Is Block Blast Rigged? A Developer Decompiled the Viral Game to Find Out

Is viral puzzle game Block Blast rigged? A developer's backend deep dive reveals how a secret "death algorithm" and ad-harvesting strategy are driving millions in revenue.
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US defense-backed electricity-producing microreactor clears key regulatory checkpoint

Antares wins DOE safety approval for its Mark-1 microreactor, paving the way for full-power electricity testing in 2027.
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Research report: A high-performance artificial lemming algorithm with multi-strategy synergetic search for complex engineering optimization

Researchers report that a multi-strategy upgrade of the Artificial Lemming Algorithm showed competitive performance on CEC ...

For those tired of posting on X. What I, having been in online business for 21 years, think is more important than 'follower count' now

Axel here.Today, for the first time in a while, I would like to talk about X (formerly Twitter).In particular, this is content I want those who have been feeling tired of posting on X recently to read ...
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The Brotli 'critical' bug is about free code no one is paid to maintain

A critical Brotli compression bug in Node.js was patched by Google and volunteer developers, not OpenAI as headlines claimed.