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Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: altavista, google, hardware

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New mathematical framework reshapes debate over simulation hypothesis (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: computer, framework, simulating

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Russia has reportedly improved the range of its jam-proof optical drones to over 40 miles — purported Chinese-Russian collaborative production imagery reveals dramatically increased tethered drone range (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Mark Tyson | related products | tags: drones, fiber, optical

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Proposed Space Station Could Be Deployed in a Single Launch (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: early, launch, launch early

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China's open AI models are in a dead heat with the West - here's what happens next (zdnet.com)

2025-12-21 | by Tiernan Ray | related products | tags: chinese, deepseek, model

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Watching video on Android Auto is far more complicated than it should be (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: android, android auto, auto

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Moore Threads unveils next-gen gaming GPU with 15x performance and 50x ray tracing improvement — AI GPU with claimed performance between Hopper and Blackwell also in the works (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Hassam Nasir | related products | tags: gpus, moore, moore threads

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The 6 best Android app changes I made this year (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: android, android authority, apps

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I love the OnePlus 15, but here are 5 reasons I’d recommend the OnePlus 15R instead (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: android, android authority, battery

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My Private, Free AI Setup (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: apps, apps subscribe, article republished

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How Santa (and you) can find the right North Pole, even as it keeps moving (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: adjust, adjust difference, christmas

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Costco’s newest membership perk isn’t impressing its customers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: apples, aren, aren rushing

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The most important year-end metrics aren’t on your balance sheet (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: ahead, ahead practices, ambitious

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Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous (futurism.com)

2025-12-21 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | related products | tags: emotional, health, peoples

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Isengard in Oxford (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | by Sep | related products | tags: bovadium, bovadium fragments, fragments

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Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: complete, length, models

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Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks: Opus 4.5 has 50% horizon of 4h49M (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: complete, length, models

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, Dec. 21 (cnet.com)

2025-12-21 | by See Full Bio | related products | tags: author, bars, birthdate

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Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball (slashdot.org)

2025-12-21 | by Posted | related products | tags: code, read, research

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Bose QuietComfort Ultra vs. Sony WH-1000XM6: I tried the two best ANC headphones, and this pair wins (zdnet.com)

2025-12-21 | by Jada Jones | related products | tags: battery, bose, cancellation

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Does AI Really Make Coders Faster? (slashdot.org)

2025-12-20 | by Posted | related products | tags: code, mit technology, review

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I Spent $160,000 of My Family's Savings to Bootstrap a Startup — Here's What No One Tells You About Funding (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: bootstrapping, capital, early

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I wrote a code editor in C and now I'm a changed man (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: char, ctrl, ctrl goes

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More databases should be single-threaded (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: database, just, read

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Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act (engadget.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: hochul, legislation, million

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He Got a Bunch of Money Again (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: bunch, bunch money, got bunch

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Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop (slashdot.org)

2025-12-20 | by Posted | related products | tags: change, enlightenment, linux

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The ‘Steel Ball Run’ Anime Rides to Netflix in March (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-20 | related products | tags: adventure, adventure saga, ahead

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 21, #924 (cnet.com)

2025-12-20 | by See Full Bio | related products | tags: answers, connections, group

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Dec. 21, #1646 (cnet.com)

2025-12-20 | by See Full Bio | related products | tags: answer, hint, hints