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Why eBay, in Its Latest Incarnation, Is a Takeover Target for GameStop (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-02 | get GameStop Gaming Console → | tags: ebay, gamestop, collectibles

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Ask Slashdot: Are YouTube's Subtitles 'Appallingly Bad'? (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | get YouTube Subtitles Editing Tool → | tags: youtube, subtitles, language

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AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-02 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Actor & Script Generator → | tags: academy awards, generative artificial intelligence, val kilmer

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The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | get Nuclear AI Energy Kit → | tags: nuclear energy, fermi startup, artificial intelligence

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Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get GPT-4 Coding Assistant → | tags: hacker news, coding models, google sheets

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Frizbee is a tool you may throw a tag at and it comes back with a checksum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get Frizbee Checksum Tool → | tags: actions, container, frizbee

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 3, #1779 (cnet.com)

2026-05-02 | by See Full Bio | tags: nytimes, wordle, puffy

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 3 #791 (cnet.com)

2026-05-02 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, strands, crossword

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 3, #1057 (cnet.com)

2026-05-02 | by See Full Bio | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘This Day’ turns photo cleanup into a simple daily habit (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-02 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Photo Organizer App → | tags: icloud, this day, photo decluttering

7751.

Jonathan Swift's Last Joke (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | by Ed Caesar | tags: swift, epitaph, alexander pope

7752.

An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem - by Asking AI (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | get AI Math Problem Solver Kit → | tags: erdos problems, chatgpt, mathematics

7753.

World's biggest RC A380 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get RC Airbus A380 Model → | tags: rc aircraft, a380, aerospace

7754.

Costumed Crowd 'Speedruns' Scientology Building For Social Media Trend (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | tags: scientology, hollywood boulevard, fortnite

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Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | tags: retina scan, remidio, gestational diabetes

7756.

The Oscars Just Banned AI From Winning Acting and Writing Awards (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-02 | get AI Art & Creativity Book → | tags: oscars, hollywood, generative ai

7757.

The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-02 | by Ivan Mehta | get Dragon Anywhere Mobile App → | tags: ai dictation, large language models, wispr flow

7758.

LLMs consistently pick resumes they generate over ones by humans or other models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get AI Resume Screening Tool → | tags: llms, resumes, human models

7759.

America's Expanding Domestic Surveillance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | tags: america, domestic surveillance, surveillance technology

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Sony increases prices for refurbished PS5 slims by $100 — PS5 Fortnite bundle is out of stock, marking the end of new $399 consoles (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Jowi Morales | get PlayStation 5 Fortnite Bundle → | tags: ps5, sony, ps5 slim

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45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage — code was open-sourced to mark 86-DOS 1.00’s anniversary (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Mark Tyson | get MS-DOS 1.0 Collector's Edition → | tags: dos, microsoft, tim paterson

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FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns — ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Luke James | get US-China Tech Security Kit → | tags: fcc, chinese labs, certification

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US Navy signs deal with AI firm for training underwater drones to detect mines in Strait of Hormuz — $100 million would allow drone minesweepers to update their detection algorithms in days instead of months (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Jowi Morales | get Underwater Drone Mine Detection Kit → | tags: us navy, domino data lab, undersea minesweepers

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Chinese Court Rules That a Worker Cannot Be Replaced by AI (futurism.com)

2026-05-02 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Worker Replacement Guide → | tags: large language model, xinhua news agency, hangzhou intermediate court

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Enthusiast creates Peltier thermoelectric cooler from scratch — impressive rig uses two 360mm AIOs, homemade DC controllers, and a custom loop (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Aaron Klotz | get DIY Thermoelectric Cooler Kit → | tags: peltier, arctic 360mm, trashbench

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What the 1920s Can Teach Us About Surviving the AI Revolution (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-02 | get AI Survival Guide Book → | tags: 1920s, ai revolution, cars

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Meta acquires robotics AI startup as it makes the push into humanoid machines (engadget.com)

2026-05-02 | by Mariella Moon | get Robotics AI Development Kit → | tags: meta, assured robot intelligence, humanoid robots

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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Causes “Ghosts” (futurism.com)

2026-05-02 | by Frank Landymore | get Ghost Detector App → | tags: infrasound, macewan university, haunted house

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Celebrate Star Wars Day 2026 with these upgrades to your gaming PC setup — May the 4th bring you peace and prosperity with brand-new peripherals, games, collectibles, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Ben Stockton | get Star Wars Gaming Mouse → | tags: star wars, steam, ubisoft

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Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get AI Language Model Refusal Guide → | tags: language models, refusal, single direction