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This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

wired.com Elise Cutts 2026-02-05 17:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 360 BC, Plato envisioned the cosmos as an arrangement of five geometric shapes: flat-sided solids called polyhedra. These immediately became important objects of mathematical study. So it might be surprising that, millennia later, mysteries still surround even the simplest shape in Plato’s polyhedral universe: the tetrahedron, which has just four triangular faces. One major open problem, for instance, asks how densely you can p

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ESP32 Bus Pirate 0.5 – A hardware hacking tool that speaks every protocol

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 10:56:16

ESP32 Bus Pirate ESP32 Bus Pirate is an open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol hacker's tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate. It supports sniffing, sending, scripting, and interacting with various digital protocols (I2C, UART, 1-Wire, SPI, etc.) via a serial terminal or web-based CLI. Features Interactive command-line interface (CLI) via USB Serial or WiFi Web . Modes for: HiZ (default) I2C (scan, glitch, slave mode, dump) SPI (flash, sdcard, slave mode) UAR

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Debian 13 "Trixie"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 15:18:45

Debian 13 trixie released August 9th, 2025 After 2 years, 1 month, and 30 days of development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 13 (code name trixie ). trixie will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and the Debian Long Term Support team. Debian 13 trixie ships with several desktop environments, such as: GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXDE 13, LXQt 2.1.0, Xfce 4.20 This release contains over 14,100 new packag

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A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2026-02-05 15:40:47

Quantum computing is either a distant dream or an imminent reality depending on whom you ask. And while much of this year's Quantum Village at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas is focused on emerging research and threat analysis, Village cofounders Victoria Kumaran and Mark Carney are also working to make a currently available quantum technology more accessible to hackers and anyone else. In a main-stage Defcon talk on Saturday, the pair will present an open source and affordable quan

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I can never go back to a phone without this display feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-05 15:00:56

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority I have never been the kind to rise and shine. For the 31 years of my existence — or, at least, for the major chunk I remember vividly, waking up early in the morning has been a woeful exercise for me, unless, of course, it is for traveling or hosting people I love. Instead, I can feel the neurons in my brain firing up better in the dead of the night, and so, I have made the effort to ensure the tech in my life is best suited to make better use of those hours. T

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ESP32 Bus Pirate 0.5 – A Hardware Hacking Tool That Speaks Every Protocol

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 16:56:16

ESP32 Bus Pirate ESP32 Bus Pirate is an open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol hacker's tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate. It supports sniffing, sending, scripting, and interacting with various digital protocols (I2C, UART, 1-Wire, SPI, etc.) via a serial terminal or web-based CLI. Features Interactive command-line interface (CLI) via USB Serial or WiFi Web . Modes for: HiZ (default) I2C (scan, glitch, slave mode, dump) SPI (flash, sdcard, slave mode) UAR

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Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 15:01:31

Dementias such as Alzheimer's disease are estimated to affect more than 57.4 million people worldwide, a number that is expected to almost triple to 152.8 million cases by 2050. The impacts on the individuals, families and caregivers and society at large are immense. While there are some indications that the prevalence of dementia is decreasing in Europe and North America, suggesting that it may be possible to reduce the risk of the disease at a population level, elsewhere the picture is less p

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3 portable power stations I travel everywhere with (and how they differ)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-02-05 16:07:15

'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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Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 18:37:30

AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued. This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dash

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This epic Severance mural might be the coolest thing you see all week

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-02-06 03:07:17

LA is populated with marketing materials for all sorts of entertainment, but this giant painted Severance mural is one-of-a-kind. Apple shared photos of “The Exalted Victory of Cold Harbor” mural on display near an Apple TV+ billboard on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles this week. The finishing touches were put on the mural at the end of July, according to passersby on social media. These are the shots shared by Apple, including a selfie by Severance lead actor Adam Scott: Meanwhile, a Facebook

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For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-06 03:06:25

When a Spinosaurus attacked a T. rex in Jurassic Park III, both giant carnivores tried to finish the fight with one powerful bite of their bone-crushing jaws. The Spinosaurus won, because when the movie was being made back in the early 2000s, fossil discoveries suggested it was the largest carnivorous dinosaur that ever lived. But new research provides evidence that size and weight didn’t always create a powerful bite. “The Spinosaurus and the T. rex didn’t live at the same time at the same con

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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-06 08:26:16

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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James Gunn Doesn’t Want You to Trust Anything About ‘The Batman Part II’ Until It Comes From Him

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2026-02-06 12:30:44

The Hollywood rumor mill is nothing new, especially when it comes to high-profile projects, but social media can encourage speculation to spiral out of control. While DC’s James Gunn is no stranger to chaos, one recent rumor prompted him to take to social media to warn against believing things that don’t come through verified channels—a position Gunn can take, being the rare studio head who’s terminally online enough to nip disinformation in the bud. Gunn put his foot down regarding the specula

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Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-06 12:54:39

