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1291.

Orchid is a delightfully retro and approachable hipster synth (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: orchid, telepathic instruments, magnus

1292.

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

1293.

The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by David Pierce | tags: clapper, smart home, consumer tech

1294.

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

1295.

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

1296.

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

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

1297.

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

1298.

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

1299.

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

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

1300.

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

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

1301.

Overload and insight look identical from the outside (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by ゆ前 | tags: ayahuasca, granola, body-awareness

1302.

I built a browser-based P2P file transfer tool using WebRTC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: webrtc, airdows, peer-to-peer

1303.

Transcribe.cpp (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Cj Pais | tags: handy, transcribe.cpp, ggml

1304.

How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: microsoft, china, cybersecurity

1305.

Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: digital id, andy burnham, office for budget responsibility

1306.

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 19, #1134 (cnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, connections, wordle

1307.

Someone Paid Almost $1 Million For Jensen Huang’s Leather Jacket, Should Be Executed by Swirlie (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: jensen huang, leather jacket, million-dollar sale

1308.

Kimi: Threat or menace? (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Anthony Ha | tags: kimi, moonshot ai, china

1309.

‘Backrooms’ Almost Got Trapped In Copyright Hell (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: a24, kane parsons, backrooms

1310.

Your Business May Have Outgrown Your Website. Here’s How to Know Before It Starts Costing You Customers. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-18 | by Goran Paun | tags: website design, business growth, artversion

1311.

Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Mark Tyson | tags: rtx 3080, asus rog, arctic case fans

1312.

Lego Strikes Back Against Screens—With Chips in Bricks (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-18 | tags: lego, smart play, motion sensors

1313.

X and music publishers quietly settle opposing lawsuits (engadget.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jackson Chen | tags: music publishers, nmpa, copyright infringement

1314.

Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: new horizons, pluto, kuiper belt

1315.

Your personal data is for sale: here is how to take it off the internet (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-18 | by Sponsored Post | tags: apple, safari, data brokers

1316.

The Top Continuous Glucose Monitors That Doctors Recommend (cnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: dexcom, continuous glucose monitor, insulin pump

1317.

Gleam Is Now on Tangled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: gleam, tangled, type-safe

1318.

The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: manual transmission, subaru, automatic drivetrains

1319.

Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor (theverge.com)

2026-07-18 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: pixel 11a, tensor g6, mediatek m90

1320.

EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: eu ban, unsold clothes, circular economy