Mother’s voice seems to boost language development in premature babies
Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if they regularly heard their mother read them a story while in intensive care ⌘ Read more
Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
Article URL: https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575391
Points: 501
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Your diet is probably dangerously acidic but there’s a simple solution
Nutrition scientists have unlocked an entirely new way of thinking about why certain foods are good for you and others are harmful. Here’s what to eat to function at your best ⌘ Read more
Chatbots work best when you speak to them with formal language
Are you terse and informal when speaking to an AI chatbot? If so, you might be getting worse answers than if you used more formal language ⌘ Read more
Retired Finnish intelligence detective spent tens of millions from lottery winnings to fight Russian espionage | Article in Ukrainian |Yle Novyny ⌘ Read more
A black hole fell into a star – then ate its way out again
Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as the star is consumed from within ⌘ Read more
What makes a quantum computer good?
Claims that one quantum computer is better than another rest on terms like quantum advantage or quantum supremacy, fault-tolerance or qubits with better coherence – what does it all mean? Karmela Padavic-Callaghan sifts through the noise ⌘ Read more
Coral reefs are at a tipping point after surging global temperatures
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences ⌘ Read more
How to Build a Solar Powered Electric Oven
Image: The insulated solar electric cooker that we build in this manual. Photo by Marie Verdeil. ARTICLE
- Cooking’s high power use
- [How to adapt an electric cooking device to solar power](#ada … ⌘ Read more
Why, in 2025, do we still need a 3rd party app to write a REST API with Django?
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No I don’t want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
Article URL: https://idiallo.com/byte-size/say-no-to-onedrive-backup
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45559023
Points: 501
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Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year
Article URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/0238213/microsofts-onedrive-begins-testing-face-recognizing-ai-for-photos-for-some-preview-users
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45551504](https … ⌘ Read more
The Tag
Article URL: https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45547566
Points: 507
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Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
Article URL: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/liquid-glass/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45544044
Points: 502
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Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters
The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical point” – researchers are now getting a clearer picture of when that point is reached ⌘ Read more
I noticed Google put out this article: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html it’s very current day Google, but the comments under the YouTube video are pretty on point and I saw a few familiar faces there. There is also, unexpectedly, ways to contact Google.
First a form for “teachers, students, and hobbyists”, that I filled politely, as someone who falls under their hobbyist category. It can be filled both anonymously, or with an e-mail attached, to be contacted by them (I chose the second option).
Also a general feedback and questions form, that I was not as polite in and used to send them the following message:
I have already provided some feedback, in the teacher, student and hobbyists form/questionaire, as well as an open letter I’ve recently sent to the European Commission digital markets act team, as I do believe your proposal might not even be legal, given the fact it puts privacy-focused alternative app stores at risk (https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and it was proposed this early, after Google lost in court to Epic Games, over similar monopoly concerns. Why should we trust Google to be the only authority for all developer signatures, right after the European courts labeled it a gatekeeper?
Assuming this gets passed, despite justified developer backlash and at best questionable legality, can you give us any guarantees, this will not be used to target legal malware-free mods, or user privacy enhancing patchers, like the ones used for applying the ReVanced patches? I have made a few mods myself, but I am in no way associated with the ReVanced team. I just share many peoples concerns, Google Chrome has been conveniently stripped of its manifest v2 support, that made many privacy protecting extensions possible and now you’re conveniently asking for the government IDs, of all the developers, who maintain these kinds of privacy protections (be it patches, or alternative open-source apps) on Android.
Serum based on plant extracts boosts hair growth in weeks
Applying a daily serum that contains extracts of a tropical plant improved hair density and strand thickness in just 56 days ⌘ Read more
Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost
By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental illness ⌘ Read more
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
Article URL: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/summary/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536700
Points: 504
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‘Sword Dragon’ ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a lethal snout
A beautifully preserved skeleton found on the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of the marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs ⌘ Read more
Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe
Redwing, a robotic submarine about the size of a surfboard, is embarking on a five-year journey that will follow the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage around the world ⌘ Read more
Therapy may be the most effective way to ease irritable bowel syndrome
People with irritable bowel syndrome are often only given treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy after others have failed, but research suggests this approach is more effective than we thought ⌘ Read more
We’ve discovered another reason why naked mole rats live for so long
The longevity of naked mole rats may partly be due to them having a variant of a key protein that boosts DNA repair – a discovery that could help extend our own lives ⌘ Read more
Swirly lasers can control an ungovernable cousin of magnetism
Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material’s atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which could let us build very stable and efficient memory devices ⌘ Read more
Hidden ecosystem of the ovaries plays a surprising role in fertility
A woman’s fertility declines with age, which is often attributed to a fall in egg number and quality, but the environment of the ovaries themselves may also be responsible ⌘ Read more
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45529587
Points: 504
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Top 250 oil and gas firms own just 1.5% of the world’s renewable power
Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy ⌘ Read more
King Richard III’s oral microbiome hints he had severe gum disease
The skeleton of King Richard III, which was found beneath a car park more than a decade ago, has well-preserved teeth, allowing scientists to sequence his oral microbiome ⌘ Read more
Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer to the norm
The first ever transplantation of a pig’s liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used to prolong, or even save, lives ⌘ Read more
Electrons inside graphene have been pushed to supersonic speeds
Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them to move so fast that they created dramatic shockwaves ⌘ Read more
Memory chips just 10 atoms thick could vastly increase capacity
A memory chip just 10 atoms thick has been tested in a lab and integrated into conventional chips, demonstrating a technology that could improve the capacity of our devices ⌘ Read more
The moon’s largest crater didn’t form in the way we thought
The impact that carved out the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon appears to have come from the north, not the south as previously thought – and NASA’s upcoming mission could investigate further ⌘ Read more
Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations
Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the testes with age ⌘ Read more
Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong
Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system ⌘ Read more
We found a bug in Go’s ARM64 compiler
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-found-a-bug-in-gos-arm64-compiler/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45516000
Points: 502
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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on molecular architecture
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have been honoured for the development of metal-organic frameworks, porous materials that can capture water or pollutants ⌘ Read more
Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after sales allegedly plummet
Article URL: https://www.guru3d.com/story/synology-reverses-policy-banning-thirdparty-hdds-after-nas-sales-plummet/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513485
Points: 512
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There are five types of sleep – here’s what that means for your health
Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity patterns ⌘ Read more
Is the universe really one big black hole?
According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density – given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could the whole cosmos be a black hole? ⌘ Read more
One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?
For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than anyone expected ⌘ Read more
Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle
Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances ⌘ Read more
Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino
Article URL: https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers–access-to-i
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502541
Points: 500
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Nobel prize for physics goes to trio behind quantum computing chips
The 2025 Nobel prize in physics has gone to three researchers, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, whose work has led to the development of today’s quantum computers ⌘ Read more