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World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, ha \ stacker news

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool. [2 comm...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino

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Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino

High-precision measurements from the KATRIN experiment strongly limit the existence of light sterile neutrinos and narrow the search for new physic...

Neutrinos are extremely difficult to detect, yet they are some of the most abundant matter particles in the Universe. The Standard Model includes three known types, but discoveries showing that neutrinos oscillate revealed that they have mass and can change from one type to another as they move.

Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino \ stacker news

Neutrinos are extremely difficult to detect, yet they are some of the most abundant matter particles in the Universe. The Standard Model includes t...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Gold is a 'reactive metal' by accidentally creating a new material in the lab

Scientists uncover unexpected reactivity in gold by creating gold hydride

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, challenging gold’s long-held inert reputation and shedding light on hydrogen...

In a high-pressure lab experiment, scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride. This particular hydride formed when thin gold foil met dense hydrogen at pressures hundreds of thousands of times Earth’s atmosphere and blazing temperatures.

Gold is a 'reactive metal' by accidentally creating a new material in the lab \ stacker news

In a high-pressure lab experiment, scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride. This particular hydride formed when thin gol...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

13 EU countries & Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank-hnk-intl Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region. “Such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” they said in a joint statement.

13 EU countries & Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements \ stacker news

Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied ...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Nvidia to license Groq technology, hire executives https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-ai-chip-startup-groq-about-20-billion-cnbc-reports-2025-12-24/ Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab has agreed to license chip technology from startup Groq and hire away its CEO, a veteran of Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, Groq said in a blog post on Wednesday. Groq specializes in what is known as inference, where artificial intelligence models that have already been trained respond to requests from users. While Nvidia dominates the market for training AI models, it faces much more competition in inference, where traditional rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab have aimed to challenge it as well as startups such as Groq and Cerebras Systems.

Nvidia to license Groq technology, hire executives \ stacker news

Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab has agreed to license chip technology from startup Groq and hire away its CEO, a veteran of Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), op...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Surreal, disturbing video shows humanoid robots delivered for border patrol duty

Bizarre video shows humanoid robots preparing for border patrol duties between China and Vietnam

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam.

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam. UBTECH Robotics has won a $37 million contract, to deploy its Walker S2 machines there starting this month.

Surreal, disturbing video shows humanoid robots delivered for border patrol duty \ stacker news

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam. UBTECH Robotics has won a $37 million contract, to deploy its Walker ...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Scientists Discovered a Creature That Breaks a Fundamental Rule of Biology

Scientists Discovered a Creature That Breaks a Fundamental Rule of Biology

A new study finds that at least one Archaea has surprisingly flexibility when interpreting genetic code, which goes against a long-held rule of bio...

The building blocks of life are formed from a simple process: DNA is transcribed into RNA, which then becomes proteins. And all life follows the same instructions for how those proteins form—instructions based on 61 codons made of three nucleotides, all of which are combinations of the four nucleic acids named adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U).

Scientists Discovered a Creature That Breaks a Fundamental Rule of Biology \ stacker news

The building blocks of life are formed from a simple process: DNA is transcribed into RNA, which then becomes proteins. And all life follows the sa...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe

Supercomputer simulation reveals a mismatch in how galaxies cluster across the universe

The FLAMINGO super simulation maps the universe from its earliest moments but finds galaxies cluster less than cosmological models predict, deepeni...

A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies a stubborn cosmology puzzle.

Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe \ stacker news

A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies a stubborn cosmology puzzle.

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower

Bitcoin price news: BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower

Digital asset treasury companies — the year's worst performers — were also hardest hit on Tuesday.

Bitcoin led crypto markets lower Tuesday, down by about 1% over the past 24 hours to just below $88,000. The decline came even as gold, silver and copper all surged to record highs (though have pulled back a bit in Tuesday afternoon trade). U.S. stocks are ahead modestly, the Nasdaq gaining 0.45%.

BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower \ stacker news

Bitcoin led crypto markets lower Tuesday, down by about 1% over the past 24 hours to just below $88,000. The decline came even as gold, silver and ...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Suitcase left in a bank vault for 100 years contained the lost Hapsburg jewels

Suitcase stored in a bank vault for over a century reveals lost Habsburg jewels

A forgotten suitcase opened in a Canadian bank vault after more than 100 years was found to contain the private jewel collection, including a rare ...

A forgotten suitcase in a Canadian bank vault, opened after more than 100 years, contained famous royal jewels and treasures believed to have been lost forever. This was the private jewel collection of the Habsburg family, and the most valuable piece was a light-yellow diamond that weighs just under one ounce.

Suitcase left in a bank vault for 100 years contained the lost Hapsburg jewels \ stacker news

A forgotten suitcase in a Canadian bank vault, opened after more than 100 years, contained famous royal jewels and treasures believed to have been ...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Three people killed in explosion in Moscow: Russian investigators

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Three people, including officers, killed in explosion in Russia’s Moscow

Investigators say the blast in Moscow occurred close to the site where a Russian general was killed on Monday.

