Leftovers

• Science

  • The Strategist ☛ US and Chinese tech research is decoupling—ASPI’s Critical Tech Tracker

    Decoupling is well underway in critical technology research. A divide is emerging between China’s critical technology research ecosystem and that of the United States and its allies.

  • Hackaday ☛ Citizen Science By The Skin Of Your Teeth

    If you are a schoolkid of the right age, you can’t wait to lose a baby tooth. In many cultures, there is a ritual surrounding it, like the tooth fairy, a mouse who trades your tooth for a gift, or burying the tooth somewhere significant. But in 1958, a husband and wife team of physicians wanted children’s teeth for a far different purpose: quantifying the effects of nuclear weapons testing on the human body.

  • Hackaday ☛ The Zen Must Flow From Arrakis Sand Table

    In Dune, the Fremen people of Arrakis practice an odd future hybrid religion called “zensunni.” This adds an extra layer of meaning to the title of [Mark Rehorst]’s Arrakis 3.0 sand table, given that the inspiration for the robotic sand table seems to be Zen gardens from Japan.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Reveal Origins of Giant Object That Smashed Into Earth

    Not very neighborly.

  • Science Alert ☛ Could Pieces of Bacteria in Your Brain Affect Your Sleep? Here's The Science.

    It's all connected.

  • Science Alert ☛ Dark Matter May Have Finally Been Detected in Our Galaxy's Glow

    Is this it?

  • Science Alert ☛ 'Exciting' New Cancer Blood Test Results Hide a Concerning Problem

    An expert explains.

  • Science Alert ☛ Lions Have Two Distinct Roars, And One Could Aid in Their Survival

    They're more complex than we thought.

  • Science Alert ☛ 'Hidden' Volcanoes Pose The Greatest Threat to The World, Scientists Warn

    One just erupted after 12,000 years.

  • Science Alert ☛ First-of-Its-Kind Treatment Boosts Vision in Human Trial, Scientists Report

    Closer to a cure.

  • Science Alert ☛ Supplement For High Blood Pressure Clears Signs of Alzheimer's in Mice

    Safe and low cost.

  • Hackaday ☛ Boosting Antihydrogen Production Using Beryllium Ions

    Antihydrogen forms an ideal study subject for deciphering the secrets of fundamental physics due to it being the most simple anti-matter atom. However, keeping it from casually annihilating itself along with some matter hasn’t gotten much easier since it was first produced in 1995. Recently ALPHA researchers at CERN’s Antimatter Factory announced that they managed to produce and trap no fewer than 15,000 antihydrogen atoms in less than seven hours using a new beryllium-enhanced trap. This is an eight-fold increase compared to previous methods.

• Career/Education

  • Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ A Professor Was Released After 3 Days in ICE Detention. His Colleagues Fear a ‘New Normal.’

    Vahid Abedini, an Iranian scholar who began teaching at the University of Oklahoma in June, was arrested en route to an academic conference.

• Hardware

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan says ‘no information’ on cooperation with South Korea on US chip tariffs

    Taiwan’s trade negotiators are only conducting one-on-one talks with the United States at present.

  • Russell Coker ☛ Russell Coker: EDID and my 8K TV

    I previously blogged about buying a refurbished Hisense 65u80g 8K TV with the aim of making it a large monitor [1] and about searching for a suitable video card for 8k [2]. After writing the second post I bought an defective chip maker Intel Arc B580 which also did a maximum of 4096*2160 resolution.

  • Hackaday ☛ Heater Is Either A Miracle Or A Scam

    [Big Clive] picked up a tiny heater for less than £8 from the usual sources. Would you be shocked to learn that its heating capacity wasn’t as advertised? No, we weren’t either. But [Clive] treats us to his usual fun teardown and analysis in the video below.

  • Hackaday ☛ Build A High Voltage Supply For Vacuum Tube Work

    If you work on simple digital projects, just about any bench supply will offer the voltage and current you’re looking for. However, if you’re working with valves, you’ll often find yourself needing much higher voltages that can be tricky to source. [Chappy Happy] has shared a design for a simple HV power supply that should prove useful to vacuum tube enthusiasts.

  • Hackaday ☛ DIY Test Gear From 1981

    We can’t get enough of [Bettina Neumryn’s] videos. If you haven’t seen her, she takes old electronics magazines, finds interesting projects, and builds them. If you remember these old projects, it is nostalgic, and if you don’t remember them, you can learn a lot about basic electronics and construction techniques. This installment (see below) is an Elektor digital voltmeter and frequency counter from late 1981.

  • CNX Software ☛ Low-cost LG290P quad-band GNSS RTK breakout board supports RTC battery for faster TTFF

    Waveshare has launched a low-cost LG290P breakout board priced at about half the competing options. It supports L1/L2/L5/E6 quad-band GNSS with centimeter-level RTK positioning for robotics, surveying, precision agriculture, and other high-accuracy applications. The board supports GPS, BDS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS, and NavIC reception, along with SBAS systems such as WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, BDSBAS, GAGAN, and SDCM. It offers RTK rover/base functionality with <5-second convergence, raw observation output, 10–20 Hz navigation rates, and strong anti-interference performance thanks to its integrated narrow-band jamming detection and cancellation.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • New York Times ☛ Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It

    A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.

