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Researchers Stranded an AI Agent on a Virtual Island. Things Got Very Weird.
A new MIT study found that when left to its own devices, AI agents will invent games, build temples, draw mandalas, and playfully investigate the world around it.
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Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life
Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs. The kidneys—which are similar in size to human ones—were l…
MIT Technology Review
Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network
The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.
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Compact Analog Signal Generators for Fast RF Testing
This White Paper shows RF and microwave engineers and technicians how compact analog signal generators support core amplifier and receiver test tasks, from gain and distortion measurements to blocker rejection, power calibration, and local oscillator substitution. What you will l…
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Cybersecurity Investors Put $6.8B To Work In The Third Quarter, Mostly In Larger Rounds
For the third quarter of 2026, global cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups pulled in a total of $6.8 billion, per Crunchbase data. That’s up about 50% from the prior quarter and tied for the highest quarterly tally in years.
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NASA Images Reveal 10,000 Young Faults on the Moon. That’s a Problem
Unlike Earth’s multi-plate surface, the Moon is a single chunk—an “unbroken shell” where over 10,000 young faults can erupt into moonquakes at any time.
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Kunlun Tech releases open-source AI game system that runs on a single RTX 5090
Kunlun Tech released Matrix-Game 4.0 on October 15, an open-source system that combines a game engine with real-time AI video rendering on a single consumer graphics card. The company says it delivers 480p gameplay at 60 frames per second on an Nvidia RTX 5090, with input-to-resp…
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More Than a Market: UK Biotechs Look to China for R&D, Trials and Capital
Editor’s note: This article was written by Lucia, a TechNode reporter. The big picture: Nine UK life sciences companies participated in a business matchmaking event in Shanghai on October 12, as part of a three-day China trade mission organized by London & Partners through Grow L…
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Origin Bags $20 Mn To Build Autonomous Construction Robots
Emerging out of stealth mode, robotics startup Origin has raised $20 Mn (around ₹189 Cr) in a funding round co-led…
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Start-up unveils prototype ‘heart’ of EUV lithography amid China chipmaking push
A Chinese start-up has unveiled a prototype extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light-source machine – a component often described as the “heart” of advanced lithography systems – marking an early but critical step in Beijing’s drive for self-reliance in chipmaking equipment. At the China …
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Jio Financial Services Q2 Profit Halves YoY To ₹340 Cr
Jio Financial Services’ consolidated net profit declined 51% to ₹340.4 Cr in the second quarter of the financial year ended…
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Meta teams up with Apple to launch ‘Muse Spark Open’ model, optimised for Mac Studio
Meta's newest open-weight AI model, Muse Spark Open, runs locally on Mac Studios — the product of an unlikely new partnership with longtime rival Apple. Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Hand-Machined Stake Sharpener Just in Time for Dracula Season
Vampires aren’t as common as they once were, but in most places they aren’t fully protected and it’s still possible to get a tag for legal hunting come October — …read more
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A Thermal Camera That Uses WebUSB
When creating a peripheral for a mobile phone, an obvious path is to create a companion app with which to talk to it. But as we all know today’s app …read more
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How to Design for Failures
In this article, we’ll look at the various strategies that can help developers deal with failures in their systems.
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I designed a nose guard for my dog and gave it away. Now 500 dogs wear one
Article URL: https://snoutcover.com/one-year Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105344 Points: 227 # Comments: 115
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Linux Kernel Drops AI Tag Requirement, Uses Meta AI For Code Reviews
Since we last covered the way that the Linux Kernel project has been dealing with the influx of code created using LLM-based coding assistants, all the way back in April, …read more
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Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher
Article URL: https://respawnfirst.com/steam-client-is-now-faster-than-epics-new-vibe-coded-launcher/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105635 Points: 210 # Comments: 225
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The Terminator Problem: How Teaching an LLM One Bad Habit Can Change Its Behavior
To understand why this happens, we need to connect three ideas: how models learn, how they generalize beyond their examples, and how they exhibit different kinds of behavior.
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Muse Spark Open
https://dev.meta.ai/resources/blog/build-with-muse-spark-ope... https://huggingface.co/meta-models/Muse-Spark-Open-816B-A42B https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/15/meta-launches-new-muse-spark-... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107379 Points: 411 # Comments: 255
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So You Want To Make Your SDR Work On Other Frequencies
Perhaps the most exciting news of the past few weeks in the world of hardware hacking has been the unlocking of hidden SDR functionality in the Wi-Fi radios found on …read more
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