940
599
2025: The Year in LLMs
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms/
2 months ago
724
588
Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-31/warren-buffett-steps-down-as-berkshire-hathaway-ceo-after-six-decades
614
363
I canceled my book deal
https://austinhenley.com/blog/canceledbookdeal.html
587
254
Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
https://monogame.net/blog/2025-12-30-385-new-sponsor-announcement/
444
206
Tell HN: Happy New Year
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443744
397
142
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https://exopriors.com/scry
395
470
Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
https://www.smokingonabike.com/2025/12/31/web-browsers-have-stopped-blocking-pop-ups/
345
109
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design (2011) [pdf]
https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec399/201409/Akin%27s%20Laws%20of%20Spacecraft%20Design.pdf
284
333
Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/innovations/efficient-method-capture-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-developed-university-helsinki
260
191
The rise of industrial software
https://chrisloy.dev/post/2025/12/30/the-rise-of-industrial-software
120
Meta created 'playbook' to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-created-playbook-fend-off-pressure-crack-down-scammers-documents-show-2025-12-31/
250
78
Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died
https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet
246
318
2025 was a disaster for Windows 11
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/2025-has-been-an-awful-year-for-windows-11-with-infuriating-bugs-and-constant-unwanted-features
237
373
France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/france-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-from-september-2026
235
354
Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP289684
230
52
Scientists unlock brain's natural clean-up system for new treatments for stroke
https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/latest/scientists-unlock-brains-natural-clean-up-system-to-develop-new-treatments-for-stroke-and-other-neurological-diseases
215
113
LLVM AI tool policy: human in the loop
https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-llvm-ai-tool-policy-human-in-the-loop/89159
544
Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system
https://mod.gov.il/en/press-releases/press-room/israel-mod-and-rafael-deliver-first-operational-high-power-laser-system-iron-beam-to-the-idf
204
146
The compiler is your best friend
https://blog.daniel-beskin.com/2025-12-22-the-compiler-is-your-best-friend-stop-lying-to-it
183
122
Google Opal
https://opal.google/landing/
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