  • New York Times ☛ Signs of Fatigue: Convicted Felon Faces Realities of Aging in Office

    Hell Toupée has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.

  • LRT ☛ Lithuanian parliament bans extra charges for state-funded healthcare services

    The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved a ban on patients paying extra for state-funded healthcare services, while allowing additional charges for pricier medical materials and non-medical “comfort” services.

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Older Michigan drivers more confident, less ready to give up keys, study finds

    A new study finds that most Michigan’s older drivers trust their skill behind the wheel — at least for now, but not so much for the coming five years. Without a plan, that could be trouble.

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan officials: Fires not the only safety threat on Thanksgiving

    The holiday season can bring cuts, burns, fire and heart issues. Health and public safety officials urge caution while cooking and celebrating.

  • New York Times ☛ Mapping the Brain’s Sense of What Goes On Inside the Body

    Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea issues alert after 6th case of swine fever

    The government culled 1,423 pigs from the affected farm.

  • Science Alert ☛ Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple Treatment

    Inching closer to the full picture.

• Proprietary

  • Qt ☛ QtGraphs New Features in 6.10

    With the release of Qt 6.10 in October 2025, it's time to take a look at what new and improved features QtGraphs has to offer.

  • Qt ☛ Qt Design Studio 4.8.1 Released

  • Social Control Media

    • The Straits Times ☛ ‘Are you ‘open mindeu’?’: When the Hongdae guy meme stops being funny

      A Taiwanese YouTuber described being attacked in Hongdae by a group of men she said fit the Hongdae guy stereotype.

  • Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets

    • Security Week ☛ 640 NPM Packages Infected in New ‘Shai-Hulud’ Supply Chain Attack [Ed: Microsoft TCO or Microsoft transmitting malware again]

      The new self-replicating worm iteration has destructive capabilities, erasing home directory contents if it cannot spread to more repositories.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • The Straits Times ☛ Scammers in Malaysia using fake wedding invite links to dupe victims into sending money

      The scammers would impersonate someone else and message their contacts to ask for money.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ U.S. Air Force Searches for Fallen Reaper Drone in Yellow Sea

    The MQ-9 Reaper was conducting a routine mission when it fell into the ocean on Monday near a U.S. military base in South Korea.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Mother in New Zealand’s ‘suitcase murders’ case sentenced to life in prison

    Korea-born Lee Hakyung killed her 2 children in 2018, then stuffed their bodies into suitcases.

  • The Strategist ☛ Meet the NeoVark

    The United States and China are not the only ones who are designing great range into their upcoming combat aircraft. Britain, Italy and Japan have made the same decision.

  • New York Times ☛ China and Japan, With Convicted Felon in the Middle, Are in a Showdown

    With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Pooh-tin Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.

  • New York Times ☛ Warmed by Japan’s Support, Taiwan Takes Up Sushi Diplomacy

    China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social control media.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Barbs, jibes and spin by Chinese netizens over PM Wong’s remarks on Japan-China spat

    From Hong Kong to Shanghai, a mix of online voices are clamouring to denounce Singapore.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China warns it will ‘crush’ foreign efforts to interfere over Taiwan

    Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of it.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Meduza ☛ Why hasn’t the biggest corruption scandal of Zelensky’s presidency forced him into political or diplomatic concessions? — Meduza

• Transparency/Investigative Reporting

  • ACLU ☛ Immigration Agents are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them

    When ICE agents swarmed a man in the parking lot of Downey Memorial Christian Church in Los Angeles, the church pastor told the officers that they didn’t have permission to be on church property. When they wouldn’t leave or show her any identifying information, she pulled out her phone to record the arrest. In response, an agent pointed a gun at her. Days later, while a man was videorecording a raid outside a Home Depot, DHS agents tackled him to the ground, arrested him and held him in detention for more than twenty-four hours.

    These aren’t isolated incidents. Across the country, masked, armed federal agents in combat gear are snatching people from homes, workplaces, parks, and places of worship — and attacking those who attempt to film or document their activity.

• Environment

  • The Straits Times ☛ Hat Yai floods deal blow to Thai tourism as Malaysians expected to cancel all trips

    Thailand expects Malaysian tourists to cancel all trips to southern destinations this week.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Heavy downpour over large parts of Malaysia to continue

    Families have been evacuated to temporary relief centres to avoid the floods.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Total of 11 active earthquake fault zones mapped nationwide, says Malaysian minister

    He said six active faults were identified in the peninsula.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea submits special Bill aimed at cutting US car levies

      The submission was a prerequisite for reducing the levy on South Korean vehicles to 15 per cent.

