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Researchers at the University of Tubingen have discovered that human brains process colors in remarkably similar ways across different individuals. The team used fMRI scans from 15 participants viewing various colors to train a machine-learning model that could then accurately predict which colors a second group was viewing based solely on their brain activity patterns. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the study found that specific brain cells in the visual cortex consistently respond more strongly to particular colors across all participants. The discovery challenges long-standing philosophical questions about whether people perceive colors differently.

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Never Used the Linux sed Command? Try These 9 Examples  How-To Geek

CHILLYHELL macOS Backdoor and ZynorRAT RAT Threaten macOS, Windows, and Linux Systems  The Hacker News

Charleston's planned $1.3 billion sea wall will protect the city's historic downtown peninsula while leaving lower-income neighborhoods like Rosemont exposed to rising waters. The eight-mile barrier, with Charleston contributing $455 million, excludes historically Black communities already experiencing regular flooding. Meanwhile, developers have received approval for thousands of new homes in flood-prone areas, including Long Savannah's 4,500 units and Cainhoy's 9,000-home development on filled wetlands. Charleston's sea level rose 13 inches over the past century and faces another four-foot rise by 2100. Climate Central projects 8,000 residents and 4,700 homes will face annual flooding risk by 2050. The Bridge Pointe neighborhood already underwent FEMA buyouts after successive floods, while coastal South Carolina zip codes report among the nation's highest insurance non-renewal rates.

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Build Your Own 10″ Raspberry Pi 5 Tablet Running KDE Mobile Linux  Geeky Gadgets

An anonymous reader shares a report: The Darwin Awards are being extended to include examples of misadventures involving overzealous applications of AI. Nominations are open for the 2025 AI Darwin Awards and the list of contenders is growing, fueled by a tech world weary of AI and evangelists eager to shove it somewhere inappropriate. There's the Taco Bell drive-thru incident, where the chain catastrophically overestimated AI's ability to understand customer orders. Or the Replit moment, where a spot of vibe coding nuked a production database, despite instructions from the user not to fiddle with code without permission. Then there's the woeful security surrounding an AI chatbot used to screen applicants at McDonald's, where feeding in a password of 123456 gave access to the details of 64 million job applicants.

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Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix  GamingOnLinux

How to make graphical Python apps the EasyGUI way  Tom's Hardware

Puppy Linux BookwormPup64 10.0.12 Is Out Based on Debian 12.12 “Bookworm”  9to5Linux

Puppy Linux BookwormPup64 10.0.12 Is Out Based on Debian 12.12 “Bookworm”  9to5Linux

Puppy Linux BookwormPup64 10.0.12 Is Out Based on Debian 12.12 “Bookworm”  9to5Linux

Linux Looking To Finally Kill Off HIGHPTE Support  Phoronix

The free unusual extreme speed shooter Ecto added Linux support  GamingOnLinux

The Newest DRM Display Driver Being Worked On For Linux: "Yhgch"  Phoronix