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1741.

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Will Please Gross Horror Fans (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-12 | get Horrific Mummy Prop Replica → | tags: lee cronin, the mummy, horror fans

1742.

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | tags: ideas, ideas thinking, new ideas

1743.

How long-distance couples use digital games to facilitate intimacy (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Nintendo Switch Console → | tags: digital games, long-distance couples, intimacy

1744.

Investigating How Long-Distance Couples Use Digital Games to Facilitate Intimacy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Couples' Long-Distance Gaming Kit → | tags: digital games, long-distance couples, intimacy

1745.

Textbooks and Methods of Note-Taking in Early Modern Europe (2008) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | tags: note-taking, early modern europe, textbooks

1746.

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent? (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-12 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Self-Driving Car Simulator → | tags: waymo, self-driving vehicles, autonomous trucks

1747.

Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop (theverge.com)

2026-04-12 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: moon, kate nv, russian pop

1748.

Inventors Who Didn’t Invent What They Are Famous for Inventing (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-12 | get The Inventor's Notebook → | tags: telephone, sewing machine, inventors

1749.

Your developers are already running AI locally: Why on-device inference is the CISO’s new blind spot (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-12 | get AI Security Monitoring Kit → | tags: large language models, on-device inference, shadow ai

1750.

Man Suing City After AI Camera Flags Him For Wrongful Arrest (futurism.com)

2026-04-12 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Surveillance Camera System → | tags: ai facial recognition, reno police, law suit

1751.

DNA-Level Encryption Developed by Researchers to Protect the Secrets of Bioengineered Cells (slashdot.org)

2026-04-12 | by Posted | get DNA Data Storage Kit → | tags: bioengineering, dna encryption, recombinases

1752.

Costasiella kuroshimae (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Marine Aquarium Coral Kit → | tags: costasiella kuroshimae, kleptoplasty, avrainvillea

1753.

Costasiella kuroshimae – Solar Powered animals, that do indirect photosynthesis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Aquatic Photosynthesis Kit → | tags: costasiella kuroshimae, kleptoplasty, avrainvillea

1754.

Iran's forced nationwide internet blackout becomes second-longest on record as it passes 1,000 hours offline — possessing Starlink terminals punishable by death, country using 'military-grade jamming' against service (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Luke James | tags: starlink, iran, netblocks

1755.

Possessing Starlink terminals punishable by death in Iran, country using 'military-grade jamming' against service — forced nationwide internet blackout becomes second-longest on record as it passes 1,000 hours offline (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Luke James | tags: starlink, iran, military-grade jamming

1756.

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-12 | by Natasha Lomas | get AI Glossary Book → | tags: openai, deepmind, artificial intelligence

1757.

Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life (2013) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | tags: intergalactic, intelligent life, eternity

1758.

Tiny 3-inch cube PCs bring a splash of color to the passive PC market with red, orange, green and blue options — Intel Twin Lake-powered Kubb Mini PCs start at $500 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Mark Tyson | get Kubb Mini PC → | tags: kubb mini, intel twin lake, passive pcs

1759.

What Your AI Knows About You (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-12 | get AI Privacy Scanner → | tags: evs, wsj, gemini

1760.

Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of fierce debate, Torvalds and maintainers come to an agreement (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Zak Killian | get Linux Kernel Developer Book → | tags: linux, kernel, linus torvalds

1761.

Elon Musk Says He Could Definitely Build a Public Transit System Better Than Anything In China If He Tried (futurism.com)

2026-04-12 | by Frank Landymore | get Tesla Model 3 → | tags: boring company, hyperloop, elon musk

1762.

Five refurbished iPhones under $500 that still hold up well in 2026 (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-12 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Refurbished iPhone 11 → | tags: iphone 15 pro, apple intelligence, a17 pro chip

1763.

Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Renewable Energy Power Bank → | tags: renewable energy, international energy agency, international renewable energy agency

1764.

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Renewable Energy Home Kit → | tags: renewable energy, international energy agency, international renewable energy agency

1765.

Tell HN: OpenAI silently removed Study Mode from ChatGPT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get ChatGPT Study Mode Extension → | tags: openai, chatgpt, study mode

1766.

Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’ (theverge.com)

2026-04-12 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: rockstar games, snowflake, shinyhunters

1767.

Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Microsoft Windows Task Manager → | tags: windows task manager, dave plummer, microsoft

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Self-Driving Car Runs Down Mother Duck Taking Care of Her Eggs, Flees Scene (futurism.com)

2026-04-12 | by Frank Landymore | get Dash Cam for Vehicles → | tags: avride, autonomous vehicle, self-driving car

1769.

Tech enthusiast gets Doom to run on a 40-year-old printer controller — ancient Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS came with a Motorola 68020 onboard for fast processing (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Mark Tyson | get Motorola 68020 Microprocessor Kit → | tags: doom, agfa compugraphic, 68020

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Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by John Loeber | tags: idiomatic design, homogeneous interfaces, user experience