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Scientists Scanned the Brains of Hardcore Gooners and Found Something Ominous

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-10 19:45:42

Image by Getty / Futurism Neuroscience/Brain Science Watching a whole bunch of smut has some major side effects — and no, we're not just talking about stained bedsheets. In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, researchers at the Chengdu Medical College in China found that people who watch a lot of pornography had lower cognitive performance and showed signs of neurological arousal akin to opioid addiction. It's new data in a swirling debate over whether watchi

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Ryuk ransomware’s initial access expert extradited to the U.S.

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-10 09:05:35

A member of the notorious Ryuk ransomware operation who specialized in gaining initial access to corporate networks has been extradited to the United States. The suspect is a 33-year-old foreign man who was arrested in April 2025 in his home in Kyiv at the request of the FBI. He was extradited to the United States yesterday, June 18. In 2023, the Ukrainian cyber police, the National Police, and international law enforcement partners began investigating a ransomware operation whose members carr

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Show HN: EnrichMCP – A Python ORM for Agents

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 20:32:21

EnrichMCP The ORM for AI Agents - Turn your data model into a semantic MCP layer EnrichMCP is a Python framework that helps AI agents understand and navigate your data. Built on MCP (Model Context Protocol), it adds a semantic layer that turns your data model into typed, discoverable tools - like an ORM for AI. What is EnrichMCP? Think of it as SQLAlchemy for AI agents. EnrichMCP automatically: Generates typed tools from your data models from your data models Handles relationships between

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Homegrown Closures for Uxn

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 20:29:35

Homegrown closures for uxn at least, kind of... For a week or so now, I've been writing niënor, a "lispy environment for uxn". I did not want it to become a full-blown lisp but just another way of writing uxntal. Uxntal is a bit too dense for my liking, and I prefer lisp/scheme s-expression syntax. Niënor is just a compiler and a macroexpander that takes in scheme-like code and spits out uxn roms. This article describes my homegrown method of creating lexically scoped closures in this environ

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Studio Ulster launches $96.5M virtual production facility

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-09-11 00:00:00

Northern Ireland’s Studio Ulster is launching its virtual production facility that represents more than $96.5 million (£72 million) in investment. Belfast-based Studio Ulster said it is celebrating its launch today as the world’s most advanced virtual production facility spanning 75,000 square feet. Studio Ulster is designed to support productions at every scale, from blockbuster films and high-end television to AAA game development and world-class animation. The facility integrates real-time

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Hilarious, Kaleidoscopic, Monster-Hunting Bop

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-11 04:00:16

In an era where K-pop music groups have undeniably become a dominant force in the global music scene, Sony Pictures Animation‘s latest film, KPop Demon Hunters, does more than ride the wave of this craze. It cleverly presents the phenomenon in an action-packed animated film that serves as a gateway for parents who are curious about why their kids are so enamored with synchronized choreography. What’s more, the movie demystifies the idols, portraying them as regular people, and weaves a touching

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Guess I'm a Rationalist Now

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-11 04:22:06

A week ago I attended LessOnline, a rationalist blogging conference featuring many people I’ve known for years—Scott Alexander, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Zvi Mowshowitz, Sarah Constantin, Carl Feynman—as well as people I’ve known only online and was delighted to meet in person, like Joe Carlsmith and Jacob Falkovich and Daniel Reeves. The conference was at Lighthaven, a bewildering maze of passageways, meeting-rooms, sleeping quarters, gardens, and vines off Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, which has rece

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Struggling With Hair Loss? This New Prescription Gummy Could Help Regrow It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 06:43:31

You've tried the serums, the vitamins and the topical solutions. But have you tried a prescription gummy for hair loss? Hers, a telehealth company that provides online healthcare services and products for women, announced the launch of its Biotin plus Minoxidil Gummy, the first-of-its-kind prescription gummy formulated to support hair regrowth. Available through forhers.com, this gummy combines prescription-strength minoxidil, the only FDA-approved ingredient for female hair loss, with biotin, a

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Texas Instruments unveils $60 billion 'historic' plan to expand US chipmaking

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-11 12:47:00

Forward-looking: Texas Instruments has unveiled plans to invest more than $60 billion to expand its semiconductor manufacturing operations in the United States, marking what the company describes as the largest single investment in foundational chip production in US history. The initiative will include the construction and expansion of seven semiconductor fabrication plants across Texas and Utah, a move expected to create approximately 60,000 jobs. The investment comes amid ongoing efforts by t

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ChatGPT will analyze Gmail emails, manage schedule on Google Calendar

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-11 12:29:30

ChatGPT appears to be testing support for Gmail and Google Calendar integration. This will allow users to summarise emails and create events. ChatGPT already supports Gmail integration, but it's tied to Deep Research. Right now, you can use information from Gmail in your Deep Research reports, but it's not possible to pull up emails from Gmail and summarise them. As spotted by Tibor on X, ChatGPT is now actively testing support for integrating Gmail and Calendar, so you can stay "organized."

