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Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Floppy disk drive → | tags: disk, floppy, floppy disk

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Intel's Tejas CPU aimed for a clock speed so high it was never released. What was the target? (techspot.com)

2026-01-18 | get Tejas CPU → | tags: cancelled, cancelled processor, chased

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Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Quantum computer → | tags: bitcoin, computing, developers

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Starting from scratch: Training a 30M Topological Transformer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Topological Transformer → | tags: energy, laplacian, loss

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Thousands of players join forces to build New York City in Minecraft at a 1:1 scale (techspot.com)

2026-01-18 | get Endermen → | tags: active, active new, block

7356.

Show HN: Xenia – A monospaced font built with a custom Python engine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Xenia → | tags: click, code, code terminal

7357.

To Pressure Security Professionals, Mandiant Releases Database That Cracks Weak NTLM Passwords in 12 Hours (slashdot.org)

2026-01-17 | by Posted | get NTLM password crackers → | tags: allow, hash, mandiant

7358.

The Death of Software Development (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | tags: code, development, good

7359.

TikTok's latest spinoff app feels a lot like Quibi, but with shorter and cornier content (engadget.com)

2026-01-17 | get Shorty → | tags: dramas, long, micro

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Here are three improvements I’d love to see with Apple Creator Studio (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-17 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Adobe Photoshop → | tags: apple, icloud, pixelmator

7361.

Show HN: What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | get Macintosh → | tags: bar limitations, bar stays, designers

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OpenAI cofounder's journal seemingly outlines plot with Altman to oust Musk to establish a for-profit biz — ‘This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,’ Brockman wrote (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Jowi Morales | get OpenAI → | tags: brockman, court, elon

7363.

The recurring dream of replacing developers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | get Cloud → | tags: developers, dream, dream replacing

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Italy investigates Activision Blizzard for pushing in-game purchases (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | by Ram Iyer | get Epic Games Store → | tags: agcm, game, games

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KTC H27E6 27-inch 320 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Super quick and a great value (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Christian Eberle | get Gaming Monitor → | tags: color, image, panel

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Chinese AI developers explore renting Nvidia’s Rubin GPU in the cloud — cost, complexity, and regulatory hurdles could limit deployments (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: chinese, cloud, developers

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Reddit Has Thoughts on Paris Hilton Cookware. So Do We (wired.com)

2026-01-17 | by Louryn Strampe | get Cookware → | tags: block, hilton, knife

7368.

The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | get Language → | tags: greetings, hello, ilbury

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I’m no artist, but the Scribe Colorsoft is now my favorite Kindle anyway (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-17 | get E-reader → | tags: amazon, color, colorsoft

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Should AI be allowed to ‘see everything’ at work? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: agents, agents capable, ai agents

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Do you have these 5 emotional intelligence traits that are key for building trust? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-17 | get Emotional Intelligence → | tags: crucial, crucial success, developing

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Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: barret, barret zoph, chief

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You Can Now Watch Mini Dramas on TikTok's Standalone 'PineDrama' App (cnet.com)

2026-01-17 | by See Full Bio | get Mini dramas → | tags: just, looks, pinedrama

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Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro (slashdot.org)

2026-01-16 | get Astro → | tags: astro, cloudflare, developers

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George R.R. Martin Will Either Finish ‘The Winds of Winter’ or Die Trying (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-16 | get Book → | tags: addressing, addressing long, arrives

7376.

The best VPN service for 2026 (engadget.com)

2026-01-16 | get ExpressVPN Subscription → | tags: best, features, free

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Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-16 | get Navy Ship → | tags: archaeologists, cargo, denmark

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Wall Street holds near records amid rising geopolitical tensions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-16 | get Cryptocurrency → | tags: afternoon, afternoon trading, closes

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Elon Musk Is Really Mad That Ryanair’s CEO Doesn’t Want Starlink on His Planes (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-16 | get Starlink → | tags: attention, attention whatsoever, elon

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Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get Smartwatch → | tags: consumption, creators, slop