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Your Samsung phone can now unlock your Volkswagen EV (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: samsung wallet, volkswagen ev, ultra-wideband

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Never mind OnePlus 15: OnePlus 16 could finally get true 165Hz refresh rate (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: oneplus 16, 165hz, weibo

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Apple Wallet driver’s licenses coming to these states next (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-18 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple wallet, digital ids, ios

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Apple has new in-app transaction commission rates for EU devs (engadget.com)

2026-08-18 | by Anna Washenko | tags: apple app store, in-app purchase, digital markets act

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Norway Should Buy OpenAI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Zachary Jones | tags: openai, neural networks, silicon valley

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Apple overhauls Europe app store fees to resolve payments clash (cnbc.com)

2026-08-18 | by Kif Leswing | tags: apple, app store, digital markets act

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Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-18 | by Sarah Perez | tags: apple, app store, european union

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India Paves the Way For Charging Merchants a Fee On UPI Transactions (slashdot.org)

2026-08-18 | tags: upi, rbi, sanjay malhotra

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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are almost half off today (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by Brad Bourque | tags: samsung, galaxy buds 3 pro, digital trends

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The Amazon tax (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: amazon, search ads, public benefits

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I Put the Best Digital Notebooks to the Test. Here Are My Favorites (2026) (wired.com)

2026-08-18 | by Nena Farrell | tags: remarkable paper, kindle scribe, kobo libra

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My parrot ate my keyboard (theverge.com)

2026-08-18 | by John Higgins | tags: parrot, digital trends, reviewed

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Jim Cramer says it’s not too late to own any one of these 4 soaring memory stocks (cnbc.com)

2026-08-17 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: sandisk, seagate, micron

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Apple Wallet Driver's License Feature to Launch in Four More US States (slashdot.org)

2026-08-17 | tags: apple wallet, driver's license, north carolina

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Will you have spent more of your life with computers than your family? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: computer, screen time, family

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Apple is reportedly expanding Apple Wallet IDs to four more states (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Kris Holt | tags: apple wallet, digital ids, north carolina

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Apple Wallet driver’s license is coming to new US state soon (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple wallet, digital driver’s license, north carolina

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Skylight Buddy Review (2026): Kid Routines Just Got Easy (wired.com)

2026-08-17 | by Nena Farrell | tags: skylight, skylight buddy, kids device

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New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba (techspot.com)

2026-08-16 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: hgst, western digital, seagate

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AI Coding Without the Vibes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: ai coding, students cheating, claude

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Falstad Math and Physics Simulations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: fourier series, digital filters, oscillations

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Bede Liu, a digital signal processing pioneer, has died (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | by The Liu Family | tags: digital signal processing, ieee jack s. kilby medal, princeton university

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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: digi-comp 1, mechanical computer, plastic computer

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How to request an Xbox refund (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Husain Parvez | tags: xbox, microsoft store, digital games

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What is analog TV and how is it different from digital TV? (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Alec Hively | tags: analog tv, digital tv, atsc 3.0

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Don’t overlook Elektron’s budget electronic music instruments (theverge.com)

2026-08-15 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: elektron, digitakt, synth

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Expensive earbuds: When and why it's worth paying more (engadget.com)

2026-08-15 | by Max Miller | tags: apple, airpods, ipod

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Digital Signal Processing Pioneer Bede Liu Dies At 91 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-14 | by The Liu Family | tags: digital signal processing, bede liu, ieee jack s. kilby medal

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Google Meet can take notes for your in-person meetings now - here's how it works (zdnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Artie Beaty | tags: google meet, in-person meetings, vendor reviews

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France blocks social media ban because it would require adults to prove age (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: france, social media, age verification