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1621.

OpenAI killed the tool behind this AI film. Its director says Hollywood is only getting started (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: openai, sora, critterz

1622.

AWS billing goes haywire, hits customers with bills as high as $7.8 trillion (techspot.com)

2026-07-20 | by Rob Thubron | tags: aws, amazon web services, billing error

1623.

How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Italo Vignoli | tags: microsoft office, proprietary formats, xml formats

1624.

Fractl.art – a fractal generator with 8 octillion different patterns (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: fractl.art, fractal generator, octillion patterns

1625.

Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: jacobian conjecture, algebraic geometry, levent alpoge

1626.

As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | by Posted | tags: silicon valley, artificial intelligence, tech workers

1627.

Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | by Posted | tags: zilog z80, 8-bit cpu, dip40

1628.

Daily briefing: How to nail an industry interview (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-20 | by Graham | tags: science photo library, fertility treatments, medrxiv

1629.

Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-19 | by Anthony Ha | tags: netflix, ben affleck, interpositive

1630.

Biggest Probabilistic Computer Turns Noise into Answers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Charles Q. Choi | tags: probabilistic computer, p-bits, quantum computing

1631.

How to Sell a Kettle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: kettle, selling, product

1632.

Opinion | AI Can Be the Fast Track to Grid Reliability (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: grid reliability, modernizing grid, smart grid

1633.

The CEO Trying to Fix PayPal Has a New Option: Sell It for Billions (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: paypal, enrique lores, rivals

1634.

TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-19 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, waymo, robotaxi

1635.

Kodak EC35 is a dirt-cheap point-and-shoot film camera (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: kodak, ec35, snapic a1

1636.

Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: open source ai, richard stallman, frontier models

1637.

Terence McKenna's Mega Bad Trip (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: terence mckenna, mega bad trip, psychedelics

1638.

Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Luke James | tags: zilog z80, open-source replacement, intel 8080

1639.

Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle (news.ycombinator.com)

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

1640.

Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids — the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: molniya drones, starlink, expresslrs

1641.

Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Mark Tyson | tags: coil whine, zotac rtx 4080, nvme ssd

1642.

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

1643.

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

1644.

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

1645.

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

1646.

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

1647.

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

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

1648.

New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: adobe photoshop, social media, teen boys

1649.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is exposing a hidden food risk. New fertilizer tech could help (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: strait of hormuz, fertilizer, natural gas

1650.

'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: spacex, grok build, github