2025-04-15
China’s F-16 Fighter Problem Explained in Just 4 Words
Summary and Key Points: China is angrily protesting Taiwan’s purchase of advanced F-16 Block 70/72 fighters from the U.S., claiming the sale violates diplomatic agreements. -Beijing asserts the jets cannot...
Here's who you should ban in Marvel Rivals Season 2 and thanks to the new team-up abilities, the list is long
The first one rhymes with mulk.
This tabletop RPG is like Cyberpunk 2077 but with gods and mythology running rampant—and we've created an exclusive character you can play as
In :Otherscape, shiny new technology collides with ancient magic. But don't worry, we've made just the guy to sort it all out.
OpenAI #13: Altman at TED and OpenAI Cutting Corners on Safety Testing
Published on April 15, 2025 3:30 PM GMTThree big OpenAI news items this week were the FT article describing the cutting of corners on safety testing, the OpenAI former employee...
The SR-72 Darkstar Explained in Just 4 Words
Summary and Key Points: Lockheed Martin’s secretive hypersonic aircraft, the SR-72—successor to the legendary SR-71 Blackbird—appears closer to reality despite recent budget overruns totaling $335 million. -Intended as a Mach...
The AI Tools CBP Is Using to Scan Social Media
Customs and Border Protection released more documents last week that show which AI-powered tools that agency has been using to identify people of interest.
Huge Number of People Who Used to Like Elon Musk Now Detest Him, Polling Shows
American statistician extraordinaire Nate Silver has found that billionaire Elon Musk's popularity has fallen off a cliff. According to the latest polling averages aggregated by Silver, the richest man in...
Google DeepMind Is Hiring a 'Post-AGI' Research Scientist
Google is preparing for a future with AGI, ASI, and machine consciousness.
Dune: Awakening delayed to June, but a 'large-scale beta weekend' is coming next month
Funcom wants extra time to work on the survival MMO to "make sure we stick the landing."
Harvard Tells Trump to Go Pound Sand
Harvard is refusing to comply with Trump’s demands related to his regime’s racist, xenophobic political agenda, including a threat to cut $9 billion in research funding. From the AP: Harvard...
SR-91 Aurora Might Have Had 1 Weapon Russia and China Never Could Match
Summary and Key Points: The SR-91 Aurora remains one of aviation’s most intriguing mysteries, rumored to have been a hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying between Mach 5 and Mach...
SR-72 Son of Darkstar Has 1 Feature Russia and China Can’t Match
For many decades, Lockheed’s SR-71 Blackbird held the lofty title of the fastest air-breathing crewed aircraft ever built. Developed during the Cold War, the SR-71 was designed to conduct high-speed...
Katy Perry Boasts About Ridiculous Rocket Launch While NASA Is Scrubbing History of Women in Space
Upon returning to Earth on Monday following her 11-minute into Earth's outer atmosphere onboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, the pop star Katy Perry — still in her blue Monse flightsuit,...
‘Play with Fire’: China Warns U.S. over New F-16 Fighter Sales
China Warns US Over Sale of F-16s to Taiwan and the Philippines: China, already angry over the tariff issue with Washington, is now upset over the sale of upgraded F-16s...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the...
Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the internet; here’s part one, which covers ARPANET, IMPs, TCP/IP, RFCs, DNS, CompuServe, etc. “It was the first time...
$2.1 Trillion for the F-35? Yes, But That’s the Total Fighter Cost for Almost 100 Years
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon recently detailed the F-35 fighter’s enormous $2.1 trillion lifetime cost, clarifying the figure covers all expenses—procurement, maintenance, upgrades, spare parts, and fuel—over a 94-year...
3M Subscriber YouTube Account 'Channel 5' Reporting On Rationalism
Published on April 15, 2025 1:02 PM GMTHi, I thought it might be interesting to some here to take note of the 3M subscriber YouTube channel "Channel 5 with Andrew...
Phanteks Evolv X2 PC case review
Monolithic, monstrous and beautiful, but at a cost.
Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms, Once and For All: PoW, PoS, and Rollups
This section explains various methods by which blockchain systems decide on the correct state, focusing on Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, ZK rollups, and optimistic rollups. It highlights the...
Welcome to Postreads
Discover and follow the best content from across the web, all in one place. Create an account to start building your personalized feed today and never miss out on great reads.
Support Postreads
Enjoying the service? Help me keep it running and improve it further by buying me a coffee!
Buy me a coffeeContent Timeline
Trending Now
Top 5 clicked items this week
Freshly added
New feeds to discover
