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NASA is testing a rover that can drive faster and lift its wheels to climb obstacles (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Rover Wheel Lift Kit → | tags: nasa, mars rovers, perseverance

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Show HN: StartupWiki – A Free Alternative to Crunchbase (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get StartupWiki Data Pack → | tags: startupwiki, crunchbase, show hn

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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX — Beijing's forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Satellite Data Center Kit → | tags: china, space computing, elon musk

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VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by James Rodger | get NordVPN VPN Service → | tags: vpn, uk government, ofcom

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From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn't stop anyone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: anthropic, mythos, export controls

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Unlucky PC builder sent RTX 5070 from Amazon, gets DVD rewriter and a busted logic board from an early 2000's Kenwood AV receiver instead — $700 GPU turns out to be e-waste thanks to return scam (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Hassam Nasir | get RTX 5070 Graphics Card → | tags: nvidia rtx 5070, amazon, kenwood av receiver

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-20 | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, asylum seekers

218.

Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get PXE Boot Server Kit → | tags: pxe server, go programming, boot images

219.

Saturn’s Icy Moon Is the Perfect Place to Settle, NASA Scientist Argues (futurism.com)

2026-06-20 | by Victor Tangermann | get NASA Moon Exploration Kit → | tags: saturn, titan, nasa

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SwitchBot’s Standing Circulator Fan is worth fighting for (theverge.com)

2026-06-20 | by Thomas Ricker | get SwitchBot Standing Circulator Fan → | tags: switchbot, standing circulator fan, vornado

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From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: anthropic, mythos, export controls

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Think of the children: How to force real ID for all internet traffic (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: real id, internet traffic, government regulation

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Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Internet Traffic (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: real id, internet traffic, cybersecurity

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Boards stopped giving new CEOs time to find their footing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-19 | get CEO Onboarding Guidebook → | tags: ceos, first 100 days, corporate governance

225.

Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get NASA Rover Model Kit → | tags: nasa, ernest, rover

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The Best Thunderbolt and USB-C Docks in 2026: Up to 140W power delivery, 10 GbE, and even internal M.2 SSD slots (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Brandon Hill | get CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt Dock → | tags: thunderbolt 5, usb-c docks, m.2 ssd

227.

Fine-tuning forgets. RAG leaks context. Hypernetworks build the model your agent needs on demand. (venturebeat.com)

2026-06-19 | get Hypernetworks for AI → | tags: rag, hypernetworks, chroma

228.

Munich 1991: The Roots of the Current AI Boom (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get AI Development Kit → | tags: munich, jürgen schmidhuber, transformer

229.

Bernie Sanders files bill proposing 50% public ownership of US AI firms and giving out $1,000 dividends — VP Vance says Trump supports giving the American people a stake in AI companies, prefers ‘pre-distribution’ over giving away cash (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Ownership and Dividend Kit → | tags: bernie sanders, ai sovereign wealth fund, american ai firms

230.

Considering Gifting a DNA Test for Father's Day? This Experts Says to Think Twice (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | get 23andMe DNA Test Kit → | tags: 23andme, ancestrydna, dna tests

231.

How many of the 170k English words do you know? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: english words, vocabulary, language learning

232.

Get Ready for The Summer Solstice, The Longest Day of the Year (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | get Summer Solstice LED Lantern → | tags: summer solstice, northern hemisphere, farmer's almanac

233.

The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan. Now she needs a “brand-new team” (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Team Collaboration Kit → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, ai infrastructure

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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no team (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Startup Team Builder → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, aws

235.

The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Startup Founder Kit → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, aws

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Woot slashes up to 46% off these WD Black SN850P SSDs for PC and PS5 — 1TB for $189, 2TB for $299, and 4TB for $549 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Stewart Bendle | get WD Black SN850P SSD → | tags: wd black sn850p, ps5, pcie gen 4

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At least one UK government department is reportedly done with X (engadget.com)

2026-06-19 | by Mariella Moon | get Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 → | tags: uk government, social media, european court of human rights

238.

Canada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion (wired.com)

2026-06-19 | by Mark Harris | get Underwater Drone Explorer → | tags: oceangate, titan submersible, titanic wreck

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Midjourney wants to scan your body with half a million ultrasonic sensors, at a spa (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Skye Jacobs | get Ultrasonic Body Scanner Kit → | tags: midjourney, ultrasonic sensors, body scanning

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Trump Admin Backs Off Plans To Kill Ocean Monitoring (slashdot.org)

2026-06-19 | get NOAA Ocean Monitoring Kit → | tags: trump administration, ocean monitoring, western civilization