New evolutionary model reveals magma ocean on exoplanet L 98-59 d
Advanced atmospheric and interior modeling suggests that the exoplanet L 98-59 d sustains a permanent magma ocean that influences its long-term chemical evolution.
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Ageless Linux turns Debian overlay into protest against California age law
A Debian conversion project says it will deliberately withhold age data, using a reversible operating-system overlay to challenge California’s Digital Age Assurance Act.
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Essay argues entry-level Mac limits can be part of learning
Developer Sam Henri Gold says the $599 MacBook Neo should be judged not only by ideal workloads, but by what curious beginners may discover while pushing past its constraints.
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Computer scientist Tony Hoare dies at 92
The Turing Award winner, former Oxford professor and creator associated with quicksort, Hoare logic and ALGOL died on 5 March 2026.
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Ireland’s Moneypoint exit ended coal-fired electricity generation
The 915MW County Clare station stopped participating as a coal generator in June 2025, while retaining a limited emergency oil-backup role through 2029.
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Preprint reports significant acceleration in adjusted global warming data
Researchers Stefan Rahmstorf and Grant Foster say temperatures rose faster after 2015 than during any earlier 10-year period since 1945 once major natural variations were accounted for.
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Space One's Kairos rocket ends third flight after two minutes
The Japanese startup terminated its latest small-launch mission shortly after liftoff from Spaceport Kii, extending a run of three unsuccessful flights.
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Astronomers identify record-tight quadruple star system
TIC 120362137 combines a compact three-star core with a fourth star on a 1,046-day orbit, according to TESS data and ground observations.
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Vietnam’s AI law takes effect with labelling and disclosure rules
Vietnam has become the first South-East Asian country with a comprehensive AI law, setting rules for synthetic content and automated systems.
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microgpt Distills a GPT Training System Into 200 Lines of Python
A compact educational project brings tokenization, automatic differentiation, a GPT-style network, optimization, training and generation into one dependency-free file.
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Google and OpenAI Workers Invited to Sign Joint AI Military-Use Letter
An independently organized letter asks current and former employees to oppose domestic mass surveillance and autonomous killing without human oversight.
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Hegseth says Anthropic will face a supply-chain-risk designation
A post from the U.S. secretary of war says the Pentagon must have unrestricted access after what he called a betrayal by Anthropic.
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Anthropic Rejects Demand to Remove Two Safeguards From Military AI Use
Chief executive Dario Amodei said the company wanted to keep serving US defense agencies but would not accept unrestricted terms for Claude.
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Google API keys were treated as non-secrets. Gemini changed that assumption.
Truffle Security says Google has spent years telling developers API keys are not secrets, but newer Gemini-related behavior means that guidance no longer holds.
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Forensic Review Alleges Point-Blank Fire in 2025 Gaza Aid-Worker Killings
Earshot and Forensic Architecture reconstructed the Tel al-Sultan attack from recordings, imagery and survivor accounts; Israel rejected execution allegations.
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UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.5 Million Over Children’s Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office found the platform unlawfully processed information belonging to users under 13; Reddit said it would appeal.
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Ladybird begins gradual Rust adoption with AI-assisted JavaScript engine port
The browser project says a human-directed translation produced about 25,000 lines of Rust in two weeks while matching its existing C++ pipeline.
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Timeframe project traces a decade-long path to an ambient e-paper home dashboard
Joel Hawksley’s family display evolved from an LCD mirror and jailbroken Kindles into a real-time Home Assistant system built around e-paper panels.
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LinkedIn identity verification can expose far more than a blue badge
A privacy-focused review says LinkedIn’s identity check routes users through Persona, where passport scans, selfies, and biometric data can be used in ways many users may not expect.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump emergency tariffs
A 6-3 ruling found the president lacked authority to impose broad import taxes under emergency powers, prompting a temporary replacement tariff under a different law.
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Sahara fossils reveal new Spinosaurus species
Researchers named Spinosaurus mirabilis after an expedition in Niger recovered a distinctive crested skull among 55 tons of specimens.
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Git branching diagram creator accuses Microsoft of publishing an AI-degraded copy
Developer Vincent Driessen said an image on Microsoft Learn closely resembled the diagram he created in 2010, but contained garbled text, broken arrows and no attribution.
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A privacy-focused Android experiment leads one Apple user to GrapheneOS
A technology blogger’s move from Apple devices through a rented foldable phone ended with a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, highlighting both the appeal and compromises of alternative mobile software.
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