Did Life Begin in an RNA World?
Some believe the earliest life emerged from self-copying molecules that could mutate and even evolve. But that may not have been enough. The post Did Life...
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F1 in Brazil: You’ve got to keep your tires alive
A topsy-turvy grid and intermittent rain resulted in a very entertaining race.
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Bizarre AI chip demo uses butter to highlight how new chip runs 40 degrees cooler than the competition
DEEPX demonstrated its DX-M1 processor’s cool running capabilities in a bizarre dairy-based thermal benchmark.
Read moreThe Biggest Threat to Your GRC Job Isn’t AI. It’s Ignoring AI.
AI agents are taking over routine governance, risk, and compliance tasks, forcing GRC professionals to rethink the skills needed to stay relevant. Anecdotes examines three essential...
Read more[$] Git considers voting to determine its LLM policy
One of the dominant themes of 2026 has been the debate within development projects about the terms under which LLM-written contributions should be accepted — if,...
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Radon Active
When you think about nuclear radiation, you often think about power plants, but it turns out there’s radioactive stuff all over the place: smoke detectors, granite...
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Why semantic layers will be essential for enterprise AI
AI can find your data. It can’t read your mind. AI agents can already reach into your CRM, your warehouse, The post Why semantic layers will...
Read moreKernel prepatch 7.4-rc2
Linus Torvalds has released the 7.4-rc2 prepatch and it will come as no surprise that it is a large one ("a big -rc2 to go with...
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The pillars of AI are shaking beneath our feet
Strap yourselves in, whatever happens next isn't going to be pretty.
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A Stellar Odd Couple at an Unusual Stage of Evolution
Millisecond pulsars are fascinating objects that serve as natural clocks in the Universe. They form by drawing material and angular momentum from a companion. This mass...
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Nintendo’s legendary Kirby designer Masahiro Sakurai weighs in on gen-AI, saying “it has yet to gain my trust” but not to reject it completely
Masahiro Sakurai, the designer behind many iconic Nintendo franchises such as Super Smash Bros. and several Kirby titles, has weighed in on the ongoing discussion of...
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