Two police ⁠officers and another ‍person have been ‍killed in ⁠blast in southern Moscow, ‌according to the Russian Investigative Committee. The two traffic police officers were killed overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday in an explosion that occurred when they attempted to arrest a suspicious individual, the Committee said in a statement on Wednesday.

Three people killed in explosion in Moscow: Russian investigators \ stacker news

Two police ⁠officers and another ‍person have been ‍killed in ⁠blast in southern Moscow, ‌according to the Russian Investigative Committe...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

China replaced solar panels with photovoltaic windows and now shows the results

Transparent and up to 75% less energy — China replaced solar panels with photovoltaic windows and now shows the results

In the past century, energy has been harnessed through various methods, from dams to wind, and through solar radiation. However, in a recent discovery, China has found a way to harness energy using our homes and buildings by inventing photovoltaic windows. With this incredible invention, China is pushing the boundaries of solar generation beyond rooftops and fields.

China replaced solar panels with photovoltaic windows and now shows the results \ stacker news

In the past century, energy has been harnessed through various methods, from dams to wind, and through solar radiation. However, in a recent discov...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Despite Being Volatile, Bitcoin Is Looking Strong

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Despite Being Volatile, Bitcoin Is Looking Strong

Bitcoin faced a turbulent Q4 in 2025, with December seeing a nearly 9% drop and record volatility since April, yet VanEck’s mid-December “Chain...

Bitcoin faced a turbulent Q4 in 2025, with December seeing a nearly 9% drop and record volatility since April, yet VanEck’s mid-December “ChainCheck” report notes improving liquidity and resetting speculative leverage, providing cautious optimism for long-term holders.

Despite Being Volatile, Bitcoin Is Looking Strong \ stacker news

Bitcoin faced a turbulent Q4 in 2025, with December seeing a nearly 9% drop and record volatility since April, yet VanEck’s mid-December “Chain...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots - Help Net Security

Anubis is an open source AI firewall that adds proof of work challenges to limit large scale web scraping and abusive automated traffic.

Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained by TecharoHQ, the project targets a growing problem for site operators who want to keep content accessible to humans while limiting large scale automated collection.

Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots \ stacker news

Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a re...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Scientists Built a Working Brain—And Now the ‘Possibilities Are Endless’

Scientists Built a Working Brain—And Now the ‘Possibilities Are Endless,’ a Scientist Says

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only provide an inner window on b...

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only provide an inner window on brain disorders, but may become sophisticated enough to mimic the human brain’s full complexity.

Scientists Built a Working Brain—And Now the ‘Possibilities Are Endless’ \ stacker news

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only provide an inner window on b...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Google's parent buys data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion

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Google's corporate parent on Monday announced an agreement to buy data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion as part of its effort to secure the vast amounts of electricity needed to power artificial intelligence technology.

Google's parent buys data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion \ stacker news

Google's corporate parent on Monday announced an agreement to buy data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion as part of its effort t...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’

Here’s visible proof for the first time ever.

In the world of average, everyday materials, heat tends to spread out from a localized source. Drop a burning coal into a pot of water, and that liquid will slowly rise in temperature before its heat eventually dissipates. But the world is full of rare, exotic materials that don’t exactly play by these thermal rules.

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’ \ stacker news

In the world of average, everyday materials, heat tends to spread out from a localized source. Drop a burning coal into a pot of water, and that li...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Scientists Used a Diamond to Create a New Phase of Matter

Scientists Used a Diamond to Create a New Phase of Matter

The researchers are confident that this process can be applied to other material beyond diamonds as well.

Since their theoretical discovery in 2012, time crystals have been front-and-center in conversations about how to improve quantum computers. While diamond, ice, and any other solid you can think of has a crystal lattice structure that repeats in space (another name for them could be “space crystals”), time crystals, as their name suggests, oscillate in perpetual cycles across time. These crystals, the thinking goes, could form stable forms of quantum memory and error-free quantum circuits, drastically improving a quantum computer’s performance.

Scientists Used a Diamond to Create a New Phase of Matter \ stacker news

Since their theoretical discovery in 2012, time crystals have been front-and-center in conversations about how to improve quantum computers. While ...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Two leading experiments reveal combined insights into why matter exists

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Two leading experiments reveal combined insights into why matter exists

Two separate experiments — the NOvA collaboration at Fermilab in Illinois and the T2K experiment in Japan — may help reveal how our universe fo...

Two separate experiments — the NOvA collaboration at Fermilab in Illinois and the T2K experiment in Japan — may help reveal how our universe formed.

Two leading experiments reveal combined insights into why matter exists \ stacker news

Two separate experiments — the NOvA collaboration at Fermilab in Illinois and the T2K experiment in Japan — may help reveal how our universe fo...

ch0k1 2 weeks ago

Challenging Long-Held Theories: Evolution Isn’t One-and-Done, New Study Suggests

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Challenging Long-Held Theories: Evolution Isn’t One-and-Done, New Study Suggests

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All forms of life exist in environments that are constantly shifting. Seasons change, wet years follow dry ones, and conditions that once favored survival can quickly disappear. Because of this, it is clear that plant and animal populations are continually forced to adapt, says University of Vermont scientist Csenge Petak. What remains uncertain is how these ongoing environmental changes influence the course of evolution itself.