A study of 2,362 deceased former NFL players estimated that 75% had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at death, compared with 0.6% in the general population

At least 68 killed in Spanish high-speed train crash

A 1,500 km survey of Arabia’s Empty Quarter found ancient lake beds at 55 sites but not a single stone tool

Just finished my multiplayer system in C and turns out we can support 50k players in a single server at 60hz simulation tick

Qwen3.8-27B on the iPhone 18 Neural Engine at 15–70 tok/s (1.5 bpw)

Acquiring TLS certificates at runtime

Redesigning Source Control at Anthropic

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may have found why so many men’s prostates grow bigger with age: a newly identified cell type (WIF1+ basal cells) packed around the urethra…

My attempt at ferris

Mother bats’ hearts beat faster at the sound of their own babies’ cries

Programming at Light Speed: Building the Gravity Query Engine

Spain train crash: 'At least 10 dead' in high-speed collision

Super Smash Bros creator Sakurai hits out at AI games for just copying others

Coordinated mosquito biting dynamics at the human skin interface

China’s First Fully AI-Generated Movie Flops at the Box Office

Geothermal amoeba discovered that can survive and even reproduce at the highest temperature ever recorded, 63°C (145°F)

Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things

Americans are losing enthusiasm for their jobs, with AI and remote workers at the centre of the decline

Virtual and Real World Combine at LAN Party (1998)

Agent-based simulation of work teams: under close monitoring, punishing and correcting managers produce nearly identical error counts (99.5 vs 99.2), but punitive teams are five times likelier to lose at least half their workforce (0.15 vs 0.03)

Someone debloated their Samsung Tizen OS TV by pointing a camera at it for Claude to see

The AI boom is happening at seven companies, the rest of the S&P 500 isn't seeing it

Menopause isn't a slow fade, it's a sudden switch: a study of 300 million lab tests from over one million women found bones, liver, kidneys, and blood fats all change abruptly at the final period

Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism

Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for use at border

1 in 3 American boys aged 13 to 17 follows Andrew Tate at least a little, and those who do are more likely to believe men should hide their emotions, be dominant and reject anything feminine

We have traits at home

Man granted first-of-its-kind religious exemption against mandatory AI use at work — Humanist argues that offloading his thinking to LLMs violates his beliefs…

New eye-tracking study finds men spend longer looking at attractive faces only if they're the sex they're attracted to, but women look longer at attractive faces of both men and women

Python jettisons the native JIT, at least for now

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