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Roblox plans to restrict unrated experiences to devs, automatically remove servers with violative content, and limit some social hangouts to verified 17 users (Matt Kaufman/Roblox Corporate)
https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/08/extending-r…

Clarifying Our Policy on Romantic and Sexual Content
Clarifying Our Policy on Romantic and Sexual Content

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The evolution of logical replication in PostgreSQL: a historical overview.
https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/evolution-logical-replication-postgresql-firsthand-account
saved 2025-09-12

The Evolution of Logical Replication in PostgreSQL: A Firsthand Account
PostgreSQL has come a long way from its early days as a single-node database. If you’ve worked with PostgreSQL for a while, you’ll know its journey to robust logical replication was anything but straightforward, shaped by community efforts, creative workarounds, and an ever-evolving need for high availability and flexibility. Having been closely involved in projects like londiste, pglogical, multiple iterations of PGD (BDR) and the built-in logical replication in PostgreSQL itself, I’ve h…

Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life #GulfOfMexico

Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life
Critical wildlife habitats are exposed to pollution risk in the seas off the southern United States, with implications for human health and food security. "Most of the pollution comes from rivers and not from wastewater treatment plants," says CMCC scientist Annalisa Bracco, co-author of the study that used advanced computer models to track tiny plastic particles across three years.

🍄 Subway station study reveals fungal communities
#subway

Subway station study reveals fungal communities
Subways don't just bring people together. They're also a hub of microbial activity, including fungi. Over the course of a year, an international team of researchers collected air samples from 15 stations in the Beijing subway network, one of the largest in the world, and cataloged the fungal species they found.

> It’s not just that people expect the news to inform them about what’s going on in the world. Most think that it does.
https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from

X replaces DMs with Chat, a new messaging system that it says is E2EE, supports file sharing, video calling, and more, rolling out first to iOS and the web (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/x-is

X is finally rolling out Chat, its DM replacement with encryption and video calling
X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform, which replaces the service's basic DM functionality with features more like the messaging...

"The specific mechanism of action that underlies the curing of autism post RFK-Jr.-face-punch is not yet understood by science, but the conclusion could not be more clear: 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐅𝐊 𝐉𝐫. 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦."
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/study-re

Study Reveals Autism Cure: Punching RFK Jr. in the Face
autism cure is surprisingly simple A joint study out of Shangri-La Polytechnic Institute and the University of Atlantis-Brigadoon has concluded that no cases of autism persist after patients punch Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the face. We do not suggest people punch RFK Jr. without his consent. However, we do

Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed for AI inference workloads, featuring Intel's Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Intel Reveals 160-GB, Energy-Efficient Inference GPU As Part Of New Yearly Cadence
Intel on Tuesday revealed a 160-GB, energy-efficient data center GPU that is part of a new annual GPU release cadence to deliver on the chipmaker’s new strategy of delivering open systems and software architecture for AI systems.

Filing: Berkshire Hathaway discloses a $4.3B stake in Alphabet in Q3, a surprising move given Warren Buffett's reluctance toward high-growth, tech-driven stocks (Yun Li/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/warren-buffetts-berkshir…

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new position in Alphabet
Berkshire disclosed a $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet at the end of the third quarter, making the Google parent the conglomerate's 10th largest equity holding.

Sources say Meta's chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to AI brain drain; Meta strongly denies it has had issues with talent and retention (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivast

How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent
At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.