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A controversial Alzheimer's surgery is said to reverse symptoms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Dolgin | tags: alzheimer's disease, qiushi hospital, qingping xie

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How to request an Xbox refund (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Husain Parvez | tags: xbox, microsoft store, digital games

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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Anthony Ha | tags: spacex, cursor, xai

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The ‘Lanterns’ Show Almost Came Without a Suit (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: lanterns, suit, show

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How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-15 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: chatgpt, anthropic, perplexity

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Apple has a huge product roadmap for the smart home: Here’s what’s coming (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, homepod mini, apple tv

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The price of a Costco hot dog has gone up (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: costco, hot dog, price increase

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Delete your family’s personal data from the internet with a 55% discount on Incogni (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Sponsored Post | tags: incogni, data brokers, apple privacy

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Semaglutide linked to 26% lower 5-year predicted dementia risk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: semaglutide, dementia, risk reduction

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Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: roscosmos, progress rocket center, soyuz-2

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AI Can Now Design Functional Viruses. Should We Worry? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Elie Dolgin | tags: stanford university, ai-designed phages, bacteriophages

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Dude Reportedly Hides Prompt Injections in Legal Filing, Just in Case Judge Is Really That Lazy (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: prompt injections, legal filing, dude

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A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: jis x 0208, unicode, ghost characters

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‘Kingdom Hearts’ Is Making the Leap to Television (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: kingdom hearts, television, action-rpg

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What's the USB trident symbol for? How to know what kind of port you have (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Ben Stegner | tags: usb, trident symbol, usb ports

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Apple @ Work: Understanding Apple Business Manager roles and permissions (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Bradley C | tags: apple business manager, mosyle, apple api

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These are my favorite ultra-slim iPhone accessories for 2026 [Video] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Fernando Silva | tags: iphone, magsafe, popsocket

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Show HN: Quasicrystals Animation Playground with WebXR (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: quasicrystals, webxr, show hn

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Yadda 3.0.0: BDD in the Age of AI Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Stephen Cresswell | tags: yadda, javascript, cucumber

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What happens when a hybrid battery dies and what to do about it (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Novak Božović | tags: hybrid battery, traction pack, 12-volt battery

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Could a computer scientist build a brain? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Stan Kerstjens | tags: brain wiring, genome, neural development

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Brain turns listening inward during REM sleep, EEG recordings suggest (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Who'S Behind This Story | tags: brain, eeg, sleep

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USB4 Vs USB-C: What's the difference between them? (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: usb4, usb-c, thunderbolt

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SpaceX has officially acquired AI coding startup Cursor (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mariella Moon | tags: spacex, cursor, xai

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Xorshift Generators (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: xorshift, generators, pseudorandom

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Expensive earbuds: When and why it's worth paying more (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Max Miller | tags: apple, airpods, ipod

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Apple weekend deals: MacBooks up to $540 off, AirPods up to $100 off, Apple Watch, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-15 | by Justin Kahn | tags: apple, macbook, airpods

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The Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by Var Molongui_Authorship_Byline_Params | tags: asi, deep learning, geoffrey hinton

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Looking for a Free Microsoft 365 Replacement? Try This Program (cnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Zachary Mcauliffe | tags: microsoft 365, libreoffice, document privacy

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Engadget review recap: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Dell XPS 13 and more (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Billy Steele | tags: samsung galaxy z fold 8, dell xps 13, foldables