Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” on German lakeshore https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago/
Archaeology News Online Magazine
Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore
Neanderthals used heat and water to extract fat from bones 125,000 years ago, revealing advanced food processing skills.
François Chollet: The Arc Prize and How We Get to AGI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcCeSsNRks
YouTube
François Chollet: How We Get To AGI
François Chollet on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
François Chollet is a leading voice in AI. He's the creator of the Keras library, author of Deep Learning with Python, and the founder of the ARC Prize, a global competition aimed at…
François Chollet is a leading voice in AI. He's the creator of the Keras library, author of Deep Learning with Python, and the founder of the ARC Prize, a global competition aimed at…
Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298
arXiv.org
Mercury: Ultra-Fast Language Models Based on Diffusion
We present Mercury, a new generation of commercial-scale large language models (LLMs) based on diffusion. These models are parameterized via the Transformer architecture and trained to predict...
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links https://noperator.dev/posts/o3-pocket-profile/
noperator.dev
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links
Welp, Pocket shuts down tomorrow despite our pleas for it to stay. While migrating1 all of my saved articles, I noticed that I’ve got almost 900 saved articles spanning nearly 7 years. That’s a goldmine of stuff-I-like data! Some quick analysis using xsv2:…
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/
New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-packing-record-stems-from-an-unexpected-source-20250707/
Quanta Magazine
New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source | Quanta Magazine
After just a few months of work, a complete newcomer to the world of sphere packing has solved one of its biggest open problems.
LookingGlass: Generative Anamorphoses via Laplacian Pyramid Warping https://studios.disneyresearch.com/2025/06/09/lookingglass-generative-anamorphoses-via-laplacian-pyramid-warping/
Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app https://offchess.com
Offchess
OffChess - Offline Chess Puzzles App
Play 100,000+ offline Chess puzzles for free.
Berry Script: lightweight embedded scripting language for microcontrollers https://berry-lang.github.io/
The Berry Script Language
Berry is a ultra-lightweight dynamically typed embedded scripting language. It is designed for lower-performance embedded devices.
Can an email go 500 miles in 2025? https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/can-an-email-go-500-miles-in-2025
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages https://www.neowin.net/guides/google-can-now-read-your-whatsapp-messages-heres-how-to-stop-it/
Neowin
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it
Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity. Here's how to prevent that from happening.
Taking over 60k spyware user accounts with SQL injection https://ericdaigle.ca/posts/taking-over-60k-spyware-user-accounts/
Eric Daigle
Taking over 60k spyware user accounts with SQL injection
Serverless means it's secure, right?
Show HN: Sumble – knowledge graph for GTM data – query tech stack, key projects https://sumble.com
Firefox is fine. The people running it are not https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/
The Register
Firefox is fine. The people running it are not
Opinion: Mozilla's management is a bug, not a feature
Smollm3: Smol, multilingual, long-context reasoner LLM https://huggingface.co/blog/smollm3
huggingface.co
SmolLM3: smol, multilingual, long-context reasoner
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.