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AI agents now have a place to snitch (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Aditya Mehta | tags: ai agents, ai contact hotline, ryan greenblatt

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I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Daniel Frank | tags: papua new guinea, new guinea, highlands

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Haiku R1/beta6 has been released (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | get SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 flash drive 64GB → | tags: haiku, r1/beta6, release notes

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Google Messages preps a whole new UI to go with new pinning limits (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: google messages, pinned chats, android authority

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WhatsApp starts rolling out username support when creating new contacts (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, usernames, wabetainfo

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Woman’s Cornea Gets ‘Eaten’ by Parasite After Contact Lens Blunder (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: corneal infection, contact lenses, emma marsden

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Passable’ makes it easy to share your contact through Apple Wallet (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-18 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple wallet, passable, namedrop

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Meta will alert parents if their teens discuss self harm (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Mariella Moon | tags: contact, harm, meta

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Meta will alert parents is their teens discuss self harm (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Mariella Moon | tags: contact, harm, meta

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3D-Printed, Customized Contact Lenses Are Possible, and Can Be Made in 20 Minutes (cnet.com)

2026-07-15 | by See Full Bio | tags: contact, contact lenses, lens

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Frieve Vinyl Explained – Microscopic stylus/groove physics simulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: contact, displacement, distortion

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How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-06 | by Ivan Mehta | get WhatsApp User Guide Book → | tags: contact, feature, number

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WhatsApp iPhone app getting a green dot to show who’s online (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-06 | by Ben Lovejoy | get WhatsApp Green Dot Indicator → | tags: active, beta, contact

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Directly probing the carrier transfer length in 2D-material transistors (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-01 | by Yang | get 2D Material Transistor Kit → | tags: 2d materials, transistors, contact resistance

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A way to exclude sensitive files issue still open for OpenAI Codex (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Secure File Encryption Software → | tags: openai, codex, sensitive files

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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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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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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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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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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