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• The popular breakfast foods that protect the brain from early onset dementia | Daily Mail Online Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Popular breakfast food protects the brain from early onset dementia

  Site: Mail Online

  A landmark study found more than a dozen risk factors for dementia, which is on the rise, are preventable. Now, scientists have revealed the foods most likely to lower dementia risk.

  READ MORE: Injury suffered by millions of Americans

  

• Say goodbye to Linux audio headaches: how PipeWire simplifies everything Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Say goodbye to Linux audio headaches: how PipeWire simplifies everything

  Site: XDA

  Tired of juggling multiple audio systems on Linux? This development unifies them all, offering a seamless experience like never before.

  

• Watch SpaceX launch 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites Monday after delay | Space Added: Oct 12, 2025

  SpaceX launches 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit (video)

  Site: Space

  Liftoff occurred at 9:58 p.m. ET on Monday (Oct. 13).

  

• Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 11 megarocket test flight on Oct. 13 | Space Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 11 megarocket test flight today

  Site: Space

  Liftoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET on Monday (Oct. 13).

  

• 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 on X: "This is: CNN——a criminal enterprise, CNN cuts off @DNIGabbard as she tells the world that Barack Hussein Obama attempted to overthrow the United States government in 2016 as part of a ‘treasonous conspiracy’, overthrew it in 2020 to cover it up—and now he’s been caught. https://t.co/qhl2RVeOqK" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Scientists Discover a New Form of Ice That Shouldn’t Exist Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Scientists Discover a New Form of Ice That Shouldn’t Exist

  Site: SciTechDaily

  Researchers at the European XFEL and DESY are investigating unusual forms of ice that can exist at room temperature when subjected to extreme pressure. Ice comes in many forms, even when made of nothing but water molecules. Scientists have now identified more than 20 unique solid structures, or “

  

• The Flaw In Google Pixel's New Tensor G5 Chip Added: Oct 12, 2025

  The Flaw In Google Pixel's New Tensor G5 Chip

  Site: Wccftech

  Google's design strategy for the Tensor G5 chip is akin to buying an off-the-rack suit and then paying for some fittings here and there.

  

• Why AI Will Widen the Gap Between Top Performers and Other Workers - WSJ Added: Oct 12, 2025

• ‘Slap in the face’: Marc Benioff’s Trump turn stuns San Francisco - POLITICO Added: Oct 12, 2025

  ‘Slap in the face’: Marc Benioff’s Trump turn stuns San Francisco

  Site: POLITICO

  The tech billionaire's comments put the longtime Democratic ally at odds with city and state leaders.

  

• 5 cool apps that benefit from locally-hosted LLMs and image generators Added: Oct 12, 2025

  5 cool apps that benefit from locally-hosted LLMs and image generators

  Site: XDA

  Self-hosted LLMs have some niche uses

  

• Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress

  Site: MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Innovator, futurist, author, and MIT alumnus Ray Kurzweil emphasized his optimism about AI and technological progress in a lecture at MIT while accepting the Robert A. Muh Alumni Award from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

  

• Ian Jaeger on X: "BREAKING: Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s director calls out Barack Obama over his comments about democracy in Hungary. “Barack Obama is not concerned about democracy, he is concerned about preserving the dominance of the liberal elite.” Perfectly said. https://t.co/dST92FSfDu" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Dinesh D'Souza on X: "Pro-Israel: Trump, Rubio, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Laura Loomer, me. Anti-Israel: Tucker, Candace, Ilhan Omar, Steve Bannon, Mamdani, MTG. Interesting configuration, isn’t it?" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Terrence K. Williams on X: "Barack Obama wasn’t America’s savior, he was the spark that set this country on fire. The damage he caused to our unity, our police, and our faith in one another is something this nation is still paying for today. He didn’t bring hope or unity, he brought division. He turned https://t.co/UTcEzcO6HB" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Piers Morgan on X: "Good morning, Senator Sanders.. you’ve posted 16 Trump-bashing sentiments in the last week, but I can’t find a single post from you about the most consequential peace plan for the Middle East in decades, or President Trump’s leading role in it. Any reason?" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Dinesh D'Souza on X: "I’m excluding the nuanced positions here. A guy like Tucker says sharia isn’t so bad, Christians are safer under Hamas than in Israel, Jews today are not descended from the Jews of the Bible, we should have allied with Hitler. These are not “specific criticisms” of the government" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Sara Hurwitz relaims the Jewish story | The Jerusalem Post Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Sara Hurwitz relaims the Jewish story | The Jerusalem Post

  Site: The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

  In a new book, the former White House speechwriter says it’s time for Jews to reclaim their story from the haters.

