More Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
“To be clear, the current economics of space-based data centers don’t make sense,” writes the Wall Street Journal.
“But they could in the future, perhaps as soon as a decade or so from now, according to an analysis by Phil Metzger, a research professor at the University of Central Florida and formerly of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. … ⌘ Read more
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Noticed this swollen nodule on my cat’s lower lip. Should we be concerned? ⌘ Read more
Apple Exploring Touch-Sensitive Layers Built Into Official iPhone Cases
Apple is developing official iPhone cases that act like secondary touch interfaces for future devices, claims a new rumor out of China.
According to known Weibo-based leaker Instant Digital, Apple is looking to make protective cases for its Pro models that directly integrate touch-based … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Executives Discuss How AI Will Change Windows, Programming – and Society
“Windows is evolving into an agentic OS,” Microsoft’s president of Windows Pavan Davuluri posted on X.com, “connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere.”
But former Uber software engineer and engineering manager Gergely Orosz was unimpressed. “Can’t see any re … ⌘ Read more
Chinese Astronauts Return From Their Space Station After Delay Blamed on Space Debris Damage
“Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday,” reports the Associated Press, “after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris.”
The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft i … ⌘ Read more
Just came back from Instanbul. I rate the city 11/11 cats. ⌘ Read more
Rust in Android: More Memory Safety, Fewer Revisions, Fewer Rollbacks, Shorter Reviews
Android’s security team published a blog post this week about their experience using Rust. Its title? “Move fast and fix things.”
Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in new code quickly yields durable and compounding gains. This year we look … ⌘ Read more
I went to McDonald’s to try their new pickle sandwich, found a new friend ⌘ Read more
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Some Americans Are Trying to Heat Their Homes With Bitcoin Mining
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:
[T]he computing power of crypto mining generates a lot of
heat, most which just ends up vented into the air. According to
digital assets brokerage, K33, the bitcoin mining industry generates about 100 TWh of heat annually — enough to heat all of
Finland.This energy waste within a very energy- … ⌘ Read more
Said goodbye to my sweet baby boy on Friday 🥺 I miss him so much ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.18-rc6 Released With Fix For ARM64 “Catastrophic Performance Issue”
Linus Torvalds is out today with the eighth weekly test release of the Linux 6.18 kernel in working toward the stable release at the end of the month… ⌘ Read more
6.18-rc6: mainline
Version:6.18-rc6 (mainline)Released:2025-11-16Source:linux-6.18-rc6.tar.gzPatch:full ( incremental) ⌘ Read more
Apple Speeds Planning for Replacing CEO Tim Cook Next Year
From the Business Standard:
Apple has accelerated its succession plans as the company prepares for Chief Executive Tim Cook to potentially step down as early as next year, Financial Times reported. Apple’s board and senior leaders have recently increased their focus on a smooth leadership transition after Cook’s more than 14 years at the helm of the $4 tril … ⌘ Read more
Kysáč si pripomenul sté výročie narodenia Andreja Ferka
V nedeľu 16. novembra 2025 si Kysáč dôstojne pripomenul sté výročie narodenia svojho významného rodáka – lekára, básnika, partizána a kultúrneho pracovníka Andrejа Ferka. Spomienkové podujatie sa začalo odhalením pamätnej tabule na dome, v ktorom sa Ferko narodil, a pokračovalo bohatým kultúrno-umeleckým programom venovaným jeho životu, dielu a odkazu. ⌘ Read more
Wife sent this. “I can’t even play in peace” ⌘ Read more
Deaths Linked to Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Rose 17% in England in 2024
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:
The number of deaths linked to superbugs that do not respond to frontline antibiotics increased by 17% in England last year, according to official figures that raise concerns about the ongoing increase in antimicrobial resistance.
The figures, released by the UK H … ⌘ Read more
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada ⌘ Read more
Trump envoy warns Greece that US wants China out of Piraeus port ⌘ Read more
Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Atlantis’ discovered submerged beneath Lake Issyk Kul
The remains of a settlement dating back centuries has been found beneath the surface of the lake. While Atlantis remains the quintessential fabled ‘lo… ⌘ Read more
The Internet Archive Now Captures AI-Generated Content (Including Google’s AI Overviews)
CNN profiled the non-profit Internet Archive today — and included this tidbit about how they archive parts of the internet that are now “tucked in conversations with AI chatbots.”
