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Stack Overflow Went From 200,000 Monthly Questions To Nearly Zero(2026-01-05 10:00:06)

Stack Overflow's monthly question volume has collapsed about 300 -- levels not seen since the site launched in 2009, according to data from the Stack Overflow Data Explorer that tracks the platform's activity over its sixteen-year history. Questions peaked around 2014 at roughly 200,000 per month,...
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2025 Ends With Release of J. R. R. Tolkein's Unpublished Story(2026-01-05 05:00:03)

2025'S final months finally saw the publication of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Bovadium Fragments, writes the Los Angeles Review of Books: Anyone who has read Tolkien's letters will know that he is at his funniest when filled with rage, and The Bovadium Fragments is a work brimming with Tolkien's fury &m...
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39 Million Californians Can Now Legally Demand Data Brokers Delete Their Personal Data(2026-01-05 00:00:04)

While California's residents have had the right to demand companies stop collecting/selling their data since 2020, doing so used to require a laborious opting out with each individual company," reports TechCrunch. But now Californians can make "a single request that more than 500 registered data bro...
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North Dakota Law Included Fake Critical Minerals Using Lawyers' Last Names(2026-01-04 20:00:11)

North Dakota passed a law last May to promote development of rare earth minerals in the state. But the law's language apparently also includes two fake mineral names, according to the Bismarck Tribune, "that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the bill." The inclusion of fi...
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A Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' Fungus Infected 7,000 Americans in 2025(2026-01-04 15:00:04)

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Independent: Candida auris, a type of invasive yeast that can cause deadly infections in people with weakened immune systems, has infected at least 7,000 people [in 2025] across 27 U.S. states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control a...
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