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Gizmodo Science Fair: An Experiment to Recreate the Smell of Ancient Mummies

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-06 08:00:13

A research team from the University of Ljubljana and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for reproducing the smell of mummies, offering a new window into Ancient Egyptian life, beliefs, and funerary customs. The question What did mummies smell like during the embalming process, and what can these aromas tell us about Ancient Egyptian customs? The result The recreated aroma blends notes of aged linen, pine resin, and citrus oils, with hints of natural pes

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MediaTek's Next Chip Will Boost Low-Power AI in Next Year's Top Android Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-06 03:00:03

MediaTek has unveiled its next big chip for premium Android phones, promising improvements for performance and AI operations. MediaTek's chip, the Dimensity 9500, debuts at a seemingly deliberate moment just days before Qualcomm is set to reveal its own silicon, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. While we don't know the latter's performance metrics, it will almost certainly compete with the Dimensity 9500 to run the most powerful Android smartphones. The first phones running MediaTek's new chip will

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Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center

wired.com Roshan Abraham 2025-11-06 08:00:00

Louisiana planning authorities have voted to rush through approval for three natural gas turbines to power Meta’s massive new data center in Richland Parish. When it’s done, the 4-million-square-foot facility will require more than 2 gigawatts of energy to run. On August 20, Louisiana’s Public Service Commission voted four to one to approve the construction of the plants, which will be run by the utility company Entergy Louisiana. The decision was met with criticism from members of the public w

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This Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 rival has impressive camera, ray tracing capabilities

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-06 09:00:22

Supplied by MediaTek TL;DR MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9500 processor, which is expected to power some flagship Android phones. The new chipset has an upgraded CPU with SME2 support, a GPU with major ray tracing upgrades, and plenty more features. OPPO and vivo are expected to be the first brands to launch Dimensity 9500 phones in the coming weeks. MediaTek is the world’s largest smartphone processor company by market share, but the company has typically played second fiddle to Qual

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Obsidian Note Codes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 21:22:38

Obsidian Note Codes 🦔 🦔 🦔 Obsidian with the Note Code plugin on the bottom right showing the code for a note about hedgehogs. I made a little plugin for Obsidian: Note Codes. It will assign a 4-character code to every note in your Obsidian vault. Those codes let you quickly reference notes in your vault from other places such as hand-written notes. Click here to try it out. To make things nicer, there's also a protocol handler, so something like obsidian://note-codes/open?code=XX-XX will o

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DSM Disorders Disappear in Statistical Clustering of Psychiatric Symptoms (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Awais Aftab 2025-11-06 03:24:50

“Reconstructing Psychopathology: A data-driven reorganization of the symptoms in DSM-5” by Miri Forbes, et al. (was available as a preprint at the time of writing this post, later published in Clinical Psychological Science) is a brilliantly designed and innovative study of the quantitative structure of psychopathology with important ramifications for our understanding of psychiatric classification. No one has conducted a study quite like this before, and the results are remarkable. It takes pla

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Powered by India’s small businesses, UK fintech Tide becomes a TPG-backed unicorn

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-06 08:00:00

U.K.-based fintech Tide has entered the unicorn club with a fresh funding of $120 million led by TPG, as the startup now serves over 1.6 million micro and small enterprises globally — with more than half of them based in India, the company’s largest and fastest-growing market. The new round — a mix of primary and secondary investment, though the startup declined to confirm the exact split — values the eight-year-old startup at $1.5 billion. It includes share sales by employees, early angels, an

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Sunday Night Football: How to Watch Chiefs vs. Giants Tonight

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-05 23:00:04

When to watch the Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Giants Sunday, Sept. 21, at 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT). Where to watch The Chiefs-Giants game will be broadcast nationally on NBC and stream on Peacock. Are we witnessing the end of the Chiefs' run? Winners of two of the last three Super Bowls and three of the last six, the Chiefs are winless after two games, with their explosive, creative offense looking like a thing of the past. A loss to the Giants would almost assuredly spell doom for th

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Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company

news.ycombinator.com Michael Savage 2025-11-05 22:15:11

A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers is said to be “on the verge of bankruptcy” after publishing the book. An MP has claimed in parliament that Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Meta’s precursor, Facebook, after her decision to speak out about her time at the company. Louise Haigh,

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New thermoelectric cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-06 00:43:21

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially available bulk thermoelectric materials. As global demand grows for more energy-efficient, reliable and compact cooling solutions, this advancement offers a scalable alternative to traditional compressor-based refrigeration.

