- MIT researchers publicly objected to an unofficial transcript of their talk posted on the DIYH+ wiki, specifically taking issue with the tongue-in-cheek label “vampires” used in the notes.  
- Orchid Health, founded by former Thiel Fellow Noor Siddiqui, is commercializing a $1,100 “Couple Report” and plans a second-phase “embryo prioritization” service that will let IVF parents select embryos based on genomic risk profiles.  
- A link to Orchid’s public-relations guide on how to rebut accusations of “playing God,” “designer babies,” and eugenics was circulated, highlighting the company’s proactive messaging strategy.  
- OpenExO announced a partnership with Nectome to offer brain preservation services to terminally ill patients, signaling early market traction for high-fidelity connectomics and cryonics-adjacent offerings.  
- Ghidra, the NSA’s open-source software reverse-engineering suite, surfaced on Hacker News and was shared as a resource for security research and binary analysis within the community.  
- Sci-Hub’s continued availability was reaffirmed when a participant initially feared the paywall-bypass site was down but then successfully retrieved the HOT CHIPS 2005 paper “10.1109/HOTCHIPS.2005.7476597.”