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Today's fact
The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes.
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Headline picks from Hacker News and public RSS feeds.
Tech · Hacker News
- Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmapped Maya pyramid in 72h
pietromiotti.com
- Pharo in the Browser with WebAssembly
massimo-nocentini.github.io
- Atuin Threads: All your agent sessions on every machine
blog.atuin.sh
- Can a Linear Program Do Weight-Space Programming?
nathan.rs
- Hyper-Realistic Sand with WebGL2
av.github.io
- Using voltage glitching to unleash the A100 in my mining card
blog.kate.land
- I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they spy on you
theverge.com
- Show HN: Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)
github.com
- In Defense of Giving a Shit
possibilityspace.org
- Protecting SSH Keys with macOS Secure Enclave
gatezh.com
- We need more goat sacrifices
experimental-history.com
- Apple is killing its Support Community forum next week
theverge.com
World headlines
- Spain sees widespread disruption in first general strike for 14 years
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Russia-Ukraine talks turn to post-war security but end without breakthrough
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Six thousand Italian schools hit by threats in suspected bomb hoax
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Kidnapper, 74, escapes from house arrest in Argentina by abseiling from balcony
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Four grizzly bears killed in Canada after fatal attack on mother and daughter
BBC News · bbc.co.uk
- Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities
The Guardian · theguardian.com
- Collision of two trains in Egypt kills at least seven
The Guardian · theguardian.com
- How African philosophies inspired a new approach to staging film festivals in Manchester
The Guardian · theguardian.com
- Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years for murder of 190 children
The Guardian · theguardian.com
- ANC faces bruising defeat in South African local elections with 80% of ballots counted
The Guardian · theguardian.com
- Argentine lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
The Guardian · theguardian.com