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Christopher Eccleston’s ‘Doctor Who’ Regeneration Remains One of the Show’s Best

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-11 12:00:53

Twenty years ago this week, the first season of the revived era of Doctor Who came to an end with “The Parting of the Ways,” as did the tenure of Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. Ready to sacrifice it all to stop the Daleks, the Ninth Doctor’s final moments remain a vital moment in Doctor Who history. It was the first time in decades since Doctor Who had asked its audience to trust in the magic of the series’ defining trick to survival and re-invention: the magic of regeneration itself. Ec

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This simple app lets you run your Steam games on Android, no streaming required

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-11 22:52:11

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR GameNative makes it easy to play your Steam library on Android via Winlator. The Pluvia fork adds support for titles with DRM and more optimizations. It’s open-source, but take care when logging in with your Steam credentials. Windows emulation on Android has made some progress lately, but it’s nowhere near as user-friendly as most retro game emulators. A new app called GameNative attempts to change that by making your Steam library playable with minim

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Krispy Kreme says November data breach impacts over 160,000 people

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-11 23:59:49

U.S. doughnut chain Krispy Kreme confirmed that attackers stole the personal information of over 160,000 individuals in a November 2024 cyberattack. The American multinational coffeehouse chain employed 22,800 people in 40 countries as of December 2023 and operates 1,521 shops and 15,800 points of access. It also manages four "Doughnut Factories" in the United States and 37 others internationally, and it partners with McDonald's to have its products sold in thousands of McDonald's locations wo

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I Spent Weeks Using Orb: It's Unlike Any Internet Speed Test I've Ever Used Before

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 01:00:00

Internet speed tests aren't just for people who obsess over their internet connection. If you're having an inevitable home internet slowdown, my first recommendation is always to start with a speed test. In fact, I’ve tested and used dozens of internet speed tests -- the market is pretty saturated with them. Ideally, the best internet speed test is one that diagnoses your bandwidth blues as easily as possible -- no ads, no extra features you can’t make sense of and no slowing down your Wi-Fi. S

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7 Ways to Limit Your Endless Doomscrolling

wired.com David Nield 2025-09-12 01:00:00

If you actually measure the amount of time you spend scrolling through algorithm-led social media feeds each day, it will probably add up to more hours and minutes than you’d guess. Time can quickly slip away while you're checking up on friends, celebrities, the news, and the viral memes of the day. The term doomscrolling has sprung up to describe this behavior, which, let's face it, isn't usually the most edifying or the best for our mood. It's no surprise that the word began to gain traction

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Visual History of the Latin Alphabet

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 08:51:20

Image source: Wikimedia 1945: Founding of the United Nations. In response to the wars, terrorist regimes and genocides of the first half of the 20th century, the United Nations is founded as a global, international organization for the protection of human rights and the observance of international law.

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Elliptic Curves as Art

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-11 23:02:27

Elliptic Curves as Art Welcome to the website for our project visualizing elliptic curves. Be patient with us, this page is under construction! - Nadir Hajouji and Steve Trettel Papers Some Beautiful Illustrations

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Experiencing Hair Loss? This Green Apple Flavored Gummy Could Be What You Need

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 22:36:47

You've tried the serums, the vitamins and the topical solutions. But have you tried a prescription gummy for hair loss? Hers, a telehealth company that provides online healthcare services and products for women, announced the launch of its Biotin plus Minoxidil Gummy, the first-of-its-kind prescription gummy formulated to support hair regrowth. Available through forhers.com, this gummy combines prescription-strength minoxidil, the only FDA-approved ingredient for female hair loss, with biotin, a

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Quantum Hardware Readiness for Two-Step Quantum Search Algorithm

computer.org Ilse Paredes 2025-09-12 07:03:11

The traveling salesman problem (TSP) has challenged computer scientists for decades. Finding the shortest route that visits all cities exactly once sounds simple, but it becomes computationally explosive as the number of destinations grows. With applications spanning logistics, manufacturing, and network optimization, any breakthrough in solving TSP efficiently could transform entire industries. A recent paper published in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering by Rei Sato, Cui Gordon, Kazuhi

