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Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | by Aymeric Geoffre-Rouland | get European Digital Wallet → | tags: visa, mastercard, bizum

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This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-20 | by Sean O'Kane | get Maritime AI Navigation System → | tags: smartmast, quartermaster, ais

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Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-20 | by Sean O'Kane | get Maritime Communication Device → | tags: quartermaster, smartmast, ais

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Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | by Diamond Light Source | tags: neutron scattering, european spallation source, gluten-free pasta

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Engadget Podcast: Google I/O 2026 was AI all the way down (engadget.com)

2026-05-20 | by Devindra Hardawar | get Google Pixel Fold → | tags: google i/o 2026, engadget, podcast

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9to5Mac Daily: May 20, 2026 – New Apple accessibility features, Apple Watch rumors (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-20 | by Seth Kurkowski | get Apple Watch Series 9 → | tags: apple, apple watch, 9to5mac

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Moose-proof and megacasting: Ars drives the new Volvo EX60 (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-20 | get Volvo EX60 Model Car → | tags: volvo, ex60, megacasting

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Astrocyte glucocorticoid receptor signalling restricts neuronal plasticity (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-20 | by Gegenhuber | get Neuroscience Research Book → | tags: astrocyte, glucocorticoid receptor, neuronal plasticity

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The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-20 | by Kwon | get Neuroscience Brain Model Kit → | tags: neuroscience, brain plasticity, harvard university

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Congress Could Require EV Drivers to Pay $130 a Year for Road Maintenance (cnet.com)

2026-05-19 | by See Full Bio | get EV Road Tax Sticker → | tags: build america 250 act, transportation, infrastructure bill

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Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | by With More Than Years Covering The Automotive Industry | get Tesla Lithium Refinery Water Test Kit → | tags: tesla, lithium refinery, spodumene

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The Onion’s next move after buying InfoWars? A documentary called ‘Birth of a Nation,’ says CEO Ben Collins (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | tags: the onion, infowars, ben collins

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Max-severity flaw in ChromaDB for AI apps allows server hijacking (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-19 | get ChromaDB Security Patch → | tags: chromadb, cve-2026-45829, fastapi

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Deciphering the Hashihara Castle Town Map (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | get Map Puzzle Puzzle Book → | tags: motoori norinaga, hashihara castle, kokugaku

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Google says Gemini 3.5 Flash can slash enterprise AI costs by more than $1 billion a year (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-19 | get Google Cloud AI Platform → | tags: gemini 3.5 flash, google cloud, ai infrastructure

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The economic power of narrative storytelling (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | get Storytelling in Business Book → | tags: city branding, economic resilience, narrative storytelling

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A 1955 Los Alamos computer experiment changed our understanding of chaos (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | by Kyle Dickman | tags: los alamos, maniac computer, fermi–pasta–ulam–tsingou

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Democrats preview how they’d go after the Ticketmaster settlement if they regain power (theverge.com)

2026-05-19 | by Lauren Feiner | get Ticketmaster Anti-Trust Guide → | tags: ticketmaster, live nation, antitrust

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Verified by Spotify is expanding to podcasts, so you can avoid low-quality slop (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-19 | get Spotify Verified Badge → | tags: spotify, verified badges, podcast creators

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Spotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help listeners avoid AI slop (engadget.com)

2026-05-19 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Podcast Verification Badge Sticker → | tags: spotify, verification badges, ai voice cloning

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In addition to space stations, Vast says it will now build high-power satellites (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-19 | get High-Power Satellite Kit → | tags: vast space, haven-1, satellite bus

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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1 channel sound card: A decent 2026 upgrade for analog audio (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-19 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | get Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX → | tags: creative sound blaster, audigy fx pro, logitech z906

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The First Reactions to ‘Masters of the Universe’ Are Here (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Masters of the Universe Action Figure → | tags: masters of the universe, nicholas galitzine, camila mendes

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Amazon's Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated Podcasts (slashdot.org)

2026-05-19 | get Echo Studio Smart Speaker → | tags: amazon, alexa, ai-generated podcasts

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Meet the children’s literature startup that wants to unseat Scholastic as the king of the book fair (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | get Children’s Book Fair Kit → | tags: literati, scholastic, book fair

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Europe Tests Laser Links As Satellite Comms Outgrow Radio (slashdot.org)

2026-05-19 | get Laser Satellite Communication Kit → | tags: laser communication, astrolight, europespace agency

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Fender escalates legal campaign against S-style guitars (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | by Matt Owen | get Fender S-Style Guitar Pickguard → | tags: fender, stratocaster, lsl instruments

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PlayStation Exclusives Aren't Coming To PC Anymore (slashdot.org)

2026-05-19 | get PlayStation Console Bundle → | tags: playstation, ghost of tsushima, horizon zero dawn

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Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen? (techspot.com)

2026-05-18 | get Echo Dot (5th Gen) → | tags: amazon alexa, washington post, jeff bezos

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Loopmaster – Livecoding Music IDE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get Loopmaster Music Production Kit → | tags: loopmaster, livecoding, music