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Genetics Startup Sells Test to Rank Embryos by IQ, Height and Looks

https://ijr.com/you-can-even-name-your-embryo-genetics-startup-sells-test-to-rank-embryos-by-iq-height-and-looks/
11•bookofjoe•1d ago

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duxup•1d ago
>by projected IQ, height, eye color and nearly 900 health-related traits before deciding which to implant.

Getting closer to GATTACA ... https://youtu.be/wY_0u84DtXY?t=35

codeddesign•1d ago
“Startup makes eugenics available to consumers”.

I’m personally fine with this, but let’s call it what it is.

gizmondo•1d ago
Screening for the Down syndrome has been available to consumers for a long time, it's eugenics in exactly the same way. While technically correct, I think in practice this term is only used by despicable people to tar these great ideas with the guilt-by-association.
cafard•1d ago
Years ago I read that Shockley was not that impressed by his own offspring, but blamed this on their mother or mothers.
IronyMan100•1d ago
Apparently Shokley was a better physicit than a father or husband or Manager. In Chip War Chris Miller writes that Shockley was such a Bad Manager that his employees left and founded Fairchild Semiconductor.

Why You Should Move Your Site Away from Weebly (YC W07)

https://www.articulation.blog/p/why-you-should-move-your-site-away-from-weebly
1•dustywusty•7m ago•0 comments

Colorado kayakers rescue a dog that tumbled over 60-foot waterfall in Mexico

https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/03/kayakers-rescue-waterfall-trapped-dog/
1•mooreds•9m ago•0 comments

Portable device captures airborne molecules for noninvasive disease detection

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-portable-device-captures-airborne-molecules.html
1•PaulHoule•15m ago•0 comments

Why does C++ think my class is copy-constructible when it can't be?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250606-00/?p=111254
1•ibobev•16m ago•0 comments

Building a Modern Python API with Azure Cosmos DB: A 5-Part Video Series

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/building-a-modern-python-api-with-azure-cosmos-db-a-5-part-video-series/
1•ibobev•16m ago•0 comments

Retro Game Sprites Generated in One Attempt with Ideogram's "V3 Quality" Model

https://gametorch.app/commons/image_models/ideogram-v3-quality
1•gametorch•20m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What would you do if AGI were coming in 2-4 years?

1•atleastoptimal•20m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Is synthetic data generation practical outside academia?

1•cpard•21m ago•0 comments

Palantir is nuts. When's the crash?

https://www.ft.com/content/747dd085-6c83-4c0b-a93e-e134a643f2dd
12•1vuio0pswjnm7•21m ago•1 comments

Apple Cash Management (2021)

https://www.treasurefi.com/blog/a-look-inside-apple-cash-management
2•walterbell•24m ago•0 comments

Subcontinental Genetic Variation in the All of Us Research Program

https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(25)00173-9
1•bookofjoe•24m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SQLAlchemy just the core – a better way

https://github.com/sayanarijit/sqla-fancy-core
1•sayanarijit•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Automate any workflow with Osly and 10x your productivity

https://app.osly.ai/
2•hez2000•26m ago•0 comments

Anthropic releases custom AI chatbot for classified spy work

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-releases-custom-ai-chatbot-for-classified-spy-work/
1•gametorch•28m ago•0 comments

A man rebuilding the last Inca rope bridge

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/last-inca-rope-bridge-qeswachaka-tradition
1•kaonwarb•32m ago•0 comments

NATS Comparison to Kafka, Rabbit, gRPC, and Others

https://docs.nats.io/nats-concepts/overview/compare-nats
1•teleforce•38m ago•0 comments

SchemaPin prevents "MCP Rug Pull" attacks

https://github.com/ThirdKeyAI/SchemaPin
2•smugglereal•39m ago•1 comments

Autocomp: LLM-Driven Code Optimization for Tensor Accelerators

https://charleshong3.github.io/blog/autocomp.html
1•matt_d•41m ago•0 comments

Jony Ive's LoveFrom helped design Rivian's first electric bike

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/jony-ives-lovefrom-helped-design-rivians-first-electric-bike/
3•coloneltcb•58m ago•0 comments

Michigan triples waters with 'Do Not Eat' warning for PFAS in fish

https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/06/michigan-triples-waters-with-do-not-eat-warning-for-pfas-in-fish.html
2•mahirsaid•59m ago•1 comments

Dear High Schoolers, Time Is Precious

https://byronsharman.com/blog/dear-high-schoolers
2•chilipepperhott•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bridgit – In-Person-First Networking

https://www.bridgitsocial.com/
1•amfooladgar•1h ago•1 comments

Understanding MCP Evals: Why Evals Matter for MCP

https://huggingface.co/blog/mclenhard/mcp-evals
1•mooreds•1h ago•0 comments

Let's Learn About MCP Together

https://medium.com/womenintechnology/lets-learn-about-mcp-together-be1601dc7a81
2•mooreds•1h ago•0 comments

Higher education is shockingly right-wing

https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2023/03/01/higher-education-is-shockingly-right-wing/index.html
9•corimaith•1h ago•10 comments

Photographing a City That Stopped Changing: A Decade of Suburban Decay

https://aboutphotography.blog/blog/ghost-world-by-juan-rodrguez-morales
2•ChompChomp•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built an AI that helps you chat with and visualize your codebase

https://www.thesuperfriend.com/
1•hez2000•1h ago•0 comments

University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil Gaza protestors

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/michigan-university-gaza-surveillance
12•cempaka•1h ago•0 comments

Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/titanium-dioxide-food-additive-toxic
9•Jimmc414•1h ago•0 comments

I Built an AI Agent with Gmail Access and Discovered a Security Hole

2•Ada-Ihueze•1h ago•1 comments