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In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, audio surveillance, electronic frontier foundation

11342.

FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Angela Watercutter | tags: fifa, world cup, coldplay

11343.

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8 max, token plan, individual

11344.

Half a Second – a book about the XZ backdoor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Adrian Mastronardi | tags: xz utils, linux, microsoft

11345.

The 5 laptop features worth paying extra for, plus 3 you can ignore (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

11346.

Qwen 3.8 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8, alibaba, fable 5

11347.

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen3.8, alibaba, fable 5

11348.

Nvidia may have RTX 5000 Super GPUs ready, but costly 3GB GDDR7 is holding them back (techspot.com)

2026-07-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: nvidia, rtx 5000 super, gddr7

11349.

Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: microsoft, data center, extinction rebellion

11350.

Show HN: OfflineTTS — Free browser-based TTS & STT that runs locally (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: offlinetts, text to speech, speech to text

11351.

The Mighty Big Array of Finn Jensen LA8YB (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: finn la8yb, yagi antenna, oslo

11352.

Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: perforce, training videos, ai narration

11353.

It’s Laughably Easy to Poison Open-Weight AI Models, Researcher Finds (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: open-weight ai models, semgrep, anthropic

11354.

The future of physical games is not looking great (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jay Peters | tags: nintendo switch, playstation, xbox

11355.

How to deal with failure and stick with hard things (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: steve kamb, how to try again, navigating chaos

11356.

Ollama: All Aboard Open Models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: docker, kitematic, ollama

11357.

OpenAI reduces Codex Model Context Size from 372k to 272k (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: openai, codex, pull request

11358.

New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: adobe photoshop, social media, teen boys

11359.

Order of Magnitude Physics a Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod(1998) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: order of magnitude, retinal rod, physics textbook

11360.

China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai chatbots, china, wall street journal

11361.

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering – Mastering Complexity(2014) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: science, engineering, complexity

11362.

Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Simon Hill | tags: kini, kinisium, eve motion sensor

11363.

The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: solar car challenge, texas, 3d printing

11364.

Astronomers Thrilled After Discovering Best Spot Yet to Look for Alien Life (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140b, helium atmosphere

11365.

RFK Jr Wants to Waste $5 Billion in the Worst Way Imaginable (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: rfk jr, nih, vaccine

11366.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: lord of the rings, gollum, ai de-aging

11367.

Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Aurora Nockert | tags: amd, llvm, gfx1250

11368.

3 learning habits backed by neuroscience that high performers use (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: neuroscience, high performers, workforce

11369.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is exposing a hidden food risk. New fertilizer tech could help (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: strait of hormuz, fertilizer, natural gas

11370.

The cleanup trap: Stop asking RAG to fix bad data (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: rag, large language model, vector database