The Most Precious Bronze Age Artefacts Were Made With Cosmic Materials

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The Most Precious Bronze Age Artefacts Were Made With Cosmic Materials

According to a new study, it's possible that all iron-based weapons and tools of the Bronze Age were forged using metal salvaged from meteorites.

According to a new study, it's possible that all iron-based weapons and tools of the Bronze Age were forged using metal salvaged from meteorites. The finding has given experts a better insight into how these tools were created before humans worked out how to produce iron from its ore. https://stacker.news/items/1462397

Apollo's old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II

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Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of Apollo’s workforce was still alive. https://stacker.news/items/1462360

Russia’s FSB orders British diplomat’s expulsion, UK rejects ‘intimidation’

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Russia’s FSB orders British diplomat’s expulsion, UK rejects ‘intimidation’

Russia’s intelligence agency accuses the second secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow of espionage.

Russia’s intelligence agency accuses the second secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow of espionage. https://stacker.news/items/1462323

Congress proposes Bitcoin tax loophole removal in favor of regulated stablecoins

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Congress proposes removal of widely used Bitcoin tax loophole and giving it to regulated stablecoins

The new Digital Asset PARITY Act draft would extend wash-sale rules to digital assets while shielding certain regulated payment stablecoins from ro...

The new Digital Asset PARITY Act draft would extend wash-sale rules to digital assets while shielding certain regulated payment stablecoins from routine gain-or-loss recognition. https://stacker.news/items/1462297

Ukraine fends off increased attacks, strikes Russian oil revenue

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Ukraine fends off increased attacks, strikes Russian oil revenue

Russia launches possible spring offensive, but makes no significant gains; Ukraine hits oil terminals in response.

*Russia may have launched an attempted spring offensive, but made no significant gains so far; Ukraine has responded by devastating Russia’s oil export terminals.* https://stacker.news/items/1462269

Psychedelics Reveal a Truer Version of Reality, Research Suggests

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Psychedelics Reveal a Truer Version of Reality, Research Suggests

Disrupting your thought patterns could be key to achieving a greater sense of understanding.

With only my head sticking out of the thick white comforter, I watched the flowers in the painting on the wall stretch and drip and slip off the canvas. I became aware of feeling annoyed by the sound of electronic buzzing. I had chosen a digitally-streamed soundtrack of nature to accompany my magic mushroom trip. But the sounds of crickets and birds that had relaxed me before the psilocybin kicked in now sounded like a robot mimicking nature—a dystopic parody of wildlife. I was soundbathing in the grid, not the forest. https://stacker.news/items/1462052

Brazil Passes Law Turning Seized Crypto Into Public-Security War Chest

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Brazil Passes Law Turning Seized Crypto Into Public-Security War Chest

Brazil has signed a landmark law that allows authorities to channel crypto seized from criminal organizations directly into public security initiat...

Brazil has signed a landmark law that allows authorities to channel crypto seized from criminal organizations directly into public security initiatives. https://stacker.news/items/1462036

Scientists Create Tiny “Nanolaser” That Could Revolutionize Future Computers

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Scientists Create Tiny “Nanolaser” That Could Revolutionize Future Computers

Researchers have created an ultra-compact nanolaser that could transform how data moves within microchips, replacing electrical signals with light.

Researchers have created an ultra-compact nanolaser that could transform how data moves within microchips, replacing electrical signals with light. The idea of computers communicating with light instead of electricity is moving closer to reality, thanks to a breakthrough nanolaser developed at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Described in Science Advances, the device is small enough to be embedded by the thousands onto a single microchip. Instead of relying on electrical currents, which generate heat and slow performance, these nanolasers could transmit information using photons. This shift could dramatically increase processing speeds while reducing energy demands across everything from smartphones to massive data centers. https://stacker.news/items/1462016

Gzip Decompressor Written in 250 Lines of Rust — Compression Finally Made Sense https://medium.com/@trivajay259/i-read-a-gzip-decompressor-written-in-250-lines-of-rust-and-compression-finally-made-sense-b15a18f3a344 Most developers use gzip all the time. We download compressed assets. We serve compressed HTTP responses. We store compressed logs, archives, packages, and backups. And yet, for many of us, gzip lives in the same mental category as DNS, TLS, or B-trees: important, everywhere, and slightly mysterious. We trust it. We depend on it. But we do not really see it. https://stacker.news/items/1462015

The EU Commission, ENISA, and the DG for Digital Services have been compromised

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🚨 MASSIVE CYBERATTACK: The EU Commission, ENISA, and the DG for Digital Services have been compromised by threat actor ShinyHunters. Leaked ...

