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1981.

Old Cars 'Tell Tales' by Storing Data That's Never Wiped (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | by Posted | get OBD-II Data Logger → | tags: telematic control unit, quarkslab, qualcomm

1982.

NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Laser Pointer Kit → | tags: nist, photonics, lasers

1983.

Any Color You Like: NIST Scientists Create 'Any Wavelength' Lasers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Tunable Laser Diode → | tags: nist, photonics, lasers

1984.

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 19, #1043 (cnet.com)

2026-04-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: nytimes, connections, wordle

1985.

VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-18 | by Anthony Ha | get Cancer Awareness Bracelet → | tags: sv angel, ron conway, ucsf

1986.

US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30 (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | by Posted | get FISA Surveillance Legal Guide → | tags: fisa act, section 702, foreign intelligence

1987.

30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | by Posted | get WordPress Security Plugin Bundle → | tags: wordpress plugins, malware, anchor hosting

1988.

UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring SDRs to help make construction more productive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Construction Tech Notebook → | tags: upcodes, yc s17, sdr

1989.

20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | by Posted | get Cybersecurity Encryption Kit → | tags: powerschool, data breach, cyberattack

1990.

Optimizing Tail Sampling in OpenTelemetry with Retroactive Sampling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get OpenTelemetry Collector Plugin → | tags: opentelemetry, retroactive sampling, victoriametrics

1991.

Marvel Studios’ Former Art Staff Discuss ‘Shortsighted’ Layoffs (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-18 | get Marvel Studios Art Book → | tags: marvel studios, cinematacon, visual development

1992.

How to protect your privacy by opting out of data collection in popular AI apps [Sponsored] (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-18 | by Sponsored Post | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: amazon alexa, stanford study, ai privacy

1993.

Xbox expansion cards are now cheaper than SSDs, and PC users are repurposing them (techspot.com)

2026-04-18 | get Xbox Storage Expansion Card → | tags: xbox expansion cards, ssds, pc users

1994.

Fear and Loathing Among the Haves and Have Mores in San Francisco (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-18 | get San Francisco Tech History Book → | tags: san francisco, k-shaped economy, gold rush

1995.

NASA Restarts Work To Support Europe's Uncrewed Trip To Mars After Years of Setbacks (slashdot.org)

2026-04-18 | get Mars Rover Model Kit → | tags: nasa, european space agency, rosalind franklin

1996.

Physicists Have a Major Problem With the Universe (futurism.com)

2026-04-18 | by Victor Tangermann | get Quantum Physics Puzzle Kit → | tags: hubble constant, cosmology, edwin hubble

1997.

Two Motorola Transistors Became the Default NPNs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Motorola NPN Transistor Kit → | tags: motorola, transistors, npn

1998.

"cat readme.txt" is not safe if you use iTerm2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get iTerm2 Security Plugin → | tags: iterm2, ssh integration, conductor script

1999.

Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get USB Data Blocker → | tags: iterm2, ssh, conductor

2000.

The Most Unforgettable Footage We Saw at CinemaCon 2026 (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-17 | get 4K Action Camera → | tags: spider-man, dune, cinemacon

2001.

US lawmakers amend new restrictions on Chinese chipmakers — MATCH Act's blanket restrictions removed from select chipmaking tools (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Anton Shilov | get ASUS ROG Crosshair Motherboard → | tags: match act, cryogenic etching, lam research

2002.

Runway Measures Survival, Not Progress. Here’s Why That Distinction Matters More Than You Think. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | by Will Fan | get AI Art Generation Software → | tags: runway, startups, venture capital

2003.

Train-to-Test scaling explained: How to optimize your end-to-end AI compute budget for inference (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-17 | get Scikit-learn MinMaxScaler → | tags: large language models, inference costs, train-to-test

2004.

Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-17 | get The Dog Stars Novel → | tags: ridley scott, the dog stars, novel

2005.

Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping (engadget.com)

2026-04-17 | get Eye-Scanning Ticket Scanner → | tags: world id, concert kit, tools for humanity

2006.

Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-17 | by Sarah Perez | get Gigs Concert History App → | tags: gigs, apple foundation models, setlist.fm

2007.

Casely Is Recalling Wireless Power Pods Over Fire and Burn Risks, Again (cnet.com)

2026-04-17 | by See Full Bio | get Wireless Charging Safety Kit → | tags: casely, magsafe power pods, consumer product safety commission

2008.

I ditched my iPhone's hotspot for this 5G travel router - and I'm never going back (zdnet.com)

2026-04-17 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get TP-Link AC750 WiFi Router → | tags: acer, connect m6e, apple

2009.

Polymarket and Kalshi are up against a united Congress as D.C. steps up scrutiny of prediction markets (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get Prediction Market Platform → | tags: polymarket, kalshi, congress

2010.

What San Francisco’s AI billboards say about the state of the industry (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get AI Billboard Display Kit → | tags: san francisco, ai billboards, silicon valley