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10501.

Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-14 | get Satellite → | tags: kuiper belt, neptune, legacy survey of space and time

10502.

Georgia Tech announced the finalists in its wild musical instrument competition (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Guitar → | tags: drum, finalists, henge

10503.

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Audio cable → | tags: copper wire, diyaudio, banana

10504.

iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws 'a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,' Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW's connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Mark Tyson | get iFixit Adafruit → | tags: bmw roundel logo, torx fasteners, right to repair

10505.

We Tested 35 Phones and Found the Surprising Winner of Best Battery Life (cnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by See Full Bio | get Phone → | tags: oneplus 15, silicon-carbon batteries, apple iphone

10506.

Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Victor Tangermann | get Smartwatch → | tags: ring, super bowl, search party

10507.

Here’s What It’s Like to Use H&R Block’s DIY Tax Service (2026) (wired.com)

2026-02-14 | by Molly Higgins | get Tax Prep Software → | tags: h&r block diy, earned income tax credit, child tax credit

10508.

Homebuilder lot supply jumps so fast that 2 housing markets are now ‘significantly oversupplied’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Housing stock → | tags: ali wolf, allowed, allowed lot

10509.

Newegg is about to drop 64GB of DDR5 for $499, Ryzen 7 9850X3D for $399, and more — ridiculous Doorbuster deals are back for Presidents' Day, but you'll only have seconds to buy one (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Stephen Warwick | get DDR5 → | tags: best, deals, doorbusters

10510.

Newegg is about to drop 64GB of DDR5 for $499, 9850X3D for $399, and more — ridiculous Doorbuster deals are back for Presidents' Day, but you'll only have seconds to buy one (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Stephen Warwick | get RAM → | tags: best, deals, doorbusters

10511.

Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Victor Tangermann | get OpenAI Assistant → | tags: openai, chatgpt, zoehitzig

10512.

Lola Blankets Are 45 Percent Off This Presidents’ Day Weekend (wired.com)

2026-02-14 | by Boutayna Chokrane | get Blanket → | tags: lola blankets, weighted blankets, oeko-tex standard 100

10513.

A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Lauren Feiner | get Smartphone → | tags: iphone 16, border patrol, propublica

10514.

The Pocket Taco is the best way to turn your phone into a Game Boy (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Smartphone → | tags: game boy, iphone, gamepad

10515.

The ‘zombie internet’ has arrived—and it has devastating consequences for advertising, social media, and the human web (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Internet → | tags: moltbook, social media, advertising

10516.

This classic MTV website goes where Netflix dare not venture (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Streaming service → | tags: blast, blast tech, day music

10517.

Robot Dogs Are on Going on Patrol at the 2026 World Cup in Mexico (wired.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jorge Garay | get Robot Dogs → | tags: k9-x, mexico, bbva stadium

10518.

Man Lets AI Rent His Body (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Neuralink → | tags: rentahuman, ai bots, spacex starship

10519.

Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Matplotlib → | tags: matplotlib, python, rust

10520.

YouTube as Storage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Cloud Drive → | tags: ffmpeg, youtube, yt-media-storage

10521.

Anker’s USB-C cable that lets you charge two gadgets at once is 20 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Cameron Faulkner | get USB-C cable → | tags: usb-c, anker, ipad air

10522.

Returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist in Relooted (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Tauriq Moosa | get Reloading → | tags: africanfuturist, benin bronzes, nyamakop

10523.

Rendering the Visible Spectrum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Optical Fiber → | tags: begin, color, ewcommand

10524.

Autonomous AI Agent Apparently Tries to Blackmail Maintainer Who Rejected Its Code (slashdot.org)

2026-02-14 | by Posted | get AI Assistant → | tags: agent, agents, ai agents

10525.

How to un-Big Tech your online life (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by David Pierce | get Blockchain → | tags: big tech, switch, content goblins

10526.

DBASE on the Kaypro II (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Christopher Drum | get Kaypro → | tags: cp/m, kaypro ii, computer chronicles

10527.

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Victor Tangermann | get Perseverance Rover → | tags: mars rover, nasa curiosity, astrobiology journal

10528.

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Feb. 14 (cnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by See Full Bio | get Crossword → | tags: author, bars, birthdate

10529.

It's been a big — but rocky — week for AI models from China. Here's what's happened (cnbc.com)

2026-02-14 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: alibaba rynnbrain, tiktok byte dance, openai sora

10530.

Nothing opens its first retail store in India (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-14 | by Ivan Mehta | get Smartphone → | tags: nothing, india, bengaluru