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Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Healthcare Consulting Services Book → | tags: management consulting firms, hospital investment, jama study

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Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Smart Bed: Redefining Support (wired.com)

2026-05-07 | by Julia Forbes | get Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Bed → | tags: sleep number, comfortnext lux, smart bed

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Ploopy’s new mouse makes the ThinkPad’s iconic TrackPoint portable (theverge.com)

2026-05-07 | by Andrew Liszewski | get ThinkPad TrackPoint Mouse → | tags: trackpoint, ploopy, thinkpad

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Samsung didn’t forget the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE in its One UI 8.5 rollout (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-06 | get Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE Case → | tags: samsung, galaxy z flip 7 fe, one ui 8.5

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Apple just released new AirPods Max 2 firmware (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-05 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple AirPods Max Case → | tags: airpods max, apple, firmware

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Community firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper reader (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | tags: xteink, crosspoint reader, esp32-c3

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Robots move in as waste firms struggle to find staff (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-04 | get Robotic Waste Collection System → | tags: robots, humanoid, waste firms

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Google’s got a new tool for making sure your phone is running the Android apps it should (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-04 | get Android App Verification Tool → | tags: binary transparency, pixel firmware, android apps

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Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-04 | get Roku Streaming Stick 4K → | tags: roku, tcl, firmware updates

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Can Listening to ‘Subliminals’ Make You Beautiful? Plenty of Women Believe It (wired.com)

2026-05-04 | by Miles Klee | get Subliminal Affirmation Audio CDs → | tags: subliminals, tikok, vaporwave

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A $7 Raspberry Pi can do something Sony refuses to: give the DualSense wireless haptics on PC (techspot.com)

2026-05-02 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: raspberry pi, sony, dualsense

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Bright idea? UK firm pioneers data centres using lampposts (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-01 | get Smart Streetlight Data Hub → | tags: uk firm, data centres, lampposts

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Embedded Rust or C Firmware? Lessons from an Industrial Microcontroller Use Case (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get Embedded Rust Programming Book → | tags: rust, microcontroller, embedded

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Some of Xteink’s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature (theverge.com)

2026-05-01 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Kobo Clara HD eReader → | tags: xteink, crosspoint reader, taobao

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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-30 | by Anna Heim | get AI Legal Research Tool → | tags: legal ai, nventures, harvey

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Apple just released new AirPods Pro 3 firmware update (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-30 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple AirPods Pro 3 Case → | tags: airpods pro 3, apple, firmware

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Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-29 | get Diversity and Inclusion Book → | tags: diversity, supreme court, affirmative action

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Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC (theverge.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tom Warren | get PlayStation 5 Linux Kit → | tags: ps5, linux, sony

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Higher racial diversity in US business and law schools is linked to higher graduate salaries (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Mitra | get Diversity and Inclusion Book → | tags: racial diversity, law schools, graduate salaries

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Racial diversity in higher education is associated with higher student salaries (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Mitra | get Diversity in Higher Education Book → | tags: harvard college, affirmative action, supreme court

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Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms (slashdot.org)

2026-04-28 | get Wind Energy Cancellation Kit → | tags: trump administration, wind farms, apple computer

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Japanese firms’ growing grip on the housing market, as told by one chart (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | get Smart Home Automation Kit → | tags: zonda, japanese firms, housing market

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A perfect storm is coming for legacy consulting firms (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | get Consulting Firm Strategy Book → | tags: artificial intelligence, consulting firms, knowledge work

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Chernobyl virus turned 27 today, and it could brick your PC in ways modern malware can't by overwriting BIOS firmware (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Luke James | get BIOS Firmware Update Tool → | tags: cih virus, bios firmware, motherboard

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Commodore backs down over FPGA firmware lockdown — firm stops trying to block third-party firmware installs but will stand firm against bricked modded units (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Mark Tyson | get Commodore FPGA Expansion Kit → | tags: commodore, c64 ultimate, fpga firmware

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Meetings are forcing functions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get Smart Meeting Timer → | tags: standing meetings, project management, organizational productivity

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Meetings Are Forcing Functions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get Smart Meeting Timer → | tags: google calendar, standing meetings, project management

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Fully Featured Audio DSP Firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get HiFiBerry DAC Pro → | tags: raspberry pi pico, rp2040, dsp firmware

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My audio interface has SSH enabled by default (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface → | tags: rodecaster, usb, firmware

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‘Startup Cowboys’ Are Making This Texas Town the New Tech Hotspot (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-24 | get Texas Tech Startup Kit → | tags: austin, proto-town, robotics