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1981.

Human typing habits and token counts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Typing Speed Test Keyboard → | tags: tokenizer, openai, claude

1982.

Why Removing Screens From Fitness Trackers Made Them 88% More Popular: ‘If It Has a Screen, It’s a Watch’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jonathan Small | get Fitness Tracker Screen Protector → | tags: whoop, oura, fitbit

1983.

‘The Batman, Part II’ Teases Some Snowy Batmobile Action (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Batman Snowy Batmobile Model → | tags: batman, batmobile, dan aykroyd

1984.

PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jay Peters | get PlayStation AI Development Kit → | tags: playstation, sony, mockingbird

1985.

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: david attenborough, birthday, messages

1986.

Canvas Hack Temporarily Disrupts Thousands of Schools (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-08 | get Canvas LMS Access Card → | tags: canvas, fbi, education apps

1987.

The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: g42, uae, saudi arabia

1988.

Google Fitbit Air preorders come with a second band for free (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Fitbit Charge 5 → | tags: fitbit air, google, gemini ai

1989.

JerryRigEverything teardown reveals this ~$2,000 Ultra phone has a plastic back (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra → | tags: oppo find x9 ultra, plastic back, jerryriggeverything

1990.

The Morning After: Google's new wearable doesn't have a screen (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mat Smith | get Google Pixel Watch Band → | tags: google fitbit air, google health coach, google io

1991.

Billie Eilish Doesn't Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Angela Watercutter | get Billie Eilish Vinyl Record → | tags: soundcloud, billie eilish, ai algorithms

1992.

Pentagon Think Tank Tests Ingenious Plan to Protect Coasts From Hurricanes—and It’s Working (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hurricane Barrier System → | tags: pentagon, darpa, tyndall air force base

1993.

What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era? (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Victoria Song | get Fitbit Charge 5 → | tags: fitbit, google, wearable

1994.

YouTube’s latest test is a nightmare for your muscle memory (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get YouTube Video Editing Keyboard → | tags: youtube, android, google

1995.

The Fitbit Air looks great, but it’s missing one feature I can’t live without (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Fitbit Versa 3 → | tags: fitbit, google, fitness tracker

1996.

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

1997.

Look at how they massacred my boy: Google is killing these Fitbit app features (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: google health, fitbit, google health app

1998.

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices and expects console sales to decline as memory crunch bites (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Nintendo Switch Console Accessories → | tags: nintendo switch 2, memory chip crunch, playstation 5

1999.

QBE – Compiler Back End (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: qbe, compiler backend, c abi

2000.

Apple pushes back against Canadian bill that could force companies to weaken encryption (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Encryption Security Kit → | tags: apple, meta, encryption

2001.

Bliss (Photograph) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Bliss Photography Print → | tags: windows xp, bliss, charles o'rear

2002.

Seeing Birdsong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Birdsong Nature Sound Machine → | tags: birdsong, nature, wildlife

2003.

How a passion for baking fermented a fresh career move (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Byrne | get Fermentation Starter Kit → | tags: microbiome, sourdough, astera institute

2004.

Matter of taste (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Harrison | get Smart Kitchen Food Scale → | tags: taste receptors, aspergillus, outpost seven

2005.

Surge in fake citations uncovered by audit of 2.5 million biomedical science papers (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Naddaf | get Science Citation Management Tool → | tags: pubmed central, fake citations, biomedical papers

2006.

The people preserving the scientific practice of bird banding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Paula Razuri | get Bird Banding Kit → | tags: bird banding, prince edward point, saw-whets

2007.

Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Software Update Reminder Sticker → | tags: anubis, hashcash, proof-of-work

2008.

Coinbase posts steep first-quarter loss after slide in crypto prices; shares fall 4% (cnbc.com)

2026-05-07 | by Tanaya Macheel Liz Napolitano | get Crypto Hardware Wallet → | tags: coinbase, cryptocurrency, bitcoin

2009.

iam8bit recorded a jazzy Persona album for the series' 30th (engadget.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jessica Conditt | get Persona 30th Anniversary Vinyl → | tags: persona, iam8bit, blueshift big band

2010.

DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-07 | get DNA Testing Kit → | tags: dhs, ice, fbi