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Is the Apple Watch waterproof? (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: apple watch, water resistance, series 2

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YouTube and Substack are targeting AI slop (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: youtube, substack, ai assistants

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A big win for Android interoperability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: android, open home foundation, digital markets act

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This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s Incompetence (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jason Parham | tags: orchid, weaponized incompetence, ai assistant

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This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence (wired.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jason Parham | tags: orchid, weaponized incompetence, ai assistant

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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qr codes, browser-based transfer, decimen optical transfer

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This AI Assistant Won’t Make Him a Good Boyfriend. But It Might Help You Believe He Is (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: ai assistant, boyfriend, belief

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NTT DATA AIVista and Snowflake: Identity alone won’t secure enterprise AI agents (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: ntt data, aivista, snowflake

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‘Tech people need to stop’: Startup faces backlash after suggesting its AI can save bad relationships (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: startup, assistants, marketing

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Turning a dumb AC unit smart (without losing my security deposit) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: esp32, home assistant, stepper motor

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Turning a Dumb AC Unit Smart (Without Losing My Security Deposit) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: esp32, home assistant, stepper motor

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Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sarah Perez | tags: hint, martha stewart, ai assistant

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Code Faster Today … Fail Faster Tomorrow? (computer.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai coding assistants, technical debt, ieee computer society

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If You AI-Generate Code, Hackers Just Found a Devious Method to Install Malware Directly on Your Computer (futurism.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai coding assistants, microsoft copilot, hallucusquatting

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Polio will come roaring back if the task of eradicating it isn’t finished soon (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: polio, pakistan, afghanistan

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Show HN: Segue – Save context in one AI, load it in another by a short handle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: segue, assistant, memory

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Lawyers, teachers, and students face consequences when they use AI to do their jobs. What about politicians? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: artificial intelligence, canadian legislator, ai mistakes

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Arista patches VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: arista, velocloud orchestrator, cve-2026-16812

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Iran war update: Mediators are reporting progress in diplomatic efforts in the Middle East (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: iran, middle east, qatar

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The Proof Machine (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: proof assistant, isabelle, propositional logic

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When should you treat a fever? Evolution holds the answer (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-27 | by Goodman | tags: antimicrobial resistance, natural selection, tuberculosis

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An introduction to formal proof verification and the Curry-Howard Correspondence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: lean, rocq, curry-howard

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Type checker may be wrong – Lean and the Curry-Howard correspondence (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: lean, curry-howard, proof assistants

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Samsung keeps ignoring a hardware flaw with its foldables, and I’m sick of it (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: samsung, galaxy z fold 6, foldable phones

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9 Exercise Bike Mistakes You’re Making (and How to Fix Them) (cnet.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: exercise bike, workout mistakes, fitness tips

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Here’s how Meta decides who to lay off—and it claims to not use AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: meta, layoffs, performance reviews

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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Sarah Perez | tags: cognition, poke, devin

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Proving a human wrote something (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: mitchell hashimoto, open source, ai assistance

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Proving a Human Wrote Something (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: mitchell hashimoto, ai assistance, open source

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Your phone may not be as waterproof as you think — here's why IP68 can be misleading (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: ip68, ip69, smartphone