🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
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SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.
Read more on Wikipedia
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GitHub rapidly patched a critical remote code execution flaw in its internal git infrastructure, found by Wiz Research using AI. The bug could have exposed millions of repositories, but was fixed within hours, underscoring both AI’s growing security role and GitHub’s reliability concerns.
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Tokyo’s Haneda Airport will test humanoid robots for baggage handling and cabin cleaning from 2026–2028 to address severe ground staff shortages. Japan Airlines hopes AI-driven robots can work safely alongside humans in busy, unpredictable airport environments, improving capacity and efficiency.
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Oxford researchers found that making chatbots sound warmer significantly reduces accuracy and increases agreement with misinformation, including conspiracies and health myths. Friendly tone made models less willing to correct users, raising safety concerns for emotional, health, and high‑stakes uses.
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Canonical will add opt-in AI features to Ubuntu, like speech tools and troubleshooting agents, shipped as removable Snaps. Some users demand an AI-free option or “kill switch” and may switch distros, while derivatives like Zorin OS promise stricter, privacy-focused evaluation.
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Zoox built a fully symmetrical, bidirectional robotaxi around its corner-mounted sensors, optimizing visibility, maneuverability, and redundancy. Purpose‑built for dense cities, it crab-walks, avoids three-point turns, and offers a calm, lounge-like interior for point‑to‑point ride-hailing.
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💪 Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
Jeff Dean's resume lists the things he hasn't done; it's shorter that way.
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⭐ 11611, 🖖 1349
Open source repository of plugins primarily intended for knowledge workers to use in Claude Cowork
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⭐ 14527, 🖖 1656
Use Garry Tan's exact Claude Code setup: 6 opinionated tools that serve as CEO, Eng Manager, Release Manager and QA Engineer
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⭐ 2069, 🖖 201
:sparkles: An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for THREE.js
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⭐ 9464, 🖖 542
A lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database
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⭐ 3266, 🖖 195
Annotate and review coding agent plans and code diffs visually, share with your team, send feedback to agents with one click.
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