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The 35 Best Board Games for Family Game Night (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Simon Hill | tags: cards against humanity, dorfromantik, wingspan

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CD sales are up 16%, but half the buyers don't even own a CD player (techspot.com)

2026-07-20 | by Shawn Knight | tags: sony, cd sales, luminate

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An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Aarian Marshall | tags: ebikes, aipas, amazon

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Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’ (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Brendan I. Koerner | tags: trackflation, new balance, runninglane

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AI confidence just dropped 17 points in six months. That’s actually great news. (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: ai confidence, jumpcloud, ai deployment

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Claude is ending the Fable 5 access chaos once and for all (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: claude, fable 5, android authority

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How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Italo Vignoli | tags: microsoft office, proprietary formats, xml formats

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Xiaomi-Robotics-1 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: xiaomi, umi, vision-language model

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Biggest Probabilistic Computer Turns Noise into Answers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Charles Q. Choi | tags: probabilistic computer, p-bits, quantum computing

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A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: intel itanium, ia-64, windows server 2003

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Robot 'Decapitated' in World's First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: humanoid, ufc, robot

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Apple Has Reportedly Started Recording and AI-Summarizing Conversations at the Genius Bar (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: apple, genius bar, ai summarization

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Opinion | Chinese Election Interference? What About TikTok? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-19 | tags: china, tiktok, trump

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AMD's next-gen 10-core 'Medusa Point' APU shows up on Geekbench again, with its best score yet — leaked SKU outpaces every other x86 mobile chip in the single-core test (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, medusa point, geekbench

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Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon — iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Luke James | tags: zilog z80, open-source replacement, intel 8080

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Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-19 | by Kate Park | tags: current ai, open-source ai, india ai summit

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Orchid is a delightfully retro and approachable hipster synth (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: orchid, telepathic instruments, magnus

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The 10 Best Electrolyte Powders (We Tested Over 20) (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Louryn Strampe | tags: electrolyte powders, sodium, magnesium

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Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Simon Willison | tags: bun, rust, claude code

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The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward (wired.com)

2026-07-19 | by Jorge Garay | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140 b, habitable zone

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Tired of free-to-play trash? These 6 Android games are worth paying for in 2026 (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: minecraft, mojang, android games

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The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation (theverge.com)

2026-07-19 | by David Pierce | tags: clapper, smart home, consumer tech

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Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Simon Hill | tags: kini, kinisium, eve motion sensor

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Astronomers Thrilled After Discovering Best Spot Yet to Look for Alien Life (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140b, helium atmosphere

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“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors (futurism.com)

2026-07-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: lord of the rings, gollum, ai de-aging

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Real-Time LuaTeX: Recompiling Large Documents in 1ms [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: luatex, real-time, recompiling

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Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: cds, luminate, bts

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The More Efficient Hiring Becomes, the More Invisible Candidates Feel. Here’s the Problem Most Companies Are Missing. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-18 | by Volen Vulkov | tags: applicant tracking systems, recruiting, candidate experience

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ZA/UM announces layoffs two months after the launch of Zero Parades (engadget.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jackson Chen | tags: za/um, disco elysium, zero parades

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The Top Continuous Glucose Monitors That Doctors Recommend (cnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: dexcom, continuous glucose monitor, insulin pump