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Canada dismantles TradeOgre exchange, seizes $40 million in crypto

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-05 17:11:40

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has shut down the TradeOgre cryptocurrency exchange and seized more than $40 million believed to originate from criminal activities. This is the first time a crypto exchange has been shut down by Canadian law enforcement, and it also marks the largest asset seizure in the country's history. TradeOgre was a small exchange platform that focused on user privacy and dealt in niche altcoins, as well as the harder-to-trace Monero cryptocurrency. It was known for al

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How to turn any photo on your iPhone into a trippy 3D spatial scene

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-11-05 16:00:29

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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PyPI Blog: Token Exfiltration Campaign via GitHub Actions Workflows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 12:09:47

Token Exfiltration Campaign via GitHub Actions Workflows Summary I recently responded to an attack campaign where malicious actors injected code into GitHub Actions workflows attempting to steal PyPI publishing tokens. PyPI was not compromised, and no PyPI packages were published by the attackers. Attackers targeted a wide variety of repositories, many of which had PyPI tokens stored as GitHub secrets, modifying their workflows to send those tokens to external servers. While the attackers suc

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Show HN: Math2Tex – Convert handwritten math and complex notes to LaTeX text

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-02 05:46:18

Hi HN, I’m the creator of Math2Tex. I was a PhD student, I spend a huge amount of my time working with LaTeX, especially when dealing with lecture notes, academic papers, and homework. I built *Math2Tex*, a lightweight tool that converts handwritten or printed academic content — especially math formulas — into LaTeX or text The Problem: I've always found it incredibly tedious to manually type out mathematical formulas, especially complex, multi-line equations from my handwritten notes or from

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Now, Netflix Is Rumored to Want Warner Bros.

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-05 16:30:03

The media industry is in a state of tumult, and major companies are being bought and reorganized at a rapid pace. Last week, it was reported that David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, wanted to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. This was notable since Ellison, who owns Skydance Media, just recently completed an $8 billion acquisition of another major Hollywood studio, Paramount. Now, there is reportedly another major party interested in buying WB: Netflix. Dylan Byers, of Puck News,

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Can't hear TV dialogue? This portable soundbar solved my audio problems for cheap

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-05 18:00:28

Creative Stage Pro soundbar ZDNET's key takeaways The Creative Stage Pro soundbar is available on Amazon for $170. This cost-effective soundbar excels at producing clear dialogue. The Stage Pro subwoofer won't blow you away, but it does add some depth to voices. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. This space-saving soundbar/subwoofer combo from Creative might not meet the lofty demands of an audiophile, but for anyone who wants more sound from their movie

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Save up to $700 on Razer's newest gaming laptop - and get a free game

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-11-05 18:00:37

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Don't make this SSD mistake - here's the model I recommend for easy data transferring

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-11-05 20:01:05

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Starfront Observatories

news.ycombinator.com Starfront Observatories 2025-11-02 09:59:13

Mini Pier Up to a 32" swing diameter & only OFP2 for FP $149/month

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Less is safer: How Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 18:02:29

Supply chain attacks are malicious updates that sneak into open source code used by many apps. Here’s how we design Obsidian to ensure that the app is a secure and private environment for your thoughts. Less is safer It may sound obvious but the primary way we reduce the risk of supply chain attacks is to avoid depending on third-party code. Obsidian has a low number of dependencies compared to other apps in our category. See a list of open source libraries on our Credits page. Features like

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Less is safer: how Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-06 00:02:29