  

• Dan Senor on X: "According to Sarah Hurwitz, Israel is a country like any other and its founding is not unique in history compared to many other countries founded at that time. Sarah joins Call Me Back to discuss how we can better educate young Jews. Listen here: https://t.co/cmbRIpyAZu https://t.co/mPkoJhBsrT" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Why Peter Thiel worries about the rise of the Antichrist Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Why Peter Thiel worries about the rise of the Antichrist

  The Times analysed private lectures held by the billionaire co-founder of PayPal in which he claims that ‘one-world government’ regulation is looming

  

• Audio of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Seminar Just Leaked Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Audio of Peter Thiel's Secret Antichrist Seminar Just Leaked

  Site: Futurism

  Billionaire Peter Thiel gave a four-part series of rambling seminars about the antichrist. According to leaked audio, they were weird.

  

• Maggie Harrison Dupré (@mharrisondupre.bsky.social) — Bluesky Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Maggie Harrison Dupré (@mharrisondupre.bsky.social)

  Site: Bluesky Social

  Award-winning journalist at Futurism covering AI and its impacts on media, information, and people. Send tips by email to: maggie@futurism.com or Signal: mhd.39

  

• Google Chrome was using 30GB RAM until I made this tweak Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Google Chrome was using 30GB RAM until I made this tweak

  Site: MUO

  We all know that Chrome uses memory like no other browser, but this was excessive.

  

• SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship V2 one final time Added: Oct 12, 2025

  SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship V2 one final time

  Site: TESLARATI

  The launch closes the curtain on SpaceX Starship V2 and marks the start of the ambitious spacecraft’s V3 era.

  

• 3I/ATLAS: A city-sized alien spacecraft or simply the ‘coolest comet’ ever seen? Added: Oct 12, 2025

  3I/ATLAS: A city-sized alien spacecraft or simply the ‘coolest comet’ ever seen?

  Site: Interesting Engineering

  Harvard professor Avi Loeb claims 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spacecraft. Arizona State University professor Steven Desch is sure it isn't.

  

• The James Webb Appears to Have Spotted a "Dark Star" Powered by Dark Matter Added: Oct 12, 2025

  James Webb Appears to Have Spotted "Dark Star" Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

  Site: Futurism

  Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.

  

• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy from Starbase – Spaceflight Now Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Launch preview: SpaceX to launch final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy from Starbase – Spaceflight Now

  

• Elon Musk’s xAI joins race to build ‘world models’ to power video games with artificial intelligence Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Musk’s xAI joins race to build ‘world models’ to power video games

  Site: Australian Financial Review

  The billionaire’s artificial intelligence business has hired staff from Nvidia to work on advanced technology that can design and navigate physical spaces.

  

• I swapped studio headshots for this Google feature at home — and it actually works Added: Oct 12, 2025

  I swapped studio headshots for this Google feature at home — and it actually works

  Site: Android Police

  You're photogenic with the right prompt

  

• Grok's 7 Best Passive Income Ideas of 2025 | GOBankingRates Added: Oct 12, 2025

  I Asked Grok for the Best Passive Income Ideas of 2025 — Here Are Grok’s Top 7

  Site: GOBankingRates

  Does Grok have the right ideas?

  

• Will SpaceX's Starship help spur an economic boom near Cape Canaveral? Added: Oct 12, 2025

  SpaceX Starship launches could bring huge tourist crowds, economic boost to Space Coast

  Site: Florida Today

  Space Coast Office of Tourism data shows overnight visitors who primarily travel to Brevard County to see a launch spend an average of $231 per day.

