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This Shark Cordless Vacuum Is Nearly Free for Prime Day, Amazon Sold 20,000 in Just a Few Hours

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-02-24 16:41:40

Amazon brought forward Prime Day this year by a week, and the weekend’s best deals are already out there. That doesn’t leave you much time if you want to get your hands on one of the most popular deals before they are… gone. The best-selling cordless vacuum on Amazon from Shark is currently being offered at an all-time low price. Over 20,000 units have been sold in only a few hours, reports Amazon, and with demand this high, it could be gone tomorrow. It’s a no-brainer at this price point: ther

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Watch TikTok Sensations Savannah Bananas Free on Your Roku Screen

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 10:00:05

There's a chance your TikTok feed has slipped in a few clips of the Savannah Bananas, an exhibition baseball team whose antics and gameplay style may remind you of the Harlem Globetrotters. In a league of their own, -- they play Banana Ball and no longer belong to other leagues -- the team can be seen dancing, singing and throwing curveballs on social media and your TV screen. This weekend, you can stream a game for free on the Roku Channel. If coordinated choreography for songs like the Cupid

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12 Best Kids Headphones (2025), Hearing Protection and More

wired.com Simon Hill 2026-02-24 12:02:00

Protect Those Headphones Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Even durable headphones are easy to damage. We have lost pairs to folks standing on them, cats and robot vacuums attacking the cables, and chairs rolling over them. I have learned that a stand or holder is worth the investment if it keeps those cans off the floor. Even if your kids only sometimes remember to use it, that could extend the likely lifespan of their headphones. We use the Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone

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Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2026-02-24 12:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. The world of Chromebooks has its MacBook Air. Lenovo’s latest Chromebook Plus 14 is an Arm-based thin-and-light with good specs, excellent battery life, a great keyboard, all-around solid build, and a fantastic OLED screen. But the best part is that its bright and punchy 14-inch panel comes standard on the base $649 configuration or as

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Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-02-24 17:03:55

In Brief Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback. Nikkei Asia reports that when examining English-language preprint papers available on the website arXiv, it found 17 papers that included some form of hidden AI prompt. The paper’s authors were affiliated with 14 academic institutions in eight countries, including Japan’s Waseda University and South Korea’s KAIST

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Atomic "Bomb" Ring from KiX, 1947 (2020)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-20 08:24:18

Release date: 1947 | Where to purchase: eBay 1947 | “It’s a seething scientific sensation!” In 1947, General Mills’ KiX cereal brand offered the Atomic “Bomb” Ring as a premium in exchange for 15 cents plus a cereal box top. Also known as the Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring, it was a reflection of the public’s preoccupation with the power and potential of atomic energy at the time. The ring had an adjustable gold-coloured band with lightning-blast explosions on its sides. An aluminum warhead was

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Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

news.ycombinator.com Stiefenhofer 2026-02-24 00:19:50

arXiv Is Hiring a DevOps Engineer Work on one of the world's most important websites and make an impact on open science.

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New study offers clues about what makes someone cool

news.ycombinator.com Christina Caron 2026-02-24 14:59:49

Is there a secret sauce that helps explain why people as different as David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson and Charli XCX all seem so self-assured and, well, cool? A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous. The study, which was published on Monday in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, surveyed nearly 6,000 participants from

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Development of a transputer ISA board

news.ycombinator.com Óscar Toledo Gutiérrez 2026-02-21 12:43:59

Development of a transputer ISA board I developed software for transputers in the years 1993-1996. A few months ago, I wrote some articles about my experiences, and most recently I developed a transputer emulator in Javascript After my transputer emulator in Javascript was working, I got curious about running my software on a PC computer. I have several PC motherboards with ISA connectors, and I decided to build a card compatible with the Inmos B004 (a single board to test transputer processor

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How Stablecoins Became the Digital Gold Standard

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 14:03:15

Recently, I met someone who is fluent in Chinese through Skewer Coaching. We talked about apps that are frequently used in China, and I told them about the ones I have used. Even those who don’t know much about China have probably heard of WeChat. There is even a joke that you can’t do almost anything in China without WeChat. Ordering food, calling a taxi, shopping, making payments, and even using government services can all be done within WeChat. Compared to KakaoTalk or Naver, which are common

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Nothing's untestable

news.ycombinator.com Vidhi Katkoria 2026-02-20 18:04:49

Vidhi Katkoria Technical Writer Nothing's untestable As the co-founder of HashiCorp, Mitchell has been instrumental in the development of tools that many of us use daily, like Vagrant, Terraform, Vault, and more. He also helped shape the initial testing strategies for them, gaining hard-won insights into testing complex software along the way. At BugBash, where everyone is a testing nerd (or at least wants to be), most of us have come across that one piece of code that cannot be tested. What d

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Take Two: Eshell

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-20 23:58:09

30 Jun 2025 Charles Choi This is a contribution to the Emacs Carnival 2025-06: Take Two collection of posts on Christian Tietze’s blog. My first take with Eshell many years back did not leave a good impression. My early expectations was that it should act like any other shell, only to be unpleasantly surprised by it. It took a long time for me to warm up to Eshell. Upon reflection, it was because I wasn’t ready for it. Now Eshell is an inseparable part of my Emacs experience. Paradoxically th

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Hidden interface controls that affect usability

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 03:10:03

Philip Kortum In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart [1] first introduced the notion of "knowledge in the world" versus "knowledge in the head" for computer interfaces—an idea that was later formalized and popularized by Donald Norman in his seminal book The Psychology of Everyday Things. From an interface design standpoint, knowledge in the world simply means that the controls you need are visible, and the identification and operation of these controls can be done through recognition rather tha

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Chasing Hobbies over Achievement Boosts Happiness (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Neuroscience News 2026-02-24 14:47:02

Summary: Individuals emphasizing freedom and hobbies experienced a boost in well-being, whereas those prioritizing achievement felt less happy. The research showed that valuing ‘hedonism’ and ‘self-direction’ led to increased happiness across India, Turkey, and the UK. In contrast, ‘achievement’ and ‘conformity’ values showed no direct happiness benefits. The findings spotlight the importance of balancing life pursuits for mental health. Key Facts: Prioritizing freedom led to a 13% increase

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Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents

news.ycombinator.com Associated Press 2026-02-24 12:11:48

By MICHAEL CASEY GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) document was a handwritten declaration titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,” signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March 2, 1847. Until its discovery in May at the archives in Gr

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Why the simplest desktop agent abstraction wins

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 16:52:05

This is first post in a series about the design and implementation of Bytebot . Give us a star on our open source repo . We’re still in the early innings of AI agents. There are hundreds of companies building wrappers around LLMs, trying to make them more useful; more tool-aware, more stateful, more capable of completing tasks across applications. But most of them are barking up the same tree: they’re building agents that work by connecting APIs and tools in structured ways. Bytebot was born o

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Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights?

news.ycombinator.com Stiefenhofer 2026-02-24 06:19:50

arXiv Is Hiring a DevOps Engineer Work on one of the world's most important websites and make an impact on open science.

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Operators, Not Users and Programmers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 08:41:46

This post is part 0 of a multi-part series called “the computer of the next 200 years”. the modern distinction between “programmers” and “users” is evil and destroys agency. consider how the spreadsheets grow🔗 spreadsheets are hugely successful. Felienne Hermans, who has spent her career studying spreadsheets, attributes this success to "their immediate feedback system and their continuous deployment model": the spreadsheet shows you its result as soon as you open it, and it requires no steps

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Injection Rejection (2006)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Papadimoulis 2026-02-24 14:07:39

Matthias Winkelmann's company decided to go the ole' outsourcing route and hand off all development work for a fixed-bid project to a certain overseas company. As it turned out, the hourly rate for certain overseas programmers were less than half that of the in-house folks, so management did the math and figured they could profit that much more. The in-house programmers were told to spend "only a little bit of time" on the project -- no technical advice, no coding assistance, and no even lookin

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Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 09:10:03

Philip Kortum In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart [1] first introduced the notion of "knowledge in the world" versus "knowledge in the head" for computer interfaces—an idea that was later formalized and popularized by Donald Norman in his seminal book The Psychology of Everyday Things. From an interface design standpoint, knowledge in the world simply means that the controls you need are visible, and the identification and operation of these controls can be done through recognition rather tha

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, July 6

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-24 12:54:31

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2026-02-23 00:50:52

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself "politically homeless" as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a "culture of innovation and entrepreneurship." Altman, whose company is a leader in artificial intelligence, made the post in celebration of the Fourth of July, saying he is "extremely proud to be an American" and believes the U.S. "is the greatest country ever on Earth." He used the post to share some of his political ideology, saying he belie

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Tesla Robotaxi Rider Gets Bizarre Call Saying She Has to Exit Vehicle Immediately

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-24 06:00:07

YouTuber and Elon Musk stan Ellie Sheriff had a bizarre experience during her first Tesla robotaxi ride in Austin, Texas. As seen in a video she shared on her channel, "Ellie in Space," over the weekend, Sheriff got a strange call from the EV maker mid-ride, asking her and her fellow passenger to literally leave the vehicle due to incoming weather. "So we had to get out of the robotaxi, because weather is coming in," Sheriff said in the video while standing in the middle of a windy field. The

