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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

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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

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This iPhone Trick Can Eliminate Spam Calls for Good (cnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by See Full Bio | tags: iphone, ios 26, call screening

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Qwen 3.8 Max Preview (news.ycombinator.com)

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

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

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

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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

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Qwen 3.8 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8, alibaba, fable 5

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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Ollama: All Aboard Open Models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: docker, kitematic, ollama

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OpenAI reduces Codex Model Context Size from 372k to 272k (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: openai, codex, pull request

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Aurora Nockert | tags: amd, llvm, gfx1250

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

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