The rise of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots means the Internet Archive is changing how it records the history of t … ⌘ Read more
Ukraine Hits Russian Black Sea Gas Platforms With Underwater Torpedo Drones ⌘ Read more
Hello neighbor ⌘ Read more
Putin makes almost no progress in Ukraine compared with Stalin’s WWII success, says Finland’s Stubb ⌘ Read more
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Could Firefox Be the Browser That Protects the Privacy of AI Users?
Tech entrepreneur/blogger Anil Dash has been critical of AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. (He’s written that Atlas “substitutes its own AI-generated content for the web, but it looks like it’s showing you the web,” while its prompt-based/command-line interface resembles a clunky text adventure, and it’s true purpose seems to be ingesting more … ⌘ Read more
Unipi Edge E410, E411, and E413 Controllers Built on Raspberry Pi CM4
Unipi has introduced the Edge E410, E411, and E413 controllers, a family of DIN-rail industrial devices based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The systems combine PLC, RTU, IPC, and gateway functionality in a compact chassis targeting building automation, HVAC control, energy management, and industrial monitoring. All three models use the quad-core Arm Cortex-A72 […] ⌘ Read more
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela ⌘ Read more
Are Data Centers Raising America’s Electricity Prices?
Residential utility bills in America “rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period in the previous year,” reports CNBC, citing statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration:
The reasons for price increases are often complex and vary by region. But in at least three states with high concentrations of data centers, electric bills cl … ⌘ Read more
Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast, hits elite Rubikon drone base ⌘ Read more
Security Researchers Spot 150,000 Function-less npm Packages in Automated ‘Token Farming’ Scheme
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Register:
Yet another supply chain attack has hit the npm registry in what Amazon describes as “one of the largest package flooding incidents in open source registry history” — but with a twist. Instead of injecting credential-steal … ⌘ Read more
How do I remove her from my math homework? ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Highlights The Shortcomings With Wayland Screencasting
In addition to showing the need for unifying DRM driver-side APIs within the Linux kernel, NVIDIA’s Linux graphics driver team at XDC2025 also showcased the shortcomings of screencasting under Wayland… ⌘ Read more
Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain momentum ⌘ Read more
South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza ⌘ Read more
Never seen a cat this color before! this cat roams the neighborhood sometimes ⌘ Read more
Qt Moves Away From Direct RDRAND/RDSEED Usage For Better Performance & Less Bugs
The Qt toolkit is moving away from directly relying on the CPU’s RDRAND and RDSEED instructions for random number generation and to instead rely on the OS-supplied entropy… ⌘ Read more
Solar and Wind are Covering ALl New Power Demand in 2025
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:
Solar and wind are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand worldwide for the first three quarters of 2025, according to new data from energy think tank Ember.
The group now expects fossil power to stay flat for the full year, marking the first time since the pandemic that fossil generatio … ⌘ Read more
I really felt hurt after seeing this. 🥹💔 ⌘ Read more
Gen Z protests against Mexico president turn violent amid anger over mayor’s death ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.19 Landing Initial Display Support For Xe3P_LPD / Nova Lake
The upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle is set to introduce initial Xe3P_LPD GPU support for Nova Lake as well as beginning to build out support for the Crescent Island graphics card. Now joining DRM-Next with that initial Intel Xe3P_LPD code for Linux 6.19 is being able to drive displays with that Xe3 hardware… ⌘ Read more
Marco Rubio on UFO whistleblowers: ‘why make something up?’
The US Secretary of State is adamant that the UFO phenomenon deserves to be taken a lot more seriously. Rubio, who is one of the more prominent figure… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Linux Engineer Raises Point Around Unifying DRM Driver-Side API
One of the NVIDIA presentations at the recent XDC2025 developer conference was not around the NVIDIA driver itself but the ongoing fragmentation that’s happening within the Linux Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem and arguing the need for unifying more driver-side APIs for supporting different Linux DRM clinets… ⌘ Read more
Anthropic’s report smells a lot like bullshit
Article URL: https://djnn.sh/posts/anthropic-s-paper-smells-like-bullshit/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944296
Points: 511
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PureAudio Lotus DAC5 & Other PureAudio Hardware Supported For Linux 6.18
As part of this week’s sound subsystem fixes ahead of today’s Linux 6.18-rc6 kernel release is adding some quirks for supporting the PureAudio Lotus DAC5 and other PureAudio audio hardware… ⌘ Read more
Ukraine to import gas from Greece as Zelenskiy seeks €2 billion to cover winter energy needs ⌘ Read more
Friday was the single worst day of my life. ⌘ Read more
Britain to announce ‘most significant’ change to asylum rules in years, setting Europe’s longest route to settlement ⌘ Read more
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