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Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms

Doctors mistook brain lesions for metastatic cancer; imaging revealed encapsulated tapeworm larvae with heads (scolexes). A 60-year-old Spanish man had headaches and mild neuro symptoms; extensive cancer workup was negative. MRI showed cysticerci consistent with neurocysticercosis (NCC); antibodies against Taenia solium were detected. He likely acquired infection via exposure at work, despite no travel history. NCC can cause seizures, cognitive decline, stroke, or be asymptomatic, and outcome depends on lesion location. Treated with antiparasitic drugs; he recovered. The case urges NCC be considered even without travel history to avoid unnecessary cancer procedures.

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Researchers have developed pixels that can emit and analyse light together

ETH Zurich researchers have developed 'Fourier pixels' that can both generate and analyze light, enabling bidirectional camera–display functionality. The pixels control light intensity, phase and polarisation via surface plasmon polaritons and interference, and can also analyse incoming light by Fourier analysis. By shaping surface waves, they realise complex patterns (e.g., doughnut beams) and extract phase and polarisation. A matrix of such pixels could realise camera–display devices; the work is published in Nature 2026 and has a patent nomination for the Spark Award.

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One man, two kernels, and a lot of RISC-V

The Register profiles Yuri Zaporozhets of QRV Systems, detailing his RISC-V projects: GateMate Personal Computer on a 25MHz RISC-V core; System/359 mini-mainframe on an FPGA; a ground-up LP64 port of QNX to RISC-V (QRV, v0.43 final); and the QSOE OS with Skimmer/seL4 and a shared userspace. He aims for free microkernel-based futures, shifting toward fully open-source paths after QNX’s restrictive license. He also notes Claude LLM help.

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Anonymous GitHub account mass-dropping undisclosed 0-days

Exploitarium is a consolidated GitHub archive of public exploit PoCs and vulnerability research writeups. The repo collects self-contained folders (new research added directly here) from former standalone repos, with a Consolidation Check confirming 12 repos and 96 tracked entries match exactly. The author notes none were reported at posting and encourages responsible disclosure and CVE attribution, while urging no abuse to entice people into cybersecurity. It emphasizes good-faith open-disclosure and provides collaboration via Discord; repo language mix includes Python, C, Rust, JavaScript, PHP, and shell.

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How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

Counting elementary particles isn’t straightforward; it depends on definitions and energy scale. The Standard Model has 12 fermions, 4 gauge bosons, and the Higgs (often shown as 17 particles on posters). If antiparticles, gluon colors, and quark colors are counted, totals rise (roughly 30–118). Counting chirality and polarization states yields 118. A 3+1D theorem by Schwimmer and Komargodski implies fixed degrees of freedom: scalars 1, matter fields 5.5 each, force fields 62 each, totaling 995.5 degrees of freedom for the Standard Model. The piece notes the true answer may not be an integer and is not uniquely defined.

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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models

Asian AI startups are releasing Mythos‑like models as the U.S. export ban on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable persists. China’s 360 unveiled Tulongfeng, a vulnerability‑finding AI to rival Mythos. Tokyo’s Sakana AI launched Fugu, an agent‑oriented model designed to orchestrate multiple models via APIs and marketed as a hedge against export controls, targeting Japanese firms and government use. Sakana says timing was coincidental, and U.S. models remain important in Asia. Executives urge “orchestration models” as the next frontier. Anthropic’s run‑rate revenue reportedly topped $47B in May 2026.

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Post-Mythos Cybersecurity: Keep calm and carry on

Fears around Mythos are not a reason to suspend existing security practice. Mythos offers deeper vulnerability discovery and proven exploitability, but real-world assessments show gradual gains and limitations (no active defenses, enterprise realism gaps). Access is gated and evolving; OpenAI advances with 5.5-Cyber, Glasswing, Daybreak. The author suggests using the pause to refocus on: stronger vulnerability management with contextual AI triage, reduce attack surface with minimal images and distroless containers, zero-trust and defense-in-depth, context-aware proxies, phishing-resistant MFA, and AI-assisted incident response. Mythos raises costs to ignore prior priorities, but does not replace them.

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Streaming services' obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California

California will ban streaming ads from being louder than the programs they accompany, effective July 1, 2026 under SB 576. The rule aligns streaming loudness with the CALM Act standard used for broadcast TV. Illinois will implement a similar requirement by July 1, 2027. Trade groups including the MPAA and Streaming Innovation Alliance opposed the bill, arguing ad loudness varies with server-side ad insertion, encoding pipelines, and multiple devices; compliance will require integrating loudness control into server-side ad workflows. It’s unclear whether the rule will apply nationwide.

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OpenRA

OpenRA’s latest playtest (20260222) adds random map generators for Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, and Dune 2000, usable in Skirmish and Multiplayer. Dune 2000 gets visual upgrades, bulk purchase logic, and a community-led balance overhaul; single-player difficulty is tuned to ease learning. Tiberian Dawn HD now supports remastered vs classic assets, with HD sprites and a content manager, and is progressing toward core integration. The release also expands map-making with the Path Tiler editor, new UI tools, a timer auto-save, and bots that build expansions. New missions for Red Alert and Tiberium Dawn. Feedback via forums, Discord, or GitHub.

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Nox Metals (YC S25) Is Hiring SWE

Nox Metals (YC S25), a Detroit-based fast-turn metal supplier, is hiring a full‑time Software Engineer (on‑site) with 3+ years’ experience; US citizen/visa only. Salary $80k–$165k; equity 0.02%–0.08%. The role builds end‑to‑end software across the stack (NestJS, Next.js, React, Supabase) for the factory command platform, nesting/quoting engine, customer portal, and inventory/demand intelligence, wiring software to saws and shop‑floor hardware. Requires rapid delivery, AI tooling fluency, on‑the‑floor awareness, high agency, and low ego.

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