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Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes — 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-16 | by Luke James | tags: code, codes, paper

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Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run might be making a comeback (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: simpsons hit & run, matt groening, playstation 2

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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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Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: vlc media player, microsoft defender, windows 11

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A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: windows defender, vlc media player, videolan

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Show HN: Deltix – AI Driven Testing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: deltix, ai testing, user experience

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AI Driven Testing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: testing, playbook, user flow

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Anton Chekhov played at love most of his life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: anton chekhov, olga knipper, soviet union

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Apple Wants to Settle Its Long-Running Legal Battle With Epic Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: apple, epic games, google play

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Google must make it easier to install alternative app stores, judge orders (engadget.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: google, play store, aptoide

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Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: google play, aptoide, epic games

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The Playbook That Got You Ranked on Google Won’t Win You Customers on ChatGPT. Here’s What Will. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kieran Powell | tags: google, chatgpt, perplexity

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Big app download hogging your data? Google Play Store may finally let you pause it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: google play store, android authority, app downloads

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Marvel's Wolverine arrives complete on disc, just as physical gaming fades (techspot.com)

2026-08-14 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: marvel's wolverine, insomniac games, playstation 5

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Google ordered to remove scary warnings when installing third-party app stores (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: google, android, play store

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Functioning version of 'the first arcade video game ever created' heads to auction with $200,000 estimate — green sparkle 2-player edition of Computer Space hails from 1973 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-14 | by Mark Tyson | tags: computer space, syzygy engineering, atari

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Google Play Store hides Pixel 11 series discounts in plain sight (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: google play store, pixel 11, pixel watch 5

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‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier (theverge.com)

2026-08-13 | by Sean Hollister | tags: google play store, android app stores, epic games

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Swiff wants to be your one-stop shop for old-school web games (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: adobe flash player, swiff, j2me

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Insane Dad Boasts About Using AI to Construct a “Truman Show” Style False Reality For His Son To Play In (futurism.com)

2026-08-13 | by Frank Landymore | tags: roblox, chatgpt, adam lyttle

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Ordinary abundance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: spotify, electric light, wabash indiana

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PS5 emulation arrives on Steam Deck, Astro Playroom showcased running at 0.6 FPS — milestone SharpEmu development shows promise, despite unplayable performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: ps5 emulation, sharpemu, steam deck

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A rare two-player Computer Space arcade machine is up for auction (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jessica Conditt | tags: computer space, atari, syzygy engineering

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Don’t believe your eyes: Google says it isn’t revoking access to purchased movies (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: google play, the lord of the rings, digital content

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High Schooler Plays Football With Venomous Snake in His Helmet for an Hour, Somehow Escapes Unscathed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: high school football, cottonmouth snake, helmet

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Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition arrives October 1 and includes a new story arc (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: ghost of yōtei, playstation 5, echoes of sekigahara

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Is Aptoide safe? I tried Android's first alternative app store on Google Play - and it's a mess (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jack Wallen | tags: aptoide, google play store, epic games

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Honor Has Radically Reinvented the Phone for the Robot Age. I Played With It, and It’s Wild (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Katie Collins | tags: honor, robot phone, ces

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Honor Has Radically Reinvented the Phone for the Robot Age. I Played With It and It’s Wild (cnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Katie Collins | tags: honor, robot phone, james li

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Asobi Remote Play app lets gamers stream PS4 and PS5 games on the Steam Deck, even without a console — dev breaks PlayStation Plus Premium cloud gaming support free of the PlayStation Portal (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: playstation plus premium, playstation portal, asobi remote play