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1021.

New year, new me: 5 popular apps I’m replacing in 2026, and why (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-10 | get Smartphone → | tags: android, android authority, authority

1022.

Protein Is the New Secret Weapon Fast-Food Chains Are Using to Win You Over (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-09 | get Protein Shake → | tags: added, added protein, chains

1023.

Iran vows regime will "not back down" as web blackout continues (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-09 | by Tucker | get Internet → | tags: bahari, country, iran

1024.

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio says it won’t use AI for concept art or writing (theverge.com)

2026-01-09 | by Ash Parrish | get Game engine → | tags: assets, larian, text

1025.

Most people ignore this productivity-enhancing monitor setting - here's why you shouldn't (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Display → | tags: display, monitor, portrait

1026.

Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that runs on the CPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-08 | get Sopro TTS → | tags: model, sopro, soprotts

1027.

MiroMind’s MiroThinker 1.5 delivers trillion-parameter performance from a 30B model — at 1/20th the cost (venturebeat.com)

2026-01-08 | get MiroThinker → | tags: mirothinker, model, models

1028.

California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban On AI Chatbots In Kids' Toys (slashdot.org)

2026-01-07 | get Chatbot → | tags: chatbot, children, padilla

1029.

Eat Real Food (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-07 | by U.S. Department Of Agriculture | get Nourish → | tags: animal, animal plant, avocados

1030.

Eat Real Food – Introducing the New Pyramid (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-07 | by U.S. Department Of Agriculture | get Pyramid → | tags: animal, animal plant, avocados

1031.

Sony Honda Mobility Still Needs to Deliver Its Game-Filled Afeela 1 EV, but Here’s a New Concept Car (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-07 | get Afeela → | tags: afeela, afeela prototype, ces larger

1032.

A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-06 | by Amanda Silberling | get Food Delivery App → | tags: newton, reddit, viral

1033.

Dreame's robot vacuum with an arm is back at CES 2026 and it can do more than pick up shoes (engadget.com)

2026-01-06 | get Dreame Robot Vacuum → | tags: cyber, dreame, prototype

1034.

California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-06 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Virtual Assistant → | tags: chatbot, chatbots, children

1035.

Loongarch Improvements with Box64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-06 | get Box64 → | tags: ntsync, proton, steam

1036.

Mapping Protests in Iran (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-06 | get Satellite Imagery → | tags: iran, mapping, mapping protests

1037.

I thought a privacy screen protector was a smart idea - until I put one on my Galaxy S25 Ultra (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Kerry Wan | get Screen Protector → | tags: phone, privacy, protector

1038.

Trump, RFK Jr. Are Officially Tearing Down the Childhood Vaccine Schedule (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-05 | get Childhood vaccine schedule → | tags: disease, disease longer, diseases

1039.

I replaced my Galaxy Fold’s screen protector on my own, and you can learn from my mistake (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-05 | get Screen protector → | tags: fold, phone, protector

1040.

Two ways to crack a walnut, per Grothendieck (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get Walnut cracking tool → | tags: approach, grothendieck, mathematician

1041.

Belkin wants your screen protector to be persona, and it’s launching at CES 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-04 | get Screen Protector → | tags: belkin, power, protection

1042.

Punkt. Unveils MC03 Smartphone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | get Punkt. → | tags: control, privacy, proton

1043.

MSI teases new power supplies with 'instant protection' against melting RTX 5090 cables — promises to solve 12V-2x6 connector woes by monitoring individual wires (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-02 | by Hassam Nasir | get Power supply → | tags: connector, power, power supply

1044.

IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | by Simon Sharwood | get Internet Protocol → | tags: address, addresses, internet

1045.

This privacy-first smartphone draws a hard line between trusted apps and everything else (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-02 | get Google Pixel → | tags: apps, phone, privacy

1046.

Minimal phone pioneer Punkt is back with a new privacy-focused model at CES (engadget.com)

2026-01-02 | get Punkt Phone → | tags: phone, privacy, proton

1047.

Starlink is lowering thousands of satellites' orbits to reduce risk of collisions (engadget.com)

2026-01-02 | get Starlink Satellites → | tags: lowering, minimum, nicolls

1048.

Arpanet standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Mark Tyson | get TCP/IP → | tags: arpanet, internet, proprietary

1049.

'IPv6 Just Turned 30 and Still Hasn't Taken Over the World, But Don't Call It a Failure' (slashdot.org)

2026-01-01 | by Posted | get Internet Protocol → | tags: addresses, huston, internet

1050.

ARPANET standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 — 43-year-old standard set the foundations for today’s Internet (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Mark Tyson | get TCP/IP → | tags: arpanet, internet, proprietary