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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years (futurism.com)

2026-04-25 | by Victor Tangermann | get Solar Sail Spacecraft → | tags: alpha centauri, laser propulsion, texas a&m university

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Scientists Say They’ve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years (futurism.com)

2026-04-25 | by Victor Tangermann | get Solar Sail Spacecraft → | tags: alpha centauri, laser propulsion, texas a&m university

7803.

Oxford All Souls College General Examination [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get All Souls College Guidebook → | tags: oxford, all souls college, general examination

7804.

Turbo Vision 2.0 – a modern port (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Turbo Vision 2.0 IDE → | tags: turbo vision, borland, unicode

7805.

Monitoring LLM behavior: Drift, retries, and refusal patterns (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-25 | get AI Behavior Monitoring Toolkit → | tags: ai evaluation stack, generative ai, hallucination

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"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Marcin Wichary | get Markdown Plain Text Editor → | tags: ascii, mockdown, wiretext

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Education must go beyond the mere production of words (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Santiago Schnell | tags: chatgpt, large language models, milton

7808.

Databases Were Not Designed for This (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Database Design Book → | tags: postgres, agentic ai, database architecture

7809.

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Julie Bort | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: aspiration, fintech, joseph sanberg

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Final Fantasy 14 Hits Switch 2 in August With a New Subscription Twist (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | get Final Fantasy XIV Collector's Edition → | tags: final fantasy 14, nintendo switch 2, square enix

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Sony Begins Age Verification for PlayStation Users in the UK and Ireland (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | get PlayStation Age Verification Kit → | tags: playstation, sony, yoti

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FusionCore: ROS 2 sensor fusion (IMU and GPS and encoders) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get ROS 2 Sensor Fusion Kit → | tags: ros 2, sensor fusion, imu

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Helping Romance Scam Victims Requires a Proactive, Empathic Approach (darkreading.com)

2026-04-24 | get Romance Scam Support Book → | tags: romance scams, law enforcement, financial institutions

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Helping Romance Scam Victims Require a Proactive, Empathic Approach (darkreading.com)

2026-04-24 | get Cybersecurity Awareness Toolkit → | tags: romance scams, law enforcement, financial institutions

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Samsung Could Lose Money On Smartphones For the First Time (slashdot.org)

2026-04-24 | get Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Case → | tags: samsung, galaxy s26, foldables

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XChat, the standalone app for messaging on X, is available on iOS now (engadget.com)

2026-04-24 | get XChat Messaging App → | tags: xchat, ios, messaging

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Brendan Fraser’s Return to ‘The Mummy’ Is Arriving Earlier Than Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get The Mummy DVD Collection → | tags: brendan fraser, the mummy, radio silence

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Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-24 | get Moderna Flu-COVID Combo Vaccine → | tags: moderna, mcombriax, european commission

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Maine governor vetoes bill temporarily banning large data centers in the state (engadget.com)

2026-04-24 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: maine data centers, janet mills, ld 713

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Google Flow Music (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Google Nest Audio → | tags: google, lyria 3, flow music

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There’s no rogue McDonald’s AI bot, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get AI Prompt Injection Defense Kit → | tags: mcdonalds, prompt injection, ai bots

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No, McDonald’s AI bot didn’t go rogue, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get AI Prompt Injection Security Kit → | tags: mcdonalds, ai bot, prompt injection

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Hyundai’s New IONIQ V Looks Kind of Like a Cybertruck for Normal People (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Cybertruck Model Accessories → | tags: hyundai, ioniq v, cybertruck

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700 Staples stores are bringing back Party City by opening shop-in-shops. Here’s the full list of locations in 34 states (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get Party City Shop-in-Shops → | tags: staples, party city, shop-in-shops

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Here’s what that Google Home ‘no longer available’ automation warning actually means (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-24 | get Google Nest Mini → | tags: google home, automations, phone actions

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Astrobotic’s Detonation Engine Fires 4,000 Pounds of Thrust in Wild Test (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Rocket Engine Model Kit → | tags: astrobotic, detonation engine, rocket propulsion

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‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Wants You to Chill (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Final Fantasy XIV Mug → | tags: final fantasy xiv, evercold, mmo

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 25, #1049 (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, connections, wordle

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 25 #783 (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | tags: nytimes, strands, crossword

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ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Marina Temkin | get AI Art Creation Software → | tags: comfyui, diffusion models, midjourney