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1351.

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

1352.

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

1353.

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

1354.

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview (news.ycombinator.com)

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

1355.

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

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

1356.

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

1357.

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

1358.

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

1359.

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

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

1360.

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

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

1361.

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

1362.

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

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

1363.

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

1364.

Order of Magnitude Physics a Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod(1998) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: order of magnitude, retinal rod, physics textbook

1365.

China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai chatbots, china, wall street journal

1366.

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering – Mastering Complexity(2014) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: science, engineering, complexity

1367.

Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Simon Hill | tags: kini, kinisium, eve motion sensor

1368.

The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: solar car challenge, texas, 3d printing

1369.

RFK Jr Wants to Waste $5 Billion in the Worst Way Imaginable (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: rfk jr, nih, vaccine

1370.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: lord of the rings, gollum, ai de-aging

1371.

3 learning habits backed by neuroscience that high performers use (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: neuroscience, high performers, workforce

1372.

The cleanup trap: Stop asking RAG to fix bad data (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: rag, large language model, vector database

1373.

Overload and insight look identical from the outside (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by ゆ前 | tags: ayahuasca, granola, body-awareness

1374.

LLM-Integrated Multivariable Calculus Course (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: llm, multivariable calculus, vector fields

1375.

FDA approves new kind of cholesterol pill (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: lipfendra, pcsk9 inhibitors, hefh

1376.

OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake' (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: openai, gpt-5.6, large language models

1377.

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Published On | tags: hashicorp, ghostty, ai psychosis

1378.

France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: polymarket, france, isp

1379.

Harness Engineering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: agent output, harness engineering, ryan lopopolo

1380.

How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, china, cybersecurity