GoKawiil - Tech News

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Rio de Janeiro's "homegrown" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get AI Model Fine-tuning Kit → | tags: rio de janeiro, llm, merge

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Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-10 | get Hyper-V Virtual Machine Manager → | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Claude Desktop spins up a VM without no way of stopping it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-10 | get VMware Workstation Player → | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Beyond Dexterity: Why Contact May Define the Next Era of Robotics (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-06-09 | get Robotic Gripper Gloves → | tags: agilink, balloon, balloon dog

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Blaise v0.10.0: Native Back End, Threads and Incremental Compilation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-08 | get Blaise Programming Language Book → | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Anthropic, please ship an official Claude Desktop for Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-07 | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Valve P2P networking broken for more than 2 months (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-07 | get Steam Deck Protective Case → | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-05 | get Mantine DataTable Plugin → | tags: address, address contacted, contacted

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Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling (wired.com)

2026-06-02 | by Lily Hay Newman | get Call Screen Smartphone App → | tags: android, google, spoofed calls

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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts (theverge.com)

2026-06-02 | by Emma Roth | get Call Screen Privacy Screen → | tags: google phone app, ai impersonation scams, pixel phones

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Daily briefing: What it will take to stop the spiralling Ebola outbreak (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-01 | by Graham | get Ebola Virus Protective Suit → | tags: ebola, who, contact tracing

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Warren Buffett Has Apparently Fully Ghosted Bill Gates Over the Epstein Stuff (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-31 | tags: warren buffett, bill gates, epstein

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Volkswagen blocks Home Assistant by requiring client assertion (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Home Assistant Integration Kit → | tags: volkswagen, home assistant, client assertion

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Google Contacts on Wear OS is trying out a smart photos-first redesign (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-28 | get Google Photos Smart Album → | tags: google contacts, wear os, android authority

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iOS 26.6 adds new alert when you try blocking too many contacts (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-26 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iOS 26.6 Contact Blocker → | tags: ios, apple, blocked contacts

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These Are the Best Places to Buy Contacts Online, Tested by CNET Staff (cnet.com)

2026-05-25 | by See Full Bio | get Contact Lens Storage Case → | tags: 1-800 contacts, acuvue contacts, the framery

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WhatsApp is working on a centralized interface showing which contacts are online (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-22 | by Marcus Mendes | get WhatsApp Web/Desktop App → | tags: whatsapp, wabetainfo, online status

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Yt-dlp – [Announcement] Bun support is now limited and deprecated (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-22 | get Yt-dlp Bun Support Guide → | tags: yt-dlp, bun, deprecation

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WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get WinUI 3 Development Kit → | tags: winui 3, microsoft, performance

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ChatGPT Now Lets You Add a 'Trusted Contact' for Safety. Here's How (cnet.com)

2026-05-13 | by See Full Bio | get Safety Contact Smartphone App → | tags: chatgpt, contact, openai

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How Apple Pay Works (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Apple Pay Setup Kit → | tags: apple pay, cryptography, tokenization

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How Apple Pay Works: The Tech Behind (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Apple Pay NFC Card Reader → | tags: apple pay, cryptography, tokenization

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Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really (wired.com)

2026-05-10 | by Boone Ashworth | tags: contact-tracing apps, hantavirus, apple

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ChatGPT's New Safety Feature Could Alert 'Trusted Contact' to Risk of Self-Harm (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Self-Harm Prevention Alarm → | tags: chatgpt, openai, trusted contact

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ChatGPT can reach out to a friend if you're at risk of self-harm (engadget.com)

2026-05-08 | by Mariella Moon | tags: chatgpt, openai, trusted contact

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ChatGPT can now alert your ‘Trusted Contact’ in critical moments (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Trusted Contact Emergency Kit → | tags: chatgpt, openai, trusted contact

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ChatGPT Adds ‘Trusted Contact’ Feature to Send Alerts When Conversations Get Dangerous (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-07 | get Safety Alert Personal Alarm → | tags: chatgpt, trusted contact, crisis hotlines

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OpenAI introduces new ‘Trusted Contact’ safeguard for cases of possible self-harm (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Lucas Ropek | get Self-Harm Prevention Kit → | tags: openai, chatgpt, trusted contact

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ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns (theverge.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Smart Personal Safety Alarm → | tags: openai, chatgpt, trusted contact

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I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator in my own programming language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | get CHIP-8 Emulator Kit → | tags: chip-8, emulator, programming language