Google brings Gemma 3 QAT models to consumer GPUs
Google has released int4 quantized Gemma 3 variants tuned with Quantization Aware Training, positioning the models as a way to run stronger AI on consumer graphics cards.
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Synology’s drive-locking move risks alienating NAS buyers
A report cited by ServeTheHome says Synology plans to restrict features in upcoming 2025 Plus NAS models to its own branded hard drives, a move critics say deepens lock-in.
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A Doom-like game now fits inside a QR code
An open-source project called Backdooms compresses a browser game into a QR code, using decompression in the browser to turn a scan into a playable game.
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Google previews Gemini 2.5 Flash for faster, lower-cost reasoning
Google says Gemini 2.5 Flash is in preview and designed to improve reasoning while keeping speed and cost efficiency at the center for developers.
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CISA rescues the CVE program with an 11-month extension
After a contract lapse threatened MITRE’s CVE program, CISA executed an option period that keeps critical vulnerability-tracking services running for another 11 months.
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Webb telescope finds tentative chemical hints on exoplanet K2-18b
A Cambridge team reported possible DMS or DMDS in the planet's atmosphere, but the signal falls short of discovery standards and does not prove life.
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Rare Colossal Squid Filmed in South Atlantic
Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of a juvenile colossal squid in its natural deep-sea habitat near the South Sandwich Islands.
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Blue Origin’s NS-31 carries six women on suborbital flight from West Texas
Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn completed an approximately 11-minute New Shepard mission beyond the Kármán Line.
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A Reddit bot drove one writer to the edge of sanity
The post is a personal account of a bot experiment gone wrong, told as a tale of automation, irritation and eventual breakdown.
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A faster horse was not the point
The post uses a familiar innovation lesson to argue that people often ask for improvements inside old frames instead of rethinking the product itself.
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Why the best programmers stand out
The post is a short reflection on what separates top engineers from the rest, focusing on habits, judgment and execution.
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Sister’s Donated Womb Enables Landmark UK Birth
Baby Amy’s arrival completed a years-long clinical pathway for Grace Davidson, from transplant surgery and immunosuppression to IVF and a Caesarean delivery.
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Colossal Biosciences De-extincts Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences has successfully used genetic engineering to bring the dire wolf back to life, with three pups born in recent months.
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Standard Ebooks builds a high-craft library for public-domain readers
Standard Ebooks presents itself as a volunteer-driven project that turns public-domain titles into carefully formatted editions for modern ereaders.
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An argument for banning digital advertising entirely
A post on Simone.org argues that advertising has become such a structural problem online that the better answer may be to outlaw it.
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“Bored of it” turns an old phrase into a meditation on digital exhaustion
Paul Robert Lloyd’s short piece examines boredom, repetition and the uneasy sense that modern life keeps looping back on itself.
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A satirical image prompt revives the old adventurer archetype
A Substack post about an archeologist adventurer uses a familiar cinematic figure to explore how image models and prompt culture remix pop-culture tropes.
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Trump unveils broad US tariffs as markets and trading partners react
A 10% baseline levy on most countries, with higher rates for several major partners, prompted sharp market losses and plans for possible retaliation.
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A tiny Rust web framework pitches itself as lighter than a React button
The Show HN post presents Nue as a deliberately small alternative for app builders who want less framework overhead.
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A First Amendment warning says multiple pillars are under attack
The post argues that legal pressure, retaliation and institutional chill are converging on speech and press protections.
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FBI search at a prominent computer scientist’s home leaves questions unanswered
Authorities carried out court-authorized activity at a Carmel, Indiana address linked to a noted computer scientist, but did not disclose the target or purpose.
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uncrewed German-built Spectrum orbital rocket is launched in Andøya, Norway, becoming the first orbital rocket to launch from
A dated account of the technology development, based strictly on reporting from The Guardian and VG.
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Indian app manifests expose how widely phones are being profiled
A Substack investigation says several major Indian apps inspect installed-app lists in ways that may go beyond their core function.
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A practical guide to writing software blog posts developers actually finish
An essay on Refactoring English argues that software writing fails when authors delay the point, bury readers in jargon or choose the wrong audience.
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