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Postmortem of a British Startup: Tract (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: tract, british startup, land promotion

9722.

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

9723.

Anker Solix S2000 Review: The Little 2kWh Battery That Could (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: anker, solix s2000, battery

9724.

Are OLED TVs still worth the premium in 2026? (engadget.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jason Schneider | tags: oled, samsung, organic light-emitting diode

9725.

OpenStreetMap: Admin_level for All Countries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: openstreetmap, admin_level, boundary

9726.

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

9727.

National Ice Cream Day freebies and deals: See a list of the best places to score a scoop today (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: häagen-dazs, blue bell, dairy queen

9728.

I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Rel | tags: indieweb, mastodon, protocols

9729.

I asked ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to pick the best smartphone — I didn’t expect the results (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: chatgpt, google, android authority

9730.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: 3D V-Cache Gaming Performance for Less – HotHardware (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Marco Chiappetta | tags: amd ryzen 7 7700x3d, v-cache, hothardware

9731.

What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: midi recorders, jamcorder, electronics design

9732.

How a virtual LAN can better protect your home network - and the best way to get started (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jack Wallen | tags: vlan, home network, iot devices

9733.

The Galaxy Watch 9 looks great, but this Garmin feature might stop me from upgrading (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: galaxy watch 9, garmin, body battery

9734.

Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hannah montana linux, aa batteries, uwoslab

9735.

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

9736.

The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jorge Garay | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140 b, habitable zone

9737.

Pastors Using AI to Help Write Sermons Grapple With Where to Draw the Line (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: martin luther, american churches, sermon writing

9738.

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

9739.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Review: Lenovo's Flagship Ultraportable Is Now More Repairable (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: lenovo, thinkpad, intel

9740.

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

9741.

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

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

9742.

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

9743.

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen3.8, alibaba, fable 5

9744.

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

9745.

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

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

9746.

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

9747.

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

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

9748.

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

9749.

Astronomers Thrilled After Discovering Best Spot Yet to Look for Alien Life (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140b, helium atmosphere

9750.

“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