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How to make a brain: new experiments challenge existing picture (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-18 | by Peeples | tags: hindbrain, forebrain, midbrain

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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-17 | get NordVPN subscription → | tags: darrell issa, site-blocking bill, motion picture association

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People who can't picture anything are rewriting the science of imagination (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: aphantasia, visual cortex, consciousness and cognition

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Samsung’s upcoming AirPods Max rival leaks again, painting a clear picture of its features (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-11 | get Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro → | tags: samsung, airpods max, conversation mode

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What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | by Raymond Chen | get Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Seminumerical Algorithms → | tags: windows xp, rtlrandomex, reservoir sampling

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Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Lewis | get Kindred Neanderthal Life Love Death and Art book → | tags: denisovans, neanderthals, bone tools

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A Topological Picture Book, Rendered (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get A Topological Picture Book Francis → | tags: marching tetrahedra, principal curvature, hidden-line rendering

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Animation in Bevy: The Big Picture (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Grégoire Locqueville | get Programming Rust 2nd Edition book → | tags: bevy, glb, ecs

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Google Photos just halved the time you have to rescue trashed pictures (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-07 | get Samsung T7 portable SSD 1TB → | tags: google photos, 30-day retention, trash restore

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GrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picture (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-07 | get Google Pixel 9 unlocked → | tags: grapheneos, rcs, google messages

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Apple’s new film from ‘Best Picture’ Oscar winner gets first trailer (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-02 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Being Heumann memoir Judith Heumann book → | tags: apple tv, coda, siân heder

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Fall movie preview: ‘The Social Reckoning’ and others take aim at Big Tech moguls (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-01 | get The Social Network Blu-ray → | tags: facebook, meta, mark zuckerberg

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Sony is adding free TV channels to PS5 (engadget.com)

2026-08-31 | by Kris Holt | get PlayStation 5 Media Remote → | tags: sony pictures television, ps5, crunchyroll

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Shailene Woodley Remembers Almost Being in ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-30 | get The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray → | tags: shailene woodley, amazing spider-man 2, mary jane

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Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-28 | get Terminator 2 Judgment Day 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray → | tags: terminator 2, judgment day, arnold schwarzenegger

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My hobby of building miniatures and taking pretty pictures (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | get Rolife DIY miniature house kit → | tags: rolife, sakura train, 007 video game

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Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror’ Star and Self-Described ‘Vagabond,’ Dies at 80 (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: tim curry, rocky horror picture show, star wars

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RIP to the Iconic and Delightful Tim Curry (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get Clue 1985 Blu-ray Tim Curry → | tags: tim curry, rocky horror picture show, star wars

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Tim Curry, Star of Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King's It, Dies Aged 80 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | by Andrew Pulver | get Rocky Horror Picture Show Blu-ray → | tags: rocky horror show, stephen king, tim curry

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Not ‘Used to Losing’: Apparent Elon Musk Pep Talk to His Cursor Staff Paints Sad Picture (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: elon musk, grok, ai coding

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Why 4K Blu-ray always beats 4K streaming for picture quality (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Novak Božović | tags: 4k blu-ray, hevc codec, ultra hd blu-ray

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Not-So New ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Footage Has Leaked (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: marvel studios, sony pictures animation, avengers

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I Dropped Out of Harvard to Build a $2.5 Billion, AI-Powered Company That Paints a Real Picture of Your Health — Including Biological Age (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Amanda Breen | tags: harvard, function, lab tests

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FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-11 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: fbi, social media, instagram

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Windows 11's latest update quietly ends support for picture passwords (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows 11, microsoft, picture password

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Neutrinos from Deep Inside Earth Provide a New Picture of the Mantle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | by James Dinneen | tags: sno+ detector, kamland, borexino

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Google Photos won’t let you search for your weed pictures, even if cannabis is legal (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: ask photos, classic, gemini

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Don't forget to turn off this setting after buying a new TV (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Billy Steele | tags: adjustments, check, just

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Google could soon fix this annoying audio playback issue in Chrome for Android (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: chrome, android, chromium

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Parents Horrified as Boomer Mawmaws Gift Children Blatant AI Slop Picture Books (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: ai-generated children’s books, wired, imagitime