Leaked data includes: ▪️ Emails & attachments ▪️ Full SSO user directory ▪️ DKIM signing keys ▪️ AWS config snapshots ▪️ NextCloud/Athena data ▪️ Internal admin URLs It's a mess! https://stacker.news/items/1461849

Tucker Carlson Airs: The Bibi Files Film https://tuckercarlson.com/the-bibi-files-film A side of “our greatest ally” you’ve never seen. The Bibi Files pulls back the curtain on Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, revealing the corruption cases, backroom deals, and insider accounts the public was never meant to see. https://stacker.news/items/1461424

Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel's emails

Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel's emails

A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos - information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".

A group, known as the Handala Hack Team, shared Patel's purported resume and photos of him on its website on Friday along with a statement that says: "This is just our beginning." The FBI said it was aware of "malicious actors" targeting Patel's email information. "The information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information." https://stacker.news/items/1461279

David Sacks says his time as Trump's crypto and AI czar has ended

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David Sacks says his time as Trump's crypto and AI czar has ended

The venture capitalist said he will still be a part of the White House's Technology committee and will help push Trump's AI plan forward.

Venture capitalist David Sacks is stepping aside from his role as artificial intelligence and crypto czar for President Donald Trump. Sacks told Bloomberg on Thursday that he has "used up" his 130 days as a special government employee and is joining the President's Council of Advisers on Science & Technology. https://stacker.news/items/1460893

Pope Leo hosts exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of surge in Satanism

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Pope Leo hosts exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of worldwide surge in Satanism

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Pope Leo XIV hosted the world’s most senior Catholic exorcists at the Vatican for a private high-level meeting this month. The delegation from the International Association of Exorcists warned the Pontiff of a terrifying and accelerating global rise in occultism, esotericism, and Satanism. The priests reported a sharp increase in people seriously disturbed by the extraordinary action of the devil, particularly those frequenting occult sects. They described the situation as causing great suffering for both the individuals affected and the broader Church. https://stacker.news/items/1460705

Apple expands American manufacturing program with four new partners

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Apple expands American manufacturing program with four new partners

Apple is adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to its American Manufacturing Program, committing $400 million through 2030.

Apple announced a significant expansion of its American Manufacturing Program on Thursday, bringing four new partners — Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics — into its domestic supply chain. The companies will manufacture essential materials and components in the U.S. for Apple products sold worldwide, with Apple planning to invest $400 million in the new programs through 2030. https://stacker.news/items/1460592

Scientists Reinvent a Classic Material To Help Power the Future of Quantum Tech

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Scientists Reinvent a Classic Material To Help Power the Future of Quantum Tech

Researchers have revisited a long-known material and uncovered a way to dramatically enhance its performance by altering its structure at the nanos...

A new twist on a long-known material could help push quantum computing forward and cut energy use in modern data centers, according to a team led by Penn State researchers. Barium titanate, first identified in 1941, is valued for its strong electro-optic properties in bulk, or three-dimensional, crystals. Materials like this connect electricity and light by converting signals carried by electrons into signals carried by photons, the particles of light. https://stacker.news/items/1460472

Banks Took $434 Billion From Americans Last Year — Time For Bitcoin?

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Banks Took $434 Billion From Americans Last Year — Time For Bitcoin?

Banks generated $434 billion in 2025 from deposit spreads, while savers lost purchasing power to inflation. Bitcoin shows another way.

Banks extracted hundreds of billions from American savers last year — and the scale of it shows a deep structural issue in America’s financial system. Bitcoin might help. https://stacker.news/items/1460447

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence. The numbers: $6.06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30, 2025. https://stacker.news/items/1460157

Disney-OpenAI Deal Death Exposes Hollywood's Vulnerability To Big Tech

Disney-OpenAI Deal Death Exposes Hollywood's Vulnerability To Big Tech

How the premature death of Disney's deal with OpenAI exposes Hollywood's vulnerability to the capriciousness of big tech.

The old Silicon Valley cliché, coined by Mark Zuckerberg, is that you move fast and break things. OpenAI sure did that with Sora. In six short months, Sora 2 broke the internet with its startling virality. It broke copyright protections. And now, the app is just broken after Sam Altman’s tech titan dramatically beat a retreat from generative video. https://stacker.news/items/1460100

Scientists Connect “Time Crystals” to Outside World in Groundbreaking Experiment

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Scientists Connect “Time Crystals” to the Outside World in Groundbreaking Experiment

A newly demonstrated link between a time crystal and a mechanical system opens a door scientists once thought closed.

***A newly demonstrated link between a time crystal and a mechanical system opens a door scientists once thought closed.*** A shimmering crystal owes its color to the precise arrangement of its atoms. Physicist Frank Wilczek, who won the Nobel Prize in 2012, proposed that similar order could emerge in quantum systems, not in space but in time. He called these systems time crystals, describing them as structures that remain in their lowest energy state while repeating motion continuously without any external energy input. Scientists confirmed their existence in experiments in 2016. https://stacker.news/items/1459939