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121. Raindrop-Powered Generator Using Carbon Fiber Composites
UNIST researchers developed a carbon fiber composite-based generator that produces electricity from raindrops using the lotus leaf effect, generating up to 60 volts per droplet for smart city applications.
122. All Fedora 44 KDE Variants to Use Plasma Login Manager Rather Than SDDM
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved a Fedora 44 change for switching all KDE variants away from using the SDDM display manager to instead use the newer Plasma Login Manager.
123. A leading roboticist punctures the hype of driverless cars, LLMs, humanoids
Rodney Brooks was a pioneer in robot tech. Here's his annual debunking of high-tech hype.
124. Every Stanley Kubrick movie, ranked
Stanley Kubrick made only 13 movies. Eleven of them are among the greatest films of all time. How do ‘The Shining,’ ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘The Killing,’ ‘Spartacus,’ ‘Eyes Wide Shut,’ ‘Barry Lyndon,’ and ‘Dr. Strangelove’ rank in his filmography?
125. Linear Address Spaces: Unsafe at any speed
126. Revisiting the original Roomba and its simple architecture
Revisiting the original Roomba and its simple architecture
127. Why German Strings Are Everywhere?
CedarDB is a database system that delivers unmatched performance for transactions and analytics, from small writes to handling billions of rows. Built on cutting-edge research to power today’s tools and tomorrow’s challenges.
128. Eurostar AI vulnerability: when a chatbot goes off the rails
129. Show HN: I replaced Beads with a faster, simpler Markdown-based task tracker
Fast, powerful, git-native ticket tracking in a single bash script. Dependency graphs, priority levels, zero setup. - wedow/ticket
130. Trump, advisers discussing options to acquire Greenland, US Military an option
131. Qubes OS 4.3.0 has been released
We’re pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.3.0! This minor release includes a host of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The ISO and associated verification files are available on the downloads page. What’s new in Qubes 4.3? Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 41 (#9402). Xe...
132. Can I start using Wayland in 2026?
Wayland is the successor to the X server (X11, Xorg) to implement the graphics stack on Linux. The Wayland project was actually started in 2008, a year before I created the i3 tiling window manager for X11 in 2009 — but for the last 18 years (!), Wayland was never usable on my computers. I don’t want to be stuck on deprecated software, so I try to start using Wayland each year, and this articles outlines what keeps me from migrating to Wayland in 2026.
133. A prediction market user made $436k betting on Maduro's downfall
The account placed a $32,000 wager just before Trump announced the Venezuelan leader was in US custody.
134. Utopian Scholastic
135. Cigarette smoke effect using shaders
How to make a cigarette smoke effect using shaders and three.js.
136. Migrating cells and the new science of microchimerism
A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology. A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology.
137. What if the world is made of cubes? Uncovering the universal geometry of geology
An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together.
138. The baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina
In a quiet corner of North Carolina, bees produce a violet-hued honey so rare and unpredictable that even experts can't explain it – and that's what makes it magical.
139. During Helene, I Just Wanted a Plain Text Website
We recently passed the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and its devastating impact on Western North Carolina. As a web developer, I am thinking again about my experience with the mobile web on the day after the storm.
140. Macy Conferences
141. Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story (2019)
Conference on composable software supply chain integrity and hardware-assisted platform security, with OpenEmbedded, OpenXT and other ecosystems
142. Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in US, triggering price war
First and only GLP-1 pill on the market costs significantly less than injectable versions
143. How GitHub monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem
How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
144. Nike's Crisis and the Economics of Brand Decay
Economic analysis of Nike's crisis: how complementary assets, path dependency, and strategic misalignment destroyed competitive advantage.
145. Chinese auto giant Geely to announce entry into US EV market within 2-3 years
Geely's statement is one of the clearest we've heard yet from a Chinese automaker intending to enter the US market.
146. H-1B wage analysis: $305k loss over 6 years from visa constraints (2.4M records)
H-1B mobility restrictions correlate with $305,700 wage loss over 6 years (DOL data)
147. Six Harmless Bugs Lead to Remote Code Execution
148. Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis
149. Bison return to Illinois' Kane County after 200 years
150. Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Form New AI Partnership
A new robotics partnership aims to combine Boston Dynamics’ athletic intelligence with Google DeepMind’s foundational capabilities