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Fast KV Compaction via Attention Matching (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Smartphone → | tags: comments

53852.

Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to fix water system (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Water purification system → | tags: bureau, bureau said, city

53853.

Consistency diffusion language models: Up to 14x faster, no quality loss (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Language Model → | tags: block, block wise, cdlm

53854.

New to VPNs? Everything you need to know about virtual private networks in 2026 (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Charlie Osborne | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: affect, does, does affect

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Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-20 | get Smartphone → | tags: didenko, identities, korean

53856.

Microsoft's new 10k-year data storage medium: glass (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Glass Storage Medium → | tags: centuries, etching, glass

53857.

Newborn Chicks Connect Sounds With Shapes Just Like Humans, Study Finds (slashdot.org)

2026-02-20 | get Neuralink → | tags: bouba, chicks, kiki

53858.

Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to CBP Agents Sparked a DOJ Probe (wired.com)

2026-02-20 | by Maddy Varner | get Smartwatch → | tags: epstein, officers, saint

53859.

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Chatbot → | tags: agent, document, operator

53860.

Theft of Trade Secrets Is on the Rise—and AI Is Making It Worse (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-20 | get Trade Secret → | tags: accused, accused stealing, apple

53861.

Need power at the campsite? This portable battery station has several days worth (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Power Station → | tags: battery, explorer, explorer plus

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Opera made an adorably quirky website to celebrate its browser’s 30th anniversary (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-20 | by Marcus Mendes | get Browser → | tags: days, dial, opera

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Finally, I found a smart ring that looks like actual jewelry (without the trade-offs) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Nina Raemont | get Smartwatch → | tags: ceramic, health, oura

53864.

Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Excel Add-in → | tags: bridge, excel, https

53865.

Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel, powered by Pi (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Pi Calculator → | tags: bridge, excel, https

53866.

Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, source says (cnbc.com)

2026-02-20 | by Ashley Capoot | get TensorFlow → | tags: billion, infrastructure, invest

53867.

US Plans Online Portal To Bypass Content Bans In Europe and Elsewhere (slashdot.org)

2026-02-20 | get Digital Wallet → | tags: concerns, department, europe

53868.

I found the best Linux server distros for your home lab (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Server Distros → | tags: centos, debian, linux

53869.

I spent 2 years charging my phone exactly how Apple suggests - here's where it's at now (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Phone charger → | tags: battery, battery life, charge

53870.

Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-20 | get Spacecraft → | tags: change, change world, ensure

53871.

An ARM Homelab Server, or a Minisforum MS-R1 Review (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | by Neel Chauhan | get Homelab Server → | tags: debian, fedora, linux

53872.

Apple accuses Brazilian banks of seeking a ‘free ride’ in NFC probe (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-20 | by Marcus Mendes | get NFC chip → | tags: access, apple, banco

53873.

MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | get Huawei P40 Pro → | tags: applications, arguments, collection

53874.

California's New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves (slashdot.org)

2026-02-20 | get Smart Printer → | tags: approved, blocking, california

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I tested 5G coverage from the big 3 mobile carriers on a road trip - the winner was a surprise (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Adam Doud | get 5G network → | tags: carriers, coverage, good

53876.

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon (wired.com)

2026-02-20 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smart Home Security Camera → | tags: amazon, cameras, control

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New Research Shows AI Agents Are Running Wild Online, With Few Guardrails in Place (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-20 | get AI Agents → | tags: conducted, conducted openclaw, monster

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AI agents are fast, loose and out of control, MIT study finds (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Tiernan Ray | get Neural Network → | tags: agent, agentic, agentic ai

53879.

Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores — again (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-20 | by Lucas Ropek | get AI Assistant → | tags: gemini, gemini pro, google

53880.

Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores—again (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-20 | by Lucas Ropek | get AI Assistant → | tags: gemini, gemini pro, google