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As a Wear OS fan, I’m embarrassed to admit how excited I am for this watchOS 26 feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-24 00:00:34

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I rely on lists to keep my life running: grocery lists, packing lists, home improvement checklists, birthday gift ideas for my 19 nieces and nephews, and ongoing logs of thank-you notes for gifts for my own kid. My note-keeping apps aren’t just productivity tools; they’re the backbone of my sanity. So, when Apple announced that the Notes app is coming to Apple smartwatches via watchOS 26, my ears perked up. Do you use note-taking apps on your smartwatch? 171

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Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook, but will it matter?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-02-24 06:21:00

This week, we heard some news from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo about Apple entering a new segment of the laptop market. The company is reportedly working on a new MacBook at a lower starting price point than the MacBook Air, and it’ll apparently pack the A18 Pro chip found in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While a cheaper MacBook is certainly a welcome add, the question truly stands: will Apple do it properly, or will it serve as another decoy model? Rumor refresh To quickly recap, the cheaper

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Xbox's sci-fi looter-shooter Blackbird was scrapped even after leaving execs 'blown away'

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-24 10:13:05

Xbox was well on its way to delivering a sci-fi stylized game with plenty of exciting movement mechanics before an abrupt change of heart. The upcoming third-person shooter RPG codenamed Blackbird from ZeniMax Online Studios, which developed The Elder Scrolls Online, has been "shelved indefinitely," according to an exclusive report from Bloomberg. The report added that Xbox execs were "blown away" by the game and had "nothing but complimentary words," according to Bloomberg's sources. The excit

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Just Ask for Generalization (2021)

news.ycombinator.com Eric Jang 2026-02-22 02:31:17

Generalizing to what you want may be easier than optimizing directly for what you want. We might even ask for "consciousness". This blog post outlines a key engineering principle I’ve come to believe strongly in for building general AI systems with deep learning. This principle guides my present-day research tastes and day-to-day design choices in building large-scale, general-purpose ML systems. Discoveries around Neural Scaling Laws, unsupervised pretraining on Internet-scale datasets, and o

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Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types

news.ycombinator.com Rostekova 2026-02-24 10:21:51

Age-related cognitive decline is an increasingly pressing concern in public health, which may begin in early adulthood and accelerate with increasing age1,2. While much research is still investigating the precise mechanisms of cognitive ageing, previous studies have identified several contributing factors, including for example genetics, general health and lifestyle choices3,4,5,6,7. Cognitive decline is a major public health concern on both individual and societal levels due to its association

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Gecode is an open source C++ toolkit for developing constraint-based systems (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-23 21:43:41

2019-09-10 MPG Sources on GitHub The sources for Modeling and Programming with Gecode are now available on GitHub. 2019-04-12 Gecode 6.2.0 Gecode 6.2.0 has been released on April 12th, 2019 (Changelog). 2019-02-14 Gecode 6.1.1 Gecode 6.1.1 has been released on February 14th, 2019 (Changelog). 2018-10-19 Gecode 6.1.0 Gecode 6.1.0 has been released on October 19th, 2018 (Changelog).

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Parametric shape optimization with differentiable FEM simulation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 15:11:57

All examples are expected to run from the examples/<example_name> directory of the Tesseract-JAX repository . In this example, you will learn how to: Compose both Tesseracts with Tesseract-JAX to create a pipeline that can be used for differentiable shape optimization. Build a Tesseract that uses finite differences under the hood to enable differentiability of a non-autodifferentiable geometry operation (computing a signed distance field from a 3D model). In this notebook, we explore the opt

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Latest Tech News

This Shark Cordless Vacuum Is Nearly Free for Prime Day, Amazon Sold 20,000 in Just a Few Hours

Watch TikTok Sensations Savannah Bananas Free on Your Roku Screen

12 Best Kids Headphones (2025), Hearing Protection and More

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Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts

Atomic "Bomb" Ring from KiX, 1947 (2020)

Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

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How Stablecoins Became the Digital Gold Standard

Nothing's untestable

Take Two: Eshell

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Chasing Hobbies over Achievement Boosts Happiness (2023)

Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents

Why the simplest desktop agent abstraction wins

Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights?

Operators, Not Users and Programmers

Injection Rejection (2006)

Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, July 6

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

Tesla Robotaxi Rider Gets Bizarre Call Saying She Has to Exit Vehicle Immediately

As a Wear OS fan, I’m embarrassed to admit how excited I am for this watchOS 26 feature

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Just Ask for Generalization (2021)

Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types

Gecode is an open source C++ toolkit for developing constraint-based systems (2019)

Parametric shape optimization with differentiable FEM simulation

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