The seahorse emoji mystery shows how language models can lock onto a false memory
A deep-dive post says several leading models insist a seahorse emoji exists, then spiral when they try to complete the answer.
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South Korea fire destroys government cloud storage, exposing a backup gap
Officials say a blaze at NIRS in Daejeon destroyed the G-Drive system used by hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
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A VPN ownership map cuts through a murky market of brands and parent companies
Windscribe’s relationship map argues that many familiar VPN names sit inside a tangle of common ownership.
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Apple removes ICE tracking apps after DOJ pressure, reopening store-policy questions
Fox Business reports Apple pulled ICEBlock and similar apps after federal officials raised safety concerns.
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3I/ATLAS image from Mars rover fuels alien speculation online
A Mars rover photo of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS went viral after users mistook a bright streak for something artificial.
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A UN-backed famine analysis says Gaza has been pushed into starvation, destitution and death
CNN visualized a warning that more than half a million people in Gaza face famine conditions after months of war and blocked recovery.
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Jane Goodall, who transformed primatology with patient observation, has died at 91
The Los Angeles Times obituary says the pioneering naturalist died after a career that reshaped how humans studied chimpanzees.
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Complex Organic Molecules Detected in Enceladus Plumes
New research into Saturn's moon Enceladus reveals complex carbon-based substances, increasing the likelihood that the moon could support life.
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Afghanistan communications fall below 1% during nationwide blackout
Internet and telephone services remained largely unavailable after Taliban authorities disconnected fibre-optic infrastructure across the country.
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F-Droid says Google’s app registration plan threatens open-source distribution
The Android app repository argues that Google’s developer registration requirement could undermine how independent software is built, verified and shared.
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World's Highest Bridge Opens in Guizhou, China
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, rising 625 meters above the river, has officially opened to traffic in China’s Guizhou province.
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ChatControl debate centers on whether Europe should scan private messages before encryption
A detailed explainer says the EU proposal would require client-side scanning even inside encrypted apps.
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A critic says the Secret Service SIM-farm story is being overstated
The Substack post argues the US case is ordinary criminal SIM-farm activity, not a novel national-security plot.
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Patagonia fossils identify new megaraptoran Joaquinraptor casali
The partial skeleton, found with a crocodile relative's limb against its jaws, is among the most complete known from the dinosaur group.
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HackerOne report says curl cookie parsing bug could lead to remote code execution
The disclosure describes a stack-based buffer overflow in libcurl’s cookie handling and says it affects applications that use the library.
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Partial Solar Eclipse Observed Across Pacific
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 21, 2025, offering viewers in the Southern Hemisphere and parts of the Pacific a rare celestial display.
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Seattle Ultrasonics pitches an ultrasonic knife for home cooks
Seattle Ultrasonics is marketing a powered kitchen knife that claims to cut with less resistance, putting a niche culinary-tech product back in the spotlight.
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Slack pricing dispute eases after customer says CEO stepped in
A widely shared complaint about a steep Slack bill increase has apparently produced a better offer, after the company says its CEO reached out directly.
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Developer says Apple Photos can corrupt images during import
A blog post from a developer says Apple Photos sometimes corrupts camera imports, raising another round of questions about workflow reliability on Apple’s photo stack.
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Top UN investigators conclude Israel committed genocide in Gaza, report says
A UN commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is responsible for genocide in Gaza, according to reporting on the panel’s findings.
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Disposable vape teardown shows how a discarded gadget became a tiny web server
A hobbyist has turned a disposable vape into an internet curiosity: a working web server running on hardware that was never intended for that job.
Read report »Show HN: Anycrap turns search terms into imaginary products
A parody storefront called Anycrap says it can generate product pages, images, prices and reviews for anything a user types into search.
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EU court report says nuclear power can count as clean energy in sustainable finance
A pro-nuclear advocacy site says Europe’s top court has sided with the inclusion of nuclear power in the EU’s sustainable finance framework.
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