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Scientists Unleash Franken-Mice With Brains That Are Nearly Half Human (futurism.com)

2026-09-20 | by Frank Landymore | tags: stanford university, sergiu pașca, human neurons

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FCC allows Gulf state wealth funds to own nearly half of Paramount-Warner Bros. (engadget.com)

2026-09-18 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: fcc, paramount, warner bros

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Reservations Go Live for Valve's Steam Frame VR Headset. An Experiment in Progress? (slashdot.org)

2026-09-15 | by Posted | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: steam frame, valve, steam os

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Valve's Steam Frame launches at $1,059, and Half-Life: Alyx comes free (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Daniel Sims | get Valve Index VR Kit → | tags: steam frame, half-life alyx, valve

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Valve's Steam Frame VR headset starts at $1,059 and ships with Half Life: Alyx (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Steve Dent | get Valve Index VR Headset → | tags: steam frame, half life alyx, valve

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Valve Steam Frame review: Solid standalone VR that's too little, too late (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Devindra Hardawar | get Valve Index VR Kit → | tags: steam frame, half-life alyx, valve

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1,000+ shoes reviewed and cut in half (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: shoes, shoe review, cut in half

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Valve has ported Half-Life: Alyx to ARM, and it’s free with Steam Frame (theverge.com)

2026-09-14 | by Sean Hollister | get Meta Quest 3 VR headset → | tags: half-life alyx, steam frame, arm64

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Valve’s Steam Frame costs $1,059 (theverge.com)

2026-09-14 | by Jay Peters | get Meta Quest 3 VR headset → | tags: steam frame, valve, half-life

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This Anker earbuds deal gets you the Soundcore P30i for half price at Amazon (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-11 | get Anker Soundcore P30i earbuds → | tags: anker, soundcore p30i, amazon

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Instagram's head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Ana Maria Constantin | get Digital Minimalism Cal Newport book → | tags: instagram, adam mosseri, meta

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Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half (sciencedaily.com)

2026-09-11 | get active optical cable fiber data cable → | tags: nanolaser, dtu, science advances

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Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Jessica Rawnsley | get Emporia Vue 3 energy monitor → | tags: google, finland, nuclear power

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Google will buy half the electricity of a nuclear power plant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Jessica Rawnsley | tags: google, nuclear power plant, poland

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Report: Roughly Half the World’s Governments Underestimated Covid Deaths by the Millions (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-10 | tags: covid-19, all-cause mortality, excess deaths

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is over half off at under $20 (theverge.com)

2026-09-10 | by Brad Bourque | get Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K → | tags: fire tv stick 4k, amazon, woot

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Over Half of US Adults Want Better Battery Life, but Can Apple Deliver With Its New iPhone Lineup? (cnet.com)

2026-09-09 | by Dashia Milden | tags: iphone 18, apple, battery life

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Over Half of US Adults Want Better Battery Life, but Can Apple Deliver with its New iPhone Lineup? (cnet.com)

2026-09-07 | by Dashia Milden | tags: iphone 18, apple, battery life

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Starlink is offering half-price internet near xAI data centers, but critics want the pollution fixed (techspot.com)

2026-09-05 | by Skye Jacobs | get Starlink Standard Kit → | tags: starlink, spacexai, xai

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Microsoft, Famous for Culty Jargon, Is Naming Half Its Organization ‘Agents and Infra’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-03 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, agents, devices

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Huge 12TB Leak Exposes a Decade of Steam’s Game Data (cnet.com)

2026-08-31 | by Zachary Mcauliffe | get Steam Deck OLED handheld gaming console → | tags: steam, valve, half-life

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A 12TB Steam 'Teraleak' Spills More Than a Decade of Lost PC Gaming History (slashdot.org)

2026-08-31 | get Seagate Expansion 12TB desktop external hard drive → | tags: steam, valve, portal 2

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BYD shares slide as fierce China competition dents first-half earnings (cnbc.com)

2026-08-31 | by Jenny Lee | get Lectron EV charging adapter → | tags: byd, china, electric-vehicle

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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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Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets (theverge.com)

2026-08-30 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Portal Companion Cube plush → | tags: steam, half-life 2, valve

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Using AI to write wedding vows? Nearly half of people wouldn’t mind, survey says (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-28 | get wedding vow books set of 2 → | tags: wedding vows, survey, wedding planning

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Using AI to write wedding vows? Nearly half of people wouldn’t mind, says survey (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-28 | get wedding vow books set of 2 → | tags: wedding vows, survey, marriage

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Need a cheap outdoor speaker? The 4.5-star AOC Bluetooth speaker is half-price at just $24.99 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-28 | get AOC portable Bluetooth speaker IP67 → | tags: aoc, bluetooth speaker, ip67

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More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: statistics, national institutes of health, p-values

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A British Warship Split in Half and Sank in 1908. Divers Just Found the Wreck (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | get Cressi Palau snorkeling set mask fins → | tags: british warship, shipwreck, divers