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Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hannah montana linux, aa batteries, uwoslab

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Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Zak Killian | tags: esp32, pi-hole, dns filtering

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Madrid is electric with World Cup energy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: madrid, world cup, argentina

11974.

The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jorge Garay | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140 b, habitable zone

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We Don’t Have a Clean Indoor Air Act. Are Air Purifiers the Answer? (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: pasadena, wildfire, air purifier

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FBI arrests 21-year-old accused of infecting 8,000 PCs with malware through fake Steam games (techspot.com)

2026-07-19 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: fbi, steam, malware

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Tired of free-to-play trash? These 6 Android games are worth paying for in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: minecraft, mojang, android games

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Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: zoox, amazon, robotaxi

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Pastors Using AI to Help Write Sermons Grapple With Where to Draw the Line (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: martin luther, american churches, sermon writing

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The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by David Pierce | tags: clapper, smart home, consumer tech

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Sony Is Paying Out $7.85M in PlayStation Store Credit. How to Claim Part of the Settlement (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: playstation store, sony interactive entertainment, the last of us

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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Review: Lenovo's Flagship Ultraportable Is Now More Repairable (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: lenovo, thinkpad, intel

11983.

This iPhone Trick Can Eliminate Spam Calls for Good (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: iphone, ios 26, call screening

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If You’re a Federal Employee, You May Now Install TikTok on Your Work Phone Even Though It’s Illegal (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: tiktok, federal employee, work phone

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5 overlooked ways to use Samsung’s Secure Folder that have completely changed my Galaxy phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: samsung secure folder, galaxy phones, android authority

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In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, audio surveillance, electronic frontier foundation

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FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Angela Watercutter | tags: fifa, world cup, coldplay

11988.

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8 max, token plan, individual

11989.

Half a Second – a book about the XZ backdoor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Adrian Mastronardi | tags: xz utils, linux, microsoft

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The 5 laptop features worth paying extra for, plus 3 you can ignore (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Cesar Cadenas | tags: ram, asus zenbook, hp omnibook

11991.

Qwen 3.8 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8, alibaba, fable 5

11992.

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen3.8, alibaba, fable 5

11993.

Nvidia may have RTX 5000 Super GPUs ready, but costly 3GB GDDR7 is holding them back (techspot.com)

2026-07-19 | by Rob Thubron | tags: nvidia, rtx 5000 super, gddr7

11994.

Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: microsoft, data center, extinction rebellion

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Show HN: OfflineTTS — Free browser-based TTS & STT that runs locally (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: offlinetts, text to speech, speech to text

11996.

The Mighty Big Array of Finn Jensen LA8YB (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: finn la8yb, yagi antenna, oslo

11997.

Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: perforce, training videos, ai narration

11998.

It’s Laughably Easy to Poison Open-Weight AI Models, Researcher Finds (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: open-weight ai models, semgrep, anthropic

11999.

The future of physical games is not looking great (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jay Peters | tags: nintendo switch, playstation, xbox

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How to deal with failure and stick with hard things (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: steve kamb, how to try again, navigating chaos