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Radio waves revealed what happened before a star exploded
For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years leading up to its death....
Materials Science
Software
A string of scandals and luxury handbags: Who is South Korea's former first lady?
Kim was accused of accepting luxury bags, a diamond necklace and other gifts as bribes.
Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp
Article URL: https://engineering.fb.com/2026/01/27/security/rust-at-scale-security-whatsapp/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46791742 Points: 42 # Comments: 6
Engineering
Software
This spider’s “pearl necklace” was living parasites
What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species,...
Biology
Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia, and Japan
Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to fix your photos with simple text commands instead of...
Energy
Will Suella Braverman's defection prompt a by-election?
Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives - but what does that mean for her constituents?
Politics
Policy
Latest news bulletin | January 28th, 2026 – Morning
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this January 28th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics,...
World News
Business
Why is Greenland so rich in natural resources?
Island’s mineral and resource wealth is result of mountain building, rifting and volcanic activity over 4bn yearsAs recent manoeuvres over Greenland have made plain, this...
India’s Shadowfax slips on listing, as client concentration spooks investors
Shadowfax shares fell about 9% on theirdebut, valuing the logistics firm near its last private valuation.
Donkeys are a common sight in northern Namibia. What colonial history has to do with it
Donkeys are an unassuming yet ubiquitous presence in northern Namibia. They traverse sandy village roads, pull carts stacked with firewood, and graze freely along the...
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jonno Duniam on the ‘frenzy’ over hate speech laws and the Coalition split
Last week, the Coalition fell apart for the second time since the last federal election – which was just eight months ago. Both the Liberals...
Software
Artificial Intelligence
SK Innovation’s Ford Battery Breakup Cost $2.6 Billion
SK Innovation Co. said the termination of a battery joint venture with Ford Motor Co. in the US resulted in a 3.7 trillion won ($2.6...
Technology
Energy
Long COVID brain fog far more common in US than India and other nations, study finds
Patients with long COVID-19 in the U.S. report far higher rates of brain fog, depression and cognitive symptoms than patients in countries such as India...
Neuroscience
Biology
Computational method clarifies gene–drug links for precision cancer treatment
A paper published in Biology Methods and Protocols, indicates that a new computational method may help researchers identify effective precision treatments for cancer more quickly...
Medicine & Health
Biology
Congatec conga-TCRP1 COM Express Type 6 module features AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 SoC with 50 TOPS NPU
Congatec conga-TCRP1 is a COM Express 3.1 Type 6 Compact module powered by the newly announced AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 Series processors, which feature...
Embedded Systems
Hardware
40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine
Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human spaceflight remains a difficult business.
Space & Astronomy
Snow Buries the U.S. Interior and East
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Snow Buries the U.S…. Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat &...
Climate & Environment
Space & Astronomy
TelcoAI: Advancing 3GPP Technical Specification Search through Agentic Multi-Modal Retrieval-Augmented Generation
arXiv:2601.16984v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) produces complex technical specifications essential to global telecommunications, yet their hierarchical structure, dense formatting,...
Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Breaking Task Impasses Quickly: Adaptive Neuro-Symbolic Learning for Open-World Robotics
arXiv:2601.16985v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adapting to unforeseen novelties in open-world environments remains a major challenge for autonomous systems. While hybrid planning and reinforcement learning...
Robotics
Software
Crystal-KV: Efficient KV Cache Management for Chain-of-Thought LLMs via Answer-First Principle
arXiv:2601.16986v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning in large language models (LLMs) significantly improves accuracy on complex tasks, yet incurs excessive memory overhead due...
Artificial Intelligence
Software
Evaluating Reward Model Generalization via Pairwise Maximum Discrepancy Competitions
arXiv:2601.16987v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reward models (RMs) are central to aligning large language models, yet their practical effectiveness hinges on generalization to unseen prompts...
Software
Biology
Automated Classification of Research Papers Toward Sustainable Development Goals: A Boolean Query-Based Computational Framework
arXiv:2601.16988v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid expansion of scholarly publications across diverse disciplines has made it increasingly difficult to systematically evaluate how research contributes...
Software
Artificial Intelligence
pyBiblioNet: a Python library for a comprehensive network-based bibliometric analysis
arXiv:2601.16990v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bibliometric analysis is a critical tool for understanding the structure, dynamics, and impact of scientific research. Traditional methods often fall...
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