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Surf WikiSurfDoc is a typed, structured document format designed for both human readability and machine processing. Created by CloudSurf Software, the format uses YAML frontmatter for metadata and typed block directives for semantic content structure. SurfDoc is specified in the Agent-Ready Documentation Standard (ARDS) v3.1 and serves as the foundation for multiple CloudSurf products.
Surf Docs is an AI-native workspace for documents, tasks, and knowledge management, currently in public beta. Available at app.surf and doc.surf, Surf Docs is built by CloudSurf Software LLC and combines a rich document editor, built-in task management, and AI-powered research capabilities in a single platform. All content is stored in the SurfDoc structured document format.
Surf Wiki is an open knowledge base operated by CloudSurf Software at doc.surf/wiki. Launched in March 2026, it contains over 900,000 articles written in SurfDoc format. The wiki features an AI verification pipeline for automated fact-checking with citation validation and is designed to serve both human readers and AI agents through structured content and a public API.
CloudSurf Software LLC is a software company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded in 2020 by K. Brady Davis, the company develops AI-native productivity tools and document standards, including the SurfDoc format, the Agent-Ready Documentation Standard (ARDS), and several production software products.
WaveSite is an AI website builder available at wave.site that generates complete, publish-ready websites from plain-English descriptions in under 60 seconds. Built by CloudSurf Software LLC and launched in 2025, WaveSite requires no account creation to build a first site and produces websites in the SurfDoc structured document format, with accessibility, security, and internationalization handled at the format level. The platform offers free and paid tiers, custom domain support, and full mobile creation and editing capabilities.
This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services.
Anna Becker is an Israeli researcher known in the field of artificial intelligence and computer science within the financial field.
Michael Saunders Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is an American cognitive neuroscientist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the founder and retired director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB (2006–2023).
Kathleen Anne Holland Hicks (born September 25, 1970) is a former American civil servant who served as the United States deputy secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025. She is the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role and is the highest-ranking woman to have served in the United States Department of Defense.
VBA32 (Virus Block Ada 32) is antivirus software from the vendor VirusBlokAda for personal computers running Microsoft Windows. It detects and neutralizes computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses and other malware (backdoors, adware, spyware, etc.) in real time and on demand.
German people, culture, science and institutions have greatly influenced Chile. Following the Chilean independence in 1818, German influence increased gradually with Imperial Germany effectively displacing France as the prime role model for Chile in the second half of the 19th century.
Donald R. Olander is an emeritus professor of nuclear engineering and the James Fife Chair in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mi familia es un dibujo (My family is a cartoon) is an Argentine live-action/animated telenovela broadcast by Telefe from 1996 to 1998. It led to a spin-off in 1998, changing its name simply to Dibu (Draw), the name of the cartoon protagonist.
Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL robotic exoskeleton suit.
Trump Mobile is an American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by T1 Mobile that uses a licensed brand from The Trump Organization. It was founded on June 16, 2025.
Douglas James Burgum (/ˈbɜːrɡəm/ BURG-əm; born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 55th United States secretary of the interior since 2025 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024.
Pinky Malinky is an American animated television series created and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Netflix. It is based on Chris Garbutt's animated short of the same name produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe (now Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe), which was released in 2009. It marks the first collaboration between Nickelodeon and Netflix as well as the first Nicktoon to be produced exclusively for Netflix. The series chronicles the adventures of Pinky Malinky (voiced by Lucas Grabeel), a 12-year-old middle school student who also happens to be an anthropomorphic hot dog and his efforts to climb up the social ladder with his two human friends Babs Byuteman (Diamond White) and JJ Jameson (Nathan Kress).
John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets.
Moriarty the Patriot (Japanese: 憂国のモリアーティ, Hepburn: Yūkoku no Moriāti) is a Japanese mystery manga series with storyboards by Ryosuke Takeuchi and illustrated by Hikaru Miyoshi, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. It focuses on Holmes' nemesis, William James Moriarty. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since August 2016, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes as of March 2026.
Daniel Joseph Clancy (born January 11, 1964) is an American technologist and computer scientist. After working at NASA, he was the engineering director for Google Book Search from 2005 to 2010 and then for other Google products, until leaving in 2014 for Nextdoor.com. From 2014 to 2018, Clancy was vice president of product and engineering at social networking service Nextdoor.
