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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Basic Research | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 2d

Krugman’s ego is bigger than Wolfram’s, for he is willing to risk the entire USA for his own political agenda.

Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 2d

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks.”

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 2d

Amid great progress, I do see a world greater than chatbots coming.

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OpenAI DevDay 2025

Explore all the announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2025, including apps in ChatGPT, AgentKit, Sora 2, and more. Access blogs, docs, and resources to help you build with the latest tools.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 3d

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 4d

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder why Apple did this.

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iOS 26 Update Is a Disaster for Users with Poor Vision

Apple’s iOS 26 accessibility overhaul breaks key features like Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast, making the interface confusing and harder for users with poor vision.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 4d

Apple needs to fix the design language for Liquid Glass. Comparison with Windows and Android is unavoidable with the current OS 26 releases.

Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 5d

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Edward Witten - Introduction to Black Holes

YouTube video by Scientific Webinars in Solidarity with Palestine

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 5d

Knowability | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 7d

Does Meta have a coherent AI strategy?

felloai.com/2025/08/10-m...

Data-backed ranking of the 10 most popular AI chatbots based on 55B web visits. See which models are actually the most used in 2025.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 9d

Apple Watch and AI | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 11d

Taiwan’s Silicon Shield was further weakened.

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Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection

Trump official plots “impossible” deal moving Taiwan’s chip supply chain into US.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 11d

AI helps in the right hands.

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The QMA Singularity

Update (Sep. 29): Since this post has now gone semi-viral on X, Hacker News, etc., with people arguing about how trivial or nontrivial was GPT5’s “discovery,” it seems worthwhile …

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 11d

What economists call principles, physicists call hypotheses.

Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 11d

Updates from the iPhone 17 Event | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 13d

Smokey Jabez

Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 14d

Read: Taiwan’s Silicon Shield was weakened.

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High Stakes in the U.S.-China AI Chip Race

Last week, China barred its major tech companies from buying Nvidia chips.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Typhoon Ragasa | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Read: EU forced Apple to sell shit there, but Apple is fighting to simply do good. Rest of the world: XD

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The Digital Markets Act’s impacts on EU users

Apple explains how the Digital Markets Act is forcing the company to make some concerning changes to how it designs and delivers Apple products to its users in Europe.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 16d

It takes time to know whether iPhone 17 Pro scratches are character building or disaster.

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iPhone 17 'scratchgate' — I’ve had my iPhone 17 Pro for over a week and it's already scuffed

That's why you should always put on a case

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 17d

Biden’s antitrust agenda was misguided.

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Self-Preferencing in Retail Digital Marketplaces: Evidence from Transaction Data

The authors analyze retail transaction data to explore self-preferencing practices.

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Glacier Studio @glacierstudio.bsky.social · 18d

Heat | Glacier Studio Blog www.glacier-studio.com/blog/index.h...

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