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13021.

I spent a week with Walmart’s new $60 Google TV streamer, and I’m already blown away (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-17 | get Google Chromecast with Google TV → | tags: walmart, onn 4k pro, google tv

13022.

Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat (techspot.com)

2026-05-17 | get Quantum Computing Starter Kit → | tags: ai chips, science, nature

13023.

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable (futurism.com)

2026-05-17 | by Joe Wilkins | get T-Rex Leather Handbag → | tags: lab-grown t-rex, enfin levé, dinosaur leather

13024.

Chatbots at the drive-thru are just the beginning (theverge.com)

2026-05-17 | by Emma Roth | get Drive-Thru Voice Assistant → | tags: mcdonald’s, apprente, ibm

13025.

Princeton in Shambles Over AI Cheating (futurism.com)

2026-05-17 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Detection Software Tool → | tags: princeton, ai cheating, wall street journal

13026.

Polypad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Polypad by Mathigon → | tags: polypad, virtual manipulatives, web browser

13027.

Gene Therapy Causes Patient to Grow Alarming Tumor (futurism.com)

2026-05-17 | by Krystle Vermes | get Gene Therapy Research Kit → | tags: gene therapy, adeno-associated virus, hurler syndrome

13028.

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, May 17 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

13029.

Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Ring Video Doorbell → | tags: naxclow, smart doorbell, x smart home

13030.

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 17, #601 (cnet.com)

2026-05-17 | by See Full Bio | get Sports Trivia Card Game → | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

13031.

Grafana Labs internal source code accessed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Grafana Dashboard Plugin → | tags: grafana labs, source code, javascript

13032.

Some Datacenters Divert Power from Homes. Will It Drive Homeowners to Solar and Batteries? (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Tesla Powerwall Home Battery → | tags: datacenters, solar, batteries

13033.

The lasting influence of Netscape Time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Netscape Navigator Browser → | tags: netscape, jim clark, open source

13034.

Self-Distillation Enables Continual Learning [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Self-Distillation Machine Learning Kit → | tags: self-distillation, continual learning, deep learning

13035.

Make ZIP files smaller with ZIP Shrinker (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Evan Hahn | get WinZip Compression Software → | tags: zip, libdeflate, apk

13036.

An Entire Wikipedia That's 100% AI Hallucinations (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get AI-Generated Wikipedia Book → | tags: halupedia, bartåomiej strama, large language model

13037.

Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Rust Programming Book → | tags: zerostack, unix, rust

13038.

Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: computers, coding, project management

13039.

S&P 500 manages to extend weekly win streak despite anticlimactic Trump-Xi summit (cnbc.com)

2026-05-16 | by Morgan Chittum | get S&P 500 Wall Art → | tags: s&p 500, trump, xi jinping

13040.

Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races Before the Age of Linotype (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Vintage Bicycle Typing Kit → | tags: linotype, women printers, typesetting

13041.

The enterprise risk nobody is modeling: AI is replacing the very experts it needs to learn from (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-16 | get AI Expert Learning Kit → | tags: alphazero, reinforcement learning, human evaluators

13042.

Peter Jackson Sure Wants to Do More ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-16 | get The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Set → | tags: warner bros, peter jackson, lord of the rings

13043.

The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Bitwarden Password Manager → | tags: bitwarden, michael crandell, michael sullivan

13044.

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 17 #805 (cnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: nyt, strands, crossword

13045.

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 17, #1071 (cnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

13046.

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 17, #1793 (cnet.com)

2026-05-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: wordle, nytimes, bylaws

13047.

California Law Limits 'Recycling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get Recycling Logo Sticker → | tags: california, recycling symbol, plastic waste

13048.

California Law Limits 'Recyling' Logo in New Attack on Plastic Waste (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | by Posted | get Recycling Symbol Sticker → | tags: recycling symbol, california law, plastic waste

13049.

Japan’s robot wolf sells out as record bear attacks drive demand (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Robotic Wolf Toy → | tags: robot wolf, ohta seiki, monster wolf

13050.

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-16 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Content Detection Tool → | tags: arxiv, large language models, cornell