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Game Compressor can save you hundreds of GB across your game library — as storage prices remain high, utility leverages Windows' built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-25 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: game compressor, windows lzx, steam

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Teenage Engineering’s unique music machines are 30 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-07-25 | by Brad Bourque | tags: teenage engineering, op-xy, synthesizers

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The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days (wired.com)

2026-07-25 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: openai, hugging face, malware

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Warner Bros. is suing Amazon for poaching employees (theverge.com)

2026-07-25 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: warner bros discovery, amazon, poaching

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Lockheed Martin unveils counter-drone system that can ‘neutralize up to 50 enemy drones in a single mission’ — sensor-agnostic system uses High Power Microwave to purge enemies from the sky (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-25 | by Mark Tyson | tags: lockheed martin, morfius x-rotor, high power microwave

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Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish (wired.com)

2026-07-25 | by Javier Carbajal | tags: catfish, transmissible melanoma, nature

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Nvidia locks down memory supply from SK Hynix as part of $500 billion AI deal (cnbc.com)

2026-07-25 | by Kif Leswing | tags: nvidia, sk hynix, samsung electronics

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Folding and flipping phones are getting seriously good (theverge.com)

2026-07-25 | by David Pierce | tags: samsung galaxy z fold 8, vergecast, protocol

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MouthPad: A Tongue-Controlled Touchpad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: mouthpad, augmenta, tongue-controlled

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New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: overpaid, california berkeley, overpaid

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Professor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way Possible (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Frank Landymore | tags: alcorn state university, midterm cheating, white font

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AI surveillance is destroying the workplace (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: ai surveillance, keystroke monitoring, slack analysis

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Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: leelavati prize, hannah fry, cambridge university

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Why Wall Street Trusts Some CEOs and Doubts Others With the Same Balance Sheet (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-25 | by Merilee Kern | tags: wall street, ceo credibility, earnings calls

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Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Ruth Sanderson | tags: sperm whales, university of st andrews, université de neuchâtel

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Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027 (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: warner bros discovery, paramount, antitrust trial

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New Jersey Bans Surveillance Pricing, Puts the Brakes on Electronic Shelf Labels (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: new jersey, surveillance pricing, electronic shelf labels

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SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: spacex, starship, flight

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Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Marina Temkin | tags: prentis, reid hoffman, mark pincus

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Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Marina Temkin | tags: prentis, reid hoffman, marc pincus

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Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: paramount, warner bros discovery, merger

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Uber and Waymo to end exclusivity arrangement in Atlanta and Austin (cnbc.com)

2026-07-24 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: waymo, uber, driverless

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Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: llm, canadian broadcasting corporation, new brunswick

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Why 25 states are fighting Trump over $740 million in emergency funding (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: trump administration, federal citizenship verification, post-election audits

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Show HN: Max Studio Tools – C++ DSP Modules for Max and Ableton Live (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: max, ableton live, dsp modules

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How Radical Transparency Helps Founders Win Better Capital, Not Just More of It (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | by Joe Cecala | tags: startup funding, investor transparency, credibility

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Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: waymo, uber, robotaxis

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Paramount Agrees to Delay Merger With Warner Bros. Discovery (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: paramount, warner bros discovery, merger

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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ‘Star Wars’ With These New Books (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: star wars, luke, leia

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Don’t Pregame ‘Cocoon—One Summer of Girlhood’ With Studio Ghibli’s ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ If You Hate Crying (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: studio ghibli, grave of the fireflies, gkids