Supply chain attacks are malicious updates that sneak into open source code used by many apps. Here’s how we design Obsidian to ensure that the app is a secure and private environment for your thoughts. Less is safer It may sound obvious but the primary way we reduce the risk of supply chain attacks is to avoid depending on third-party code. Obsidian has a low number of dependencies compared to other apps in our category. See a list of open source libraries on our Credits page. Features like

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Best early October Prime Day 2025 PC gaming deals: Save big on laptops and accessories

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-11-06 16:25:49

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Nvidia eyes $500M investment into self-driving tech startup Wayve

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-11-06 16:55:54

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang descended on the United Kingdom this week, armed with a pledge to invest £2 billion ($2.6 billion) to supercharge the country’s AI startup ecosystem. Wayve, the UK-based self-driving tech startup, could be one of those to receive funds from Nvidia’s AI investment commitment, the company told TechCrunch. Wayve said it has signed a letter of intent with Nvidia to evaluate a $500 million strategic investment in the U.K. startup’s next funding round. Nvidia participated in W

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James Bond Wannabes: The UK's Spy Office Says Learn to Use a VPN

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-06 20:26:03

Like your martinis shaken, not stirred? If you have dreams of joining James Bond in the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, you'd better know how to use a virtual private network. On Friday, the outgoing chief of MI6, Richard Moore, announced a new dark web portal called Silent Courier that MI6 will use to recruit agents online. If you want to use it, make sure you're familiar with VPNs. Silent Courier marks MI6's first attempt to use the dark web for recruitment. The government statemen

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Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-07 06:20:53

President Trump on Friday announced that the TikTok deal, which would potentially see the video platform controlled by a consortium of U.S. investors, had been approved by President Xi of China. TikTok owner ByteDance also issued a public statement saying the company would work to ensure that TikTok “remains available to American users through TikTok U.S.” No further details about the deal were offered at the time. The two countries have been working on a way to save TikTok’s U.S. business, af

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Best early Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals 2025: My favorites sales ahead of October

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-07 11:02:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Nvidia Wants in on the Robotaxi Race

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-07 11:25:10

Nvidia is in talks to invest $500 million in the London-based self-driving car startup Wayve Technologies. Nvidia’s interest comes as the sci-fi dream of driverless cars inches closer to reality. Alphabet’s Waymo robotaxis already roam several U.S. cities, Tesla is testing its own service in Austin, and Amazon’s Zoox taxis—which have no steering wheels or pedals—just started offering rides in Las Vegas this month. The tech for driverless cars is accelerating so quickly that Uber CEO Dara Khosr

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If You're Waking Up to Pee in The Middle of the Night, Here's How to Prevent It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-07 14:48:00

Often, you can't help it if you wake up in the middle of the night and need to use the bathroom. The problem with this is when they become multiple bathroom trips that disrupt your sleep. There are several simple lifestyle changes you can make to help you sleep through the night. However, if you try these tips and still find yourself waking up, it could be a sign of a common medical condition called nocturia. We'll walk you through when it might be time to talk to your doctor. Don't miss any of

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Intel Arc Celestial dGPU seems to be first casualty of Nvidia partnership

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-07 20:51:29

Moore's Law Is Dead has provided an update regarding the specs and release date of the Intel Arc B770, an upcoming high-end Battlemage GPU. In the aftermath of Intel's partnership with Nvidia, the leaker also claims that the next-gen Arc Celestial desktop GPU appears to have been canceled. 4 Reviews ← exclude selected types While we haven’t heard anything of substance regarding Intel’s high-end Arc Battlemage B770 desktop GPU for months now, the GPU is reportedly alive and coming this quarter.

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Him is a grueling and messy takedown of American football culture

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-11-07 21:00:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. There is a certain degree of body horror baked into American football that becomes readily apparent whenever players sustain gruesome, career-ending injuries on camera. For some, football’s overt violence is part of its appeal, and players are seen as people who have chosen to risk their safety in pursuit of fame and glory. Over the y

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Gizmodo Science Fair: An Experiment to Recreate the Smell of Ancient Mummies

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