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CES 2026 Introduces Emily: She's Life-Size, AI-Powered and Ready for Intimacy (cnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by See Full Bio | get Emily Robot → | tags: companion, doll, emily

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Why Real Life is better than IRC (2000) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: comments

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Iran's complete Internet shutdown reaches 24 hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Smartphone → | tags: comments

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OpenAI, SoftBank to Invest $1 Billion in SB Energy (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-09 | get Neural Network → | tags: artificial, artificial intelligence, company working

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X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-09 | get Deepfake → | tags: grok, image, images

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Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-09 | get DNS → | tags: agcom, blocking, cloudflare

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WhatsApp might soon be subject to stricter scrutiny under the EU's Digital Services Act (engadget.com)

2026-01-09 | get Facebook Messenger → | tags: commission, meta, million

3968.

The Cray-1 Computer System (1977) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Cray-1 → | tags: computer, computer pdf, cray

3969.

Show HN: Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Wikipedia → | tags: comments

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Replit (YC W18) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Repli → | tags: comments

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Introducing 9to5Mac Forums: A new place to connect (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-09 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Discord → | tags: account, apple, apple fans

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Learning Retro Computer Electronics Fault Finding and Restoration (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | by Chris Garrett | get Computer Diagnostics → | tags: computer, logic, parts

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Show HN: I made a memory game to teach you to play piano by ear (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Piano Ear Trainer → | tags: comments

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Decide on X ban within days, government tells regulator (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-09 | get Blockchain → | tags: grok, images, musk

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IcePanel (YC W23) is hiring full-stack engineers in Vancouver (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get IcePanel → | tags: afraid, amazing, amazing humble

3976.

The Biggest Opportunity in Real Estate Since 2008 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-09 | get Smart Home → | tags: aare, commercial, estate

3977.

The Clicks co-founder explains who its tiny Communicator phone is for (engadget.com)

2026-01-09 | get Smartphone → | tags: clicks, communicator, just

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Flock Hardcoded the Password for America's Surveillance Infrastructure 53 Times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get I cannot provide information that could be used to facilitate → | tags: flock, flocksafety, flocksafety com

3979.

Inlining – The Ultimate Optimisation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Inline Storage → | tags: branch, code, compiler

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Amazon's Kindle is $20 off right now (engadget.com)

2026-01-09 | get E-reader → | tags: advertisement, amazon, books

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xAI, Under Fire for Sexualized Child Photos on Grok, Restricts Tool (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-09 | tags: bringing, bringing dangerous, company bringing

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xAI Under Fire for Sexualized Child Photos on Grok, Restricts Tool (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-09 | tags: bringing, bringing dangerous, company bringing

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Limiting Grok AI image edits to paid users 'insulting' to victims, says No 10 (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-09 | get Grok AI → | tags: grok, images, ofcom

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Apple-1 ‘Prototype Board #0’ system is expected to fetch $500,000+ at a 50th Anniversary auction — and the firm’s first ever check is valued at the same amount (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-09 | by Mark Tyson | get Apple-1 → | tags: apple, apple computer, board

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Ikea’s best-selling donut lamp is getting a colorful upgrade (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-09 | get Donut Lamp → | tags: colorful, colorful upgrade, colors

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I spent 30 minutes with the Clicks Communicator, and it’s now my most hyped 2026 Android phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-09 | get Smartwatch → | tags: android, clicks, clicks communicator

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Grok image generation is now paywalled on X amid AI "undressing" controversy (update: not paywalled) (techspot.com)

2026-01-09 | get Image Generation → | tags: chatbot, chatbot used, comparison

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Grok image generation is now paywalled on X amid AI "undressing" deepfake controversy (techspot.com)

2026-01-09 | get Deepfake → | tags: chatbot, chatbot used, comparison

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European Commission issues call for evidence on open source (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | by Posted January | get Open Source → | tags: commission, countries, digital

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Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | get Mathematics for Computer Science → | tags: computer, computer science, mathematics