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91.
Why Are Women Leaving Computer Science? (acm.org)
21 points by visha1v 6 days ago | 18 comments
92.
Stop Telling Students Computer Science Is Dying (insidehighered.com)
15 points by scott_s 6 days ago | 1 comment
93.
William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69 (theguardian.com)
15 points by tomduncalf 6 days ago | 2 comments
94.
OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns (theguardian.com)
8 points by tzmlab 5 days ago | 4 comments
95.
Viagra May Slow the Spread of Cancer (nautil.us)
5 points by Brajeshwar 5 days ago | discuss
96.
Mini Cities – Cato Institute (cato.org)
6 points by danielfetz 5 days ago | discuss
97.
Steve Yegge's Google Platform rant (2011) (gist.github.com)
6 points by simonebrunozzi 6 days ago | 2 comments
98.
I'm Begging You: Never Write with A.I (nytimes.com)
5 points by edward 6 days ago | discuss
99.
Astronomers Find a New Object from the Early Universe Using Webb Data (universetoday.com)
4 points by rbanffy 6 days ago | discuss
100.
SpaceX 10GW in 2027 – Why It's Real, Will Drive $300B ARR for SpaceX (semianalysis.com)
6 points by rajivjain 6 days ago | 3 comments
101.
The German Mittelstand (kieranvelasquez.substack.com)
3 points by mooreds 5 days ago | discuss
102.
The Idea of an Immutable Social Media (citizendot.github.io)
7 points by CITIZENDOT 5 days ago | 8 comments
103.
Japanese Police Arrest NYAA 'First Uploader,' but Not by Watching the Swarm (torrentfreak.com)
11 points by Rant423 6 days ago | discuss
104.
How Ham Radio Made Silicon Valley (cooperkramer.substack.com)
8 points by cooperkramer20 6 days ago | 1 comment
105.
OpenBGPD 9.2 Released (undeadly.org)
7 points by defrost 7 days ago | discuss
106.
I'm leaving OpenAI to build Jurassic Park (taylor.town)
12 points by birdculture 6 days ago | 1 comment
107.
Does Silicon Valley Dream of Philip K Dick? (ft.com)
11 points by mraniki 6 days ago | 1 comment
108.
Boeing 737 MAX operators told to check fuselages for cracks (theguardian.com)
9 points by frereubu 7 days ago | discuss
109.
Virus reactivation in acute and long Covid-19 (nature.com)
7 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | discuss
110.
Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI (theguardian.com)
5 points by pseudolus 6 days ago | discuss
111.
RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels (tomshardware.com)
5 points by jonbaer 6 days ago | discuss
112.
A Lot of the Attacks on Higher Ed Are Unfair. Not This One (nytimes.com)
4 points by Michelangelo11 6 days ago | discuss
113.
OpenAI Trained Its Models for Months While They Coordinated Exploits (thezvi.substack.com)
7 points by swolpers 6 days ago | discuss
114.
iOS 26 Gets First Jailbreak Thanks to Dopamine (macrumors.com)
7 points by tosh 6 days ago | 1 comment
115.
Claude Code sessions can now message each other (twitter.com/claudedevs)
6 points by shpat 6 days ago | 2 comments
116.
The Contracting Circle (borretti.me)
6 points by gbocs 7 days ago | 1 comment
117.
He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway (nytimes.com)
5 points by paulpauper 6 days ago | discuss
118.
Planned satellite megaconstellations could generate runaway space debris (science.org)
5 points by sbulaev 6 days ago | discuss
119.
Gödel and Turing outlined the limits of AI (heise.de)
5 points by OtomotO 6 days ago | discuss
120.
Constructor Theory – David Deutsch(2012) (arxiv.org)
3 points by nill0 7 days ago | discuss

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