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Article URL: https://www.bettascore.ai/research/reliability-reviewers-vs-owners Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50266780 Points: 102 # Comments: 82
The Nobel prize in economic science has a serious gender problem.
Short-term academic visits to China could sustain ties.
AI-hallucinated citations should be treated as research misconduct.
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Young adults with cancer report putting off appointments and getting dismissed by doctors, according to a new study.
Today, I’m talking to Kevin Roose, journalist and author of the new book The AGI Chronicles, which details the recent and explosive transformation of the AI industry. Kevin was a longtime New York Times reporter and host of the popular podcast Hard Fork, but …
Article URL: https://github.com/KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238739 Points: 64 # Comments: 9
Can science make your dog live longer? Longevity craze comes to pets.
Brazil election: many scientists relieved as Lula wins surprise victory.
Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so.
These elusive and reactive particles have been challenging to hold on to and even more challenging to study, but a new method paves the way for tests on the differences between matter and antimatter.
While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent.
BBC's Blue Planet III is looking to prove its authenticity by leaving in the less-than-perfect shots. Previous incarnations of the nature series were defined by their gorgeous, crystal-clear footage that seemed almost too good to be real. But one dead giveaway of AI is when things look too polished and seamless. To counter that, Blue Planet III goes warts and all. Executive Producer Elizabeth Whit
Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B. But from moment one, her take on the genre was restless, relentlessly playing with what R&B even means. Her first album, Ninety-Thirty-
Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.
Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261018084421.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50217683 Points: 73 # Comments: 21
Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics they've used to sow distrust and discord in previous elections in the U.S. and around the world.
Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are just waiting to join a bot army. Researchers at Eye Security found the updater for a Popcorn Time fork cal
What some of Anthropic’s backers are worth before its IPO. Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.
Dell Technologies, Google Cloud and SHI International join Texas Athletics to power a first-of-its-kind hub for sports intelligence, data analytics, research, and talent development AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Texas Athletics an…
Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science.
An Xbox Elite controller. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Fortune dropped a bombshell report on the future of gaming this week. According to the publication's Microsoft insiders, the next Xbox is projected to cost between $1,200 and $1,800 when it arrives in 2028. My first reaction: The next Xbox is dead on arrival. It's DOA. My second thought: Microsoft knows people won't pay t
Demand for new PCs took a hit after months of price hikes, with Counterpoint Research reporting global PC shipments fell 21 percent year-over-year in Q3 2026. That's in line with earlier reports from IDC and Omdia. It's not just PCs, either - that same quarter, smartphone shipments also hit a 14-year low. Counterpoint linked the decline in PC shipments to higher component prices. Up until Q2 2026,
AI is transforming marketing, but success depends on strategic thinking, original content, human oversight and measurable value rather than automation. The post Q&A: AI can produce more content, but can it build trust? appeared first on Digital Journal.
Meta has re-enabled Muse sharing after security researchers had reported that public conversation links could be easy to find. The researchers said they had been able to find Muse pages like a marketing company's internal revenue review and a small business owner's loan application. Researchers at Claroc reported earlier this week that Muse the web addresses for shared conversations from Muse were
Enterprise AI can generate recommendations, automate tasks, and help organizations make decisions faster. But without an understanding of how a business actually operates, even powerful models can miss the constraints and relationships that determine whether a decision is the right one. As companies look to move AI from experimentation into everyday operations, the challenge ahead…
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
Industry-leading travel franchise unveils powerful new AI innovations at CP World 2026, reinforcing its position at the forefront of travel technology and redefining how advisors research, market, sell and grow their businesses CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 21, 2…
We all know exercise is good for us. It builds muscle, strengthens bones, lowers blood pressure, and boosts mood. By deciphering how movement benefits the body, researchers hope to develop medicines that can offer some of the same perks—without the workout. The idea isn’t to replace exercise but to bring its upsides to people who…
PRecious Communications, an award-winning multi-market integrated communications consultancy, today released the regional findings of its flagship research ...
To heal sick cities, scientists and residents must work together.
Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here's what they learned.
Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling.
These are images of quizzes I took in 3.091, Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry, in the fall of 1980. One is my very first exam at MIT, and getting 49 out of 100 was a soul-crushing experience. I can still picture the TA, Leszek Pawlowicz, PhD ’87, returning my paper. He had a big smile on…
Growing up on a small farm in Nebraska, Megan Donahue ’85 discovered the wider world by reading her way through her local library. Today, she is learning how the wider universe works by studying galaxy clusters. Donahue discovered her passion for physics in that library at age 12 and started her path into astronomy thanks…
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can help some people lose weight, and some research has shown that it may protect against colon cancer. But a new study suggests that such a ketogenic diet may also increase the risk of cancer in the small intestine. This type of diet forces the body to burn fatty acids instead…
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AINewsWire Editorial Coverage: Experimentation is giving way to commitment as Wall Street’s biggest firms embrace blockchain. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink expects “every stock, every bond” to eventually settle on a …
Longer, more personal queries reveal the needs, trade-offs, and situations behind intent — giving marketers a richer view of what customers want. The post AI search is turning prompts into customer research appeared first on MarTech.
Consumer research is a slow and cumbersome challenge that few companies do well, but if Vectorial AI Inc. is successful, they’ll never have to worry about doing it again. The startup today said it has raised $3 million in seed funding to propel the launch of …
Article URL: https://projectdiscovery.io/research/how-abliterated-models-can-get-you-pwned Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50159245 Points: 87 # Comments: 55
With 23 innovations in 2026, Cruise Planners raises the bar for AI-powered travel technology, transforming how advisors research, market, sell and grow their businesses CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise Planners is once again setting t…
In the middle of an especially warm July in 2021, a wildfire ignited in a thick forest of black spruce and peeling paper birch trees on the northern campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The blaze, possibly sparked by lightning, burned across the dry carpet of feather mosses and lichen before climbing into the…
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. On the evening of December 29, 1959, at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech, the physicist Richard Feynman gave a lecture called “There’s…
Experienced researchers ‘disrupt’ less than rookie scientists — but their ideas last.
Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking.
Climate scientists face deluge of public-records requests about fossil-fuel studies.
US government probe into postdoc visas worries scientists.
‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts.
Mister Organ doesn't reach the level of societal horror of The Act of Killing or the creepypasta-meets-true-crime gruesomeness of Beware the Slenderman, but there's something deeply unsettling about Michael Organ and his intimate campaign of terror against everyone who enters his life. Mister Organ is a documentary by David Farrier, an Auckland, New Zealand journalist. The movie starts with Farri
Phil Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller announced a $25 million donation to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This funding aims to establish the Schiller Centre for Reef Solutions, which focuses on protecting coral reefs. Researchers will investigate r…
After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no longer appears on the commercial terms page: … Meta may use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of, the Meta Compa
It's hard to overstate Jad Abumrad's impact on the podcasting world. He created and hosted Dolly Parton's America and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, two Peabody Award-winning shows that offered unprecedented looks at the lives of two of the most important music icons of the last century. Before that, though, he created Radiolab, an experimental NPR show that leaned heavily on creative sound design and ev
Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.
With AI a major topic of conversation at this year’s fair, research presented in Czechia’s Frankfurt pavilion examined how publishing professionals use AI—and why literary translators remain concerned about its effects on their livelihoods. The post Frankfurt…
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.
Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense of self-awareness or to pin down precisely where that…
Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs. The kidneys—which are similar in size to human ones—were left in a glass-like state, in one…
Give me the good news: four science stories to brighten your day.