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janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-human-skin-cells-fertilisable-eggs.html

linuxrocks123 writes:There have been a lot of recent stories about Google restricting sideloading to apps from developers who have registered with Google. Google has issued the very important clarification that adb will still be able to used to sideload unverified apps: https://support.google.com/android-developer-console/answer/16561738So, if you own your phone, you can still install whatever you want on it. You just might have to install adb and enable the Developer Options menu first.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ultra-thin-sodium-alternative-gold.html

mrpg writes:https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/apple-removes-ice-tracking-apps-after-pressure-by-trump-administration-2025-10-03/:

upstart writes:First Dark Matter Sub-Halo Found In The Milky Way:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Instagram says it is not listening to users' microphones to serve ads:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-track-medicines-hitchhike-cholesterol.html

upstart writes:Forget Sparta - Leonidas wiped out all 61 drones in the demo:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-graphene-reveals-dome-superconductivity-electric.html

AnonTechie writes:Harvard researchers hail quantum computing breakthrough with machine that can run for two hours - atomic loss quashed by experimental design, systems that can run forever just 3 years away

AI Startup Valuations Raise Bubble Fears as Funding Surgesmrpg writes:https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ai-startup-valuations-raise-bubble-fears-funding-surges-2025-10-03/

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-earth-crust-pacific-northwest-necessarily.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:Flock's Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices

upstart writes:JWST Finds An Exoplanet Around A Pulsar Whose Atmosphere Is All Carbon:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-livestock-safe-wolves.html

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bounds-seti.html

upstart writes:"We actually made light into a solid. That's pretty awesome"

upstart writes:Trump official plots "impossible" deal moving Taiwan's chip supply chain into US:

We are aware of the significant number of 50x responses that users are experiencing from the site. The problem was recognised about 1 week ago and there is much investigative work going on behind the scenes.The actual cause is difficult to identify. As of Saturday there is new software in place which is trying to find how often the 50x responses occur, while trying to correlate the occurrences with other functions in Rehash. This is a time consuming process. Some users have been assisting by reporting on IRC #soylent when they receive such a response. If you would like to help please report when the 50x response was received with a precise time so that we can find the corresponding query in the server logs, exactly what function were you doing that appeared to trigger it, and how long the problem lasted? If you also know your own IP address it would be very helpful but we understand that many of you will be reluctant to give this information.In most cases the problem clears itself in less than 10 seconds but there have been periods of unresponsiveness that have lasted several minutes in some rare cases.FIXED - at least until we find out that it isn't.... [Added at 2025-1005 19:00Z--JR] See also here.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-10-wolf-dog-hybrid-greece.html

looorg writes:Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats. I guess that is how they plan on paying the very large electricity bill. This prompt brought to you buy "/insert ad here/". Normal advertisement just isn't detailed enough anymore, too many blockers and such. Too many new pesky privacy laws.

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

upstart writes:Duo could dominate in the same way Microsoft and Intel ruled PCs for decades:

canopic jug writes:The comic strip Peanuts turns 75 this year. The New Statesman covers the background of the strip and how Peanuts reflected US society.

upstart writes:Scientists catch a shark threesome on camera:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-side-moon-colder-lunar.html

canopic jug writes:The armed forces of Austria have been moving towards open standards via free and open source software, specifically from MSO to LibreOffice. Given the politics that have arisen in similar cases around the world, the move has been planned carefully planned since 2020.

upstart writes:NASA boss says US should have 'village' on Moon in a decade:

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-linux-sudo-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-photodiode-germanium-key-chip.html

AnonTechie writes:404MEDIAICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

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janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-insect-cultivated-proteins-healthier-greener.html

upstart writes:Complex knots can actually be easier to untie than simple ones:

upstart writes:Huawei's Ternary Logic Breakthrough: A Game-Changer or Just Hype?:[Editor's Comment: The source reads as though it could have been created by AI, nevertheless it is an interesting topic and worth a discussion.--JR]

upstart writes:Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses:

hubie writes:Triple-fermented Belgian beers have the longest-lasting foam; single-fermented lagers have the shortest:

hubie writes:How the von Neumann bottleneck is impeding AI computing:

upstart writes:This black hole flipped its magnetic field:

hubie writes:Expert calls security advice "unfairly outsourcing the problem to Anthropic's users"

wirelessduck writes:https://joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover/

looorg writes:They finally came up with a word for it. "Workslop". To much AI usage among (co-)workers is leading to "workslop". Where there is to much AI production that doesn't turn out to be very valuable or productive. It looks fine at a first glance but has produced nothing of value or solved any problems. It just looks fine. All shiny surface, but nothing actual.

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-inequality-agri-food-chains-global.html

Australia to require age verification using Google or Microsoft to access adult materialGet your VPNs ready! Australia, having already nominated an age limit for social media coming this December (after they work out how it will be implemented), will progress to requiring Australians to verify their identity by logging in to a Microsoft or Google account to access adult material starting with search engines. Stop laughing. No, really. They will. Soon. Ok, two minute laugh session. Moving on. While this change in law is for 'good intentions' and Australian politicians high five themselves for 'protecting children', Professor Lisa Given of the RMIS Information Sciences department was quoted as saying that the changes "will definitely create more headaches for the everyday consumer and how they log in and use search services." Meanwhile, in England where similar laws have been enacted, VPN use has skyrocketed.

canopic jug writes:The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty on October 4, 2025. The Free Software Foundation will have then been defending the rights of all software users for the past 40 years. The long term goal is for all users have the freedom to run, edit, contribute to, and share software.There will be an online event, with an in-person option for those that can get to Boston. In November there will also be a hackathon.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:"This is a giant project," Nvidia CEO said of new 10-gigawatt AI infrastructure deal:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

upstart writes:The deal could go through as early as next week:

janrinok writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-09-world-screwworm-parasite-northern-mexico.html

upstart writes:8,000 years of human activities have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow: