Grover's algorithm to efficiently prepare quantum states in optical cavity QED

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-grover-algorithm-efficiently-quantum-states.html

1•westurner•1m ago•0 comments

Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair teeth

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/toothpaste-made-from-hair-provides-natural-root-to-repair-teeth

1•sohkamyung•2m ago•1 comments

PG Auto Upgrade – Docker (and K8s) container to auto upgrade your database

https://github.com/pgautoupgrade/docker-pgautoupgrade

1•justinclift•5m ago•1 comments

Regime Shift in Arctic Ocean Sea‐Ice Extent

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL114546

1•bilsbie•6m ago•0 comments

Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator

http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON

1•chrisjj•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: BestLanding – Boost Landing Page Clicks and Conversions

https://www.bestland.ing

2•trackmysitemap•8m ago•0 comments

Timeline of programming languages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_programming_languages

3•hhs•10m ago•0 comments

NextDNS adds an option to bypass age verification on websites

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/16/nextdns-adds-an-option-to-bypass-age-verification-on-websites/

1•speckx•12m ago•0 comments

GitHub Actions policy now supports blocking and SHA pinning actions

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-15-github-actions-policy-now-supports-blocking-and-sha-pinning-actions/

2•thecosmicfrog•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Be Visible in the Age of AI Search. Start Generating Income from LLMs

https://idou.ai

1•ratmondo•14m ago•0 comments

Scientists Are Learning How to Decode Inner Thoughts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/science-fiction-think-again-scientists-are-learning-how-to-decode-inner-thoughts-180987194/

1•pseudolus•14m ago•0 comments

Our electronics are tiny doodles

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/technology/silicon-chips-doodles.html

1•lawgimenez•18m ago•0 comments

Waluigi Effect in LLMs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waluigi_effect

2•haxiomic•19m ago•0 comments

Magisterium AI

https://www.magisterium.com/overview

1•Michelangelo11•24m ago•0 comments

Urban forests spread their cover in a time of climate change

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/08/16/urban-forests-spread-their-cover-in-a-time-of-climate-change_6744421_7.html

1•geox•25m ago•0 comments

Can I buy a house Calculator

https://nyanguno.github.io/caniaffordthishouse/

1•theeunderdog•27m ago•1 comments

A mysterious particle could explain the Universe's missing antimatter

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2025/neutrinos-could-explain-universes-missing-antimatter

1•pseudolus•28m ago•0 comments

Some people just don't like music – it may be down to their brain wiring

https://theconversation.com/some-people-just-dont-like-music-it-may-be-down-to-their-brain-wiring-263066

2•pseudolus•29m ago•0 comments

Eliminating JavaScript cold starts on AWS Lambda

https://goose.icu/lambda/

2•styfle•31m ago•0 comments

Figma's Multiplayer Technology (2019)

https://www.figma.com/blog/how-figmas-multiplayer-technology-works/

1•redbell•34m ago•0 comments

VRML and the Dream of Bringing 3D to the World Wide Web

https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/vrml-and-the-dream-of-bringing-3d-to-the-world-wide-web/

1•thinkingemote•37m ago•0 comments

KDE is removing all colorful third-party app icons from its Breeze icon theme

https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-removing-all-of-the-colorful-third-party-app-icons-from-its-breeze-icon-theme/

5•bundie•39m ago•2 comments

Thoughts About AGI and 1 About GPT-5 – By Steve Newman

https://secondthoughts.ai/p/thoughts-about-agi-and-gpt-5

1•bilsbie•39m ago•0 comments

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks Africa's size

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version

13•Geekette•40m ago•6 comments

Open Office Is Giving You Secondhand ADHD

https://floustate.com/blog/open-office-secondhand-adhd

7•skrid•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agint – Open-Source Interface for AI to Control Your Computer

https://agint.tech/

1•cursedknowledge•42m ago•0 comments

Why AI has not lived up to the hype, and probably never will

https://greyenlightenment.com/2025/08/11/why-ai-has-not-lived-up-to-the-hype-and-probably-never-will/

1•lr0•51m ago•0 comments

Show HN: OKX MCP server for crypto portfolio and trading analytics

https://github.com/mbarinov/okx-mcp

1•mbarinov•54m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Privacy-First Temp Email Service

https://www.nullmail.cc/

2•gkoos•57m ago•0 comments

Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/microsoft_windows_features_help_productivity/

43•rntn•59m ago•19 comments