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A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: stars!, stars!vm, 80286 emulator

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The virtual worlds where robots are trained (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-17 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia isaac sim, vsim, gpus

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Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: microsoft office, wine, linux

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Mastercard Is Giving AI Agents Virtual Cards to Handle Your Shopping (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: mastercard, ai agents, agentic commerce

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[Virtual Event] Cybersecurity Outlook 2027 (darkreading.com)

2026-09-17 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: cybersecurity outlook 2027, ai-driven technologies, nation-state threats

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Show HN: I built a new version of my fun spatial 3D online meeting app (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | get Logitech Brio 4K webcam → | tags: spatial audio, 3d meeting app, videoconferencing

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How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-17 | by Callaway | tags: virtual biotech, lung cancer drug, ai agents

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It’s a Long Shot, but Here’s How the Steam Frame Could Save VR (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | get Valve Index VR headset → | tags: steam frame, valve, vr headsets

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Steam Frame reviews: Great VR hardware at a tough price (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Our Editors Hand-Pick Related Products Using A Variety Of Criteria | get Valve Steam Frame VR headset → | tags: steam frame, vr hardware, techspot

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Show HN: Fly.exe – An EON systems like virtual fruit fly uploaded to computer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: drosophila, malecns, neuromechfly

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Valve’s virtual reality plans hit actual reality (theverge.com)

2026-09-14 | by Sean Hollister | get Valve Steam Deck → | tags: valve, steam frame, valve index

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Solo dev enables running CUDA on AMD hardware in Windows, getting multiple CUDA libraries running on a gaming Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU in Windows — CUDA-exclusive workloads on AMD hardware in Windows possible without virtualization or dual-booting (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Zak Killian | get ASUS ROG Strix G16 Gaming Laptop → | tags: cuda, amd, rocm

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There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | by Pangambam S | get You Are Not a Gadget Jaron Lanier → | tags: jaron lanier, virtual reality, neil degrasse tyson

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Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Models of the Mind Grace Lindsay book → | tags: stonkfly, fruit fly brain, coinbase

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Moss developer Polyarc has closed (engadget.com)

2026-09-11 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Meta Quest 3S VR headset → | tags: polyarc, moss, virtual reality

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Tesla’s Glitchy Cybercab Accidentally Lets Passengers Access Controls to Manually Drive the Car Using Virtual Joystick on In-Vehicle Screen (futurism.com)

2026-09-09 | by Frank Landymore | get Vantrue N4 dash cam → | tags: tesla, cybercab, robotaxi

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AI model predicts which breast-cancer drugs work best (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Naddaf | tags: triple-negative breast cancer, virtual cell model, tiannan guo

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An operational perturbation proteomics-based virtual cell model (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-09 | by Sun | get Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN Tetra Cell electrophoresis system → | tags: virtual cell, perturbation proteomics, foundation models

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Meta tackles agentic AI with the launch of Muse (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-08 | get Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses → | tags: meta, muse, muse spark

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Tesla Cybercab doesn’t have any manual controls — but it does have a virtual joystick (theverge.com)

2026-09-08 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: tesla cybercab, virtual joystick, tesla

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What to expect: Beauty tech’s next decade (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-08 | get Foreo Luna 4 facial cleansing brush → | tags: vivatech, beauty tech, virtual try-on

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Old School RuneScape developer sentenced for stealing and selling in-game virtual gold (techspot.com)

2026-09-08 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: old school runescape, jagex, andrew lakeman

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Google Photos can now help you build outfits using items you already own (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-07 | get Google Pixel 10 smartphone → | tags: google photos, virtual wardrobe, manual photo stacks

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Former Old School RuneScape dev gets jail time for stealing $400,000 from players — virtual gold stolen and sold on the black market before Jagex caught the culprit using hidden firewall tweaks (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: old school runescape, jagex, andrew lakeman

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Decapitating a MacBook (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-06 | get Apple MacBook Air M1 laptop → | tags: macbook air m1, macos, apple

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Man Pretends to Hallucinate in Job Interview With an AI Bot, Causing It to Go Haywire (futurism.com)

2026-09-05 | by Joe Wilkins | get Logitech C920x HD Pro Webcam → | tags: ai interview, virtual avatar, chatgpt

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Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot (theverge.com)

2026-09-04 | by Lauren Feiner | get New York Times digital subscription gift card → | tags: microsoft, copilot, nytimes

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Microsoft will soon enable memory integrity by default on eligible Windows 11 PCs (techspot.com)

2026-09-02 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Windows 11 Pro USB retail → | tags: windows 11, memory integrity, virtualization-based security

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BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-02 | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: bgp, hetzner online, softaculous

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Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance (theverge.com)

2026-09-02 | by Tom Warren | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, memory integrity