A technology museum is a museum devoted to applied science and technological developments. Many museums are both a science museum and a technology museum, and incorporate elements of both museum genres. The goal of technology museums is to educate the public on the history of technology, and to preserve technological heritage. They also may aim to promote local pride in technological and industrial developments, such as the manufacturing materials on display at the Newcastle Discovery Museum. Some technology museums may simply want to display technological items, while others may want to use them to demonstrate how they function.
This is a list of recipients of the W. S. Bruce Medal.
Adam Kubert (; born 1959) is an American comics artist known for his work for publishers such as Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including work on Action Comics, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine, The Incredible Hulk, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-Men, and Wolverine.
Tut is a Canadian-American miniseries that premiered on American cable network Spike on July 19, 2015. The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Viastore Systems (styled as viastore SYSTEMS Gmbh) is an international provider of materials handling systems, intralogistics software (Warehouse Management Software) and support services. Under its brand, the company focuses on the planning, implementation and continuous optimization of warehousing systems. Viastore Systems sells turnkey automated intralogistics systems, warehouse management systems, material flow and process controls, shuttle systems, and automated storage and retrieval systems. On 1 July 2015, the Viastore Software GmbH was founded, an own software company that combines all activities related to the warehouse management system Viadat and the SAP logistics solutions of the company. Together Viastore Systems and Viastore Software form the umbrella brand Viastore.
A Teacher is an American drama television miniseries created by Hannah Fidell based on her film of the same name. The series stars Kate Mara and Nick Robinson. It is produced by FX and premiered on sister streaming service FX on Hulu on November 10, 2020. Critical reception to the miniseries was generally positive. The characterization of the two leads, performances, pacing, and expansion over the original were largely seen as improvements upon the film, while the ending was generally criticized for its rushed nature.
Flare3D is a framework for developing interactive three-dimensional (3D) graphics within Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Substance and Adobe AIR, written in ActionScript 3. Flare3D includes a 3D object editor (the Flare3D IDE) and a 3D graphics engine for rendering 3D graphics. Flare3D runs on current web browsers utilizing the Adobe Flash Player, and uses Stage3D for GPU-accelerated rendering. Flare3D has not been under active development since late 2014.
Mike is an American television miniseries created by Steven Rogers. The series is an unauthorized look at the life of boxer Mike Tyson, with Trevante Rhodes as the title role, and co-stars Russell Hornsby. Rogers reunites with numerous collaborators from the film I, Tonya (2017), including director Craig Gillespie, and executive producers Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, and Bryan Unkeless. It premiered on Hulu on August 25, 2022. The series received mixed reviews from critics, and was criticized by Tyson for being made without his involvement nor compensation.
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (Japanese: 魔王城でおやすみ, Hepburn: Maōjō de Oyasumi; lit. 'Good Night in the Demon King's Castle') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kagiji Kumanomata. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine since May 2016, with its chapters collected in 30 tankōbon volumes as of August 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Doga Kobo aired from October to December 2020.
Chongqing Qianli Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 重庆千里科技股份有限公司), also trading as Afari is a Chinese technology company specializing in the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and automotive technologies. Headquartered in Chongqing, the company is focused on developing intelligent driving solutions, smart cockpits, and new energy vehicles (NEVs). It is formerly known as Lifan Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. (力帆科技(集团)股份有限公司).
Ampeak Energy Limited (formerly: SAE Renewables, SIMEC Atlantis Energy and previously Atlantis Resources) is a renewable energy company. It is incorporated in Singapore, but its operational headquarters are in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Molly of Denali (stylized in all caps) is an animated children's television series produced by WGBH Kids and animated by Atomic Cartoons, created by Dorothea Gillim and Kathy Waugh for PBS Kids and CBC Kids. It premiered on July 15, 2019, and is the first American nationally distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the lead character. 38 half-hour episodes were produced for season 1, with a 50-minute special as its season finale. A special live-action segment filmed in Alaska airs between the two 11-minute story segments.
Nellyville is an American reality television series which airs on BET. The series debuted on November 25, 2014, and chronicles the life of American rapper Nelly and his family.
Zachary G. Ives is an American computer scientist. He is the Adani President's Distinguished professor and the Chair of Computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of interest include data systems, large scale data processing, and data integration.
Speakeasy was a numerical computing interactive environment also featuring an interpreted programming language. It was initially developed for internal use at the Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory by the theoretical physicist Stanley Cohen. He eventually founded Speakeasy Computing Corporation to make the program available commercially.
