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Today's topics:

Quantum crypto demo debunked - A GitHub patch shows a quantum ECDLP “key recovery” demo still works when quantum output is replaced with /dev/urandom, highlighting how classical verification plus enough shots can mimic progress.

Google’s conditional Anthropic investment - Google is reportedly committing $10B now, with up to $40B total tied to performance targets, underscoring milestone-based AI funding, compute access, and the soaring cost of frontier models.

FPS counters that tell truth - A game-dev write-up argues for a rolling time-window FPS metric, using frame timestamps to avoid noisy per-frame spikes and misleading moving averages—better observability for real-time performance.

Plain-text diagram tools resurgence - ASCII-style mockups and plain-text diagrams are gaining traction because they’re durable, version-control friendly, and constraint-driven—useful for humans and increasingly legible to AI workflows.

USB-C 10 GbE reality check - New Realtek RTL8159 USB-C 10 GbE adapters run cooler and smaller than many Thunderbolt dongles, but real-world throughput depends heavily on confusing USB port bandwidth and driver support.

Humpback whale super-groups surge - Scientists saw unusually large humpback whale feeding aggregations off South Africa—hundreds of whales—signaling conservation recovery and shifting ocean conditions in the Benguela upwelling system.

Francis Bacon and tech ideology - A 400th-anniversary essay revisits Francis Bacon’s legacy, linking “knowledge is power” to modern technocracy, scientism critiques, and today’s AI-era drive to instrumentalize culture.

Paraloid B-72 in conservation - Paraloid B-72, an acrylic resin used by conservators, stands out for clarity and aging stability; its solvent-dependent handling shows why materials science matters in restoration and museums.

-Realtek RTL8159 USB-C 10GbE adapters shrink size and heat but depend on 20Gbps USB ports
-Google Plans Up to $40 Billion Investment in Anthropic, Tied to Performance Targets
-Use a Rolling One-Second Window for Accurate FPS Counters
-Clad.you Builds 3D Body Models from an Eight-Question Survey Using a Physics-Aware MLP
-Nex CRM open-sources WUPHF, a Slack-like office for coordinating AI agents with shared memory
-Essay Argues Francis Bacon’s Legacy Fueled Modern Technocracy—and Today’s AI Moment