I programmed a $7 ESP32-S3 board to block all computer's web ads - and it took just minutes

Raspberry Pi boards have gotten expensive, so I've been looking for cheaper alternatives. I found one in a tiny ESP32-S3 board.
Nature

At-home brain implant gives man with motor neuron disease his daily life back

The device has helped a man with motor neuron disease communicate and control his computer for nearly two years.

SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI

SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space ...
Modesto Bee

Stanislaus siblings are patients in Sutter Health’s first robotic kidney transplant

Turlock native Alyson Chavez donated her kidney to her older brother after he was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease last ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Developing Agentic Systems in .NET: From Concept to Code

ZioNet founder Alon Fliess previews his Visual Studio Live! San Diego session on building true agentic systems in .NET -- covering the cognitive loop, MCP tool integration, multi-agent orchestration ...
Visual Studio Magazine

.NET 11 Preview 5 Focuses on Performance, Productivity and Safer Code

NET 11 Preview 5 focuses on under-the-hood runtime performance gains, streamlined APIs and language features that reduce boilerplate, plus built‑in security checks and incremental ASP.NET Core and EF ...