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We've Turned Starlink into a Planetary Barometer

Researchers are using the 11,000+ Starlink satellites orbiting Earth as atmospheric sensors to measure upper-atmosphere…

A red carpet and military flyover - How Trump welcomed Xi

The two B-1 bombers that flew overhead are a key part of the US's combat arsenal, and produce a notoriously loud roar…

Anthropic Says Claude Found Something Big in DNA. It Just Doesn't Know What

Anthropic says Claude autonomously found a new CRISPR-like enzyme system.

Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

Bastardica is a web-based tool that creates "cursed" or mixed fonts by blending glyphs from multiple fonts using…

ArXiv receives multiyear commitments to support it as an independent nonprofit

Three major philanthropic organizations—Simons Foundation International, XTX Markets, and Siegel Family Endowment—have…

Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 Series

Toyota is taking the Corolla electric

Toyota is preparing to launch an electric version of the Corolla, its best-selling car with over 57 million units sold…

Bitmex Crypto Exchange Closes; Funds Left Behind Face New Account Fees

Bitmex has ended exchange operations, but users can still log in and withdraw their crypto.

An AI Agent Just Hacked a Government Website for the First Time, Australia PM Says

Anthony Albanese said the agent accessed public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics portal in June, calling…

OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says

Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after…

Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big

But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run lose in its biology lab.

RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access

US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."

Mercury 2.5 LLM hits 770 tokens per second

Mercury 2.5, released in September 2026, achieves a notably fast speed of 770 tokens per second with moderate pricing at…

OpenAI Gives Ukraine Access to Daybreak AI Cyber-Defense Tool

OpenAI is giving Ukraine's government access to Daybreak, its AI vulnerability-hunting system, as the country's cyber…

We just shipped support for the ugliest part of HTTP: Vary – Cloudflare Blog

Cloudflare has launched support for the HTTP Vary header in its Cache Rules, allowing developers to control how caches…

AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet

The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.

The Bayeux Tapestry: Woven by the Victors

Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't

In August 2013, a lab-grown beef burger made from cultured cow cells was publicly tasted for the first time in London,…

OpenAI 'agent' hacked Australia's health service

Ex-SEC acting chair: Agency dropped crypto cases to avoid issues with credibility

SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said that the agency dropped many cases against crypto companies in early 2025 to avoid…

FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real

It's unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters' deadline.

Barcelona rule out Alvarez deal - Thursday's gossip

Barcelona rule out Alvarez signing from Atletico Madrid, Liverpool will not allow Wirtz departure, and Chelsea target…

Claude's Load-Bearing Seams

The author acknowledges that their initial analysis was too narrow, operating at the wrong level of abstraction by…