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Our Favorite io9 Stories of 2025

Here's a roundup of the work we're most proud of from this year.

The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2025

This year, AI continued looming large in the software world. But more than before, people are wrestling with both its amazing capabilities and its striking shortcomings. New research has found that AI agents are doubling the length of task they can do every seven months—an astoun…

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Waymo Has to Pay People $22 to Close Stuck Robotaxi Doors

It turns out human drivers are good for more than just driving.

8 Ho-Ho-Horror Movies Streaming on Shudder

Fill yourself with the festive spirit by feasting on these classic and recent holiday-themed picks.

How to Stay Ahead of AI as an Early-Career Engineer

“AI is not going to take your job. The person who uses AI is going to take your job.” This is an idea that has become a refrain for, among others, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has publicly made the prediction several times since October 2023. Meanwhile, other AI developers and st…

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The Small Details in ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ That We Can’t Stop Obsessing Over

Mappa's film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Shonen Jump manga is a gift that keeps on giving.

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Lending Landscapes Redrawn: MSMEs And Cross-Border Growth In 2026

As India enters 2026, the lending and trade finance ecosystem is still absorbing the aftershocks of a turbulent 2025. 2025…

7 traits of deeply kind souls who struggle to keep close friendships

The kindest souls often find themselves surrounded by acquaintances but starved for deep connections—and the very traits that make them so compassionate might be the invisible barriers keeping true friendship at arm's length.

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Leaders of South Korea’s four major tech conglomerates plan China visit in early 2026

The heads of South Korea’s four major technology and industrial groups—Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo—are likely to visit China in early 2026 as members of a …

RBY tech Raises Angel Funding as Companion Robot “RBY mini” Sells Out in Preorders

Companion robot startup RBY tech raised over $1.37M in angel funding after its RBY mini robot sold out in preorders, generating over $137K in sales on day one.

9 early signs a man is deeply insecure, even if he hides it well

Behind that rock-solid confidence and charming smile, he might be fighting battles you can't see—here are the subtle tells that reveal when a man's bravado is actually masking deep-seated insecurity.

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Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in mobile imaging

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled the 17 Ultra, its latest premium smartphone model that features improved night photography and mobile imaging capabilities on the back of the firm’s enhanced partnership with German camera maker Leica. “We work together to build future-proof optical te…

The best distraction blockers to jumpstart your focus in the new year

Whether you need to limit social media scrolling or block off time to be productive, there are different tools that can help you stay on task

AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025

If the past 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that the AI hype train is showing no signs of slowing. It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the year, DeepSeek had yet to turn the entire industry on its head, Meta was better known for trying (and failing) to make the …

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How a Spanish virus brought Google to Málaga

Spanish entrepreneur Bernardo Quintero, whose company is at the root of Google's Málaga cybersecurity hub, identified the author of the computer virus that influenced his career.

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Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study

Article URL: https://case.edu/news/new-study-shows-alzheimers-disease-can-be-reversed-achieve-full-neurological-recovery-not-just-prevented-or-slowed-animal-models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384919 Points: 430 # Comments: 107

Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster

Article URL: https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/no-longer-sorry.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384167 Points: 322 # Comments: 108

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I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

Article URL: https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-internet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385308 Points: 374 # Comments: 112

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How Shopify Prepares for Black Friday

In this article, we will look at how Shopify prepared for success during the Super Bowl of commerce.

MQTT Pager Build is Bringing Beepers Back

Pagers were once a great way to get a message to someone out in public; they just had to be cool enough to have one. These days, they’re mostly the …read more

Twelve Days of Christmas as Performed By 1980s Speech Chip

In a curious historical twist, the “Twelve days of Christmas” are actually the days of revelry that followed the 25th. The preceding period, Advent, was traditionally a fast, not unlike …read more

Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 10000 limit is reached

Article URL: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/34271 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383675 Points: 336 # Comments: 206

Born to Burn: the Battle Born LFP Battery

Would you feel confident in buying US-made LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries? While the answer here is generally expected to be ‘yes’, especially compared to getting an unbranded LFP battery off eBay …read more

Maybe the default settings are too high

Article URL: https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387657 Points: 217 # Comments: 70