  

• Trump says Gaza war over, as he flies to Israel for hostages release Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Trump lands in Israel after declaring Gaza war over

  Site: Axios

  Shortly before Trump landed in Israel, Hamas released the first group of hostages.

  

• Strange New Health Issues Put Jordan Peterson in ICU Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Strange New Health Issues Put Jordan Peterson in ICU

  Site: Futurism

  Now on year seven of his all-meat diet, the pseudo-intellectual is reportedly suffering from a nefarious "spiritual attack."

  

• Starship Flight 11: End of an era, but the beginning of a new one - NASASpaceFlight.com Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Flight 11 Gives Pad 1 and Block 2 the Proper Send Off - NASASpaceFlight.com

  Site: NASASpaceFlight.com

  After 11 flights, many static fires, tanking tests, cryogenic proof tests, and a few wet…

  

• Trump wanted a trade deal. Xi opened a new front instead. - POLITICO Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Trump wanted a trade deal. Xi opened a new front instead.

  Site: POLITICO

  Beijing’s rare earth crackdown lays bare the fusion of economic rivalry and national security risk.

  

• Scientists unearth a 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insects | ScienceDaily Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Scientists unearth a 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insects

  Site: ScienceDaily

  Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent Gondwana. The amber, found in the Hollín Formation, preserved a diverse range of insect species and plant material, revealing a humid, resin-rich forest teeming with life.

  

• Mystery of jet streams on gas giants explained with unified model Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Mystery of jet streams on gas giants explained with unified model

  Site: Interesting Engineering

  Explore the new model explaining the jet stream phenomena on Jupiter and Saturn. Discover why their winds differ from Uranus and Neptune.

  

• Ray Kurzweil Forecasts Longevity Escape Velocity by 2032 and AI Merger by 2045 / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• 3 ways I use Obsidian that have nothing to do with note-taking Added: Oct 12, 2025

  3 ways I use Obsidian that have nothing to do with note-taking

  Site: XDA

  Obsidian's real power isn't in the notes

  

• Elon Musk on X: "Starship flight tomorrow evening" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• In World First, Underwater Robot To Chase Magellan’s 500-Year-Old Round-The-World Voyage Time | IFLScience Added: Oct 12, 2025

  In A World First, Autonomous Underwater Robot Sets Off On Mission To Circumnavigate The Globe

  Site: IFLScience

  Godspeed, Redwing, and good luck.

  A robot has just set off on its mission to complete the first-ever global circumnavigation with an autonomous underwater vehicle. The self-gliding sub launched on the morning of October 10 from the docks of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, where it will go on to ride the Gulf Stream across the Atlantic Ocean. Its journey will echo the route taken by the Magellan Expedition between 1519 and 1522, the first known circumnavigation of the Earth, which headed from Spain, sailed to the Canary Islands, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to South America, passed through the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of the continent, crossed the Pacific Ocean, reached the Philippines and the Spice Islands (Moluccas), and returned to Spain via the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa. Its first major stop will be Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, followed by Cape Town at the southern tip of Africa. From there, it will cross the Indian Ocean to Western Australia, then continue to New Zealand. It will then navigate the Antarctic Circumpolar Current below the tip of South America, taking it on its longest leg to the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. From there, it may stop in Brazil and the Caribbean before heading back to the US East Coast. The total journey is expected to take more than five years, covering roughly 73,000 kilometers (about 45,000 miles) at an average speed of 0.75 knots. Developed by Teledyne Marine and Rutgers University–New Brunswick, the Slocum Sentinel Glider – aka “Redwing” – represents a new generation of ocean robotics. Dubbed “the most advanced commercial subsea glider ever built,” it’s designed to travel vast distances while consuming minimal energy. “Redwing” being lowered into the sea during an earlier test journey. Image credit: Teledyne Marine Unlike traditional submarines, Redwing won't fully rely on propellers or engines. Instead, it glides through the water using gravity and buoyancy, “surfing” ocean currents rather than resisting them. By subtly adjusting its buoyancy, the glider moves forward in slow, graceful dives and ascents. However, it’s equipped with a dual-thruster system, including a propeller, to help it push through strong currents when necessary, plus lithium battery packs that power all of the glider’s systems. The battery system will also help to power all the exciting tech that's onboard. Throughout its long journey, Redwing will collect continuous data on salinity, depth, and temperature, building what scientists describe as a “three-dimensional view of the ocean.” This information could sharpen forecasts of hurricane formation, reveal how climate change is reshaping ocean systems, and offer clues about the health of marine ecosystems. Every eight to 12 hours, the torpedo-like sub will surface to beam back real-time data via satellite. It’s also equipped with a fish-tracking system capable of detecting tagged marine animals, potentially providing unprecedented glimpses into their long-distance migrations across the open ocean. Not only will the mission provide scientists with a huge amount of high-quality data, it’s also being used as a tool to teach dozens of undergraduate students who will closely follow Redwing’s progress. “This is a historic moment for ocean science,” said mission co-leader Scott Glenn, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences in the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in a statement sent to IFLScience. “We’re deploying a robot that will travel the world’s oceans, gathering data. And we’re doing it with students, educators, and international collaborators every step of the way.” Of course, all of this relies on Redwing completing its voyage. Over the next five years, the autonomous sub will face numerous challenges, from dodging fishing nets and navigating busy shipping lanes to withstanding some of the ocean’s harshest conditions. Success is far from guaranteed, but the team is confident in their skills and the glider’s capabilities. Godspeed, Redwing, and good luck. Correction 10/10/2025: This article originally misstated the route of the Magellan Expedition in the 16th century. It has been updated to accurately describe the expedition’s route.

