2026-10-28 Discoveries

Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content

AI-generated text is harder to spot, but that hasn’t deterred them

Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer

A free AI assistant and survival library (1.5 million offline articles) that runs on your own computer, with no internet. Shows the source of every answer. Mac and Windows.

Raspberry Pi Zero 3W and Pi 4 Model A spotted in device trees

Device tree files point to a Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W with the Pi 4’s BCM2711 chip and a cut-down Pi 4 Model A.

How a Single University Project Started Everything

If we care to cast an eye over the history of ubiquitous personal computing as we know it today, we might immediately point at the original IBM PC. After all, …

We’re announcing Genie 4, our new world model for real-time interactive simulation.

Today, we’re announcing our research on Genie 4, our new world model that brings unprecedented realism and native audio to real-time interactive simulation.The Genie 4 m…

How Balzac’s Extreme Coffee Habit Fueled His Productive Writing Routine

Even now, in this age when the very reading of literature is endangered — or so the articles tell us — Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) retains a notable ability to pick up new admirers. But even though he may have a decent readership by the standards of French novelists who died in the middle of

What Can We Learn About Happiness From the People Who Study It?

Happiness pioneers recently gathered to discuss the good life

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Explore Space with a Credit Card Reader

The humble credit card reader — most of us have used hundreds, perhaps even thousands of them over the years. But even for folks like us, it’s not the sort …

Playfully Vibrant Abstract Murals by Zebu Enliven Urban Walls

The Berlin-based duo draw on their background in illustration and graphic design to create eye-popping compositions. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Playfully Vibrant…

Overmind

Open-source platform for continuous learning

A Soviet Animation of Stephen King’s Short Story “Battleground” (1986)

Stephen King has that rare, and spectacularly profitable, skill to suck you into his world and compel you to flip to the next page. And when you’re hooked, his words have the uncanny ability to simply unfold like a movie in your head. So it isn’t surprising that his books have been widely adapted to

8 examples of Gemini 4 Argon in action

From deep research to interactive design, here are eight examples of what Gemini 4 Argon, our most intelligent model yet, is capable of.

Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude

Over the past several months, we’ve partnered with six organizations to accelerate curing disease. We’ve also started drug discovery efforts of our own, including programs for rare childhood forms of muscular dystrophy. In this post, we…

Where Did Your Mouse Come From?

Many readers will be familiar with Douglas Englebart’s 1968 so-called “Mother of All Demos”, in which he described many of the devices and technologies we would be using two or …

Albrecht Dürer’s Monument to the Vanquished Peasants (1525)

The design for a difficult-to-interpret monument that was never intended to be built.

This Prehistoric Creature is the Only Ocean-Dwelling Amphibian Ever Discovered

It lived in the Triassic muck on the seafloor

SavorApp_AI

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Tom Hegen’s ‘The Mineral Age’ Documents the Indelible Effects of the Green Transition

There's no question we need to move away from fossil fuels. But who bears the cost of the green transition? Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Tom Hegen’s ‘The Mineral…

Fitbit Edge: Premium design for an active life

With a reimagined screen, refined mechanics, and elevated style, Fitbit Edge looks as good as it performs, year after year.

Python's experimental JIT to be removed

Genie 4

New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6

Apple today announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, delivering more performance, powerful on-device AI capabilities, and faster connectivity.

Ghostty 1.4

Release notes for Ghostty 1.4.0, released on October 27, 2026.

How I Survived Late-Stage Cancer (A Fun Story)

Discover Odoo 👉 https://www.odoo.com/r/EgUR The first app is free for life. Thanks to Odoo for sponsoring this video! Support another year of kurzgesagt with a brand new 12,027 Human Era Calendar: https://shop.kgs.link/calendar27 You get…

Why doesn't your heart get tired like other muscles do?

The secret to why your heart never gets tired...

We Used To Think The Sun Was Cold

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There’s a New, International Food Pyramid in Town

It’s based on research into dietary guidelines from around the world

Timeless Totemic Figures by Izumi Kato Coexist in an Otherworldly Aquatic Realm

The artist's eponymous solo exhibition opens tomorrow at Perrotin in New York. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Timeless Totemic Figures by Izumi Kato Coexist in an…

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