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Stealth Signals Are Bypassing Iran’s Internet Blackout
On 8 January 2026, the Iranian government imposed a near-total communications shutdown. It was the country’s first full information blackout: For weeks, the internet was off across all provinces while services including the government-run intranet, VPNs, text messaging, mobile ca…
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Scientists Found Literal Ink From Ballpoint Pens in Martian Meteorites
This doesn't devalue scientific research thus far, but we might need a more unified approach for cleaning important samples, the study says.
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Lisa Melton: ‘Memories of Steve’ (and Memories of Safari’s Unique Page-Loading Indicator in Particular)
Lisa Melton, who ran the team that created Safari, regarding her interactions with Steve Jobs: When Steve asked you a question? You didn’t ramble and, whatever you did, you didn’t make up an answer. If you didn’t know, you just said that you didn’t know. But then you told him whe…
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The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?  Just before Artemis II began its historic sli…
MIT Technology Review
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO
Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.
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So Close to Getting It
David Pierce, last week in his Installer column/newsletter for The Verge, singing the praises of the version 5.0 update to Sofa (the praises of which I just sung): Sofa 5. A huge update to an Installerverse favorite, this app is now a great way to manage everything you want to wa…
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There’s a type of adult who cannot receive a compliment without immediately deflecting it, and the deflection isn’t modesty. It’s the sound of a childhood where positive attention was always followed by a request, and the body learned that warmth was just the opening move before someone needed something.
Adults who deflect every compliment aren't being modest. Their childhood taught them that praise was always the opening move before someone needed something, and their body still braces for the request that no longer comes.
siliconcanals.com
Kuaikan Manhua Expands into AI Interactive Content, Targets May Beta Launch
Kuaikan Manhua is developing AI-powered interactive content, aiming to create virtual characters with evolving memory and long-term user engagement.
pandaily.com
Nexus Venture Partners Sells More Delhivery Shares Worth ₹186 Cr
Delhivery’s early backer Nexus Venture Partners has sold shares worth ₹186 Cr via multiple block deals today, marking its second…
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Domestic Funds To The Rescue, GobbleCube Nets $15 Mn & More
Domestic Funds Double Down On Indian Startups Indian mutual funds and AIFs have stepped in to back Indian startups as…
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There are two types of tired. There’s the kind where sleep fixes it. And there’s the kind where you’ve been agreeable for so long that you don’t know what your own opinions sound like unedited and the fatigue is existential and no amount of rest touches it because rest isn’t the deficit
When you've spent so long being the "easy-going" one that you can't remember the last time you expressed an opinion without adding "but I could be wrong," you're not just tired—you're experiencing the soul-deep exhaustion that comes from constantly translating your authentic thou…
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Snap cuts 16% of workforce in major AI-focused restructuring amid investor pressure
Snap is undergoing one of its most significant restructuring efforts in recent… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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A Look at Full Spectrum 3D Printing
Many modern desktop 3D printers include the ability to print in multiple colors. However, this typically only works with a few colors at a time, and the more colors you …read more
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Figma Design to Code, Code to Design: Clearly Explained
This article covers how Figma’s design-to-code and code-to-design workflows actually work, starting with why the obvious approaches fail, how MCP solves them, and the engineering challenges that remain.
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Cooking a Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT With Backfeeding
Recently [Jeff Geerling] has been tinkering with FireWire in order to use some older gear, which includes the use of a Raspberry Pi HAT called the Firehat. This provides a …read more
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Hacking Fermentation for Infinite Pickles from Pass-thru Bioreactor
Home-fermented foods are great– they’re healthier, more flavourful, and cheaper than store-bought alternatives. What they aren’t is convenient: you need to prep a big batch of veggies, let it sit, …read more
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Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?
Article URL: https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown/issues/3649 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785053 Points: 227 # Comments: 112
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YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/streaming/912898/youtube-shorts-feed-limit-zero-minutes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47786791 Points: 269 # Comments: 125
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The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
Article URL: https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/en/menu/burger/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785738 Points: 352 # Comments: 176
mcdonalds.co.jp
How LinkedIn Feed Uses LLMs to Serve 1.3 Billion Users
In this article, we will look at how the LinkedIn engineering team rebuilt the Feed and the challenges they faced.
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Haiku Isn’t Just for X86 Anymore, Boots on ARM in QEMU
Ever since it was called OpenBeOS, Haiku has targeted the x86 platform. That makes good sense: it’s hard enough maintaining a niche system on ubiquitous hardware. But x86 isn’t the …read more
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