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Smartmedia Card Spec Opened, available free (2000) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by W Kirkwood | get SmartMedia Card Reader → | tags: smartmedia, toshiba, ssfdc

2882.

Terraria developer confirms cross-play is coming and teases 15th anniversary collector's items (engadget.com)

2026-05-17 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Terraria Collector's Edition → | tags: terraria, re-logic, cross-play

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fails to Read Room on AI, Gets Booed into Oblivion (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: google, eric schmidt, commencement

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US Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Educational Assessment Toolkit → | tags: stanford, no child left behind, student test scores

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In 1979 engineer Hugh Padgham discovered "gated reverb" – by accident (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Max Mcallister | get Gated Reverb Effect Pedal → | tags: hugh padgham, gated reverb, ssl 4000 b

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Sysadmin Creates 'ModuleJail' To Automatically Blacklist Unused Kernel Modules (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Linux Kernel Module Blacklist Kit → | tags: linux, kernel, modulejail

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Tool mapping 90 companies in the photonics and CPO supply chain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Leonardo Boquillón | get Photonics Industry Map Poster → | tags: co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, inp laser

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LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Mark Tyson | get AI Prompt Injection Detection Tool → | tags: linkedin, prompt injection, tmuxvim

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LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Mark Tyson | get AI Prompt Injection Defense Tool → | tags: linkedin, prompt injection, tmuxvim

2890.

Agentic Trading with Safe Guardrails (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | tags: shuriken, agentic trading, onchain tokens

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Google’s underrated AI app unlocked 3 amazing on-device AI tools on my Android phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-17 | get Google Pixel AI Toolkit → | tags: google ai edge gallery, android authority, on-device ai

2892.

Forza Horizon 6 boots up in just 4 seconds instead of 90 with new Advanced Shader Delivery tech and AMD GPUs — Microsoft claims 95% reduction in gaming load times (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Hassam Nasir | get AMD Radeon Graphics Card → | tags: forza horizon 6, advanced shader delivery, amd rdna 3

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We’re about to witness a critical moment for Google’s smart glasses (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-17 | get Google Glass Enterprise Edition → | tags: google xr, android authority, samsung galaxy xr

2894.

Porting my 3D points renderer on a ZX Spectrum 48K (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get ZX Spectrum 48K Emulator → | tags: zx spectrum, z88dk, 3d rendering

2895.

Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor (futurism.com)

2026-05-17 | by Krystle Vermes | get Gene Therapy Research Kit → | tags: gene therapy, adeno-associated virus, hurler syndrome

2896.

I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Quantum Crystal Display Kit → | tags: quantum crystals, atacama desert, abandoned mine

2897.

I Found Ultra-Pure Quantum Crystals in an Abandoned Mine in the Atacama Desert (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Quantum Crystal Display Kit → | tags: quantum crystals, atacama desert, abandoned mine

2898.

An Entire Wikipedia That's 100% AI Hallucinations (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get AI-Generated Wikipedia Book → | tags: halupedia, bartåomiej strama, large language model

2899.

Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races Before the Age of Linotype (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Vintage Bicycle Typing Kit → | tags: linotype, women printers, typesetting

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The enterprise risk nobody is modeling: AI is replacing the very experts it needs to learn from (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-16 | get AI Expert Learning Kit → | tags: alphazero, reinforcement learning, human evaluators

2901.

Cardiologist and FDA-Approved At-Home Blood Pressure Monitors (cnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by See Full Bio | get Omron Platinum Blood Pressure Monitor → | tags: fda-approved blood pressure monitors, american heart association, at-home blood pressure

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Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-16 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Nectar Social Marketing Tool → | tags: nectar social, menlo ventures, meta

2903.

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-16 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Content Detection Tool → | tags: arxiv, large language models, cornell

2904.

‘The Batman Part II’ Turned to Social Media to Reassure Its Fans (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-16 | get Batman Movie Collectible Figure → | tags: the batman, matt reeves, social media

2905.

Kioxia and Dell cram 10 PB into slim 2RU server (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | by Chris Mellor | get Kioxia PX Series SSD → | tags: kioxia, dell, poweredge

2906.

Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative Blocked by Community Backlash (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get Fedora AI Developer Desktop Kit → | tags: fedora, red hat, ai developer desktop

2907.

How to remove your personal data from the internet (and why you can’t afford to wait) (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-16 | by Sponsored Post | get Privacy.com Virtual Card → | tags: data brokers, apple, incogni

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PART Telescopes – Bringing radio astronomy within reach of rural schools (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Beginner Radio Telescope Kit → | tags: rtl-sdr, radio telescopes, science mentors

2909.

How an Australian Teen Team Is Making Radio Astronomy Affordable for Schools (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Radio Astronomy Starter Kit → | tags: radio astronomy, australian teen team, schools

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College Kid Shuts Down High Speed Trains With a Laptop and a Radio (futurism.com)

2026-05-16 | by Joe Wilkins | get RF Signal Jammer Kit → | tags: taiwan high speed rail, software-defined radio, cryptographic keys