World
- US citizen Stephen Hubbard freed by Russia and 'on his way home', Trump says — BBC World
- Trump and Zelensky appear at loggerheads despite new optimism — BBC World
- Katya Adler: France divided over who to blame for riots and what to learn from them — BBC World
- Australian MP loses both legs after alleged car attack, husband says — BBC World
- Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’? — Al Jazeera
- UK approves development of Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea — Al Jazeera
- WW1 to Houthis: British jets for Saudi Arabia build on long military bond — Al Jazeera
The former teacher has been released without any "swap" required, according to the president.
The Ukrainian leader's hug with Steve Witkoff in the Norwegian capital is unlikely to dispel misgivings about US policy towards his country, writes Paul Adams.
In France and beyond there is widespread disagreement over what led to some of the worst unrest seen in French cities in modern history.
Her alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
The decision has drawn sharp criticism from left-wing politicians and environmentalists.
UK's deployment of jets to defend Saudi Arabia is the latest chapter in a relationship older than the kingdom itself.
Technology
- Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds — Hacker News · 135 points
- The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable — Hacker News · 238 points
- The Future of CSS — Hacker News · 395 points
- Upcoming critical PHP security release (CVE-2026-109618 / -109619) — Hacker News · 958 points
- Whatever Happened to Fire Escapes — Hacker News · 12 points
- Show HN: SimCity, but with Permits — Hacker News · 812 points
- PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently — Ars Technica
- Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says — Ars Technica
Science
- Q&A: Do new platform features hurt hiring chances for competitive gig workers? — Phys.org
- Synchronized bodily responses do not always reflect cooperation, study finds — Phys.org
- South Korea launches new bid to guide crowd-pulling shark to sea — Phys.org
- Scientists finally uncover why statins can cause muscle pain — ScienceDaily
- Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remains — ScienceDaily
- AI Proved the Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis. What Happens Now? — Quanta
- He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art — Quanta
Whether they are driven by economic necessity or a desire for greater control over their careers, a growing number of workers are turning to online gig-work platforms to supplement their income with freelance projects…
Sometimes, while people are interacting with each other, their movements and physiological responses can fall into step. Some past studies have linked synchronized bodily responses to cooperation and being attuned to…
South Korean authorities began a new attempt Wednesday to coax a shark-turned-viral sensation back to sea, with falling temperatures in the Busan canal where it is stranded raising concerns for its survival.
Scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why statins, the widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that help prevent heart attacks and strokes, can sometimes cause muscle pain, weakness, and even severe muscle…
A new study reveals that improved hurricane forecast graphics may help people identify threatened areas without making them more likely to recognize the danger or take protective action. Researchers also found that a…
Unlike other recent AI proofs, this one has been unpacked by human experts. The implications, one mathematician said, are “staggering.” The post AI Proved the Quasi-Riemann Hypothesis. What Happens Now? first appeared…
Moritz Hardt, author of a new book on benchmarks, believes these “standardized tests” for artificial intelligence are fundamentally broken — but not unfixable. The post He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a…
Ideas & Culture
- When it started to burn — Aeon
- How intuitions work — Aeon
- I Can’t Hear You — 3 Quarks Daily
- Prediction, Compression, and Intelligence — 3 Quarks Daily
Horrific violence, enduring terror and ceaseless solidarity: four years of war through the eyes of Ukrainian civilians - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Just as seeing a tree gives you reason to believe it’s there, sensing that a stranger is creepy gives you reason to walk away - by Marc A Moffett Read on Aeon
by Steve Szilagyi I used to sleep with earplugs. Because my wife’s loud breathing kept me awake. I don’t sleep with earplugs anymore. My wife still breathes loudly when she sleeps. But it no longer rouses me from sleep.…
NOTE: ChatGPT-6 is an AI language model developed by OpenAI. The central intuition and the Noether analogy originated with S. Abbas Raza, founding editor of 3 Quarks Daily. ChatGPT-6 developed and wrote the initial…
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