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2701.

Martin Galway's music source files from 1980's Commodore 64 games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Commodore 64 Music Collection → | tags: commodore 64, martin galway, wizball

2702.

Enthusiast fixes 30-year issue with S3 graphics card — hacking the VBIOS fixes black levels by scalpelling out the Virge DX’s ‘pedestal bit’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Mark Tyson | get S3 Virge DX VBIOS Fix → | tags: s3 virge, vbios, retro hardware

2703.

This annoying Kindle library feature is easier to avoid than you think (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-25 | get Kindle Library Organizer → | tags: kindle, project hail mary, ryland grace

2704.

Here’s how to decide when travel insurance is worth it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-25 | get Travel Insurance Guidebook → | tags: travel insurance, airports, life insurance

2705.

The Govee smart lamp brightened up my room, and then my life (theverge.com)

2026-04-25 | by Sheena Vasani | get Govee Smart LED Table Lamp → | tags: govee, ikea, smart plug

2706.

The US Military Just Arrested One of Its Soldiers for Making Ghoulish Polymarket Bets, and It Shows How Deep the Moral Rot of Prediction Markets Really Goes (futurism.com)

2026-04-25 | by Joe Wilkins | get Military Prediction Market Game → | tags: polymarket, us military, venezuela

2707.

The most exciting laptop I’ve seen in forever (theverge.com)

2026-04-25 | by David Pierce | get Dell XPS 13 → | tags: framework laptop, vergecast, protocol

2708.

Sho Miyake answers life’s greatest questions (theverge.com)

2026-04-25 | by Robyn Kanner | tags: sho miyake, small slow but steady, two seasons two strangers

2709.

FDA Gives Green Light To the First Gene Therapy For Deafness (slashdot.org)

2026-04-25 | get Gene Therapy for Deafness → | tags: fda, gene therapy, deafness

2710.

Samsung phone division could post its first ever loss as AI drives memory costs higher (techspot.com)

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2711.

Oxford All Souls College General Examination [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get All Souls College Guidebook → | tags: oxford, all souls college, general examination

2712.

Monitoring LLM behavior: Drift, retries, and refusal patterns (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-25 | get AI Behavior Monitoring Toolkit → | tags: ai evaluation stack, generative ai, hallucination

2713.

Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by A Nerd With A Passion For Open Source Software | get Firefox Adblock Extension → | tags: brave, firefox 149, adblock-rust

2714.

The viral manifesto of 'anti-woke' tech boss with NHS and defence contracts (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-25 | get Anti-Woke Tech CEO Book → | tags: palantir, wes streeting, nhs

2715.

Plain text has been around for decades and it’s here to stay (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Marcin Wichary | tags: ascii, mockdown, wiretext

2716.

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Marcin Wichary | get Markdown Plain Text Editor → | tags: ascii, mockdown, wiretext

2717.

Replace IBM Quantum back end with /dev/urandom (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Quantum Random Number Generator → | tags: ibm quantum, qiskit, ecdlp

2718.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide might use a folding display with a familiar aspect ratio (androidauthority.com)

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2719.

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Julie Bort | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: aspiration, fintech, joseph sanberg

2720.

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Lucas Ropek | get Palantir Gotham Software → | tags: palantir, internal revenue service, case analytics

2721.

Meta Just Signed a Huge Deal to Use Amazon's Graviton CPU Chips for AI (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | get Amazon Web Services Graviton Processor → | tags: meta, amazon, graviton

2722.

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get AI Development Kit → | tags: cohere, aleph alpha, schwarz group

2723.

Cohere acquires, merges with German-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-24 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get AI Development Kit → | tags: cohere, aleph alpha, schwarz group

2724.

Brendan Fraser’s Return to ‘The Mummy’ Is Arriving Earlier Than Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get The Mummy DVD Collection → | tags: brendan fraser, the mummy, radio silence

2725.

Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-24 | get Moderna Flu-COVID Combo Vaccine → | tags: moderna, mcombriax, european commission

2726.

No, McDonald’s AI bot didn’t go rogue, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get AI Prompt Injection Security Kit → | tags: mcdonalds, ai bot, prompt injection

2727.

700 Staples stores are bringing back Party City by opening shop-in-shops. Here’s the full list of locations in 34 states (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-24 | get Party City Shop-in-Shops → | tags: staples, party city, shop-in-shops

2728.

Intel's stock has best day since 1987, soaring 24% as chipmaker shows signs of a turnaround (cnbc.com)

2026-04-24 | by Samantha Subin Katie Tarasov | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: intel, nvidia, artificial intelligence

2729.

Court sides with iyO in trademark fight against OpenAI and Jony Ive (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-24 | by Marcus Mendes | get OpenAI Jony Ive T-Shirt → | tags: iyo, openai, jony ive

2730.

Tether and Arbitrum Freeze Assets as Crypto Faces Crisis of Purpose (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Crypto Asset Ledger → | tags: tether, arbitrum, us government