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Polymarket reportedly paid people to post fake videos of themselves placing bets (theverge.com)

2026-06-21 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: polymarket, prediction markets, fake videos

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That viral clip you saw of someone winning big on Polymarket was probably fake (theverge.com)

2026-06-21 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Polymarket Betting Platform → | tags: polymarket, prediction markets, wall street journal

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Messi, Mbappe, and other soccer stars employ these 5 psychological principles (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-21 | get Soccer Psychology Book → | tags: kylian mbappe, harry kane, attentional control

2764.

Electric air taxis are stuck in the courtroom (theverge.com)

2026-06-21 | by Andrew Hawkins | get Electric Air Taxi Model → | tags: joby aviation, archer aviation, vertical aerospace

2765.

Facial Recognition on Public Buses? Kansas City Says Yes (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | get Public Transit Facial Scanner → | tags: facial recognition, kansas city, american civil liberties union

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Sony’s Xperia 1 VIII is still a phone for the fans (theverge.com)

2026-06-21 | by Dominic Preston | get Sony Xperia 1 VIII Smartphone → | tags: sony xperia 1 viii, sony, android police

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Windows UI evolution: Clicking an unassociated file (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get File Explorer Shortcut Keys → | tags: windows ui, file associations, windows 3.1

2768.

Your brain was never designed for this much bad news (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get Mindfulness Meditation App → | tags: reuters institute, digital news report, smartphones

2769.

Armstrong Effect (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get Armstrong Effect Book → | tags: static electricity, william armstrong, armstrong hydroelectric machine

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Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: polymarket, social media, paid creators

2771.

Pondering routing more of my traffic via nodes outside the UK (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get VPN Router for UK → | tags: uk government, online safety policy, vpn

2772.

How the social media ban could reshape how all of us use the internet (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-20 | by Zoe Kleinman | get Social Media Privacy Guide → | tags: big tech, internet regulation, social media ban

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Why the social media ban is about so much more than social media (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-20 | by Zoe Kleinman | get Digital Privacy and Security Kit → | tags: big tech, social media, internet regulation

2774.

Renting a sewing machine from the library (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Erika Benke | get Portable Sewing Machine Kit → | tags: sewing machine, library, finland

2775.

Turns Out, There Is a Cabal of Elite Crazies Trying to Control the World (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Charles P. Pierce | tags: dialog, peter thiel, nato

2776.

A Love Story (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by The Pudding | tags: marriage, stephanie coontz, feudal lords

2777.

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 21, #636 (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Sports Trivia Board Game → | tags: the athletic, nytimes, sports

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Tech Pundit Cringely Co-Founds Startup '2Brains Inc' to Solve LLM Hallucinations (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get AI Hallucination Detection Tool → | tags: 2brains inc, robert cringely, llm hallucinations

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Yes, I Was Wrong About Meal Kits. This Is the Service That Changed My Mind (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Blue Apron Meal Kit → | tags: blue apron, meal kits, vegan

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How it feels to practice for IOAI in Iran (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: iran olympiad, ai olympiad, iranian students

2781.

This Fake Cancer ‘Cure’ Has People Go Naked Into a Big Plastic Bag, Then Gasses Them With Industrial Bleach (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: cancer cure, plastic bag, industrial bleach

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UHF X11: X11 Built for VisionOS and Apple Vision Pro (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Apple Vision Pro Case → | tags: visionos, apple vision pro, x11

2783.

SMPTE Makes Its Standards Freely Accessible (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Russell Poole | get SMPTE Standards Digital Library → | tags: smpte, media technology, standards

2784.

How to personalize the screensaver on your Kindle (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariella Moon | get Kindle Screensaver Customization Kit → | tags: kindle, amazon, screensaver

2785.

Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Media Player Codec Pack → | tags: windows 11, media player, hevc

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The best UK Amazon Prime Day tech deals 2026 — epic savings on premium gaming PCs and laptops, peripherals, 3D printers at Currys, Argos, Scan and CCL, too (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming Laptop RGB Keyboard → | tags: amazon prime day, acer nitro v16, amd ryzen

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Big Tech is borrowing like never before (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Ron Patel | get Amazon Business Loan Kit → | tags: nvidia, big tech, bond market

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Car manufacturers are ditching Android Auto in 2026: Here's why (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Steve Dent | get Wireless CarPlay Adapter → | tags: android auto, rivian, google assistant

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What Fox and Roku aren’t telling us yet (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-20 | get Roku Streaming Stick → | tags: fox, roku, merger

2790.

Nothing's budget brand CMF won't be releasing a new phone this year (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariella Moon | get Nothing Ear (2) Wireless Earbuds → | tags: nothing, cmf, phone pro 2