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Researchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can fail — sub-100 gram drones run 34KB software to enable sub-millimeter precision (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get sub-100 gram micro FPV drone → | tags: delft university of technology, whisker sensor, tactile navigation

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Apple is taking a little bit of a gamble with iPhone Duo software: Will it pay off? (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-19 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: iphone duo, ios 27, liquid glass

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Science Is Open Software (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | by Jens Egholm Pedersen | tags: open source software, reproducible research, computational science

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This gadget—and free software—makes e-reading fun again (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-19 | get Xteink mini e-reader → | tags: xteink, e-readers, e-reading

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When the FM Band Goes Transatlantic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | by Nick Langan | get RTL-SDR Blog V4 software defined radio → | tags: sporadic-e, fm dx, transatlantic reception

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Is Android 17 QPR1 causing issues on your Pixel? (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro unlocked → | tags: android 17 qpr1, pixel drop, google pixel

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There's no point at which turning your brain off will work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: llms, meat proxy, ai coding

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NATS publishes preliminary report on technical incident of 8 September (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: nats, air traffic control, flight data system

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An empirical study of harness design for coding agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: coding agents, harness design, empirical study

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Surveys reveal what people want from new phones, and it’s refreshingly boring (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-18 | get Google Pixel 9 unlocked smartphone → | tags: camera quality, clean software, phone reliability

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New Check Point flaw lets hackers execute code with root privileges (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: check point software, cve-2026-91843, security management server

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Everyone thought AI would replace junior engineers. We’re hiring more of them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: junior engineers, ai coding agents, tech hiring

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Don't Make Job Referrals Public (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Min Read | tags: job referrals, hacker news, referral program

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Towards Self-Driving Codebases (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: ai agents, codebases, migrations

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From Stonemasons to Carpenters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Michael Hilton | get Milwaukee M18 cordless drill driver kit → | tags: ai coding, software development, source code generation

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Hackers Stole Flock's Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People (slashdot.org)

2026-09-17 | by Posted | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, license plate recognition

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Razer refreshes the one-handed Tartarus Pro keyboard with improved switches (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Razer Tartarus Pro one-handed gaming keypad → | tags: razer, tartarus v2 pro, optical switches

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OpenSpec – A lightweight and configurable AI spec framework (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: openspec, ai spec framework, software specifications

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GM’s New Software Plays Nice With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto (cnet.com)

2026-09-16 | by Antuan Goodwin | get wireless CarPlay Android Auto adapter → | tags: general motors, apple carplay, android auto

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This iOS 27 bug temporarily freezes your iPhone … and it’s going viral on social media (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-16 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: ios 27, apple, iphone

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This Code Is CRAP (2011) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Posted Alberto Savoia | tags: crap acronym, code quality, software metrics

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Code Is Crap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Posted Alberto Savoia | get Clean Code Robert C. Martin book → | tags: code quality, software development, crap principle

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Vibe Coding Has Everyone Predicting the End of SaaS. Here’s the Part They’re Missing. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | by Alex Yumashev | tags: vibe coding, saas, enterprise software

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Salesforce Global Outage (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: salesforce, global outage, cloud services

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The wait is over: Samsung rolls out stable One UI 9 for Galaxy S26 series (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone → | tags: samsung, one ui 9, galaxy s26

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A software thing I built: GPS on a 25MHz 486-SX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | get Garmin GPSMAP 66i handheld GPS → | tags: 486-sx cpu, gps mapping, hipparchus library

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Android 17 QPR1 lands with useful upgrades all over the place (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Google Pixel 9 unlocked smartphone → | tags: android 17, qpr1, google

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Is your Pixel getting the Android 17 QPR1 update? Here’s every supported phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro unlocked smartphone → | tags: pixel, android 17, qpr1

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Samsung’s NavStar app has a bug that refuses to let your navigation bar hide (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone → | tags: samsung, navstar, navigation bar

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A manager rejected a top candidate over 1 tool. It backfired immediately (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: hiring, software knowledge, recruitment