  

• Scientists Finally Uncover the Ant Super-Sense Secret Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Scientists Finally Uncover the Ant Super-Sense Secret

  Site: SciTechDaily

  A hidden genetic trick gives ants their uncanny power to smell the world with perfect clarity.

  

• 'The war is over': What to watch for as Trump heads to Israel - POLITICO Added: Oct 12, 2025

  **'The war is over': What to watch for as Trump speaks in Israel **

  Site: POLITICO

  The president is addressing the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and will then fly to Sharm El-Sheikh for a peace summit.

  

• Trump Has a Different Plan to Oust Maduro This Time Around - POLITICO Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Trump Has a Different Plan to Oust Maduro This Time Around

  Site: POLITICO

  Venezuela’s leader has survived the US president’s wrath before.

  

• Elon Musk on X: "That is the goal" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Roger Stone on X: "Incredible - Barack Obama explains exactly precisely what he did during his presidency claiming falsely that Trump is now guilty of these excesses. He should be charged with seditious conspiracy to remove his successor." / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Peter Clack on X: "Carbon dioxide, a mere 0.042% of the atmosphere, is cast as the chief culprit of climate change. This narrative, fueled by money & power agendas, drives energy policies that spike electricity bills, like Germany's 30% price hike, or in California, where renewables outpace https://t.co/XeGYjjKZGa" / X Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Site: X (formerly Twitter)

  

• Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters

  Site: Futurism

  It's a fascinating look into the effort to drum up consent for an unprecedented crackdown on American cities.

  

• Scientists suggest the brain may work best with 7 senses, not just 5 | ScienceDaily Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Scientists suggest the brain may work best with 7 senses, not just 5

  Site: ScienceDaily

  Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored. Their analysis suggests that memory works best in a seven-dimensional conceptual space — equivalent to having seven senses. The finding implies that both humans and AI might benefit from broader sensory inputs to optimize learning and recall.

  

• Consciousness and the art of the long sentence - The Hindu Added: Oct 12, 2025

  Consciousness and the art of the long sentence

  What is an enigma in science has tempted writers, including László Krasznahorkai, the 2025 winner of the literature Nobel Prize, to mirror through their words

  

• ‘The Democrats Still May Not Understand What They're Dealing With’ - POLITICO Added: Oct 12, 2025

  ‘The Democrats Still May Not Understand What They're Dealing With’

  Site: POLITICO

  A Silicon Valley chronicler on the increasingly radical politics of Elon Musk, David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg.