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After one year with the Galaxy Z Flip 7, it’s clear why Samsung should quit (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: samsung galaxy z flip 7, motorola razr, exynos 2500

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Bananas sprout in Rayleigh Garden UK after 15 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Henry Godfrey-Evans | tags: rayleigh, maricopa county, heat deaths

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We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: nasa, solar storms, geophysical research

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FBI arrests 21-year-old accused of infecting 8,000 PCs with malware through fake Steam games (techspot.com)

2026-07-19 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: fbi, steam, malware

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I've been a Google phone diehard for 10 years - here's my 5-part wishlist for Pixel 11 (zdnet.com)

2026-07-19 | by Artie Beaty | tags: google pixel, pixel glow, pixel 11

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All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the US this year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: honda prologue, rivian r2, ev sales

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All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: honda prologue, rivian r2, ev sales

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British runner Josh Kerr breaks world record for mile which stood for 27 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: josh kerr, world record, mile

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GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: gpt-5.6, convex optimization, lean

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The iPad mini's biggest update in 5 years is expected this fall - here's what we know (zdnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by Maria Diaz | tags: ipad mini, apple, zdnet

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iPhone owners hit 87% loyalty rate this year, Android-to-iPhone switching drops to 12% (techspot.com)

2026-07-18 | by Daniel Sims | tags: apple, cirp, android

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TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: kasa spot, tp-link, gps leak

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Apple Music and Apple One prices rise for the first time in years (engadget.com)

2026-07-17 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: apple music, apple one, licensing costs

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Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: recurse center, hacker news, okcupid

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CO2 overload, detected in human blood, suggests toxic atmosphere within 50 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | by Larcombe | tags: co2, human blood, atmospheric carbon

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GameStop CEO says Sony's decision to go disc-less is 'totally irrelevant' — claims software, including physical discs, accounts for only 12% of the company's business (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Etiido Uko | tags: sony, gamestop, physical discs

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Chinese memory maker CXMT's output has grown from 40,000 to 720,000 wafers in a few years, and it's closing in on Micron (techspot.com)

2026-07-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: cxmt, micron, dram

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Intel Nova Lake leak points to Core Ultra Series 400 branding, staggered release next year — hotly anticipated flagship 52-core desktop CPU might not arrive until late 2027 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: core, cores, lake

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Over a Year Later, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Still Going Strong (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: kpop, demon hunters, netflix

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Microsoft Restores Player's 25-Year-Old Account After Nuking It Due to Hacker (slashdot.org)

2026-07-17 | tags: microsoft, xbox, onedrive

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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year (wired.com)

2026-07-17 | by Emily Mullin | tags: cdc, cyclospora, emory university

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The cruel ‘loyalty tax’ blindsiding workers who stayed at their jobs for years (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: loyalty tax, seniority, head-count cuts

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How Has Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia? 1,900-Year-Old Latrine Offers Clues (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | by Sara Hashemi | tags: roman concrete, hadrian’s villa, carbonation

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Netflix says it's already used AI in 'roughly 300' titles this year (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Anna Washenko | tags: netflix, generative ai, glory india

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Roblox will offer AI-generated game creation on mobile later this year (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Anna Washenko | tags: roblox, ai-generated, build

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Oil giant BP shutters its corporate venture arm after 20 years (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-16 | by Tim De Chant | tags: bp ventures, verdane, green hydrogen

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An OLED iPad mini could finally arrive this year (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Kris Holt | tags: ipad mini, oled display, apple

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Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: linux, htc, qwerty

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How to spend 15 years perfecting a product (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: perfecting, perfecting product, spend

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11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: come, come gone, features