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Odd police video shows drone removing knife from motionless suspect (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: drones, sacramento county sheriff’s office, magnet disarmament

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A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-19 | by Will Douglas Heaven | get AI Model Optimization Kit → | tags: subquadratic, subq, google deepmind

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SubQ 1.1 Small (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get SubQ 1.1 Small Kit → | tags: subquadratic sparse attention, flashattention-2, enterprise ai

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Subquadratic – Introducing SubQ 1.1 Small (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get SubQ 1.1 Small VR Headset → | tags: subquadratic, subq 1.1 small, flashattention-2

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Quadratic funding democratizes allocation by rewarding projects w/ broad support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Quadratic Funding Guidebook → | tags: quadratic funding, square root, match pool

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Ukraine used ten AI-controlled ‘Terminator’ drones to kill Russian soldiers two years ago, marking first autonomous killings of humans — autonomous killer quadcopters left ‘everything dead’ says senior Ukrainian defense industry figure (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-13 | by Mark Tyson | tags: ukraine, terminator drones, ai-controlled

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Ukraine used 10 AI-controlled ‘Terminator’ drones to kill Russian soldiers two years ago, marking first autonomous killings of humans — autonomous killer quadcopters left ‘everything dead’ says senior Ukrainian defense industry figure (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-13 | by Mark Tyson | tags: ukraine, terminator drones, ai-controlled

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256GB of dual-channel RAM hits mass market thanks to Origin Code — quad-rank CUDIMM packs 128GB of DDR5-8000 into a single module (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-01 | by Zhiye Liu | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: origin code, ddr5-8000, gigabyte z890

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You can still run the original Nvidia Control Panel by grabbing it from the Microsoft Store today — app remains useful to adjust a handful of RTX Pro and Quadro features, and may be handy for troubleshooting (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Mark Tyson | get Nvidia Control Panel → | tags: nvidia control panel, microsoft store, rtx pro

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Bootids Meteor Shower May Explode With Meteors or Fizzle Out: How to Watch (cnet.com)

2026-05-27 | by See Full Bio | get Meteor Shower Viewing Kit → | tags: bootids, perseid, geminids

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Star Citizen reaches $1 billion in lifetime funding, 14 years after the project was first announced — game still in early access with no release window, including 'Squadron 42' campaign (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get Star Citizen Collector's Edition → | tags: star citizen, cloud imperium, squadron 42

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Next year’s iPhone Pro models to get radical new design, per leaker (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-21 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone 15 Pro Case → | tags: iphone, apple, face id

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HyperX FlipCast Review: For the gamer-podcaster (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-20 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | get HyperX QuadCast Microphone → | tags: hyperx, flipcast, usb-c

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The quadratic sandwich (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | tags: gradient descent, strong convexity, l-smoothness

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Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-19 | by Connie Loizos | tags: solid rocket motors, mach industries, exquadrum

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Two EA-18 fighter jets collide at Mountain Home airshow, pilots ejected safely (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Sun | get Model Aircraft Fighter Jet → | tags: ea-18, mountain home airshow, navy jets

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Unitree’s new robot is like a giant Transformer come to life (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-14 | get Unitree Robotics Laikago Robot → | tags: unitree robotics, gd01, wang xingxing

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The context window has been shattered: Subquadratic debuts a 12M token window (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Frederic Lardinois | get GPT-4 Extended Context Module → | tags: subquadratic, subquadratic selectivity, gpt-5.5

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How Does Quadrophonic Vinyl Put Four Channels in One Groove? Look Through an Electron Microscope and See (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-06 | get Quadraphonic Vinyl Record → | tags: quadrophonic, vinyl, electron microscope

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Miami startup Subquadratic claims 1,000x AI efficiency gain with SubQ model; researchers demand independent proof. (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-05 | get AI Efficiency Optimization Kit → | tags: subquadratic, large language model, subq 1m-preview

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A polynomial autoencoder beats PCA on transformer embeddings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Autoencoder for Dimensionality Reduction → | tags: pca, transformer, quadratic decoder

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CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog” (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | get Robot Dog Toy → | tags: cara 2.0, coaxial 5-bar linkage, capstan drive

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Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-01 | get AI Content Moderation Toolkit → | tags: ai nudification, minnesota law, nudify apps

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Next year’s iPhone Pro models could get all-new design, quad-curved display (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-01 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPhone 15 Pro Screen Protector → | tags: iphone, apple, pro

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Quadruple pegRNA enables programmable and efficient large genomic insertion (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-22 | by Shi | get CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Kit → | tags: quadruple pegrna, prime editing, crispr-cas9

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Webloc: Analysis of Penlink's Ad-Based Geolocation Surveillance Tech (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | tags: webloc, penlink, cobwebs technologies

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Simulating a 2D Quadcopter from Scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-08 | get Drone Simulation Software → | tags: quadcopter, python, equations of motion

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Quadratic Gravity Theory Reshapes Quantum View of Big Bang (slashdot.org)

2026-03-31 | get Quantum Gravity Book → | tags: quadratic gravity, university of waterloo, primordial gravitational waves

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Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-30 | get Endangered Species Act Guide → | tags: endangered species act, trump administration, god squad

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Samsung-backed AI chip firm Rebellions raises $400 million ahead of IPO (cnbc.com)

2026-03-30 | by Arjun Kharpal | get AI Chip Development Kit → | tags: rebellions, rebel-quad, ai chips