Case Study: Small Municipality Streamlines and Standardizes Wastewater Treatment Sites with PLC Hardware

After decades using a mixture of specialized and commercial automation technologies, this utility operating many wastewater ...
GitHub

BasicBox: an x86 PC emulator written in Visual Basic 6

BasicBox is an x86 PC emulator written entirely in Visual Basic 6. Emulated CPU support is at a 486 baseline, but includes a few later opcodes such as CMOV and RDTSC. It can run Windows NT 4.0, Linux ...
The Globe and Mail

Anglogold Ashanti PLC (AU): New Buy Recommendation for This Basic Materials Giant

Wolfson covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Royal Gold, Barrick Mining, and Triple Flag Precious Metals. According to TipRanks, Wolfson has an average return of 25.7% and a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Visual Effects Society Awards: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Leads With 7 Wins

'KPop Demon Hunters' tops the animation categories. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the winners for the 2026 VES Awards, recognizing excellence in ...
PC World

Spotify’s hidden Basic tier can save you cash, if you can find it

PCWorld reports that Spotify offers a hidden “Basic” tier launched in mid-2024 for $10.99/month, providing music-only streaming without audiobooks or lossless audio. This plan requires existing ...
Variety

Oscars Visual Effects Top 20 Finalists: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Predator,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked’ and More Make the Cut (EXCLUSIVE)

The Oscar race for visual effects is down to 20. With multiple sources confirming to Variety, the list of finalists includes a mix of anticipated blockbusters and franchise entries, with major studios ...
Vogue

How Basic.Space Cracked ‘New Luxury’ for the Next Gen

Luxury is in flux. This year, consumers questioned why luxury prices are continuing to skyrocket as quality seemingly dwindles. Creative directors shuffled from house to house. Fashion merged more ...
TechSpot

Microsoft urges customers to prepare for VBScript deprecation in their Office VBA macros

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...