July 2025 Archive
5251.
Show HN: I built a procedural universe in Python to explore simulation theory (github.com)
5252.
A Trio of US Treasury Hacks Exposes a Pattern Making Banks Nervous (bloomberg.com)
5253.
Two Envelopes Problem (en.wikipedia.org)
5254.
App that allows people to share ICE sightings boosted after White House backlash (nbcnews.com)
5255.
MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth (theregister.com)
5256.
Linux distros focused for too long on being as similar to Windows and Mac (twitter.com)
5257.
Remember the point-and-shoot digital cameras? Gen Z wants them (rnz.co.nz)
5258.
A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition (nature.com)
5259.
Self-optimisers: why 'microefficiencies' are on the rise (theguardian.com)
5260.
Instagram appears to be issuing fake Community Standards violations
5261.
China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths (nytimes.com)
5262.
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations (retractionwatch.com)
5263.
Potemkin Understanding in LLMs: New Study Reveals Flaws in AI Benchmarks (socket.dev)
5264.
Show HN: Built a lovable clone to see what makes agentic apps tick (github.com)
5265.
China relaxes visa rules to show off rich history and cyberpunk cool (washingtonpost.com)
5266.
Archaeologists in Peru unveil 3,500 year old city that linked coast and Andes (reuters.com)
5267.
Oxford explains what made Earth shake "every 90 seconds over nine days" in 2023 (neowin.net)
5268.
Companies Tried to Save Money with AI, Now Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes (futurism.com)
5269.
Study flags Canada's growing burden of chronic gut disease (ctvnews.ca)
5270.
Why Microsoft's enshittification of Xbox, Surface and Windows are all by design (windowscentral.com)
5271.
FedEx founder saved company from bankruptcy with blackjack winnings (2014) (businessinsider.com)
5272.
OpenBSD on the 2020 M1 MacBook Air (2022) (kernelpanic.life)
5273.
Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power? (theguardian.com)
5274.
Apple Appeals 'Unprecedented' €500M EU App Store Fine (bloomberg.com)
5275.
Efficient manipulation of binary data using pattern matching [pdf] (user.it.uu.se)
5276.
Look Google, We Have This New Private, Offline Alternative Now (news.itsfoss.com)
5277.
Show HN: AI-docs (Git-based workflow to manage AI-generated memory files) (github.com)
5278.
semgrep: Lightweight static analysis for many languages (github.com)
5279.
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations (retractionwatch.com)
5280.
Now I Won That AI Bet (astralcodexten.com)