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The Download: murderous ‘mirror’ bacteria, and Chinese workers fighting AI doubles (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-20 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: mirror bacteria, chinese tech workers, ai doubles

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How a Rhode Island apartment building for seniors installed 277 heat pumps in just 12 days (feeds.feedburner.com)

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Sports merch that’s cute? It exists (feeds.feedburner.com)

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British Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to crypto theft charges (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-20 | get Cybersecurity USB Flash Drive → | tags: scattered spider, cryptocurrency, sms phishing

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GitHub's fake star economy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | by Elena Marchetti | get GitHub Star Badge → | tags: github, fake stars, vcs

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GitHub's Fake Star Economy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | by Elena Marchetti | get GitHub Star Badge → | tags: github, fake stars, vcs

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Scientific datasets are riddled with copy-paste errors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | by Update | get Data Cleaning Software Suite → | tags: scientific datasets, dryad, parkinson's disease

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Everyone Thinks ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Is Building the Justice League (gizmodo.com)

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Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant (slashdot.org)

2026-04-19 | by Posted | get Cell Phone Signal Jammer → | tags: nevada, police, cellphones

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The Radical Cancer Science That Saved My Life (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-19 | get Cancer Research Book → | tags: bone-marrow transplantation, cancer research, medical advancements

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Jowi Morales | get Toshiba External Hard Drive → | tags: toshiba, hard drive, warranty

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher currfent retail price (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Jowi Morales | get Toshiba External Hard Drive → | tags: toshiba, hard drive, warranty

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The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | by Connla Stokes | get Vietnamese Pho Noodle Soup Kit → | tags: phở, hanoi, vũ bằng

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Sherry Turkle: "We're losing the raw, human part of being with each other" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | by Catherine De Lange | get The Art of Conversation Book → | tags: mit, sherry turkle, human interaction

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Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Tile Mate Bluetooth Tracker → | tags: bluetooth tracker, hnlms evertsen, apple airtag

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Amazon Delivery Drones Involve a Perilous 10-Foot Drop. Users Are Posting the Apparent Results (gizmodo.com)

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Harold Perrineau Teases 'Despicable' Town and What's Next in Season 4 of 'From' (cnet.com)

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Techie buys fake Ledger Nano S+ hardware crypto wallet and almost falls for phishing — a convincing clone would have caught newbies unaware (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-18 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Fake Ledger Nano S → | tags: ledger nano s+, phishing, esp32-s3

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Intel Core Ultra 250K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X faceoff — battle for the best $200 CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-18 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: intel, amd, core ultra

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Democrats Warned Not to Upset Multi-Million Dollar AI Lobbyists, Even Though It’d Be a Slam Dunk With Voters (futurism.com)

2026-04-18 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: ai lobbyists, democrats, kamala harris

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You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants (futurism.com)

2026-04-18 | by Sharon Adarlo | get Neanderthal Infant Model → | tags: neanderthal, tel aviv university, current biology

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Japan's cherry blossom database, 1,200 years old, has a new keeper (news.ycombinator.com)

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Japan's Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper (news.ycombinator.com)

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US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states" (arstechnica.com)

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Apple Maps is quickly improving, and iOS 26.5 brings useful new addition (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple Maps Guidebook → | tags: apple maps, ios 26.5, visited places

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‘Bouncing back’ is a myth. Here’s what real resilience looks like (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-17 | get Resilience Training Journal → | tags: mastectomy, resilience, maria

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Tycoon 2FA Phishers Scatter, Adopt Device Code Phishing (darkreading.com)

2026-04-17 | by Nate Nelson | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: tycoon 2fa, device code phishing, barracuda

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IETF draft-meow-mrrp-00 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | by Author | get IETF RFC 7681 Book → | tags: ietf, meow-mrrp, bcp 78

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What are skiplists good for? (news.ycombinator.com)

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What Are Skiplists Good For? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Skip List Data Structure Book → | tags: skiplists, antithesis, multiprocessor programming