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US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of 'countermeasures' if America tries to constrain domestic AI models (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jon Martindale | tags: distillation attacks, frontier ai models, deepseek

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Your smartwatch is probably good enough, and the market knows it (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | get Apple Watch SE 2nd generation → | tags: counterpoint research, smartwatch shipments, huawei

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Vinix – A modern operating system written in V (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: vinix, macos, apple silicon

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AI-induced memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: fairphone, memory shortage, sk hynix

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AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: memory shortage, fairphone, sk hynix

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Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Jowi Morales | tags: dario amodei, china daily, anthropic

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Online hate researcher keeps hammering X despite deportation threat (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: us immigration, content moderation, citr

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Is the iPhone Duo just the start, with most iPhones foldable within a decade? (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-14 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 → | tags: iphone duo, foldable smartphones, apple

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Counterpoint: Apple foldable panel shipments could rise 167% by 2030 (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 → | tags: counterpoint research, apple, iphone duo

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Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | by How Unauthorized Labs Access Anthropic S Models | get Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: claude, anthropic, ai misuse

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Apple unveils its first foldable, the iPhone Duo (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-09 | by Ivan Mehta | get Spigen Galaxy Z Fold case → | tags: apple, iphone duo, foldable phone

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NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-08 | tags: nih, department of defense, niaid

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Report: Apple Watch shipments rise 14% in Q2 as overall market drops (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Watch Series 10 → | tags: apple watch, counterpoint research, huawei

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Chinese giants Xiaomi, Huawei race to get ahead of Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone (cnbc.com)

2026-09-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 → | tags: xiaomi 18 fold, huawei mate xt2, foldable iphone

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Apple will quickly become a dominant player in folding phones – Counterpoint (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-08 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 → | tags: counterpoint research, foldable phones, iphone ultra

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This RO water filter has earned a permanent spot next to my desk (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-06 | get Waterdrop M6CG countertop reverse osmosis system → | tags: waterdrop m6cg, reverse osmosis, water filter

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Japan to mass-procure 3D-printed rocket-powered drone interceptor — Terra B1 capable of countering one-way attack platforms (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-05 | by Mark Tyson | get Bambu Lab A1 3D printer → | tags: terra b1, terra drone, japan

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Forget granite countertops. Homebuyers now say this is their No. 1 priority (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-04 | get Levoit Core 400S air purifier → | tags: homebuyers, granite countertops, health and wellness

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Smartphone prices may be soaring, but Americans are getting off easy (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-03 | get Google Pixel 10 unlocked smartphone → | tags: google, samsung, motorola

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Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids (theverge.com)

2026-09-03 | by John Higgins | get Apple AirPods Pro 2 → | tags: anker, otc hearing aids, ifa 2026

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Is The Calorie Counter on Your Smartwatch Accurate? Not Really, Study Finds (cnet.com)

2026-09-02 | by Corin Cesaric-Epple | get Polar H10 heart rate chest strap → | tags: apple watch, fitbit sense 2, samsung galaxy watch 5

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A decade's worth of Steam files totaling more than 12TB has leaked (engadget.com)

2026-08-30 | by Jackson Chen | get Seagate Expansion Desktop 16TB external hard drive → | tags: steam, valve, half-life

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Identifying fake cosmetics using AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | get Carson MicroBrite Plus pocket microscope 60x-120x → | tags: rhode peptide lip tint, counterfeit cosmetics, chatgpt

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Autistici/Inventati case sets a new counterterrorism precedent, Irdi says (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | by Https | get Sandworm Andy Greenberg book → | tags: autistici/inventati, highground, us sanctions

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Here’s how many foldable iPhones IDC expects Apple to ship in one year (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-26 | by Marcus Mendes | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 → | tags: foldable iphone, apple, idc

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Counterpoint: iPhone 17 topped worldwide smartphone sales during Q2 (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-26 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple MagSafe Charger → | tags: iphone 17, apple, magsafe

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‘The Last Blossom’ Director on Why a Plant Was the Perfect Counterpart for a Former Yakuza (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get ODDTAXI Complete Series Blu-ray → | tags: gkids, oddtaxi, anime

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The Galaxy S26 Ultra just achieved a first for Android phone sales (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-26 | get Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra → | tags: samsung galaxy s26 ultra, android authority, counterpoint research

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Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: textlog, online status, timestamps

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Report: Smart wearables market set to generate more than $1 trillion through 2032 (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-19 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple watch, wireless earbuds, counterpoint research