Researchers Observe Hexagonal Superionic Ice Under Extreme Pressure and Heat
Diamond-anvil and X-ray experiments produced a predicted atomic arrangement that may help refine models of Uranus and Neptune.
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Sergey Brin Contributions to California Tax Fight Reach $102 Million
State records cited by the Los Angeles Times show the Google co-founder financing a group backing two measures that could override a proposed billionaire tax.
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Compiler Optimizations Can Remove Security Protections From C Programs, Researcher Warns
A Black Hat discussion highlights how valid transformations can erase memory clearing or create timing gaps, reinforcing the need to test optimized release binaries.
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Target Tech-Elite Power in New Book
In an interview about End Times Fascism, Klein describes the book's argument that concentrated wealth, crisis politics and private technology power are reinforcing authoritarian systems.
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Scientists Warn a 1.5C Overshoot Could Trigger Irreversible Climate Shifts
Three exceptionally hot years have intensified concern that weakening carbon sinks and Earth-system tipping points could make a later return below the Paris threshold much harder.
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ACSM Review Refines the Formula for Strength, Muscle Growth and Power
A synthesis of 137 systematic reviews finds that resistance training reliably improves multiple measures of muscle function, while only a limited set of program variables consistently changes the result.
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M1 Neural Engine Reverse-Engineering Maps Apple's CNN-Era Design Choices
A new technical teardown describes the compute and dataflow architecture of Apple's original M1 Neural Engine and why transformer workloads changed accelerator design priorities.
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Anthropic CEO Calls for Slower Frontier AI Capability Growth
Dario Amodei says leading developers should pace model advances so safety research, external evaluation and public oversight have time to catch up.
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ITV's 70 Up Brings Landmark British Documentary Series to a Close
The final installment follows participants first filmed as seven-year-olds in 1964, ending a project that examined class, opportunity and the ethics of filming lives over decades.
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Researchers Demonstrate Zero-Click WeChat Worm Across iOS and Android
Security researchers say a now-mitigated flaw allowed a call to seize a WeChat account and use it to attack trusted contacts without the recipient answering.
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Community Guide Catalogs Hidden macOS Defaults Commands
The macOS-defaults project documents preference commands with demonstrations, explaining how application domains, keys and shared settings fit together.
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Clay Institute Says Navier-Stokes Problem May Have Been Settled
The Clay Mathematics Institute has welcomed an apparent solution to its fluid-motion Millennium Prize Problem while stressing that formal evaluation will be deliberate.
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Minitap Accuses Google's Artemis Project of Removing Open-Source Credit
Minitap says code, prompts and author names from its Apache-licensed mobile-use project appeared in Google's Artemis repository without clear attribution.
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Report Says Tesla Has Ended New Solar Roof Installations
A technology report says Tesla stopped supplying its proprietary Solar Roof tiles in August, leaving installers and owners seeking clarity on support.
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Graphify C# Launches a Roslyn-Based Code Index for AI Agents
The open-source command-line tool turns C# projects into a semantic graph of compiler-resolved references, calls, implementations and inheritance relationships.
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Study Tracks Unintended Starlink Emissions Across SKA-Low Frequencies
Researchers analyzing 76 million radio images detected more than 112,000 emissions from Starlink satellites in frequencies important to low-frequency astronomy.
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Houthi advance reaches Perim Island at crucial Red Sea shipping route
The reported seizure of Perim Island puts Houthi forces beside the Bab al-Mandab Strait as fighting and displacement intensify across western Yemen.
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US diesel average passes $6 a gallon as supply squeeze deepens
AAA data put the national average at a record $6.05, raising the prospect of higher transport and consumer costs if elevated prices persist.
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Instagram chief says chronological feeds can halve engagement
Adam Mosseri defended ranked recommendations as Australia considers requiring platforms to prompt users to switch off algorithmic feeds.
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Benchmark finds terminal-output compression does not reliably cut AI coding costs
Quesma's tests of RTK found modest savings in one model setup but higher costs in another, despite the tool reporting large reductions in terminal output.
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Research publisher warns frictionless AI could make science less collaborative
A Research Agenda essay argues that tools designed to remove human interaction can also eliminate the informal exchanges on which research communities depend.
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T-Mobile sets $5 monthly price for Apple’s two-iPhone Handoff feature
The carrier says eligible US customers will be able to share one number between two compatible iPhones when Apple releases iOS 27.
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Google launches a Gemini desktop app for Windows 10 and 11
The new app opens with an Alt-Space shortcut and brings Gemini’s writing, task, image and video tools into a desktop overlay.
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Conviva’s first io_uring rewrite made its Rust query engine 60% slower
The engineering team’s production investigation found that bypassing mmap’s shared page cache did not automatically translate into faster analytical queries.
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