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Reclaiming Social Engineering for Good (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-05-25 | by Guru Madhavan | get Social Engineering Awareness Kit → | tags: social engineering, phishing, jacques van marken

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Priceline Promo Codes: 10% Off May 2026 (wired.com)

2026-05-12 | by Molly Higgins | tags: priceline, william shatner, vip rewards

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MIT researchers revive 40-year-old triangular zipper concept now made possible by 3D printing, creates shape-shifting robots and deployable structures — 3D-printed 'Y-Zipper' turns floppy tentacles into rigid beams in seconds (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Etiido Uko | get 3D-Printed Y-Zipper Kit → | tags: mit, 3d printing, y-zipper

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EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Alex Lekander | get NordVPN Cybersecurity Bundle → | tags: vpn, age verification, european parliament

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EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Alex Lekander | get VPN Privacy Protector → | tags: vpn, age verification, european parliament

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Farewell to a Giant of Botany (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | by Bob Grant | get PlantSnap Plant Identification App → | tags: missouri botanical garden, peter raven, herbarium

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Netflix has reportedly greenlit a prequel for 'The Crown' (engadget.com)

2026-05-01 | by Mariella Moon | get The Crown DVD Collection → | tags: the crown, netflix, left bank pictures

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Why Law Is Law-Shaped (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | by Elias Kunnas | get Legal Textbook for Beginners → | tags: parliament, legal corpus, statutes

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Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Joseph Howlett | get ChatGPT for Math Assistance → | tags: chatgpt, erdos problems, openai

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FBI Investigating Series of Deaths Among Top Scientists With Very Specific Specialties (futurism.com)

2026-04-23 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: fbi, wright-patterson air force base, us nuclear secrets

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The handmade beauty of Machine Age data visualizations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Benjamin Breen | get Data Visualization Art Book → | tags: harvard, william james, william morris hunt

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An amateur historian's favorite books about the Silk Road (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | by Sanjiva Wijesinha | get Silk Road Map Puzzle → | tags: silk road, william dalrymple, indian subcontinent

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With GLP‑1 drug ads everywhere, here’s what to know to safely buy them online (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | tags: glp-1, serena williams, super bowl

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Why people can’t build wealth on wages alone, and what to do about it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-16 | get Financial Planning for Wealth → | tags: william and flora hewlett foundation, ownership, inequality

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EU Age Verification App Announced To Protect Children Online (slashdot.org)

2026-04-16 | get Kids Safe Browser → | tags: eu age verification, digital services act, open-source technology

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Virginia voter support for new data centers collapses from 69% in 2023 to 35% in new poll — Multi-gigawatt, 37-building Digital Gateway project abandoned (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Luke James | get Smart Home Data Center → | tags: digital gateway, prince william, qts

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Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-15 | tags: florida, surgeon, laparoscopic

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The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Historical Anatomy Model Kit → | tags: body snatching, burial reform, enon chapel

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EU Parliament Fails To Renew Loophole Allowing Tech Firms To Report Abuse (slashdot.org)

2026-04-10 | get EU Digital Rights Toolkit → | tags: eu parliament, child sexual exploitation, csam

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From Getting Paid in Chipotle Gift Cards to Making $100 Million Movies: The Wild Ride of the Comedy Writing Team Behind ‘The Naked Gun’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-09 | by Dan Bova | tags: chipotle, the naked gun, liam neeson

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Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Mike Harpley | get Meta Quest 2 → | tags: meta, facebook, sarah wynn-williams

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William Shatner Says AI Is Spreading Horrific Rumors About Him (futurism.com)

2026-04-04 | by Victor Tangermann | get AI-generated William Shatner Poster → | tags: generative ai, facebook, william shatner

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Die Linke German political party confirms data stolen by Qilin ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-03 | get Ransomware Recovery Kit → | tags: qilin ransomware, die linke, german parliament

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William Blake, Remote by the Sea (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-30 | get William Blake Art Print → | tags: william blake, printing press, sussex

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European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: european parliament, chat control, javascript

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End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: chat control, european parliament, meta

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End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: meta, google, microsoft

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EU backs nude app ban and delays to landmark AI rules (theverge.com)

2026-03-26 | by Robert Hart | get AI Ethics and Privacy Book → | tags: eu ai act, nudify apps, grok deepfakes

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The Last Contract: William T. Vollmann's Battle to Publish an Epic (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Alexander Sorondo | tags: viking, william t. vollmann, a table for fortune

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The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | get Encrypted Messaging Privacy Kit → | tags: conservatives epp, private messages, scanning