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How I monitored my home's biggest power drains in real time - 3 simple methods you can use (zdnet.com)

2026-02-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Smart Meter → | tags: consumption, home, home users

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Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks — outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Luke James | get Notepad → | tags: attackers, hosting, installers

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How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants (wired.com)

2026-02-03 | by Maddy Varner | tags: privacy, public, public servants

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xAI launches Grok Imagine 1.0 with 10-second 720p video generation – here's what it looks like (techspot.com)

2026-02-03 | get Grok → | tags: advancements, advancements read, announced

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YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers (theverge.com)

2026-02-03 | by Tom Warren | get YouTube Music Player → | tags: android, background, background playback

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I tested 3 simple energy-monitoring tools to find my home's biggest power drains (zdnet.com)

2026-02-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Smart Plug → | tags: consumption, home, home users

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A history of hocus pocus: witchcraft down the ages (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-03 | get Magic Wand → | tags: best, best experience, browser

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Who does academic consulting serve? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-03 | by Zanetta-Colombo | get Academic Consulting Software → | tags: best, best experience, browser

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Embrace diverse PhD supervision styles — but enforce essential standards (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-03 | by Cicchetti | get PhD supervision style → | tags: best, best experience, browser

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Moltbook, the AI social network, exposed human credentials due to vibe-coded security flaw (engadget.com)

2026-02-02 | get Molten Core → | tags: agents, human, human users

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‘Pretty Please, I Don’t Want to Be a Magical Girl’ Has the Juice (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-02 | get Magical Girl → | tags: animatic, animatic webseries, darling

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iTunes might be more popular than you think, per report (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-02 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPod → | tags: apple, apple music, itunes

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I've tested every Apple Watch model out right now - this one is my pick in 2026 (and it's on sale) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-02 | by Nina Raemont | get Apple Watch → | tags: apple, apple watch, score

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I've tested all of Apple's smart watches - I recommend this one in 2026 (and it's $100 off) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-02 | by Nina Raemont | get Smartwatch → | tags: apple, apple watch, score

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Why Civilization VII is the way it is, and how its devs plan to win critics back (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-02 | get Game → | tags: civilization, players, series

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Apple will need to walk a tightrope if it keeps pushing subscriptions (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-02 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iCloud → | tags: apple, apple creator, good

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Yes, You Can Stream Every Single Winter Olympic Event With a VPN (cnet.com)

2026-02-02 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming Device → | tags: access, free, olympics

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Mozilla announces switch to disable all Firefox AI features (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-02 | get Firefox AI → | tags: block, browser, controls

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Prime Video's 23 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows You Should Stream Now (cnet.com)

2026-02-02 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming Service → | tags: amazon, prime, prime video

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Latest Steam survey: RDNA 4 enters GPU chart, Intel CPUs make rare gains (techspot.com)

2026-02-02 | get GPU → | tags: amd closer, amd hit, closer

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TikTok says its services are restored after the outage (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-02 | by Ivan Mehta | get Instagram → | tags: caused, deal, social

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NationStates confirms data breach, shuts down game site (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-02 | get NationStates → | tags: addresses, breach, nationstates

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I cut my yearly streaming costs by nearly half with a few simple tricks (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-01 | get Smartphone → | tags: authority, services, spreadsheet

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Show HN: Apate API mocking/prototyping server and Rust unit test library (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-01 | get API Mocking Library → | tags: apate, request, returns

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Meet the new European unicorns of 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-01 | by Anna Heim | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: billion, growth, million

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When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Flexbox → | tags: browsers, grid, grid lanes

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OpenAI says you can trust ChatGPT answers, as it kicks off ads rollout preparation (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-31 | get ChatGPT → | tags: ads appear, advertisers, appear

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A lot of the Moltbook stuff is fake (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Molten Core → | tags: available ve, browser, center

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Browser Agent Benchmark: Comparing LLM models for web automation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Language Model → | tags: agent, benchmark, browser

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htmx: Server Sent Event (SSE) Extension (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Server Sent Events → | tags: event, htmx, server