- lkcl demonstrated new 128/64-bit vector-shift-by-scalar instructions in the Libre-SOC open-source processor, enabling single-loop 512-bit big-integer arithmetic for Knuth’s Algorithms M and D instead of the usual two-loop approach.  
- Meta released “Make-A-Video,” a text-to-video diffusion model that generates short clips from natural-language prompts.  
- The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing will be held 6–8 March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute, London; registration is open.  
- Applied Ion Systems achieved >500 µA ion-beam current at 2.6 kV and 4.6 W with their ILIS2 thruster, matching commercial performance and published a DIY guide for polymer-melt electrospinning using a 10 kV Cockcroft-Walton multiplier and hot-glue feedstock.  
- A hand-implementable Shamir Secret Sharing scheme is documented at secretcodex32.com, offering a low-tech route to cryptographic key splitting.  
- LessWrong post “Why I Think Strong General AI Is Coming Soon” was circulated, arguing for near-term AGI timelines.  
- Sci-Hub’s new mirror sci.hubg.org was shared as an alternate domain for accessing paywalled research.  
- Two patents were noted that openly cite Sci-Hub (RU194967U1) and diyhpl.us (EP2424589B1), illustrating unconventional prior-art referencing.