486958 Arrokoth

just another STEM guy.

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

Low Earth Orbit Visualization

https://t.co/5EmwPDpLh2

[a16z @a16z]

.@pmarca's advice to college students:  "Gain AI superpowers. I think it's actually very straightforward."

"You have the enormous stroke of luck that you have arrived at the moment in which there is this new capability for augmenting human ability on a thousand fronts at the same time, that's just dropped into our laps, and it's going to get much better from here."

 "You are gonna have the opportunity to have this be something that is absolutely key to your skill set and key to everything that you can accomplish as a professional or as a creative for the next 50 years."

"I would just lean in incredibly hard on that. Walk into every job interview with, 'Here's my portfolio, resume, whatever. Here is how I use this technology. Here are the capabilities that I'm bringing to the table.'"

@eriktorenberg @MTSlive

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

Nothing to see here. Just a humble micro-drone practicing autonomous air-to-air kill on a "moth".

[Alex Toussaint @alextoussss]

Extremely excited to announce our first air-to-air kill of a flying moth by an autonomous micro-drone. This is a big step towards completely eradicating mosquitoes.

[andi (twocents.com) @Nexuist]

Design Bureau 11 of the Soviet Union uses an underground nuclear bomb to seal a blown out oil well fire that burned for 1064 days (1966, Uzbekistan)

[Mark Gurman @markgurman]

It's true: Android phone maker OnePlus will shut down in the US and Europe as early as this week. It's also planning to exit India and elsewhere outside China in 2027. More details here: https://t.co/jf06P9Gfy5

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

Unused telecommunication fiber-optic cables, also known as "dark fibers", can do much more than carry internet: they can detect earthquakes.
https://t.co/wzPacvLXKB

[Aditya Kalra @adityakalra]

⚡ 🚨 BREAKING: Files tied to India's largest nuclear power plant Kudankulam have surfaced on the dark web -- including purported blueprints of its ventilation systems and a control room floor layout....

What's in the data leak? Nearly 19,000 files tied to Kudankulam are part of a larger 858,000-file cache ransomware group World Leaks says it stole from Anil Ambani's Reliance Group. The files include vendor proposals and records of a joint inspection between the plant's operator and Reliance, with photos of equipment.

Why did Reliance have these docs? Reliance Infrastructure won a contract in 2018 to build support infrastructure for the plant's Unit 3 and Unit 4. Reliance says there was a "partial breach" of its data on a server hosted by Yotta Data Services Private Limited. Yotta says it caught suspicious activity on that server on May 29 and Reliance flagged the leak claims to Yotta in late June.

Significance? "The exposure of such data could show an adversary not just who has access to the project but which systems that access reaches," Nickolas Roth of the Nuclear Threat Initiative told us.

World Leaks context? In June, World Leaks told Reuters it had sought $1.5 million in ransom for Tata Group files that contained confidential component designs of clients Apple and Tesla, adding that it posted the data after Tata "ignored" its demand.

Nuclear Power Corporation has been communicating with Reliance about the breach and India's main cybersecurity agency CERT-In is looking into the incident, a source said.

Story with @MunsifV. Read here https://t.co/xe4StYf5X8

[ToughSF @ToughSf]

It's not often that you can see the blue glow of ionized air surrounding a mushroom cloud, filled with radioactive particles from a fission bomb:
https://t.co/lSoSv8c116

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

So when a mosquito finds you, it isn't relying on luck.

It has followed a sophisticated sequence of biological cues:

• CO₂
• Body odors
• Skin bacteria
• Heat
• Humidity
• Vision

A tiny insect using a surprisingly advanced tracking system.

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

Ever wondered how mosquitoes always seem to find you

It's not random—it's a highly evolved, multi-step detection system.

Here's how female mosquitoes track humans with astonishing precision.

[486958 Arrokoth @khondalite]

They're also more attracted to dark-colored objects, warm skin, and the humid air surrounding your body.

By combining chemical, visual, and thermal information, they achieve remarkably accurate host detection.