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AI Boosts Research Careers but Flattens Scientific Discovery

AI tools accelerate individual scientific careers by increasing publications and citations, but simultaneously narrow the overall scope of scientific inquiry, leading to less diverse discovery.

Show HN: Only 1 of 4,356 reachable MCP servers is ready for the 2026-07-28 spec

A scan of 4,356 reachable MCP servers reveals only one is ready for the 2026-07-28 specification, which removes session-based core features in favor of a stateless approach.

12 Jul4 min read

9to5Google

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Google Store discounts base Pixel 10 Pro by $300

The Google Store currently offers a $300 discount on the 128 GB Obsidian Pixel 10 Pro, reducing its price to $699, with other Pixel models also seeing price drops.

Understanding the Odin Programming Language

A book teaches Odin programming concepts, including procedures and manual memory management, for programmers with some experience.

12 Jul7 min read

The Verge

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The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

Community pushback is making companies reconsider their AI data center buildout plans across the US and beyond.

Unauthenticated RCE in Motorola's MR2600 Router

Motorola's MR2600 router has an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability due to flawed firmware upload validation.

Yt-Dlp Sequence Diagrams

Yt-dlp sequence diagrams are available for viewing and editing online.

12 Jul1 min read

Ars Technica

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The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

New climate evidence sheds light on the sudden eastward migration of Polynesians after a 1,700-year pause.

Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao

Terence Tao leveraged modern AI coding agents to successfully port two dozen old Java applets to Javascript and develop new mathematical visualization tools, noting minimal bugs and significant time savings.

12 Jul15 min read

Wired

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Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Apple updates its Child Safety features in iOS 27 with new tools and policies.

Show HN: Quantum-Qec / Matrix-Free Quantum Homeostatic Engine(Blueprint)

Quantum-Mesh-QEC v2 introduces a decentralized, fault-tolerant quantum control system that uses a three-tier hardware-fused loop to bypass classical decoding bottlenecks for real-time quantum error correction.

We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture

Researchers discovered that a nonelastic simple fluid, previously thought only to flow, can fracture under stress, challenging existing assumptions about fluid mechanics and elasticity.

The Energetic Costs of Cellular Computation (2012)

Calculating ligand concentration in cellular networks necessitates energy consumption, with greater learning about external concentrations requiring more energy, potentially constraining resource-poor environments.

What xAI's Grok Build CLI Actually Sends to xAI

xAI's Grok Build CLI transmits entire repositories, including unredacted `.env` secrets and full Git history, to a Google Cloud Storage bucket, even when instructed not to read files.

A Erlang style pure Scheme Webserver and further

Igropyr is an Erlang-style web server written in Chez Scheme that offers self-healing crashes, hot code swapping, and fault communication via a protocol.

A pure scheme web programming tool

Goeteia offers a pure Scheme web programming tool that compiles Scheme code to WebAssembly, enabling self-hosting, native Wasm GC objects, and reactive web development.

A dock that wakes up reliably

A reliable wake-from-sleep setup is achieved with a Thunderbolt dock and an ASUS ROG Swift monitor.

12 Jul2 min read

TechCrunch

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Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name

Reed Jobs' venture firm Yosemite focuses on oncology and builds biotech companies from academic research using philanthropy and investment capital.

Mesh LLM: distributed AI computing on iroh

Mesh LLM enables distributed AI computing by pooling GPUs and memory across multiple machines.

11 Jul4 min read

TechCrunch

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This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC’s heat wave

Ninja's Slushi Twist machine makes two different frozen drinks simultaneously with its dual 48-ounce vessels.

RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch

RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console designed from scratch with a RISC-V compatible CPU and raster graphics pipeline.

11 Jul4 min read

The Verge

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After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’

Nopia synth is basically finished and will launch by year's end for around £550.

Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

Developers introduce Ant, a new JavaScript runtime and ecosystem.

11 Jul

The Verge

Tech

Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger

Oregon's Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros merger.

11 Jul3 min read

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