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Fed Rate Cuts Unlikely This Summer. Are Lower Mortgage Rates Still Possible?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 06:47:00

The Fed's interest rate decisions impact mortgages, but the relationship isn't straightforward. Tharon Green/CNET There's a wild amount of uncertainty in today's economy, but one thing is clear: The Federal Reserve isn't planning to lower interest rates this summer. Mortgage rates, which have been stuck near 7% for the past several months, are likely to stay higher for longer. On June 18, Fed officials voted to leave borrowing rates unchanged for a fourth consecutive meeting. Holding interest

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 19, #739

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 11:00:07

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. There's a certain Olympic sport involved, and if you know the accessories that go with it, you'll ace that category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wor

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 19, #269

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 11:00:09

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition isn't too tough. I would argue that the yellow category isn't truly a sport, but what do I know? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game ha

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AutoMix on iOS 26 is going viral. Here's how to try the hottest iPhone feature yourself

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-09-12 16:52:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple Music users have often watched Spotify take the lead when it comes to innovative features and personalized listening experiences. But with the introduction of the new AutoMix feature, Apple Music may finally be closing the gap -- and even setting a new standard of its own. Also: How to install iOS 26 beta on your iPhone (and which models support it) What is AutoMix in Apple Music? At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, the company unveiled upgra

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‘Surpassing all my expectations’: Midjourney releases first AI video model amid Disney, Universal lawsuit

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-09-12 19:23:52

Popular AI image generation service Midjourney has launched its first AI video generation model V1, marking a pivotal shift for the company from image generation toward full multimedia content creation. Starting today, Midjourney’s nearly 20 million users can animate images via the website, transforming their generated or uploaded stills into 5-second long clips with options for extending the generation longer up to 20 seconds (in 5 second bursts), and guiding them with text. With the launch,

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From prompt chaos to clarity: How to build a robust AI orchestration layer

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-09-12 20:11:10

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Editor’s note: Emilia will lead an editorial roundtable on this topic at VB Transform next week. Register today. AI agents seem like an inevitability these days. Most enterprises already use an AI application and may have deployed at least a single-agent system, with plans to pilot workflows with multiple agents. Managing all that sprawl

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Spatializing 6k years of global urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000

news.ycombinator.com Reba 2025-09-09 07:53:25

Transcription Chandler’s book includes population data from 2250 BC to AD 1975 in various charts and tables. The book contains 656 9×5.5 inch pages and is divided into multiple sections, including Sources and Methods, Continental Tables and Maps (highlighting locations of major cities as illustrated in Fig. 4), Data Sheets for Ancient Cities (the main tables of the book shown in Fig. 1), Tables of the World’s Largest Cities, and Whereabouts of Unfamiliar Cities. Each page in the Data Sheets for

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xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-13 00:40:14

After thermal imaging appeared to show that xAI lied about suspected pollution at its Colossus supercomputer data center located near predominantly Black communities in Memphis, Tennessee, the NAACP has threatened a lawsuit accusing xAI of violating the Clean Air Act. In a letter sent to xAI on Tuesday, lawyers from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) notified xAI of the NAACP's intent to sue in 60 days if xAI refuses to meet to discuss the groups' concerns that xAI is not using the re

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Game Hacking – Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-13 04:19:31

Intro In 2002 Valve created an Anti-Cheat solution called “Valve Anti-Cheat” aka VAC. The first game they implemented VAC into was Counter-Strike. When VAC was introduced it only operated in User Mode (Still does) meaning it runs entirely in user space and has no kernel component. Below is a list of games that use VAC.. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Counter-Strike (video game) Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike 2 Day of Defeat

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Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-13 04:15:24

The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller interacting problems, according to an investigation by the Spanish government. The report concludes that several steps meant to address a small instability made matters worse, eventually leading to a self-reinforcing cascade where high voltages caused power plants to drop off the grid, thereby increasing the voltage further. Critically, the report suggests that the Spanish grid

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Devil May Cry and the early Mortal Kombat games join GOG’s Preservation Program

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-13 08:26:42

GOG’s Preservation Program launched in late 2024 and the number of included games has doubled since the initial wave, currently sitting at 183. The latest headline-grabbing additions are the first four mainline Devil May Cry games and Mortal Kombat 1+2+3. Devil May Cry: HD Collection was first released in 2012 and includes the first three entries in Capcom’s enduring action series, all playable in 1080p/60fps (a big deal at the time). Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, which celebrates its 10th

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Scientists Scanned the Brains of Hardcore Gooners and Found Something Ominous

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