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What Breaks a Cell's Ribs Can Make It Stronger

A scientific look at how cellular stress and physical damage can potentially make cells more resilient.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

NSA tries to weaken mlkem standardisation

Reports suggest the NSA is attempting to influence the standardization of ML-KEM to introduce weaknesses into the post-quantum cryptography standard.

Other The Verge

The video game disc is dead

Analysis of the decline of physical game media as Sony and Microsoft transition toward fully digital gaming ecosystems.

Other The Verge

Influencer screenings aren’t going away

Universal Pictures continues to include influencers in advanced movie screenings, reflecting the shift in the modern entertainment press.

Other Ars Technica

Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?

A recap of NASA's struggles and delays in getting critical new rocket systems ready for future missions.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250

Plex introduces a new 5-year membership pass for $250 as part of its strategy to increase long-term user commitment.

AI/ML Hacker News

Launch HN: Manufact (YC S25) – MCP Cloud

Manufact is a YC S25 startup launching MCP Cloud, a cloud-based implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Other Hacker News

The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing

Reports on price fixing by the Egg Bandits, noting that the fines paid were significantly lower than the profit gained from the activity.

Open Source Hacker News

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform

Introduction to PeerTube, a free, decentralized and federated video platform.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II

Melinda Gates' venture firm Pivotal Ventures has backed Magnify Ventures' $46.6 million Fund II.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed donating 5% of the company's equity to a US sovereign wealth fund.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI

TV Time, a popular TV tracking app, is shutting down as its parent company Whip Media pivots toward enterprise AI products.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

A Methodology for Investigating AI Patterns Prevalence in Software Repositories

A research paper proposing a methodology to identify and validate the prevalence of AI patterns in software repositories using active learning.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Auditing Forgetting in Limited Memory Language Models

A study on 'forgetting' in Limited Memory Language Models (LMLMs), discovering that post-deletion correctness is primarily driven by retrieval artifacts rather than parametric memory.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Identifying Latent Concepts and Structures for Generalized Category Discovery

Introduction of Compositional Primitive Fields (CPF-GCD), a framework that improves open-world category discovery by modeling visual primitives and their spatial layouts.

AI/ML arXiv cs.AI

Loss Smoothing for Stable Adaptation Under Distribution Shift

A research paper proposing 'loss smoothing' to stabilize model adaptation under distribution shift by interpolating between source and target training objectives.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

AI Can't Be Listed as Inventor on Patent Applications, Japan's Top Court Rules

Japan's top court has ruled that AI cannot be listed as an inventor on patent applications, reaffirming that only natural persons can hold this status.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: CLI tool for detecting non-exact code duplication with embedding models

A new CLI tool utilizes embedding models to detect non-exact code duplication, moving beyond simple text matching.

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How to ask for help from people who don't know you

A guide on the social dynamics and etiquette of asking for technical help from strangers or people who don't know you.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Mail Memories – A desktop app to rescue photos from Gmail

Mail Memories is a desktop application designed to help users extract and rescue photos stored within their Gmail accounts.