Monthly Highlights
3961.
Malawi's solar boom is leaving a toxic legacy of lead waste (news.mongabay.com)
3962.
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks–there's a reason why (arstechnica.com)
3963.
Why are Chinese EVs cheaper than Tesla (restofworld.org)
3964.
Nicki Minaj's social media propped up by bots, analysis finds (politico.com)
3965.
Marc Andreesen says he has a zero-introspection mindset (fastcompany.com)
3966.
Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful (rakhim.exotext.com)
3967.
Show HN: I built Chronoscope, because Google Maps won't let you visit 3400 BCE (shiphappens.xyz)
3968.
EsoLang-Bench: Evaluating Genuine Reasoning in LLMs via Esoteric Languages (esolang-bench.vercel.app)
3969.
Ask HN: Starting a New Role with Ada
3970.
Israel to expand Lebanon ground campaign, fuels fears of prolonged occupation (theguardian.com)
3971.
Qwen3.5 Small: 0.8B, 2B, 4B, 9B Released (huggingface.co)
3972.
US adults are skipping parenting, having fewer kids, forcing schools to close (theguardian.com)
3973.
Light-based Ising computer runs at room temperature and stays stable for hours (phys.org)
3974.
'AI brain fry' is real – and it's making workers more exhausted (fortune.com)
3975.
Show HN: Writing App for Novelist (novelos.studio)
3976.
Haptics: Tactile Feedback for the Mobile Web (haptics.lochie.me)
3977.
Crypto Is Pointless. Not Even the White House Can Fix That. (nytimes.com)
3978.
LessWrong Policy on LLM Use (lesswrong.com)
3979.
Liver exerkine reverses Alzheimer's-related memory loss via vasculature (sciencedirect.com)
3980.
AI helps break the cost barrier to COBOL modernization (claude.com)
3981.
I Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis. What Is Coming May Be Worse (nytimes.com)
3982.
Show HN: 2D RPG base game client recreated in modern HTML5 game engine with AI (github.com)
3983.
Stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens, new research suggests (theguardian.com)
3984.
Going to War, Again, for Israel (chrishedges.substack.com)
3985.
What breaks when your agent has 100k tools (getviktor.com)
3986.
Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Costs Hit (bloomberg.com)
3987.
Apple Blocks US Users from Downloading ByteDance's Chinese Apps (wired.com)
3988.
The 30% Rule in AI (generative.inc)
3989.
Show HN: Typeui.sh – generate skill files for design system specifications (typeui.sh)
3990.
Once (Again) (world.hey.com)