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The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: mpeg-4, phoronix, linux

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Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move — 739 roles affected in New Jersey as chip division posts record profit (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Luke James | tags: samsung electronics, texas, new jersey

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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

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As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: mosquito monitoring, asian tiger mosquito, climate change

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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

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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

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

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

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The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | by James Davis Nicoll | tags: fermi paradox, percolation theory, enrico fermi

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LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: monitor, windows update, mcafee

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Data Centers Are Making Electricity Brutally Expensive for the Public (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data centers, pjm, energy demand

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Stenchill: 3D Printable Solder Paste Stencil Generator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: stenchill, barbatronic, 3d printing

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Inc Ransomware Exploits SonicWall SMA Zero-Days (darkreading.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: sonicwall, ransomware, sma

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ICE Flight Monitor Interactive Dashboard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: ice, flight monitor, dashboard

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Trump Decimated a Satellite Program That Would’ve Vastly Improved Wildfire Smoke Monitoring (futurism.com)

2026-07-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: geoxo, noaa, wildfire monitoring

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AI is turning the Smithsonian into an illuminated fever dream (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: refik anadol, smithsonian, ai installation

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I wore 3 blood pressure watches for a month to find the most accurate - and this one wins (zdnet.com)

2026-07-17 | by Matthew Miller | tags: samsung galaxy watch ultra, amazfit cheetah 2 ultra, garmin index bp monitor

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Panasonic Japanese Microwave Review (2026): True 1-Button Cooking (wired.com)

2026-07-17 | by Matthew Korfhage | tags: panasonic, nn-sf57rm, genius 2.0

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5 Android phones that might just be worse than the Trump Phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: oneplus 15, samsung galaxy s25 edge, motorola moto g

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Ring-Zero: Scaling Zero RL to a Trillion Parameters for Emergent Reasoning (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: ring-zero, zero rl, trillion parameters

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Why This Medtech CEO Left Money on the Table (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-16 | by Logan Simmons | tags: romtech, portableconnect, hospital-at-home

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People Can Lose Their Zest for Life After Starting GLP-1s, Docs Warn (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: glp-1s, tirzepatide, anhedonia

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LM Studio expands beyond chat with Bionic, a new AI agent app for open models (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-16 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: lm studio, bionic, open models

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Rare LG Ultragear deal slashes 33% off this 45-inch curved OLED gaming monitor (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: lg ultragear, oled gaming monitor, 45-inch curved

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Bigger Scares: Home Depot's 12-Foot Skeleton Is a Halloween Hit and Now It Can Talk, Too (cnet.com)

2026-07-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: home depot, skelly, animatronics

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Tower Semiconductor revives shuttered Panasonic-era fab in $3 billion Japan photonics expansion — METI-backed plan targets $3.6 billion revenue by 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-16 | by Luke James | tags: tower semiconductor, panasonic, japan photonics

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Digital Surveillance Reshapes Fishery Enforcement in Indonesia (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-16 | by Yogi Putranto | tags: digital, enforcement, fishing

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This Orange-Lipped Monkey Puzzled Scientists for Nearly Two Decades. They Finally Know What It Is (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: kasaba, kasaba nkoni, known

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FIFA stands to make $11.2 million just by selling pieces of turf from the 2026 World Cup finals (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: action, action iconic, comes