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Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record
A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.
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NASA had to train Apollo 11's astronauts to not use profanity
Article URL: https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/may/31/bad-words-led-some-to-swear-off-apollo-program/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47839606 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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We got 207 tok/s with Qwen3.5-27B on an RTX 3090
Article URL: https://github.com/Luce-Org/lucebox-hub Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838788 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers
Article URL: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-vendor-verifier Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838703 Points: 24 # Comments: 1
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Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys
Article URL: https://words.filippo.io/128-bits/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836784 Points: 42 # Comments: 16
Kimi K2.6: Advancing open-source coding
Article URL: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835735 Points: 422 # Comments: 214
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North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft
The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.
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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.
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WhatsApp is testing a premium subscription, but it is mainly cosmetic
WhatsApp is testing a subscription after Meta debuted a similar subscription for Instagram earlier this year
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Blue Origin successfully reuses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever
It's a major milestone for the company's new mega-rocket system, putting it in position to challenge SpaceX's dominance of the global launch market.
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Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent
AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.
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Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen
The future war film, from the director of Moon , is adapted from 2000 AD's comic series.
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The Palantir's Stasi Protocols
Article URL: https://professorsigmund.com/praxis/palantir-stasi-protocols.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838178 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
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At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours
Article URL: https://theonion.info/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47837620 Points: 137 # Comments: 1
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At long last, InfoWars is ours
Article URL: https://theonion.com/at-long-last-infowars-is-ours/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47837611 Points: 177 # Comments: 49