

ByteDance, the Chinese company best known for creating TikTok, got into the virtual reality game when it bought the startup Pico in 2021. Now, Pico is taking its mixed reality (XR) efforts even more ...
The Gazette

Government Notes: Monarch Research Project nets $750K to develop tree education materials

The Monarch Research Project has been selected to provide educational materials about the planting and care of trees, as Cedar Rapids continues its recovery from the August 2020 derecho.
Gizmodo

Trees Fire Off Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms, Scientists Confirm

In the summer of 2024, a team of researchers went storm-chasing in a Toyota Sienna minivan in search of tiny, faint sparks lighting up the tips of leaves. As a thunderstorm raged overhead, the ...
PC Gamer

Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies

MMO Still humming with life 21 years later, Konami's Master of Epic is a wonderful time capsule of the experimental early MMORPG era MMO The best MMOs on PC RPG Esoteric Ebb isn't just the best Disco ...
WFSB

West Hartford tree project offers free trees to combat canopy loss

WEST HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - A local nonprofit is working to restore West Hartford’s tree canopy by offering free trees to residents after the town lost more than 20 percent of its tree cover between ...
wbng

Tree clearing begins for $43 million Downtown Binghamton intersection project

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) Crews will clear trees through the end of March to make way for a new intersection as part of a $43 million construction project near the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in ...
New York Post

Dollar Tree is invading posh neighborhoods after years of catering to low-income customers— breaking ‘stigma of the dollar store’

Dollar Tree is turning over a new, slightly more luxurious leaf. The discount retailer is opening up shop in more affluent neighborhoods in an effort to draw out the nation’s biggest spenders. Nearly ...
Yahoo

UMBC claims compliance in $27 million project that removed 1,000-plus trees at Spring Grove

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Maryland, Baltimore County officials say they have addressed all the violations issued by Maryland Department of the ...
New

NOLA Tree Project to Give Away 700 Trees

NOLA Tree Project to Give Away 700 Trees. Image provided by the NOLA Tree Project. NEW ORLEANS (press release) — NOLA Tree Project will host its largest tree‑giveaway event of the season, the SUPER ...