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The Maxwell Conjecture Is False (GPT 5.6 Sol) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: maxwell conjecture, gpt 5.6, artificial intelligence

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Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: lightbulb, tungsten filament, lifespan

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Florida Saw 36 Leprosy Cases Last Year. The Source May Surprise You (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: florida, leprosy, infectious disease

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New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling operation’ (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Emma Roth | tags: kalshi, prediction markets, new york

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First impressions of smart glasses with a display: the Even Realities G2 (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple, smart glasses, apple glasses

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Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Frank Landymore | tags: amazon, anthropic, claude

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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai-cheating, yale, generative ai

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Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C — radically simple PC mod uses the 'stack effect' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: der8auer, ryzen 7 9800x3d, chimney cooling

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Qualcomm-powered robot collapses spectacularly on stage during company's keynote — prepared stagehands rush to cloak and then carry off stricken humanoid (updated) (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qualcomm, neura robotics, dragonwing iq10

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Amazon spent $1.8 million on a failed AI project, and didn't notice the overrun for five months (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: amazon, anthropic, claude sonnet

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Electronic Arts says it'll be a private company next week (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steve Dent | tags: ea sports, battlefield 6, need for speed

1002.

SJY Zeph Open-Back Headphones Review: Music Through Magnets (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Martin Cizmar | tags: sjy zeph, open-back headphones, airpods max

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If You Own a 3D Printer, You Absolutely Need to Try Hi3D (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Layer Van-Ds .Vds-Byline-Block Font-Family Var --Font-Ui-Heading | tags: 3d printing, hi3d, creality

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PwC just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic research (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: pwc, ai hallucinations, gptzero

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Startup plans to put nuclear-powered data centers in the sea — modular units could be much faster to deploy, but questions about reliability and longevity remain (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jowi Morales | tags: nuclear-powered data centers, atomarine, floating barges

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Influencers are excited about Meta’s glasses. The rest of the world? Not so much (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: meta, kylie jenner, smart glasses

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Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: windows nt, microsoft, windows 95

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Netflix Sued For Losing 'Master Copy' of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie (slashdot.org)

2026-07-31 | tags: netflix, nicolas cage, fortitude

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Montana’s new “right to try” law can’t come soon enough for some (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: brain, brody, communicate

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US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Frank Landymore | tags: openai, ai hallucination, us state department

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Qualcomm's humanoid robot demo went hilariously wrong when the machine just dropped dead on stage (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: qualcomm, neura robotics, dragonwing iq10

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Qualcomm-powered humanoid robot collapses on stage like it was shot during live demo (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: qualcomm, neura robotics, dragonwing iq10

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Is it time for the B-school case study to die? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: flexner report, surgical simulators, medical education

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How some use ‘psychic’ powers at work—and how you can, too (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: psychic powers, gen z, hannah bruns

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The surprising operating system behind brave decisions (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: brave decisions, guryan tighe, unmasking fear

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Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake turns it into a paranoid tech thriller (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Andrew Webster | tags: apple tv, cape fear, martin scorsese

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Just because a game is on disc doesn't mean it will work in the future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: playstation 5, xbox series x, doesitplay

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For the first time, more Americans support all-day school phone bans than oppose them (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: pew research center, all-day school phone bans, us adults

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Sony says it has secured enough ram for all the PS5s it expects to sell this year (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steve Dent | tags: ps5, sony, ramageddon

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Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Laura Gozzi | tags: danube, hungary, nuclear plant