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Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: acoustic mapping app, shahed drones, starlink

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The Best NAS Devices for Your Home After Months of Testing (wired.com)

2026-06-21 | by Simon Hill | tags: synology, nas devices, intel celeron

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I tested the new modular ThinkPad, and it's the repairable future I'm hoping for (zdnet.com)

2026-06-21 | by Kyle Kucharski | tags: lenovo, thinkpad, x1 carbon

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Why most U.S. workers are checked out and bosses are the last to know (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: the office, michael scott, steve carell

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Facial Recognition on Public Buses? Kansas City Says Yes (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | tags: facial recognition, kansas city, american civil liberties union

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New Law Would Give Artists Sweeping Protections Against AI Stealing Their Work (futurism.com)

2026-06-21 | by Frank Landymore | tags: creator act, ai art, congress legislation

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Scientists made espresso with sound instead of heat, and most drinkers couldn't tell the difference (techspot.com)

2026-06-21 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: unsw sydney, ultrasonic espresso, acoustic cavitation

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3 lies we’re telling ourselves about work (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: workplace, leadership, organizational culture

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Armstrong Effect (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: static electricity, william armstrong, armstrong hydroelectric machine

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How Millions of Digital Home Devices Are Secretly Powering Cyberattacks (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get Smart Home Security Kit → | tags: digital home devices, cyberattacks, nicolaides

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How the social media ban could reshape how all of us use the internet (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-20 | by Zoe Kleinman | tags: big tech, internet regulation, social media ban

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Why the social media ban is about so much more than social media (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-20 | by Zoe Kleinman | get Digital Privacy and Security Kit → | tags: big tech, social media, internet regulation

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Renting a sewing machine from the library (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Erika Benke | get Portable Sewing Machine Kit → | tags: sewing machine, library, finland

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Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Breathing Exercise Device → | tags: brain function, slow breathing, risk behavior

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Remembering When Alan Turing Developed a Portable Voice Encryption Device (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get Turing Encryption Device Kit → | tags: alan turing, enigma machine, bletchley park

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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-20 | by Anthony Ha | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: signal, chatbots, meredith whittaker

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A Love Story (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by The Pudding | tags: marriage, stephanie coontz, feudal lords

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Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariana Catacci | get Smartphone Security Alert System → | tags: national civil defense, misantropi4, wireless emergency alerts

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Apple @ Work: The era of legacy MDM is over, and declarative management is the new standard (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-20 | by Bradley C | get Apple Business Manager → | tags: apple, mosyle, macos 27

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Brink’ brings a feature-rich experience to iPhone podcast listening (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-20 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds → | tags: brink, ios, apple health

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Show HN: Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: tiny programming language, webassembly, bytecode virtual machine

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Cellphone Alert System Breached in Brazil, Message Sent in Leetspeak (slashdot.org)

2026-06-20 | by Posted | get Smartphone Security Alarm → | tags: cellphone alert system, brazil, hackers

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This Fake Cancer ‘Cure’ Has People Go Naked Into a Big Plastic Bag, Then Gasses Them With Industrial Bleach (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-20 | tags: cancer cure, plastic bag, industrial bleach

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NASA's Swift Boost mission will launch later this month to rescue a falling telescope (engadget.com)

2026-06-20 | by Mariella Moon | get NASA Swift Telescope Model → | tags: nasa, swift observatory, katalyst space

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WD's 2TB Black SSD price drops by nearly 20% ahead of Prime Day sale — grab the 2TB SN7100 for $242.96 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Kunal Khullar | get WD Black SN7100 SSD → | tags: wd black sn7100, pcie 4.0, sandisk

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Let’s Hear It for This Prime Day Deal Slashing $76 Off Nothing’s Earbuds (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Nothing Ear (2) Wireless Earbuds → | tags: nothing earbuds, amazon prime day, active noise cancellation

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Apple is permanently closing three stores today, here’s the list (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-20 | by Chance Miller | get Apple Store Cleaning Kit → | tags: apple store, towson town center, north county

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AirPods Can Measure Your Heart Rate, but Are They Accurate? (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get Apple AirPods Pro → | tags: airpods, apple watch, heart-rate tracking

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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX — Beijing's forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Satellite Data Center Kit → | tags: china, space computing, elon musk

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The best UK Amazon Prime Day tech deals 2026 — epic savings on premium gaming PCs and laptops, peripherals, 3D printers at Currys, Argos, Scan and CCL, too (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Ben Stockton | get Gaming Laptop RGB Keyboard → | tags: amazon prime day, acer nitro v16, amd ryzen