Dash is an open source cryptocurrency. It is an altcoin that was forked from the Bitcoin protocol. It is also a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) run by a subset of its users. It was previously known as Xcoin and Darkcoin.
David Lund (born Nathan David Lifschitz, October 16, 1925 – November 6, 2023) was an American artist who was associated with the abstract expressionist painters of the New York School. His landscape oils done in the 1950s are exemplary of the bold combination of form, color and texture for which this group is celebrated. Lund taught at Cooper Union, Parsons, New York University, Fashion Institute of Technology, the Metropolitan Museum, the 92nd Street Y, the National Academy School of Fine Arts, and Columbia University.
Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill".
John Dombrowski Roberts (June 8, 1918 – October 29, 2016) was an American chemist. He made contributions to the integration of physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry for the understanding of chemical reaction rates. Another characteristic of Roberts' work was the early use of NMR, focusing on the concept of spin coupling.
Until Nothing Remains (German: Bis nichts mehr bleibt) is a German television film depicting a story about Scientology and its effects upon converts. In the film, a young couple are brought into Scientology by means of manipulation. "Eventually, the husband decides to leave the group, losing not only his wife in the process, but also his young child and a big portion of his family's inheritance, which his wife has donated to the church." The film is reportedly based on the real-life experiences of a German man named Heiner von Rönn.
Oh Sang-eun (Korean: 오상은; Hanja: 吳尚垠; Korean pronunciation: ; born April 13, 1977, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. His world ranking had been in the top 10 since the 2005 World Championships in Shanghai until April 2008. His highest ranking was number 5 in May 2007.
FutureWave Software, Inc. was a software development company based in San Diego, California. The company was co-founded by Charlie Jackson and Jonathan Gay on January 22, 1993. The VP of Marketing was Michelle Alsip-Welsh, who also came from Silicon Beach Software, then Aldus Corporation.
Taxi Brooklyn is an action comedy police procedural television series, produced by EuropaCorp Television. The series stars Chyler Leigh and Jacky Ido, and is based upon the film Taxi written by Luc Besson. On March 6, 2015, NBC canceled the series in the United States.
Animal Kingdom is an American crime drama television series developed by Jonathan Lisco. It is based on the 2010 Australian film of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the criminal Pettingill family. The series was produced by David Michôd, who wrote and directed the original film.
Robin Chase is an American transportation entrepreneur. She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar. She is also the founder and former CEO of Buzzcar, a peer-to-peer car-sharing service, acquired by Drivy. She also started the defunct GoLoco.org, a vehicle for hire company. She is co-founder and executive chairman of Veniam, a vehicle network communications company. She authored the book, Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism.
In nuclear engineering, prompt criticality is the criticality (the state in which a nuclear chain reaction is self-sustaining) that is achieved with prompt neutrons alone (without the efforts of delayed neutrons). As a result, prompt supercriticality causes a much more rapid growth in the rate of energy release than other forms of criticality. Nuclear weapons are based on prompt criticality, while nuclear reactors rely on delayed neutrons or external neutrons to achieve criticality.
Duncan Suttles (born 21 December 1945) is a Canadian chess grandmaster. Canada's second grandmaster after Abe Yanofsky, Suttles was recognized internationally for the originality of his strategic play in the mid-1960s and 70s. He retired from competitive chess in 1985.
Alaskan Bush People is an American docudrama-style reality television series that follows the Brown family in an attempt to survive in the remote wilderness, apart from modern society. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on May 6, 2014. Filmed on location in Alaska near Copper Center, Hoonah, and Chichagof Island, with later seasons filmed on location in Okanogan County, Washington, it follows the extended Brown family's life. Although purportedly a genuine reality TV show, it has been criticized for being scripted and/or fake.
The Ellison Medical Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Private Nonoperating Foundation, was founded in 1997 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland. The foundation supported research in the following discipline areas: biomedical research on aging, age-related diseases and disabilities. Its major financial support came from Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison. As of 2007, the foundation owned 1.3 million shares of Oracle Corporation.
Jim Hugunin is a software programmer who created the Python programming language extension Numeric (ancestor to NumPy), and later created Python implementations for the Java Platform (Jython) and for Microsoft .NET platform (IronPython); he has also co-designed the AspectJ extension for the Java programming language. He worked for Microsoft from 2004 to 2010, mainly on IronPython and Dynamic Language Runtime.