    • New York Times ☛ Volcano in Ethiopia Spews Ash Into Asia, Disrupting Flights

      The ash cloud drifted over northern India, causing some flight delays and cancellations, and continued toward China.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China launches first emergency mission to Tiangong space station

      The spacecraft will remain docked until around April 2026.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Singapore firms plug into China’s growing market for autonomous vehicles

      MooVita inked a deal on driverless buses, while ComfortDelGro will manage robotaxi services.

    • France24 ☛ Volkswagen says it can make new cars entirely in China

      German auto giant Volkswagen has announced the completion of a new R&D centre in its hub in Hebei, eastern China, saying that for the first time in the company's history, new cars can be developed from start to finish outside Germany.  The company is hoping to win back its share in the world's largest auto market. Also in the segment, the UK government has backed a plan for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport, moving the long-running project forward.

    • New York Times ☛ Will Dressing Up Fix Flying?

      Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has introduced a campaign meant to encourage civility.

    • Futurism ☛ Meta’s $27 Billion Datacenter Is Wreaking Havoc on a Louisiana Town

      There goes the neighborhood.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • Science Alert ☛ Newly Discovered Organism Could Represent a Whole New Branch in The Tree of Life

      A very distant relative.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ China pledges fresh Tonga investment as debt repayment looms

    BEIJING - China's President Pooh-tin Jinping pledged fresh investment in Tonga when he met King Tupou VI of the South Pacific island nation in Beijing on Tuesday, as the Asian giant works to extend its influence across the Asia-Pacific.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • BIA Net ☛ YouTuber İlker Canikligil given suspended prison sentence over ‘Order 66’ remarks

    Canikligil had spent several weeks in pretrial detention over his remarks.

  • JURIST ☛ Hong Kong to ban 2 organizations for alleged subversive activities

    Hong Kong issued written notices to two organizations on Monday that the government will prohibit their operation with reasonable grounds to believe that they aim to subvert state power. The organizations can make representations before the prohibitions are made.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 29 arrested over alleged attempts to sabotage ‘patriots only’ legislative polls, Hong Kong security chief says

    Hong Kong authorities have arrested 29 people over alleged attempts to sabotage next month’s “patriots only” legislative race, the city’s security chief has said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang said at a news conference on Tuesday that police had recorded 35 cases related to attempts to sabotage the December 7 elections.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Authorities mull banning 2 ‘subversive’ overseas political groups from operating in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong police arrest 2 over ‘seditious’ posts shared on pancake shop’s social control media account

    Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people on suspicion of publishing seditious posts on the social control media account of their pancake shop. A 32-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were apprehended on Monday under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, more commonly known as “Article 23,” the police announced on Tuesday afternoon.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Patriotic organisation’ demands halt to merch sale for axed LGBTQ play, files nat. security reports

    An anonymous “patriotic organisation” has called for a halt to the production and sale of merchandise for a cancelled LGBTQ-themed theatre production. Award-winning playwright Candace Chong shared a photo of the letter on social control media on Sunday, calling it “Hong Kong Cultural Revolution.”

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • LRT ☛ EU ruling on same-sex marriage does not force domestic legalisation – Lithuanian govt

    Lithuania’s Justice Ministry said Tuesday that a European Union court ruling requiring member states to recognise same-sex marriages performed in other EU countries does not obligate Lithuania to legalise such unions under its own laws.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• The FTC v. Meta Ruling: Chronicle of a Failure Foretold

• Tom's Hardware ☛ TSMC sues former executive over defection to Intel, says it's highly likely he stole trade secrets — chipmaker claims Wei-Jen Lo broke non-disclosure and non-compete agreements

  TSMC initiates legal action against Wei-Jen Lo, who retired from TSMC this summer, signed a non-compete agreement, but subsequently joined defective chip maker Intel as Executive Vice President.

• The Straits Times ☛ TSMC files lawsuit against former executive on security concerns

  TSMC said the lawsuit is based on the terms of the employment contract between TSMC and Mr Lo Wei-Jen.

• Copyrights

  • Public Domain Review ☛ Art in Art: Cabinets of Curiosity and the Rise of the Gallery Painting

    In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. From its origins in picturing private curiosity cabinets to its later use in documenting increasingly public collections, Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Warner Music Unveils Lawsuit-Settling Suno Licensing Deal, Says the ‘Groundbreaking Partnership’ Will ‘Open New Frontiers in Music Creation, Interaction, and Discovery’

    After 17 months of litigation – and following Hey Hi (AI) licensing deals with Udio, Stability, and more – Warner Music Group (WMG) has finalized a “groundbreaking partnership” with Suno. The major label and the music generator disclosed their blockbuster pact this afternoon, just five days after WMG head Robert Kyncl laid out his Hey Hi (AI) strategy.

  • Public Domain Review ☛ Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902)

    French lithographs of the Eiffel Tower and its environs, in the style of Japanese woodblock prints.

  • Public Domain Review ☛ “Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)

    Bizarre sweet treats that resemble human and animal forms.