I unequivocally loved the first season of The Sandman, the Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's influential graphic novel series (of which I am longtime fan). I thought it captured the surreal, dream-like feel and tone of its source material, striking a perfect balance between the anthology approach of the graphic novels and grounding the narrative by focusing on the arc of its central figure: Morpheus, lord of the Dreaming. It's been a long wait for the second and final season, but S2 retains al

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New Gel Could Heal Stubborn Diabetic Wounds in Under 2 Weeks

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2026-02-06 17:55:22

For people with diabetes, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and nerves, leading to chronic wounds that stay open for months. But a new gel-based treatment could massively speed up the healing process for people with diabetes, allowing wounds to close in just days, according to a new study. The new treatment targets thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a protein that inhibits the growth of new blood vessels, a crucial step in the healing process. Targeting this protein increased new blood vessel fo

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Have stock questions? Google Finance tests new AI chatbot

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-02-06 22:22:00

panithan pholpanichrassamee ZDNET's key takeaways: Google Finance is getting an AI upgrade, including a chatbot. The upgrade comes with a live news feed, plus other features. It will roll out to US users in the coming weeks. You'll soon be able to ask Google Finance all your money questions via a new AI chatbot, the company announced in a blog post on Friday. Google says the bot can answer "detailed questions about the financial world" and return responses with relevant web links. Also: Ho

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How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-06 22:30:47

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phony citations. Already, the community of Wikipedia volunteers has mobilized to fight back against AI slop, somethi

Topics: ai foundation generated wikimedia wikipedia

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U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-07 12:30:11

The U.S. Federal Judiciary confirms that it suffered a cyberattack on its electronic case management systems hosting confidential court documents and is strengthening cybersecurity measures. The organization stated that, while most documents in the system are public, certain sealed filings contain sensitive information that is now protected with stricter access controls aimed at blocking hackers. "The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case doc

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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-07 12:28:29

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2026-02-07 22:00:00

A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wi-Fi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.” After a closer look and some googling, Garcia figured out that a company by that name was a subsidiary of Motorola, and the devices he’d found in his scho

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Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-08 10:43:28

An unknown threat actor has stolen the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of nearly 870,000 Columbia University current and former students and employees after breaching the university's network in May. Established in 1767 as King's College, Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university with a budget of $6.6 billion in 2024, over 20,000 employees, including 4,700 academic staff, and over 35,000 enrolled students across 19 schools and special programs. The

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These Sony headphones are a fan favorite - and they're on sale at Amazon at a new low price

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-02-08 10:00:17

'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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Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-08 12:00:25

Both the U.S. and China have set their sights on the Moon, aiming to break ground on permanent lunar bases within the next decade. Though there’s no legal basis for claiming territory in space, whichever country gets there first will gain a coveted first-mover advantage, allowing it to set certain ground rules about who can do what, where. But getting there first is only half the battle. Actually establishing a sustained lunar presence presents significant logistical and engineering challenges.

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Sony insists Xperia phones are ‘very important’ to it

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2026-02-08 12:17:57

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. CFO Lin Tao mentioned Sony’s beleaguered phone brand at the company’s recent financial results presentation, calling it “a very important business for us,” according to CNET Japan. Once upon a time, Xperia mattered to Sony because it still held a healthy chunk of Japan’s phone market. Th

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The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-08 05:03:59

The Browser Company has announced a subscription plan for Dia, its new AI-powered browser. Here are the details. Dia now offers a Dia Pro subscription plan A couple of months ago, The Browser Company launched Dia, its new crack at an AI-powered browser. That came after it decided to shut down the Arc browser, much to the dismay of passionate and highly engaged early adopters who enjoyed the company’s completely different take on what a browser should look like and behave. With Dia, which rem

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Android phone feeling slow? How I changed one setting to instantly double the speed

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2026-02-08 15:30:17

'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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17 iOS settings I changed to instantly improve my iPhone battery life

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-02-08 14:00:17

'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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Secretive, Peter Thiel-Founded ‘Tech Bilderberg” Group Is Moving Up in the World

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-02-08 12:30:57

A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C., according to a report from Axios. The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players. Working off information provided by a source with knowledge of the group’s activities, Axios claims that Dialog—which it says is “often compared to a tech-era Bilderberg”—has plans for

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Lotus is the latest carmaker to upgrade CarPlay

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-02-08 22:37:23

British sports car maker Lotus is upgrading the CarPlay experience for iPhone users this week with a free software update. Starting this week, Spatial Audio in CarPlay is available in the electric Eletre and Emeya models from Lotus. The update enhances Apple Music playback with immersive Dolby Atmos sound, powered by KEF’s premium in-car audio systems. Pushing the boundaries of the in-car listening experience, ELETRE and EMEYA are equipped with ground-breaking technologies from legendary Briti

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Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-07 20:45:20

In Brief Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the 19-year-old software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). According to reports citing local authorities, Coristine — who left DOGE in June but quickly returned to federal service at the Social Security Administration to help improve the agency’s website

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This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

ESP32 Bus Pirate 0.5 – A hardware hacking tool that speaks every protocol

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Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia

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Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told

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Have stock questions? Google Finance tests new AI chatbot

How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

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Lotus is the latest carmaker to upgrade CarPlay

Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine

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