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The humanity of a new Denisovan Identification of the Harbin skull by mtDNA and proteins and what it means to be Homo sapiens.

The humanity of a new Denisovan @johnhawks.net open.substack.com/pub/johnhawk...

The humanity of a new Denisovan Identification of the Harbin skull by mtDNA and proteins and what it means to be Homo sapiens.

The humanity of a new Denisovan - Identification of the Harbin skull by mtDNA and proteins...

'.. this DNA legacy in Papua, Australia, the Philippines, and more broadly across mainland East and Southeast Asia and Oceania ...'

www.johnhawks.net/p/the-humani...

Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists have finally discovered the reason. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a new metabolic mode and absorb lar...

Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes | ScienceDaily - goo.gl/alerts/bjpE31 #GoogleAlerts

The Pinnacle Architecture: Reducing the cost of breaking RSA-2048 to 100 000 physical qubits using quantum LDPC codes The realisation of utility-scale quantum computing inextricably depends on the design of practical, low-overhead fault-tolerant architectures. We introduce the \textit{Pinnacle Architecture}, which us...

[2602.11457] The Pinnacle Architecture: Reducing the cost of breaking RSA-2048 to 100 000 physical qubits using quantum LDPC codes arxiv.org/abs/2602.11457

Chinese hackers exploited a Dell zero-day for 18 months before anyone noticed Google researchers said Chinese attackers have been exploiting a zero-day since mid-2024, and they’ve moved on to a more advanced version of Brickstorm malware called Grimbolt.

Google: Chinese state attackers going after Dell zero-day since mid-2024

'Google researchers said Chinese attackers have been exploiting a zero-day since mid-2024, and they’ve moved on to a more advanced version of Brickstorm malware called Grimbolt'

cyberscoop.com/china-bricks...

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer.

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans

'The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer'

gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...

This made me laugh. Well done, @twonkscomics!

Bill Bramhall cartoon.

Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers "Zero-knowledge encryption" promise breaks down with malicious server attacks.

Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers - iTnews

""Zero-knowledge encryption" promise breaks down with malicious server attacks"

www.itnews.com.au/news/researc...

Drone with 20km fiber-optic cable, made in Ukraine, with primarily Ukrainian and European parts

Crypto Has Finally Found Its Killer App: Human Trafficking According to a new report, cryptocurrency flows to suspected human trafficking services grew a shocking 85 percent last year.

Crypto Has Finally Found Its Killer App: Human Trafficking

"Extremely grim"

futurism.com/future-socie...

Why Diamond Transistors Are So Hard To Make Hackaday Article

Why Diamond Transistors Are So Hard To Make

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

The Jmail Encyclopedia The Jmail Encyclopedia — AI-generated encyclopedia of the Epstein scandal, grounded in Jmail data. People, places, and events from government-released emails and documents. A supplement to Wikipedia.

Jikipedia: jmail.world/wiki

iTWire - Australia's Copper Sunset Accelerates: NBN Passes 3 Million Fibre Customers as Speed Appetite Explodes NBN Co's half-year results reveal a nation hungry for speed - and a network racing to keep up with an AI-powered future There's a number buried in NBN Co's half-year results that tells you...

iTWire - Australia's Copper Sunset Accelerates: NBN Passes 3 Million Fibre Customers as Speed Appetite Explodes itwire.com/it-industry-...

Fibre now the "dominant" tech in NBN Co's network mix Powers ahead with overbuild.

Fibre now the "dominant" tech in NBN Co's network mix - iTnews

'the number of premises on fibre reached 2.99 million at the end of 2025, about 35 percent of the network footprint'

www.itnews.com.au/news/fibre-n...

BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months Will address major concerns in coming months.

BoM reveals plan to fix website within six months - iTnews

'The Bureau of Meteorology says it will take six months to address the deluge of community outrage its new $96.5 million website has generated after surpassing its budget to build the portal'

www.itnews.com.au/news/bom-rev...

PM urged not to “sell out” Australia’s Prosecco industry - Winetitles Independent Federal Member for Indi, Victoria, Dr Helen Haines, has warned the Federal Government against sacrificing Australia’s Prosecco industry as trade negotiations with the European Union enter ...

PM urged not to “sell out” Australia’s Prosecco industry

'Independent Federal Member for Indi, Victoria, Dr Helen Haines, has warned the Government against sacrificing Australia’s Prosecco industry as trade negotiations with the EU enter final stage'

winetitles.com.au/pm-urged-not...

The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hoped to gain a better understanding of how ...

The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes

phys.org/news/2026-02...

Coalition storm and economic stress lash Canberra This week, the credentials of the Albanese government to manage the economy came under their most intense challenge since Labor was first elected almost four years ago. In the space of six months, ass...

Coalition storm and economic stress lash Canberra www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out Radars and cameras might be for seeing cars and people now but they can be used to make existing roads better in the first place.

What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out

'Radars and cameras might be for seeing cars and people now but they can be used to make existing roads better in the first place'

gizmodo.com/what-if-the-...

Bunnings enters housing market with flatpack pod homes starting from $26,000 - realestate.com.au Bunnings has announced a collaboration which will see the retail giant sell homes for as low as $26,000 in a shock move that will change Australia.

Bunnings enters housing market with flatpack pod homes starting from $26,000

www.realestate.com.au/news/bunning...

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It’s an open source implementation of the digital personal assistant pattern, built by Peter Steinberger …

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/...

US defence chief blasts Europe over Nato Robert Gates blames a failure of political will and defence cuts as he warns that younger US politicians could abandon alliance

in 2011: "US defence chief blasts Europe over Nato"

'rebel against spending "increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations apparently willing and eager for the US to assume the growing security burden left by reductions in European defence budgets" '

www.theguardian.com/world/2011/j...

GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 - GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞

OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

github.com/openclaw/ope...

openclaw.ai

The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up: Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us.

The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up

'Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us—but we don’t all approach these challenges in the same way'

nautil.us/the-surprisi...

BrianKrebs: 'WSJ reports Google seizing dozens of domains belonging to IPIDEA, a Chinese residential proxy service with ~10M proxies for rent. Google has also taken steps to remove hundreds of apps affiliated with the company from Android devices'

infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/...

Moroccan fossil points to common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals www.msn.com/en-in/news/w...

Gas and diesel cash in as big batteries fade in South Australia's heatwave and hottest ever night South Australia's growing fleet of big batteries depletes on its hottest ever night, sending average prices over the day to their highest level since fossil fuels dominated the local grid.

Gas and diesel cash in as big batteries fade in South Australia’s heatwave and hottest ever night

reneweconomy.com.au/gas-and-dies...