Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
Ars Technica
Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well.
A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination would redraw the railroad map
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/a-union-pacific-norfolk-southern-combination-would-redraw-the-railroad-map/
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/a-union-pacific-norfolk-southern-combination-would-redraw-the-railroad-map/
Trains
A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination would redraw the railroad map - Trains
Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. would create a 52,215-mile colossus that could offer seamless service from coast to coast, bypassing longtime interchange choke points in Chicago and at gateways…
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/
https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/
Jono Alderson
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
Native CSS transitions have quietly killed the strongest argument for client-side routing. Yet people keep building terrible apps instead of performant websites.
SRAM Has No Chill: Exploiting Power Domain Separation to Steal On-Chip Secrets
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/sram-has-no-chill-exploiting-power-domain-separation-to-steal-on-chip-secrets/
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/sram-has-no-chill-exploiting-power-domain-separation-to-steal-on-chip-secrets/
DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
https://www.theverge.com/report/714103/dji-skyrover-x1-evade-ban-amazon
https://www.theverge.com/report/714103/dji-skyrover-x1-evade-ban-amazon
The Verge
DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
Is the SkyRover X1 a DJI drone in disguise?
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/24/what-if-ai-made-the-worlds-economic-growth-explode
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/24/what-if-ai-made-the-worlds-economic-growth-explode
The Economist
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?
Markets for goods, services and financial assets, as well as labour, would be upended
Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/discord-video-game-characters-age-verification-checks-uk-online-safety-act/
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/discord-video-game-characters-age-verification-checks-uk-online-safety-act/
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Users claim Discord’s age verification test can be tricked with video game characters
Discord users are claiming that you can use pictures of video game characters to bypass the platform's new age verification checks.
Ambigrammia: Between Creation and Discovery (Hofstadter, 2025)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300275438/ambigrammia/
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300275438/ambigrammia/
Yale University Press
Ambigrammia
On the history and creation of ambigrams, by a pioneer of the practice “Spellbinding and truly one-of-a-kind. . . . This is an absolute delight.”—Pub...
UK's New Age Verification Requirement Thwarted in the Simplest Way Imaginable
https://gizmodo.com/uks-new-age-verification-requirement-thwarted-in-the-simplest-way-imaginable-2000634637
https://gizmodo.com/uks-new-age-verification-requirement-thwarted-in-the-simplest-way-imaginable-2000634637
Gizmodo
UK's New Age Verification Requirement Thwarted in the Simplest Way Imaginable
What, you don't want to submit your ID before visiting a porn site?
Bringing a Decade Old Bicycle Navigator Back to Life with Open Source Software
https://raymii.org/s/blog/Bringing_a_Decade_Old_Bicycle_Navigator_Back_to_Life_with_Open_Source_Software_and_DOOM.html
https://raymii.org/s/blog/Bringing_a_Decade_Old_Bicycle_Navigator_Back_to_Life_with_Open_Source_Software_and_DOOM.html
The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. Thank the lab-grown variety
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lab-grown-diamonds-1.7592336
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lab-grown-diamonds-1.7592336
CBC
The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. You can thank the lab-grown variety for that | CBC News
As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.
Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a65515974/why-earth-has-tilted-science/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a65515974/why-earth-has-tilted-science/
Popular Mechanics
Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen.
Can we fix it back?